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Then Dykvelt gave a concrete instance of the great character 

 of the Lord, and Lady Russell appears to have been pleased at 

 Dykvelt's words. On July 12, the Princess Mary wrote a letter 

 to Lady Rachel Russell thanking her for all the kind things the 

 latter had said regarding the Prince and Princess of Orange. 302 

 On February 13, 1687-1688, the Princess wrote another letter to 

 Lady Russell, which assured her of her kindly feelings and earnest 

 desires to help. 303 



Another who was suffering from the death of Lord Russell was 

 the father, the duke of Bedford, and Dykvelt bore assurances of 

 comfort to him from his master. The result was that the old 

 duke was deeply touched and looked kindly upon the designs of 

 William. 304 



The policy of James, as has been noted, dealt severely with 

 Rochester 305 and Clarendon. 306 The former sent his assurances 

 of good will, but he made no definite promises nor did he enter 

 into any details. 307 Rochester did more by his attitude of non- 

 resistance to arouse the people against King James than he did 

 by any active co-operation with the Prince. For this position of 

 Rochester, William could never bring himself to favor the evicted 

 Treasurer. Clarendon's letter is also non-committal, but it is 

 interesting because of its enthusiastic praise of Dykvelt. 308 "Mons. 

 Dykvelt will give your Highness so full an account of all affairs 

 here that I need add nothing to what he is so well informed of," 

 he writes, and then adds, "I shall only take the liberty to say 



302 Russell, Lady Rachel, Letters, The Princess of Orange to Rachel Lady Rus- 

 sel, July 12, 1687, from Honslerdyke, vol. i, p. 224 f. 



303 Ibid, The Princess of Orange to Rachel Lady Russell, February 13, 1688, 

 vol. i, p. 238. 



304 His letter to the Prince at the departure of Dykvelt is contained in Dal- 

 rymple's collection, Appendix to Part the First, p. 199 f. The date is not given. 



306 Supra, p. 9. 



306 Ibid, idem. 



307 Dalrymple, Letter from Lord Rochester to the Prince of Orange, May 29, 

 1687, from New Park, p. 193. The letter ends in a particularly significant manner: 

 "In what condition soever I am, I beg your Highness to believe, that I shall always 

 continue, with all duty and submission to be as I ought to your Highness." 



308 Dalrymple, Letter of the Earl of Clarendon to the Prince of Orange, May 

 28, 1687, from London, p. 192 f. 



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