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

11 G MARY, PRINCESS-ROYAL. [1658.
and followed the Queen, step by step into her coach..
Every one was laughing at ine, but 1 had no idea what it
was for.
" "When we came home the Queen sought out my aunt r
and seating herself on the bed, burst into a loud laugh.
' Lizette,' said she, ' has made a delightful visit,' and
related all that I had done, which made the Electress
laugh more than her mother. ' Lizette,' said she, ' you
have done right, and revenged us well on the haughtiness
of the Princess."
A very unwise manner of receiving the account of
the ill-bred breach of good manners, of which Lizette
had certainly been guilty. But the Princess-royal did not
receive her accomplished cousin Sophia, because she had
tolerated Mademoiselle Dagenfeld, the mistress of the
Elector Palatine, with whom she was domesticated at the
elector's palaces.
Elizabeth Charlotte, would gladly have married the
Prince of Orange, in after years, if he had asked her to>
be his wife, but she offered not such advantages as did his
alliance with the reluctant Mary of England, subsequently^
The fall of Dunkirk on the 25th of June, 1658, rendered
the Princess so unhappy, that she took to her bed, and was ill
for several days. It appeared to her that all hopes of
her brother Charles's restoration to the English crown,
were finally crushed. At length she roused herself, and
went to meet Charles, at Sevenburgen, where she made
a little stay, but proceeded on the first of July, to
her three brothers at Oxcon. King Charles, always
restless and dissatisfied, desired to go to Frankfort,
and sent a messenger to enquire if he could proceed
thither ? The answer was, he could come if he pleased,
* ' Life of the Duchess of Orleans.' ' Descendants of the Stuarts.' By
\V. Townsend.