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

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him attention. A boat, provided by the States, was wait-
ing to convey him to the Eoyal Charles, into which the
King, his ladies, and the young Prince of Orange, were
handed ; but presently after, one still more elegant met
them, from the admiral's ship, carpeted and with glass
windows. Into the English boat they all transferred
themselves, and soon reached The Eoyal Charles,
where his majesty was received with the most loyal affec-
tion by all parties. The Earl of Manchester, offered the
homage of his knee, the moment the sovereign stepped on
deck ; the royal standard of Great Britain was hoisted,
and a climax of delight pervaded officers, sailors, and crew.
A sumptuous dinner had been provided on board. Charles,
the Queen of Bohemia, his sister, the Princess-royal, her
son, the young Prince of Orange, with the two royal dukes,
dined together. The king embraced and blessed his royal
nephew with paternal tenderness, when the anchor was
weighed and the sails spread. His majesty endeavoured
to console his sister, by promising a happy meeting soon
in England, but she parted in tears, and returned amidst
the roar of the royal salutation from the Boyal Charles,
which was answered by the artillery at the Hague, and at
Scheveling, till* the British ships were fairly out of sight.
The Princess-royal, consoled herself for her separation
from her royal brothers, by celebrating the birthday of
King Charles, and his restoration to the throne of Great
Britain, on the 29th of May, with a magnificent feast.
Bonfires in the evening were lighted in all quarters of the
town.
The Princess was next gratified by an earnest request
from the republican town of Amsterdam, that she and the
Prince, her son, would condescend to honour them with
their presence at a fete, to be given on June 7th. As their
magistrates had not been able to prevail on the King, her