41 6 A VOYAGE TO Book IX. 



fome dlílant places; though in this no more was meant 

 than their own fecuriry, left in the prefent commo- 

 tions the people íhoiild life upon them being Roman 

 cathoiics, the fovereigns of which relit^ion were 

 judged to foment the rebellion. On this I laid afide 

 all thoughts of foliciting leave to go to London, 

 though 1 was not infenHble that my affairs required my 

 periond attendance there. Thus I was obliged to 

 wait till the agitation of the court fubfided ; for as 

 by their importance they neceíTarily took up the at- 

 ten'ion of all the pcrfons at the helm, a confiderable 

 time naturally elapied, before I had the pleafure of 

 feeing the accompliihment of the admiralty's promifes 

 relating to my papers. 



It was not long before the fcale was turned, by the 

 great levies of troops in England, and the tranfpor- 

 tation of others from Flanders to adt againft thofe 

 of the pretender, whofe fon having fuftained a de- 

 feat, and being dcilitute of all refource, was obliged 

 to Vv'ithdraw from the kingdom. On this the per- 

 turbations in the minds of the people fubfided ; and 

 the miiiiftry fecmed to be more at leifure for attend- 

 ing to private affairs. 



This revived my thoughts of forwarding my affairs, 

 by a pcrfonal folicitadon at London. Í found no 

 difRcuky in obtaining the ufual permiffion, and had 

 tfie pleafure of performing the journey in company 

 with Mr. Brookes, whom bufinefs called to that capi- 

 tal, where we arrived on the i2th of April. 



On my fir ft attendance at the office for prifoncrs 

 of war, an order was Ihewn me from my lord Har- 

 rington, fecretary of ftate, for bringing me to his 

 houfe. This nobleman having been ambaffador for 

 fome years in Spain, among his other eminent quali- 

 ties had a great affection for the Spaniards, which he 

 was pleafed to extend to me in a moft obliging recep- 

 tion, and afíü ranees that nothing ñiould be wanting 



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