The secret history of White-Hall, from the restoration of Charles II down to the abdication of the late K. James writ at the request of a noble lord, and conveyed to him in letters, by ̲̲̲late secretary-interpreter to the Marquess of Louvois, who by that means had the perusal of all the private minutes between England and France for many years : the whole consisting of secret memoirs, which have hitherto lain conceal'd, as not being discoverable by any other hand / publish'd from the original papers, by D. Jones, gent.
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The secret history of White-Hall, from the restoration of Charles II down to the abdication of the late K. James writ at the request of a noble lord, and conveyed to him in letters, by ̲̲̲late secretary-interpreter to the Marquess of Louvois, who by that means had the perusal of all the private minutes between England and France for many years : the whole consisting of secret memoirs, which have hitherto lain conceal'd, as not being discoverable by any other hand / publish'd from the original papers, by D. Jones, gent.
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Jones, D. (David), fl. 1676-1720.
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London :: Printed, and are to be sold by R. Baldwin,
1697.
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Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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"The secret history of White-Hall, from the restoration of Charles II down to the abdication of the late K. James writ at the request of a noble lord, and conveyed to him in letters, by ̲̲̲late secretary-interpreter to the Marquess of Louvois, who by that means had the perusal of all the private minutes between England and France for many years : the whole consisting of secret memoirs, which have hitherto lain conceal'd, as not being discoverable by any other hand / publish'd from the original papers, by D. Jones, gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47022.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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LETTER LXV. (Book 65)
Of the Noise of King Charles's Divorce from Queen Katherine.
My LORD,
THE business of the King's Divorce has made a mighty noise on this side, and I cannot with any certainty in∣form your Lordship, which way this Court stands affected; for I find, on the one hand, Instructions given to their Agents in England to insinuate to the King, but yet very tenderly, what a piece of Unjustice it would be so to disgrace an innocent harmless Princess, to whom he had been lawfully married, and who had, with so much patience, bore the Infirmities that attended him; and that the consequent of such a Divorce would perhaps be worse than the Divorce it self, seeing a Brother would be baulked of the just hopes he had, after his Majesty's death, of ascend∣ing the English Throne, &c. But since, my Lord, having found the Parliament, and Privy Council, disposed very much to fa∣vour such an Action, they gave their Emissaries, of another stamp, directions to incite the King to it, and to promise to find him out a Princess of this Courts re∣commendation
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and procurement, in hopes, by that means, to set the two Brothers at variance, and to raise new Factions and Disputes about Succession; and if they saw he would not consent, yet they had their Creatures ready to whisper it in the Duke's ear as a great secret, that if it were not for them, he would have consented there∣unto; but how far these Politicks have been practised, your Lordship can observe much better than I at such a distance, who am
My LORD,
Your ever obliged, and most humble Servant.
Paris, Mar. 2. 1680. N. S.
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