Publications of the Scottish History Society Volume 29 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...I found affairs, and give you an account of what I have tried to do since my return. After having delivered the Queen's letters and those of the Queen of Great Britain and of your Eminence to the King of Great Britain, and after he had expressed to me the extreme satisfaction he felt in seeing the queen took such an active part in what concerned him, that she had P in some measure anticipated what his opinions would be, he told me he had done nothing since my departure that could in any way alter the state in which his affairs were when I left him, but that before beginning to speak to me about them, he declared to me that he had resolved to follow entirely the opinions of your Eminence, so that he promised me, if not to do absolutely everything I required of him, which would be a little too much, to do nothing but what I would consent to, adding also that he had implicit confidence in M. de Bellievre, and that it would be difficult for him to consider anything to be bad that this latter might consider useful for his service. He next said it would be necessary to begin with the subject of Ireland, because he had a courier ready to send there; that it was true he had been obliged to write to the Marquis of Ormond,1 to tell him not to enter into any treaty with the Catholics of that kingdom, which was the only thing he had done in my absence; but, besides his having written a second letter at the same time, to prevent any credit being given to the first one, he had within the last two days received news from the marquis, who informed him that he would do nothing whatever without the express orders of his Majesty. I represented to him as well as I could the state of affairs in Ireland as they had been indicated to me by Lord Digby, that...