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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

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1688.] [Footnote 553: Luttrell's Diary.] [Footnote 554: Second Collection of Papers, 1688; Dartmouth's Letter, dated December 3.

1688, will be found in Dalrymple; Clarke's Life of James, ii.233.Orig.Mem.James accuses Dartmouth of having got up an address from the fleet demanding a Parliament.

This is a mere calumny.
The address is one of thanks to the King for having called a Parliament, and was framed before Dartmouth had the least suspicion that His Majesty was deceiving the nation.] [Footnote 555: Luttrell's Diary.] [Footnote 556: Adda, Dec.17.

1688.] [Footnote 557: The Nuncio says, "Se lo avesse fatto prima di ora, per il Re ne sarebbe stato meglio."] [Footnote 558: See the Secret History of the Revolution, by Hugh Speke, 1715.

In the London Library is a copy of this rare work with a manuscript note which seems to be in Speke's own hand.] [Footnote 559: Brand's History of Newcastle; Tickell's History of Hull.] [Footnote 560: An account of what passed at Norwich may still be seen in several collections on the original broadside.


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