DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Treasure %oom bk HenfyJlcnric-tKarlofdrlirwiviA The Right Honourable the Earl of AKLI^gTO^Cs LET TERS T O Sir W. Temple, Bar. From July 1665. Being the firft of his Employments abroad, To September 16 70. when he was recall'd. Giving a perfect and exad Account of the TREATIES of Munfier^ Breda, Aixla Chapclle, and the Triple Alliance ; Together with The particular Inftruttions to Sir William Temple, the Earl of Carlingford and Mr. Van Beuningen : With other Papers relating to thofe Treaties As alfo a particular Relation of the Death of Ma- dam by a Perfon of Quality then a&ually upon the Spot. %\\ $?inte& from tlje £tyginalg ano netoet before By Tho. Bebington, of Grays-fan, Gent. LONDON, Printed by tv. N. and Sold by %ty$. Rennet, at the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-yard. MDGCI. / / M*2.%: 0cP\/'^P2. To the Right Noble CU ARLES Earl of Eufton, Vifcount Ipfwich, Ba- ron Sudbury, &c. May it pleafe your Grace. IF by Humbly hying tbefe Papers at Tour Grace s Feet, I fhouU prove [o unfortunate as to fall under the Impu- tation of being Prefumptuous, I hope Tour Grace will the eafier excufe me, fince I could not otherwife have juftified my fe If from the more unpardonable Omif fion of both Duty and Juftice, had I neglefted any opportunity to acquaint the World how infinitely I am obligd to Tour Noble Family. And althd I have prefumed to fhelter them under A 3 Tour The Epiftle Dedicatory. Tour Graces Patronage, without asking it be fore ^hancf. Tet as Tour Grace has infome fence the fole Propriety in them, fo to Convey them under any other Pto- teftion to the World, whatever ap- pearances of Modefiyit might carry with //, would have been an AH of thehigh- eji Injuftice. Therefore may it pleafe Tour Grace, to accept of the moft grateful Offer both of Refpeft and Duty, which can be ten- der d by one who wifheth Tour Grace's Profperity and Increafe in all manner of Noble VertueSy and who is, May it pleafe Tour Grace, Your Grace's Moft Faithful and Obedient Humble Servant, Tho. Bebington. The THE PR EFACE. PRefaces of late, by the Difingenuity offome Publifbers, may without Reflection be jujily compared to Quack-Bills : For the one Prejents you with a long Scroul of Difeafes, which the Do&or no more Underfiands than he can Cure ; and the other infinuates a whole Volume of New Difcoveries, ixhich the Author never fo much as once dream d of. "this Mercenary way of proceeding creates frequent Suggefiicns very Difadvanta- geous to their own Purpofes, as well as Injurious to their Authors. But however they may be al- lowed to take, for jome private Ends, fo great a hatitude of freedom with the hiving $ yet they ought to be a little more cautious how they pre- fume to dijlurb the Manes of the Dead. And whether tve, by a charitable Interpretation do im- pute it to their Ignorance of what they Print, or vy a more reasonable Cenfure, to a Selfijh Dejzgn, it is equally an apparent Impoption upon the Reader. The aforefaid Confiderations did in jome meafure induce me to make Publicly the enfuing Papers : For what hath been already Printed of A 4 this The PREFACE. this Nature under the Name of Sir William Temple'j Letters, are fo far from anfccering the Pompous titles prefix d before them, that as the matter is contrivd, they are rather a Ridicule, upon that Great Man, than of any Ufe or Bene- fit toothers, this I fay was one, but the princi- pal Inducement to fend the following Letters publicity into the World, is to clear up the Re- putation of a Greater Ferfon than Sir William (and to whom Sir William was altogether in- debted for his Public^ Employments abroad) from fome Afperfions that his Letters and Me- moirs do cafually fling upon it, for they feem to inpnuate as if Sir William was the file Engine that gave Vigour and Life to all the Affairs wherein he was concern d: But, not to derogate from that part he had in them, 'tis evident, as headed in a lower Sphere, fo it was by a Com- municative Motion from my Lord Arlington, who both inflruEled and directed Sir William in every ft ep of his Proceedings, this I thinks is as little as in Jufiice can be faid to the Me- mory of that Loyal, able Statesman and Mi- nifler, and no more than what I am perfwpded all the World will grant, upon the perufal of the following Papers. What they contain is ( befides fime occafional Relations) a per fe 51 Hiftory of the Treaty between King CHARLES the Second, and the Bijbop of Munfter, of the Rife and Progrejs of the Treaty The PREFACE. Treaty concluded at Breda, of the Triple Alli- ance, of the Treaty at Aix la Chapelle, of the Swedifti Subsidies, or Money to be paid by Spain to that Crown, on confederation of its entring in- to the Triple League, of the differences between the Englifh and Dutch Eaft-India Companies, of the Journey and Death of Madam, byaPer- fin of Quality then upon the Sp t -, for over and above my lord's own Letters to Sir William Temple, / have, to carry on the Story more regu- larly, and to fet every matter in its proper Light, inferted fever al Letters from other Perfons to my Lord, befides the Authentic^ InfiruBions and Communications upon the Projects of the Peace, as alfo the Projects, as they were a fort of Em- bryo's, and laftly, the Treaties themfelves, be- ing confummated and brought to Perfection. this brief account of the Contents, is no more than what 1 conceivd neceffary, and, Vm cer- tain the Reader will find that they in every particular correfpond fo juflly with the Character, that he will have no caufe to charge me with a fault 1 have fo fever ely condemn din others-, but all the Reafn in the World to acknowledge him- felf obligd with what has been long promifed, (viz.) (The Hiflory of thofe times, being the moft obfcurepart of King Charles the Second's Reign) by Sir William Temple 5 and what is now per- form d from the Writings of a Greater Man ; and will no doubt be no lefs acceptable to the World. I The PREFACE. / will be bound to anfwer, that there is no- thing promifed in the Title Page, which is not abundantly made good in the Book, to the per- fe& fatisfaBion of every CandidReader. More' over, That there is not the leafl Interpolation in the whole, but that every thing is Genuine and Faithfully copyd from the Original, is what can be attefted by the beft Authority 'in the World, I mean, the Originals themfdves ? which are ready on occafion to be producd, fome few Per- final and Familiar Pajfages only excepted, which were of no Public^ concern, and therefore to avoid all fort of particular Reflections are induftrioufly omitted. ERRATA. PAge4, 1. 19, and 20. dele, in the next, and add, following, p. 44.1. 1 . for del Envoy, r. de V Envoy. p. 47. 1. 2. for a la, r.au. ib. 1.3-for d y el,x. de /'. p. 1 15. 1. 6. for coming, r. is come. p. i$6. \. I. for 10. March, r. 28. — The Literal Miftakes the Reader is defired to Correft as he goes along. The The Right Honourable the Earl of ARLINGTON'S LETTERS T O Sir W. Temple, Bar. &c. The Treaty between King Charles the lid. 0/ England,^. and the Bijhop of Munfter. BE it hereby known toallperfons,that a mutual League, be- tween the moft Serene, and Potent Prince, Charles the Second of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, De- fender of the Faith, of one part 5 and the Reve- rend and mod Excellent Tr aflat us inter Garo- lum Secundum, Re- gem InglU, &c. & Epifcopum Mo- n a fieri en fan. NOtum fit hi fee ta- bulk quod inter Sereniffimum ac Pot en- tijjimwn Principem, ac Dominum,Dominum Ca- rolum fecundum Magna Britannia, Francia &. Hibernia Regem, Fidei Defenforem ab una 3 at Reverendijfimum & Cel- fiffimum Dowiwwh Do- B Lord, i The Earl of Arlington' s Letters Lord, Lord Chriftopher minum Chriftopherum Bernardi Bifhop of Bernardum Epifcopum Munfter, and Prince of Monafterienfem, &Sa- the Sacred Roman Em- cri Roman i Imperii pire of the other part, Principem ab alter arfar- is agreed upon in the tibm, mutuum fadm ini- following manner. turn fit fequenti modo. Whereas His mod Reverend Highnefs, be- ing daily grieved, and provoked by the repeat- ed affronts and injuries of the United Provin- ces of Holland , hath fig- uifiedto His Majefty by Henry Alexander, Ba- ron of ivreden, Lieu- tenant Colonel, and His Commiflary of War, that h'e intends to re- venge the fame with his Sword, and with an Army of.20Coo. Foot and i oooo.Horfe,to In- vade their Country, and deftroy it in an hoftile manner, and therefore hath moved to enter in- to a League and Alli- ance with His Majefty, defiring a certain Sum of Money, as well to raife, as to fupport his Cum, mmirum, Celfi- tudo fua ReverendiJJima pluribm fader at arum Belgii Provinciarum vexata contumelik y in- juriifque laceffita, Ma- jefiati fu, cum praditta uniti Belgii Re- public a gerere -, turn me- dia parte bujm pecuniae content a erit fua Reve- rendijfima Celfetudo, al- tera medietas Afaje- ftati fu£ renumerabf tur. Si vero fua Celfitudo Elector alls Brandenbur- B 3 burgh, But as to thefuccee- ding time that the War fliall be carried on with •their joint Confent, His Majefty (hall pay 50000, Rix Dollars a Month in the manner fpecified a- bove. Bat if his Highnefs the Elector of Branden- burgby or his Highnefs the Duke of Newburgh -do feparately joyn their Forces with his High- nefs againft the forefaid Republick, within the fpace of the faid Two Months % then his High- nefs (hall reft fatistied with one moiety of this Money, and the other moiety (hall be refun- ded to His Majefty.* But if his Eleftonil Highnefs ot Zranden- 6 'the 385$ of Arlington' s 'HJetteu- burgh, and his ifigh nefs of Newburgb, do jointly enter if, to- this War, then his High- nefs lhall not have a-' bove one Third of the foresaid Sums, and the^ remaining part fhaiTbe accounted for to His Majefty, which, being proportion^ to their Quota of Soldiers, (hall gica & Celfitudo fit a Neoburgica beHum hoc fimul aggrediantur, turn Reverendiffv, a fua Cel- fitudo non ultra tertiam partem. pradi&arwn frtrn marum : defederabit, reliqu£que x pecuniU£ pro ratapor- tione, &pecuhi/> Junii, J Anno Bom. 1665* INSTRUCT!- to Sir William Temple,2kr.&V.' 9 INSTRUCTIONS T O William Temple, Efq; Going to his Highnefs the Bifhop cf Munfter. WITH thefe our Inftru&ions there is de- livered to you a Letter of Credence to the Bifhop of Munfter y together with the Treaty made between Us, and Him 5 the Execution and Performance whereof on his part is the Scope and Intention of Your Journey : Towards which you muft apply your felf with all Care, Induftry arrd Secrecy, Tranfmitting hither, to one of our Principal Secretaries of State, an exact and par- ticular Account of all Things that Occur to you, >vith relation to the effeft abovementioned. You (hall concert your Departure from hence with the Baron of Wreden $ and, together with him, or feparate from him, as You (hall agree, make all poffible hafte to the Bifliopof Munfter 5 and there deliver to him your Letter of Credence : And, offering the Exchange of the Ratification of our Treaty, enter upon thefe following Difc courfes, in which you are hereby Inftrufted. Which I o The Earl of Arlington j Letters Which being finiftied with all convenient fpeed, You (hall prefs the Bifhop to impower one of his Servants to rettira-wirh you to Bruges. Where, upon the Exhibition of his Power, and taking ac- cordingly a Receipt from him for it, you. ftall Pay to him the Two Hundred Thoufand Dollars, which Alderman Bachwell is Tranfporting in Spe- cie, or by Bills according to our Appointment. Which being perforrr/d, You- (hail return tore- fide with, or near the Perfon of the Bilhop, ac- cording as you fell be by hirri directed, to be in atfeadinefs towards all thofe Functions, which are Incumbent on You, in the performance of this prefent Service, and efpecially in reprefenting Weekly to us, and by all other convenient ocea- nic i i§i the Progrefs and Improvement thereof. You (hall principally diredt' your Difcourfe to the Bilbop in expofing to him, how the value, and efteem, we have of his Perfon ? and Vertue, hath prevailed with us to meet his Propofition with thofe advances of Confidence and Money, on our part, towards the performance of the Tr^jymade betwixt us. Alluring him it fhall be inviolably executed and performed,' on our part, with all poffible regard and advantage to him (even be- yond the things ftipulated ) if it (hall pleafe God to continue, to. blefs us with Succefs in this Great Undertaking againft the Dutch. A great part of which, we aflure our felves, will be im- proved by his Vigorous Application to that part which depends on him. And, with this Occafion, you (hall reprefent to him the (trength of our Naval Forces : The wonderful Alacrity, with which our People con- cur- to Sir William Temple,&*r.feV. i r cur to thefupport of it ^ together with the Suc- cefs it hath pleafed God to have given us already. Difcourfing to him all things of this Nature, which may warm, and animate him to a more ea- ger profecution of the War on his part - 7 with the Fruits and Advantages he (hall acquire thereby. Ail which will be entirely left to him, or thofe other Princes with whom he (hall Aifociate him- felr in this Engagement. Above all things infor- cing his prefent talcing the Field, with the Troops he lhall gather together, and doing fomething confiderable with all poflible Speed. That fo we, on our part, may receive fome prefent Fruit by this diverfion for the Improvement of that Im- preffion, which, by the Succefs it hath pleafed God to give us, is already, and may, in the future, be farther made upon the Dutch Govern- ment by our Naval Force. In the next place you (hall enquire of him, and accordingly give us an account thereof, whatDif- pofition there is in the Princes, his Neighbours, to joyn with him: Whether he will Negotiate that Conjunction himfelf, or expect it from Us : What He hopes, or fears, in the prof, cution of this Bufinefs, from France, Spai?2, and the Em- pire 5 adding to us your own Obfervations and Judgment thereupon, together with the Pro- grefs made by him, that we may accordingly take our Meafures here. And, if the Bilhop (hall judge it convenient, You (hall offer your felf toVifit, in our Name, the Elector of Mentz y the Elector of Brandenburgb^ or the Duke of Nnvbnrgh, or any of them, as he (hall direct you. To which purpofc there (hall be delivered to you, herewith, 1 2 The EarUof Arlington'* Letters herewith, diftinft Letters of Credence for each of them. To whom you (hall frame your Dif- courfes according as the Biftiop (hall inftrutt you, indearing to them our particular efteem of their Perfons, and the Benefits they may receiye in a Conjunction with us, in this Undertaking. Ma- king the Foundation thereof the Treaty We have made with the Bifhop of Munjier 5 which we (hall farther diftinfrly, and apart ratifie to them, if they (hall fo require it* tho, we forefee, the time will fcarce permit it, before the Under- taking be begun. All which, as is faid before, You muft firft fubmitto the Bifliop's Judgment, 9 always alluring him that, whatever the Succefs be of this Negotiation with thefe Princes, he may depend upon it that the Payment of the fucceed- ing Months (hall be as effectually comply'd with, as this rirft. And advifing with him to what place, or places the Bills, or Monies may, in the future, be mod conveniently Tranfmitted, giving early notice to us thereof. Upon the whole matter, You muft always keep in your eye the Treaty, as the Foundation of this Correfpondence betwixt us. And. accordingly prefs the exacl performance of it, not allowing your felf the Latitude or any Interpretation, or Receflion from it, without firft Confulting Us, but alluring him, in the general, of the likelihood of finding a great facility in us, in difpenfing with any circumftances, which, in the Execution, thereof, may be found very difficult, or impracti- cable, altho we do not forefee any can happen tp be fo. In ta Sir William Temple,2&r.&V. 1 5 In Cafe the Eleftflr of Mentz, the Eleftor of Brandenburgh, or the Duke of Newburgb, one, or more of them, fliall joyn in the Ailbciation de- fied, then You fliall, advertifmg us thereof, go- vern your felf in making the Deduction of the Pay- ments according to what is exprefled in ihtTreaty. Sufpending "( even tho you fliould find your felf ready for it ) the fecoi Payment till you are in your Judgment Convmc'd that fome fair, and reafonable Progrefs is made by the Bilhop in his Preparations upon the firft 3 but ib diicreetly, and with fuch fair pretences, as he may not fuf- peft, We diftruft his performance. Upon occafion you fliall difcourfe with his High- nefs, the Bifliop, the fatisfaftion We have had in the Perfon of the Baron oiWreden, and manner of his Negotiating with Us 3 offering and rendring to him all the good Offices which fliall lie in your way. The whole Government of Your own Pcrlbn, We leave intirely to your own Difcretion, obferv- ing to you only this Caution, that, with all poflible care, you Difguife and Cover from all the World your Employment, and fo pafsupand down, as lead by your own Curiolity to the ma- king of this Journey, and accordingly make your addreffesto the Bifliop 3 in which, upon Confe rence with the Baron of ivreden, you will be belt direfted. SI& 1 4 the Earl of Arlington x Letters This out of Cypher. Hampton-Court^ July 2 1 . 65. SIR, # • I A M at once to acknowledge Two of yours, of the 2 J J. from Brujfels, and the gi from Antwerp, both which I have communicated to his Majefty, and read them this Morning at our meeting appointed for them. In one word, The Account you give of all committed to your Care is entirely approved of, and I forefee, by this your beginning, your Friends will have little to anfwer for, in your behalf, at the end of your Negotiation, if you continue as you begin. With this Letter of yours, I fend one to Alderman Mackwell in his Majefties Name, to do his utmoft in making good the Second Payment within the time you defire. And for fear that mould not be fufficient, my Lord Treafurer hath figned a Letter, written in rny Lord Chancellors hand, and ad- ded another from Mr. Vice Chamberlain, all with one Voice conjuring him not to fail you at the Day defired. But when you (hall fee him accept of thefe Orders, and go vigoroufly to work to put them in Execution, I make no doubt but ydu will have Credit enough with his Highnefsthe Bifhop not to find fault with the failure of a day or two. In line, all is done, that poffible could be, to fatisfie your defire of feeing the Second Payment made before any thing is attempted : And to Sir William Temple,B«Y.&rV. i j And we hope you will accordingly ftir up your aftivity on that fide, that fomething may bepre- fcntly attempted. His Majefty is not a little troubled to underftand the Coldnefs of the Mar- quis of Brandenburg, and Duke of Newburgh^ out of which it is very poffible they will come to us when they fee fomething probably begun. In the mean time you muft forbear all applica- tions to them, or any body elfe, but luch as his Highnefs the Billiop approves 5 taking for granted France will uie their utmoit credit m difturbing this bufinefs. I am with all truth and afte&ion, SIR, Tour moft Humble Servant, Arlington. Hampton Court, 28. July, 65. SIR, Since I wrote to you of this Day Seven-night, 1 have received nothing from you, that is, fince your Letter from Bruffels 5 but do not wonder at it, becaufe I conclude you Out of have been in motion ever fince. What I Cypher. have to fay to you is, That Alderman Backrvel/ is long ago arrived at Bruges, expecting your return thither.Three days ago the French Am- ba flavors 1 6 The Earl of Arlington/ Letters bafladors came to his Majefty, and told him their Matter heard the Bifhop of Munfier was pre- paring to attack the Hollanders by Land 5 and that, if he did it, he would fend Twenty Thou- fand Men into his Country to moleft him. His Majefty entered into Difcourfe with them upon the Provocations the Bifhop had received from the Hollander , but faid nothing that fhouldmake them believe He had any thing to do with the Bi- (hop. They added to their Threats, That they fliould have leave to pais their Men through Flan- ders, .which made his Majefty bethink himfelf 5 and write to the Marquis Cafiel Rodrigo, defiring him not to give way to the paffing the Troops 5 affuring him he would Hand by him in hisrefufal, avith the power of all his Kingdoms. Where- ever this Letter finds you, acquaint the Bifhop with this Story, and make it as valuable to him as poffible you can 3 That he may fee to what de- gree his Majefty owns his Quarrels, and what Sup- port he may expeft from Him, even beyond his Money. Our Fleet is now grown to above Eighty, in one Body under my ~Lovd Sandwich, befidesthe fcatter'd Ships we have abroad 3 fo that we defire nothing more than to come to a Second En- gagement. Which is all the News we have Worth your knowledge, I am j &c* SIRy to Sir William Temple,Bar&c. 17 Sarum, Auguft 6. 65. SIR, MY laft to you was upon our Removal from Hampton-Court. Since when we have been at Portfmoutb, and the Ijle of Wight, and found the Queen here, at our return : The Duke likewife be- ing gone Northward, to make the Court thinner, and to fecure the quiet of thofe parts. Some days fince I received Yours of the Fourth, your ftyle. I hope by this time, you have received fatisfaclion as to the fecond Payment. Your Friends here, knowing your neceflity, have ftretched to their ut- moft for youj fo that I long to hear to what de- gree you are fatisfied. Our Fleet is gone fo far Northward, that we have not heard a long time from it 3 but, if the Weather had been favourable, we had all, the reafon in the, World to hope favour* ably of the fuccefs. I am, &c> Saturn, Auguft 24. 65. SIR, I Have received fome of Yours fincel wrote laft to you 5 but having little to fay to you upon them, more than the acknowledging them, I refer'd to Mr. Godolpbifi to % fend therewith to you all our or- dinary News. The only extraordinary, which we have of late had, was our repulfe at Bergen, of which you will C know i S the Earl of Arlington' j Letters i know all the circumftances, before this can arrive, except one, which you muft keep fe- Tlm out of cret. And that is, We had never en- of Cypher, gag'd in fo difficult an enterprize, but up- on affurance from the Court of Den- mark, that they would favour w in them, much other- -wife than they have done. What we impute to them for failing therein, till we hear them (peak themf elves, we cannot tell. Tour laft Letter to me mentioned your conference with the Marquk Caftel Rodrigo -? which his Majefty approves of y and hath dif patched away ' rjty Lord Car- lingford to the Emperors Court. ( For whofe Name in the Cypher let ( 132 ) ft and. ) He is fir ft to jee the Marquis, but not till he hath (poke with you, to in- irrucl him what he jhould fay. From whence he is to go to the Biflwp 0/Munfter. So that you mud open your (elf entirely to him in all that affair, and accordingly he will (hew you his Inftrutlions, and be directed by yon in all things. He parted from hence on Tuefday the Twenty Second, but his difpatches are notyet ready, they will overtake him at the Sea fide. * Our Fleet is putting to Sea again immediately, ftronger much than it was before, and we hope time enough to meet the Holland Fleet, before they, get in again, convoying the Merchants from Bergen. By that time this arrives, I hope This out our Tinn will be going to Oftend, and of Cypher, that you have gotten leave of the Mar- quis to admit it there , and will thereup- on quicken Alderman Backweli in the progrefs o( his payments. We do what we can to divert France from moleft- hig the Bijhop : and accordingly have lately humour d them to Sir William Temple,2kr.&V. 19 them in offering fomething towards a Treaty with Holland 3 which we hear takes reasonably well witlj them ; notwithftanding which we cannot he confident of them in the end, fetch is their Partiality to Holland : But if at the worft, it will gain the Bijhop fome time, we have a great part of our end. ire long to hear he hath begun. lam, &c. Sarum, Auguft 26. 65* SIR, Since Mine to you, two daysfince, I have re- ceived Yours of the % and, tho all out of Cy- pher, yet very intelligibly •, giving us an account of ail we could expect from you. One thing only, which you write to us, I will help you to under- ftand. In the Condition Spain is in, and efpecially towards France, you muft not wonder the Marquis Cafiel Rodrigo openly difcountenanceth any thing that goes againft the Grain of that Crown -, at which Price they are fain to buy their prefent Quiet. This will be delivered to you by my Lord Car- lingford, whom his Majefty fendeth to the Empe- rour's Court, with many other Commiflions -, all which you will underftand by the fight of his hi* ftru&ions-, which, giving him this Letter to read, he will fliew you : As alfo relate to you what care is taken here to enable Alderman Backwell to go on with his Payments, and what fuccefs the Eftefts fent to him have had in the Ports of Ojlend. 2 o the Earl of Arlington' s Letters I have nothing to add to this, but to Con>urc you to fall to work with my Lord Carlingford with all Candour and Opennefs $ taking each of you the (hares belonging to you. You know his Lordfhip enough, and the Truft his Majefty hath ever put in him, to direft you how to live towards him. Iam,efr\ INSTRUCT!- to Sir William Temple,Bar&c. 2 1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE Earl of Carlingford, Going Extraordinary Envoy to the Em- perour. Aug. 1665. BEfore you depart from hence, You (hall inftruft your felf intirely in the Treaty we have made with the Bifliop of Mnnfter y and in your way to the Emperour, in all the Princes Courts you are to pafs through, as well as in that of the Emperour, fupport and do all good Offices to the faid Bi(hop, by your Difcourfe, and otherwife with all the Dex- terity and SkHl you have, for the Promotion and Improvement of his Undertakings againft the Hoi- landers. According to which, taking your way by JBruJJelSy You (hall deliver our Letter to the Mar- quis Caftel Rodrigo, and after your Compliments upon the eftecm we have of his Perfon, the fatis- fattion in his Government of thofe Countries, and the fair way we are in of making a ftrifter Union and Alliance with the Court of Spain *, towards which we afliire our felves of all poffible Concur- rence on his part. You (hall exprefs to him how, That encouraged much thereunto by a Letter, C 3 from 22 The Earl of Arlington'* Letters from him, the Marquis, to our Dear Coufin Prince Rupert, brought by Monfieur G7e#/« the laft Winter, We had entred into a Treaty with the Bifhop of Munfter, and fent him a confiderable Sum of Money to enable him to Invade the Hollander's by Land, whilftwe are Fighting them at Sea$ and confe- quently that we promife our felves all good Offices and fupporjt to the faid Bifhop, as far as it will confift with His Inftru&ions from Madrid? and the temper of the Affairs of Spain in thofe parts $ par- ticularly, That he fuffer the Duke of Bourneville to goandferve the Bifhop in his Military Expediti- ons according to the Promifes made him. You fliall let him know that we have received his Let- ters and Compliments by Don Bernardo de Salinas, efteeming them, as we ought to do, and hoping that the Orders coming favourably from Madrid, upon the Proportion we made him of oppoiing the French Troops paffing through thofe Counties to moleft the Bifhop of Munfter, He will execute them with all advantage to the faid Bifhop and his De- igns 3 fince the King his Matter's Service is not lefs concern'd therein than ours. Their defign therein being rather to take Advantages upon Flanders, than to help the Hollander, or annoy the Bifhop 5 and that Time will certainly fhew it, if he lets them into thofe Countries. But, before you feek this Audience with the Marquis, You lhall enquire there, and on the way, whether Mr.Temple, Our Envoy to the Bifhop, be i 1 thofe parts j and, if fo, Inftruci your felf more particularly from him, what, and how far it will befit for you to open your felf to the Marquis 5 Mr. Temple being prepared to difcourfe freely with you in all Things relating to the Undertaking of the Billiop, i to Sir William Temple,R?r.&rV. 23 Bifhop, who will alfo be able to tell you what pro" grefs there is made in the Bifhop's Second Payments* Which you are to incourage Alderman Backvreli'm making good, with all fpeed, (whom you will alfo find in thofe parts ) with all poflible warmth and earnetlnefsj alluring him of the Care we take here to fecure arid indemnitie him therein. And that, if it (hall fo happen that a Quantity of Tinn, which we are fending over to the faid Alderman Backwell, arrive at Oft end, you (hall, in your way, prefs the Governour Don Pedro Savaliy to fuffer it to be landed, and depofited in fome fecure place, (if it be not done before your arrival) preparing him not to apprehend any Infection can be com- municated by fuch a commodity, tho brought from London, the Mariners and Merchant, accompany- ing it, not entring into, or vifiting thofe of the Town of Oftend. In which you mud alfo ufe the Credit and Recommendation of the Spanijh Am- bafladour here to the faid Governour, which he hath already fent, and alfo hopes he hath received Orders to that effect from the Marquis. After, having performed this, and all, as is above- faid, to the Marquis C aft el Rodrigo, you (hall go (trait from thence to the Bifhop, Prince of Munfter, And, delivering to him your Letter of Credence, after having fpoke with Mr. Temple, and directed your felf alfo by him, in what manner you (hall (peak to the laid Bilhop, enter, and difcourfe with him upon this whole Undertaking -, alluring him of our Punctuality in the performance of all that is Stipulated betwixt us. And that, tho the Contagion, unhappily falling into London, may have a little retarded our Payments*, yet that they (hall be exaftly made good to him: Letting him C 4 Know zj\ the Earl of Arlington'* Letters know in what (late you left them, as you paffed through Flanders; Informing your felf likewife from him what Progrefs he hath made in his Levies and Undertakings againft Hoi/and: preffing him not to lofe the advantage of this Seafon, for fear the foul weather come too faft upon him: Dif- courfing farther to him upon the ftrength of our Naval force, and inward Conftitution of our Affairs here at Home, happy in all other Circumftances but this one of the Contagion, which God divert from us. t With this You (hall open to the Bifhop how we have lent you to the Emperour's Court, by the Spanifb Ambaflador's advice here, not only to per- form our Compliments there, but more efpecialiy to do all good Offices to, and fupport him in his Undertakings againft the Hollander. To which pur- pofe you (hall ask his Advice, Recommendations and Inftruftions, to guide your felf better thereby, as well with relation to the Emperour's Court, as that of any other Princes through whofe Territories you are to pafs, or of whole Affiftance and Con- currence lie fliall have need in his prefent Enterprize. And more particularly you (hall enquire of him, whether, for our perfonal Friendftiip with him, and the Acquaintance you have with him, it will not be fit for You to go (trait to the Duke of New- burgh, to endeavour to engage him to concur in the Undertaking. And accordingly, delivering your Credentials, framing your Difcourfe to the faid Duke as the Bifhop (hall direft you : We fuppofing your Application to him will be of more Efficacy than Mr. Temple's, who yet hath a dormant Cre- dential for him. Not omitting to awaken him to 3 conjunction with the Bifhop ? By all fitting Re- flections to Sir Wi lliam Temple,2kr.&V. 2 5 flections and Gonfiderations not only upon his own Intereft, but the perfonal Friendfhip and Efteem we have a long time retained, and yet have for him, of which he cannot give Us a more feafonable Evi- dence, than by concurring in what we propofe to him upon this conjunfture of affairs. But if, by the Bifhop's advice, it fhall not be thought fit for you to open your felf thus far with him, at leaft you fhall endeavour to prevail with him to keep himfelf Neutral, and not mention any thing of a Treaty with the Bifhop, "or Money fent to him, only that fending you with Compliments to the Emperour's Court, We had enjoyned you to wait upon the Bifhop, taking him to be our Friend, that is an Enemy to the States, and, under that notion, hoping that at leaft he will do nothing to moled him in an undertaking that cannot but be profitable to Us. But if, on the other fide, you fhall find him tradable, towards a Con junction with the Bifhop, then you fhall affure him of, and offer him all poffible advantages therein, according as the Bifhop will direct you, with apromifeon Our part" never to make a Peace with Holland, but acquainting him therewith, and including all his Interefts, and indempnifying him as much, as in Us lies, towards all other Princes 5 efpecially France, by whom, we liope 5 he will not be wrought upon to moleft the Bidiop, or diverted from making ufe of fo happy a conjuncture to affert the Interefts of the Princes of the Rhine, and.rendring his own Territories consi- derable by obliging the Hollanders to live like good Neighbours towards him and them. But before you make your felf known in his Court, you fhall do well to have him founded, by fome Confident of jiis, your Acquaintance, to know whether he will 26 The Earl of Arlington'* Letters will be content to fee you publickly in your way to the Emperour's Court, without opening your felf any farther towards that acquaintance. In the like manner You (hall advife with the Bi- ihop, concerning your going to the Elettor of Bran- denburg}). To whom alfo you carry a Letter of Credence. And, after all fitting Compliments, re- prefenting to him the value and efteem we have al- ways had for his Perfon, endeavour to engage hiin likewifein a conjunftion with the Bilhopby ail thofe Arguments, which will occur to You, or He will furniih you with. Reprefenting to him more efpe- cially this opportunity he now hath, of delivering himfelf and his places from the Ufurpations and In- juftices of the Hollanders, and obliging us feafonably, according to all his former profeflions of Friendfhip. But, becaufe your going to this Elettor may put you too much out of your way, and delay too much your going to the Emperour's Court, You (hall advife with his Highnefs, the Bifhop, whether it will not be properer to have this Embaffy perform'd by Mr. Temple, who hath a dormant Credential, and Inftru&ion, to this effeft, to his Electoral Highnefs. Likewife You (hall advife with his Highnefs, the Bifhop concerning your going in the like manner to the Elector of Mentz, which, it is fuppofed, will not be much out of your way to the Emperour. To whom, having delivered our Letters of Credence, and complimented him upon the particular Efteem and Friendfhip we have always had for his Eledoral Highnefs, You (hall let him know that, fending you to Vienna, and having taken the Bifliop of Munfter in your way, you were commanded exprefly to wait on him, to give him an account of all Our Tranf- to Sir William 7em$\e,Bar.&c. 27 Tranfaftions with the Bifhop ^ for whofe perfor- mances We depend much upon his Friendship, both to Our felf, and the Bifliop, having been princi- pally encourag'd to enter into this Undertaking, by the Countenance, we were affured, he would give to it, not only by Monfieur Glexiv, but by the Ba- ron oiwreden, who affured Us he was privy to all his Matter's, the Bifliop's, Propofals to Us. And that He, the Elector, would fecond and fupport them to the utmoft of his Power, not only with the Emperour, but with all the other Neighbour- ing Princes. Accordingly that we conjured him by all the ways poflible to further, and encourage the Bifliop's undertaking fomething prefently, before the Seafon of the .Year prevents it, affuring him that all, promifed on our part to the Bilhop, (hall be exactly made good. And, opening your felf to all particulars with him, You ihall endeavour to learn, how far the Neighbour Princes, efpecially thofe to whom you have Credentials, may be de- pended on J defiring him to inftruft you how you lhall apply your felf to them, and more efpecially how to govern your felf in the Emperour's Court, and how far to fpeak of this undertaking of the Bilhop's, and by what Minifter, the receiving from him fuch Credentials, andlnftru&ionsof all kinds, as he (hall be pleafed to give you. After having performed this,and vilited fuch other Princes in your way, to whom you (ball have Let- ters of Credence, and perform'd towards them Our Compliments, and what the Ele&or of Merit z, and Bifliop of Munfter (hall have jnftrufted you in, You fliall make all poflible hafte to the Emperour's Court $ where, obtaining your Audience in the ac- cuftomed publiek form ufed there, You ihall deliver Our 2 8 the Earl of Arlington's Letters Our Letters of Credence; thanking him for the feveral expreflions of his Friendftrip and Kindnefs finceour happy Reftauration: Congratulating his Marriage with th&Infanta of Spain*, and Peace with the Ottoman Emperour : as likewife condo- ling the Death of the Archduke of Infprugh. In fine, defiring, to the degree we do, the Prosperity and Happinefs of the Iiluftrious Houfe of Aufkria> That we cannot but entirely concern our felf, in all the Good and Bad that may befall it *, hoping that the ftrift Union and Alliance, we are now making with^/tf, will difpofe his Imperial Majefty to the fame concernment for Us, and the good of Our Affairs. At this firft Audience, or any other that fhall be more conveniently afforded you, You fliall offer the expofing to him a State of our Affairs, in relation to all Our Neighbours-, and .more efpecial- ly our Quarrels now with the States of the United Provinces : remarking to him more efpecially the opportunity now offering it felf of reducing them to a condition of living well towards all their Neigh- bours, and refpe&ively towards his Imperial Maje- fty, which we know they have been hitherto much failing in, and much to his diffatisfaftion 5 tho for more publick reafons he hath hitherto been conten- ted to diflemble it. And farther open your felf, with relation to the Bifljop of Munfter, and his undertakings, according as the Bifhop and the Ele- clor of Mentz fhall have inftru&ed you. But, be- caufe all this difcourfe may be a matter of more length than he will give you occafion to expofe, You (hall offer his Imperial Majefty the delivery of it to any of his Minifters he fliall pleafe to appoint you, marking out fuch a one, if you think he will approve it, as the faid Biihop, or faid Elector fliall more ' to Sir William Temple,&*r.&V. 2p more particularly have recommended you to. And to him recommending, with our exprefs Compli- ments, the Execution, and Performance of all thofe things, which you fhall be inftrutted to demand in that Court. Of all which Tranfa&ions, and the pre- cedent ones towards the Princes above-mentioned, You fhall give Us a particular account from the time of your firft Landing in Flanders, with all Oc- currences, worthy of Our Knowledge, by the hands of one of Our Secretaries of State,and make no longer ftay in the Emperour's Court, than you (hall judge requifite to our Service in the performance of thofe things, wherewith you are trufted and inftrufted, refer ving to your felf fuch a latitude for your ftay, as, upon reprefentation tolls of your Bufinefs,We fhall hereafter authorize you in. In this Court You (hall perform all fitting Com- pliments to all Foreign Minifters refiding there 5 efpecially thofe from Princes beft affefted to Us, and moft concerned for the good of Our Affairs. ?/i 3o The Earl of Arlington's Letters September 23. 65* SIR, MY laft from you was of the \\. with no News in it, or Hiftory, but of your own Melan- choly -, which I was very forry to hear. I wonder you would imagine my Lord CarlingforJ's Creden- tials are any diminution to yours. It was fit his Majefty fliould fend a Perfon of that Rank to the Emperour; and doing fo, could he excufe the fee- ing all Princes in his way, from whom we could fairly promife our felves any Good Will ? And yet, when he lhall come to the Fountain of his Direfti- jon, I am perfwaded it will be thought neither Practical nor Counfellable for him to fee them all 5 fo that -Tome of them would dill lie in your reparti- tion, tho the attendance upon the Money bufinefs there is fo important, and effential a point, that it cannot be thought fit for you to abandon it, till it is in better order. For being fo difcompos'd by the Plague at London, and the Accident at Oftend, it will coft fome time to redrefs it j in which, as I promife you all poffible Care and Application lhall be ufed on my fide, fo I hope you, in the mean time, make all the excufes you can for the delay, and difappointments, occafioned by pure misfortune, and, if we may fay fo, no fault on our fide. His Majefty on Monday removes to Oxford, and there I (hall move the eftablifhing you at Brujfels in the manner you defire , and 1 am -perfwaded it would be of infinite ufe that you be fo tor his Ma- jcfties Service. Likewife there (hall be care taken to furnifh you with prefent Money, and let me beg of to Sir William TemplejJfcr.