1677.] ROYAL NUPTIAL NEGOTLiTIONS. 347 



Harwich, after a stormy passage, October fiyth of the 

 same year. Having disposed himself to act the wooer, 

 'He came,' says Sir William Temple, 'like a trusty 

 lover, post from Harwich to Newmarket, where his 

 uncles, Charles H. and James, Duke of York, were 

 enjoying the October meeting.' Charles was residing 

 in a shabby Palace there, to which his nephew instantly 

 repaired ; Lord Arlington, the Prime-minister, waited 

 on him at the alighting. ' My Lord Treasurer Danby 

 and I,' continues Sir William Temple, ' went together 

 to wait on the Prince, but met him on the middle of 

 the stairs, involved in a great crowd, coming down to 

 the king. He whispered to us both " that he desired 

 me to answer for him^ and for my Lord Treasurer 

 Danby, so that they might from that time enter into 

 business and conversation, as if they were of longer 

 acquaintance ; " which was a wise strain considering his 

 lordship's credit at court at that time. It much shocked 

 my Lord Arlington.' This means that William de- 

 manded of Temple an introduction to Danby, with 

 whom he was not personally acquainted ; but with 

 such kindred souls a deep and lasting intimacy was 

 soon established. The Prince of Orange was very 

 kindly received by King Charles and the Duke of 

 York, who both strove to enter into discussions of 

 business, which they were surprized and diverted to 

 observe how dexterously he avoided. ' So King 

 Charles,' says Temple, ' bade me to find out the reason 

 of it.' The Prince of Orange told me ' he was resolved 



* This seems a technical term for "introduction," being a sort of 

 warranty that the person introduced was "good man and true." 



