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 8, 2024.
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LETTER III. (Book 3)
Of King James's being Crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
My Lord,
IT has been a matter of much discourse and reflection here, that our King should be Crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and not by one of the Roman Communion; it was expected, that since he had begun so briskly and openly to de∣clare Himself for Rome, that he would not have stuck at being Inaugurated by a Roman Bishop; I find by the return made hither upon this Subject, that his inclinati∣ons were violent enough for the latter, but that the Reason of his Non-compliance was, that having at his assumption of the Crown, declar'd to the Council, and by them, to his People, That he would main∣tain the Church and State of England, as by Law Establish'd; and that the Ceremony
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of his Coronation was such as the Laws of the Land did prescribe; The thought it was a little two Early to begin, and that by so pu∣blick an Act, which, to be sure, would be in∣terpreted not only as the most manifest Vio∣lation of the National Constitution, but the Preludium to a despotick Power, which no man knew the end of. I shall not trouble your Lordship with a Repetition of the Ar∣guments used here by the Gentlemen of the Roman Church, pro and con, upon the Law∣fulness and Unlawfulness of such a Compli∣ance by a Catholick King to the Church of England, which tho the Establish'd one, they look upon to be false to the Truth, as being matters which I suppose your Lord∣ship cares not for, and therefore having no∣thing further wherewith to entertain you that is worth Transmitting, I conclude, subscribing my self,
My Lord,
Your Honours most hum∣ble Servant.
Paris May 6. 1685. N. S.
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