Lives of the last four princesses of the royal house of Stuart

1642.] EMBAEKS FOE HOLLAND WITH THE QUEEN. 23
and his young daughter, and rode along the shore as long
as their ship was in sight. The wind at first was favour-
able, and the sea calm, but soon changed, and a tem-
pestuous voyage awaited the Queen, her young daughter,
and their attendants. The Queen behaved with her usual
courage and composure, and assured the Princess there
was no peril, though she was aware it was a bad time of
the year for the Dutch coast.
The ladies suffered much from sea sickness, before they
landed at Helvoetsluys, where they all went to bed instead
of proceeding to Rotterdam, as the Prince of Orange
had directed. His highness had ordered that they
should have a grand reception in that city. Having
received intelligence that the Queen of England and
his young daughter-in-law had arrived at Helvoetsluys,
he sent the Prince, his son, with a suitable retinue,
to meet her majesty and his youthful consort. But
before the Prince arrived, the illustrious party had left
Helvoetsluys, with determination to proceed via Brill.*
At Brill the young Prince met and welcomed his future
wife and her royal mother, but the Queen and all the
party had suffered so much from sea sickness, that they
had taken a firm resolution not to embark any more, but
to travel by land to the Hague. They left Brill next
morning early. They travelled by Maeslandsluys, and found
the Stadtholder himself, with the Queen of Bohemia, her
son, Prince Rupert, and two of her daughters, waiting to
receive the Queen of Great Britain and her daughter, the
young bride of William, the hereditary Prince of Orange, t
Affectionate welcomes were offered to the illustrious
voyagers, and after his little daughter-in-law had been
duly presented and heartily embraced by the Stadtholder,
* l Memoirs of Frederic Henry, Prince of Orange,' by Pisart.
t Ibid.