Note 201 — Chapter XXXIV · CLANRICARDE AND IRETON, 1651
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Duke of Lorraine to Innocent X., February 11, 1651, in Spicilegium Ossoriense, ii. 84; ib. 92 for French’s movements; Letters in Clanricarde Memoirs, February 27, 1650-1 till April 4, when the agreement was signed; Clarendon’s Hist., xiii. 182. According to D’Haussonville (chap. 23), the state of French politics was what really prevented Duke Charles from going to Ireland. He could not afford to be out of the way just when Mazarin’s flight seemed to give him a chance. Ireton was well informed about these intrigues, as may be seen from William King’s letter to him, March 24, 1650-51, printed in Z. Grey’s Examination of Neal, iv. appx. 7.