&V.' 3 1 of you in one word to believe, that neither your Per- fon, nor Services are undervalued by any Body 5 and that a greater mortification could not befal me than, loving you and efteeming you as I do, to fee you either neglefted, or forgotten. My Lord Sandwich hath reafonably well furniflied you by his good Succeffes, of which the News Books will tell you the particulars: And, tho the foul weather difappointed him of the poffibility of Fighting with the Dutch Fleet of War, yet the Booty he hath made upon that, and the Merchants Fleet alfo is equivalent to the fuccefs of a good Battle. ■ And when the Hollanders (hall make up their accompts of this years Lofles, and Expences, I believe they will not go with any heart to the un- dertaking of another. We hear the Bilhop ofAfunfter hath fent a Trum- pet, and a Letter of Defiance to the States. I fuppofe he would not make that ftep, without be- ing ready to ftrike as foon as he (hews his Teeth, if he be fo, we (hall hear a brave noife in Hol- land, Sir George Downing is with us here, and on Alon- day the Court removes to Oxford, lam, djhw Oxford, September 28. 65. SIR, TW O Days ago I had a long one from you, of September the Twenty Fifth, mingled with Mirth and Melancholy ; but, having pleafed Mr. Alderman Backwell, I fuppofe your difcontent will not 3 i 7be Earl of Arlington'^ Letters not laft long 5 which I hope I have done in my enclofed Letter, and you will fee it to both your fatisfa&ions* juft in this inftant> fince the writing ir 5 I have received a frelher of yours, of Ottober the Second, Wherein you tell us the progrefs the Biftiop of Munfter hath made, according to the firft relation of his March. Whether the particulars be true or no, it is not much material, it is enough he is upon the Wing. From France they fay, Troops are marching a- gainft him* And Flanders, befides the Orders they had from Spain^ reflecting upon the prefent Con- juncture, made fo formidable to them by their King's Death; will, we imagine, oppofethem. If this be^ there is an end of their Peace, and we are not much the worfe for it-, if it becomes Chriftians to* fay fo. I have received my Lord Carlingford's long Let- ter at his departure from Bruffels, and read it to his Majefty with much content. I .pray afliirehim fo much, and by that introduce my pardon for not writing now to him. I am juft putting my Foot into the Coach to go into the Country Tor Four Days, at my return *you fliall have a long Volume from me, and a politive Anfwer to. your Fropofition about refiding at Bruf- felt, lamc^-. SIRi to Sir William Temple.lkr.6V 33 Oxford, O&ober 8. 6j. I Am to acknowledge Yours of the Twenty Fifth paft to me, of the Twenty Ninth to Mr. Godol- pbin, and of the Ninth currant. In all of them the News you had collected there of the Bilhop ofMu/i- fier y and his Progrefs in the Enemies Country, the continuance of which will be mod welcome to us - 7 therefore I pray fail not every Poft day to fend us all that comes to your Knowledge, and the grounds you have for entertaining it. We have no News to fend you from hence, but the meeting of the Parliament on Monday here, and the arrival this Night of my Lord Sandwich, called hither by his Majefty, to be thanked for his good Services, and to give an account of the condition in which he left the Fleet. From France they ftill continue faying, They will fend Troops againft the Bifhop of Munfter : And tho they are of the bed Quality they have, they are not fa id to be of fuch a number, as can force their paflage, if it be denyed them. The Spanijb Ambaflador delivered this night pri- vately to his Majefty his New Credentials, but ap- pears not yet in Mourning : his Credentials being come we {hall quickly fall to work with him. His Majefty commanded me to (ignitic his Plea- fure to you, to eftablifli you his Refident at Bruffels : According to which I lhall prepare your Creden- tials with all poflible fpeed, and agree with my Lord Treafurer for your Allowance; and immedi- D atelv 54 the Earl of Arlington 5 s Letters ately to fend you a fumrn of prefent Money to make your Equipage. Towards which it were good you appointed fome Body here to look after thefe your concerns ; in the mean time they (hall be in Mr. Go- dolphins care. J am, &c. Ottober 26. 65. SIR, I Have received Yours of the Twenty Seventh, with the enclofed Latin Letter from the Prince of Munfter, full of excellent and pertinent Advices to his Majefty ^ which is fo efteemed of by him. And as far as it is in his Power he will direft him- felf by them, not defpairing of effecting a great part of them. And as you obferve very well, the Letter (hews plainly the fufficiency, and ability of the Writer 5 which, together with what he has done, is a good Evidence and Security to us in our future Hopes of him. From hence you may allure him there is all poflible Care and Induftry ufed to have his Payments com- plyed with, a good quantity thereof lay Embarked fome days in the Downs, till by the arrival of the Holland Fleet there, we were forced to put it on lhoar again, to be re-imbark'd as foon as there is a likelihood of paffing it fecurely 5 and for all this you may anfwcr confidently, as likewife of his Ma- jcfty's defire to do more -if his Affairs will per- mit it. Here- to Sir William Temple, Bar&c. 35 Herewith you receive his Majefty's Credential 5 for you to the Marquis Caftel Rodrigo ; which gives you pofleffion of your Relldency with him. It ought to be accompanied with New Inftruitions to you, but, I not having time to digeft them this day, I mult defer them till my next 3 againft which time I hope we (hall have fome other matters riper for your Knowledge than they are now. 1 will not return you Compliments in propor- tion to the length and warmth of Yours, leaft they fhould troubleibmely multiply on both fides, con- tenting my felf only with alluring you that, The Bifhop of Munfter's Letter, to Mr. Temple. From Meppen, i5.CXftob. 1665. Tr inflated out of Latin. SIR, YOur Letter, dated at Bruxels the 24//;. of the laft Month, came the other day fafc to my , hands in the Enemies Country, and was the more welcome to me, fince it abundantly allured me of the continuance of y our fincere Affection, of which, tho I did not at all doubt, yet I receive no fmall En- couragement in the aflurance it brings of thofe fupplies of Money for the future s the want where- of hath been very difadvantageous to me, and alfo D 2 your 3 6 The Earl of Arli ngton' s Letters your Congratulation for the aufpicious Beginning of our Attempts. It is now Three Weeks fince I have fuccefsfully marched in the Enemies Countrey, where I have taken many Places of fufficient ftrength : As my Fort of Borculoe, the Town of Loehem. As a proof whereof I (hall fend the Original Letters- by my Lord the Earl of Carlingford. The Hollander /boaft much of the Lofs of thofe Ships, laden* only with Tinn, which mifcarried coming into Oft end % buc of their owngreatejLo£ fes they wbifper with difcontent. The Intercepting of the Enemies Pacquets gave us a great fatisfadtion, by giving us a profpefr into their Councels, and discovering the defigns they have with the French, to dally with the Spaniard by fair pretences, and fall upon Us with all their Strength. The French promife the Hollanders 6000. of their choiceft Foot, and Horfe, befides many Volunteers, and offer great fupplies of Money ,for the raifing an Army of 12000. Men. Theydefire leave to march through Flanders, only to try the Spaniards. 2. They endeavour to draw to their fide the Pro- teftant Princes of Germany, under pretext of Reli- gion, as if "We intended them fome Injury, and carried on a fecret Defign with the Houfe of Ah- ftri.i. To this purpofe they employ the Count iVaUkck, an experienced cunning Man, who, aim- ing at the Dominion of Holland, and being big with hopes that he is now growing into a New Prince of Orange, relies on the Afliftance of thole who are Enemies to that Houfe. He hath been hitherto tampering in vain with the Duke of Brandenburgb, but hath gained fome- thing to Sir William TempIe,JW.&V. 57 thing of the Two 'Brothers, the Dukes of Brunf- wick and Lunenburg!), George William and Ernefius jiuguftus, by the (hew of fome private Advantage, with whom' he is yet in Treaty, and is come to no certain Agreement. But yet he is with his utmoft endeavours railing fome fcegiments with Money from HolIand> and threatens to invade my Country on the other tide. 3. They offer the Kings of Sweden, Ben- mark) and the Elector of Brandenburg!) fatisfaftiottj and are upon Terms with the Sivhzers for fome Thoufands of Foot. Thefe Defigns, being fore- men, ought to be more carefully prevented, and de- feated by contrary Endeavours. Be pleaied there- fore, with all poffible fpeed, to give an Account of thefe things to the King's Majefty. As to the Firft, It will be neceflary to win over and encourage the Spaniards againft the French 5 and, the King of Spain being dead, mediate a Peace with Portugal, to feize the French Ships, and denounce War againft them, unlefs they will withdraw their Supplies from the Hollanders, as well the fecret, as thofe they openly avow : To give me the like Supplies,., and to ask leave for the paffage of 1E000. Englijh to me through Flanders, and above all to haften the Money. idly. To draw off from the Dutch, and fix the Elec- tor of Brandenhur^h, alluring him that I have no defign againft the Liberty of Religion and Con- fcience. To gain over in like manner the Dukes of Lunenburgh, and other German Princes, to di- fturb Count fValdeck's Counfels, and animate the Prince of Orange's Party againft hirh. To take off the Princes of Lunenburgh by the means of Prince Rupert, whofe Siller Emefius An- D 3 gupm, 5 8 the Earl of Arlington' s Letters gufim married, or by any other interpofition of his Majefty's Royal Authority. $dly. To divert the Kings of Sweden and Den- mark by convenient Overtures, engaging them to admit no fatisfattion from -the Dutch in this time of their Streights and Neceffity 3 which they will be ready to viola' e upon fair occafion. But that they would right themfelves by open Hoftility. Likewife to dehort the Swltz from any Agree- ment. Which if the King will do on his part, I fliall not defpond, but continue to undergo all Labour and Difficulties which may tend to his Advantage and Glory. This day I expeft the Earl of Carlingford, with whom I will conferr more at large, recom- mending very earneftly all thefe things to your Care, and particularly the bufinefs of Money 3 the want of which preiTeth me extreamly, and I de- fire there may not a Moment of Time be loll there- in 3 fo committing you to the Divine Protection, 1 reft, Tours mod affectionately, Cbriftopher Bernard. SIR, to Sir William Temple,Ikr.&V, 3p November, 2. 65. THIS acknowledged Yours of the Third, New Stile, with one enclofed from my Lord Car- lingford to you: which is all the News we have had of him fince his leaving the Duke of Neivburglfs Court. I expetted from him an account of what he had tranfafted with the Bilhop of Munfter, or what directions he had given in the Progrefs of his Journey. I fuppofe, in purfuance of them, he is gone to the Dukes of Lunenburgh to divert them from affifting the Hollander. And therefore I have enclofed in his Pacquet Two of his Majefty's Letters for thofe Dukes : one in Anfwer to the Duke George William, who gave his Majefty an account of his Agreement with his Brother. And if my Lord Carlingford can divert thofe Brothers from affifting the Hollanders, and perfwade them to give their Troops to the Bifhop, he will do a good Service. His Majefty is likewife difpatching an Envoy to the Eleftor ot Braruknburgb, to attend that Prince in all his motions this year, and to fee whether he can divert him alfo from joyning with the Hol- landers. The French Ambaffadours have put in a new Pa- per of Propofitions towards an Agreement, but in no wife fatisfaftory -, fo that his Majefty concludes the French King an incompetent Arbiter. I hope the Money, long ago provided for Mr. Alderman BackweHy is by this time fafely arrived: And his Majefty hath ordered that, with all pollible fpeed, a quantity of Tinn, be fent. / am, 8ec. D 4 SIR, 4© The Earl of Arlington'* Letters November, 9. 65. SIR, Since my laft I have received Two of Yours of the Sixth, and one of the Tenth, all full of good News of the Biftiop's Succeffes. We would fain believe among them that of taking Burtaigne. But the Baron of Wre&en gives us no encourage- ment in it, tho Colonel Cufacb, lately fent hither by the Bifhop, and my Lord Carlingford fpeak more comfortably therein. Our next Care is to hear, how the Trench Troops beftir. themfelves. The gene'ral opinion is, They will, by way of Diverfion, fall into the Bifliop's Countrey, in hopes to draw him home again. But the Colonel allures us it will not have that erTecl, becaufe the Bifhop, forefeeing it, hathcaufed all his Provifions, Cattle, and whStfoever elfe could be a Prey to the Enemy, to pafs the River, where they will be very unwilling to follow them. In the mean time, we are making all the dis- patch we can in compleating his Payments, and Alderman Backwett hath leave to come over. I have not had time to compofe your Inftrufti- ons, but I hope the want of them will not hinder you from taking your Firft, and following Audien- ces or the Marquis, ■ ' I am, &c. SIR, 1 ■ to Sir William Temple,2kr.&V. 41 November, 25. 65. SIR, I Have received Yours of the Twentieth, giving me a very perfefr and fatisfa&ory Account of your firft formal Audience with the Marquis of Caftel Rodrigo. Which affures me in the belief I had, that your own good Talent would fufficiently furnifli you therein, without the help of my In- itruftions} tho they have been hitherto delayed upon the unreadinefs of your Servant, vyhom Mr. Godolpbin is difpatching towards you, and from whom you will know the occafion of his delay. In the mean time you may afliire his Excellency that all poffible expedition is made on our parts to- wards a Final Agreement with Spain. And the neceflity we have of it in our Affairs, ought fuffi- ciently to convince him therein. As foon as the Final Refolutions are taken, and the Perfons dif- patched that are to tranfaft them, you (hall know them with all particulars, that you may accordingly fupport them with the Marquis-, who will cer- tainly have a great hand in the direction, and con- clusions upon them on the part of Spain. We have put in hand a more effective way than that of the Tinn, not only for the Tatisfaftion of all prefent Payments, due to the Bithop of Munfter, but likewife of the future ones that (hall become fo. And the Bills will be consigned to you, to give the Bi- Ihop's Agent fatisfaftion Ufon them-, which we know you will acquit your felf very well of, not- withftanding your declared diftruit of your Ability in fuch matters. lam, & t c. SIR, 42 The Earl 0/ Arlington'/ Letters December, j. 6j. SIR, I Have together Yours of November, 28, 29. and December, 4. To which I will fay no more than that we long very much to hear the Biftiopof Mun- fter hath affiired his Winter Quarters. His remain- ing Payments here are put into fuch a Method, that they cannot well fail him 5 which, in Alder- man Backwell's abfence, muft be remitted to You, whether you like it, or not: fince we have no other hand there to trouble with them. My Lord General hath been lately here, and ac- cepted of the Command of the Fleet, the next year, whilft my Lord Sandwich goes extraordinary AmbalTador into Spain. Upon whofe final difpatch you fhall be fully inftrufred in all things, that may enable you to difcourfe, upon occafion, with the Marquis. And I have been perfwaded to let Mr. Godolphin accompany him, as Secretary of the Em- bafly *, fo you will have a good and punctual Cor- refpondent in that Court. Enclofed you receive a Letter to Sir Walter Vane - which I pray tranfmit to him with all fpeed. Since his departure, we have many new Arguments to continue us in the jealoufie, we had before, of the Elector of Brandenburgh. Iam,&c. SIB, to Sir William Templej&zr.&fc 45 Oxon, December, 14. 65. SIR, Since my laft: I have received Two of Yours by the ordinary Poft, and one by Alderman Back- well, who is return'd hither. In the former, all the News you had of the Bifhop of Munfter 5 which is mended by a frefher Letter from Ant- werp. The Dutch Ambafladour is arrived. And, I pro- mife a Copy of the Anfwer made to the Letter given the King by him, by the next. And you (hall like- wife have a Copy of the Baron of rvredens Memo- rial, and Anfwer. Since my laft, Mr. Loving arrived here from my Lord Carlingford 5 who brought me Letters from you. We aredifpatching him back again with all poflible fpeed •> by whom I will write more largely to you, as well with relation to my Lord Sand- wich's Journey to Madrid, as Mr. Southwell's to Portugal. I fee you have had your formal Audience - 7 by which you are rialified to wait often upon the Mar- quis : and the more frequently you do it, the bet- ter. Within a few days we (hall furnifh you better forthofe Vifitsthan we have yet done. The Spa- nijh Ambafladour hath writ to his Excellency to confent to the going away of the Duke of Bonne- ville $ which you muft likewife. / am, &c. Tlie '44 Tbe Earl of Arlington's Letters The Memorial of Memorial del En- the Erince of voy du Prince Munfter's En- de Munfter. voy. TH E Envoy of his A V Roy de la Grande Highnefs the Prince jt\. Britaigne reprefen- of Munfter in all Humble te treshumbkment V En- Manner reprefents to His voy de fon-altejfe le Prince. Majefty of Great Britain, de Munfter } que fan Mat- That his Mafter has given tre luy a donne ordre de him Orders to acquaint remonftrer a fa Majefjte His Majefty, That, being qu etant attaque, a pre- attacked at prefent by all fent, par toutes les forces the Forces of the Eftates des Efiats de Provinces of Wit V nit ed Provinces , Unies, r enforces paries re-inforced by fupplies fecours de France, ctm from France of one fide, cote, & par -les troupes and by the Troops of the du Due de Lunenbourgh, Duke of Lunenburgb, cmfiftans en 12000. bom- confifting of 12000. Men, mes, de lautre,&nefe on the other, and not trouvant pas capable de finding himfelf capable to refifter, en mam temps, oppofe fo many powerful a tant de puiffants enemies, Enemies, that at once do qui s'en viennent fondre fall upon him, upon ac- fur luy^a raifon de V alii- count of the Alliance ance quT^fait-avecT An- he has made with Eng- gleterre, 11 veint deman- land, to Sir William Temple, BarJ&c. 45 land, he does demand of His Majefty afpeedy Af- fiftance, which was pro- mifed him by the Article of Guaranty in the Trea- ty, without which he will be conftrained, in the end, notwithstanding all his endeavours* to bend under this heavy burthen -, and as he finds the defigns of tranfport- ing Englijh Troops to be very difficult and uncer- tain, and not at all agree- able with his prefent Ne- ceffities, he finds the only way to eafe him is, if His Majefty pleafes, to double the Sum pro- mifed in September, Octo- ber, and the other follow- ing Months, which is but Fifty Thoufand Rix Dollars/w Month 5 upon all which the faid Envoy cxpefts a fpeedy and fa- vourable Anfwer. Moreover he declares to His Majefty by the fame Orders of his Ma- tter, That the Electors of Brandenburgh and Co- logn having offered them- felvesto mediate the dif- der a fa Majefte une prompt e aj[iftance,la quelle luy a ete promts par V ar- ticle de la Guar ant ie, dans le traite, fans la quelle il fera contraint, a la fin, malgre tout fes efforts de plier fous unfipefant far- dean. Et comme il Moti- ve les deffeins projette's pour le tranfport de quel- ques troupes Angloifes fort difficiles , & d'me iffue fort incertain, &auco?i- traire fes necejfites fort preff antes, il trouve que c efiuniqz, moyen de lefou- lager, s'ilplaifoit a votre Majefte, de doubler la fomme de V argent pr omit dans le moy du Septern. Oftobre & les autresfui- wants qui n efi, que de cin- quante mille Rix dollars par mois ; fur quoy le dit Envoy attend me prompt e & favour abla reponfe. Il declare encore a fa Majefte, par les mhnes Ordres de fon Aiaitre, que Meffieursyles Eletteun de Brandenburgh, & Co- logne s Hans offerts pour la Mediation fur lesaiffe- ferences ifi the 'Earl 0/ Arlington' j Letters ferences between him and the Eftates of the Vnited Irovinces, as alfo not long fince the Dukes of Lunenburgh,to wit,That 4 of mlfenbuttle and Han- nover have done by an exprefs Envoy, he hath excufed himfelf very Ci- villy, alledgingthe Alli- ance by which he was en- gaged to England, and without which it was not in his power to Treat. But, as at prefent, he daily expefts an Envoy, named Baron de Goes, from the Emperour, who will make the fame Pro- pofitions on the part of his Matter, he moft hum- bly defires to know His Majefty's Pleafure upon this, what He thinks will be tlje moft convenient Anfwer to make to his Imperial Majefty. rences, entre luy & les Eftats des Provinces U- nies, comme auffy, depuis pen de jours, le Dues de Luneburgh, a fc -avoir, celuy de Wol fen but tie, & Hannover, en fait par un Envoy expre's. Ils'en k excufe fort civilement, alleguant V alliance, par la quelle il etoit engage a /'Angleterre, & fans la quelle il n etoit pas en fin pouvoir de traiter, Mais comme a prefent il attend d'un jour a lautre un En- voy de V Empereur nom- me Baron de Goes, qui hi fera les memes propor- tions de la part de fon Mahre,ilprie treshum- blement (a Majefte de luy faire fcavoir fa volontc fur ce, quelle croira d'etre le plus a propos qu* ilre- ponde a fa Majefte Impe- rial?. His to Sir William Temple,2W.&V. . 47 His Majeftys An- La Biponfe de fa fwer to the Majefte a la Me- Prince of Mun- morial d'el En- fter's Envoys voye du Prince Memorial de Munfter. The King having feen Ba- ron Wreden's Memo- rial, Envoy from the Prince ofMunfter,batb commanded the follow- ing Anfwer. HIS Majefty having an equal Love and Value for the Qualifica- tions of that Prince, does conlider the prefent condition of his Affairs with all the Concern and Trouble imaginable. And, feeing his Army lurroun- ded with fuch numbers of Enemies on all hands, is very ready to fend him a fupply both of Horfe and Foot, if his High- Lc Roy ay ant veue le memoire du Sieur Ba- ron de Wreden, Envoy e de Monfieur le Prince . de Aiunfter, a com- mands la Reponfe qui s'en fuit. SA Majefte, aymant & eftimant les Virtues du dit Prince, regards Veft at prefent de fes af- faires avec grande peine & inquietude d" efprit, voyant font armee enviro- nee de tants d y ennemis, de tout cote, & Envoyeroit fort voluntiers a fon fc- cours un Corps d? Infan- terie, & Cavalliere, ft fon alteffe luy pourroit propo- ser ancwe voye, on pojfi- nefs 4S The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters nefs can propofe any ex- pedient for their Tranf- portatiotfand Conjuntti- on with his own Troops. And, as the faid Envoy knows very well the ap- prehenfion, which his Majefty always conceiv'd of France and Lune- burghs employing their Forces, in fav©ur of the Eftates General, againft the Prince his Matter 5 fo he may remember how little he valued it at that time: And according- ly let him judge if the Guaranty whereof he makes mention in his Memorial, be applicable thereunto. His Majefty enter 'd into the Treaty, with that Prince with a fin- cere Intention to obferve it in every particular according to the Lite- ral meaning of it. And, if there has been any omiffion, it muft be im- puted to the immediate hand of God, who has been pleafed to vifit the Nation with fo vio- lent a Plague that all bilite pour leurs tranf ports, & conjunction avec les ftens. Et, comme le dit fieur Envoy efcait Vap- prehenfion, que fa Ma- jefte avoit, de le commence* ment, du fecours, que la France, & les Dues de Lunenburgh donneroient aux Eft at s Generaux con" tre le Prince fon Maitre, fe fouviendra auffy du pen. dec as qui' I enfaifoit a lors$ & jugerapar la ft la Gua- rantiee dont il tfb fait mention dans fon papier y foit applicable <* cela. Sa Majejle fift fon Traits avec le Prince de Munfter avec une ftneere intention de V accomplir, de fon cote, a la lettre. Et, ft elley a manque, il ne fe peut attribuer qu' a la main de Bieu, qu'if, ay ant tr aver fe par la vio- lence de la Contagion, in- terrompa tellement le Com- merce, quit ne fe pauvoit negotier des lettres de Change bors du Royaume, Com- to S/r William Temple,Bar.&c. Aq Commerce is interrup- ted, and contequently cannot procure Bills of Exchange out of bis own Kingdoms., without dis- covering the Deiign -, having beiides loll: in the Port of Oftend a great quantity of the Effect s fent over to make good all the Payment cor- respondent to the Terms. Notwithstanding which His Majefty hath given fuch Orders therein, that he does not doubt but in *a very little time to effect every thing to the entire Satisfaction of the laid Prince. Promi- fing to augment them beyond the agreement, when the Eitate of his Affairs will give him leave, with all other manner of Supplies for his Support and Defence against his Enemies. And as His Majesty hath ever refus'd all the Propofals of Peace of- fered Him exclusive of the Prince of Munfter $ fa He relies upon the fails f aire efclatter le def- fein \ . & faifdnt perir, dans le Port # Ostende, me bonne partie des ejfecis envoye. pour /' accomplife- ment de touts les payments dans leur termes* Non ob/tant quoy, fa Majefte, y ay ant donne ft bon ordre prefentement, ne doute pai qu lis ne s ejfetluent fort pen de temps, aVeri Here fatisjaftiou du du Prince 5 premetfant de les augmenter an de la de la Capit;iltti-)u y quand /' Eft at de fes affairs leper- Met avec tonte autre forte dc fee ours, pour f on appny & defence centre torn fes ennimies. Et comme fa % Majefie t a % torn jours rejette les proportions, qui Itfy ont efte fait, de Paix a /' ex- clufwn du Prince de M u li- fter - 7 ainfi tlk Yajjkre, E Honour 5 o The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters Honour of the faid fur Pbonneurdudit Prince, Prince, That he willaft quil ufera de meme avec in the fame manner by luy, en n 3 ecoutant jamais Him, in never Liftning aucune propofition de cette to any Propofition of nature, fans la partici- t hat Nature without the pation, & confentement Knowledge and Confent de fa Majefte. Et luy of His Majefty. And promett encore d } avoir moreover Promifeth to le meme efgard dn luy, have the fame regard to & defes interefts comme Him and his Intereft, de fiens propres, quand il as to his Own, when y aura quelque bonne Over- he (hall have any good * ture de Paix, & digne Overtures towards a d'efire communiques au Peace, and worthy to be dit Prince. communicated to the faid Prince. P**i to Sir William Temple,2W.&V. 5 x t Oxon> December 21. 6%. SIR, THIS acknowledgeth Yours of fhc 28/7;. and by Mr. Loving , whom we a're lending bad; to my Lord Car ling ford : and by him you will know all our ordinary News here. Your laft told me of the Fault made you in the way to your publick Au- dience, and the Reparation offered you *, which gave you a good occafion of exercifing your Wit and Judgment in the refufal of their Reparation : So that now I conclude you very well in your Stirrops there. And wifli by this occafion I were ready to fend, you your long promifed Inftruftions j which I cannot poflibly compofe, till my Lord Sandwich's are done-, which we are at work upon, and hope to difpatch in the Holy Days. In the mean time you muft work as the Res nata, and your own Talent will furnifli you. I (hewed his Majefty the Marquis's Letter, com- plaining that his Catholick Majeily's Subjects had not the fame Exemptions granted as Sweden. The Truth is, we have been fo abufed all the year by Oftenders colouring Holland Ships, and Goods, that we could not eafily fall into the good will of ex- empting them. But, as an Evidence of His Ma- jelly's gratifying Spain, and in this Cafe, I may fay, more particularly the Marquis, His Majefty hath refolved, and recommended it to his Royal High- nefs, the- fending you from time to time fufficient quantities of ParTports in Blank, to be fill'd by the Marquis's recommendations^ You befeeching his Excellency to warn his Officers not to impofe upon E 2- him 5 2 the Earl of Arlington* j Letters him Hollanders, inftead of Flandrians; and taking Care your felf in the Port of Oft end , to be inform- ed' aright therein 3 which you may do by keeping a good Correfpondent there 5 of whom we may have need in many other occafions: And, if you fo imploy him, I will be anfwerable to you his Pains mall be rewarded. We have, This day, difpatched away Sir Robert Southwell to Portugal, and Sir Richard Fanjbaw's laft Letter fays, That Court allowed him to fend a Gentleman there. Herein I fend you His Majefty's Anfwer, and the States Letter to Him, deliver'd by' their Am- Saflador. His Majefty bids me recommend it to you, to fee them both Printed, and Difperfed up and down, to obviate the malicious Intentions of France, that His Majefty will not hearken to any Overtures of Peace with Holland, but affefts the diiiblution of their Government 5 which hath oc- cafioned much Umbrage in the Two Northern Crowns, and many of the Princes of Germany. If I fail you next Poft by my abfence in the Countrey, you will difpenfe with it* I 4m, &c. January, II. 66. SIR, Efore Heft this Town, I prepared you not to B take unkindly the interruption of my Corre- fpondence for 15. days. And I would again ask your Pardon for it, ifl did not expect your Thanks for to Sir William Tempie,JW.c2V. 5 j for having it fufficiently fupplied by my Lord Chan- cellor, in Anfwcr to yours of the 2$tk, paft 5 which, being carried to his Lordlliip by my direction, and it affording matter of much Difcourfe to you, he teils me he anfwered it all in his own hand ^ of which he hath toffl me Jhe efteft. So that, if you are able to read it, which his Lordlliip very much doubts, I fuppofe you are fed by it for a great while, and will better fupport the flen&ler Diet of my Correfpondence. At my return, I found yours of the 12th. men- tioning Mr. Loving's having paft by you, and your own difappointment in not receiving your Inltrueli- ons by him. To excufe which, I muft again repeat it to you, That I cannot fend them compleat, till my Lord Sandwich's are difpatched --, whom w'e are now forced to detain a little longer in expectation of feeing what Sir Richard Fan/haw hath done in Spain. Which, how weft foever, as to the knit- ting the Knot betwixt us, will, Jam perfwaded, need fome particular Amendments as to Trade, ( in which my Lord Sandwich muft be particularly in- ftrutted ) and to the making the Union more com- pleat than Sir Richard Fanjhaw could poflibly do it, after (9 great a variation of Artairs abroad, fince the compoting of his Inftruclions. When you have occalion for it, you may allure his Excellency, the Marquis, That if he have any need for the King's Favour in his own particular concerns, he may moft confidently allure himfelf of it, according to the value, and eftcem. his Maje- lty hath of his own Perfon: And you may' make good u(e of this to endear your felf yet further to him. For, Beiides what you fay of it your felf, the Condi de Molina tells us you have a great E 3 lliare 54 Ift* Earl of Arlington' s Letters fhare in his Excellency's Favour and Kindnefs. Mr. Godolphin will tell you of the Warrant his Majeliy hath figned for you, without your leave, or recommendation. And I hope your Philofophy will enable you to be content to rife by thefe flow Heps to greater Honours, as yoflr good Parts, and Zeal in His Majefty's Service do qualifie you to de- fers them. Here you receive Twelve Paffes from his Royal Highnefs § which you muft be careful in difpofing. And befeech his Excellency to be very careful, that his Officers do not prevail with him to mifapply them. For we have fufficient ground to be jealous of the Hollanders defign to drive their Trade by Ships of their own, tho pretended to be of Oft end. To prevent which fufpicion of ours, it would be a very acceptable thing to his Majefty, if the Mar- quis would be pleated preparatorily to inform us what number of Merchants Ships there are really, znd effectually trading in his Ports: That under; fhe Colour of them, and tfie Protection of our Paffports ( fince we underftand many of them arfe Dutch-built ) the Hollanders and Zelanders might Hot elude our great defign, of moleiting them in their Trade. Befides which, the Flemijh Merchants themfelves do not flick to infinuate to us, That they had rather take the Paffports of us, than ask them of the Marquis •, whofe Officers they fay will exaft un- reafonable Fees for them. I pray bethink your felf very well of thefe ex- ceptions, and let us, with all fpeed, know your thoughts upon them. And, by the way, let your Servant, in whofe Care you put the Paffports, keep a good account of Sir William Coventry's Fees. We to Sir William Temple,Bar.&c. 5 5 We had from other hands Copief of the Poft- fcript of Monfieur de Liones Letter to the Marquis des Eftrade? which, I fay, to confirm our belief of the Truth of it, and not to difcourage you in the fending to us any fuch Papers, that (hall come to your Hands, for fear we fhould fail of them other ways. The faid Paper (hews us France is very jea- lous of the Hollanders growing remifs in the War, and hearkning to Proportions of Peace with us. To entertain which, His Majefty's Letter may perhaps be of fome ufe,as well as to allure, the Princes abroad that the King's Intention, in this War, is not to deftroy the Government of Holland, but to gain a good Peace of them. Which Opinion you cannot imprefs too much in all perfons you converfe with. And particularly allure the Marquis, that all Over- tures of that Nature would be very acceptable to his Majefty, efpecially coming from fo good a hand as his Excellencies. And the apprehention, the French have of this, makes them bethink them- felves of what ways they -(hall take, of renewing their good Cwrefpondence with us. And we are already prepared to expect many Overtures of this kind: Which we mail not care to entertain very haftily, if we continue to be allured of the Friend- Mp of Spain. And this you muft make your great Argument to perfwade the Marquis, to fill his. Difpatches, to Madrid, with all poffible motives, that may perfwade them to conclude -readily wk:i us. And, if it be poffible, to incline them rather to make a Peace with Portugal, than a Truce : The former of which, Portugal is likely, in this conjun&ure to infilt upon - 7 as Spain, on the other fide will receive moft benefit by it, by feparating Portugal for ever from France \ which a Truce E 4 will 5 6 the Earl of Arlington 5 ! Letters will not do, *nor unite them ufefully to Spain, We underftand the Marquis de Sandys finds fome flop in the Marriage of Madamofelle d'Aumall, the French Court .pretending the Duke of Savoy hath not yet fpoken clearly to the extent of her Dowry. But the true reafon is that I ranee is unwilling to make it a confiderable one, and fuch as Portugal may like, unlefs they will promife not to make a Peace, or Truce with Spain, without the confent of France ; which is a point Portugal defires al- ways to referve within their own powers. / am, &c. Ox on, January, 1 8. 6^ SIR, I Have received yours of the igth. and read to His Majefty, my Lord Chancellour being by, what you wrote in Cypher there 3 which Overture was not difpleafing to them. But I cannot by this Poft fend you his Majefty's pofitive Anfwer to it, be- caufe we are 'expefting fomething of that kind ano- ther way 5 to which you (hall be called upon to give your hand, as you propofe, as foon as the matter is ripe for it, yGur skill being valued by us here. Neither can I yet fend you his Majefty's Opinion of what Sir Richard Fan/ban? hath conclu- ded in Spain. There is much Paper fen t us "by him, and that which iliould require much refleclion. The Effeft of it is good, I would I could fay as much for Circurcftances. • ' SIR, to Sir William Temple,lW.feV. 5 7 January 25.66. SIR, IHave received yours of the 26th. with one en- clofed from the Prince of Munfter to you. And fee you refolve to keep me in your Service, becaufe you pay me fo well for that little I am able to render you. His Majefty goes on Saturday to Hampton-Court. And all the Orders I can give you, concerning the Overture in yours of the iptb. is, That you may freely offer your felf to hear any thing, the party will propofe. For, We having fpoken by another ferret way, it is their turn to fpeak now. -And, if any thing of moment be offer- ed you, you may charge your felf .with difpatching it hither 3 but mind then the Italian Proverb, gid volva qui non vohnandra. Nothing but a Meflen-. ger can do it effectually. Jam>&c, whitehal, February 2. 66. SLRy IHave before me yours of the id. your ftyle, and in the Cypher part •, relating to a former, which by misfortune is left at Oxford, and confe- quently not (hewed to his Majefty, the day we parted, to receive his directions upon it. But I tell you at a venture, that if the party feems to you 5 8 the Earl of Arlington'* Letters afenfible, and fufficient*Man, you may encourage, him to come over with his Propofitions. You have before this time, the News of France's declaring War againft us 3 which hath not much furprizedus, having been prepared to expett it from the preffures of Holland -, efpecially that party there that apprehend our Agreement with them. To der feat which, this is now found out, and n!Iy Lord Sandwich is going this Week. One of the Bufi- nefles his Majefty hath difpatched this day, was the fetling a Fund to pay the Prince of Munfter all his Arrears. I am, &c. • . * Whitehall February 9. 66. SIR, THE foul Weather ceafing, the Pacquet Boat came over, and brought me Three of Yours, One of the $tk and the other Two of the gth,mth your two feparate Papers in Cypher. One encou- raging us to fupport more affuredly the Th't6 out of Prince of "Orange'/ Party, and to with- Cypher. * draw his P erf on, at leaft, from his Grand- mother. The former is already done 5 at leaft Jo far as is thought fit here with relation to his Intereft : But me dare not tell which way to all; that call upon us to do it, fence we are fo directed by thofe of that Countrey, who pretend to know hefi the condition of his affairs. Hie latter his Majefty will not by any means hear of, faying, he could not better gratifie his Enemies than by doing it; however yon do we 11 to. communicate to us what is offered to you* • You to Sir William Temple, J&m&V. 59 You fee how prevalent the French Party is in Hol- land, when de Witt thinks fit to facrifice the Mar- quis's private Suggeftions to»the Knowledge of the French Ambafladour. A little time will tell us whe- ther they will have War or Peace. For, tho France hath declared for them, we do not look upon it as an effect of their Treaty, but as the laft tryal upon them whether they will finifh it. If they do, it will certainly be to the difadvantage of Flanders, and to the dividing it betwixt them, let them fay what they pleafe to the Spaniflj Minilters, whom you ought often to awake with thefe reprefentations. And at lead perfwade them not to deceive them- felves with their common Anfwer, viz. That they can do nothing till we are finally agreed with Spain, our Intereft on both hands difpofing us lb vilibly to it, fo it is a better fecurity than Twenty Trea- ties. And upon this occafion it is fit I tell you, That after much debate upon the Papers, This out Sir Richard Fanihaw fent hither to be of Cypher, ratified by His Ma] e fly, as much as rve> defer e a conclufion with them, we cannot think it pro- per to do it. The yne were additional Articles of Commerce-, which, be fides fome exceptions we made to them, tho not of great moment, were figned by him in Spanifh, and Jo improper for His Majeftys Rati- fication. Be fides, They were a part of what the other contained of a Truce with Portugal/t>r Thirty Tears 5 which, tho we like, yet we know not whether Portugal will : And till we do fo, cannot anfwer for their ac- ceptance of them. In the laft place^ Four Months time is given for the Ratification -, before the expira- tion of which , we hope to hear from Sir Richard Fan- fliaw, who is gone to Lisbon. tn 60 The Earl of Arlington's Letters In the mean time, my Lord Sandwich is difpatch- ing away with all the expedition, that is pojjible, with Power to conclude, upon Terms acceptable to them, all points betwixt its. And will carry with him j'tich Bif- courfes, as cannot but have the fame effect upon that Court, as' if we had ratified Twenty Papers. All that Spain can fairly object to this is, That we are managing our felves towards France. But when they fhall fee the Declaration of a War againfi that Crown, which will bepublifhed to Morrow, that Ob- jection will fall to the ground $ and certainly our com- mon Caufe unites us fufficiently. And this you mufb make the matter of your Difcourfe to the Marquis, who hath the fame from the Spanifh Ambaffadour 5 and, tho he hath Opiniafired the Point, as reflily as became his Chara&er, yet we are perfwaded that upon the whole matter, he is not diffatisfied with the ProfeJJions, that have been made }nm upon this ocea- fion. Our Fleet is abroad in fearch of the Hollan- der, God give them good fuccefs. The weather is of a fudden grown much warmer, and we are all alarrrTd by it with an apprehenfion that the next Bill may encreafethe Contagion- ; efpecially feeing what throng of People are come to Town. Since my laft we had from Oxford the ill News of the Queens mifcarriage, but we comfort our felves with the hopes that the next time fhe will fucceed better. The Spanifh Ambaffadour wrote fome days ago to the Marquis Cafiel Rodrigo,to recommend ^In his Ma- jetty's Name, ifly Lord Caftlehaven to the command of the old Irifo Regiment, which Sir Richard Fan- fliaw, long ago, faid the late King would leave to His Majefty's nomination. '' According to which he bids to Sir William 7etr\\)\e,Bar&c. 6\ bids me now write to you in favour of the faid Earl. And atfure the Marquis that His Majefty will afford another kind of recruit, and protection to that Body, if it be under the Earl, than if it be under Morphi z, whom His Majefty hath little reafon to be fatisfied with. And upon this account I will not omit to tell you, That my Lord of Norwich was with me this^day, defiring me to move His Maje- fty to recommend Him to the Command' of the Evglijh Regiment, offering, in Six Weeks time, if he may have His Majefty 's leave for it, to recruit it to Three Thoufand. All the Anfwer I could give him was, That His Majefty had recommended Mr. Henry Howard to it 3 but that if Mr. Howard could be perfwaded to decline it, I aflured my felt His Majefty would mod willingly recommend him, the Earl, to it. And, the Truth is, he is a Valiant Man, and worthy- of it, and his Fortune needs fome fuch Circumftances to make 7 him live according to his Quality, tho he lives now orderly enough, and within his compafs. It would not be amifs that you difcourfe likewife on this Subject to hur Excellency.. # Our preparations for the Summer Service go on a-pace by the vigour and applications of my Lord General 3 who m all hjis difcourfes concludes the Hollanders to be upon their laft Legs. And makes no doubt but to take them from them 5 which is all I will entertain you with at this time. Iaw } lkc. 6z the Earl tff Arlington'* Letters Whitehall February 16. 