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

126 MARY, PEINCESS-ROYAL. [1659.
education, and his wish " to bid the deputies farewell, and
assure them of his affection, constant remembrance, and
devotion to their service."
The Princess, accompanied by her mother-in-law, the
Princess-dowager, and the Elector of Brandenburgh, who
both approved the plan for the education of the Prince at
Leyden, started on the 3rd of November, with her son,
after they had taken their personal leave of their "high
mightinesses " at the Hague. Their reception at Leyden
was most gratifying. Monsieur Coeccrus, the high rector
of the university, delivered a complimentary harangue in
Flemish to the Prince. The Princess gratefully accepted
their gift of the house for him, and the appointment of
Professor Bernicus to direct his studies.*
She took a most tender farewell of her son, and
returned the same evening with the Princess-dowager, who
as well as herself, was highly satisfied with the courteous
reception they had all received at learned Leyden.
The Princess-royal writes from Breda, soon after her
son had commenced his studies at Leyden. " Two or three
days before I came hither, a hundred men, from the city
of Leyden, came to tell me how well my son advanced
in his studies. They made many protestations of friend-
ship, which I considered so advantageous I could not reject
them, but thanked them, very gratefully, for their mani-
festation of their good will.t"
Greatly was the royal widow troubled about her son's
French principality, on the Phone, from whence he derived
the title of Prince of Orange. His revenues were drawn
from tolls, levied on the ships passing up and down the
Rhone. These, however, were paid at a place not under
the authority of the Prince of Orange, but in his interest.
* Samson's ' History of William III.'
f To Monsieur Heenvliet, from Breda, Gtli of December.