Stuart dynasty

Appendix I. 247
" Belley (Duke of Berwick) would fain part at first, but
Fredelings (France) present master seems not willing to allow
it ; he has desired me to assure your Majesty that if he can
possibly find measures to overcome the difficulty he will, with
great zeale and hartiness part, but at present he cannot answer
positively. Mr. Bobinson (the Chevalier) knows that Bellay
(Duke of Berwick) proposed to himself about two year and a
half agoe. The same reasons of duty and affection subsist, and
if he does not goe it will be a most terrible mortification to
Bellay (Duke of Berwick).
" I shall write next post to Malbranche (Marlborough) and
press him very hard to tell what he will doe if ever M. Bancourt
(the Chevalier) visits his friend at Alencon (England) or in
the neighbourhood.
" Berwick."
Paper LXV.
Chevalier de St. George to Lord Bolingbroke.
(Extract.)
*** The explanation of the Duke of Berwick (see Paper LXIV.)
regarding his non-attendance on his brother in the expedition to Britain,
was regarded by the Chevalier as vague and unsatisfactory, even allowing
for the French citizenship claimed by Berwick, and his high position in
the Regent's army.
" Oct. 2.
"It would be doing a great wrong to Bellay (Duke of Ber-
wick) to doubt of his willingness to accompany Bobinson (the
Chevalier and as Bobinson (the Chevalier) knows that nobody
can hinder Bellay (Duke of Berwick) if he be resolved to go,
so he dos count he will the minut he shows such a desire of it.
I have said all that can be on that subject already so I shall
add no more of it here."
Paper LXVI.
Duhe oj Berwick to Chevalier de St. George, giving reasons for not
going to Scotland. (Extract.)
" October 7, 1715.
" The instant it is in my power either to accompany your
Majesty, or to follow, I will doe it, but your Majesty knows
where the difficulty lyes, and that I am not my own master.
" I find by all the letters that the highlanders are in a good