[jacques ii (1633-1701) King of England]. L.A. (minute) [probably by M. de Château-Guillaume, commissaire d'artillerie], Ambleteuse 4 [January] 1689; 6pages and a quarter in-4 with erasures and corrections. Interesting account of the dethroned James II's flight from England and arrival in France. "Jay Monsieur l'honneur de vous donner advis que le Roy d'Angleterre a debarqué ce matin mardy environ les trois heures, en ce port et est amené chez moi accompagné de Monsieur le duc de Barvic [le duc de Berwick] son fils naturel et quelques autres domestiques [...] After having made him a good fire, which he greatly needed, as well as food and all his company, to whom I happily gave a few bottles of the good Champaigne wine I had in the cellar, some ham and fresh eggs, after which, having asked him if he wanted to write to the Royne that I was going to send a courier to the Roy to bring him the good news of his arrival in France, he wrote two letters"... He learned from S. de La Badie, valet de chambre, that a first landing had failed made him return to London, where the Prince of Orange mandated him to leave the city for Hampton Court. "Le Roy quy avoit son dessein luy fist demander de l'envoyer plustost a Rochester", whence he was again able to escape his guards and embark the very next day, Sunday 2, on a fishermen's boat, with the Polish ambassador, who had been detained for several days, "rudely maltreated and mesme pillé jusqu'à son sabre"... After a night's rest, "the Duc d'Aumont having been informed of the arrival of these princes arrived with two carriages and the King went to hear mass", then had a light snack, and climbed into the Duc d'Aumont's carriage... Jacques II pointed out that many of the Prince of Orange's officers were Catholic, "and went daily to hear mass with the King, who asked them how they warded off people of their religion, to which they replied that they were in the service of the Prince of Orange, that they touched his money and were Roman Catholics, but that their swords were Protestant"...