66. SIR, I Have Three of Yours to acknowledge, of the I2Z7;,i6, and ip. They have not named the Two Ships they complain of in Xh^ Antwerp Me- morial, 'which was prefented to "his Excellency, and is too general. But you may allure his Excellency we {hall find their Account. Mr. Vice Chamber- lain affures us he hath another confiderable Sum for the Prince of Munfter. Iam^c. Whithal, February 23. 66. SIR, THIS acknowledgeth Yours of. the 23*/. your Style, with the enclofed Paper in Cypher, whifh gives us but an uncomfortable profpeftj but I hope the effects may anfwer better. My Lord Sandwich left this Town this Day, and will be by Monday night at Portfmouth, ready to Embark. He goes well inftru&ed, and im- powered to all Matters, and if he fucceed not, the fault is their's, and will difcover a cuftomary de- fed in their Politicks, byfuffering themfelves to be deluded with an opinion, That France will not break with them, becaufe they are fo with us. For which they already convey excufes to us, by faying they only difcharge themfelves in Honour, without any animofitv,and go into the Fields only as Seconds. We to Sir William TempIe ; BjK.&rV. 65 We hear nothing yet of Father Sherwood 5 "but we guefs at his Errand. And Mr. Vice-Chamber- lain promifed this night to fend me Letters for you, that would prevent fome part of it. Your Character of Mr.C7tev/7/contradifts mine, wherein I will not ftrive with you, having nothing in his Juftirlcation before me, but the fight of Two or Three of his Letters. Therefore ufe your own freedom in imploying him or not,as you fee caufe. lam, &c. SIR, I Have little to add to my laft, but the telling, what I believe you can fcarcely be ignorant of, That the laft Pacquet Boat, coming from Newport, wasfiezed by a French Vefiel of Dunkirk, (fent in all probability on purpofe to take her ) and that the Letters were all opened. This is an Excefs the Hol- landers never committed towards us. Neither did they themfelves do it fo openly to Spain in the long War they had with them. Betwixt us, there is little to expoftulate upon the Terms we are now. But'I hope the Marquis Cafiel Rodrigo will com- plain aloud at Paris, for the injury done to him therein $ which you mult invite him to, and obtain of him our Future Security with relation to this Point. My Lord Sandwich is at Portfinoutb expefting his Embarkation. And from Francf this Night they write that Sir Richard Fanjkaw is returned from Portugal re infiSi* becaufe nothing but the ' ' Title. 6q The Earl of Arlington'* Letters Title of King will pleafe them, and with that any thing. Sir Jeremy Smith is in the Streights,. driving the Holland Capers before him 5 who are all retired to Tlnulon to be fheltered by Monfieur de Beaufort 5 who is making ready all the Force he can to come out and Fight us. I have a Letter from Sir Robert Southwell, Jan. 16. who was then entring the Port at Lisbon. lam^c. Wbitehal) March 5. 66. SIR, THIS acknowledgeth Yours of the Firfoby the Prince of Munfiers Agent s whom I brought to Etfs Majefty to day to receive his Aiftirances, that all fhfill be made good, that was promifed his Matter 5 and that fpeedily. I have likewife Yours by the Poft of the Second, with the enclofed in Cypher, wherein you continue ftill in the fame opinion of my Lord Sandwich's fuccefs $ deriving it from the Marquis. The Re- medy will be acceptable, if we muft have the. DiP eafe. But for that it will be time enough to talk hereafter. It is His Majefty 's Pleafure, that the Tinn be ap- plied to the Payments, as it was ftrft intended 5 and, by that time this arrives, I fuppofe Alderman Backmll will havefent his Orders accordingly. , / am> &c- S IRi to Sir William Temple,Bar.&hi. c- Whitehall March 16. 66. SIR, MY late abfence, attending His Majefty into the Country, hath put me into a great ar- rear with you. So I have at once Yours of the gth.iith.i6th. and i^th. to Arifweij with the en- clofed Papers 3 all which I have communicated to his Majefty. Mr. Vice-Chamberlain writes to you himfelf this Night, who will tell you what new Sum of Money hetranfmits to you for theBiihop QfMunfter 3 whofe Envoy hath this afternoon acquainted His Majefty, through my hands; That the Three Electors of Mayence, Cologne and Brjndenbnrgh 5 as alio the Princes of Ntomrgb, Brunfwitk> n 'olfenbmtle, and Lunenburg!) Hvw overawe deputed tneir Am- balfadors to meet at Dartmond\ about the beginning ofslpril, to deliberate upon the Re-eftablilhment and Confervation of the Peace, in the Weftpbalia Circle. And to propofe at the fame time Conditions of Ac- commodation betwixt the Rilhop of Mmfker^ and the States General. The laid Envoy praying his Majefty, in his Matter's Name, to fend feme I from him, to be punctually advertifed of all that paries therein, and to take Care of his Interests : adding, That he would not refufe, to fuch Neigh- bours, the admittance of this Overture. And rhat fome of thefe Princes offer to mediate an Agree- ment, betwixt the King our Mafter, and the French King. This coming to my hands but this After- noon, his Majefty hath not had leifure to con fid er of his Anfwer to it 3 but you lhall do well to en- F terrain 66 the Earl of Arling' on' s Letters tertain the Marquis with it, and to let me know on the tirft occaiion how he difcourfesupon it. I likewife herewith fend you a Letter for my Lord Carlixgford, wherein his Majefty enjoy ns him, contrary to his former Orders, to make fome longer ftay in the Emperour's Court, if he be not come away 3 accordingly you will difpofethe convey- ance of it to him with all poffible fpeed and expe- dition. Mr. Vice-Chamberlain hath Orders to direft you into whofe hands the Tinn (hall be put, to be Sold. By what we hear of Mr. Corney, he will not be a proper Perfon to be trufted with it 5 how- ever pray let him know, from me, that his Majefty is glad he is gotten out of Prifon, and will upon occafion, gratifie him for his Suffering: and withal fee what ufe you can make of him, in thofe parts, for drawing Intelligence out of Holland 5 and not giving himincouragement to come over yet to us. You may alTure his Excellency, that not a feigned, but real Gout hath detained my Lord Holli*, all this while, at Verfc, without any other bufinefs. Not but that the French have made ufe of other hands to convey to us Overtures of Accommodation - 7 but fuch as his Majefty hath not thought fit to lay any hold on. And by this you fee how Monfieur de witi\ Fiddle and theirs are tuned together. His Excellency hath anfwered the old Duke of Lor rain very well to our purpofe,the queftion is only whether he "hath nottrufted him too far $ and you may let him know that his advice (hail be followed wards the Duke, of Brandenburg $ Envoy. / am, &c. SIR, to Sir William Hem\>le,Ban&c. 67 Whitehall March 23. 66. SIR, MY laft to you was a long one of Tuefday fe- vennight. Since which I have received none from you. And I forbare to write to you by the Mondays Poft, becaufe I had little to fay more than what is to be the Contents of this, in which his Majefty had not then taken his final refolution. In my laft I told you that theBiihop of Mmftcr ■ had fent to his Majefty, giving him an account of Overtures, made to him from the Neighbouring Princes, to fend their Deputies to meet his at Dart- tnond, an imperial Town *, with a defire from the Bifliop that his Majefty would likewife fend one from him, to be witnefs of the Tranfaftions there. Since which time I have been to inform my felf of the Baron of tVreden, in what manner, the Perfon his Majefty fends, (hall appear there. In which point, the Bilhop's Letters being defective, and the time preffing, his Majefty thought he could not do better, nor more fecurely to his Affairs, than to commit this Imployment to you, and to leave you, in the profecution of it, to follow that good Talent God hath given you ^ directing yonry felf the beft you can by thofe lnftruftions the Bi-^ fliop will give, according as your Credential de- iires it of him. Neither can we inftruft you better, fince he hath by his Envoy fignified no more, to enlighten us in this occafion, than what I have told you in this, and my former Letter. Befides, Your Credential, you have alfo herewith his Majefty 's ample Power to do all things that you (hall think F 2 fit 6S Tl^Earl of Arlington'* Letters fit in his Service 5 which Truft will, I hope, quali- fie you well to digeft the trouble of the Journey. And, becaufe the occafion feems to prefs, you muft loie no time, but, immediately upon the receit of this, getonHorfeback, and go (trait to the Bifhop's Court, there to be inftrutkd by him, what you lliall further do, and in what manner make' ufe of this his Majefty's Commiflion. I need not mind you of lofing nothing in This in the Exteriour Part, that will be due to Cypher* your Char after, and the Mafter that fends you* And perhaps your trouble fome infifting upon the Tun&ilioes therein may be of better ufe, than any of that candour, and ingenuity you fo much abound in. For, whatfoever may be the bufinefs of the Bifhop, you muft take for granted ours is to render ineffectual all the defigned Negotiations 3 and perhaps the Bifhop may be fo open to you, as to tell you it is his mind too. And therefore, notwithftanding the ample Power given you, in your CommiJJion, to intro- duce you to hear, and know all that pajfes ; yet when, upon any tranfa&ion, you fhall come to a conclufwn, you muft remember to make none : But, by the pre- tence of frefh Letters, expofe the neceffity pf knowing his Ma]eftys Pleafure a-new. And, in one word, play this Farce as skilfully as you can ; which you will be the better enabled to do when you fhall have engaged the BiftjDp to open himfelf clearly to you 5, declaring you have no InftruBwis but to follow thofe he will give you. Neither muft you omit to take the beft directions you can from the Marquis C aft el Rodrigo, when! you fhall expofe to him, as his Majefty would have you do, the motives and butinefs of your Journey. And, letting him fee it is not like to be a long one, begging to Sir William Temple,Bar&c. 6? begging his leave for your abfence in the form you lhall think fit. In this inftant, I received a letter from Sir Ri- chard Fanfhawj and Sir Robert Southwell, at Ma- drid, dated March the Vitla. their Style, as you may fuppofe. Wherein only they fay they have been with the Duke de Medina de la Tores, ac- quainting him with the laft refolution of Portugal towards an Agreement 5 which is what I fent you formerly, for this Letter of theirs refers only to it. Iam } &c. P. S. Ton are likewife to ajfiire the Bi- flwp, that his Majefiy hath beer? fo far This in from Jhfwing any averfton to a Treaty with Cypher. Holland, all this winter 5 That, be fides what he declared publickly to them, in his Letter, he likewife hath made them fever al private Overtures for it -, infifting only that, for the point cf Honour, they fhould fend a Verfon hither to Treat with fuffici- ent Power, either wiph, or without a Character, as they (hould think fit. -il- whitehaly March 30. 66. SIR, AFter the trouble of not hearing from you in many days, I have received from you at once Yours of the 26, and 31. Mirch, and of 4. April with all the&enclofed. To the particulars of which it is not neceffary I make any Anlwer, neither in- deed have I any time for it. 'This is therefore only F 3 to 70 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters to let you know that the Envoy of Munfter, fends me word, (for he continues much indifpofed) That hisMafter fignirles to him, there is an end ot the meeting of the Deputies. Upon which his Majefty bids you return your Horfes to the Stable, and to think no more of the Journey. I pray God this come time enough to divert you from it. We have heard nothing from Madrid fince my laft. I am, &c. Whitehall April 2. 66 f . SIR, IHave received yours of the 6. S. N. from An- twerp 5 where it feems you met with a New Commiffion. The ground of which being fince taken away, as I fignified to you in my laft, I am to repent' much the fending it, for 'the trouble it mult have put you to. I have this day received Letters from Madrid, of a frefher date than Sir Richfjrd Fanjharp's, or Sir Robert Southwell's: Which tens me the latter had had his Audience 5 which had been a long time fufpended, much to his diffatisfa&ion. And that, upon it, he had difpatched out to Lisbon. Ofmy Lord Sandwich there was then no News. The date of this was the 15 tb. of March. Monfieur Ognati arrived here laft night. For other News I muft re- fer you to our Gazettes. lam^m SIR, to Sir William Temple,Bar.&c. 7 1 Whitebal, April 6. 66. SIR, I Have yours of the Sth. wherein I find you dill preparing for your Journey. But I hope, by this time, you have heard as well from the Bifliops Refident, as from my Letter, that you may fpare your pains. The Baron of n'rcdcn is recovering a-pace, as Mr. Sherwood told me to day, but without any News from his Matter. We have no News from Madrid of the Succefs of what Sir Richard Fanjbaw and Sir Robert Southwell carried thither r, the Town there fpeaks diverfly of it 2nd mod of them with diflatisfattion. Mr. Coventry s Letters of Ycfterday, gave us a great deal of comfort from the Court of Sweden, but it feems their Ambafladour will not part fo foon as was fijppofed * 7 they refolving to fend an Envoy firft. My Lord Hollis, in his Letter of the J? $Sr ^ith, he was again troubled with the Gout. A Letter from Lisbon faith, Sir Jeremy Smith lay about the Streights mouth, and that Monfieur de Beaufort was ready to come out. Jam,$ who enter- tained him with Propofitions, fuch as his Majefty might fairly have expetted after the lofs of a Battle. To which he made proportionable replies. The par- ticulars are not worth the telling you. Immediately upon the reading his Letter, His Majefty bid me write to him, without any further delay, to come away without hearing, or uttering one word more in that Court relating to any pub- lick bufmefs. And thus you fee the Mountain delivered of this Moufe, which France hath made ufe of to amufe all the Princes abroad. I am glad the Farce is at an end. And, that we have a good Fleet totruft to, after fo much In- fidelity in our Friends, and artificial Fraud in our Enemies, and before any decilion can be made by that, we hope we fhall know the laft mind of Spain, with relation to us •, who, at the worft, cannot but believe we might yet have, any reafonable con- ditions from France, if we would hearken to their Propofitions. I am, &c. SIR, j 6 The Earl of Arlington's Letters Whitehall May 4. 66. SIX, Since my lad, I have received Yours of the $otk paft, with a State in it of the Accounts betwixt His Majefty and theBifhop, relating what happen'd concerning them in your abfence. All which I put, by my Lord Chancellor's advice, into Alder- man Bachvell\ hands 5 who is to advife with Mr, Vice-Chamberlain thereupon $ and jointly they are to fend you Directions how you lhall proceed to the retrieving as much of the Money, as you can poifrbly, defigned to that Service : His Majefty re- folving you lliall part with no more of it than needs you mult. And whatever the Bifliop may fairly pretend as due to him, it is certain he hath fur- niih'd us with a fufficent excufe now for our fail- ing with him, how unprovided foever we were in this kind before. As for our difcourfe of him, and his Affairs towards the World, his Majefty a- grees with your Opinion that the lefs we fpeak of it, the better : And that for our own fakes, and not his, iince we do not forefee any likelihood of ever having to do with him hereafter. Notwith- ftanding which, His Majefty doth not difapprove the Letter you wrote to him, at the intreaty of the Marquis Caftel Bodrigo, as we fuppofe, concerning the difpoiai of his Troops. Let the effe& thereof be what it will, it is well his Excellency fliould find himfelf gratified at leaft with our endeavours. I received likewife, fince my laft to you, a Second Letter of the jtb. currant, S. A r . but unhappily it is now miflaid, fo I muft anfvver to it by my memory, as well as I can. There to Sir William Tcmple,Rzr.&rV. 77 There was in it a piece of the Bifhop's Letter to you, fince your leaving him, which feems to im- ply that the Treaty with Holland was not finally ratified. And, That he was fending a Perfon hi- ther to ask his Majefty's Approbation of it. Which Perfon not yet appearing, we can underftand it no other ways than a Colour to keep up his right to fome more of his Money ^ iince all the late Letters from Holland allure us the Ratifications were Ex- changed. His needlefs Profeflions, and Protefta- tions, fo often repeated, not to iign the Treaty. without his Majefty's leave, hath diverted us of all kind of Credit towards what he faith. I call to mind, there was likewife in your Letter, fome diffatisfattion of yours towards our employing Mr. Glanvill, as if it were the diilnembring a part of your Commiflion. It is in Mr. Vice-Chamberlain's and Alderman Backivelfs hands to continue, or fuf- pend his further dealing in the recovery of the Tinn. All he is trufted with by me, is the fafe conveying of our Letters, and Intelligences to and fro, in this Conjuncture. And for this, methinks a fmall meafure of Honefty and Difcretion will fuffice : if he prove faulty in either of thefe points, according to your Obfervations, or Ours, we can quickly recal his Trull, and put it into fome other hands. But'readily we know not where to find one in that Port. 1 (hall, in* my next to him warn him not to be wanting in his Refpetrs, and observance towards you *, and if he be, upon the fir it knowledge oj" it, I promife you he fhali be difcarded. I indole iikewiie herein a Copy of his Majefty's Letter to the Queen Regent of Spain, in Aufwer to one She fent hither, complaining of what Sir Richard Favjbaw had brought from Portugal^, where in 78 The Earl 0/ Arlington* Letters wherein you will fee his Majefty's whole thoughts upon that Affair. When you have read it, I pray lofe no time in fending it to my Lord Sandwich at Madrid 5 and by one of the Marquifes Expreffes, that it may not fall into the hands of the French, if poffible,who never fail to open all Letters that go to, or come from Spain. The Original is put into the Ambaffadors hands here, and a Copy with it, which he will not fail to fend to the Marquis 3 fo you need not be fhy of difcourfing upon the Subjeft of it to his Excellency. I concur with you in the Opinion that we ought not to be forry for not having moved his Majefty in yourrequeft concerning theTinn. It will be now proper to move him for a confiderable Sum to fup- ply your extraordinary expences. If you will let me know in your next, by a Paper a-part, what Sum I (hall ask for you, without coming to par- ticular accounts, I will charge my felf with the ob- taining it for you. I will fend the Duke of Ormond tranfcripts of your Letter, / am, &c. whinhal, May 7. 66* SIR, IHave received yours of the nth. Wherein I perceive a former of mine was not come to your hands. It is poffible my Letters run the fame ha- zard w r ith yours of late - 7 whereof fome, of freflier dates, to Sir William Temple,JW.(y<\ y$ dates, arrive before thofe of former. But, lead it fliould have mifcarried, I herewith fend you a Tranfcript of it. This day arrived the Baron of Rozenbwrgh with yours of the gtb. who came immediately tome, as he arrived, before he had fpoken with the Baron of Wreden. I asked him, whether the Bifhop had figned his Treaty I He told me that he had not when he came away •, but that he would fufpend the doing it Eight Days, in that time to obtain his Majefty's leave. This gave me occafion to enter into the Computation with him, how long it was fince he had left the Bifliop, and according to his own reckoning it proved to be Two and Twenty Days. I asked him what further effeft there was of this Voyage to the King? He anfwered, To allure his Majefty of the- Prince his Matter's Devo- tion. But without troubling you with our further Difcourfe, I advifed him to put down in writing the fcope of his Errand, and, if he could of his Credentials too, that, upon the fight of it I might tell him my opinion concerning his prefenting him- felf to his Majefty. Which, for ought I under - flood yet, I fliould not advife him to do. By my next I (hall be able to tell you what became of their Ambafladour. lam, &x. " So xbe Earl of Arlington'/ Letter? May n. 66. S 1H, TH E frefheft I have from you, is of the i/\tb: S. N. Wherein I find my former Letter, fo long mi (ling, was at laft come fafe to your hands. In the defect of which I thought my ftlf obliged to inclofe a duplicate of it in my laft. Since when, I have received an account of the Baron de Rozen- burgb's Errand, which 4s not very edifying •, I have given his Majefty an account of it, and mull at- tend the next meeting, to have his refolution upon it j that is, Whether he will pleafe to fee this En- voy, who amongft other things advances the Bifhop's Offers of ferving his Majefty in fome other Con- juncture 5 which, I doubt much, he will never have the opportunity of Executing. In the mean time his Majefty is very glad your Letter had that good effect upon him, in relation to the difpofal of his Troops. I know how to reconcile Mr. Vice- Chamberlain's complaints and yours, faying on both fides that you cannot hear from one another. But I hope by this time, you are both fatisfied 3 and that by your feparate endeavours, joyned with thofe of Alderman Backwelfs, the Payment, up- on the Bills, will be ftopt. Irr your above-named, I received the Letter intrufted to you with lb much caution of Secrecy 3 according to which rule, I pray tranfmit carefully all others he (hall in the future recommend to you. / amjkc. SIR* to Sir William Temple^r. &6 8 r May 14. 66. SIR, IHave received Yours of the iSth. with you r complaints of not hearing of Mr .Vice-Chamber- lain •, which are the fame he makes of you. We have yet no News from Madrid; not fo much, by any hands, as of my Lord Sandwich's arrival at Madrid. From France, and Italy we have afliirance of the French Fleets being come out •, but, with circum- fiances, as if they would not go out of the Medi- terranean. And, upon this foundation, conclude, at the utmoft 3 it will not be further than Tangier, to attack that place. All thefe, and other Letters, even as far as Ger- many, tell us of great d indentions, and difagree- ments in the Counfel of Spain. Which is ill News toiis> fince we have let up our reft of making our belt Alliance there. And, the part of Portugal excepted, ask no hard thing of them, having taken our meafures to fight our own Battels our ielves. But how foon we (hall come to the decifion we can- not tell. • All our News from tiolland alluring us they will come late abroad with their Fleet, if they do fo at all, they (hew a greater willingnefs to Treat, but how to go about that, without calling France to it, they know not. And, obferving by all they have heard from us, that we delire to treat alone with them, and not to call helpers to it, who at the beft, pro- pofe the felling a Peace to us, but at a dear rate. / am. Sec. G . SIR> 82 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters May 18. 66. SIR, I Have juft now received Yours of the 21ft. but have not had time to impart to Mr. Vice- Chamberlain what you fay concerning' the Bill of Exchange, andlikewife theTinn- But, Having fo often difcourfed to him upon thofe Two Subjects, and .conjured him to write his mind to you upon them, I hope you will know it from the inclofed Letter. I have One this Day from Mr. Corney, but (hall forbear anfwering it, till I hear, by Mr. Al- derman fiackwe/fs means from Mr* Shaw. - I fend you here a Copy of the Paper, which I fent the Bifhop of Munfters Envoy, by his Majefty's Command 5 I cannot yet tell how it pleafes him. As to the Overture you make in Cypher, his Ma- jefty bids me anfwer thus, That he hath ever' really vviflied for a Peace, fo he might have a good one. And, befides his publick Letter written to the States^ hath made ufe of private ways to affure them fo much. That, tho he hath not been fond to hearken to any Proportion of Accommodation^ by the means of Frances yet any thing the Marquis can offer to him of that kind will be very welcome to him 5 efpecially if it hath that condition with it of ex- cluding France. Upon this Foundation therefore you may confidently incourage his Excellency, 'to draw what Overtures he can from the Holland Resi- dent there. I have received Letters from my Lord 'Sandwich of April 26. S. V. when he was ready to begin his Journey to Madrid. And a frefher from Sir Robert * Southwell, to Sir William Tempi e^r.cVV. 8; Southwdil, from Madrid of May 6. S. TV. Wherein he telte us of the Emperour's marriage, and de- parture-, but gives -ajs no further hopes \et of their agreeing to our Propofals with Portugal. They excufe their anfwering finally thereupon, till my Lord Sandwich (hall arrive, and that they know his Majefty s laft mind thereupon : which they will do in his Letter. My Lord Tiviot is come from Thngeir, having made a new advantageous Peace with Gay land. And thofe Ships, that carried my Lord Sandwich, are return'd to encreafe the number of our Fleet. The next week I (hall be able to let you know what, and by what means his Majefty will accom- modate you for your extraordinaries. / tfM,&C. whitehal, May 25. 66. SIB, W Anting matter to entertain yon with, I forbore to write to you by the laft Poll, when I had received yours of the 19th. and fince one of the 28th. His Majefty, this Afternoon, took his laft refc- lution concerning Moniieur Ognati's Propoiitinn, and to his fatisfaclion. Which is to remit to the Court of Commerce, at Bruges, the giving Fall- ports for Ships, after Oath made there that they belong to the Subjects of his C3tholick Majefty. We hear nothing from Madrid of my Lord Sandwich's arrival there, nor of any progrefs in our G 2 Negor- 84 The Earl of Arlington' j Letters Negotiation •, which is much wondred at here, and gives not a little countenance to the Overtures of agreeing with France - 7 which are confirmed further by my Lord HoBu. Iam-y &c. trhitebal, June iu 66. SIR, IN my abfence care was taken to furriifh yon with all our News, which I hope was done to your Satisfaction. And, returning hither the laft Poft Night, my excufes were likewife fent you for my not writing then. For the future all this fhall be fupplied by my felf. And fo, to refume my former Style, I here begin to acknowledge Two of Yours of the 8*/;. and iyrt- which require no par- ticular Anfwer. Neither do I take a pleafure in re- peating any thing of this laft Engagement. I muft therefore refer you to the Printed Papers, to fupply. what was wanting of the relations you had by the laft 5 I mean of our own fide : For we are not at all yet clearly inftrufted of what lofs the Enemy fuP rained. For that we muft be beholding to their own Ingenuity, or the good Obfervation of their Neighbour ♦, wherein I hope you will help us. This advantage, I am fure they had of us, That they have carried home their Trophies: Whereas we have not one 5 what they loft being all drown'd or burnt. My Letters from Madrid have little or no News, but that of the \ 6 6 th. They expett my Lord Sand- wich within Three Davs. I am, &c. SIX, to Sir William Tem\>te,Bar&c, 85 wbitebal, June 22. 66. SIR, TH I S day Sevennight the Head-ach, and laft Monday being with bis Majefty at the Fleet, muft beg my excufe for not writing and anfwering Yours of the iStb. nd. and ifrk Inclofed you have a Narrative, which was carefully laid together when we were at the Fleet, wherein you will fee the Truth. But we are far from hoping to hear the Dutch tell their Tale fo ingenuoufly. We muft expert it therefore from Perfons from thence •, a- mong which I hope yours, you have lent, will give us foine help ^ with the account of their readinefs, in which they are, to come out again. J do not hear of the Man that wouid have bor- rowed Money of you. But, what you fay in your Letter, I am glad you are hard hearted to him 5 for I have much caufe to fufpeft he hath been wanting to all he promifed. We cannot yet hear with any certainty where Monfieur de Beaufort's Fleet is. I allure you in Ten Days our Fleet will be compleatly ready. law, &c. tfbitebal, June 28. 66. SIR, IAm to acknowledge Yours of the %tb. where- in I perceive you are (till upon the ftruggle, to get our Tale believed of the lad Engagement. Whereupon, fince we cannot be agreed, we muft G 3 refer S6 ■ Tie Earl of Arlington' s Latter s refer our felves to the next. And that feems to be very near. Forlaft night I received a Letter from one of your Agents at Flujhing, which Mr. Glanvill had the Care to difpatch away by an Exprefs Sloop, to fend us word of the Butch Fleet coming out. Pray continue to encourage this, or any other Agents you can find in Holland ; I will be anfwer- able to you for the Money they coft. / am, &c. — whitehal, July 2. 66. % IR, I Have now Yours of the 6th, and yet owe you the acknowledgment of a former, wherein was the Comical Story of the Dutch' Refidents Bone- fires. 'It feems the Grain of tKat Countrey goes well with us, it is pity it is no more vifible yet iii the Superbur Orbs. The freflieft Letter we have from Madrid, is the 16th. pad*, wherein Sir Robert Southwell faith, he is going to Portugal, but mentions no Errand he carries. So it looks only like an effett of his own Importunity ; authorized by my Lord Sandwich's prefence. What recommendations they will give to him, when the Foot is in the Stirrup, to fay, or to ex peel to hear from them, when they have entered into Conferences with my Lord Sandwich , we (hall hear by the next : if, at lead they will vouchfafe to do fo much. And yet to have flayed him all this while, when he fo prefTingly dellresto go, only to flay him would feem very ftrange. Some to Sir William Temple,Bar.&c. 87 Some of the Letters from Park fay Monfieur d e Beaufotf is at Rocheii, and that he goes from thence to Lisbon. J am , &c. 1 Whitehall July 6. 66. SIR, Have received Yours of the 7th. and 8tb. with all the News : Particularly a Copy of what your Correfpondent had tranfmitted to us before. In fine, The Dutch, according to it are upon our Coaft, with the advantage of fome Reputation, in that we go not out to them. But when we fliall do fo, I hope in God we lhall repair our felves. And, by all we can learn of their ftrength, we ought not to defpair of it-, and this a very few days more will fliew. If they come hither upon any other expecta- tion, it feems nothing anfwers to it. For no dif- contented party thews it felf, and we have had time fo to fecure our Coaft, that w T e do not much fear their Landing upon the Body of the Kingdom. Neither do we think they will have the Confidence to invade our Illands, tiil they have tryed the Ma- ttery with our Fl-eet-, which they (hall -quickly have an opportunity of doing. We know not what to think of the conjunclion of the French with them. It is ftrange they lliould not be here in all this time if they intended it. No more Letters coming yet from Spam, I am afraid the French ufe us in that, as they do you, b'.'rn our Letters. G 4 I 88 the Earl of Arlington' j Letters I forgot in my laft to anfwer the Queftion, con- cerning your executing, what Mr. Alderman Back- well difputes of the remainder of the Bilhop of Miwfter's Money. His Majefty faith what the Al- derman wrote to you was by my Lord TreafiirePs Directions •, fo you need not fcruple the following it. I expett your Anfwer to the Queftion in my former, what I (hall ask for your Journey, and extraordinary Charges, to fee whether I can pre- vail with my Lord Treafurer to add fomething to the Five Hundred ' Pounds •, which I will en- deavour to tranfmit to you by Alderman BackmU's hands. ' / am, &c. Whitehall July 27. 66, flJt* YO U will eafily guefs the reafon of our (lay here of fo many Pacquet Boats, becaufe we were not willing to let them carry News of our readinefs to go out with our Fleet ^ which at laft did fo without any interruption from the Epemy, after all their ridiculous brags of their having block- ed up the River of Thames. And now, at laft, are engaged with them, we hope fuccefsfully 5 though the particulars will be quicklier known to you than us. Since we have prefs'd toward their own Coaft, we have heard the Canon thefe Three Days of a clofe Fight, but knew not the particulars till this Day at Noon, which are not many, brought into Harwich by the Elizabeth, a lipall Fourth-Rate Frigat, to Sir William Temple,2ky.&V. 8p Frigat^ which came in difabled. Such as they are you (hall receive them with this, with the additi- ons of any other that fhall come before the doling this Pacquet, which we hope will conclude in a happy Victory, they being worfted hitherto. I have before me" Yours of the 13, 16, 21, 23, and 31. unacknowledged for the reafon above-men- tioned. IntheFirft, You ask me his Majefty's re- folution concerning the coming over hither of a Gentleman, who offers his Service, and Informati- ons cone rning France. In a former, as I remem- ber, you told me his Name •, which notwithftand- ing the Circumftances you delivered it with, His Majeity could not call to mind. Neither does he think fit, for the prefent, to encourage him to come hither. If he be lull with you, you ihall do well to fee what you can further learn from him, that may be of ufe to us, forne of that kind have here- tofore offered themfelves to us, but quickly difco- ver they come to ask Money or do fomething worfe amongft us 3 this makes us not fond of new ones, Monfieur Ognati left us with a refolution of gain- ing the Coaftof Flanders ', during our Fight, lo to fecure the many Ships accompanying him : But I am afraid the Wind has not yet been good enough for him. The laft Letters we had from my Lord Sand- wich were of July 1. relating to Sir Richard Fan- Jhaiv's Death, and the ceremonial entrance into his Negotiation, but nothing of the further progrefs of it. We have met twice with the Swedifr xlmbarTadors, upon their Offers of a Mediation •, which his Ma- jefly hath accepted of, but not their Offers of Treat- ing in a Neutral Place. SIR, po the Earl of Arlington'/ Letters whitehal, July 30. 66. SIR, WHat I received in Yours of the id. was written to meat large from him, whom I fuppofe to be the Author of it, but not exattly with the fame Circumftances. Whether his Me- mory, or his Imagination failed him is a great Queftion here ; where his Name, to fpeak freely with you, is able to difcredit any Truth. And, a- gainft the grain, I imployed him into Holland, not to make him the Inftrument of a Peace, but to fend us News. However I do not yet difcourage him from writing, tho I wifli, what he faith, came from any hand rather than his. Accordingly you fhall do well to handle him ; and this is enough upon this fubjeft, when I have fo much a better to entertain you upon. Here enclofed you have the effective Truth of what I fent you the Symptomes of in my lad. I durft not hazard any of my acquaintance with the putting of it into French, becaufe of the Sea terms wherewith it abounds. But, if you can get it well done, and quickly publifhed, you will do his Ma- jefty a good Service, and may fairly put the coftof it into your Accounts. Moreover, I have promi- fed his'Majefty to charge you with the writing of fome fmall Paper, and publifhing it in French, that may pfeafantly and pertinently awaken the good Pa- triots in Holland, not only to Thoughts, and Willies of Peace, but to a reafonable Application for it -, alluring them his Majefty continues ftill to wifh it 3 and would gladly receive any Overtures, for to Sir William Temple, Jkr.&'c. 9 1 for it, from the States, here in his own Kingdom, not expefting lefs from them, in this kind, than they did to the Ufurper Cromwel. This done in Form of a pretended Letter from fome Merchant to another at Amfterdam, or in any- other form you like beft, would certainly operate well in Holland, and be a work worthy of your Pen - y which, I know, has fufficiency for a much greater. One thing efpecially it will be good to mind them of, the confiderable Succours and Advantages they have had by the conjunction with France •, which hath not been remarkably vifible in any thing more, than in getting their Narratives to be believed in all the Courts of Chriftendom, and helping them to make their Bonefires for their Succefles. His Majefty is going this Night to vifit the Queen at Tim bridge. I am 3 Sec. P. S. Let your Emiflaries give you a particular account of the condition of the Dutch Fleet got- ten into Zealand, and of the readinefs they are in to come out again, with an exatf account of their ftrength, if it be poffible. Monfieur Nipho will help to convey it fpeedily to us. Whit eh al Auguft 10. 66. SIR, O W I think you mean to be quit with us N for wanting our Letters fo long. This is the fecond Pod, I have writ to you without having -any of yours before me to anfwer, or any News to fend gi "the Earl of Arlington's Letters fend you , only to keep my felf in the habit of writ- ing every Poft day. Nothing fatisfactory comes from Spain. The Minifters o/ Portugal muft now take new mea- fures. v ■ Iam } &ic. • Auguft 17. 66. SIR, Ince my laft, I have received Two from you of s the % I think, (for it is yet in his Royal Highnefs's hands) fo that I cannot anfwer the particulars of it, and the 20th. in which latter you make me a Proportion, at the recommendation of Don Bernardo de Solinas, which I cannot meddle with, (ince I receive and do not give Orders in that bufinefs. I thank you for the Account you give me of the Count de Gulches'* Difcourfe with the Conds de Martin: upon which I put more weight, in the general, than any of our other Correfpondents : tho I do not undervalue the Care, and particula- rity of yours from Zealand j which you muft yet continue to the end of the Summer. / am, &c. SIR* to Sir William Tem\>\e,Bar.&c. pj Whitehall Auguft 24. 66. SIR, WHen I have acknowledged yours of the 2%tb. and given you thanks for the London Mer^ chants Letter to him of Amfterdam y ( which is al- lowed by his Majefty to be very well written ) I have little more to fay to you, than the recommending to your Care the Tranfmitting fafely to my Lord Sandwich this enclofed Pacquet 5 a duplicate of what I wrote to him yefterday through France. Which I pray fend by one of the Marquis's fafe ways. We hear the Dutch Fleet is come out. Ours is ftill in Southwould-Bay, fironger than ever. Whe- ther fufficient for theirs and Monlieur Beaufort's will be fliortly decided, as they fay they will. Iam>&c, Auguft 27. 