[Footnote 286: "That which does us most harm with the lords and great men, is the apprehension of a heretic successor: For as a lord told me lately, assure me of a Catholic successor, and I assure you I and my family will be so too. To this purpose the queen's happy delivery will be of very great moment. Our zealous Catholics do already lay two to one that it will be a prince. God does nothing by halves, and every day masses are said upon this very occasion."--_Letter from Father Petre to Father La Chaise._ This letter is a forgery, but it distinctly expresses the hopes and apprehensions of both parties.] [Footnote 287: The most remarkable were celebrated at the Hague, by the Marquis of Abbeville, his majesty's ambassador there. On one side of a triumphal arch were the figures of Truth and Justice, with this inscription: _Veritas et Justitia fulcimentum throni Patris et erunt mei_: On the other side were Religion and Liberty embracing, with this motto, _Religio et Libertas amplexatæ erant_. On the portico was painted the conquest of the dragon by St George, and the delivery of St Margaret, explained to allude to the liberty of conscience procured by James's abolition of the test and penal laws. These decorations, remarkable for their import, and the place in which they were exhibited, were accompanied with the discharge of fire-works, and other public rejoicings. There are particular accounts of the splendid rejoicings at Ratisbon and Paris, &c. &c. in the Gazettes of the period.] [Footnote 288: As for example, the poets of Isis, in a collection called "_Strenæ Natalitiæ in Celsissimum principem.--Oxoni; E Theatro Shedoniano, 1688_." Consisting of Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish, pastoral, heroic, and lyrical pieces, on this happy topic. The following poems are in the Luttrell Collection: "_Votum pro Principe._ "To the King, upon the Queen's being delivered of a Son; by John Baber, Esq. "To the King, on ditto; by William Niven, late master of the music school of Inverness, in Scotland." Surely the very _ultima_ Thule of poetry. "A Congratulatory Poem on ditto, by Mrs Behn. "A Pindarique Ode on ditto, by Calib Calle." ] BRITANNIA REDIVIVA.