2 James Muilenburg 



Later Interviews with the King 



James's Efforts to Secure the Prince's Consent to Toleration 



— Dykvelt's Early Attitude to the King's Offer — 



Dykvelt's Change of Attitude to the Offer — James's 



Announcement of the Prorogation of Parliament and 



the Declaration of Indulgence 114 



The Appearance of the Declaration 



The Liege Letter 



Dykvelt Presents a Copy of the Liege Letter to the King — 



Question as to Genuineness of the Letter — Resolution 



of the States General to Recall Dykvelt, and Avaux's 



Activity 119 



Dykvelt's Negotiations with the Factions 

 The Second Part of the Instructions — The Whigs and Tories 

 — The Catholics — The Anglicans — The Non-conformists 



—The Quakers 125 



Dykvelt's Negotiations with the Leaders at the Court 

 Lady Sunderland — Lord Sunderland — Lord Churchill — 



Prince George and Princess Anne 130 



Dykvelt's Negotiations with Leaders in Council, Church, 

 and Parliament 

 The Shrewsbury Meetings — Earl of Halifax — Earl of Not- 

 tingham — Admiral Herbert — Earl of Shrewsbury — Earl 

 of Devonshire — Earl of Danby — The Bishop of London 



— Edward Russell — Henry Sidney — Lord Lumley 136 



Dykvelt's Negotiations with Other Personages 

 Rachel Lady Russell — Duke of Bedford — Rochester and 



Clarendon 147 



Dykvelt's Negotiations with Ambassadors of the Allies 

 Count Kaunitz — Don Pedro de Ronquillo — Count of Adda . . 149 



The Last Interview with James II 

 James's Reproof and Dykvelt's Defense — James's Letter 

 to the Prince— Dykvelt's Departure, and a Period of 



Quiet 151 



A Final Estimate 



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