66. SIR, BY what mifchance or misbehaviour I have not yet been able to learn, that yours, of the 2 tyh. Auguft^ came not to me till this Morning, with one enclofed from Count Egmond to his Majefty, to vyhich he promifes an Anfvver. Thus it falls out likewifethat I have not yet had an opportunity of expoftulating with AMeanan BackweU for the drudgery he puts you upon. If^t-ean-make him fenfibleof it, I hope fooncr, or later, to make him • do 94 The Eari of Arlington' s Letters do you a good turn for what is paft, and cafe you of the trouble in the future. And thus it will fall out, that it is better being difobliged by a Rich Man, than a Great Man. I received your difpatch of my Lord Sandwich, which was not a very comfortable one. I fuppofe the Minifter there declared the matter of it to him, when they were full of the belief of the Dutch Ga- zettes. We can find no other excufe in their be- half for their dallying thus with us. But that I told Moniieur Ognati in one of my late Letters, quils nom ferofis Fran? ok a la fin en depit de nom me- mes $ that is, They will oblige m at I aft, contrary to our inclinations, to clofe with the French. And we are every day looking for my Lord of St. Albans to help us therein. But we fliall take no new refolu- tion till we have fought the Dutch once more, or defpair of meeting them. Juft now I received a difpatch from our General, (ignifying their refolution to fet Sail to morrow Mornings fo that 'tis likely, before the arrival of this, you may hear of their being feen on theCoaft of Flanders, expecting the coming of the Enemy, with .what defign we cannot imagine, whether to expeci the French, or to goto them: both which have Riddles we cannot refolve. Neither is it more eafie to :us to believe, that an aft of de- fpair can prevail with them alone to come out, to Fight with our Fleet that fo lately worfted them. And yet all that Mr. Silvim brings us, and that you wrote by him, very fufficiently upon that Point, directs us to entertain the lair. His Majefty is well pleafed to read yours of the 3 J ft. with thofe particular Difcourfes of the Count de Guides, and Moniieur de Gourville - 7 whofe ac- quauv to Sir William Temp]e,Bar.&c. 95 quaintance are Very well worth the cultivating. I hear nothing of my Letter to the Conde Me- re*. Methinks you have ground enough to main- tain us in their Arguments concerning Portugal. His Majefty hath done all, that lies in" his Power, to incline them to fuch a moderation as might be acceptable to Spain.. What effeft can his Threats have upon them whilft he hath an united War of France, Holland, and Denmark 5 and the reft of Chriftendom for uncertain Friends, but the preci- pitating them into a nearer conjunction with France} And fuch a one as will make the Peace hereafter im- poffible, which is now only difficult. This Peace we wifli as much for Spain's fake as Portugal's. I am, &c. Augufi 31. 66. SIR, I Have yours of September the 3 d. S. N. with an account in what condition the remaining Mun- fter Moneys are. To which I can fay no more, than what I have formerly, only that your endea- vours therein are very acceptable to his Majefty, be- caufe if any lofs be, he muft Main it. Which both Mr. Vice-Chamberlain, and Mr. Bachvell have promifed me they will concur in reprefenting to his Majefty, when I dial 1 call upon them. Your Prognoftick concerning the coming out of the Dutch Fleet, is made good. They are abroad, and fo is ours too. We are only afraid ours have ovcrfliot themfelves, in feeking them near their own Coaft 96 The Earl of Arlington'* Letters Coaft, whilft they are, by our laft Intelligence^ brought us this day, faid to be upon ours. But we comfort our felvcs with the belief we (hall not be long finding them out 5 and fo have a day for it to gratifie Monfieur de vritt'% defperate refolutions, and our own warm defires 5 which I can aflure you our Fleet are as full of as ever they were. God give us fuccefs. Our Letters from Spain fpeak as uncomfortably of our Treaty there, as our Enemies can wifh. A few more Polls to this Tune will oblige us to caft about for new Friends. I pray keep your Correfpondents ftill in Holland, to tell us the countenance of thofe People, after this Engagement. For, tho we have many that do it befides, yet we cannot have too many to confront what is faid 5 and that occafion being over, it fliall be left to your own choice to call them away, or continue them. September 10. 66* SIR, IN the Narrative you will fee the caufe why you have not heard from us, thefe two laft Pods -, during which Calamity, we did not think it fit to let any Letters go abroad. Now God be thanked we are come to our Wits * Meaning the again, and our quiet, and happy Fire of London, delivery from fuch a heavy * Judg- ment, makes us indifferent what con- to Sir William Temple,JW &c 97 conftruftions will be made upon it abroad ; fince we do not think it can render the French, or Dutch more prefumptuous than they were before, nor more averfe from Treating with us. Whatever they fay, it becomes us to fubrrjit patiently to this heavy Judgment. '••• X — i. — ~ September 14. 66. SIR, I Have none of yours to acknowledge, tmce my laft. This will be delivered you by an Ex- prefs the Spamjh Ambafladour is fending to the •Marquis Caftel Rodrigo, with Letters, that are to be fent into Spain, by the laid Exprefs, or ibme body elfe, the Marquis lhali think more proper. By which convenicncy you mud fend the enclofed to. my Lord Sandwich. And unlefs you can be morally fure' they will be fafely delivered to him, by the'Marquis ? s.MerTengcr, His Majelty's pleaiVrc is, That you fend a trufty one of your own chooiing upon the place, accompanying the faid Merler.ger ; it importing much his Majefty's Service. J 47/, Sec, H v SI*>> f 6 the Earl of Arlington' j Letters September 21. 66. SIR, I Have yours of the 24*/;. with Two enclofed from tny Lord Carlir/gford. To whom I have for- bore to write thefe la ft Pofts, becaufe our direction for his return being pofitive, and agreeing with his own defire, 1 fuppofe he put them in execution. We" long to hear of the Arrival of the Baron" uf Jfola. My Lord Sandwich's Letters give him a fair Character, as a -Man perfectly well inclined to our Union viutnthejKmfe of Auftria, and even upon the Terms we have propofed at Madrid, but not hoping much in their admittance of them. • [ r [f he bring good Powers with him, we fliall thjpi make ufe of your Information, concerning the. Em- perour,' mention'd.in your former 5 not defpairing but, before his Negotiation comes to any ripenefs here, Spam may- be, more reafonable, or fome Tem- perament found out to accommodate lis better than •there is yet any appearance of. I hope you have received my long great dif- patch to the Lord Sandwich, whereof I mail fend you a duplicate, by, the next, tobe conveyed by. as jafealiand. . . . / aw, 8cc« SIR, to Sir William Temple, Bar. &c. 99 September 28. 66. SIR, I Wrote nothing to you my fclf by the laft Poft: but, according to cuftcm, took care you fliould receive an Exttaft of that little News we had before lis. To which 1 have only to add now, That Prince Rupert in his way to the Downs, thought to have given the Butch Fleet a Viiit, which they perceiving went off before the Wind nearer their own Coafts. 1 have yours of the zStb. of September, and id. of Oclober. The latter from Antwerp. The former Difco.urfing__very pertinently, to the Condition of our Affairs, at prefent in Hoi/and, wherein you (hall, by the next, fee how our thoughts agree with yours, when I will fend you his Majeity's Anfwer. lam, &c. ivbitehal, Oftober 4. 66. SIR, HAving gotten His Majefty's leave to go four Days into the Country, and beginning my Journey to Morrow Morning early, I would not leave the Town without the fatisfa&ion of acknow- ledging Two of Yours of the 5?/;. and Stk. current. S. A T . ifitbebutto let you fee how willing I am to humour your Correfpondence, wfiich entertains H 2 ms i oo The Earl of Arlington'* Letters me very well 5 even whilft you fend me no News. I am glad to obferve, with you, how Fertile that Countrey is in begetting it, always in our Fa- vour •, even when there is no ground for It. Tis a (ign of good Blood. I would they were as Sanguine in their opinion of our Affairs at Madrid. But of that we fee nofignyet. On the contrary they will prefs my Lord Sandwich to anfwer Categorically, and fpeedily to Queftions, which they muft needs know he is not provided to do to their fatisfattion. 1 have not time to.enlarge upon this Subjeft, Iam,&ic. Oftober 12. 66. SIR, IT hath fallen out that the Veflel that is to trantyort the Trumpeter, goeth not away till to Morrow 5 fo you muft take care not to let the Letter go abroad, till you conclude it received by them. At my return I found yours of the nth. and 15th. one part relating to Mr. Corney : whom, as I af- fured you in a former you are not at all cenfured for having imployed. Therefore after the caution given you, concerning him, it is in your own hands to life him or not, as you feecaufe. The Experiment of cafting new Cannon (hall be put in ihe hands of fome, that have had fome of that kind. to Sir William Temple,EarJ&c. 101 I confefs ingenuoufly to you, I do not like the o- ther Propofitions of the Two Cells. The King our Ma- tter can receive no Profit or Honour by fuch a War. And the Confequences of it muft needs imbroil us with the Marquis ^ into whofe Territories the Pri- foners muft be brought. I have been much in* difpofed, fo I cannot anfwer your Proportion of agreeing with your advice concerning the 5000/. My [ingle Opinion is you fhould do it. But, by the next, 1 will fend you His Majefty's politive Or- der therein. I have not yet feen Mr. Corney'% relation. As for Mr. Glanvili, he was recommended to me \ but iince, after fo fair a warning given hijn, he con- tinues ftjll to behave himfelf fo impertinently towards you, I (hall make no fcruple to difcard him. Your Correfpondent at the Hague* writes to me very punctually $ and, another there being of late frighted into a great filence, I mould be glad, if he could do it with fafety, that he continue it, and that you would in the Future, by the help of fome of the Secretaries, help us to fome accounts of their Tranf- aitions, which I know are daily gotten into other Countreys, and never failed us, till they were grown jealous upon Mr. Buat. lam, &cc. H 3 SIR, 102 the Earl of Arlington'! Letters Whitehall Oftober 15. 66. SIR, . IN my laft I promifed to anfwer your Queftion whether, as the cafe flood, you fliould purfue the Procefs for the Five Thoufand Pound, or com- pofe the difference, as well as you could. His Majefty inclines to this latter way. And according- ly Commands you to make as good a Bargain for him as you can, and the fooner you do it the bet- ter, to take but of Mens Mouths the difcourfes of that Matter. ; Yefterday I received yours of the iptb.. with Two enclofed from Don Antonio de Fointes, to his Majefty and his Royal Highnefs: Neither of whom, nor the Spanifh Atnbaifadour, nor my felf can call to mind who this good Friend of his Ma^ jefty's is. In my laft I defired you to imploy your felf in en- deavouring to get us fome new Correfpondentsout of Holland? the Letters of our old ones being in- tercepted, we fuppofe they venture to write no more to us. I hinted to you withal, the way, I thought the ealieft, of getting a good one might be by fome of the Marquis's Secretaries j who (hall be paid for his Pains in fending quickly to us, what he receives from thence, of their publick Tranfa&i- bns"$ which L fuppofe that Court cannot be with- out, by the cafe wherewith we have had it hitherto* There is now in Antwerp a poor unfortunate Man called Van Ruyben, who about two Years fince, was my Correfpondent, and not a very ill one: but that, living remote from the Hague > his News came late to Sir William TempIe,2fcr.&V. 103 late to us. What the States jealq.ufie hath, been of him now, I cannot tell, but To it is, he is tied to Antwerp and may be heard 1 of at Mr. Sbjin. In- a Letter to Mv.fV. — hedeiires I would recom- mend him to your Protection, fearing the States may demand him, as a Traitor to his Countrey, of the Marquis. You will bed judge your fel'f how far you may venture to own him. But at the worft, offering him what you can afford him, it will be worth your asking him what way he can put you into of getting fuch Accounts, as he ufually fentme \ affuring him they dial I be paid for, as lie punctually was, till I difmifled his Gorrefpondence, having' met with a better: And after that deal with him as you (hall fee caufe. The Houfe o't Commons have this Dayfentusa Bill into the Lords Houfe, we (hall be very unwilling to pafs, containing a total Interdiction qf bringing-overany Irifb Cattle. Juft now I have Letters from my Lord Sand- wich of the \yb. but being in Cypher, I cannot tell what they contain. 1 have likewife one from Sir Robert Southwell, who is come to Madrid with no good Meffage from Lortugal. I am, kc. Oftober 29. 66. SIR, I Have yours of the 23*/. and November thz id. S.N the latter (hews me you have been at Charleroy, and the condition that place is in to itop an Incur- sion of the French whenever they (hall undertake it j which fconer or later they will do, and when that H 4 happens ic4 the Earl of Arlington'* tetters happens ( for which they are at the mercy of the French , who will be the Aggrcffors when they think fit) Spain will be forry, if they have not concluded with England: For we may be of ufe, to them, in their War , and do not look they (hould be of any to us, in ours. In the great difpatch, I fent you for my Lord Sandwich, there were directions for his making a laft effort-, which not fucceeding,' ne was ordered to offer a conclufion of Peace, not againft, but with- out PortuzaL So that we are daily exp-fting the fuccefs of his Negotiation, and are loath to hearken to any Overture from France (which we are not without) till we underftand finally what we may depend upon from Spain: For this it is certain, That Crown owes us fomething, which perhaps they think themfelves too big to acknowledge, tho they would not be to repent if things took another play. Inclofed you have a Letter for the young Rhine- Grave, with whom I had a particular acquaintance in Madrid. If he be the fame perfon I left him, Tic is very well worth your acquaintance. But for reafons you need not name to any body but himfelf that I am the Mafter of it, or enter into the occa- iion of my Letter, unlefs he himfelf (hall think fit t5 open it to you •, tho I mention you in it, as a Perfon I have an intire confidence in, / am } &c. •SIR, to Sir William 7emp\e 7 Bar.&c. 105 November 5. 66. SIR, 1 A M to beg your Pardon that I omitted the writing to you the laft Poft, and acknowledg- ing yours of the 5 t k S.N. Since which I have like- wife yours of the yth. but do not find, by either of them, that you have been abre yet to improve thofc Overtures, made you from Holland, into any thing worth your own taking a Journey,' or offering any thing to us. Something de Witt perfwades himfelf obliged to do, towards a Peace, to fatistie that party in his Countrey, that earneftly calls for it. But I am perfwaded he will make no rare advances, till that .party, by your prevalency at home force him to it. Jn which they have made fome iteps by the States General, refolving againft this opinion, to commu- nicate his Majefty's Letter to their Principals* which he did all he could to hinder from coming abroad. But your Care hath difappointed him therein 3 and, I believe, theirs will in making his Manifesto againft it, and the refolution of fending fome Body to his Majefty, to concert fome things towards a Treaty at leaft. I am forry I cannot yet fend you News that the Parliament is refolved upon the Fund, wherewith to raifc the Money they have promifed : and next> That I have not yet gotten his Majefty's determi- nate Pleafure for the fupplying You out of the re- maining Money in Flanders. I have done fomuch towards it, as to have gotten my Lord Chancellor on io6 the Earl of Arlington'^ Letters on my fide 5 and by the next I hope to give you fatisfaftion therein. I am } &z. November 12. 66. SIR, 1 Have I wo of yours, of the nth. and i6tb. and in them both* what Progrefs hath been made in the Overtures from Holland. Which, to deal plain- ly with you, is not, in my Judgment, very great : So I cannot but juftifie your refolution to expett what they will further fay -, till when no directions, will be fent you from hence, left we fhould be ufed as we were in that at Paris, when the States were diverted from their pnrpofe, of fending a Perfon hither, upon pretence that the matter was already under a Negotiation with the Queen Mother. If this come not too late for it, I pray divert Van Ruybcn from coming over. We can make no manner ofufe of him here. And he may be told that, if he hath deferved any thing of the King, he will tind his few r ard more certainly, and ef- fectually there •, efpecially if he can put you into a good Intelligence for the future. The Letters this day do not fufficiently explain to us, whether the Swede be indeed agreed with Bremen. It will be worthy your Care to inquire whether being fo, they will be better, or worfe Friends to Holland, who muft have had a great hand in forcing them to Peace. Tho fome Letters fay to Sir William Temple,RzK,fe'c. 1 07 fay it hath been the work of France, who were re- folved to gratifle them for the difappointments, and expence of their Preparations, and have united them in a League againft the Houfe of Auftria. lam, &c. November 16. 66. SIR, I Have yours of the 19?/;. with the original Let- ter from your Correfpondent at the Hague 5 whofe hand* by your means, I am well acquainted with. Which having imparted to his Majeity, and Lord Chancellor, they cannot think fit to make any variation in the directions, formerly given you, and by you hitherto obferved. Which is^ftill to offer your felf, if need be, to a meeting, to that effeft, at Antwerp, or any place elfe within his Ca- tholick Majefty's Dominions. Repeating the Af- furances, you have already given them, that his Majefty's intentions, and defires of a Peace, are very real and fincere. Tho, with all this, we doubt you will in the conclufion, find the heft of their meaning can be only to draw Propofitions from, and offer you none. 'As for the Bidiop of Munders Difpute, you have it in your own Power to profecute, or com- pofe it as you (hall fee caufe. / am } kc. SIR, 1 08 the Earl of Arlington's Letters November 28. 66. 01% I Have Two of yours to acknowledge, of the 23^. and 26th. but have nothing to return you, in re- quital of your News, except an ill rumour we have here of fome diforderly People, gathering together in the Weft of Scotland •, which hath obliged his Majefty to difpatch away the Earl of Rotbfey, lately arrived from thence. We hear from Ho/Hand that the States are fend- ing a Letter, a fubmiflive one as they call it, to intreat his Majefty, without further infilling- upon their fending an Envoy to him, to confent to the nomination of a Neutral Place, where the Parties concerned may meet to treat the Peace. The places that will be offered will be -Cafe, Liege, and Di- neldorp. I ^e your Correfpondent at the Hague hears no more from his Friend, whofe anfwer, I iuppofe will refer to this Letcer. / am y &c. November 30. 66. SIR, I Have received Two Letters from you this Week, but find but one of them to acknow- ledge of the 30th. S. N. which had, inclofed in it, a Copy of your lad Letter to the Hague, fairly difmiffing to Sir William Tem\>\e,Bar&c. 1 p difmiffing your expectation from thence, and in a Stile very proper for their humour. His Majefty hath not yet received the States Letter $ but it is come, over in Print $ which lhews us the Mettle they are in, derived probably from the noife of our Diftra£t> ons here, and the. Diclamens of the French Court. In the former, I hope they will be deceiv'd 5 for God be thanked, the Parliament's Temper mends 5 and from Scotland we are aflured his Majefty s For- ces will quickly be Matters of the Rebels. The latter we muft bear as well as we can. Lamenting much to obfervethat Spain cares not much for our Friendfhip, whilft they fee us opprelfed with ib heavy a War, and deferring their agreement till France is broken with them. My Lord of Sandwich writes me Word he had made the laft tryal upon them, by offering to fign Sir Richard Fanfoaw's Treaty, with fome amend- ments, which he thinks they ought to admit off. We (hall quickly fee what is his Succels, andcon- fequently what to truft to, and, thelc hopes failing t>s, to betake our felvcs tp new Meafures. I am, Sec. _ December 3. 66. SIR, IHave received Ttfo of yours of the $d. and ph. S. N. both of them Letters from your Corre- fpondents in Holland : with whom I fee they are glad to talk, but care not to advance any thing worth I r o the Earl 0/ Arlington 's Letters tvdrth rhe laying hold of, and gccofd ingly it will t\6t be amifson your part to let the Commerce live, and perhaps fotile life may be made of it in the future, tho 1 do not fee any can be at pre- fent. If it lhould beget any Letter, or Overture to you,' all the Anfwer you can properly make will be in promifing to offer it to his Majefty, with all the advantage you can 3 and concluding (till, as you have done, that his Majefty's Intentions and Defires of a Peace are very fincere. Since my laft, His Majefty hath received the States General's Letter by the hands of the Swedish Ambafladour: Who, like good Mediators, preft the effect of it by endeavouring to incline his Ma- jefty to Treat in a Neutral Place* -Whereupon he hath taken no refolution yet, being not a little diflatisfied at their obftinate refufal, to fend a Per- fon hither, to comply with the Complemental point of Honour. To excufe which, the Ambafladours fay, the States acknowledge it due to his Majefty, if they alone had a quarrel with him-, but Franee and Denmark, being equally involved with them, and they being b*oth * Tetes Corones, * Crown d without a Diminution to them, and Heads* a caufe of Jealoufie given, they can- not fend any body liither. Iam,&e. SIR, to Sir William Temple ; &/r.fyefty w*H be .infinitely- dis- appointed, and his Excellency iofe an opportunity of obliging his Majefty, as fenfibly as he can, on any occafion within my view. Ndto. you have the matter before you, your own Skill muft direft you. In mylaft I encouraged you to keep your Con- refpondent ftill at the Hague-, forefeeing fome oc- cafions may make him ufefui to us there 5 and lam ftill more of the fame mind, for reafons you mall know hereafter. His Majefty's Commiffioners in Scotland, are ex- amining, and executing the Prifoners taken in this late Rebellion. We hope a little more than ordina- ry Severity therein will deter others, from the like undertakings, and give his Majefty fome reputation abroad with thofc that had made a great matter of this. I could not get to fpeak with Mr. Alderman Backmll, fince I received your laft, nor with Sir Philip Warwick, but my Lord Treafurer, to whom I read vour Letters, for the other Matters con- tained in them, aflured me yqu mould have content in your Payments. six, to Sir William Temple, Bar.&c. 1 1 ;• December 3 1. 66k SIR, Ifliould the laft Poll: have acknowledged -Two of yours brought me together, of the i/\tb. and 28/7;.as. I have this Evening likewife Two more of the 3 ift. of December y and 4^/;. of January, S. N. In this latter, one from his Excellency to his Majeity, to whom I fhali give the account in yours, of the Marquis's expreitions of readinefs to comply with his Ma jetty's defire of having all Efigliflj Seamen d if- miffed from the Service there. I have not had time to decypher my Spanifi Letters. Moft part of our Gottenburgb Fleet is fafely ar- rived . The Letters this Night tell us of above Twenty Dutch Frigats deligned through the Chanel, to join with Monlieur de Beaufort , who we hear is ready at Breft> with 24. of his bed Men of War, to take in a Land Army, as 'tis given out there, to Invade Ireland : Whither we have fent this Account ofahelr Preparations. / am, 8cc, SIR 1 1 4 the Earl of Arlington' s Letters Whitehall January 7. 6j. SIR, I Perceive, by yours of the nth. S. N. That you know as much of our Negotiation at Madrid, as my Lord Sandwich's Letters have told us : So it will not be of any ufe to you that I dilate any far- ther upon that Subject. When the Matters propos'd by my Lord Sand- wich, fliall be adjufted, and figned on both fides, it will be hard to fay what further Tyes we fliall enter into towards one another - 7 and then it will be time enough to concert them. For we are far from believing they are fuch, as will give us pre- fent eafe in this heavy War, that lies upon our moulders, or that we fliall be able to oblige them, ifcr our fakes, to break with any of our Enemies. / am, &c. January 14. 67. SIR, IHave only yours of the &tb. to acknowledge, wherein, as from all parts elfe, I perceive how obftinately the Dutch .continue in their refoluti- cns of profecutingJhe War, being heartned there- unto by the reports they have of our Divifions, and difputes in Parliament. Which have been indeed troublefome enough, and will caft us infinitely behind hand to Sir William Tempi e,IW.6V. 1 1 J •hand in our Preparations for the Campaign, but we hope we are near the end of them ♦, the Poll ■Bill having been tinithed this day. And, I hope, notwithstanding the ftrong Union againft us, we may defend our felv.es well at leaft. A Letter coming to the Swedijh AmbafTadour, incloling a Letter from the States to His Majefty, to prefs Treating in a Neutral Place 3 all that I can fay, is, That His Majefty hath not difcovered the altering his Relblution therein. The unlikeli- hood of any effect thereby hath made him more averfe to it. / am> &c. whitebal, February 15. 67. SIR, I Have yours of the iSth. to acknowledge 3 where- in you tell me of your furprifal at his Maje- fty's Refolution of fending into Holland. I had long ago prepared you to be fatisfied in your diflike of fending to a Neutral Place 3 efpecially (ince it was further inllnuated to us, That no place in Flanders would have been judged fo by the Parties who having refus'd likewife, long ago to confent to the Dutch fending hither, there was notfiing left in our choice but the doing it, either at Paris, or at the Hague. At this latter the point of Ho- nour was belt fecur'd. Having to fecond it a be- lief that the Univerfality there will take the offer kindly of us, and, if it were not accepted., fufter I 2 thcn> 1 1 6 The Earl of Arlington' s Letter s themfelvesto be eafily undeceived of the Opinion they have ever had, That His Majefty was totally averfe to the Peace: which hath likewife fpread it felf overall Chriftendom. In the mean timefuch as the offer is, we have no affuranc'e that it will be accepted 5 and our Letters yefterday from France, (hew us it is not at all agreeable to them, and that they are like to influence Holland by their Diffatis- faclion. At all adventures, if you have not done it yet, His Majefty ftill perfifts in the opinion that you lhould caufe his Letters to be Printed and Publiflaed. The erTefts of which is already divulged here, and His Majefty hath nam'd my Lord Hollit^nd Mr.Hen- ry Coventry for his Ambatfadors, expecting xht States Paflport for their going fafely to the Hague. We have yet no News out of Spain. Our lad Letters are only of the x \th. .pad. We hear this day that our Envoys, into Portugal, *are return'd in the Ship they went in, now arrived at Port/mouth : but we know not yet what News they bring . I hope you do not omit the giving Mr. Vice- Chamberlain a particular Account of your Tranf- aftions upon the Tinn and difpute of the Twenty Thoufand Pattacons. As we make our felves ready for the Peace, if it happens, fo we go on with Preparations for War. God give us that which is bed: And me many occafions to (hew how truly . Iam,Uc. The to Sir William 7emple,Bar.(! que tout ce y qui fe fera y fefajfe tous jours conjoin- tement avec la France, le Denmarke, & les E- flats 3 & que les pouvoirs par lent de la forte. As to Sir William Temple,2W.6rV. 127 As touching the Ex- change of the Ratifica- tions, they have here three different Opinions, which may be followed, without infilling upon a- ny one more than ano- ther. Either the King of Great Britain (hould tranfmit his Ratification to the Queen his Mo- ther, and that the King of France, the King of Denmark, and the States ihould in like manner depofit theirs in the hands of the fame Queen, who fliould afterwards deliver to each one that, which they ought to have. Or that the Kings and the States fliould fend each a Minifter to a Neutral Place , where the exchange of the faid Ratifications might be executed by the affiftance of the Swedifb Minifters, who have the Mediation in hand. ■ Or that a certain day be verbally agreed upon, when the King of Great Touch ant f ef change ties Ratifications, on a en icy trois diver fes penfees, qui fe pourroient pratli- quer fans ajfetlation plus particuliere de Vune, que de r autre. On que le Roy de Li Grande Bretagne en- voy c fix Ratification a la Reiue fa Mere, & que le Roy, le Roy de Denmark, & les ILftats fajfent aujji mcttrf lesleurs, entre les mains de la dite Dame Reine, & quelle bailie apres a chacun des Mi- nifires s] elle, quil den ra avoir. On que les Roys, & la Eftats envoy ent chacun. un 2\tiniftre dans m lieu neutre, on ceuxcy feront entreux les Ejchangd des dites Ratifications par le rnoyen des Minifirei Suedois, qui out la medi ation en main. On que Von convienhz verb ale ment a"nn jour, ax quel U Roy de la Grande Britain 12 8 Tk Earl of Arlington 5 / Letters Britain fliall fend one Ambaflador to France, and another to Denmark : and that upon the fame day, the King of France, and the King of Den- mark fliall fend, each an Ambaflador into Eng- land, and that they agree, at the fame time, upon a certain day, when eve- ry King (hall deliver his Ratification to the re- fpe&ive Ambafladour, which fliall arrive^t his Court. But it is to be obferv- ed that, in this laft pro- ject, there will remain fome difficulty about the States : that is to fay,* It is uncertain, whether the King of England will in like manner fend the fame day an Am- bafladour to the faid States-, as alfo whether they will be content without it, becaufe they do pofitively relolve to fend an Ambafladour in- to England, in order to Treat upon the Regula- tion of a Commerce, fo Bretagne/mz partir un Ambajfadeur, pour venir en Fraacc, & un autre, pour aller en Den- marke, & qu? an merne jour Ie Roy, & le Roy de Den mar ke, fajfent anjji chacun partir un Ambajfadeur pour aller en Angleterre. Etquon convienne aujji, .en meme temps d'un autre jour, au quel chacun des Roys donnera fa Ratification a V Ambajfadeur deV autre, qui f era arrive dans fa Cour. Il eft. a remarquer qu\ en ce dernier partie, on m fpait pas bien com- ment la cbofe pourroit fe pra&iquer a Fefgard des Eftats : cejjt a dire quon ne [fait pas ft le Roy ^'An- gleterre ' voudroit aujji envoyer, le me me jour, un Ambajfadeur aus dits E- ftats : ny ft ceux cy fe con- tenter oient qu il nen en- voy aft point, par ceqtfils fans bien demeurez d* accord d? envoyer un Ambajfadeur en Angle- terre pour traiter du Re- glement du Commerce a- foon to Sir William Temple, Bar. &c2 r 2 9 pres la Paix fignee & ra~ tifeex mais on ne /'fait pas ?ils voudroient faire cet Envoy, av ant Ve (change des Ratifications. Tel Parti qui plaira le plus ait Roy de la Grande Bri- tagne, on sil en propofe quelqii autre , 011 il ne veuiUe point prendre d' ad- vantage dire & on indirect , comme on ne le vent pas prendre de defa, le Roy s' employer a pour le faire accepter par fes allies dont il ?ie J fait pas encore V intention. foon as the Peace is iigned and ratified ; but it is not fo fure that they will fend this Envoy, before the Exchange of the Ratifications. Which are fubmitted to the King of Great Britain, or to propofe fome other, and fo, that he will take no manner of advantage, direft, nor indirect , any more than they here, the King will employ his en- deavours to oblige his Allies to accept of it, of whofe intention he is at prefent ignorant. '• " !«■■■'» ' K '§.IK 150 the Earl of Arlington' j Letters February 22. 6j. SIR, IHave yours of the 22*/. and z^th. your Stile, with the enclofed from Holland. What I have to tell you, in anfwer to your News, is, That laft Night the Swedijh Ambafladors told his Majefty, they had a Letter from the States, in Anfwer to his ; but, not knowing whether the Contents of it would be pleating to him., durft not deliver it. His Majefty preffing to know it, they gave him a Copy of it, the effeft of it was to recommend to His Majefty the choice of One of Three Places, Bolduc, Breda or Maftricht, wherein to Treat the Peace, for the Situation, and Garrifon, rather than the Hague, an open place, where the perfons of the Am- bafladors might not be fo fafe, as was manifeft in for- mer examples. His Majefty thanked the Ambafla- dor for not delivering him the Letter,' fince he could by no means confent to what he delired. Thus w r e are yet to expeft a new Anfwer to our offer, which, I fuppofe, will come when they have confulted with France. I am, he % to Sir William Temple^r.&V. 1 3 r A Relation of the Conference between the Earl of St. Albans, the Englilh Ambaffador, and Monfieur de Ly- onae Minifter of France. Touching the Treaty of Peace, tsfc. In a Letter from France to Holland, Feb.26.6j. SIR, IN purfuance of my laft of the nth. of February, know, that two days after, here arrived within Park the Earl of St. Albans. The Marquis de Ruvigny had in December laft with privity of the French Court written to his Lordfhip at London, That the Terms of Peace prefented by the States General, to leave matters in the ftate to which by the War they are brought, ought to be accepted by the King of England with all readinefs, and that the fhorteft way to come to a fruitful Conclufion, would be the rearluming of the Negotiation begun before in the Queen-Mother of England's Palace, and that the faid Earl of St.'Albans might return into France with power to that end. And whereas the laid Earl by his Anfwer to that Letter, and by feveral other Letters, had given very good hopes afterwards both to the Queen-Mother of England, %nd the Mar- quis de Ruvigny, that coming to Paris again, he K 2 fhould 1 3 2 The Earl of Arli ngton' j- Letters fliould bring a long with him very good Orders and Inftruftions to that purpofe, the faid Marquis took theoccafionof a vifit prefently given to the Earl of St. Albans upon his arrival, to know the truth of the Premifes. But the Earl held himfelf referved, alledg- ing at that time, that he would enlarge when he came to fpeak with the Minifter the Lord de Lyonne. Sir, Hereupon his molt Chriftian Majefty found good, that the Lord de Lyonne fliould receive this Overture, with order to communicate the fame to the Heers Petcom and Van Beuningen, Minifters of Denmark and of the United Provinces, The Lord de Lyonw then went to the Earl of St. Albans , and returning back thence, related all to the faid Minifters, as he had done to the King him- felf. My Lord of St. Albans faid firft and declared, That he had order from the King of England, to make a Propofal of Peace, and if it were accepted, to take the Character then of his'King's Minifter, to procure a good Conclufion of Peace with the High and Mighty States General 5 but if the faid Propo- fal were rejected, then not to intermeddle at all with any Treaty for Peace. The Earl's Propofals being thereupon made, con- futed of the following Points : That the King of England, in regard of the States General, had accepted the Propofal of a Con- clufion of Peace, upon condition that each one was to remain in poffeflion of what was taken, and that the Treaty of the Year, 1662. made with the States General, fliould be obferved as the Future Treaty. Item, That at London a Sub-treaty fliould be for an understanding about a Treaty de Marine, But that in regard of France, reftitution be made of what to Sir William Temple,2fcr.&\r. 1 3 3 what each poffelfed before the War, And that confequently, what by the Arms of France had been taken in the Caribby Iflands from the pnglijb, fhould be evacuated and reftored to them. The Lord de Lyonne thereupon anfwered, That he fully knew the French King's mind about that, and Gould pofitively declare, that he would not give way to it 5 and held himfelf aflured that his Confederates would jfirmly infiftwith him upon the Rule of leav- ing each in the enjoyment of what he hath, accord- ing to which the matter might be concluded, and that this prejudicial referve, in regard of his King, ought not to be made. The rather becaufe in the faid Iflands the Englijh had forced the French to Hoftility, whereby the demand was the more ju(l ? of not being bar'd from the benefit of the fatisfarii- on in hand. The faid Minifter de Lyonne further enquired, whether my Lord of St. Albans had not alio Order to conclude the matters with Denmark ? • The Earl declared hereupon, that his Orders ex- tended not thereunto. Monfieur de Lyonne then faid, That it wasnot- withftanding neceflary, and that fuch neceffity being ignored in England, this omiflion in the Propofah made, gave rational Umbrage, that m England \t was not the meaning that this bufinefs mould be fo foon difpatched at Paris by the Earl of $r. Albans, but jealouiies and debates caft in between his moil Chriftian Majefty and his Confederates: And it was the more unapparent, fince it was not obferved that the Earl had brought any Perfon with him to affift in the work of the Treaty for Peace at Pdris. Nay, that at London the Chancellor had pofitively promifed the Swedijh Mediators; that as K 3 foon 134 ■ Me Earl of Arlington'* Letters foon as the Parliament was up, a fatisfattory An- fwer fhould be given to their Memorial defiring a Cefiation of Arms, and the election of a Neutral Place. In the faid Conference hapned yet further de- bates concerning the fubmitted Queftion about Re- ftitution or Non-reftitution of the forefaid Jflands taken. In which the Earl of S. Albans had endea- vour'd to fhew they were of great value, the bet- ter to work out his Mailer the King of Great Bri- tairis intentions. They fpake alfo about the Forms of Treating, and concerning the Conclufion thereof. Alfo concerning the Interchange and Order to be obferved in the Ratifications, and what fhould be done concerning the figning of the Treaties. The Earl propofed and moved, that each might perform it in his Lodging, without any meeting to be for that. And as to the extradiclion of the Ratification pro- pofed, that the fame might be brought over either by AmbafTadors on a prefix'd day, to and again to be fent, or might be delivered in a Neutral Place. The final Conclufion of all was, That the faid Earl in regard his faid Propofal was rejefted, (hew- ed great diflatisfa&ion at what had hapned unto him, and undertook to write over all this by an Exprefs to the King of England, to follicit his further Intentions in general, and in particular a- bout the thing propofed for Denmark. Mean while, the Danijb Ambaflador had alfo de- clared that he was provided of Order and Inftru&i- ons to treat here at Paris. The Low-Country extraordinary Minifter was Hkewife defired by the Lord de Lyonne to procure like to Sir William Tem\Ae',Bar.&c. 135 like Orders and Inftru&ions from the States General, for which he wrote by his Letters of the iSth. of February) that the fame might be fent by, or com- mended to, fome Perfon, in cafe the Negotiation within Park did proceed. After this Conference was ended, the Secretary Fuffendorf communicated to the French Court a Copy of the King of England's Letter of the 317?. of January, O. S. whereby the Hague is propofed as the Place for the Treaty of Peace, as you know with what more of complaifance and fweet Terms is adjoyned, and what the Swedijh Mediators had added, which I ftir not, becaufe I am fatisfied that you, and all the World fee, by the period about a Ceffation, that the King of England is enclincd to it, as it is propofed by the Mediators, if the ad- yerfe Party might be fo too. Sir, This News came unexpected to tjie French Court, and was by his moil Chriftian Majefty re- ceived, and by his Council, with (trong reflexions, that the choice of the Hague for the Place of Treaty was refolved by his Majeity of Great Britain, not fo much to accelerate Peace, as out of a clofe de- fign to frame Intrigues in the State of the Vnited Republick by his Minifters, and, if poflible, to open the way to fucceed finally in the known Defign, not to terminate this War, without impairing, by one means or other, the faithful Friendfhip between the French Crown and the Vnited State. When the Minifter Van Bmningen underftood this, he laboured all he could to remove this fufpi- cion, and to introduce this confideration, That the King of England having fuch weighty Reafons to defire Peace, his declared Intention to fet it for- ward with all fpeed might be looked upon as Sincere K 4 and 1 36 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters and Upright. That there might indeed lurk fomc fecret Defign in the purpofe to fend to the Hague, but that the circumfpe&ion of the States General would be fufficient to prevent the evil Effe&s there- of. Efpecially fince there is not any the lead ap- pearance in the prefent pofture of Affairs and Hu- mours, that the Aims of fuch as wi(h diforder in the United State can fucceed, or any gap be made in the Amity betwixt the French Crown and our State. He might be ignorant what their High and Migh- ty Lordfhips Thoughts upon this may be, but the faid Minifter was of Opinion, that fpeaking his own fence to this Effetl, he'hazarded nothing. For- afmuch as if it proved confonant to the fence of the Vnited State, his remon (trance might ferve to make It relifn in the French Court, and in cafe not, it would itill be eafieto make that Court like well of that whereunto we mew our felves inclined of our own accords. But really what he in that fence did reprefent, proved fruirlefs. And after feveral Debates had gone upon this Subjcft in the King's Council here, at laft'on the 24^. of February, laft paft, The Lord de Lyonne declared to him, that the French King conceived the Propofal of Treating at the Hague not advifeable for the good of his own or the States General's Affairs, at his Majefry deiired all that might accelerate a Conclufion of Peace, but therefore could not ap- prove a Propofal within which he conceived lay a defiga to difuir^ the whole Treaty for Peace. That one might be almoft as foon at Liege as at the •• , and, that through retardment in the Re- folyesof the States General, in that place, as little delay tq Sir William Temple,IW.