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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Preface The year 1693 was indeed unfortunate for this country; disasters befel its forces by land and sea. The old … England." The disastrous effect on the prestige of the country and on its commerce, should the threatened misfortune … Admiralty of the day seemed inclined to acknowledge the country's indebtedness to the City; with the display of much …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… any, having only heard the reports of the people of the country and not having power to examine them, so can only … enquiry as to the civil and religious condition of the country (pp. 176 180). Various suggestions for developing the … of the 16th January, caused him to regard the state of the country with graver apprehension than he had ever before …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… retired from London, it spread in remoter parts of the country; but its ravages were chiefly confined to the eastern … away stuff, and men, women and children coached away into country." The deaths in that week were 87, 63 being of … with interest, was guaranteed, became popular in the country, and afforded partial relief to the exigencies of the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… be allowed to every post; the men to be relieved from the country the next day. Two companies of the trained bands were … for a general collection on their behalf through the country was authorized, and readily responded to. 10 Of the … unto which I answered, that I was a stranger in their country, and came thither only to visit my friend as …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… hope of doing anything in Scotland, have deserted their country, and have marched into England as their last resource … by the distance of our forces from him; that the country is open to his spoil, and that towns and passes will … their concernments, as their duty to their God and their country binds them. The first decisive action was the defeat …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… administered law in the subjugated portions of the country (pp. 28, 119, 146, 182, 191, 204, 210), whilst the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… governor of Spanish Flanders; but Don John retired to his country house 6 miles off before the King's arrival; a …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… Majesty's service; and hath nothing to return to in his country, (and can no way return to his country), unless he would return to make himself an object … Restoration, the tranquillity and peace which pervaded the country, and the joy which the summary vengeance taken on the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… still dreaming of the glorious freedom of their beloved country, rescued from the thraldom of tyranny and … other contagions are wont to do, than congregations in the country or provincial towns. 28 This we must take to be the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… of the limited approval given to its proceedings in the country,felt the need of some power in the State, which … with it the consent and approval of the armed force of the country. A third, that the opposing majority is split into … England in 1649. Seven years of civil strife had left the country longing for peace, and although according to …