8; Citters, Jan 31/Feb 10]

[Footnote 319: Adda, Feb. 3/13 10/20 1688.]

[Footnote 320: Barillon,. Dec. 5/15 8/18. 12/22 1687; Citters, Nov
29/Dec 9 Dec 2/12]

[Footnote 321: Citters, Oct 28/Nov 7 1687; Lonsdale's Memoirs.]

[Footnote 322: Citters, Nov 22/Dec 2 1687.]

[Footnote 323: Ibid. Dec 27/Jan 6 1687/8.]

[Footnote 324: Ibid,]

[Footnote 325: Rochester's offensive warmth on this occasion is
twice noticed by Johnstone, Nov. 25. and Dec. 8. 1687. His failure is
mentioned by Citters, Dec. 6/16.]

[Footnote 326: Citters, Dec. 6/16. 1687]

[Footnote 327: Ibid. Dec. 20/30. 1687.]

[Footnote 328: Ibid March 30/April 9 1687.]

[Footnote 329: Ibid Nov 22/Dec 2 1687.]

[Footnote 330: Ibid. Nov. 15/25. 1687.]

[Footnote 331: Citters, April 10/20 1688.]

[Footnote 332: The anxiety about Lancashire is mentioned by Citters, in
a despatch dated Nov. 18/28. 1687; the result in a despatch dated four
days later.]

[Footnote 333: Bonrepaux, July 11/21 1687.]

[Footnote 334: Citters, Feb. 3/13 1688.]

[Footnote 335: Ibid. April 5/15 1688.]

[Footnote 336: London Gazette, Dec. 5. 1687; Citters, Dec. 6/16]

[Footnote 337: About twenty years before this time a Jesuit had noticed
the retiring character of the Roman Catholic country gentlemen of
England. "La nobilta Inglese, senon se legata in servigio, di Corte, o
in opera di maestrato, vive, e gode il piu dell' anno alla campagna,
ne' suoi palagi e poderi, dove son liberi e padroni; e cio tanto piu
sollecitamente I Cattolici quanto piu utilmente, si come meno osservati
cola."--L'lnghilterra descritta dal P. Daniello Bartoli. Roma, 1667.

"Many of the Popish Sheriffs," Johnstone wrote, "have estates,
and declare that whoever expects false returns from them will be
disappointed. The Popish gentry that live at their houses in the country
are much different from those that live here in town. Several of them
have refused to be Sheriffs or Deputy Lieutenants." Dec. 8. 1687.

Ronquillo says the same. "Algunos Catolicos que fueron nombrados per
sherifes se han excusado," Jan. 9/19. 1688. He some months later assured
his court that the Catholic country gentlemen would willingly consent to
a compromise of which the terms should be that the penal laws should be
abolished and the test retained. "Estoy informado," he says, "que
los Catolicos de las provincias no lo reprueban, pues no pretendiendo
oficios, y siendo solo algunos de la Corte los provechosos, les parece
que m