&rV. 1 37 delay would be as at the Hague. Principally if the Englijb are clear and fincere, and keep back no- thing, nor innovate ought touching the Declara- tion and Propofal which the Earl of St. Albans made, as aforefaid, touching the Conditions of a Conclu- fion of Peace with the States General. That this fudden complaifance of the Englijly to Treat within the Territory of the Vnited State, •after they had fo many Months together without reafon rejected the Propofal of Neutral Places, is in it felf fufpicious. But that it becomes fo the more, in refpecl: that the King of England, at or near the fame time when he. propounds the Hague for the place of Treaty, ' and thereby (hews fuch promptnefs to fend his Plenipotentiaries with -the greateft Expedition thither, hath made an Over- ture by the faid Earl in France to proceed there to a Negotiation for Peace, with a Propofal, which now appeareth clearly enough to be employed only, were k feifible, co awake feud and difference among the Confederates. That in the French Court advices were come, That the Englifh Refolve was not taken without the Participation of the Imperial Minifter Ifola, and by fuch who willingly would fee the diftur- bance of the Peace and Amity which is between the French King and the Lords States General, is confidered and lauded as a Matter- piece of a cun- ning Undemanding. That the Englifh make (hew as if they would flatter the States General, and captate their Benevolence with the Demonftration of great ready willingnefs to proceed to an Accord with them, when at the fame time they refufe in France to reiinqinfh St. Cbrijiopioers lfland, taken by the French King, without which his faidMajefty declares I j 8 the Earl 0/ Arlington \r Letters declares that he will proceed to no Peace, where- by to play their game according to the Anfwer they fhall receive upon thefe Advances, both from the French Court and at the Hague. The more to confirm thefe Thoughts in the French Court,, it hapned that thofe of the Danijk Minifter here jumpt with them, and that he hath reprefented himfelf the very like unquietnefles of hij Spirit touching the Treaty at the Hague, to his Majefty here, and. to his Council. Touching the Ceflation of Arms, the faid Mini- fter de Lyonne declared to the Low- Country Mini- fter, that his French Majefty would be glad to know the States General's refolution, with Intentions wil- lingly to agree thereunto in cafe they were accep- table to them. This is what fince the arrival of the Earl of St. Albans hath patted in the French Court to the 26th. of February, 166 J. which I could not for- bear to impart to you. And lb praying God for your Prefervation, . I reft, Your moft Obedient Servant, 2. P.S. Somewhat intervenes in the King's Coun- cil, but the Poft is going away 5 the faid Majefty propofes the Town of Dover. Expeft by my next the Reafons alledged for it in Council. Bs to Sir William Templeylfor.&V. 132 His Britannkk La Lettre de fa Majeftys Letter Majefte Brita- to the Queen, his nique a la Mother. Reine, fa Mere. IF I dounderftand the Propofition made to me by my Lord St. Al- bans, as the Foundation, upon which the Peace rauft be made, the An- fwer and Declaration, I now fend your Majefty, will be fatisfaftory, and fuch as is expefted. I muft firft tell your Ma- jefty that I expe& every day to hear that my Lord Shdwich hath figned the Treaty at Ma- drid, which is only a Treaty of Commerce, and not in the leaft de- gree with prejudice to France, from which I reftrained him againft all Temptations. And I do hereby Declare and Pro- Sl ? entend bien la Pro- pofition, que le Con- te de St. Albans m' a avance, comme le fonde- ment,fur le quel la Paix, fe doit faire, la reponfe & declaration, que f * en- voy e prefentement a votre Majefte, ferafatisfattoire, & telle que V on attend. En primier lieu il faut dire a votre Majefte que f attend de jour a autre de ff -avoir que le Conte de Sandwich ayt figne le Traite de Commerce, & en nulle circumftance pre- judi cable a la France 5 Etparla prefente, je de- clare, & promets en pa- rolle de Roy, que je nay pris jufques icy, & ne prendray, au moins d'un mife 140 the Earl of Arlington's Letters mife in the word of a King 5 that I yet have not, nor will, for the fpace of a Year to come, enter into any Treaty, or make any new tye with any Prince, or Potentate that may be contrary, or in which I will be engaged againft the Intereft of France. And, in that time, I fhall be -willing to enter into fuch a Treaty with France, as may produce a Union, that may prove moft advantagious and bene- ficial for all our Domi- nions. And I am fure your Majefty "will pafs your word, that I will not fail in any thing I promife. anneeentiere, aucunenou- veUe Liafon avec aucun Roy, Prince, on Potent at, qui foit contraire a la France, oh pour la quelle je puis etre engage contre les intereft de la France. Ft, dans ce temps la, je feraybien aife d'entrer en telle Traite avec la France, qui puiffe produire une union .avantagenfe, & utile a torn nos communs E flats. Ft je fuis ajfure que votre Majefte don- nera faparolle de ce, que je ne manqueray pas a c$ que je promets* The to Sir William Tem\>\e,Bar.&c. 141. the Earl of A R L 1 NG TO N's LETTER To my Lord sj^cvjvich. whitehal, February 28. 6~. My Lord, MY laft acknowledged the Receipt of your Excellency's of J£-?J; and promifed you a more particular account of the matter of it than I am yet able to perform, becaufe tho the King and my Lord Chancellor read it, and conceive fully thereby where your Negotiation flops, and. that it lies upon us to give you New Directions how to proceed 5 yet we are fo taken up with the Probabilities of making a Peace with Holland by the Concurrence of France, that we cannot think it falls out very unhappily to us, to be na- turally and unaffectedly brought to fuch a delay with Spain, fo that it will be your Excellencies bufmefs to entertain it for fome time, by expoltu- lating with them for preffing us fo hard in the point of Portugal, whom perhaps by time, we might reduce to Reafon, but by great artd violent Urgencies 142 the Earl of Arlington'/ Letters Urgencies fliall throw irrecoverably into the Arms of France, where we areaflured, whatfoeveris faid* they are not yet \ their Treaty not being finished with them for thefe Reafons. His Majefty willies you would keep to your re- folution taken of dividing the Treaty into Two Parts, and readily offer to Sign that of the Com- merce pofitively, the other conditionally, that Portugal will accept of it, but without obliging His Majefty to abandon them y if they do not, His Majefty being not yet come in His Refoluti- ons fo far for the Reafons above told you. What He may do hereafter, when Portugal fhall be uni- ted with France;, and our Quarrel grow more de- fperate with them, I know not. France, whom His Majefty endeavoured by my Lord St. Albans to render inclinable to the Peace, ihewed at firft a great eafinefs in it, but fince they feem'd to have humour'd the Dutch in infifting up- on unreafonable Conditions, fo as we have caufe to doubt their Sincerity towards us. And tho in a Letter they wrote lately to the States, they re- commended to them the coming to Treat at Dover, yet that Letter is full of fo many malicious Re- flexions on His Majefty, that we can by no means like it •, and among them one a notorious Untruth, where they fay my Lord St. Albans was in that Court with a full Power to Treat the Peace there, for which they give a fcurvy Excufe, that if they had thought of it they would not have put it in. Notwithstanding which fome of our Friends there, who pretend to know their Minds much, fay, their Intentions are very Sincere towards Us, and pre- tend to know that their Refolution to break with Spain this Spring, makes them wifb a Peace-, leaft being to Sir William Temple >Bar&c. 14$ being broken, and fuch a notorious Jealoufie given to Holland by fo powerful an attempt upon 'Flan- ders, as they fhall make, Holland fliould break from them, clap up a Peace with us, and unite after- wards with us and Spain in the Defence of Fol- ders : On the other fide, France is fb powerfully Armed, that if they do not think fit to break pre- fently with Spain,we have reafon to apprehend they will turn their whole force upon Us. This is the prefent condition of our Affairs, upon which your Excellency muft take your meafures as wifely as you can upon the place, by Temporizing with them, offering to Sign the Treaty of Commerce a-part, and endeavouring to give Portugal the Title which only can content them, and is the only ex- pedient for the delivery of themfelves from a War within their own Bowels, which will be heavier to them than all the other Impreffions France can make upon them. The 144 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters The Earl of St. ALBA N's LETTER To my Lord A%UV^qTO^(, Paris, March 6. 6j; My Lord, BY my laft to the King, I gave you notice that I had feen Monfieur de Lyonne, and that I ex- pected an Account from him of that which the re- turn of Mollins would produce in this Court 5 very contrary to that I look'd for, which was the con- cluding prefently the. Preliminaries of the Peace. There is ftarted up a new Difficulty that I had no reafon at all to apprehend, that Polleron, which in truth ought to have been quite out of the way as an Article confented to in the number of thofe of my Inftru&ions, is by Van Buningen fo infifted upon, that, without it may be retained by his Matters, he refufeth to fign. There is alfo a Letter, where- of you will here receive a Copy, writ to the Hague, in which there is a Claufe wherein they here do take occafion to fay that the King, my Mafter, had fent me hither with Powers to treat a Particular, that they had never any reafon given them from me to be able to fay, and which they feem not to be likely to have fa id to any good Intention. Finding their, two Particulars, in the Anfwer I received from Monfieur de Lyonne, in Order to that to Sir William Temple.Bar.&c 145 that which I was to make to you upon the return of MollinSj I found them both fo contrary to that I was in expectation of, and to all forts of good reafon, that I went prefently to St. Gmnahis with my Complaints, where I reprefented all I could coll eft pertinent to the matter. I found that in the firit Particular, touching PoHeronj that they confeft willingly enough the Error of not having cleared the point before Aiol- tins was fent from hence, but avowing after that they could not prevail with Van Beuningen to Sign without retaining it to his Mailers. To the other, that feeing I complained, and upon reafons that did not occur to them before, that they were very forry, and if it were to do again, would be far from failing into the fame Error : That the reafon of the Claufe, was to make their pronofingof Dover for the Place to Treat in, feem the more reafon- able for them to propofe, and that there was no ill Intention in the Matter. Notwithftanding all this they inilfted very muchthat-aDifpatch, fufable to the Project that they had framed before my Complaints, mould be fent to you: To which I made Anfwer, That I did not know whether the Queen would confent to charge her felf with it. They delired me to try. She hath made great cir- cuity, but in the end, Monfieur having been fent by the King to perfvvade her to fend it away, flic hath refolved to do it, and herewith the whole goes, which to the end I may render the more intelli- gible to you, I will fet down the Order of it, and add after as much, as I conceive fit to reprefent to you upon the whole matter. The Paper beginning, le coiirrier que favois de peckcy&c. is the Letter which Monfieur del L •]'•■• 1 46 the Earl of Arlington 5 s Letters defired I fliould write to the King : You cannot have the Contents of that Paper better reprefented to you than by the Paper it felf. The other Paper beginning, 11 fan que je vow efcrive pleufeeurs cbofes, is a Paper the Contents where- of Monfieur de Ruvigny was charg'd to folicit the rc- prefentation of by me, as from my felf, which like- wife I cannot better reprefent than by fending the Paper to you, and is of Monfieur de Lyonnes. It refts now, that I give you account of my Judg- ment of this whole matter. It is moft true that here is an extravagant Proceeding, but 'tis as true, that there is a fincere Defire of the Peace, and that, if the matter of Poller on could be got out of the way, it were in the King's hands to conclude the next Moment with the fatisfaction of all the parti- culars of my Inftru&ions. And, if an Informa- tion come hither be True, there is nothing can hinder Signing of the Peace prefently, at leaft the Preliminaries. I fend you a Third Paper, which is this King's Letter to the States, in Anfwer of the Propofition of the meeting of the Hague, which Propofition he refufeth, and propofeth in place of it to go to Dover, Mafiricht, Breda, or Boifleduc. The Proportion of Dover doth, in fome fort, take away the Umbrages of the ill Claufe in that Letter, and I hope we (hall not be fo Angry at that unneceflary, and ill Claufe, as to refufe fo good a Propofition, as going to Dover to Treat, becaufe they come both from the fame hand. In fine, our whole matter is now reduced tothefe Two Points, How we mall accommodate the Ar- ticles of P oiler on \ and, if we can, in what Manner wc ihall make the next Steps*, whether we mail conclude to Sir William Tempi e,Bar.&c. 147 conclude, and Sign the Preliminaries here, and after go to Dover, or Canterbury : For, if the Plague be at Dover, Canterbury will pleafeas well, and in either of thofe Places Ratitie, and Exchange the Ratifications 5 or whether the whole Treaty mall be transferred thither to you, and the refpeclive Ambaifadors of the Parties ordered to part prcfent- ly to meet in England, for I will not fo much as fuppofe, that having your choice whether you will have them there, at Maftricht, Breda or Bcijleduc, that it can poffibly fall out to delire the Meeting to be but in his Majefty's Dominions, which lure is an Advantage in point of Dignity, and Decency, that ought to be laid hold on. You will again be pleafed to take notice that if you do appoint any thing to be done here, other Powers will be neceflary for me to have than thofe I brought 3 Powers that muft mention the Signing with Denmark and Holland, as well as with France, And to the end, That, if this difficulty ofTolIe- ron can be gotten out of the way, and that the Refolution afrer fall out to be, to Sign the Preli- minaries here, there be no difpute of the Man- ner nor Delay. I have difcourfed at large with Monfieur de Lyonne, and we conceive that a Pa- per being formed, containing the whole parti- culars of my Inftruftions, with the Reftitution to his Majdiy of all taken in America, belong- ing to him , mould be Signed by me, Monfieur de Lyonne, the Denmark Reiident, atidf&fl Beit- ningen, as that which the Parties confent mould be the Grounds of the Peace to follow, ancf as many Copies of that felf fame Paper to be Sign- ed, as are neceflary to comprife -the Formalities, L 2 belonging 148 Tie Earl of Arlington' j Letters belonging to every refpeftive Pretenfion - 7 that is to lay legitimate and uncontefted Pretenfions of Form. I cannot colleft that there is occafion to trouble you with any more, it feemsto me that the Bulk of that which goes to you, gives you fuch an Image of things here, that further Difcourfes are needlefs. Since they have a mind to do that, which of all things we ought moft to wifli to fee them engaged in,let no little matters prevail with us to hinder them. The advantage of looking on uningaged a whole year, and ample Liberty at the end of it, to take part where the Events will irrvite us moft to make our choice, ought not to be lightly parted with. I pray God infpire us well, and give you all Hap- pinefs. I am moft truly, My Lord, YourLordlhips moft Humble, and moft Obedient Servant, S* and inftead of the Hague, named by him in the Vnited Provinces, he hath the choice of three places in the fame Countrey,but a litle diftant from the Hague : So that there ap- pears nothing he can de- lire after thefe advances made by the King, and your Lordfhips. Therefore his Majefty would have you undcr- ftand, that he never will par V. V. S. S. an lieu de cette place, les tro'vs an- tres, pour en cboifir me. Cette obftination fait venir des penfees que dans cette nomination dela Haye, il peut y avoir quelquc autre but que ce- luy dela Paix. Car, ft on Vavoit fouhaittee fencere- ment, le Roy d* Angleterre refuferoit, 'il le c hoi x, qui luy eft laiffe de V une de ces places, qui le fat is fait plainemcnr en ce qu il a defer e? Car an lieu de Londres, quit tcmoigmit ajfecler,' ? I aDouvres; & au lieu de la Haye, par luy nomme dans ces Provinces ZJnies, il a la choix de V une de trois autre s places dans le me me Pais, df voy fines dela Haye^ or ai'nfy Von ne voitpa*, qui I y ait plus rien a defer er la deffmpour le dit Roy apres les avances faites par le Roy,&J'J\S.S. Sur quoy fa Majcftc leur fait ffaov/r quelle demeuferq ftrme a ne con- L 4 give 1 5 2 the Earl of Ar li ngton'j Letters give his con fen t to the Hague, for the place . of Treaty^ and that he thinks it of very great impor- tance, for the benefit of your Lordfhips in parti- cular, and the Caufe in general, that you do not in the leaft flacken in this matter. In the mean while,he would defire you to lofe no time, but to give Orders to your Ad- mirals that they labour with the utmoft applica- tion,^ put the Fleet into a rcadinefs to go out; alluring you that he will ufe his utmoft diligence to have his ready at the fame time \ becaufe this, in our prefent circum- ftances, is the only fure method, we have to ob- tain a Peace, which is fo much defired. fentirpas, que V on traiti a lay Haye, & quelle etime tout a fait impor- tant pour la bien de V. V. S. S. & celuy de la caufe commune, qu ettes ne ft relafchent auffy nullement la dejfm. Mais, en memo temps, elle convie V.KS.S. de n en perdre aucun> a dormer leurs ordres a leurs Admirautes, de travailler incejftmment a mettre leur Flotte en Eft at de pou- voir fortir bientot a la mer, les affeurant quelle dome torn fes foins a ce, que la fienne fo/t prete avec la meme diligence ; puifque c ell, aujourd buy, la feule, & la plm certaine voy de parvenir a un bien ft defire y qu eft celuy dela. Paix. Made at the Hague the 25. of March, 1667. d" Eftrades. mdhgwd Fait a la Haye le 25. dzAfarSy i66y. etoit figne d' Eftrades* THE to Sir William Tempi e,Ikr.&rV. 1 5 3 RESOLVE Of the Lords States General of the . United Netherlands, the 28th. of March, 1667. Upon the Trench King's Letter. According to the States Generals faid Refolves of the jigf. prefent, having perufed and ex- amined the French King's Letter from Verfailles the %$th. of February j wherein his Majefty doth pro- pofe the Town of Dwer as the Place to Treat about Peace with England - 7 after ferious Deliberation, it was found fit and refolved, That a Civil An- fwer lhall be made to the faid Letter, viz. That their High and Mighty Lordfhips are infinitely fatisfied with his Majefty's good Difpoiition to Peace, and declare, That as his Majefty concurreth therein with the Sence of their High and Mighty Lord- Ihips, to offer unto the King of Great Britain, with the only exclufion of the Hague, the choice of the Bofch, Alafiricht or Breda for the laid Place of Treaty, their High and Mighty Lordlhips on their parts do Hltewife concur with the fence of his Ma- jefty for giving unto the faid King of Great Bri- tain the choice of Dover •, nay, that their Lordfhips will 154 TAe Earl of Arlington 's Letters will make no difficulty on the good liking of his Majefty of France to let the Treaty be even at Lon- don, or any other place of England, at the Electi- on of the faid King of Great Britain, whereby to ac- celerate Matters the more, towards the defired Sue- cefs, which Qod Grant, Amen. March the 2$th. The RE SOL VE of the Lords States Gene- ral of the United Netherlands, March 28. 1667. Upon the Letter of Beuningen. HAving examined the Letter of the Heer Van Beuningen from v aris the 3^. inftant, and the enclofed, both addrefled unto the Greffier Ruyfch, exprefiing that the French King did judge lit to- wards furtherance of Peace to leave the choice of the Place for Treaty to the King of Great Britain to ele& for it either the Bojch, Maftricht or Breda, or even Dover it felf, and that to him the faid Van Beuningen, be fent the requilite Afts of Power and Inftructions to Treat in all Events, even at Paris likewife. Upon ferious deliberation on this behalf, it was found fit and Refolved that a Letter be dii- patched to the Prefrding Chamber of the Eafi In- dia Company of thefe Lands, that they will imme- diately inform their High and Mighty Lordfhips how it now (lands with the Ifland of Polleron in the Eafi Indies, and particularly whether the faid Ifland be ftiil detained from, or delivered over unto the Englijh, or whether after the delivery thereof to the ^Englifh, it hath been fince the prefent War recovered. And for the better execution of their High to Sir William Temple, Jkr.&'c. 1 5 5 High and Mighty Lordfhips preceeding Refolves of the lift, of April, and ift. of May lad, in the year 1666. Thefaid Van Beuningen fhall have Power fent him in good Form to that efFeft needful, with Authority that he may exhibit the fame and em- ploy it in cafe the King of Great Britain lliould re- folve to let the Treaty at Paris proceed. But for- afmuch as by the Refolve of the lift, of April it was among other things found fit, that if progrefs therein were made, there fhall be choice made of fomefit and able perfons to bejoyned unto the faid Van Beuningen on the behalf of this State. It is re^ folved that Letters be fent to him the faid Van Beu- ningen that he make no progrefs in Vertue of his faid Power to a final conclufion and figning of the Treaty to be made, until thefaid to be elected Per- fons (hall be there arrived, or that their High and Mighty Lordfhips (hall have further refolved. And the Provinces are prayed to difpofe themfelves fpeedily to the Election of fuch Perfons. He, Van Beuningen, interim is to advertife their High and Mighty Lordfhips each Poft how matters are. The Refolve of the States o/Holland. March 28. 166 7. BY Unanimous Votes Refolved, That the Place for Conclufion of Peace be, and is abfolutely left to the Election of the French King, and of the King of Great Britain^ and that whatfoevcr they (hall conjoyntly refolve upon that Subject, fhall be and is allowed, approved and confirmed by the States pf HoH.md. Extraft 1 5 6 the Earl of Arlington's Letters Extract of a Letter, dated 10. March, \66j. Dear Friend, BEholding the foregoing Refolves you may judge according to the Experience and Knowledge you have of the Humours and Gonftitution of this State, That if now France and England can fall to a good understanding among theinfelves, the foun- dations for Peace are laid. And that on the cgr^ trary, if de Witt and his Cabal have underhand made agreement with the French, Peace and ourCoun- trey both are loft: For let His Majefty of Great Britain then be never fo Gracious or Generous, it will be taken in the word fence continually, be- caufe it is not de Witts 's Intereft to have Peace, who thereby fees his Ruin certain, and confequently ex- pert nothing from him but adtions of a defpairing Man. For my part, when I confider the Offers and Pro- ceedings of France, I cannot but fear lead the meaning thereof be, to puzle the game the more, and to make the War continue. For that King in his Let- ter, fays, He will be our Father, and take us for his Children. Be Witt may fuppofe we fhouldthen be in Abrahams Lap •, but others, That Purgatory would thereby gain Cuftomers, becaufe a good Fa- ther's endeavours are to fee his Children trained up in his own Religion. Wherefore, I hope, you have well received, and prefentedto His Majefty of Great Britain my lad Advices of the zjtb, of February, fo far forth as needful, to Sir William Temple,2W.&V. 1 5 7 needful, and namely, that Zealand, as the confi- derableft Province, might well be applied unto, and obliged what may be, the rather, for that my laft Letters thence, confirm, that the good Party there doth daily increafe and gain ground: So as if his Majefty fhould wave his firft refolves for the Hague , itfeems advifeable, That He would be plea- fed rather to pitch upon Middlebnrgh in Zealand, than to fuffer all to run again into extremities : For- afmuch as that place avoids all the alledged Obftacles, and if de tvitt's party in Holland fhould oppofe it, Zealand will certainly find, and ftir up abundance of Friends in the other Provinces, and even in Hol- land it felf, to enjoy that Honour and Favour, which by no means they will be induced to refufe. And to prepare the Work the better, if the Over- ture be reliilied by His Majefty, you mult immedi- ately give me notice thereof, to be able to inform ferioufly, privately, and fpeedily, our mod confident Friends ( whom you know ) to aft their parts there- in accordingly, and through the Credit and good Intention of this Province, to draw thofe of Friefe and Groningen into their Party, and as many more as we can, whereby in Plurality to prevail againil our Adverfaries. And at worft, if, contrary to all hope and likelihood, thefe endeavours (hall be fru- ftrated by their finifter Praftifes, it will appear the more evidently to all the World, what effeftual means His Majefty was gracioufly pleafed to em- ploy towards recovering of Reft and Peace amongft us. But my opinion is, it will meet with an infallible good Event and Succefs, whereunto my felf here, and my Brother in ZealandwxW not fail to contri- bute all our itrength. And therefore we expect vour Anfwtn Our 158 the Earl of Arlington's Letters Our Friends have fentmethe draught of a Let- ter which they fuppofe His Majefty might be difpo- fed to fend in Anfwer to the States General, as it goes hereunto adjoyned, which under all Secrecy you aredefired to acquaint my Lord Arlington withal, to have his Lordfhips judgment about it. The Subftance of the Letter. High and Mighty Lords, Our Anfwer of the — of Feb. hath furprifed us Y with wonder that you refufe the great offers we made to you in our laft of fending our Ambafladors even to the Hague, the place of your own meeting and of the States of Holland too, where we intended to treat of the Peace with you, and make evident to all the World our perfect Inclination for Peace and aver- fion to War,and that fequel of Miferies and Calami- ties which follow ir, and that by fuch convincing and unquestionable Teftimonies, that with Reafon we might infift thereon without waving our Offer, and leave upon you and the refufers thereof the blame and occafion of all the misfortunes which this ftrange refufal will draw after it ^ unlefs out of an excefs of Reflections towards you, we had yet thought fit to make one attempt more by offering you the Envoy of our Ambafladors to Middleburgh in JZeaIand 9 which is a place for Convenience and Situation every way more fitted for fuch a defirable Work as that of Peace, and whither all concern d Parties may equally well come, or fend to treat and conclude it, as to any of the Three you have propofed to us. Expediting hereupon your immediate Anfwer, We (hall not ceafeto pray, that God will infpire thofe requifite Thoughts into you, and fo we bid you, &c. Sir to Sir William Temple^B^K.^c. i y^ Sir Robert Southwel's LETTER To my Lord S ANDWfCH. Lisbon , March 3 1. £ N. 67. May it pleafe your Excellency, ON the %\$b* inftant being Friday, I writ unto your Excellency, and therein declared how far this Court appeared to be from the con- clusion of their League with France. And it is mod certain, that the Conde de Caftel Melhor, be- tween a conftant belief that Spain would at length yield the Title, and ibme dhTatisfaction he had re- ceived from the French iide, he very lately mani- fested rather an averfion than any defire for it. But, having on a fudden quite chang'd his refolution, there was called a full Council on the 24//;. inftant, where it was order'd that a League lliould be con- cluded with France, and that the Marquis Maria!- va, the Marquis de Nizfa, the Marquis Govea, the Marquis de Sande and the Conde de Caftel Md- hor lhould be the Commiffioncrs to treat thereof. Which they the next day accordingly did, and fo on the Saturday, in which time, they having before them the Fropofals of Monfrmr St. Remain, and 1 60 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters only once his Company, all the Articles were agreed unto, and prefently delivered to be put into Form, and fo translated into Latin. The bufinefs was carried Co private until Sunday, that one of the ComiTuffioners told me, I knew no- thing of it . But then I prefently drew a Memorial, • and, attending the Conde next day, I preft him to fufpend the concluding of this Treaty for a time ^ or at leaft that fome fuch Article of Refervation might be made therein, as that the Peace from Spain might be accepted, whenever his Majefties Media- tion could procure it. Lefs than which his Ma- jefty could not exped, confidering his labours paft, and yet continuing, and the great peril he had for this end expofed his own Affairs unto. But, finding the Conde irreflftibly bent upon the Thing, I defired of him a Pals-port, that I might by an Exprefs acquaint your Excellency of thefe Proceedings. But he anfwered me very lhort, that if I hoped thereby to incline the Spaniards to any thing, the Tryal would be in vain, for that they here had been already too long delayed, and abufed by them, and that now they were conftrained to the thing, it lliouldhave a very lhort iffue. How- ever that he would prefent my Memorial to his Majefty, the next day, and procure me an Anfwer. But as yet I have not received any $ altho the Ar- ticles were this day interchangeably Signed by them, and are, as I underftand in the main to this effeft. That a League between Portugal and France fhall continue for Ten Years, Offenfive and Defenfive a- gainft Caftik. That the faid League fhall not prejudice the Friendfhip which Portugal hath with England y and with Smddand^ bu,t that they both and ail other to Sir William Temp!e,\2W &c. 161 ether Princes may enter therein 5 and as to England with fome Particularity. That in cafe France and England do agree, then immediately France is to fall upon Spain s And if they do not, then within 30* Months after this Treaty. That, if in lefs than the faid Term of Years France ihall compafs its pretentions on Brabant, . it (hall then next oblige Spain to give the Title of King to Portugal, and to reftore all the Places be- longing to Portugal, and Algarvcs ( but not reci- procally ) and to be Guaranty for the fame. Tlrdt France tell pay yearly unto Portugal 900. Thoufand Cruzadoes, (which is 150000/. fieri. ) viz. 3. of the faid Nine (hall be put into the hands of the French Pay-mafter, to pay the French here already in this Countrey, and the other 6. paid to the King of Portugal. And in cafe he would have more French fuccours, he is to raife them at his own charge out of the (aid fumm. And if he will difmifs the French that are here already, he has liberty .to do it, and to receive the faid 300. Thou- fand Cruzadoeshimfelf. But the King of Portugal is obliged yearly to put into the Field a coniiderable Army, not only for Defence, but for fome Offence $ yet after France (hall declare the War, the faid 600000. Cruzadoes lhall be reduced unto 500000. Cruzadoex but whether the other Three (hall be continued*, or knockt off, I cannot yet learn. The French King hath alfo engag'd that, on conclu- lifcnof.a Treaty between himfelf, England and Hol- fer/,~thithe will by an Article oblige the Hollander to the reftitution of Cochin and Cananor, and mediate a good agreement for them in all other differences. M i 1 6 z the Earl of Arlington' s Letters I cannot as yet more particularly learn the con- tents of this Treaty, which on Monday next Fran- cij'co Far era Ribella carries with him into France for an immediate ratification. When I preft with much impatience the making a Provifion, according to the King of England's de- fire, the Conde reply'd, that it was a thing im- poffible, becaufe the French would equally expeft the like liberty of departing from them at pleafure,. and fo they might be furprifed, and left without any Guarranty. I thought it my duty to acquaint your Excel- lency with thefe particulars as foon as ever they came to my knowledge, defiring in all things to manifeft how much I am, My Lord) Your Excellency's Moft Humble, and Moft Obedient Servant, - - '• SIR, to Sir William Temp!e,R^.&V. 163 May 10. 6j. SIR, AT my return out of the Countrey, where I found much benefit by the frelh Air, I was in poffeflion of Two of yours, of the $fh: and loth. 5. N. In the former I fee the alarm of the French Invafion is gotten ftrong to Bruffels, and, not with- out caufe, you partake in it. But it is too early yet for me to move his Majefty, to give you any directions, with relation either to your Perforf, or Charafter. I will watch the time of doing it to your fatisraclion. 1 In your Letter, you fay, the Marquis will write to His Majefty, 'and ask his Afliftance. If he do it upon the point of generality ; the Council here will eafily remember His Majefty how unconcern'dly Spain hath lookt upon this long, and chargeable War, out of which he is not yet deliver 'd, if upon Intereft, any refolution that is taken here mult be founded upon Treaties, and Stipulations, that wtfl require fome time to firrfln 3 and for that reafon any Offers, His Excellency will make, mud moft properly be countenanced from Spain, or at lead by Khz Spa- nijh Ambaflador here. We have yet had no News of the arrival of ours at Breda, nor have any Letters from Spain further than April 21. S. N. So I have no matter wherewith to lengthen this, but that Alderman BachveU pro- mifed me you (hall be pleafed in the payment of your Money. I amy &c M 2 SIX, 1 64 the Earl of Arlington' s Letters May 17. 67. SIR, I Have received yours of the 20th. and thank you for the particular Account of the Difputation his Excellency made for the defence of thofe Countreys 3 which I am perfwaded the King of France will not 'delay to invade fpeedily. Don Bernardo de Solinas arrived here, with your Letter, bringing thofe from his Excellency, among which, one to me. I fear His Ma jelly will not be prevailed upon eafily, by the Conde de Molina, to do any thing of considerable advantage to thofe Countreys, or fo much as promife it till he fee the utmoft of the Treaty . at Breda. Neither indeed is it reafonable to prefs him to it 3 not only for the difficulties he will have to anfwer well therein, but alfo for the Alarm France will take from it 3 with whom common Prudence obligeth us to keep fair in this conjuncture, fince they fhew themfelves more eafie towards the Treaty than the Dutch : and be- fides the Buckler of the War, from which he would at any time have been glad to be delivered. We ought efpecially now todefiretobe ateafe for fome time at lead, whilft our Neighbours are falling out. It is pity that no Morality, or Chri- ftianity can rafe this out of Humane Nature. I think I told you, nothing but a powerful Body of Men out of Germany can fave thofe Countreys. Jam,&c. SIX, to Sir William TempIe,lW.&V. 1 6<$ May 20. 67. ■ SIR, I Am to acknowledge yours of the 24*/;. and was glad to find you had prevailed with the Mar- quis to be fo reafonable in his expectations. From hence I am perfwaded he will gain more of us upon thofe grounds you exprefs, than any others that can be fuggefted to him. But what the effeft of thofe will be it is not poffible for us to fay, till the conclufion of the Treaty at Breda. By the Baron de So I bias 1 (hall write my humble Acknowledgments to the Marquis. lam^tkc. 1 May 24. 67. SIRy AM refolved to complain to you of yourfelf, when ever I mifs a Letter from you, as the Poft came in this Night from Flanders hath brought me none, neither have I feen any thing from our Ambaf- fadors at Breda. I know not whether the Gentle- man, who brings their difpatch, and came over with the PacquetBoat be come to Town. From Spain we have not heard a great while ♦, I hope my Lord Sandwich hath Signed the Treaty, and is fending it by an Exprefs. The Spanijh Ambaflador is hard at work upon his Recruits. It is not credible how willingly Men, M 3 of 1 66 The Earl of Arlington' j Letters of all qualities, run into the Spanijh Service, and openly proteft againft the French. In requital of this,- His Majefty hath commanded me to recom- mend it to you, to make it your bufinefs there, up- on the likelihood of the difturbance of any Manu- factures, by the apprehenfioia of the French Invafion, to humour, and encourage the Workmens coming into England, inftead of fheltring themfelves in Hol- land. And this it is ftippofed you may do by fitting Emiffaries, who muft till them with all fair Promi- fes, and aflurance of being well received here. You will likewife be the beft Judge what inducements, and encouragements we may properly hold forth to them from hence. And it is well remembred here, that fuch conjunctures, as thele, when Workmen were difturbed by the breaking out of fudden Wars in Flanders , gave the beginning to many of our great, and profitable Manufactures here in Eng- land. The Duke and Dutchefs have had a moft fenfible tors of the young Duke of Kendal. And it is the heavier, in that the Duke of Cambridge — lies alfo lick-, pail hopes of recovery. On Sunday the Court rakes mourning for the former. I fhould long ago have warned you . to forbear lending your Letters to Mr. Jennet, at Dover $ who, being fometimes out of the way, they come later to me. . Pray let your Gorrefpondcntin Hot/and know vac ike I dm, &:c> SIR, to Sir William TempIe,.R/r.&V. 1 6j June 3. 67. SIR, IMuft beg your Pardon for not anfwering yours of the 3 SIR, July 8. 67. 1 Have yours of the 8tb. S. N. and fee by.it you . were going to Breda: but for fo few days that I fuppofe this will find you return'd to Brttjfels, and with at lead as much affurance as we have that the Peace will be fpeedily concluded. 7 1. SIR, to Sir William Tempk,Bar.&c. iy 7 July 12. 6j. SIR, I Have yours of the ipb. S. N. and in requital of it can tell you that Mr. Coventry is gone back with fuch Powers as will quickly make an end of the Peace, if the States, taking advantage of our eafinefs, do not dart new Pretcnfionss which, from a private hand in Holland, I am allured de win is labouring hard for, and is endeavouring, by Van Beuningen, in France to get their Concurence to. We fliall, in a few days, fee the ifliie of this Mat- ter, and by that time, I hope, be in a condition of hearkning to the Baron de Ifolas Propofals with lefs fufpicion than we did, whilttthe Peace was de- pending. It is a very good hint you give us in making our felves Mediators of an Accommodemeiit, betwixt France and Spain 5 and may be of much advantage to His Majefty in its Seafon. But, on the fide of France, we mud have better encouragement for their acceptance of it, than the French Ambaffa- tlor's difcourfe at Breda. And Spain too may let us know a little of their mind, before His Majefty expofeth himielf to imploy His Offices 3 which we expert, from you and the Baron de Jfola, fam,^tQ, N SIB? 1 78 the Earl of Arlington'* Letters July 15. 67. SIR, IHave yours of the 19th. with all the News of your Town. At which time feveral Letters from the Cpaft allured us of the taking of the Cittadelof Coitrtray. Mr. Coventry went on Friday laft for the Dowries in the fame Ship that brought him. I am glad to hear the Marquis Caftel de Rodrigo is fo well ftored with Money. But, if he have not Troops alfo to impioy it upon, for ought I fee the French will continue their Progrefs as fuccefsfully, as they have begun it. / amjkc Whitehall July 2p. 67, S IR, Had not time to write to you by the laft Poft, 1 lince when I have received yours of the 2d. of '4h&$% giving us a very fad Picture of the condi- tion of that Countrey, likely to moulder out of the hands of the Government there, without any poffi- bility of refiftance. I have, with this, expos'd to His Majefty the Condition, and delivered his exprefs Dire&ions to you. His Majefty faith the taking care of you, by calling you Home, would be a thing of much re- fentment to Spaip^M the Marquis, especially in this- Con- to Sir Willianj Tempi e,Bjr.&c. i -jg Conjuncture, and therefore cannot confent to it. But gives you this Rule, either to keep your felf with the Perfonof the Marquis-, or he taking the Field, to refidc in any place he lliall affign you, / am, eke. Auguft 2. 