



Produced by Al Haines.


                              GOD AND THE
                                  KING


                                   BY

                             MARJORIE BOWEN

                      AUTHOR OF "I WILL MAINTAIN"



                           'LUCTOR ET EMERGO
                             MOTTO OF ZEELAND



                           METHUEN & GO. LTD
                          36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
                                 LONDON




                          _Published in 1911_




                               DEDICATED
                            VERY GRATEFULLY
                                   TO
                        MAJOR-GENERAL F. DE BAS
               DIRECTOR OF THE MILITARY HISTORICAL BRANCH
                    GENERAL STAFF OF THE DUTCH ARMY




                                CONTENTS

                                 PART I
                             THE REVOLUTION

CHAP.

      I. THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 30TH, 1688
     II. THE EVENING OF JUNE 30TH, 1688
    III. THE NIGHT OF JUNE 30TH, 1688
     IV. THE MESSENGER FROM ENGLAND
      V. THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE
     VI. THE LETTERS OF MR. HERBERT
    VII. THE SILENT WOOD
   VIII. THE POLICY OF THE PRINCE
     IX. FRANCE MOVES
      X. THE ENGLISH AMBASSADOR
     XI. THREE PAWNS
    XII. FRANCE MOVES AGAIN
   XIII. THE GREAT ENTERPRISE
    XIV. STORMS
     XV. THE SECOND SAILING
    XVI. NEWS FROM ENGLAND
   XVII. FAREWELL TO HOLLAND
  XVIII. BY THE GRACE OF GOD


                                PART II
                               THE QUEEN

      I. A DARK DAWNING
     II. THE KING AT BAY
    III. THE BEST OF LIFE
     IV. THE SECRET ANGUISH
      V. A WOMAN'S STRENGTH
     VI. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
    VII. THE SHADOW
   VIII. FEAR
     IX. CHRISTMAS EVE
      X. THE QUEEN
     XI. THE BITTER PARTING


                                PART III
                                THE KING

      I. *VITA SINE AMOR MORS EST*
     II. THE KING IS NEEDED
    III. ATTAINMENT
     IV. A MAN'S STRENGTH
      V. A LEADER OF NATIONS
     VI. THE KING'S AGENT
    VII. THE BANK OF ENGLAND
   VIII. THE BREAKING FRIENDSHIP
     IX. PEACE
      X. THE BROKEN FRIENDSHIP
     XI. THE KING'S HUMILIATION
    XII. APATHY
   XIII. FRANCE CHALLENGES
    XIV. THE VANGUARD OF THE WORLD
     XV. THE EVE OF WAR
    XVI. GOD AND THE KING




                                 PART I

                             THE REVOLUTION


"Un prince profond dans ses vues; habile a former des ligues et a reunir
les esprits; plus heureux a exciter les guerres qu'a combattre; plus a
craindre encore dans le secret du cabinet, qu'a la tete des armees; un
ennemi que la haine du nom Francais avoit rendu capable d'imaginer de
grandes chose et de les executer; un de ces genies qui semblent etre nes
pour mouvoir a leur gre les peuples et les souverains--un grand
homme...."--MASSILLON, _Oraison Funebre de M. le Dauthin_.



                               CHAPTER I

                    THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 30th, 1688


"There is no managing an unreasonable people.  By Heaven, my lord, they
do not deserve my care."

The speaker was standing by an open window that looked on to one of the
courts of Whitehall Palace, listening to the unusual and tumultuous
noises that filled the sweet summer air--noises of bells, of shouting,
the crack of fireworks, and the report of joyous mock artillery.

It was late afternoon, and the small apartment was already left by the
departing daylight and obscured with a dusky shade, but no candles were
lit.

There was one other person in the room, a gentleman seated opposite the
window at a tall black cabinet decorated with gold lacquer Chinese
figures, that showed vivid even in the twilight. He was watching his
companion with a gentle expression of judgment, and twirling in his slim
fingers a half-blown white rose.

An over-richness of furniture, hangings, and appointments distinguished
the chamber, which was little more than a cabinet. The flush of rich
hues in the Mortlake tapestries, the gold on the China bureau, the
marble, gilt, and carving about the mantel, two fine and worldly Italian
paintings and crystal sconces, set in silver, combined to give the place
an overpowering air of lavishness; noticeable in one corner was a large
ebony and enamel crucifix.

The persons of these two gentlemen were in keeping with this air of
wealth, both being dressed in an opulent style, but in themselves they
differed entirely from each other.

Neither was young, and both would have been conspicuous in any company
for extreme handsomeness, but there was no further likeness.

He at the window was by many years the older, and past the prime of
life, but the magnificence of his appearance created no impression of
age.

Unusually tall, finely made and graceful, he carried himself with great
dignity; his countenance, which had been of the purest type of
aristocratic beauty, was now lined and marred--not so much by years, as
by a certain gloom and sourness that had become his permanent
expression; his eyes were large, grey, and commanding, his mouth noble,
but disfigured by a sneer, his complexion blond and pale, his nose
delicately formed and straight; a fair peruke shaded his face and hung
on to his shoulders