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There was a Fleet now set to Sea, ofabout fifty Sail. Most of them werethird or fourth Rates, commanded byDutch Officers; But Herbert, as repre-senting the Prince’s Person, was to com-mand in chief, as Lieutenant-General-Admiral. This was not very easy tothe State, nor indeed so the Prince him-self, who thought it an absurd Thing toset a Sranger at the Head of their Fleet.Nothing less would content Herbert .And it was said, that nothing would pro-bably make the English Fleet come o-ver, and join with the Prince, so much,as the seing one who had lately com-manded them, at the Head of the DutchFleet. There was a Transport Fleethired for carrying over the Army : Andthis grew to be about five Hundred Ves-sels : For, tho’ the Horse and Dragoonsin Pay were not above four Thousand,yet the Horses for Officers and Volun-teers, and for Artillery and Baggage,were above seven Thousand. Therewere Arms provided for twenty Thou-sand more.

Herbert went to Sea with theDutch Fleet: And was ordered to standover to the Downs, and to look on theEnglijh Fleet, to try if any would comeover, of which some Hopes were given;Or to engage them, while they werethen not above eighteen or twenty Shipsstrong. But the contrary Winds madethis not only impracticable, but gaveReason to fear that a great Part of theFleet would be either lost or disabled.These continued for above a Fortnight,and gave us at the Hague a melancholyProspect. Herbert also found, that theFleet was neither so strong, nor so wellmanned as he had expected.

On the sixteenth of Oblober , O. S. theWind, that had stood so long in theWest, came into the East. So Orderswere sent to all to hasten to Helvoetjluys.That Morning the Prince went into theAssembly of the States General, to takeLeave of them. He said to them, hewas extreamly sensible of the Kindnessthey had all sliewed him, upon manyOc-casions: Fie took God to Witness, hehad served them faithfully, ever sinceihey had trusted him with the Govern-

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before his Eyes, but the Good of hisCountry: That was what he had al-ways pursued ; And if, at any Time, hehad erred in his Judgment, yet his Heartwas ever set on procuring their Safetyand Prosperity. He took God to Wit-ness, he went to England with no otherIntentions, but thole he had set out inhis Declaration : He did not know howGod might dispose of him: To HisProvidence he committed himself:Whatsoever might become of him, hecommitted to them the Care of theirCountry, and recommended the Princessto them in a particular Manner: He as-sured them, Ihe loved their Country per-fectly, and equally with her own : Hehoped, that whatever might happen tohim, they would still protect her, anduse her as site well deserved : And so hetook his Leave.

It was a lad, but a kind, Parting.

Some of every Province offered at anAnswer to what the Prince had said :

But they all melted into Tears and Pas-sion ; So that their Speeches were muchbroken, very short, and extream ten-der. Only the Prince himself continu-ed firm, in his ufualGravity and Phlegm.

When he came to Helvoetjluvs, theTransport Fleet had consumed so muchof their Provisions, that three Days ofthe good Wind were lost, before allwere supplied anew.

" His whole Fleet consisted of a-" bout fifty Men of War, five and" twenty Firelhips, and near four Hun-" dred Transports, Victuallers and o-" ther Vessels, carrying about four" Thousand Horse and ten Thousand" Foot. Admiral Herbert led the Van" of the Fleet j Vice-Admiral Evertzen" brought up the Rear, and the Prince" himself was in the the Center, car-" tying a Flag, with Englijh Colours,

" and their Highnesses Arms, surround-" with the Motto : The Protestanttf Religion, and the Liberties op" En gland, and, underneath,the Motto“ of the House of Naffau, J B main-" tiendrai. {I will maintain.) p *

At last, on the nineteenth of 0 blob er, J \ t h his 'the Prince went on Board, (g) and the Fleet.

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Shrewsbury and Macclesfield , the Lords Mor-daunt, Wiltshire, Pawlett , Elan, and Dunblain,Admiral Herbert , Mr. Herbert , Colonel Sidney ,yj 1 '- RuJJel , Sir Rowland Gwyn, Major Wildman ,Ot. Bur net, Mr. Harbor d, Mr. Ferguson and

were the Earls of others ; And, besides the General Officers of theStates, the French Marshal Schomberg, CountCharles, his Son, Mr. Caillemote, younger Son tothe Marquis of Rouvigni, and two or threeHun-dred French Refugee-Officers.