67. SIR, WH AT^ou tell us in yours of the ^th.SiJST. fliews us that Bruffels was in great danger, if the Count Martynlwd not ib happily returned for the fecurity of it. It being th<* Seat of the Government, I hope great care will be always taken of it, and that you may pafs the reft of this Sum- mer fecurely there, fmcc the Marquis is fo unwil- ling to part with you. The Spanifh Ambailador, and Baron. de Ifola prefs very much that a Body of Four, or Five thoufand Englip? may be fent over. If the thing wcreealily to be obtained, I cannot fee how it would well take efte&this Year. And, I have told them plainly, I feariauch their Succefs in the profecution of it. Becaufe, that we are delivered from the War, it will be fit we have fome Breathing time to com- pofe the minds of Men, that are very much dif- quieted with reflection upon the Government, be- fore the Kingdom be embarked in any new War, And if France and Holland remain as united after the Peace, as they were during the Treaty of it, we are not fecure that they may not, taking advantage of our diftempers at home, break out again upon ik* N 2 The 1 80 the Earl of Arlington' s Letters The Baron de Jfola faith this is a vain apprehen- fion, and that Holland is already difpofed to fuccour them, even at the peril of breaking with France. If they be fo, being nearer concerned than we are, they ought to begin firft, and leave us the fair time, that ought to belong to us, in taking fo important a bufinefs in hand, and fo hazardous in the Succeis of it. It is a vain thing, in the condition we are, to attempt the moving us by Confiderations of Ge- nerofity and Honour, in profperous Times, they have much weight. And, the Truth is, They are improperly alledged to us by Neighbours that fate fecurely looking upon us, whilft we held a War with Three great Potentates. This is the EfFett of my Difcourfe to the Baron. After all I have aifured him His Majefty, and his Minifters have all poffible Compaffion for the condition of Flanders, and wifh they were in a condition of fuccouring it. Con- cluding with him that- he (hall do well to drive his Arguments as far as they will go, and to get them authorized from Spain alfo. And not to wonder at the want of Succefs, as long as the Emperour ap- pears no farther concerned in the Caufe of his own Houfe. Iamfac. SIR; %o Sir William 7em\>le>Bjr.&c. 1 8 1 Auguft p. 6j. SIR, I Have received yours of the 12th. which doth not confirm the French having formally befieged Lijle, as fome Letters confidently fay it. As for Oftend, I think, they are too late in the Year to attempt that, and "if September be a wet Month, I cannot fee how they will be able to do more than fecure what they have got. / dm, &c. Auguft 23. 6j. SIR, AT lad, we find our felves in poffeffion of our Flanders Letters. They have brought us the alTurance of the Publication of the Peace at Breda: Which will to morrow be publillied here in the ufual Forms ; of which you (hall have a par- ticular Account by the next. I received yours of the 19th. 25*/;. and 26th, giv- ing an account of the French attempt upon Life, and the refiftance made by it. As likewife Count Martyns taking the Field, with a considerable Body of Men, to relieve the Place: But we fear will be out of his Power, the Report going (trongly here* that the Place is furrendred. .We have likewife Letters from Madrid of ths gi paft. But with no further News of the Trcttv, N 3 feat 2 -$2. *The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters W fent to be ratified here, than what we had before $ which makes me fear they will not arrive at the time appointed in it. We have alfo Letters from Lisbon of Auguft i. S. N. wherein Sir Robert Southwell gives an Account of his offer to that Crown, of the Treaty made by my Lord Samkvich in their Favour, together with their total and angry rejection of it ^ which makes me fufpeft all other Negotiations there 5 and to that end will be fruitlefs. I have not had opportunity to move His Majefty to confent to your return, upon the condition you propofed it, with the Marquis's liking \ which, by your leave, I think ought to precede, and be fig- nified by the Spanijb Ambaffador here 5 without whom I fear His Majefty will not be inclined to gratifie you in your requeft* I arriyUc* Wbitehal, Oftober 4. 67. SIR, ' . IT is long final I writ' to you, and you cannot but have heard, out of my Office, the unhap- py uccafion of my having been thus long filent, I ami God be thanked, almoft delivered out of all Fain, but yet have no ufe of my Leg, being re- moved to my Chair from my Bed with .Crutches> and by the help of my Servants. Yefterday, in the" Evening I received Two* of }our Letters, of the jffc and jtb. That from Am- '(icrdam you mention never came to my hands, and have to Sir William TempIe,£/r.&V. 1 8 ? have had none from you elfe, that I know of, iince you began your Journey into Holland. I was glad to read in your former that you had feen, and fpo- ken with Monfieur de JVitt, though he kept him- felf fufficiently at Arms length with you. They muft fpeak clofer to us before they will be able to engage us in a Quarrel, that does not only concern them much more than us 5 but for ought I can fee more than Spain itfelf. And this is the Truth, that, next to our unwillingnefs to engage in new Wars, would make us hearken flowly to thefe Overtures. And, I reipember, I told you early that Gcnerolity, and the keeping the Balance even between the Two Crowns, would be Points that might* by Witty Men, be talked out of doors 3 but for ought I can fee, neither the Spa?iijh Ambaflador nor the Baron de Ifola furnifh any better yet. I am afraid they depend too much upon the Humour, that reigns here, which wifhes Flanders were fuccou red, as tire Bulwark -of England, and fo care not to provide themfelves with more interiour, and elTential con- vincements. Here enclofed you receive a part of a Letter I writ to my Lord Sandwich, with relation to my Lord Douglas, and Mr. Hamilton's carrying Men over to the Service of France. In this Paper you will fee how we juftirie our felves againft the offence the Spanijb Ambajfador takes at it. The Gentleman that brought over the SpaniJJ) Treaty is not yet returned 3 I hope he will be gone to Morrow. There is an Authentick Copy, with the formality of the Seal to it, and as fufficient as an Original ,depolited in xhtSpaniflj Ambaflador's hands, for fear that we fend away Ihould mifcarry. • N 4 We i ?4 the Earl of Arlington' s Letters We have no News now •, ths opening of the Parliament may produce fome \ pray God it be to our liking. / am, &c. Van of a Letter from my Lord Arlington to my Lord Sandwich, relating to my Lord Douglas, and Mr. Hamilton's carrying Men ever to the Service of France. THere are Two Occafions in the Town, which beget much Difcourfe here, and 'tis probable will do the like in Madrid 5 wherefore I thought fit your Excellency fhould be entertained with the Truth of them. They are the return of the Scotch Regiment into France, and the carrying over thi- ther fome Reformed Roman Catholicks under the condaft of Mr. George Hamilton •, there being lately a fevere Order from His Majefty for the purging all the Troops both Officers and Souldiers, from thofe of that Proreflion. The Story of the former is this, When the King of France declared War againft His Majefty, His Majefty called home the Scotch Regiment, which had fcrved in France for many Years. They ac- cordingly came, and Ferved in a Body on the Feveral occafions to which they were applyed. The People- murmuring at them, and complaining of the Go- vernment, for imploying Papifts, made my Lord 'Ihuglas, us Foon as the Peace was made, befeech His Maieity he might return with them into France, accord* to Sir William Temple.Ifcr.&V. 185 accordingly they are this Week going thither. Your Excellency fees they could not well befuffered here. That in Flanders, for the long Education they have had in France, they could be of no more ufe than fo many French Men. Now your Excellency may judge what His Majefty could otherwife do with them. Concerning the Reformado's of the Guards of Horfe, His Majefty thought fit the other day to have them difmift, according to his Promife made to the Parliament at thelaft Seflion. Mr. Hamilton had a fecret Overture made him, that he, with thofe Men, fhould be welcom into the ^>r;/d>. Service •, His Majefty, at their difmiiTion, haying declared they fhould have leave to go abroad whither they pleafed ; .they accepted of Mr. Hamilton s offer to carry them into France. The Spanifb Ambaflador hearing this, complained thereof to His Majefty, who owned to know nothing more of it, than that he had given them leave to feek their Fortune, where they could rind it , that, having turned them out of his Guard, he f was unwilling to proceed with any further feverity towards them, by conftraining them to ferve againft their liking -, that if he ( the Spanijh Ambaflador ) could prevail with them to go into Flanders, they lhould have Paifports according- ly given them. Thus your Excellency fees that, the Particulars being known, the offence, that is taken, is not fo well grounded, and that it will not be hard for you to give fatisfaftion thereupon, if it be required. lam, &c. SIR, 1 86 The Earl of Arlington V Letters Oftober 6. 67. SIR, Since my laft I have not only yours of the nth. but your former alfo from Amfterdam ; by what hand I cannot tell. I am forry to find by yours of the nth. That the Confultiye part of your Affairs, in Flanders, now in Winter, looks as per- plexed, as their Military ones were unfortunate in the Summer. When this is the Cafe, judge what in- couragement, more than from Metal and Gene- rofity, we can have to efpoufe their Quarrel. The King hath begun with one fair ftep. He hath lent to my Lord Sandwich to offer his Media- tion, and in France they have already accepted of. We hear the Ho/landers are bufie in this Work already : But we (hall take it unkindly of either of them, if they prefer that hand in a work of fo much Reputation j which you fliall do well to let the Marquis know. And I am perfwaded the bell Of- fice we. can do that Crown, is to let their Minifters know the word of our minds. I have juft in this infant Letters from my Lord Sandwich of September l\. but I have not read them. / am, &c. SIR, to Sir William Temv\e,Bar.&c. 1 87 Oftober 18. 67, SIX, IMuft refer you to our News Papers for a further account of the Proceedings of the Parliament. I have this day yours of the 21/. I am very glad you have entred into a Difcourfe with the Count Tapis, concerning the change of the Way of the, Hol- land Letters, which is fo earneftly propofed to us from that Countrey to fuch a Degree that I know not how we can poffibly refute them : Since, between the prejudice and delay, as they alledge,by the way of Flanders y the hearing of the War with that Countrey hath made the paflage fo unfecure, that the very Merchants here proteft againft it , and, againft their fatisfa&ion, nothing can be fuppofed of that Nature. In a word, you may tell him that it is not Choice but Neccffity that for ceth us to a change, if it be admitted. I am forry to fee the Trouble coming upon you by folliciting the Payment of the Earls Troops, be- caufe you will not be able to fatisrk the Minifter. You. may fay that, if they will have more Men, they mull write to theirtFriends in Eng land that they are well ufed. Here is a report that Mr. Hamilton hath loft 40, or 50. Men and how the Spanijb Ambaffador hath promifed to exprefs it favourably to the Marquis. If the addition of your good Offices can add any thing to his, I pray be no Niggard. For the King of France lofeth little 5 the only difficulty Will be upon their Horfes. SIR* 1 8S the Earl of Arlington's Letters November 4. 67. SIR, ALL the Letters telling you how bufie the Parli- ament is inquiring after the Faults and Mif- carnages of the late War,I hope you will have framed to your felf Excufesinmy Favour for my not Wri- ting fo conftantly as I ufed to do, and not difaccuftom your felf from Writing to me every Poft. I find be- fore me yours of the nd. 25th. 26th. and 2$tb. paft. It were good we knew, with fome certainty, whe- ther Don John de Auftria, as you write, will pafs through England , that the Ceremonial part of his Reception may be adjufted to his Satisfaftion. There- fore I pray inquire further after it. The report runs here that he will not undertake the Government of Flanders till the Peace of Por- tugal be affured: and confequently the drawing this way all the Troops, and Money that mud be applied to that Service. In my lad Letters from my Lord Sandwich we find a difpofition, to the making the Peace with Portugal, Betwixt my Lord Sandwich and Don John, methinks wefhould be able to underftand the utmoft of the Court of Spain's Offers will be to en- gage His Majefty in fuch a Union, as may beufe* ful towards the Defence of Flanders, The Letters from Holland allures us that the Peace will be made, and that the Hollanders (hall have the Honour of it, as well as the Security from the engagement in a New War. Methinks you might learn there how far the Mar- quis is engaged towards the Gratifying Holland in this to Sir William Temple,2fcr.fe , c. 1 8p this Point, wherein, we fuppofe, France will not only have fecured to them their Conquefts, or an Equivalent, but continue in pofleffion of the right of the Queen of Spain's renunciation made invalid by the reafon they have promifed. And it is not unreafonable for you to iuppofe that we in Fngland y will be content the Quarrel fhould be fet on foot, till we might either have the Honour of Accom- modating, or fee how we can make our Advantages by the continuance of the War. *• / am, 8cc. November n. 6j. SIR, Since my lad, I have yours of the $tb. which I have not now by me. As to the Difcouries the Marquis makes to you of a great Union, in favour of theHoufe of Anftria, it will be hard to make it all be believed here. Neither is it feconded with fuch particularities, as you mention, by the Conde de Molinas, or Baron de Jfola. On the contrary, the Opinion that there will be a Peafc takes place, and is much confirmed by their not offering us any thing, that ought to prevail with us, to engage in the War with them. SIR. ipo the Earl qf Arlington x Letters November 22. 6j. SIR, YOUR Letters entertain us here very well, tho upon a fad Subjeft 3 for they paint out to us the miserable Condition of that Country: But much better than any other reprefentation •, parti- cularly your laft of the nd 7 which I havelliewn to His Majefty. God knows whether any fuccour from their Neighbours will be fufficient to enable them to protect what is left. Tlje Holland Ambajfadors call upon Tim out of us, to help them, to make the re ace, and Cypher. the Ambaffador from Spain, and the Ba- ron de Ifola call all Overtures, of that kind, but delufwns ; and would perfivade m the Dutch Ambajfadors have power to declare againfl France, if we will come in to the ajfiflsince of Spain. We, on our fide, are afraid the Dutch ajfedt this Declaration from U6, only to enable them to make better conditions with France. I received lad Night a Letter from my Lord Sandwich, wherein he fays that Mr. Godolphin was immediately • going into Portugal, and that the faid difpatches were made for him. I have forborn of late to explain to you the Pro- ceedings of both Houfes, with relation to the Earl of Clarendon, becaufe I could not do it without fuch Reflections as it cannot become a Man,- in my Place, to ufe. The Truth is, the Two Houfes are even yet very far from agreeing in the Point -, but I am perfwaded this diiagreement gives the Party very to Sir William Temple,2W.&V. ipi very little eafe. A little time will put a Period to it one way or other. The laft Week a Caper from Oftendy fell upon our Packet-Boa t, to France , and robb'd it, and car- ried her Letters away. I pray let the matter be in- quired into, and exemplary Puniiliment inflicted upon the Offender. / am> &c. Sir William Temple's CONFERENCE WITH Monfieur de Witt. * December — - 166-j, AT my laft Audience with the Marquis Cafiel Rodrigo in purfuit of His Majeily's Inftrufti- ons bearing date November the 25*/;. i66j. the Sum of what he (the Marquis) told me in Anfwerto the feveral Inquiries given me in charge, was to this purpofe. That his Negotiations with Holland were grown of late very told, Monlieur de win pretending to be unfatished with the breaking off thofe Propofals for delivering up Bruges and Oftendy which had been entred upon by the Marquis at the time of the French approaches to Durmonde y ad- vanced 1 9 2 The 'Earl of Ar lington'j Letters vanced upon the Count Afartyn's defeat, and let fall when thofe Two Extremities were paft over 5 and the Campagne drawn to a fudden end. That he now defired nothing of the States, but the Five Millions of Gilders, for which he had been fince Treating upon the Security offered in the Pais de Waas, and was only follicitous how to induce His Majefty to declare in favour of Flanders 3 knowing the Dutch would by that means be forced to the fame Refolutions : And that to this purpofe he had already direfted the Count Molinas to make His Majefty the offers of fuch Sums of Money, as might iupport His Majeftv's Expence in his (hare of the War. That for the Difpofitions of Sweden he could af- fure me they were wholly in the Spaniard's favour, and that he fuddenly expected an account from Monfieur Bafferode, of the Treaties being concluded between the Emperor and that Crown. That his Treaty with the Duke of Brandenburgh was already figned, ( without Monfieur de Witt's knowledge ) upon Monfieur Blafpylh late journey to BruJJ'els, by which that Duke was obliged to furnifh the Spaniards with 12000. Men next Spring, upon 50000. Patacons to be paid him the Firft Day of their March •, as much upon their entring the Spanijh Territories ; and the fame Sum every Month they continued in the Service. That a Treaty to the fame . efteft was Signed at Vienna by the Spanijh Ambaflador here, and the En- voysofthe Dukes. of Lunenburg}] , differing only in the point of Money to be advanced, which was in the whole but 60000. Patacons. That for the Emperor, I might be fecure. He would fend an Army of 25000. Men, if not 30000. that to Sir William Temple, JW.&V 193 that mould march the next Campaign dire&ly into jfifatia. That for the Supplies from Spain ,thzvQ were 6060. Spanifh Foot now ready to be Tent away, That there were Two Millions and a half of Crowns coming in Specie, being already Infured in Hot/and, and an ajjknto made with the Cortifo's for Two Millions and a half more, and with other Banquers for 200000. Patacons a Month during the next Cam- paign. That for the certainty of Don Jiuins coming over, he mud refer me to the next SpamCb Courier's,know- ing only by the laft, that it was a thing rerohed by the Council, commanded by the Queen, but in fuch a Fatliion, and with fuch Conditions, as made it appear he liked it not 5 and if he could would avoid it. That the reft of his, the Marquis's hopes from Spain, depended upon the Peace with Portugal, which he now looks upon as concluded.. At my arrival in Holland, and, upon my propo- sing to Monfieur de win the (cope of His Majeil/s commands in my Inftru&ions, he firfttoldme that he was much obliged to His Ma jelly for this mark of his good Opinion, and that His Majelty thould ever find him a Man of his word : That tho he (hould have been glad I had begun with telling him fomc determination of His Majelty upon the Bufinefs of Flanders, rather than with asking him a Queftion, yet without prerTing me to fell him whether I had any fuch Order, he would plainly let me know what the laft Refolutions were amongft the States. He faid that the States were about Four Months lince politively refolv'd to enter into the Quarrel of Slanders, in cafe the Marquis had made good his Treaty with them for Oftend and Bruges, which O were 194 The 'Earl of Arlington' s Letters were abfolutely neceflary to them, if they had en- gaged without His Majefty's taking part in the Quarrel But upon their Treaty they had agreed, that, in cafe of His Majefty's engaging, Oftendftiou\& be excufed. That the States had been much unfa- tisfied with the Marquis his failing in that Treaty, and perplext at their not being able to difcover any thing of His Majefty's Refolutions.That the 'different Mates of the Treaty with the Marquis had occafioned feme difference in the temper of their Ambaflkdors in England, between the inftances made by them of late and at their firft arrival. After this Preamble, he told me the States of Holland finding fo much time already loft, and the ncceflity of putting the beft end they could to this War, had at their laft reparation refolv'd, that it mould be propofed to their Allies to enter into a joint Mediation between the Two Crowns 5 the force of which mould confift in thefe Three Points. To oblige France to accept the Peace upon the. Terms already propofed by that King, both to the States, feveral Princes of Germany, and the Empe- ror, being either to retain 'the Conquefts of the laft Campaign, or to receive infteadofthem Jire,St.O- mersy Cambray, Douay, and either Luxemburg h, or the County of Burgundy. Secondly, To oblige France to ftop all further Progrefs of the War, up-; on the firft Prqpofal of this Mediation, and in cafe of difficulty in Spain to accept it, .that it fliould be left wholly' to the Mediators to perfwade, or to force them to it. Thirdly, That the Mediators fliould be- come jointly the Warranties of this Agreement: With a particular Specification of. what Forces each, of them mould furnifh to maintain it againft the firft breach offered by either fide. That to Sty William Temple, Bar&c. 195 That this being the laft Opinion of the States, he rrmft fay it was his too, and fince nothing elfe could be in time, he hoped that both His Majefty and the Crown cf Sweden would joyn with them in it. Upon my Objections againft the Honour as well as the Safety of this Proceeding, in companion of entring jointly with their Allies upon the protection of Flanders, and my inflnuating the likelihood of His Majefty's taking part on fome fide in this quar- rel, which if with Spain, might give us their Sea Towns, or any thing elfe in their defpair-, if with France, would make that Power unreiiftible either by Holland, or the Princes of the Empire. Mon- fieur de Witt confeft I had reafon both in the Points of Honour and Safety. That he doubted the Pro- ject of the States could not fecurethe Spaniards from loflng feveral orher Towns next Campaign, in cafe France purfued their point. Nor at fome other time upon, a new Surprife, but the force of the Mediators might retrieve them. He confeft that the Spaniards giving up their Ports to His Majefty would occafion a great jealoufie in the States, and that he believed France, upon atfurance to en- gage England in their defigns, would eafily break any Tyes with Holland, and in that cafe faid plainly they mould lole all Meafures, but that was a thing they had never thought on -, for befides our Jntereit, it was direclly againft an Article of our laft Treaty with Spain : But after all faid, they had been forced to this Refolution as the only thing which could now come in time. That it was unhappy His Majefty had difcovered nothing of His Intentions in fo many Months. That in cafe He mould yet think fit to declare himfelf fuddenly, perhaps the States might be induced to take other Refolutions-, and O 2 tb 1 9 6 the Earl of Arli ngton' j- Letters thereupon dcfired me to tell him if I had order from his Majefty to acquaint him with any pofitive De-' termination he had taken in this Affair 3 I told him, None, but knowing His Majefty's way of proceeding, could only leave him to guefs at his Majefty's Inten- tions, by fending me on purpofe to know his. Having obferv'd in thus much of his difcourfe no mention of the League Offenfive and Defenfive, I defircd to know what I mould fay to his Majefty upon that point. He told me the States had ne- ver made any League Offenfive, and it was their Maxim never to do it, nor fo much as any Claufe in a Defenfive, which might in time, or by change of Accidents draw themuppn the Offenfive. That they were very ready to make a League Defenfive with us, and becaufe none very ftricl and general had yet been between the Nations, he faid the beft Project was, that which was prefcnted his Ma- jefty at Scbeveling, and afterwards by Monfieur Be- vtrvpaert, and wherein the True Maxims of their States would be found, of which he faid there were Copies remaining in England as well as Holland. For giving any New Inftruttions to their Ambaffa- dors, it could not be without Time, nor would there be occafion unlefs his Majefty mould firft declare himfelf, for the States could not think fit to alter their Opinions upon an uncertainty. After this in fome further Difcourfes and loofer from my Inftructions, he faid, he fhould be glad his Majefty would declare himfelf for the Protection of Flanders; that the States he was fure would be far from oppofing him in a Refolution fo Honour- able, and that if Spain wanted Money to fupply his .Majefty upon fuch an occafion, They would furnilh them upon fome Towns in Guelder/and, and in a matter to Sir William TempIe,&zr.6rV. rpj matter offuch Importance, would notftand upon a Million or Two, more or lefs, and repeated thrice the perhaps, that in that cafe the States might yet think fit to take other Refolutions j But that his Majefty muft be fudden, and while they were un- ingaged as they now were, and thereupon promifed they would enter into no. New Engagements with France, but draw out their Treaties upon iome dif- ficulties in the points between them,till they receiv'd Letters from their Ambaifadors in England dated Six Days after my arrival at Court, with the ac- count they fliould be then able to give o( his Ma- jefty's Refolutions. In the mean time he offered to communicate what had paft in our Conference to the Seven Deputies of the States 9 and give me their Opinion before I par- ted •, but I faid I could neither deiire him nor forbid him to do it, my Errand being wholly to himfelf* upon which he faid he would then take the liberty to do as he found occalion, and deiircd me, that up- on my arrival in England, I would reprefent to his Majeity how neceflary it was to take fome fu .idea Resolution in this Affair, and that none could be fo ill as not to refolve. 3 *'A xpS The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters January 23. 68. SIR, YOUR Brother carries back to You the Treaties ratified in due Form, which you will take care to Exchange, and to fend over to us bv a fafe Con- vex a nee thofe you receive from the States, after which it will be neceffary you make all poffible hafte to Bruffels to tranfatt further with the Marquis what the inclofed Inftruftions direft you to •, but fttllng before you go a good Correfpondence with Monlieur de Witt, which you will daily have oc- cafion to make ufe of. Here inclofed I likewife fend you a Copy of His Majefty's Letter, which he intends to difpatch away for France, by Mr. Trevor, as I fuppofe, in quality of his Envoy. Perhaps it will not be amifs that you impart it to Monfieur de Witt, in requital of that he delivered you from the States. In our dif- courfe on this matter it hath not occurred to us ne- fcefl&fy to inftruft our Envoy further, than to en- force the Mediation, and to keep a very perfeft good Correfpondence with him that (hall be fent from Holland, and to do all things by Concert -, and in this point you muft mind them of inftrufting their Ambaffador accordingly. E have not yet thought of a way of fending into Spain. My Lord Sandwich is gone from Ma- drid towards Portugal : And Mr. Godolphin is not yet arriv'd here, which I cannot but much wonder at, fince it is now a Month fince his departure from ' lilhoa. The to Sir William Temple,2fcr.& , c. 199 The Count de Jjhona is arriv'd, and hath had a private Audience of His Majefty. Before you leave Holland you muft remember to fettle well with Monfieur de Witt that point of their lending Money to the Marquis Cajtel Rodrigo to be furniflied to His Majefty, and to learn of them, as far as they will be content to open themfelves, by what method, and manner we fliall be able to joyn our Forces together, in cafe our Mediation be rejected \ of which we look to hear fontfcthing from you, af- ter the receipt of this. And likewife what their Opinion is of the King of Frances preient enter- prife. And whether it may not beget fome va- riation in his Propolitions for a Peace, which may render our work more difficult with Spain. I cannot end this Letter without letting you know how His Majefty hath charged me with giving you thanks for the good Service you have renewed him in this occaiion. Iam } &c. P.S. TT IS Majefty would have you difcourfe JTX with Monfieur dewitt concerning the re-eftablifhmetw of Mr. Kievit •, letting him know he cannot do a more acceptable thing to him. His Majefty having already written to the States foear- neftly upon this Subject, he is unwilling to expofe himfelf to a fecond delay, or denyal, and would wil- lingly owe the entire Obligation of it to Monfieur demtt^ which he hath, as we fuppofe, ground enough to do upon His Majefty 's having profelfed that the faid Mv.de Kievit never correfponded di- rectly, nor indirectly with this Kingdom whileft he O 4 was 2oo The Earl of Arlington' s Letters was in the States Dominions : That during his a- bode here he hath labour'd only in promoting the good Intelligence between the Two Nations. You fhall do well to advice with Kievit's Friends for the manner of handling this point with Monfieur de witty who will addrefs themfelves to you to this effefr. With the Marquis His Majefty would have you take a great deal of Pains for the procuring to Fa- ther Patrick the Mby he pretends to in Burgundy, for the many ServicB he hath formerly rendred that Crown,- the affe&ion the Conde de Molina, and Baron d' Jfola have for him, and the univerfal good will the whole Court bears him. instructi- to Sir William Temple ; B^r.fe^c. 201 INSTRUCTIONS For ourTrufty and Well Beloved Sir W. Tempte, Bar. Rctupmigfrom the Hague to Bruflels. January 24. 68. HAving Exchange the Ratification of our Treaties in the Hague, and performed all Offices elfe to eftablifli a good, and entire Corre- fpondence betwixt Us, and the States General, and particularly "With Monfieur de Witt, youfhall tranf- port your felf with all convenient fpeed to the Mar- quis Caftel Rodrigo, and indear, as far as you can, to him the part we have had in bringing the States General to thefe laft Refolutions, fo favourable to the affairs of Spain ; and conjuring him to all pof- iible facility, on his part, in theaccomplifhing thofe Points, which are the Foundation of our Union, and the only Human Means left to preferve to our good Brother the Catholick King, the Dominion of his Countreys. You (hall further reprefent to him, the difabili- ties we are under towards the providing andfetting to Sea a Fleet of 60. Capital Ships ; which will be of abrolute ncceffity in our Conjunction with the Slates General, and that we mull expert from him the means of effecting it 5 which cannot be done with- 2 C2 The Earl 0/ Arlington / Letters without the fpeedy Supply of Four, or 500000/. That even now in the beginning there muft be a con- (iderable part of it advanc'd to us 3 which we fup- pofe he may be furnifhed with out of thofe Moneys the States General are content to lend him upon the Pawn of fome Towns, and Places in the Pays de Geldre. If he, the Marquis, (hall prefs you to en- gage us to a Levy of Land Forces, you (hall reply to him, that, whilft we are intheftate of a Medi- ator, we cannot properly furnifti it, nor indeed, enter into agreement thereupon, but by joint ad- vice with the States, after the King of France (hall have refufed the Peace. That our Arming in the mean time ftrongly by Sea, puts us in as confiderable a ftate of defending the Spanijh Low Countreys, as can be wiuYd, without giving Umbrage to France. That the Expence of it will be very vaft, and can- • not be fo much as entred into, till we fee means from thence wherewithal to promote 4 it. That in conclufion, you mall infift upon at leaft 300000/. if you cannot prevail for the greater Sum, and lay your whole ftrefs upon this-, declining for the pre- sent all Conditions for the Benefit of Trade, which muft of courfe be fubje£t to tedious and long Dif- cuflion, and Reports to the Council of Spain, fini- lhing with all fpeed fome agreement forthefaid Sums according to the Powers herewith fent you. And, if you meet any obftacle, or difficulty herein, you (hail with all fpeed tranfmit it to us, that we may clear it the belt way we can from hence. By Bk Majeftys Command. ARL ING TO N. SIR, to Sir William Tejnple,lk*y\6rV. 203 Febr. 4. 6S. [SIR, ¥ Have forborn Writing to you fince your Brother I X left us, having no New Matter to entertain you [upon, holding ynu fufficently inftrudted to all things I before you. Neither have we received any Letter [from you. I was further defirous in my firft to acquaint you [of Sir John Trevor's difpatch, which is now fini- /hed, and in his hands. The fcope of his Inftrufti- fpns is to promote the Peace as effectually, as is (potTtble, according to the Rules fet down in the T fy, and with an intire Confidence and Com- . munication' with the Holland Ambaifador ^ and in tbis latter part he goes warned in a mod exprefs maimer. We, foreseeing the former cannot rait car but by the Proportion of fome jealoufie be- tween them. I fend you the Copy of the King's Letter to the French King, which you may (hew if you pleafe. And, for their further' fatisfadion, let them know that Monfieuiv/e Ruvigny hath made a Compliment to the King, our Matter, 'from his, almoft, I may fay, unprovoked, that he will, to gratirk the King of England^ be content that the fufpenfion of Arms fhali be extended to the 1 5*7; of May. The King, our Matter, hath accepted it, and told Monfieur de Ruvigny he hoped his Mafter, having granted Co much, would not refufe the addition of 15. days longer at his intreaty. I long to hear you have exchanged the Ratifi- cations in HeUanJy and alfo that you negotiate happily 2 04 the Earl of Arlington's Letters happily with the Marquis -, upon which, if any thi occurs to you ( requiring your return to Hollanc ufeful to the great end before us, His Majefty leaves it to your difcretion to do it accordingly *, (ince it will be hard from hence to inftruft a New One that will play his part well there, lam, &e. Febr. 10. 68. SI My IN my laft I fent you a Copy of His Majefty 's In- ftruclions to Sir John Trevor, which I have fince delivered likewife to the Dutch Ambaflador: And this Night fend a Copy of the Stateslnftru&ionsto Monfieur Van Bennlngen, renewing again His Ma- jefty 's Injunction to Sir John Trevor, to live in an intire Confidence with him. The Letters this day from France fay, the King hath Bezancon, and Salmos furrendred to him, and that he was going to befiege Dole. I am not skil- ful enough to reconcile this with his Profeflions to make the Peace, or to un^erftand why he fhould take llich pains to get Places to reftore them again. I muft oblige you toufe your beft endeavours with the Marquis for the furnilhing His Majefty with ready Money, leaft his Preparations ftand (till for want of it. Don Jnan is coming from Madrid with ready Money^and will be in Flanders this Month. / am fee* Inftruftl to Sir William Temple, Bar&c. 205 InftrucYions/br Mon- " fieur Van Beunin- gen, going in quality of Ambajfador Ex- traordinary from the JEftates General to bis mofl Chriftian Majefty. lnftruttion pour le Sieur de Beuningen y allant en qualite d 'AmbafTadeu r Ex- traordinaire de Meffeigneurs, les Eftats Generaux des Provinces Uni- es au Roy Tres- chretien. I. THE faid Ambaffa- dor, after a Com- plemental Introduction, fhali fignifie to the faid King, and his Minifters, that the faid Eftates, having underftood the Conditions which his Majefty was pleafed to confentuhto with Spain, had done all on their part, toeffe£t the Peace to his Majefty's fatisfa- ftion, as well by their good Offices, employed with the Spaniard* as alfo I. LE dit Ambaffadeur, apres me introducti- on compliment aire j infor- mer a le dit Roy, & fes Afinifires de ce que les dits Eftats, apres avoir fceu a quelles conditions fa Afajefte vent terminer la guerre avec /'Efpagne, ont fait dc leur cote pour effe&uer la Paix augre de fa Afajefte tant par des bons offices, employes aupres 'des Efpagnols, pour les porter accepter les dit $ conditions, que pa* by io6 Tk Earl of 'Arlington'/ Letters by their inftances to o- ther Princes, to oblige them to joyn in the fame defign with them. II. And above ail, he (hall make him perfectly fen- fible, that by the good fuccefs, which their Soli- citations have had with the King of Great Bri- tain, and by the Treaty concluded betwixt His Majefty and their High and Mightiness, all is founded upon fuch a bot- tom that his mod Chri- ftian Majefty cannot fail of a Peace upon the faid Conditions $ if he does but agree to what hath been concluded in the faid Treaty, and go along with His Majefty of Great Britain, and their High and Mightineifes in directing the Negotia- tion of Peace upon a foot agreeable to hislnclina- tion,and for the common repofe of Chiiftendom. des inftances, faites aux autres Princes, pour lei /aire confpirer an merae dejjein avec elies. II. Et fera fur tout bieri comprendre, que par le bon [ucces, que leurs Sol- licit ations ont eu aupres du Roy de la Grande Britagne, & par les Traites conclm entre cette Majefte, & leurs Hautes PuiJJances, le tout eft pre- fentement aux termes, que la Paix aux dites condi- tions ne peut pat manquer a fa Majefte Tres cbre- tienne, ft elle veut Men aggr'eer le convenu aux des Traites, & convenir a- vec fa Majefte de It Grande Bretagne, & a- vec leurs Hautes Puif fames diriger la negotia- tion de la Paix, fur ce pied la, pour fa propre fatisfaclion, & pour le repos commun de la Chre- tiente. III. And to Sir William Temple,E^r.&>s Ba$ the 2o8 The Earl 0/ Arlington'/ Letters the Spaniards, in the Low Countreys, till the Peace be obtained, in the manner aforefaid. V. jufques a fe, que la Paix [era obtenu de la manure fufdite. V, And the faid Ambaf- fador may farther pro- mife that, if their High and Mightiness do not put the fame in Execu- tion, his moft Chriftian Majefty, upon that Sup- pofition, (hall be no lon- ger reftrained from inva- ding the Low Coun- treys 5 but may fall upon them according to difcre- tion. VI. He may, in like man- ner, promife that, incon- tinently after they have come to an agreement with his moft Chriftian Majefty, their High and Mightineffes will not fuf- fer any Troops to march thro their Dominions, to affift the Spaniard in the Low Countreys. Et pourra le ditAmbaf- fadeur accorder que ft leurs Haute s Pniffances n ex- ecuted pas ce qui vie at d'etre dit, quen ce cos la fa MajefteTres chretienne ne [era plus tenue de ne fair e point entrer fes ar- mies an Pais Bas, mais quelle y pourra faire la guerre comme bon luyfem- blera. VI. ll pourra auffy accor- der , que leurs Hautes Puijfances, incontinent a- pres qui Is feront conve- ne avec fa Majefte Tres chretienne fur cette ma- tiere, ne donneront point de paffage, par leurs ter- res, aux troupes, qui pourront marcher, au fe- cows des Efpagnols, an Pais Bos, VII. The to Sir William temple ^ak^c. io 9 VII. The faid Ambaflador fliall entertain, thro the whole Negotiation, an entire Confidence with the King of Great Bri- tain s Minifter there, at the Court of France ; and (hall manage all in a com- mon concertos, well with that King, as with their High and Mightinefles, VIII. He fliall alio invite the Minifters of other Prin- ces, at that Court, whofe Matters are interefled in this great Aftair, to fe- cond the good Intenti- ons of this Eftate. IX. But, for as much as the whole ftrefs lies upon the faid Treaties with His Majefty of Great Bri- tain, he (hall not, in any cafe, begin the faid Con- cert with his molt Chri- ftian Majefty, before they be ratified. VII. Le dit Ambaffadeur ufera d' une confidence en- tiere, en toute cette wgo* tiation, avec le Miniftre> qui fe trouvera, de la part du Roy deJa Grande Bri- tagne,* la Conr de France, & dirigera le tout a uti commnn concert, tant avec cette Majefle, que avec Iters Hautes luiJJ'ances. VIII. . 11 invitera auffy les Mi~ viftres des autre s Princes a la dite Cour, dont les Maltres out intcreft dans ce grand affaire, a fee on- der les bonnes intentions de cet Eft at. IX. Alaisy d' ant ant que tout fe repofe fur les dits Trai- tes avec fa Majefte de la Grande Britagne, il ?; achevera pas le dit con- cert, avec fa Afajefte Tres chrhienne,qiiils ne foyent auparavant rati- pes. SIR. 2io The Earl of Arlington' s Letters wbitebal, February 14. 