Monmouth's Rebellion.- Scott (James, Duke of Monmouth, soldier and politician, rebelled against James II, 1649-85).- [Narrative of the last days of the Duke of Monmouth], manuscript, 3pp., slightly browned, folds, sm. 4to, 1808. ⁂ ?Published for the first time in 1828. An account of the last days of the Duke of Monmouth in which he wrote to James II a letter begging for mercy, or at least a few days delay of execution. The messenger took it to James II but was intercepted by Lord Sunderland who swore to deliver it and never did, and therefore the duke was executed without delay. After the king had been exiled to France he asked Col. Scott if the story was true, to which he replied in the affirmative, "upon which the king then said; 'Colonel Scott as I am a living man I never saw that letter, nor did I even hear of it 'till within these few days.'"
Monmouth's Rebellion.- Scott (James, Duke of Monmouth, soldier and politician, rebelled against James II, 1649-85).- [Narrative of the last days of the Duke of Monmouth], manuscript, 3pp., slightly browned, folds, sm. 4to, 1808. ⁂ ?Published for the first time in 1828. An account of the last days of the Duke of Monmouth in which he wrote to James II a letter begging for mercy, or at least a few days delay of execution. The messenger took it to James II but was intercepted by Lord Sunderland who swore to deliver it and never did, and therefore the duke was executed without delay. After the king had been exiled to France he asked Col. Scott if the story was true, to which he replied in the affirmative, "upon which the king then said; 'Colonel Scott as I am a living man I never saw that letter, nor did I even hear of it 'till within these few days.'"
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