health, which I assure you no man wishes more heartily than myself. Our friend Mr. Montague is now at Newport Pagnell, on his way to Northampton, to be chosen there, which he will without
Lyttleton, Powle, and Harbord), have touched what was promised them, when the disbanding of the troops should be finished and the High Treasurer removed from affairs." And again he writes: " Mr. Harbord is the same whom I engaged in the affair of the High Treasurer. He is a friend of Mr. Montague's, but has not the same connections with the Duke of Monmouth; on the contrary, he appears to be in the Prince of Orange's interest. Through him I have engaged many persons of great credit in Parliament and in London. He is an active, vigilant man, from whom I have very good information, and who has a great desire to make his fortune by means of France."—Dalrymple's Mem. i. 358.
During Charles's reign, Harbord was one of the most violent opponents of the Court party. He took a very active part with Montague against Dauby, and was one of the warmest advocates in the House for the Bill of Exclusion. No wonder, therefore, that he left England soon after the accession of James, attended upon the Prince of Orange, and engaged heartily in his cause at the time of the revolution. "I," says the Earl of Clarendon, "and my company supped together at my lodgings (Hungerford); Sir John Hotham and William Harbord supped with us. They discoursed much against the meeting of Parliament, which was summoned, saying that, by their having been so long out of England, attending upon the Prince of Orange, they could not expect to be chosen, if they had not time to go down into their counties, as if it could not be a good Parliament, in case those gentlemen were not in it Mr. Harbord said he had drawn his sword against