58. SIR, I Have received yours of the ijth. with aninclo- fed account of the Tranfaftions between the Marquis C aft el Rodrigo, and the Deputies of Hol- land, by which it does not yet appear that the Mar- quis- is prepared enough to the acceptance of that Alternative which the French fhall chufe. It is probable he will fufpend his final Declaration till it is abfolutely neceifary, or that he may hope a Sue- ceffcr may come to have the Honour of it 5 which I dare fay, as to that circumftance, he will willing- ly part with. When you are with him, you muft remember to prepare him not to find it ftrange, if, in our. Project at Parts, the Terms are made reci- procal, when we threaten alike that King, that J hall refufe the Peace. For tho, as ytiu well re- member, the Term in our Treaty with Holland is a little loftned towards Spain ; yet in Monfkur Van Beuningen\ Inftruftions, Art. 4. you fee that, in cafe the Spaniards refufe the Peace, he is to pro- mife the States will enter into Flanders with a fuffi- cient Army, and force it. And you -may remem- ber Jikewife we told you both the Spdni(b AmbarTa- dor, and the Baron de Ijola, have in their Difcourfe always fwallowed this Foundation: I mention this particular the more at large to you, becaufe I find the Dutch Ambaffadqrs are full of Apprehenfion that the Marquis may be too refty on his part -, and have therefore taken a great deal of pains to pef- fvvade the Baron de Jfola to go over into Flanders y fuppofing you Two together will be able to do more 1 with his Excellency than all the reft of his Council. There to Sir William Temple,B^r.& , ir. 2 1 r There is another point troubles them much 5 they have asked me whether there be nojneans of agree- ing the Marquis with Monfieur de Martyn 9 the Prince^ Ltgny\ and the other great Men of thofe Countries.; We have Letters from my Lord Sandwich at 'Lis- bon of the S of Jan. which tell us the Cortes had fworn Fealty to Don Pedro: That he had had one Audience with him : That he had propofed the giving the Marquis del Car/no his liberty, and hoped to have it 3 in a word, That the Nobility and People fhewed fuch an inclination to the Peace, that he was almoft confident it would be made: That Monfieur de St.Romain travers'd him all he could, with the afliitance of the Trench Party, and, among!: other things, allcdged his Credentials and Powers, being elder than their Treaty with 'France, were not of effedl: For which reafon we are difpatching away a Veflel with fome of a frether date. His^Mcmo'- rial was directed to the King, as in the Queen Re- gents time^ and the Infanta ltood on the right hand of the Canopy, but not under it: There are other particulars in my Letter, which (hall be tranferibed for you this Night, if I can get it out of the Queens hands. The Parliament, inftead of falling upon the King's Succour, have unhappily led themfelves into the Report of the Committee, appointed before Chrift- mas, to report the mifcarriages of the late War. At the Conclufion of which we are to hope they will be in a better humour to affift His Majefty upon a League they feem to lite fo much. Ionise* P z P.S, 212 J'he Earl of Arli ngton\r Letters P. S. The Srvedijh* Ambaffador had his firft Audience this Day, and feems very ready ( profeffing he hath Powers to that effeft ) to come into our League with Holland. The Swedilh Ambajfadors Offer to come as Principal into the Treaty. WHereas the King of Great Britain, and the States of the United Provinces ■, of the Low- Count reys, have much defired to draw the King of Sivedeland, as Principal with them, into the League, which was this Day concluded and Signed by their Deputies and Plenipotentiaries, for the furthering a fpeedy and fafe Peace between the two Neighbour Kings •, as alfo that, by the affiftance of the Divine Grace, a general quiet may be fetled in Chriftendom: And whereas the King of Swede- land, himfelf hath, from the beginning of thefe Commotions, which are fprung up between the two mentioned Kings, expreffed both to the King of Great Britain, and to the States of the Vnited Netherlands, his good and fincere Purpofe andDe- ►firetq affociate and joyn with them in this bufineis aforefaid, in regard of the moft ftrift Friendship, and thefe Ties, by which he acknowledged him- felf bound in the fame InrJteft with them, and by this Intervention, and by all other convenient and honourable Ways to labour to fettle Peace between both to Sir William TempIe ; JW.&rV. 2 r 3 both Kings, and that he hath not hitherto been hindred, by any difficulty, from declaring his mind upon the whole bufinefs, but only that he expecled, Jbme. certain Information, what Councel and Re- folution the King of Great Britain and the States of the Vnited Provinces would take upon this Mat- ter, and how far Affirmances, and Things of that Na- ture might be advanced, wherein the faid King of Swede/and expe&ed to receive fatisfadion., that he might go on with the King of Great Britain and the States of the Vnited Provinces m ail even and equal Pace ; therefore it hath, been thought fit for the Publick Good, that this Initrument^ be- tween the Minifters, Deputies, and Plenipotenti- aries of the faid Kings ok'Great Britain and Swede- land, and the faid States of the Vnited Provinces, mould be committed to Writing-, by which on one fide, the King of Swedeland might be obliged, provided he receive the aforefaid fatisfaftion, to en- ter into the forementioned League, and to engage equally in the fame undertaking, and to proceed in the like manner, as the faid King of Great Britain., and the faid States think tit to do, for the promoting of fo pious a Work ; And on the other tide the laid King of Swedeland might be thus informed that there is full room left for him to enter, as a Principal Party, into this League. As by theft prefents efpe- cially he is friendly defired to do, by the King of Great Britain, and the States of the Vnited Pro- vinces, who, will with all willingnefs, ufe their en- deavours with the Emperour, and King of Spain f for the fpeedieft compofure, and juft determining of fome differences, which the faid King of Swedela>:J may have with them : But as to the atiirlance, which £he (aid King defires, the States General of the P 3 Vnited z 1 4 'the Earl of Arlington' s Letters United Provinces will not omit to give fuch necefla- ry Orders to their Ambaifadors, in the Britifh Court, that fuch Counsels may be taken for the right fetling of things, requifite and necefiary; be- tween them, and thofe Commiffioners, whom the faid King o£ Great Britain (hall appoint for that Affair, and the AmbaiTador Extraordinary from the King of Sweden, who is*now going th.ther from the Netherlands, that the faid League may, in little time, take the Form and Subftance of a Triple Agree- ment, and our endeavours (hall be every where, mod diligently employed, to draw into it all fuch Friends and Confederates as dcfire to be admitted thereinto. to Sir William TempIe,.Rzr.&V. 2 1 j A Project, whereby the Forma qua Rex Sue* King ef Swedeland wVwjadfcifci debe- fhuld be received in- to the Treaty be- tween the Engliih and Dutch. at in Confcxderati- onem inter Regem Anglue & Grdines Uniti Belgii habi tarn. THe moft Serene and Potent Prince and Lord, Lord Charles, by the Grace ot God, of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals King and Prince Hereditary, &c. So foon as the report of thofe freih Commotions,which have hapned in the Spa- nijh Netherlands ^between the Two Neighbouring Kings, reached his Ma- Jetty's Ears (conceiving doubtful Imaginations thereupon , left thefe might be the forerunners of greater Evils,and that the Flame might extend it felf further, whereby the Chriftiaa World SEreniffimm at que Po- tent iffimut Princeps ac Bominm, Domlnm Ca- rol us Dei Gratia Sueco- rum, Gothorum, Wan- dalorumque Rex ac Prin- ceps HiZrcdirarim, &x. Ex quo ad Regiam fitam Ma] eft at em fama perve- nit de novis quibufdam rnor tibm, qui in Belgio Hi- fpanico duos inter vicinos Reges coorti funt, follici- tudinem concipiens maxi- mam, ne forte majorum ma lor urn ijlhuec efjent in- itia, ac latin* di jf under e- tur hoc incendium, ex cu- jm occaftone toti Chrijiiu- iw Orbi gravijfimi immi- nerent incommoda at que P 4 might 216 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters might be expofed to infi- •nite inconveniences and dangers ) he did not on- ly behold with Pleafure the reft of the Kings and Etiates of Europe ( but more efpecially the King of Great Britain and the United Provinces ) con- cerned and careful that lb dangerous a War might, by mature and Wife Counfels, be timely ftopt and concluded 5 but, defirous to contri- bute his own Care and Pains to fo neceilary and wbolfom a Work, mod kindly gave Instructions to his Ambaflador Ex- traordinary, the Illuftri- ous and Excellent Lord Count de Dhona Field- Mannai,eK\ After the conclusion of the Peace at Breda, and the dif- patch of other Negotia- tions at the Hague, to continue there, that, if Propofals mould be .red, or Treaty entred upon, in order to re-fettle a Peace, between the I vo Kings engaged in the War aforcfaid, he difcrimina\ non modolu* benter percepit, aim Eu- rope s Regibm at que Star xibm % prjefertirn vero Se- renijjimo Magnae Britan- nia Regi at que Celfis ac Prdepotentibm J)ominis Ordinibm Vniti Belgii id curde cordique ejfe, ut bel- lum tarn periculofum ma- ture at que providis confi- Iw in tempore fifti ac fo* piri pdffet, fed & ipfamet tarn neceffario tamque fa- int ari operi promovendo operam fuam denegare nolens. Legato fuo Ex- traordinario JllufiriJJima at que Excellentiffimo Do- mino Cometi de Dhona, Campi MarefcbaHo, &c. Cum pofi Pacem Bredae confeBam, aliaque negotia cum Domini* Ordinibm Generalibm pertra&ata, Hagae-Comitum adhuc perfiftcret, clementijjime in manjatis dedit, ut fi forte de Pace inter belliger an- tes Rezes fupra mernora- tes. redintegranda, deli- berate fufciperetur, vel traUatm iniretur, & ipfe ■in id incumber et, operam* que fuam- omni rnehori might to Sir William Temple,2fcr.&V. 2 1 7 might ufe his utmoft en- modo ad idem opus confer- deavours and intereft to ret 5 utique cum Junwe promote the fame. For his Majefty abovcfaid-is more intent upon, and inclined unto the follici- tirrg of that Affair, both becaufe the Offices of his Mediation have been Friendly required as well as readily received by the moft Chriftian King of France: as alfo that fo ftrift an Alliance hath formerly been and con- tinued between his Sive- di(l) Majefty, and the Kiifg of Great Britain, together with the High and Mighty Eftates of the Vnited , irovincts$NX he is bound in as ftrong a Friendfhip, and a defen- five League with both of them, as the forefaid King of Great Britain and the Sates General are with one another : where- fore in consideration of the mutual an< uv- eal Alliance, which hath been formerly between both thofe Kings and the States of the Vnited Pro- vinces, his Royal Majefty memorata Regia Majeftas ad ejufmodi negotii cur am tanto proclivior, tantoque prope?iftor redditafit, quod ejm interpofitionk officia a Chriftianiffimo Galliarum Rege & amice requifita y & prompt c grateque re- cepta fint ; nee non jam antea Sacra Regis Ma- je/tati Suecia, cum Se- rcniffimo Magna Britan- nia Rege, Celfifque ac Pro* potent ibm Dominis Or* dinibm Gcneralibm Uniti Belgii necejfitudo inter ce- dat adeo arcla, ut cum iidem non minus utrinque firmijjimje amicitjs at que defenfivi fddens continea- tur nexu, quota inter je fimmc dittos Magna Bri- tannia Rex, ac Domini Or dines Generates devin- tti funt -, unde oh Confoz- derationum priorum for- tern adeo mutuant, & rer ciprocc bine iiuie inter am- bos hofce Regei & Statum llniti Belgii correfpon- der.tem, in earunderti fa- cietatem etiatn in hoc ne- gotio femet ut partem of 2 r 8 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters of Swedeland can fee no reaforv why, upon their Invitation heihould refufe to aflbciate with them as a Principal in this Af- fair. Wherefore feeing that juft when the forefaid Swedijh Legate Extraor- dinary was going to de- part from the Hague, and to pafs over into England, a Minifter from the King of Great Britain came altogether unexpectedly thither, and concluded with the States General concerning the Affair in hand upon the \\. of Ja- nuary, this prefent Year, the Legate Extraordi- nary of Sxvedeland could not fubfcribe to the faid Treaty, by reafon of the narrownefsofTime, and alfo becaufe it was but proper, in a matter of fo great a Confequence, to be perfectly informed of the King of Great Bri- tains intent and mean- ing. However, in the mean while, it is provi- ded and eftablimed, by a .particular and authen- Principalem adfcifci, Sa- cra Regia Majeftat Sue- ciae ab iifdem ad hoc in- vit&ta ac rogata cur re- nueret non invenit. £>uapropter, cum fub ipfiim d'ifcejjum fupraditti Domini. Legati Extra- ordinarii Suev\c\,eopror- fm tempore, quo Haga ab- iturm, iter que fuumverfus Angliam ingreffurm erat, plane ex improvifo accide- nt, ut Serenifimi Regis Magnae Britannia? Mi- nifter eo advenerit, ac cum Dominis Ordinibm Generalibm de negotio in- digitato die \\. Jan. anni volventis tranfegerit 5 ipfi quidem traEtatui, ob ni- mia* temporis anguftias, & quia de tanti moment i negotio Sereniftimi Magnae Britanniae Regis mentem ac intentionem probe prim cognofcere atque percipere von immerito cupiebat, Le- gatm Sueciae Extraordi- narim fubfcribere ftatim non potuit ; atiu tamen peculiari at que authentic o^ inter e a provifum ac confli- tutmneft, ut Sacra Regia tick to Sir William Temple, JS^y &c. 119 -tick Aft, that his Swedifb Majefty mould embrace the intended League, and become a Principal Party in it,and that the League already mentioned,!hould receive the Subftance and Form of a Triple Com- pact, fo.foon as the Mi- miters of both Kings and the States General in England had concluded upon all that was requiiite and neceifary to be done w hereby «Sh\ 'del and might go on femblably and e- qually with England and the Vnited Provinces in this Negotiation accord- ing to the import of the Aft peculiarly (ign'd : which, after the arrival of the Legate Extraor- Majefias Sueciae defigna- turn fee dm , parte [que in eo principaks ample tier etur, atqueut foe dm jam di&nm confequererur jubftantia W at que form am patu tri- pliciter convent'^ quoin- primum per Regis utrMfift Miniftrus ac Ehmmphity Ordinum Generatium Lc- gatos in Anglia. degt convefitum, Uiiffet de omni- bus its requifipis ac necef- fariis, qux tjic e itfknt, ut Suecia, pari & ccoiu- to, cum Anglia, at que V nito Belgio, pajfu, fc- c.jidnm acli iflim p^uli- ariter conjignati tenor em, in hoc opere procedere pof- fit : De quibm c:im, poll adventum Domini Legati Extraor dinar ii Succiay dinary of Swedeland, in- poieftate ac mandaxis fuf- ftrufted with fufficient fcentibm ad id injirutJi, Power for that end, be- ing now treated and a- greed upon here, the League, concluded the Day and Year abovefaid, is not only approved and contirm'd after the beft manner, by bis Swedifb Majefty, and all and lin- gular the Articles there- nunc hie atlum conven- tiimque fit, non modo a parte SacrAn. i&j&con- cluded at Ofnabrugh and Muvfter, which Treaty is always to be accounted as the Foundation upon which thofe things re- lating to the Benefit and Safety of the Confede- rates in general ought to be built. Ante omnia vero propo- natur hie cuilbet Feed era- tor urn tanquam Bafis con- Jervatio Pads Weftphali- cae, An. 1648. Ofnabrug- gis & Monafterii conclude qii£ pacifcatio ubique in- ftar fundamenti babenda I eft, eorum qua in ufum & faint em communium Con- feeder ator urn defuper neque confine be difcovered, they (hall impart it tp eaqh other, and as far as it lies within their Power, (hall pre- vent and oppofe them, neither fliall they be con- ferring that any thing be aded, or agitated to the difadvantage of any of the Confederates 5 but if any fuch matter come to their knowledge, tlfey- ihall ftraightway dif- ticn$> nt hicommodo ali^ cujrn^ Conjk derati quid-: pium ag4tnr aut traSk^ tur 1 quin.fi tale- quid itii telkSi^ri-fmrky. mox in- dkabunty viribufque . om- nibus avertent. cover 224 The Earl of Arlington V Letters cover it, and oppofe it with all their might. VI. But this is particular- ly concluded and provi- ded amongft the Confe- derates, that whereas a grievous War is begun, for the Belgick Provinces, between the Two Neigh- bouring Kings, as is a- bovefaid,which may draw in the adjoyning People, and ealily reach and in- volve the Eftates and concerns of the Confede- rates, they (hall embrace each other with a mutual Love and ArTeftion, and provide by mature Coun- fels, that fo great an ill, as may obliquely ftrike the Eftate of Europe, may be prefently, and as it were, cropt in the very Bud. VI. PotiJJimum hoc inter Foederatosftatutum &cau- tum e(l, ut quandoquidem de Provinciis Belgicis in- ter duos, utifupra dittum eft, finitimos Reges grave helium exortum fit, quod ad vicinos trahi, Coiifue- deratorumque flatus & emolumtnta facile corri- pere & implicare queat y Feeder ati fefe invicem mu- tuo amore & affeclu com- pleftantur, matur/fque con- filiis provideant, ut tan- turn malum, quodYMXoyz ftatum in tranfverfum a- gere poffit, quant ocy us & velut in herba fittatur & fopiatur* SIR, te Sir William Teinp!e,j&zr &c 225- ptfjitehal, Febr. 17. 68. SIR, MY lad was directed, as this, to BruJJels: where, at our, and the Dutch Ambaflador's Recom- mendation, you are like to fee the Baron D' Ifota quickly, We believing he will be of great life to the determining the Marquis his Refolutions •, wjiich they fear much, and enlarge their Apprehenlions upon the quarrels that are betwixt him and the Count de Martin, and all the Flemijh Principal No- bility, and have feverai times asked me whether His Majefty might not interpofe to the reconciling them. I lliallmind His Majefty, at lead, of taking an occafion to lament them, and the mifchiefs they will certainly occafion at the Baron's going from hence. Since my laftthe Count de D'hona hath given in a Proje£ty and declared his fufficicnt Power to enter into our Treaty with Holland for the making the Peace. Communicating which to the Holland Am- bafladors, and deiiring their meeting with His Ma- jetty's Commiilioners to treat- thereupon, I was furprifed with their faying they had not Power, or Inftru&ions to do it -/but they faid they would im- mediately fend for both. The only difficult point in the Projcft is, requiring us, together with the States, to allure a blank Sum to them to be paid at the beginning of every Three Months for the en- tertainment of their Army for the future. And be- caufc, as the Ambaflador fays, they kept it on foot, firftat His Majefty 's recommendation, and fince,at the recommendation of the States, that they qpay Q receive 2 2 6 The Earl of Arlington'* Letters receive from Us both fome Com pen fat ion. When we come to debate the point, we lhall take for gran- ted, as a Member of the League, they will do ibme- thing themfelves-, next, that Spain will do ibme- thing. And, when thefe two Points are allured, we fuppofe the reft of the Burthen, being laid upon us, and the States, it will not be infupportable, with this refervation, on our parts, that Spain will en- able us to difcharge what (hall fall to our (hare. I tell you this matter, thus particularly, that you may mention it to his Excellency when you come to talk of Money matters. The Houie of Commons are yet in their enquiry after mifcarriages *, I leave it to your other Corre- ipondents to tell you what Votes they have parTed therein, But cannot forbear letting you know that Mr. Marvel hath (truck hard at me, upon the Point of Intelligence, tho hitherto unfuccelsfully, as to the doing of me any harm thereby. This Day he hath given me caufe to forgive him, by being the firftMan that, in trje midft of this enquiry, moved the taking into Confideration the matter of His Majefty's Speech, which begat the refolution of doing it on Wednesday Morning, / am, &c. . wbhthaly Febr.21. 68. SIR, I Have received no Letters from your felf fince that of the 17?/;. S. N. but by the hands of the Dutch Ambafladors, I had a Copy of that you wrote to Moniieur de Witt of the 24th. after your firft to Sir William Temple ,Bar.&c. 2 2 7 firft difcourfe with the Marquis Cafiet Rodrigo at Antwerp, as likewifea Copy of Mon- heu r * de mtt's a n fwer to y ou . And * Fid. Sir W. as His Majefty applauded much the Temple's ground you had gotten of the Mar- Letters, I'd. quis, beyond what the Deputies of 1. p. 460. Holland could do with him 5 fo he ap- proved as much Monfieur de fvitt's directions to you, and hath commanded me to fignirle his Pleafure that you follow them punctually, ?.s if you had them immediately from hence, lince they are fo con- formable to his own mind, and to the end he deiires, that is to fay, the making of the Peace, which we have more reafon to fear the Spaniards will not be fo ealie in, iince the making that of Portugal. The News of which was brought us on Tkefday la ft, with the Articles to be ratified, and fent to both Crowns, you will find the fubitance of them in the enclofed Gazette. We hear nothing from Sir John Trevor fince his landing at Calais. I hope you take all opportuni- ties of writing to him, and directing him in his Negotiation, according as you fee the fubitance of it play from Holland and Flanders. It is not to be told what mjfehief the Privateers of Oftend do to our Merchants. You muft make (harp Expoftulations upon it to the Marquis, and let him underftand all the Good Will we have for Spain will not make us able to digeft thefe Wrongs, and that he cannot do a more acceptable thing to this Nation than (hewing them, by fome Overt and Effective Aft, that thefe Pyracies are not counte- nanced by his Authority. 1 am, &€• Q a TO 228 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters TO A Monfieur de Witt. Monfieur de Witt. Antwerp, ¥eb.24.S.N.68. Anvers, 24.Fev. 6S. S 1R, Monfieur, AT my arrival here \ Mon arrive icy bier laft Night, I found JlX aufoir,fay trouve, by good luck, the Mar- far ton bear, Monfieur k quis Cadet Rodrigo in Marquis de Cartel Rodri- Town, and at the firft go en cette vilie : & a la Audience, which I had primier Audience, que fay this Morning, I left him en ce matin, je Yay laiffe in this Refolution, at en cette refolution fur les prefent, of the Publick affairs communs, a prejent Affairs now lying before fur le tapis. us. That the firft time, Que la primier fois, que that the Deputies of the Meffmirs, les Deputes des States and I fhould joynt- Eft at s, & moy conjointe- ly give him Reafons, on merit, lay ferons les in- the part of our Matters,, fiances, de la part de nos to give a more clear and Mahres, pour tirer m more pofkive Anfwer to reponfe pint claire & pint the Propofitions already pofitivefur les Propofitions made by the faid Depu- deja faites par les dits ties, at their arrival here, Deputes a leur arrive icy, his Excellency will tell fon Excellence nom dira us, That, as to that qui pour ce, qui eft de la which to Sir William Temple ,BaY.&c. 229 which relates to the Truce, he accepts of it till the end of the Month of May, and in the mean tirpe, alio he accepts it to the end of the Month of March, to give room for an immediate ceflati- on of Arms on both iides. That, in the fecond place, he will appoint a Perfon to go to Aix, to treat with the Minifter ofhismoft ChriftianMa- jefty,in Quality ,and with Powers requifite on that occafion. That for the third Point, of the Alterna- tive, he has already fent into Spain for more ab- folute Powers to con fent thereunto, and does not in the leaft doubt of re- ceiving them, even be- fore the Treaty (hall be fet on foot, to ftand in need of them. In the mean time he hopes that the King my Matter, and the States General' will imploy their' utmoft en- deavours with his moft Chriftian Majefty to dif- pofe him, on his part, Trefue, elle accept e jiuques a la fin du mots de May, & par advance V accept e aujfy, a la fin du Mars, pourdonner lieu a tine im- mediate fnfpenfion d'armes de deux cotes. £)uen fecond lien il no- mera line perfbnne pour al- ter a Aix, & tr alter avec le Miniftre de fa Alajeftc tres chretienne, en ta qualite, & avec les pou- voirs requis dans cette oc- cafion. £>ue f pour le troifume point de V Alternative, il a deja depecbe en E- fpagne pour avoir les ab- JoIm pouvoirs d'y confeu- tir y & ne d'Mte ancum:- ment de les recevoir, de- vant me me que le Traite pour a etre en train, de le requirer, & en attendant iVefpere que le Roy mon Maitres & les Eft at s Gcr neraux employ eront leurs offices anpres du Roy tres Chretien pour le difpofer, de fori cote\ d 'accepter la trcfuc, jufques a la fin du moy de May, aiiffy bien Q 3 *<> tions fuivantes, auffy bien que de fe contenter de la dit Alternative felon le Projett de la Paix, fait ehtre le Roy de la Grande Bretagne monMakre &' les Eft at s. 2 36 the Earl of Arlington' j Letters to accept of the Truce; qu\t celle de Mars, pour to the endofyktajy, &|f- donner lieu aux Negotia- te* to that of March, to facilitate the following Negotiations, and to be contented with the fa id Alternative, according to the Project of Peace made between the King of Great Britain^ Matter, and the States. And, as to the reft, that his Excellency will omit nothing, 00 his fide, to let the World fee,that Spain is not behind hand either with England, or Holland in the fmcere de- fires,, which they have teftified for the Peace and repofe of Chriftendorn. Being allured of this Anfwer from his Excel- lency, I writ to day, to Mmnes&o defire the De- puties of the States, to taLe a turn hither, as Et,au refte,que fon Ex- cellence nobmettra rien y de fon cote, pour fair vbir an monde que V Ejpagne ne cede pas, rjy a P Angle- terre, ny a /' Hollar.de, dans les defires finceres 7 qui Is font temoignes de la aix,& repos de la Cbrc- tiente. Eft ant 'ajfure de cette reponfe de la part de fon Excellence, fay ecrit au- jonrdtiy 7 a Malines pour prier Mefftekrs les Ikpu- tisde fairt iMtht ic'yle loon as'pouibly they .can, plktov ■quii-kur fera fdfl that we may jointly de- fible, a'^qjie riowdemak- ma ud an Audience,w hich dions covfoyntement i ^M- 1 hope by their diligence dience, ■& f-'efpere de hur we may have to morrow, diligence que nompourr+oiis After which we will com- V avoir dtmain. Apres municate the Anfwer, as Id quelle, nom donner -ons well to the Minifters of pan tie la reponfe' aux the to Sir William Temple,Bar.&c. 231 the King my Matter, as thofe of the States at P&- ris, that thereupon they may employ themfelves to bring his mod Chri- ftian Majefty to confent to an immediate deflation of Arms, as the firft and mod neceflary foundation' of all the reft. In the mean while ha- MiniftrtSy tant du Roy, mon Mahre, que de Mef- fteurs les E flats a Paris, a fin quils fe promijfent employer la deffm a faire confentir le Roy Tres Chre- tien a une immediate fu- fpenfion d'armes^commc le primier & necefiaire fon- dement de tout le re fie. En attendant, ayant ving preft the Marquis prejfc Adov.fieur le Afar* franckly to accept with- quit d* accepter franche- outany further hefitati- on the Alternative as well as the Truce. He told me en confidence that it will be impof- iible as yet to confent thereto, without perfwa- ding France to take an equivalent for Toumay y Courtray, Oudenarde, and the other fmall places which advance them- felves fo far into the heart of the Countrey, that they even block up the Gates of Brujftls. That he always depend- ing upon the Good Offi- ces that we (hall employ in this bulinefs, He is refolved to accept the Al- ternative, as foon as he menty fans ' plus balancer, VAlMf native, mfjy him que la trefue, il in adit, en confidence, qtfencorc qui I fera quafi impoffible d\y confentir fans perfua- der a la France dtpren- dre /' equivalent pour Tour nay, Courtray, O :- denarde, & les autre s pt- tiies places, qui s'avancent dans le coeur dupais, & ferrent les portes memes de Bruxels. jgue fefiant torn jours[anx Offices, qui nom employ erons a cet re- gard, il efi refolu d* ac- cepter V Alternative tout auffy tot qui I pourra etre ajfure de quelle fa con & jmquils a quel point il fera gffifle par le Roy mon Q 4 can 232 the Earl of Arlington'^ Letters can be atfiired in what manner, and how far he {hall be affifted by the King my Mafterand the States, in cafe that France is obftinate, neither to accept the Truce, nor be contented with the Al- ternative, that his Ex- cellency may fee that, as we defire the Peace, by a common concert, fo we will be ready, with the fame concert, to Main the War in cafe that the ambition and obftinate- nefs of Trance makes it inevitable. To this end his Excel- lency delires very much to have a Conference with you and me toge- ther, in cafe that under pretence to fee your E- aupres de vow trou- ftate near you may veres apropos de vomren- take an occafion to come to the Frontiers : or if that cannot be dove, he delires that you will fend ;; Ferfon of your intire Confidence, and, with him, Infrrucnons from the Commiffioners of Se- cret Affairs, that we may concert the Means and Mahre> & MeJJieurs les EftatSy en cat que la France Popiniatre ny d* accepter la Treffe, ny de fe contentir de V Alterna- tive meme y 4 fin que [on Excellence promise voir que, comme nom defirons la Paix par un commun concert, nom ferons pret avec k metne concert auffy de fokenir la guere, en cos que f ambition & Vopi- niatrete de la France nom eu rende inevitable. A cette fin [on Excel- lence defire fort de Vabou- cher avec vom & moy en- femble, en cas que, fom pretexte de voir vos biens dre fur la frontier e : on ft celamfe pent pat f aire, il defire que vom luy envoy- iez une perfonne de votre cntkre confiance, & avec les infir unions de la fart de MeJJieurs les Commif- J aires des affairs jecretes, a fin que nom pujjions concerter les moyens, & les Propor- to Sir William Temple,2Lw.&V. 233 Proportions to be ob- ferved by all three for the maintaining the War, in cafe of an abfolute re- fufal, or familiar amufe- ments of France , in this occafion. And, before this can be concerted between us, his Excel- lency will frankly declare for the Alternative, that is to fay (to ratifte it) in the mean while that we may take care to have Powers from our Ma- tters to conclude, that which has been a (lop to us together by a previ- ous concert. Of all this his Excel- lency defired me to in- form you this Evening, by this Exprefs, which will wait for your An- fwer. And I defire you to fend to the States Am- bafladors in England a Copy of this Letter by the Packet, which goes on Saturday to Harwich y to give it my Lord Ar- lington, becaufe I don't think the Newport Pac- ket (0 iecure as yours. proportions a etre obfer- vies de tout trots pour la foktiene de la guere, en cas d y un refits abfoln oh de amusements accoutumcs de la France, en cette oc- cafion & par apresy que eel a [era concert e en- tre nous,, fon Excellence declarer a franc hement fur r Alternative ( ceft a dire ad rati fie andum ) en at- tendant que nom tactions defaire venir lespouvoirs, de la parte de nos Mal- tres, pour conclure ce que now aurons arret e 'enfemble pour un concert provifio* 7ieL De tout eel a fon Ex- cellence rn a prie de vows donner part, ce foir, me- mepar cct exprc's, qui at- tendra votre reponfe, & je vous prie defaire tenir aux Ambaffadeurs des Eft at s, en Angleterre, nne copie de cette Lettre par lepacquet, qui part le Samedy vers Harwich, pour la donner a my Lord Arlington, puifque les P acquets de Newport ne me femblentpasfi ajfures que les votres. 234 Th e E ay l */ Arlington/ Letters I am fomewhat con- cern'd at the procee- dings of Don Efiavan de Gamarra, who has writ to the Marquis that I have Ihewn him the Third of our feparate Articles, and fays, at the fame time, .that, by the Second, we were a- greed not to force Spain to the Alternative, in cafe of a refufal on his fide. The Marquis will not have me refent it, not knowing whether it was done out of Ignorance or Malice,^ and therefore I (hall content my felf Co tell you ( in cafe he ihould have plaid me the fame trick by his difcourfe in the Hague) that he is much mifta- lien, and perhaps would take this revenge becaufe that I only read to him the Third Article with a defign, that he might not take notice what the Marquis faid to me 7 and that, as to the reft, I have neither told him Je fm un pen touch* par le procede de Don Eftavan de Gamarra, qui a ecrit au Marquis que je luy avois montre le troifieme 9 de nos Ar- ticles fepares, & dit tn meme temps que par les fecond nousetions accorde de ne forcer pat V Efpagne a V Alternative ', en cos derefus de fon cote. Le Marquis ne veut pas qm j,- m en refente, ne fachant pas j' /'/ aura fait ou par ignorance, on par malice, & pour cela je me ' contenteray de vous dire ( en cos qu'il m 3 aura joue le meme tour par ces difcours a la Haye ) qu il eft fort trom- pe, & peut etre a voulu avoir cette reveange de ce queje luy ay feulement leu le troifieme Article, en la fin, qu il n entend pas a ce que me t dit le Mar- quis, & qu 'au refte, je ?ie luy ay pas tout dit, mais aujfy je n ay rien- dit ny a luy, ny a per- any to Sir William Temple,IW .&c. 235 any thing at all, nor fonne que me fit veri- have I, in reality fpoke table. of it to any Body. I defire you ftill to continue me in the pof- feflion of that Friend- ship you have always ex- preffed to me, and be- lieve that I an\ as fm- cerely and heartily as any Body, Je vous fupplie de me maintenir tons jours dans la pojjejfion que vous trC avez donne de votre ami- tie & de croire que je juis auffy v entablement, & aut ant que per fonne* SIR, Monfieur, r our molt Affe&ionate Votre tres Humble & tres Humble Servant, Affe&ione Serviteur, W. Temple. W. Temple. SIR, 2 j 6 the Earl of Arlington's Letters tvhitehal, Febr. 28. 68. SIR, Since my laft to you of this day fevenight, I have received yours of Febr. the ijtb. and March the id. as likewife all your former, -with the fign- ed Articles of Commerce, by Xhzjldervin Yatchtj which Articles are ingroffing for His Majefty*s Ra- tification, and for Publick Satisfaction, are now in the Prefs to be Published, with the Defenfive, and the mediating Leagues 5 We direfting our feives herein by the example in Holland, and the curiofity in the Parliament to fee what is effectually done in our Negotiation, fo celebrated, and valued by us here at home. If there have been any Errors in Form, as you feem to fay there was in yours of March the id. it mud have been your omiffion, or the Deputies, with whom you treated, to fign both the Parts: but all this is fufficiently over- ruled by the Ratification, and our Printing on both fides. When I read to His Majefty your difcourfe with Monfieur de Witt about the Pavilion, he bid me fi- lence you for the future in that Point, becaufe, how- ever Monfieur de Witt may infill upon the contrary, that which hath been praftifed in all times mud be acknowledged to be. the Rule, till we can beperfwa- ded, or beaten out of ir. And the truth is, befides, His Majefty's jealoufie herein, the Punfrilio of the Nation is fo univerfal, that it cannot be held a fafe thing to difputeit, fothat in conclufion, if you be called upon hereafter again in this matter, you mult to Sir William Temple,2fcr.&'c 257 fay, you dare not meddle in it till you have ex- prefs directions to treat upon it. His Majefty was very glad to read in yours, of March the 2d. received the laft night, that you had gained the great Point of the Marquis agreeing to the Alternative, which was likewife confirmed in his Excellency's Letter to the Conde de Molina 5 fo that now we have ft in our hands to prefs the King of France to a Categorical Anfwer upon the Peace. I hope you have (ignified fo much to Sir John Trevor , to whom I likewife wrote it laft Night by the Ordi- nary Poft. Monfieur de Ruvigny, even before the News of this, confidently continued affirming to us, that his Mafter would make a Peace, notwithstanding that all tht French Letters are full of the contrary. And, the Truth is, the belief his Opinion gained, and another, That His Majefty had yet 500000/. in Bank of the Old Money, have contibuted much to the Houfe of Commons Voting His Majefty but 300000 /. towards this great Matter, in which he is engaged. Upon the knowledge t)f which 1 af- fure my felf, you will double your Inftances and Diligences, in prefling the Marquis Caftel Rodrigo, to furnifh His Majefty with fome prefent and effective Supply of Money, without which it will be impof- fible for him to Arm Himfelf fo, as to anfwer his Obligation to Holland, and the expectation, and real neceffity of the Spanijb Low Countreys. And how backward foever they were in Holland, before this Point gained of the Marquis to furnifh him with Moneys upon the Pawns, for fear that fhould render him more Averfe to a Treaty 3 yet now, when France hath anfwered positively to our Minifter for the Peace, I am willing to perfvvade my felf the Hollander 23S the Earl of Arlington 5 / Letters Hollander will make no further difficulty of furniftV ing the Marquis according to their promife. The knowledge of this Point gained hath like- wife-convinced His Majefty of the opinion., that the Baron de Ifola fliould be diverted from his Journey : he feems willing to it 5 but the Conde de Molina takes the contrary part, and yet defires us to think whether the Baron may not be neceffary, as to many other purpofes in Flanders. We have anfwered him that we look upon the Marquis as going off the Stage, and expert Bon Juan d'Auftria 'here in his way to Flanders. As to the fecurity of his Paflage, and the fatisfa&ion of feeing likewife how far His Majefty may be depended on, as to the fuc- cour of the Low "Countreys 3 and in this Specula- tion we fee no need of the Baron's going over 5 and in this opinion the Dutch Ambafladors joyn with us, who were the firft and moft earned promoters of his Journey. You (hall do well to advertife us betimes of the Neceffity, if there (hall appear to be any, of His Majefty's fending to Aix la Chapelte, and what kind of Character the Perfon going muft have. Which trouble, I fear, is like to fall upon .you, in that manner I have difcourfed to my Lady your Wife, wherein my Lord Keeper agrees with me. You may have heard by feme Letters how Mon- fieur de la Roche, commanding a French Squadron in the Chanel, went into Tor bay, took an Oft end Ship from the Key, and landed Armed Men to take away Goods belonging to it-, which, for their fecurity, that Ship had put on (hoar: and likewife that, coming after to the — , he had taken from the Ihoar Four Oftenders, and carried them Prifoners on board his Ship. His Majefty refenting much this Indignity to Sir William Temple^lW.rjrV. & 39 Indignity and Invafion of the Honour of his Port, commanded me to write to Sir John Trevor to de- mand Reparation, which I hope he hath done. In the mean rime News came to us laft Night, that Sir Thomas Allen, who was defign'd to go into the Streights, and is now by Order itayed in the Chanel, coming accidentally to the Sphhead near Portfmoiitb y found la Roche there, and, purfuant to his Orders, demanded the giving up to him the Oftend Veffel, with all the Goods, and Tackle belonging to it, all his Majeity's Subjects he had on Board him, to- gether with the Four Oftenders. All which, I fup- pofe by this time, are furrendred, and His Majefty doth with reafon Value himfelf to Moniieur de Ru- vigny for not having proceeded with more rigour herein towards Moniieur de la Roche, expecting that his Matter will punilli him for his Fault. The Spawfi Ambaflador hath fent off a Ketch or Two, to meet the Ships wherein he fuppofeth Bon Juan is, or the money 'd Men firm Spain, with afliirance that, if they demand Protection, and Con- voy of His Majeity's Ships, it ihall be granted them. Mlntehaly March 2. 68. SIR, IHaye received ycurs of the 6th. and the Two Papers given you by his Excellency'- the Mar- quis Cafiel Rodrigo, and a Copy of your Letter to Sir John Trevor, all which fhall be fent to him by this nights Poll from hence, for fear, as you o!> ferve 240 The Earl of Arlington V Letters ferve well, leaft the Original fhould have been di- verted. If the advice be not fuperflu- This out ous, I fhould give it That, for the fu- of Cypher. ture,you fhould fend the important Let- ters thither by ExprerTes,as if they were fent by Merchants to Paris. For I know no other fecure. way you have for them. And you can eafily imagin, that the lofs of a. Letter might bring a prejudice to the great Negotiation* My laft told you of the Reafons that had prevailed for the detaining the Baron D y Ifola here, which do {6 ftill, and will certainly, at leaft till we hear News of Don Juan de Aujiria y or that your Solicitations of the Marquis to furnifh His Majefty with Money mall prove unfuccefsful, which we hope they will not, fince, without it, it will be impoffible for His Majefty to go on with his Preparations. Let the Aid of the Parliament be great or fmall we muft reckon upon it conjing in very late, which I have faid to the Conde de Molina and Baron de Ifola to waken their Diligence and good Offices in this particular. Their Anfvver to me is, The Marquis hath not where- withal to fupply us till Don Juan's arrival, or the conclufion of the getting it upon the Marquis his Pawns to the Hollander, who will be unwilling to furnifh it, as their AmbalTador tells me, till France hath refufed the Peace, leaft the giving it fooner, fhould induce the Marquis to do fo too. Commu- nicating with the faid Ambaffadors the Two Pac- kets from the Marquis, concerning his yielding to the Sufpenlion of Arms and the Alternative, they raifed a Queftion to me, which I could not anfwer to more than by Quere {viz.) Which of the Al- ternatives the Marquis adheres to, and requiring me to prefs you, as they will do their Deputies, to a dear to Sir William Temp!e,JW.