L.ETTRE: nCDIjX
Le Duc (XYork au Prince d! Orange. Nouvelles.
St. James, April 17 1682.
I had yesterday yours of the 17, by which I find you were to go to Dieren for some days, where, if you hâve as seasonable weather as we hère, you will find the countrv very pleasent. For newse there is but little sturing * hère, but we are in great expectation to heare which way the préparation the Turks are making bend ; whether towards Poland or Hungary. Their Maj. are to go on saturday for Windsor; I am to way te on them thether, and then , so sone as some frigatts can be gett ready , am to go with them to Scotland, to settle some afFairs there and then bring back the Dutchesse by sea with me to settle in this country, having had travaling ' enough for thèse three years last past. I hâve now no more to say but that you shall still find me as kind to you as you can désire.
For my sonne the Prince of Orange.
• stirring. * travelling.
54i) — [1682. Avril.
lettre: iri€DL.xi.
Le Duc cf York au Prince d' Orange. Il va se rendre en Ecosse.
Windsor, April 24 1682.
I had yesterday yours of the 26, by the which I see you are before this at the Hage, to see the kermis \ I hope you will hâve had faire weather for itt, for otherwise there will be very [durty] doings; we hâve had faire weather now thèse two days, but with an E. wind which maks it not so pleasent hère as it would be otherwise, however 't is very green and a little warme weather will make it very fine ; it looks as if it would raine this night , which may bring the wind in to the warme corner againe. I hâve yett sett no day for my going for Scotland, nor can I, till the fregats are ready; but I beleve they will be ready to saile by the end of next weeke , with " in two or three days I shall know it, and then take my measurs accordingly. I intend to embarke in the Downs , and hope to be back hère with the Dutchesse by the end of May. There is at présent but little company hère and as little newse; only I heare from London that the factions and phanatike party are much cast downe, by his Ma. having forbid their feast. I hâve now no more to say but that you shall still find me very kind to you.
LETTRE nCnL,XU.
Le Duc d^York au Prince dérange. Recommandation.
Windsor, April 30 1682.
I would not refuse this bearer, the Earle of Forfar, to Write to you by him and to recomend him in generall to your favor; he is a man of quality and I hope he will deserve your countenance. I hope now to be going for Scotland bij wensday or thursday, for by that tyme I beleve the frigatts will be ready, and désigne to stay
' mot hollandois la kermesse, -' which.
1682. Avril.] — 550 —
but little there, so that, if the winds favor me, thinke I shall be back hère with the Dutchesse by the end of May. The weather continus very bad, much raine, so that ail the meadows hère about are quite under water; this day we hâve had much raine, so that I feare the waters will not so sone abate. I bave no other newse to tell you, and so shall end my letter, which I do with assuring you that you shall still find me as kind to you as you can désire.
LETTRE 9ICOL.XIII.
Le Duc d^York au Prince à! Orange. Arrivée en Ecosse; naufrage.
Edenburgh, May 9 1682.
I had not yours of the 8 of this month, till I was agoing downe in the barge , to embarke for this place , so that till now I had not tyme nor conveniancy to write to you, but before this getts to you, you will go neare to bave heard of my being safly arrived hère, tho the frigat in which I was in, was cast away upon a sand called the Lemmen, which lys some 8 leages from the cost of Norfolk. It was on saturday morning the ship was lost, and by sonday night I landed at Leith, and so was hère by nine a clock that night. We lost a great many raen, and, considering the little tyme the ship was above water after she struck first , 't was well so many were saved; of Lords, there were drownd Lord Roxborow and Lord Obrian, of gentilmen lieutenant Hyde, who was lieutenant of the ship, and capiteyn Stuard, a reformade, both English, of Scots Hopton, Sir Joseph Douglas and one Levingston a phesitian, severall of my underservants were drownd, and of 250 seamen , which was the ships complyment, 110 were lost; 't was the to ' great presumtion of the pilot and bis mistaking both bis course and distance that was the cause of the lose of the ship; * too.
[1682. Mai.
he was esteemed one of the ablest pilots we had for thèse northern seas ; he was saved amongst the rest, hy one of the yachts-boats, which had I them knowne, I had caused him to hâve been hanged up imraediatly, according to the coustume of the sea, but now he must receve his doome by a court martial , so sone as I shall arrive in England, which I hope will be some tyme the next week, for I intend to embarke with the Dutchesse and my daughter about monday next, on board the Happy Returne, a forth-rate frigat; 't was the Olocester, a third rate, was lost. I shall now say no more but to assure you you shall still find me to be as kind to you as ever.
LETTRE MCDL.JCIT.
Le Duc d^York au Prince d!' Orange. Indisposition du Roi.
Windsor, May 30 1682.
On saturday last in the afternone I arrived at London, after a long tho a calme passage. The next day I had two of yours, of the 26 and 29 from Honslardike, by both which I see you had heard of the accident had befalen me in my voyage to Scotland. I came to this place on sonday evening, where I found his Ma. indisposed, having a feaverish distemper; on monday morning he was lett blood, which did hem much good, and the same day his feavor left hem, and this day, God be thanked, he is quite well, so that this evening I intend to go back to London to fetch the Dutchesse hether^, and thinke to be back hère on thursday next. I write this to you from hence before I go, because it will be late before I come to St. James, and then I should not hâve tyme to write to you. Ail things go very well hère; his Ma. is master, Lord Shaftsbury and that party grow weaker every day, and you may be sure I shall always be as kind to you as you can désire.
For my sonne the Prince of Orange.
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1682. Juin.] — 552 —
