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162 which he is mightily delighted with; the same brought me a letter from my Lord Sunderland, which told me the same thing, and gave me order to send on an inclosed letter from the King to the Duke of Monmouth. I told the Duke of it, and he desired me to send it away as soon as I could, which I did in half an hour; the Prince is not at all pleased with it. When the company was gone, he took me into his bed-chamber, and told me the contents of the King's letter to the Duke, which were that he should come to the Downs, and there stay till further orders. The Prince thinks it well for him, but not for the King; he bids adieu to all Parliaments; he finds these Lords are quite changed; he would not let me stay long for fear of the Duke's servants. He saith he never saw such people—I writ to my Lord Sunderland and Sir William Temple.

8th.I was with the Duke, and found them preparing for their journey; he told me if his journey into Scotland had as good success as his journey into England, he should be quite content. At night the Duchess of Modena came to Court with a melancholy face. The Duke's servants say all the Papists are troubled at his going into Scotland.