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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (Volume 1); Together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (Volume 1); Together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl

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ISBN10: 115075754X
ISBN13: 9781150757549
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.46 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1849. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... --24. Journey into Spain. (1628.) 19 a fleet could be made ready, and such an equipage prepared, as might be fit for the prince of Wales, so much time would be spent, as would disappoint the principal ends of the journey: if they should send for a pass to France, the ceremony in the asking and granting it, and that which would flow from it, in his passage through that kingdom, would be at least liable to the same objection of delay: besides that, according to the mysteries and intrigues of state, such a pass could not in point of security be reasonably depended upon; and therefore they had thought of an expedient, which would avoid all inconveniences and hazards; and that it should be executed before it should be suspected: that it had never hitherto been, in the least degree, consulted but between themselves, (which was really true;) and therefore, if they now undertook the journey only with two servants, who should not know any thing till the moment they were to depart, they might easily pass through France, before they should be missed at Whitehall: which was not hard to be conceived, and so with the less disquisition was consented to by the king: and the farther deliberation of what was more to be done both in matter and manner, and the nomination of the persons who should attend them, and the time for their departure, was deferred to the consultation of the next day. 34 When the king, in his retirement, and by himself, came to revolve what had been so loosely consulted before, as he had a wonderful sagacity in such reflections, a thousand difficulties and dangers occurred to him, as so many precipices, which could hardly be avoided in such a journey. Besides those considerations, which the violent affection of a father to his only son suggested to him, he ...

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