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against him by the commons--Clarendon finding that any defence offered to such-- prejudiced ears, would be intirely eneffectual thought proper to withdraw-- From Calais he wrote a paper addressed to the House of Lords in which he insinuated that his real crime was his frequent opposition to exorbitant grants which the importunity of suetors had extorted from his Majesty-- The Lords transmitted this paper to the commons under the Appellation of a libel; and by a vote of both houses, it was condemned to be burnt by the hands of the Hangman-- The Parliament next proceeded to pass a bill of banishment against Clarendon which received the Royal assent--He retired into France & survived his banishment six Years, and employed his liesure in writing the History of the Civil wars-- The next event that took place in --1668--was the [[underline]] triple Alliance [[/underline]] -- the Glory of France which had been eclipsed by the superior force of the Spanish Monarchy, began to break out with great lustre-- The death of Philip the --4th-- awakened the
