CHAPTER II.

Duke of Schomberg lands with an Army in Ireland..... The
Inniskilliners obtain a Victory over the Irish.....
Schomberg censured for his Inactivity..... The French
worsted at Walcourt..... Success of the Confederates in
Germany..... The Turks defeated at Pacochin, Nissa, and
Widen..... Death of Pope Innocent XI..... .King William
becomes unpopular..... A good Number of the Clergy refuse to
take the Oaths..... The King grants a Commission for
reforming Church Discipline..... Meeting of the
Convocation..... Their Session discontinued by repeated
Prorogations..... Proceedings in Parliament..... The Whigs
obstruct the Bill of Indemnity..... The Commons resume the
Inquiry into the Cause of the Miscarriages in Ireland.....
King William irritated against the Whigs..... Plot against
the Government by Sir James Montgomery discovered by Bishop
Burnet..... Warm Debates in Parliament about the Corporation
Bills..... The King resolves to finish the Irish War in
Person ..... General Ludlow arrives in England, but is
obliged to withdraw..... Efforts of the Jacobites in
Scotland..... The Court Interest triumphs over all
Opposition in that Country..... The Tory Interest prevails
in the New Parliament of England..... Bill for recognising
their Majesties..... Another violent Contest about the Bill
of Abjuration..... King William lands in Ireland..... King
James marches to the Boyne..... William resolves to give him
battle..... Battle of the Boyne..... Death and Character of
Schomberg..... James embarks for France..... William enters
Dublin and publishes his Declaration..... The French obtain
a Victory over the English and Dutch Fleets off Beachy-
head..... Torrington committed Prisoner to the Tower.....
Progress of William in Ireland..... He Invests Limerick; but
is obliged to raise the Siege, and returns to England.....
Cork and Kinsale reduced by the Earl of Marlborough .....
Lausun and the French Forces quit Ireland..... The Duke of
Savoy joins the Confederacy..... Prince Waldeck defeated at
Fleurus..... The Archduke Joseph elected King of the
Romans..... Death of the Duke of Lorrain..... Progress of
the War against the Turks..... Meeting of the
Parliament..... The Commons comply with all the King’s
Demands..... Petition of the Tories in the City of
London..... Attempt against the Marquis of Cærmarthen.....
The King’s Voyage to Holland..... He assists at a
Congress..... Returns to England.

WILLIAM AND MARY, 1688—1701.