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THE rejoicings, by which London, on the second of December 1697, celebrated the return of peace and prosperity, continued till long after midnight. On the following morning the Parliament met; and one of the most laborious sessions of that age commenced. Among the questions which it was necessary that the Houses should speedily decide, one stood forth preeminent in interest and importance. Even in the first transports of joy with which the bearer of the treaty of Ryswick had been welcomed to England, men had eagerly and anxiously asked one another what was to be done with that army which had been formed in Ireland and. | The History of England from the Accession of James II vol 5 1 The History of England from the Accession of James II vol 5 The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of England from James II 12 in our series by Thomas Babington Macaulay Volume 5 Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title The History of England from the Accession of James II Vol. 5 Author Thomas Babington Macaulay Release Date May 2001 EBook 2614 This file was last updated on March 28 2002 Edition 11 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND E-Text created by Martin Adamson martin@ Transcriber s note Footnotes are indicated in the main text by numbers at the appropriate place. The footnotes themselves are placed at the end of the text. They can be searched for in the format FN 1 FN 2 FN 3 etc. Alternatively if your software allows it the reader can copy footnotes to a second document window. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Volume V Chapters XXIII-XXV CHAPTER XXIII 2 PREFACE TO THE FIFTH VOLUME. I HAVE thought it right to publish that portion of the .