ors retired, and the
result of this expedition was, the blowing up of Tangier. Some time
after the king was appeased, the earl forgot the ill offices, that
had been done him; and enjoyed his majesty's favour to the last. He
continued in several great ports during the short reign of king James
the IId, till that prince abdicated the throne. As the earl constantly
and zealously advised him against several imprudent measures, which were
taken by the court, the king, some months before the revolution, began
to grow cooler towards him; but yet was so equitable as not to remove
him from his preferments: And after the king lost his crown, he had
the inward satisfaction, to be conscious, that his councils had not
contributed to that prince's misfortunes; and that himself, in any
manner, had not forfeited his honour and integrity.

That his lordship was no violent friend to, or promoter of, the
revolution, seems to appear from his conduct during that remarkable aera:
and particularly from the unfinished relation he left concerning it,
which was suppressed some years ago, by order of the government.

In a passage in his lordship's writings, it appears he was unwilling
that king James should leave England[3]. Just as the king was stepping
into bed the night before his going away, the earl of Mulgrave came into
the bed-chamber, which, being at so late an hour, might possibly give
the king some apprehensions of that lord's suspecting his design, with
which he was resolved not to trust him, nor any protestant: He therefore
stopped short, and turned about to whisper him in the ear, that his
commissioners had newly sent him a very hopeful account of some
accommodation with the Prince of Orange; to which that lord only replied
with a question, asking him if the Prince's army halted, or approached
nearer to London? the King owned they still marched on; at which the
earl shook his head, and said no more, only made him a low bow, with
a dejected countenance, humbly to make him understand that he gave no
credit to what the King's hard circumstances at that time obliged him to
dissemble. It also appears that the earl of Mulgrave was one of those
lords, who, immediately after the King's departure, sent letters to the
fleet, to the abandoned army of King James, and to all the considerable
garrisons in England, which kept them in order and subjection, not only
to the present authority, but that which should be settled afterwards.

To his lord