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DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF
SIR RICHARD BULSTRODE[1] TO MR. SIDNEY.
Bruzelles, Sept. 10th, 1679.
Sir,
I was in so great disorder when I last wrote to you the night before his Royal Highness' departure, that I had not time to collect myself, for which reason I did forget much of what I had to say. The chief thing of concern was the sudden and unexpected journey his Highness was undertaking, which put this Court into a great consternation, and the Catholic party in it into a great rage; and truly we are all betwixt great hopes and fears till we hear how his Majesty doth, and how his Royal Highness hath been received.[2]
- ↑ Sir Richard Bulstrode was the son of the author of some Law Reports; he was born in 1610. He left the Law to serve under King Charles I., of whose army he was Adjutant and Quarter Master General. He was knighted in 1675, and was at this time the Envoy at Brussels.—Preface to his Letters.
- ↑ The following is James's own account of his journey and his reception.—"Upon the 8th of September he began his journey from Brusells, acquainting nobody but the Duchess with his intentions, and took only my Lord Peterborough, Mr. Churchill, and a Barber with him; leaving order with Sir Richard Bulstrode to acquaint the Duke of Villa Hermosa with the occasion of his sudden departure. The first night he arrived at Armentiers, and the next at Calais; but, the wind blowing fresh and contrary, could not get out till the 10th in the evening, and the next morning landed at Dover in a French
