dice from them; and that whether the Queen turn'd out the Whigs by Harley and his set of knaves, or by my Ld Godolphin and the High Church men, yet still he, in that station, must unavoidably be courted by the party that prevail'd.
The Duke of Marlborough was no sooner gone but I plainly found that my Ld Godolphin (from the frequent complaints he made to me of his Grace's late carriage to him, and by all his other workings) was resolved, on any terms, to secure himself and his dependants against the impending storm; and in return to my Ld Marlborough for deserting his Lordp in Harley's first scheme, to sacrifice him and all his relations and friends either to the High Church, or Harley, with which he could make the best bargain to attain the ends aforesaid. And he being then (as has been observed) in treaty with the High Church, he immediately gave up Ld Sunderland to that party, and my Ld Anglesea, elder brother to the present Lord of that name, was pitch'd upon by them to succeed him.
But when Ld Sunderland had the seals taken from him, Harley's superior interest with the Queen soon appear'd, by my Lord Dartmouth's being declared Secretary of State, tho' he could not write true English, and was an utter stranger to all business; but, because a servile creature of Harley's, he was chose to fill this great employment, to demonstrate to all partys and sorts of people that he was to be chief Minister, and that his power was to be uncontroulable.
And this disappointment was, in some short time after, the occasion of breaking off all correspondence between the High Church and Lord Godolphin; for, as he saw he could not support himself against Harley by them, so they were sufficiently convinc'd they could not expect to get the Queen from Harley by him. From this time I heard no more of Graham, neither did Ld Godolphin entertain me with the same freedom as formerly on any subject after this, but never mentioned at all anything relating to a junction with the Church Party.
On the contrary, he enter'd into close engagements with Lord Halifax and Ld Sommers, tho' at the same time he engag'd to get my Lord Anglesea, as an equivalent for the Secretaries office, my employment; and this was his last effort to make the Tories think he had any interest with the Queen equal to Harley's.
Accordingly I was turn'd out and his Lord'p put in my place; and Harley sent me word by my cousin Boyle, now Lord Carlton, that my remove was no part of his scheme, but an unexpected force upon him and his friends, which they could not prevent because they did not foresee it, nor withstand for the same reason.
Here it must be observed, that Ld Sunderland was remov'd the 14th of June, and my place was not taken from me 'till the 7th of July[1]; and likewise that the
- ↑ A.D. 1710.
