Note 207 — Chapter LI · THE PARLIAMENT OF 1689

Melfort’s letters, cited in note, p. 142, to O’Callaghan’s Macariæ Excidium. Sheridan MS. Madame de Sévigné, July 1, 1676. For an estimate of Anthony Hamilton, see Sainte-Beuve’s article, Causeries du Lundi, vol. i. For the early adventures of the brothers, see the Mem. de Grammont. Melfort told Avaux that the Tyrconnels had hunted him out of Ireland, ‘pour sauver Antoine et Richard Hamilton, qu’on avait peur qu’il n’accusast.’ Avaux to Louis XIV., August 20/30, 1689. Madame de Lafayette says Anthony was driven from the French Court for making love to the Princesse de Conti, who liked talking to him better than to anyone else. ‘Richard alla mourir chez sa nièce, quoique pauvre elle-même, mais moins pauvre que lui, pour ne pas mourir de faim,’ St. Simon’s addition to Dangeau, December 20, 1717.