which they had lately got executed in feveral diocefes. And therefore they infifted, that they were fuch a part of the parliament, as could not be feparated from it; and confequently if they were no longer a provincial fynod, they were however a part of the national clergy fummoned by the Præmunientes clause to meet in parliament. And, indeed, had their parliamentary notions been true, this had been a juft inference from them. But when they came to confult the learned in the law, they foon found, that the act for continuing the parliament did by no means include the convocation, which, being called by a different writ, had a different conftitution, and muft determine with the king's death. When they were under this difappointment, they follicited fome friends in the house of lords to bring in an extraordinary claufe, to declare the convocation to be ftill in being. This was moved by the earl of Rochester, but the attorney-general declaring it was against the queen's ecclefiaftical fupremacy, it was let fall, and they were forced to acquiefce in the diffolution. Upon the queen's acceffion to the crown, all these angry men, that had raised this flame in the Church, as they treated the memory of the late king with much indecent contempt, fo they seemed very confident, that, for the future, all preferments should be diftributed among them (the queen having fuperfeded the commiffion for ecclefiaftical preferments) and they thought they were full of merit, and were as full of hopes. The END of the REIGN of WILLIAM III. THE X 4 Containing the three first Years of Queen Anne, from 1702 to 1704. CHAP. I. Queen Anne's Acceffion-Account of her before she was queen-Rife and character of the duke of Marlborough The queen prejudiced against the Whigs and in favour of the Tories-Her first speech to her privycouncil and to the parliament-Confternation in Hol land at king William's death-The queen's letter to the States-Proceedings in France-Civil lift fettled-A bill for the public accounts-The abjuration-oath refufed by few-A ministry formed-Debate in council about war and the foreigners ferving in the army War against France proclaimed-A bill of union propofed between the two kingdoms-Falfe reports of defigns against the queen-Libellous pamphlets cenfured -Parliament prorogued with a speech-Naval prepa rations-Affairs of Scotland-An union treated of, and comes to nothing-Affairs of Ireland-Of Germany War War in Poland-Treaty with Bavaria-Pofture of affairs in the beginning of the war-Keyferfwaert taken -Attempt upon Nimeguen-Landau taken by ftorm. U 29. ANN E. PON the death of king William, the crown, purfu- Anne. ant to the act of fucceffion, devolved to the princefs 1701-2. Anne of Denmark, daughter of king James II. by the lady Anne Hyde (e). This princefs was born at Queen St. James's on the 6th of February 1664-5. She was fent fon. (e) She was the daughter of the earl of Clarendon. The king, when duke of York, was contracted to her at Breda, November 24, 1659, and privately married to her at Worcefter-house, September 5, 1660, in the night, by Dr. Jofeph Crowcher, the duke's chaplain. Her father folemnly protefted, that he knew nothing of the matter, till it broke out in 1662. The duke thought to have fhaken her from claiming her marriage by great promifes and as great threatenings. But the, being a woman of a high fpirit, faid, fhe was his wife, and would have it known that he was fo, let him ufe her afterwards as he pleased. King Charles II. ordered fome bifhops and judges to perufe the proofs fhe had to produce, and they reporting the marriage was good, the king, not being then willing to break with the earl of Clarendon, told his brother he muft live with her whom he had made his wife. The duchefs of York was a very extraordinary woman. She had great knowledge and a lively fenfe of to things. She foon understood what belonged to a princess, and took ftate on her rather too much. She writ well, and had begun the duke's life, of which fhe fhewed Dr. Burnet a volume. It was all drawn from the duke's journal; and he intended to have employed Burnet in carrying it on. She was bred to great ftrictnefs in religion, and practifed fecret confeffion. Mor ley was her confeffor. She began at twelve years old, and continued under his direction, till, upon her father's disgrace, he was put from the court. She was generous and friendly, but was too fevere an enemy. It was fuppofed fhe had been prevailed upon to change her religion, for a paper was published by Maimberg, after her death, giving an account of the grounds of her converfion, which paper the duke of York fhewed Burnet, all writ with her own hand, but would not let him copy it, though he gave him leave to read it twice. After a long decay of health fhe died in 1672, very little beloved or lamented. Her haughtinefs had raised her many Anne's accef |