FN 268 See Delaval’s Letter to Nottingham, dated Cherburg, May 22., in the London Gazette of May 26.

FN 269 London Gaz., May 26. 1692; Burchett’s Memoirs of Transactions at Sea; Baden to the States General, May 24/June 3; Life of James, ii. 494; Russell’s Letters in the Commons’ Journals of Nov. 28. 1692; An Account of the Great Victory, 1692; Monthly Mercuries for June and July 1692; Paris Gazette, May 28/June 7; Van Almonde’s despatch to the States General, dated May 24/June 3. 1692.  The French official account will be found in the Monthly Mercury for July.  A report drawn up by Foucault, Intendant of the province of Normandy, will be found in M. Capefigue’s Louis XIV.

FN 270 An Account of the late Great Victory, 1692; Monthly Mercury for June; Baden to the States General, May 24/ June 3; Narcissus Luttrell’s Diary.

FN 271 London Gazette, June 2. 1692; Monthly Mercury; Baden to the States General, June 14/24.  Narcissus Luttrell’s Diary.

FN 272 Narcissus Luttrell’s Diary; Monthly Mercury.

FN 273 London Gazette, June 9.; Baden to the States General, June 7/17

FN 274 Baden to the States General, June. 3/13

FN 275 Baden to the States General, May 24/June 3; Narcissus
Luttrell’s Diary.

FN 276 An Account of the late Great Victory, 1692; Narcissus
Luttrell’s Diary.

FN 277 Baden to the States General, June 7/17. 1692.

FN 278 Narcissus Luttrell’s Diary.

FN 279 I give one short sentence as a specimen:  “O fie that ever it should be said that a clergyman have committed such durty actions!”

FN 280 Gutch, Collectanea Curiosa.

FN 281 My account of this plot is chiefly taken from Sprat’s Relation of the late Wicked Contrivance of Stephen Blackhead and Robert Young, 1692.  There are very few better narratives in the language.

FN 282 Baden to the States General, Feb. 14/24 1693.

FN 283 Postman, April 13. and 20. 1700; Postboy, April 18.;
Flying Post, April 20.

FN 284 London Gazette, March 14. 1692.

FN 285 The Swedes came, it is true, but not till the campaign was over.  London Gazette, Sept, 10 1691,

FN 286 William to Heinsius March 14/24. 1692.

FN 287 William to Heinsius, Feb. 2/12 1692.

FN 288 Ibid.  Jan 12/22 1692.

FN 289 Ibid.  Jan. 19/29. 1692.

FN 290 Burnet, ii. 82 83.; Correspondence of William and
Heinsius, passim.

FN 291 Memoires de Torcy.

FN 292 William to Heinsius, Oct 28/Nov 8 1691.

FN 293 Ibid.  Jan. 19/29. 1692.

FN 294 His letters to Heinsius are full of this subject.

FN 295 See the Letters from Rome among the Nairne Papers.  Those in 1692 are from Lytcott; those in 1693 from Cardinal Howard; those in 1694 from Bishop Ellis; those in 1695 from Lord Perth.  They all tell the same story.

FN 296 William’s correspondence with Heinsius; London Gazette, Feb. 4. 1691.  In a pasquinade published in 1693, and entitled “La Foire d’Ausbourg, Ballet Allegorique,” the Elector of Saxony is introduced saying