St. James's Coffee-house, Sept. 15.
Advices from Madrid of the 8th say, the Duke of Anjou, with his Court, and all the Councils, were preparing to leave that place in a day or two, in order to remove to Valladolid. They add, that the palace was already unfurnished, and a declaration had been published, importing, that it was absolutely necessary, in the present conjuncture of affairs, that the Court were absent for some time from Madrid, but would return thither in six weeks. This sudden departure is attributed to the advice that the Portuguese army was in motion to enter Spain by Braganza, and that his Catholic Majesty was on the march with a strong detachment towards Castille. Two thousand horse were arrived at Agreda, and it is reported they were to join the rest of the body, with the King, and advance to Calatayud, on their way to Madrid, whilst General Staremberg observed the enemy on the frontier of Navarre. They write from Bayonne, that the Duke of Vendôme set forwards to Spain on the 14th.
FOOTNOTES:
[106] See No. 217.
[No. 226. [Addison.]
From Saturday, Sept. 16, to Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1710.
----Juvenis quondam, nunc femina, Cænis,
Rursus et in veterem fato revoluta figuram.
Virg., Æn. vi. 448.