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fome diftant places ; tho' in this no more was meant 

 than their own fecurity, left in the prefent commo- 

 tions the people (hould rife upon them being Roman 

 catholics, the fovereigns of which religion were 

 judged to foment the rebellion; On this I laid afide 

 all thoughts of fbliciting leave to go to London, 

 tho' I was not infenfible that my affairs required my 

 perfonal attendance there. Thus I was obliged to 

 wait till the agitation of the court fubfided 5 for as 

 by their importance they neccffarily took up the at- 

 tention of all the perfons at the helm, a confiderabk 

 time naturally elapfed, before I had the pleafure of 

 feeing the accomplilhment of the admiralty's promifes 

 relating to my papers. 



It was not long before the fcale was turned by the 

 great levies of troops in England^ and the tranfpor- 

 tation of others from Flanders to ad againft thofe 

 of the pretender, whofe fon having fuftairted a de- 

 feat, and being deftitute of all refource, was obliged 

 to v;ithdraw from the kingdom. On this the per- 

 turbations in the m:inds of the people fubfided and 



the miniftry feemed to be more at leifure for attend* 

 ing to private affairs. 



This revived my thoughts of forwarding my affairs^ 

 by a perlbnal follicitation at London. I found no 

 difficulty in obtaining the ufual permiffion, and had 

 the pleafure of performing the journey in company 

 with Mr. Brookes, whom bufinefs called to that capi- 

 tal, where we arrived on the 12th of April. 



On my firft attendance at the office for prifoners 

 of war, an order was (hewn me from my lord Har- 

 rington, fecretary of ftate, for bringing me to his 

 houfe^ This nobleman having been ambaffador for 

 fome years in Spain, among his other eminent quali^ 

 ties had a great affedion for the Spaniards, which he 

 was pleafed to extend to me in a moft obliging recep- 

 tion and affurauces, that nothing fhould be wanting 



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