Noel de Caron, Seignior of Schonewal, resident ambassador of the States in London, was likewise there to greet them.

This was Saturday night: On the following Tuesday they went by appointment to the Palace of Whitehall in royal carriages for their first audience.

Manifestations of as entire respect and courtesy had thus been made to the Republican envoys as could be shown to the ambassadors of the greatest sovereigns.

They found the King seated on his throne in the audience chamber, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Lord High Treasurer and Lord High Admiral, the Duke of Lenox, the Earls of Arundel and Northampton, and many other great nobles and dignitaries.

James rose from his seat, took off his hat, and advanced several paces to meet the ambassadors, and bade them courteously and respectfully welcome.