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ewas declared general of all the Englifh forces in 
France, his civil department as ambafsador was con~ 
tinued to him. He continued during the remainder 
of Oliver’s protectorate, to have the same swzy in the 
court of France; and it is certain ne ambafsador 
ever knew the French court better, nor was more 
feared and courted than him, both from the dread 
that nation stood in of Oliver, as well as their sense 
of the merit, attention, and watchfulnefs of his re- 
presentative. 
Sir William was cubed) in all his employments 
by Richard, and by the parliament of England, till 
the restoration of Charles 11 During this period 
several applications were made to him, in favour of 
the exiled monarch, which he always steadily re- 
fused to comply with; and of course was deprived of 
his command at the restoration. France, on this re 
verse of fortune, offered him a marfhall’s staff, which 
he nobly declined. He came over to England, not 
without apprehensions of severe treatment for the 
part he hhad acted under the protectorate; but by the 
intermediation of lord Middleton, and others, he was 
more graciously received than he expected; and 
was suffered to retire to his estate in Scotland. 
There he tried to introduce the Englifh mode of 
agriculture, not entirely without succefs; but the 
country was not yet in such a state of tranquillity as 
“to enable the people to avail themselves fully of these 
benefits. He was after some time called up to court, 
und once more appointed ambafsador to France ; and 
_ though not with an unlimited power ot money as be- 
fore, with very high appointments. He there.acted 
with the same dignity and propriety as before, in as 
