Series 1 > Jacobite attempt of 1719

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to say truth what has happen’d is so barbarous and w^ut ex¬
ample that it is the less wonder they did not think it possible
to be so used, but they were mistaken, and see now too late
the need there was of the precautions given them from hence.
By the last account we had the Princess and her Mother were
still at Inchsprug, and were in hopes that they would still
be allow’d to come on their journey, so that we must have
patience for some time, hoping the best, but it cannot be
expected that the King can stay longer than in honor he’s
obliged, to do what is so necessary for his intrest and that of
his people, as the pains his Enemies have taken to prevent this
marriage sufficiently show. There are more women in the
world, and tho’ this match, both upon account of the princess
herself and many other motives, be the most desireable, yet the
impracticableness of it, or too long delay, wch is near as bad,
must not keep him from looking about elsewhere, and one
where or other completeing what his ffriends and faithful sub¬
jects so much desire, and if he should match below his quality,
what has now happen’d in this affair takes off any objection
there might be to a thing of that kind. I would fain hope
tho’ that this as desireable an one, wch was so far advanced,
may yet do, in spite of all the contrivances of his Enemies to
stop it.
The King is very well in his health, and designs to continue
in this place all winter, Gastello being found to cold, w^ut
chimneys as it mostly is, if something do not happen to re¬
quire his presence elsewhere, wch I wish may be the case. It
is a much better quarter than we had last winter, but the Wine
by no means agrees w* us.
Your Lop would hear the disagreeable account of the Regents
having declared that he is not to continue the pension the late
Queen had longer than the time of her death, and they are
very slow in paying up the arrears of it, whch is the occasion
that the allowances His Maty gave to his people have been of
late so ill payd, that being the only fund he had for it. The
straits those honest worthy Gentlemen are in and still further
likly to be put to is a great grief to the King. So long as
the arrears last and are payd up, he has orderd the allowances
to his people to be continued, that will not tho’ last long, and