That very Evening Couriers were dispatch'd to every Province, to exhort the People to give thanks for the Recovery of their Liberties, and the Restoration of the Duke of _Braganza_; with Orders at the same time to all Governours of Towns, and other Magistrates, to have him proclaim'd King of _Portugal_, and to take all the _Spaniards_, in their respective Districts, into custody. And now they began to prepare every thing at _Lisbon_ for the Reception of the new King, and the Archbishop sent word to the late Vice-Queen, that she would very much oblige them, in leaving the Palace where she was, for he thought the King would want her Apartment, and that he had prepar'd every thing for her Reception at the Palace of _Xabregas_, which was at the farther end of the Town. This Princess receiv'd the Order with a scornful Look, and without answering a word, obey'd it. She went thro the Street, but without the usual Train of Courtiers and Crowd of People; there was only the Archbishop of _Braga_ with her, who still gave her manifest Tokens of his Respect, even now when he expos'd his Life by so doing. Mean while the Duke of _Braganza_ continued in the cruel State of Uncertainty, sometimes flattering himself with the most pleasing Ideas which a lively Hope can form, and sometimes under the most dismal Apprehensions which frighten'd Fancy can suggest. The Distance between _Villa-viciosa_ and _Lisbon_ being thirty Leagues, he could not know what pass'd in his behalf so soon as he could have wish'd. All that he knew was, that on this Day his Life and Fortune were at stake. He had at first resolv'd to have himself proclaim'd at the same time in all the Towns which were under his Dependance; but his mind chang'd, and he determin'd to wait for the News of what had pass'd at _Lisbon_, before he undertook any thing. There still remain'd the Kingdom of _Algarva_, and the Citadel of _Elvas_, to which he could retire, in case his Party at _Lisbon_ should fail; nay, he thought he could clear himself of having any hand in the Conspiracy, especially at a time when the _Spaniards_ would be glad to believe him innocent. He had planted several Couriers on the Road to _Lisbon_, and thereby expected to have an Account of what had pass'd betimes; but he had waited with impatience all the Day, and the greatest part of the Night, without hearing any thing, and the next Morning was already near at hand, when _Mello_ and _Mendoza_, who had rode post from _Lisbon_, arriv'd. They threw themselves at the Duke's feet, by which Action, as well as by the Joy which appear'd in their Faces, the Success of their Undertaking might be better read, than it was possible for them to express.