58 James Muilenburg 



Dykvelt's negotiations with the leaders, it was the home of 

 Shrewsbury that was the headquarters for the conspiracy. In 

 September, Shrewsbury went to Holland to act as a liaison between 

 the Prince and the Parliamentary forces in England. 271 



Of those who suffered from the rigor of James, few met with 

 the bitter punishment of the Earl of Devonshire. 272 The latter 

 had avenged himself against a certain Colonel Colepepper, who 

 had grossly insulted him in the court. The result was a long 

 trial which ended in a choice for Devonshire of a tremendous fine 

 or imprisonment. Devonshire pleaded the privilege of peerage, 

 but the King refused to recognize it. 273 Consequently, Dykvelt 

 found a ready listener when he spoke to Devonshire. The latter 

 wrote to the Prince that Dykvelt had acquainted him with the 

 intentions of the Prince as to many things and that he would be 

 glad to await orders at any time. 274 



There was no more aggressive personage in the councils of 

 Dykvelt than the Earl of Danby. He had risen to a position 

 of greatest eminence, and had fallen out of favor through his 

 zeal for Protestantism. 275 He was the enemy of France, and 

 Louis counted it not the least of his achievements that he had been 

 able, with the efforts of the crafty Shaftesbury, to bring about his 

 fall. Danby had suffered five long years of imprisonment. 276 It 

 was Danby who communicated the Popish plot to the House of 

 Commons, and it was Danby who brought about the marriage 

 of the Prince of Orange with Princess Mary. 277 Even after the 

 imprisonment, Danby was active. The Tories made him spokes- 



271 Burnet, p. 486 f. 



Dalrympk, Letter of Lord Halifax to the Prince of Orange, September 1, 

 1687, p. 209. 



272 Mackintosh, Continuation, p. 481. 



273 Macaulay, History of England, vol. ii, p. 896. 



274 Dalrymple, Letter of Lord Devonshire to the Prince of Orange, May 31, 

 1687, p. 198. 



275 Mackintosh, p. 286. 

 Macaulay, vol. ii, p. 894. 



276 Burnet, p. 306 and p. 383. 



277 Ibid, p. 271. 



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