The History of England : From the Accession of James I to the Elevation of the House of Hanover 1
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Trea- ties with Spain laid before the houfe. Rupture with Spain.—- — Parliament prorogued, Mar- riage-treaty with France, Mansfeild's expedi- tion. Majfacre at Amhoyna. Death of King James, His characler, Annoi6a 3 . f~y^O the influence which Buckingham main- influence of 1 tained over the weak mind of his prince, ham. have molt authors attributed the abrupt di Ablu- tion of the Spanifh treaty. But to the power, not theperfuafion, of the favorite, may be more juftly aicribed this whimfical and ...unexpected event. It was neither inclination nor conviction which prevailed on James to difclaim the offer- ed concluiion of that which had been the object of his earned purfuit for a feries of fifteen years : His affections were over-ruled by the impetuous oppofition of Buckingham, whofe prefent inte- reft with the prince, and the concurrence of the majority of the nation, detached from him every other fupport than a precarious affiftance from Spain. In this difpofition of affairs, the timid monarch, with a painful compliance, fubmitted to meafures which overthrew his hopes in the very crifis of their accomplifhment.
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