History of England, Vol. 3: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II - Paperback

Excerpt from History of England, Vol. 3: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II

No ship being found that would for a month set sail from Bristol, either for France or Spain, the king was obliged to \\go elsewhere for a as' sage. He therefore repaired to the house of lonel Wyndham, in Dorsetshire, where he was cordially received; that gentleman's family hav ing ever been royal. His mother, a venerable matron, seemed to think the end of her life nobly rewarded, in having it in her power to give pro. Tection to her king. She expressed no dissatisfac tron at having lost three sons, and one grand~ child, in the defence of his cause, since she was honoured in being instrumental to his own pre. Servation.

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