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[334] Barillon, December 30, 1678/January 9, 1679, January 30/February 9, May 12/22, June 2/12, 1679. John Verney to Sir R. Verney, May 22, 1679. Verney MSS. 472. Parl. Hist. iv. 1086, 1121.
[335] Parl. Hist. iv. 1092–1111. Burnet ii. 205 and note 2. And see Temple i. 412. Seymour had formerly been on the court side, and after Danby’s imprisonment made up the quarrel. A memorandum in the Leeds papers contains the following note on Seymour; “This man, the most odious to the House, till he disturbed your Majesty’s affairs.” Add. MSS. 28042: 21.
[336] See Reresby, Memoirs 170, 171. Temple i. 396–414.
[337] Parl. Hist. iv. 1122. Algernon Sidney wrote that Halifax was the author of the scheme. Letters 34. James had news that the Duchess of Portsmouth bragged that she had helped to make it. James to the Prince of Orange, May 8, 1679. Foljambe MSS. 129.
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