&rV 241 clear declaration thereof. It fell fo out that being together with the Conde de Molina and Baron de Ifola, we moved the fame queftion to them, and they eafily ^nfwered, That the Marquis mult needs mean the Alternative concerning France's detaining the Places they have conquered the laft Campaign, be- caufe the Equivalent is of three times the value,' and your Letter feems to underftand it fo, when you fay the Marquis muft be beholding to the Mediators for the obtaining the Exchange even of fonie of thofe Places. We concluded therefore, the Dutch Am- baffadors.and I, and I have His Majefty's appro- bation of it, that we would write to you and the Deputies to get a clear Declaration of the Alterna- tive from the Marquis, to be fent with all poffible fpeed to Sir John Trevor and. Monfieur Van gennin- gen at Vam, that the want of it may not furnifh France with a pretence of delay, fince the term of their firft Offer, which is the Foundation of the wj^ole Negotiation, is fo near expiring. We alfo obferv'd by your Letter of the 6th. That the Baron ^k fiergeyk was going to the Hague* The fame Perfon the Marquis names for his Plenipoten- tiary at Aix la Cb ape lie, and that it was fit yon toge- ther with the Deputies of the States mould mind the Marquis of calling him immediately back, or of fubftituting and fending immediately another in his place to Aix, with Powers to yield the Alter- native he fubmits to, in a Due and Authentick Form 5 leaftthe Plenipotentiaries of France arriving there, and not finding the Marquis, fhould take the pre- tence to return, and fo Shipwreck the whok Nego- tiation of the Peace. In conclufion, notwithftanding the continued Proteftations of Monfieur de Ruvigny, that his Mafter R will 242 ; the Earl of Arlington' s Letters * will unalterably make the Peace, we have much'ado to believe it, and therefore would be glad to know* of the Marquis what kind of Succour he would ex- pert of Us, and how apply ed ? Whether towards a Diverlion in France, or an immediate fupport of the Affairs in Flanders? With a Specification of the laid Succours towards the Coft, or what Materials he can furnhh towards the former. I have already asked the Conde de.Molinay and the Baron d'Jfola this.Qiieftion, and they have taken time to anfwer me in Writing : Tis not amifs to obferve to you, that Monfieur de Rnv'igny in his difcourfe doth infinuate, that the Marquis his Power is but pretended, that it isdifannurd mSpainby the Queen Regents per- liiting (till in a reiblution to have the Treaty of the peace made at Rome. I fend this Letter to £ruj[eh> hoping you are ftill there,' where the Contents of it muft operate moft. If you chance to be gone into Holland you muft en- deavour to obtain the effect of it by Letter, unltfi you think it litter to return for it, and in that cafe, prefs Monfieur de v/itt^ by your Letters,*o a fpeedy conclufion of furnifhing Moneys upon the Pawns of the Places. I am forry I cannot yet fend you any better News of the Parliaments having concluded upon what Fund to give His Majefty the expected Aid. lamj&z. SIR, to Sir William Temp'!e ; 2Jjr.^. 243 wbitehal, March 6. <58. SIR, I Have received none fromYou iince my long one by the lad Poft in Cypher,neither hath Sir John Tre- vor or the AmbalTadors here, furnilfced me with any new matter : We are hourly cxpefting what jftpnce will fay to the Marquis his accepting theAlternative, whether they will embrace the Proportion of treat- ing at Aix, or raife the fcruple we fuggefted to yon in my laft, againft which, 1 hope, you loft no time to provide. The Dutch AmbalTadors, and we ac- cording to our Informations do very much fufpeft the Peace will not be made, and therefore have dif- courfed provisionally of what ought to be done in order to the War, accordingly we have asked the Conde de Molina and Baron £ Jfola, what the Ne- ceffities of Flanders will firft and moft preffingly require of us ? They have anfvvered, a good Body of Foot : 4000. from each of us, for the defence of their Places at the opening of the Campaign, which they look will be early on the French fide. We have undertaken that in Fifteen Days time we can make ready our Suota, but to the Conde Je Molina we have whifpered, That without Mony from Spain we (hall not be able toftir in that, or in our greater Preparations. He promifes to write effectually to the Marquis about it, but tells us withal, he be- lieves fo confidently Don Juan £ Auftria will be here 5 that he allures us we mall receive prefent fuccour from him. To Morrow, we (hall read together with the Vutch AmbalTadors, the Projeft of our Trejty with R z the 244 Ifc Earl of Arlington 5 / Letters the Count de D'hona. It has not a little furprifed us that the Dutch Ambafladors fhould have been fo long without Power to conclude, and yet they fpeak but fcantly of that which is fent them now, tho they concur with us that there is an abfolure neceffi- ty of concluding immediately with that Crown, whom we have referred to Spain for the payment of the fubfiftance of their Army, which the Conde de Molina and Baron d'Ifola have undertaken for. This day His Majefty quickned the Houfe of Commons with a Meffage to difpatch His Supply 5 they had it in debate this Day, and promifed to profecute it to morrow, it comes but hardly from them, and will I fear be but little at laft, the know- ledge of which muft double your Induftry there* lam, &c. Whitehall March 9. 68. SIR, IHave no Letter from You (ince yours of the 6th. which makes me conclude you are remov'd from Brujfels 3 I fhould be very'forry mine of the fame date, 0. S. fljould not have found you there, be- caufe I find by Sir John Trevor's of the 14^;. that he had need of your Replies to feveral Queitions in it : which I make no doubt but you have likewife from him, and the Papers, as conftantly as he receives them from the Minifters. In the laft of which there is fault found with the Marquis not declaring himfelf, upon which of the Alternatives he will Treat the Peace, The fufpicion of the fufficiency of to Sir William TempIe,&tr.6rV. 2 45 of his Powers, andlaft of all, his not having fent a Paffport for Monfkur Colbert > which was demanded ib long ago. I need not tell you how near we are to the end of March, and that if France gets but Two Hours be- yond it, before the Marquis hath fatisfied them in thefe Particulars, they will hold themfelves free from all Obligations of Treating. The Dutch AmbafTadofs havingat length avowed they have Power to Treat with the Conde de D'hona, we have compos'd a new Project of a Treaty, and offered it to him, wherein we have omitted Two Articles that were in his, to wit, The Warranting of all their former Treaties in Germany ', and another more material one of entertaining, at our coft, the Sweedijh Troops-, for recompence of which we have gotten the Conde de Molina and Baron d* Ifofa to declare, That the Houfe of Auftria (hall do the fame thing. He hath our Projeft in his hands, and promifes us his Anfwer in few days. T\x Dutch Am- Datiadors perfwade themfelves, he will do it to ouv fatisfa&ion, I am, &c. Whitehal, March 13. 68. , SIR, I Have received Yours of the 16th. and to your difcourfe upon the Ratification of the Treaty of Commerce, will fay only this, That the Articles are Printed, and the Ratification under the Great Seai, which at tirft I knew not well how to difpofe R 3 ° f > ij\6 the Earl of Arlington'* Letters of, but at laft I have agreed with the Dutch Amba£ fador, that they frail fend for theirs hither, and ex- change it for ours. Having received your aforefaid Letter but this Day, 1 have not had time to difpatch the Power his Majefty hath commanded me to fend you, to quali- fie you for the Congrefs at Aix. The Form of it is to be His Majefty's Plenipotentiary there, and Am- bilfador, if the ether Minifters you are to concur with, (hall appear under that (tile •, and the Matter, to do and perform all things in order to the effect- ing the Peace betwixt the Two Crowns, according to the Mediation 5 and if the words of the afprefaiq Lower run fully thus, 1 do not yet forefee any neceffity of adding any Inftru&ions, but follow the Rule of Solomon, that fays, Send a Wife Man of an Errand and fay nothing to him : after all this God knows whether ever the matter will be brought to this point. Our laii Letter from Sir John Trevor, give us but faint hopes of the Peace. And France making ib little fcruple of performing, even where they promife (as the taking of Gemp is a -fad evidence of it) what can we expert where they do not pro- mife ? Our Negotiation with the Count de D'hona is driven to a head, and might have been long ago finiihed, if the Dutch Ambaffadors would have con- feifed they had Power to conclude. Is it not ftrange to you, they mould be without it all this while, when it was promiled the Count de If bona it mould immediately follow him, and that we are now with- in eight days of the end of March, after wtodju it F rare 1 refufesthe fufpenfionofArms, oui'T^e'a,ty wiih Sweden mull'run upon a new Foot? I off to Sir William TempIe^r.&rV. 247 offered aaexpedient this day, which His Majefty- ap- proves, and I hope it will put a period to this mat- ter to Morrow. His Majefty is content you (hould entertain your Treaty with the Marquis C aft el Rodrigo $ but cares not it fliould be abfolutely concluded, but with Don Juan d 3 Auftria, who will have more Power, more Money, and, we hope, more Indulgence --, especi- ally, when he fees of how much ufe His Majefty may be to him. By what I have fa id to you before of His Maje- fty's Intention of fending you to Aix, you fee there is aneceffity of your exculing your felf from going into Holland, as long as there isapoffibilityof going to the former 3 the expectation of which cannet laft you many days. That you may the better know, how to difcourfe of the Pavilion, in cafe there be any occaiion for it, read the igtb. Article of the Treaty at Breda. Religion and Mifcarriages have hitherto lb en- tertained the Houfe of Commons, that the way of His Majefty's Supply is not yet throughly fetled 5 but fitting de die in diem upon it, as they do, we hope it will quickly be finiflied. Iam,&c 9 P.S. I am of the fame opinion with the Dutch Depu- ties, who think you do your felf wrong in iigning on the Righ't Hand of the Paper, as you write, that on the Left Hand, which is thefirft ia Order R 4 o< 2 4$ the Earl of Arli Rgton'i Letters of Writing, being efteem'd the more Honourable in the figning of Foreign Treaties, and fuch like pub- lick Inftruments •, tho, I think, weobfervethe con- trary in Bonds, err. in England. Part of a Letter from Sir John Trevor to my Lord Arlington. March 12. 68. * /~*\ U R Hopes for Peace are very This out V*J weak. In our Conference we ob- of Cypher, ferved they fought difficulties, to colour their refufal of any farther Ceflation than the end of this March, and infilled on points unne- cessary for them to ask, and impoflible, as they know themfelves, by our Treaty,for us to grant. The French King told the Queen Mother yefterday, that he had appointed the ijifc of April to take the Field, and all Orders, and Preparations goon accordingly. It is a mortal Sin at St. Ger mains to talk of Peace, and fome have been rebuked for the mentioning of it. They take pains yet to perfwade us that they defire the Peace, and only fear to be cozened by Spain, who, fmce the Peace of Portugal, intend nothing elfe,and that the Marquis Caftel Rodrigo knows he (hall be dis- avowed. I do not much fear a Journey to Mx, for, I be- lieve we ihall break upon this Point of the Ceffation, and, if the King marches into the Field, I think, I may march home. At our next Conference we refolve roundly to give them the choice of War, or Peace,* and that this Joint of the Ceffation mud determine it. to Sir William Tempi e,Bar'.&c. 249 WhtteUh March 16. 68. SIR, I Have none from you fince my laft, wherein I promifed you your Commiffion to go ancj Treat at Aix^ fuppofingthe States will fend fome body thither in the fame quality of Ambatfador. We fhould fend you Money to gild this Character % but I hope your own credit will fuffice you forthepre- fent, as your good Talent muft furnifli you with In- ftru&ions. And, knowing the matter fo intirely, as you do, there need, I fuppofe, no other be given you, but to operate in an entire Confidence with him the States (hall fend thither. If you (hall need any further Directions, or Orders from hence,giving me the hints of them, I will take care to fee them difpatch'd. J had a Letter yefterday from Sir John Trevor of the lift, with a Copy of one enclos'dfrom Mon- fieur dc Lye ne to him, and Monfieur Van Beunin- gen, reccing what had paft in a Conference-, But, as Sir John Trevor fays, not fairly, what they had faid, whi :h \v uld oblige them to tell their own Ta.es then Selves. i feenis France has accepted the Alterrative till the middle ot May\ but, not contenting to the fi r oennon of Arms, it is worth little. They com- plain the iv.arquis his Acceptation is conceivd in very kmbiguous Terms, and fuch aso^ notpolitive- ly accept it 3 but that he accept" to Treat upon the firft Member, whereas it u is expedicd he. 'houid plainly fay, qu U cedera a la France les places conqui- Jigs dans la Campagne fajfe'e avec le^r dependences, that 2 jo The Earl of Arlington's Letters that is, That be would refignto France the Places con- quered in the loft Campaign, with all their depen- dences. You fee what a diftruft there is of (incerity, on both fides, and therefore you cannot prefs Clearnefs and Perfpicuity too much, when you go to Axx. I hope you will eftablifti a way of fending to, and hearing from Sir John Trevor •, that may be fecure and expedite. In my lad I told you, I hoped, we (hould, be- fore this time, be agreed with the Count de D'hona* Xhe Spam,.' Ambaflador was willing to anfwer for the defraying of the Swedifh Troops from the time of the Signing the Treaty, and becaufe the Count infilled upon the Payment of them for. Six Months pari:,' HisMajefty charged himfelf with Two of the Months, and prevail'd with the Spanish Ambaflador to do the like for Two Months more. But when we came to the Dutch Ambaffadors, to prefs them to fatisfie the Two remaining Months, they refufed it pofitively, declaring their Xnftruttions are againft .the giving any Money in this ill ftate that Negotia- tion is. I am refoiv'd to try the Spanijb Ambafla- dor once more, whether he will not rather engage for the whole Arrear, than hazard the lofs of the Swede, or furnilh the Count de D'hona with a pre- tence of faying he expects new Orders, when the end of March (hall be come. Complaints againft Conventicles and from the Adventurers of Ireland have interpofed, to. divert the Houfe of Commons from finifhing the King's Supply, before the Holy-days, fome yet hope it may be done. I am fee. SIE, to Sir William Temple,2W.&V." 2 5 r Sir John Trevors LETTER To my Lord ARLINGTON. PnrU, March 21. S.N. 68. My Lord, Within an hour after our laft Port was gone, I received the Two Packets from your Lord- fliip, which the ill weather had detained on that fide, as well as on this. I return your Lordlliip my thanks for your news, but I am not pleafed to hear they keep always to #ne Tune, and, I think, a very ill one. In my laft I gave your Lordlliip an account of our Conference, whereof I fend you here enclofed an Account drawn up by Monlieur de Lyonne, together with the Anfwer, the King hath thought fit to give, to the defire we made, to enlarge the Alternative, and the Ccliation till the end of May. We delire your Lordlliip will not conclude that our Conference palled as Monfieur de Lyonne's Paper doth pretend -, to which we arc preparing to give an Anfwer, and a new ftate of the Co Terence, where- in we will remember o^r Arguments, which are wholly emitted in His Paper. This 252 the Earl of Arlington's Letters This we fhall do, that if the Minifters of Ger* many> in this Court, be ill informed by this Narra- tive, we may alfo Communicate ours to oppofe it. Your Lordfhip will fee by this Paper, where the matter lies, when our demands are anfwered by an- other queftion^/z. What affurances we will give France , that at the end of the Ceflation, Spain (hall not refufe the Peace. In the Treaty we are to make with them, they do expeft, that, if Spain (hall re- fufe, we fliall declare fome means to compel them.' The means we propofed, and the general Guaranty in our Treaty with the Condition annexed to it, viz. That they fhall not enter, ehr. they declaim much againft, as you will read in nis Letter * What we have advifed upon, as fit to be done, in reference to the ftate of this Affair, as we fee it before us, your Lordlhip will find in this inclofed Cypher. Monfieur Colbert parts on Saturday for Aix. We received a Courier Jaft night from Bruffels, who brought us the Declaration upon the choice of the Alternative, viz. Les laces conquifes y &c. together with an extraft of his Powers 5 but from Sir William Temple no Letter, but an account that he was very ill, and not able to write, which I am extremely concern'd for, both as to his Perfon, and the Pub- lick Diftdvantage. Here hath been with me to day, Two Deputies (as they call themfelves) from the Duke of Lor- vain , to'defire I would reprefent his Defire to the King, that in this Peace he may be comprehended, and that the King my Matter, would defire it on his behalf: I thought it a ftrange requeft, and ask- ed them, if the Duke was not already in Terms of Amity with both the Crowns 3 They confeffed he was, but that it .wou$ be an Honour and Advan- tage to Sir William Temple,JW.&rV. 253 tage to him to be comprehended : I anfwered, I had no Inftruttion, nor Cominiffion in this kind, but I would reprefent his Defire.5 They pretend great Merit on the Duke's part from the King, and great Alliance. What Complement the King will think fit to pafs on him, your Lordfhip at your leifure, will pleafe to let me know. Monfieur de Lyonm tells me he has written to Monfieur Ruvigny about la Roche. I am, Ike. The Cypher mentioned to be entlofed in the foregoing Letter. WE find the Marquis Caflel Rodrigo's accep- tation to be in very imperfect terms, and fuch as will give matter of Exception that he hath no Power to fubdekgate, but what is derived by a Confequence^ and for his Powers fhough theyieem general, yet the form will be excepted againft. We have relolved, and this day difpatched a Courier t^Madrid with Letters from Van Bewringen to the StateS Ambaffador there, and from me to my Lord Sandwich, if he be there, to reprefent the neccflity of fending full Powers to the Marquis, and acinar acceptance of the Alternative, beyond all excep* tions, which we thffik will be the only Argument to anfwer their Queltions, ana lay the matter at their door, and perhaps make Peace. Wc 254 The Earl of Arlington^ Letters We have confidered the ftateof our Conference/ and the Objection's they make to our Proportion, which we do agree to reprefent to our Mafters re T fpe£tively$ that Powers be given us to offer, that, in cafe Spain (hall refufe or retraft at the end of May, that France fhall be difobliged from this Al- ternative, and inftead thereof to retain all the Pla- ces he is now pofleffed of 5 or fuch other Propo- fition as may (hew that we intend to oblige Spain to a fincerity in this matter, referving to our felves our great Intereft, not to fufFer France to make further Progrefs in the Spanijh Netherlands* I defireHisMajefty'spleafure, whether he thinks fit to give us any fuch Power, or to infill upon the Terms of the Treaty without giving further fatis- faftion, and fo break off upon their denial $m to Sir William Temple ; 2W.&ft\ 255 Monfieur de Lyonne Monfieur de Lyonne to Sir John Trevor auChSvalier Trevor and Monfieur Van Beuningen. St. Germains, March i^.S.N.6^. Gentlemen, MOnfieur Ttllier, Monfieur Colbert, and my felf .have made a Report to the King of all that palled in the firft Conference which we had with you \ and I hope, with your favour, that it may be taken in good part ( to prevent all equivocating and mifun- derftanding in fo weighty a matter ) if I give you the detail of what you in fubftance fpoke to us, and of the anfwer which was made unto it. Infilling upon what was contained in your & Monfieur Van Beuwngen. A St. Germain Mars 19. S.N. 6S. Meffieurs, MOnfieur &Tellier, Monfieur Colbert, & rrwy avons rendu com- te an Roy de ce qui s'cfi paffc dans la premiere con- ference que nom avons e'ue avec vom 5 & vom trou- verez boa, /;'/ vom plah, quafin, qifil n'y ait point de quivoque, on de meprife, dans une affaire ft grave, je faffs icy un repetition fuccin&e de ce que vom mm dites en fubftance, & de ce qui y pit repondiu ■ InfiftMt an contenu en votrc dernier memoire, laft i^6 The Earl of Arlington 5 s Letters laft Memorial of the $th. of this Month you de- manded that the King would confent, for the good of the Peace, to prolong the Sufpenfion of Arms till the, end of May, which his Majefty hath already agreed to for all March. And that in like manner his Majefty wou'd declare himfelf content with thw Conditions of the Acccmmodement of one of the Alternatives till the end of ^T^which he had ofFercer till the end of A 1 arch, becaufe the King of Great Bri- tain and the States Ge- neral , your Matters might employ the reft of that Month, and the other two following here to difpofe the Spaniard to fign a Treaty of Peace upon the Foundation of yielding to one of the laid Alternatives, offer- ing on the behalf of your Matters, in cafe his Ma- jetty wou'd comply with your Two Propofals, to enter at prefent into a Treaty with his Majefty du % % de ce Mots, vom de* mandates, que le Roy eut agreeable, pour le bien de la Paix, de confentir a proroger la meme fufpen- fion d'entreprifes jmqudla fin de May, que fa Ma* jefte a deja ace or dee pour tout ce mois de Mars, & qu'ilpleut aujfy a fa Ma- jede de declarer, qu'elle fe contenteroit pour les conditions de i'accommode- ment, jmqu'au dernier May, de Vune des alter* natives, dont elle avoit of fert de fe cont enter jusQifa la fin de Mars, a fin que le Roy de la Grande Bri- tagne & A4ejfieurs les Efiats Generaux vos Mahres puffent employer ce qui re fie de ce moisicy,' & les deux autre s fui* vants, a difpofe r les E* fpagnols de figner, un. Traite de Paix fur lefon* dement de la ceffion de I me des dites Alternatives, of frant de la part, de vos Mahres, en cos que fa Majejle voulut accorder vos deux inflames, de faire des a prefent un Traite avecfa dite Ma* (for to Sir William TempL%Brfr.&V. 257 jefte (furquoy vom aveZ lespouvoirsjuffifants )par le quelle dit feigneur Roy & les dits feigneur s Tift at s sobligcront a elle, que, fi, par le refus des Efpag* nols, la Pnix na pen ctre faite dans ce tern.e la de la fin de May, 2 Is feront cntrer dans les Pais bas, de la domination d'Efpagne, une Armee, compofee de tel nombre de Cavaler'U & d* Jnfantrie, & d'Artillerie a propro- Uon (felon qu on en convi- cndra des a prefent par le •dit Traitc ) & que la dire Armec y agirs hofiilemerlt contre les Efpagnols, par attdqiu 'strifes des places, & toutcs autre s action; de guerre, pour forcer /V dits Efpagnols a la Paix aux conditions de lime des Alternatives - 7 bien en- tendii neantmoins, & a co7?dition feulement qiCil pie ut a fa Afajefte de s* engager, reciproquewc, t envers les dits feigneur Roy & les dits feigneur s Eftats, quelle fujpendra tellement toute atlion de fes Armes dans les Pa- S Count reys ( for which you had fuf- ficient Powers ) whereby the faid King and States would be obliged, if, by the refufal of the Spa- niard, the Peace could not be concluded before the end of May, to en- ter the Low-Conntrcys, under the Dominion of Spain with an Army, Compofed of fuch a num- ber of Horfe and Foot, and Artillery, propor- tionable thereunto, ( as fliould be at prefent a- greed on by the faid Trea- ty,') and that the faid Ar- my fliould aft in an ho- ftile manner againft the Spaniard, by attacking and taking of Places, and all other Warlike Acti- ons, to force the faid Spaniard to accept of a Peace upon the Condi- tions of one of the Alter- natives, but upon a Pre- emption and conditio- nally only that his Ma- jefty would reciprocally engage himfelf to the faid King and States, that he would fufpend all hoftile Afts in the Low- 2 5 3 The Harl of Arlington' j Letters Countreys whilft their Ar- my was there, fo that his Majefty, flioukl not receive under his Obe- dience any Place, Town, .or Port which might furrender voluntarily to him. You may remember, Gentlemen , what we in fubftance reprefented to Baty pendant celie de leur Armeiy quefadite Maje- ftene pourra mimes rece- voirfom [on obeiffance au- cune place, ville, ni pofie des Efpagnols,'^«i vou- droient fe rendre volontai- rement a elie. Vom vom JouviendreZy MeffieurSy que nom vom reprefe?2tame, en fubftance , you upon the whole, that fur tout ce que dejfm y que nothing could be more rien ne pouvoit itre plm contrary to the Peace it fdfaga'inftthe Intention of your Matters, than the Plan which you had framed : That it was very evident, Marquis de Ca- ftel Kodrigos defign was only to endeavour to gain more time'by afrefli Cefiation, by that means to give an opportunity ( whillt it laikd ) for i ccoo Spaniards to march, without any op- pofition, under the com- mand oi Don Juan of Aufiria into Flanders, as alio for other Succours, which they expected out of Germany : That pro- videdtheMarquiSjtaking contraire a la Paix mime contre /' intention de vos Maitresy que ce Plan que vom faifier : qui I fe voy- oit clairementyque le deffein du Marquis de Cartel Ro- drigo n it oh que tieffayer agaigner du temps par une nouvelle fufpenfion, a fin de dormer lieu (pendant quelle dureroit ) a la ve- nue y fans obftaclesy ni op- pofition y des dix mi lie Efpagnols naturels y qui pafjent en Flanders, avec 2)^Juand Auftriche, ti- des autre s puiffants Se- courSy qvCen y attend d'~ Allemagne.- queypourveu que le dit Aiarquu^fe pre- valant de la complaifancc y the advantage of the re- quit f fait, que le Moy a gard to Sir William gard which, he was fen- fible, the King had for the Propoftls of the King of Great Britain and the States General, might bind his Majefty's hands all the two next Months, wherein he fore- lees that he lhall not be fo well prepared as in the Month of June, he trou- bleth himfclf but a very little whether he fliall be avowed or difavowed, in Spain, in all that he has now advanced, not only without Powers, but con- trary to the Orders which he hath as well upon the acceptation of the Alternative^ touch- ing the place of Alfembly at Aix la Chapelle. That, as to the firft Point, all advices from Madrid, of the 25/"/;. of Feb. (which is the day of the depart of the lalt Courier that is come) do unanimoufly agree that, after the Peace of Portugal was Sign'd, Ra- tified, and the Ratifica- tion fent already to Lis- bonne, and after a Pro- Temple,2W.6v. 2 55? pour les defirf du Roy de la Grande Bretagne, & des JEftats Gentraux, puiffe Her les mains a fa Ma- jtjie pendant les deux mois prochains, mi il prevoit qiCitJe tr onver a un peu phisd: cpourveu de forces, Or- d'afjiifancesqu il ne le fcroit an mois deju'm, il fe foucicra pen d are ad- Tone, on dejadvoue en E- fpagne, de toutee qu il ayance aujourdhuy, ?wn feulemeyit fans pouvoir, mais contre les Ordres quila rant fur V accepta- tion deV Alternative, que touch ant le lieu d % affemblei a Aix la Chapel le. J&ue fur le premier point, tons les advis de Madrid, du 2^.¥cv.(qui eft lejour du depart du der- nier Courier qui en eft ve- nu ) portent unanimernent qiC apres la Paix de Por- tugal fignec, ratiffee, & la ratification dej a envoy ee a Lisbonne, & apres la parolle, que le dit Don Juzn m a donne'e de partir S 2 mife, 6o The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters mife, that the faid Don Juan hath given to part infallibly upon the firft of March, the Minifters would not fo much as hear one Syllable men- tioned of the Alternative. That, as to the fecond Point, the Cardinal Vif conti his Hoiinefs's Nun- cio, wrote upon the 23 d. of Febr. to Abbot Vibo, That they would not hmzAix la Chape lie fpoke any more of at Madrid , and that, if France would not content to Treat at Rome, he did not fee how the Parties could be brought to any Agree- ment about the Place of Afferably. Moreover, That the Queen of Spain hath writ in the laft place to the Electors and Princes of the ArTembly at CoUgn, thatfhe had long fince, remitted the whole Af- fair into the Pope's hands, to be decided at Rome : That the Courier, who brought this Letter, da- ted the 16th. of Jan. hath attefted to the faid infalliblement au primier jour de Mars les Mini- fires ne vouloient pas feule- ment ouir nommr le met d* Alternative. £lue pour le fecond Point le Cardinal Vifcon- ti, Nonce de fa Sainclete ecrit, du 23d. Fevr. a VAbbe Vibo, que Von ne veut point a Madrid ouir parler d y Aix la Chapel- le, & que, ft la France ne donne fon confentement de traiter a Rome, tine voit point de lieu de faire con- 'venir les parties de celuy de V Ajfemblee. Deplm que la Reirn i'Efpagne a ecrit, en der- nier lieu, aux Elecleurs & Frinces de V Ajfemblee de Cologn quelle a re- mis, ily a lonztemps, toute V affair entre les mains du Tape pour etre traitee a Rome: ^ue 'le Courier y qui a parte cette Lettre, dattee du 16. Jan v. a at- tefie am dits Elecleurs & Electors to Sir William Temple ,Bar.&c. 261 Eledlors and Princes. That it was given him only upon the iStb. and that he parted not from Madrid before the 3d. ofFebr. tho the Marquis told the Gentlemen, your Collegues, That, by a Letter the iStb. of Jan. the Queen, his Miftrifi, had fent him word that (he approved the choice of Aix la Chape lie : That, to give a farther demon- ftration that the faid Marquis, who is Con- fcious that he acls con- trary to his Inftruftions ( tho,without doubt with a delign to ferve his Ma- tter in the method he hath taken ) hath not made one rtep but with great timidity, and then only when the prefling Inftances of the Gentle- men, your Collegues, have left him no room to recoil, one need only make reflexion upon'the Paflport for Monlieur Colbert, which hath been demanded, by his Holi- nefs*s Plenipotentiary, fince the middle of Fe- Princes qiC elle lay fkt mife en main feulement le 28. & qvC il rfeft parti de Madrid que le 3d.Vtv.qu0y que le dit Marquis ait dit a Meffieurs, vos Collegiies, que,parune Letter du 18. Jan. la Reine fa Mai- firejji luy a mande quelle approuvoit le cboix de la ville d' Aix la Chapelle : jQue pour montrer enc9rcs que le dit Marquis qui Jfdit en fa Conjcien£e qui I agit centre fes urdres ( quoy que fans doute dans la penjse de mieux fervir fon Maitre dans le che- min qu il tient ) ny fait aucun pas quavec grande timidite & lors feulement que les vives inftances dt Meffieurs vos Collegues ne lay laiffent plus de lien de reculier, il n'y a qiCafaire refleclion que le paffport pour Monfieur Colbert luy a ete demande par le PleJiipotentiare defa Sain- tete des la my ¥ev. qiCil s? bruary 262 The Earl of Arlington'* Letters Iruary, but hath not been difpatched before the 29th. and hath not been received at -arts till the 16th. of March: as if Pans were 300. Leagues from Bruffels *, whereas one may, on a Summer Day, travel it between Morning and Evening: Beiides/That the Mar- quft hath yet, to this d.iy, avoided the (hewing of his Powers to your Col- legues, being very well allured himfclf that the general Claufe, which he has formerly communi- cated,whereby the Queen of Spain has thought good that he might act in the affair of the Peace, as flic pretends, is not at all diffident to give him a juftifiable Power to de- legate another with the fane Power. If this Po- wer be not particularly fpecifkd in his (which 'his Majefty fubmits to the Judgment of ail theChri- ftian World) then all the Marquis's proceeding is full of Artifice, irregu- lar Motions, Contradi- ri a ete'expedie que le 29. & qu'on ne lareceu ^Pa- ris que le 16. Mars com-, merit ft Paris etoit a 300. lie'ues de Bruxelles, bien qvion puiffe y alter du matin an foir en un tour d'ete. En oh -re que le dit Marquis evite encores au* jourdhuy de faire voir fon pouvoir a vos dits Col- leagues icafhant fort bien hty rneme que la claufe generelle, quit lew y X autrefois montrer, par la queile la Kerne de Li'pagne trowve bon qui! puiffe agir dans P affair de la Paix> comme elle feroit, elie me- me ne fuffit pas pour luy donner valablement la fa- cult e de fubdeleguer un autre , avec le meme pou- voir. Si cette faculte nefi nommement fpecifiee dans le fieri ( dontfaAda- jefte fait juge toute la Chretiente ) que toutee procede du dit Marquit y plein a" Artifice, de con- tritempSy de contradiffi- ftiops, to Sir William Temple, Bar.&c. 2 63 ftions, and want of Po- wer, and in fine hath no other defign than to get time, in the mean while, for the arrival of Don John of Auftria, and the Succours from Germany, and fo cannot poflibly fuffer hisMajefty, in this conjuncture, if he will follow the Rules of Pru- dence and Policy ,to grant what, without fuch weighty Confiderations, he would mod willingly give to the good of a Peace. We farther added, That we did not in the lealr doubt, but that, in the Propofals and Offers which you made to his Majefty,ne would obferve at the tirft light, the true Method to have no Peace, was to follow your Plan and your Project. For, to fay as you do, after the end oiMay we thou Id attack the Spani- ards with 25. Regiments of Foot and jooo.Horfe 5 but is it reafonable, at the fame time* that his Majefty, who may attack ons, de defiant depoH7/oir, & enfin, qui ?ia pour but que de gaigner du temps pour dormer lieu cependant a V arrivk de Don Juan d'Auftriche, o> des Se- cours d ? Allemagne, tie per met pas a fa Majefte en ce rencontre, fi elle vent fuivre les regies de la Prudence & de la bonne Politique, d' accordtr ce que, fins des ' confederati- ons fi fortes, elk donneroit tres voluntiers au bien de la Paix, Norn adjoutames, en fuite, que mm ne douti- ons pas que dans les Pro- pofitions & Ojfres , que vous faifiez a fa Majefte, clle ne remarquat_ d % abord que le vray moyen de n at voir point If Paix etoit celuy de fuivre votre Plan & votre Projet. Car, de dire, comme vow faifiez, apreslafin de May, nous attaquerons les Efpagnols avec 25. Regiments d' In- fantrie, & 5000. Che- vaux mats il faudra, an me me temps, que fa ALi- jefte, qui petit les attaquer S 4 them 64 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters them perhaps with ioo- ooo. Men, (hould remain with his Arms a-crofs. Befides, This would be tp demand of his Majefty an eternal fufpenlion, ra- ther than for two Months only ; In like manner to ask his perpetual con fen t to the Alternative, and not for the fame two Months 5 fo that there- by, you will ihcw the Spaniards the way that they ought not to yield to the Alternative, be- caufe that the worft which can happen, upon their rejecting of it, will be the lofs of fome Pla- ces, which you may take from them, and which they know before-hand, yon muft be obliged to zeftore unto them, and consequently they will be very eafie upon that fcore, beca'ufe that, befides that by this means, they will be belt fecured againft the Arms of this Crown, they will have a farther advantage, that you muft fupply them with Garri- ftns, and fo they can peutetre avec 1 00 COO. bommesy demeure les bras croifes. Outre que c'etoit demander a fa Majefte une fufpenfion eternelley & non pas {implement de deux mois 5 luy demander auffy [on confentement ft t erne I a /' 'Alternative ■, & non pas pour les mimes deux mrisy vom enfeigne- riez par la vom memes aux Efpagnols qiCils ne devoient pas memes accor- der la dite Alternative^ d'autant que le pity qui pouvoit lew arriver en la refufanty feroit deper- dre quelques places, que vom leur prendriez quils ffauroient par advance que vom vom feriez obliges de leur rendre y tfr donty par consequent , ilsferoient eux memes bien aifes \ pa# ce qu outre que, par ce moyeiiy Us les aurojent mijes en toute feuretCy centre les Amies de cette Coitronne, Us y auroiem /' av ant age que vom entretiendriez les GarvifonSy & quils pour- then to Sir William Temip\e,Bar.&c. 2 65 then make ufe of thofe Men in the Field, which they muft otherwife have been obliged to keep and maintain there. But moreover (lay we) it does admit of a great dif- pute whether you may take thofe Places from them h for they will have a more confiderable Ar- my than yours: And, after all, pray what would follow in cafe your Army ffiould be beaten and de- feated ? would you pre- tend ftill, upon the Prin- ciples of Jealoufie, which Monlieur Van B. hath ellablifhed fo forcibly a- gainft the continuation of his Majefty's Progrefs in the Low-Countreys, that, in this cafe, his faid Majefty might not once dream of revenging you j but (hould always remain in a condition of having neither Peace, nor War-, and that he fliould tamely wait the pleafure of the Spaniard to accept of Peace ? In line. Gentlemen, we agree with you tiiat roient alors fe fervir a la Campagne de celles qriils auroient antrement ete ob- liges d'y tenir, & de les y faire fubfifter. Bien plus ( dimes nom ) il e(l memes fort douteux ft vom leur prendriez ces places *, car ils auront des forces plus confiderable que les votres : Et., apres tout, quarri- veroit il ft vbtre Armee e- toit battue & diffaite? pretend riez vom encores fur les principes de Jalott- fte que Monfieu} Van B. nous etabliffoit ft forte- ment contre toute continu- ation des Progres de fa Majefte aux> Pais Bos, que dans ce cat la mhne fa dite Ma j eft e ne pent fon- ger a vous v anger •, quel- le demeurJit tousjours en cet etat la de n avoir ni Paix, ni guerre 5 or que elk attendlt encores oyfivement la commoditc des tfpagnols i que vom propofez pouvoit etre bon fur la prefuppofition, que les Ef- pagnols donneroient in- fMiblement les mains a la Paix, en forte quelle pent etrefaite & ratifiee avant la fin de May \ mais nom vom reprefentames que leur procede ( confiderant mernes ce quils viennent de faire du cote de Portu- gal ) ni donne pa* lieu de croire quils ayent cette pen fee; on, tout an plus, qui! ue /' en pent conce- voir quune efperance fort douteufe & fort incer- taine y on, plutot, qu il fe pent dire certainement quils ne confemiroient point a la I'aix, quand Us apprendroient que k Roy fe feroit lie les mains a ne les pouvoir plus atta- quer y % & part ant qu' il etoit indifpenfable par ton- teslesloix de la Prudence qu avant que le Roy pent ce determiner a faire une reponfe precife, fur vos deux inflames ', ceft a dire, de cojifentir a VArterna- to to Sir William Temple,2fcr.feV. 207 the, & de la fufpenfion d'attaquer de places jm- ques a la fin de May, que fa Majefte [cent an vray quel/es etoient les in- tentions, dii Roy de la Grande Bretagne, c^ de Meffieurs les Eftdts, fur les me fares quelle auroit a prendre avec eux en cos que la Paix, par la faute des Efpagnols, ?ieht pen ctre faite & ratiffie'e a- vant le dernier May 5 fa Majefte (pour prendre line resolution qui ne Vex- pofe pas a des grandfs in- convenient s ) ay ant une to the Alternative, and the fufpenfion of Arms, till the end of May, be- fore his Majefty be well informed what the King of Great Britain's and the States intentions are, in relation to thofe mea- fures, which he muft takejoyntly with them, in cafe that, through the default of Spain, the Peace might not be con- cluded before the end of May, His Majefty ( that he take fuch a Refolu- tion as may not . ex pofe Him to great inconve- niencies) having a parti- notable intereft de voir, cular Intereft to take a d'une feule veile, toute P perfect Profpeft of the whole Affair in all the accidents that may likely happen \ that fo at pre- fent a Purvey may be made of all the poffibili- tiesand difficulties aliedg- ed on your part, upon the Eftate of the Affair afrer the end of Atay> before he report on his iicie,the pof- libilities and difficulties, in reference to what is delired of him, between this ai»d that time. affaire dans torn les cos qui peuvent y arriver, af- fix que des a prefent on pourvoye a torn les facili- tes, ou les difficult es ap- portces, de votre part, fur I'et at de /' affaire a- pres la fin de May $ dc- vant apporter, de lafien- ne y des facilites, ou des difficulty, a cequon de* fire d'elle, entrecy& ce temps la. And 2 68 The Earl of Arlington's Letters And thereupon, Gen- tlemen ,we propofed Two Queftions to you, The Firft, To know whether your Matters thought that the King fhould lie always under an obliga- tion nbt to pretend to any thing from the Spa- niards belides the Alter- native 3 or how long you defire, by the Treaty to be made with you, that His Majefty mould be ob- liged unto it. Secondly,. If you mean that the Spaniards refil- ling the Peace, His Ma- jefty mult eternally fuf- pend the progrefs of his Arms againft the Low- Gountreys , or when they may, by your confent, begin to aft with yours towards forcing the Spa- niards to a Peace, And what Terms he (hall be under then, if the obli- gation His Majefty was under for the Alternative, hadceas'd, as it wasrea- fonable it (hould after the end of May, To this yoy were pleas'd to Anfwer that Et la defuSy Mejfieurs nom vom fimes deux quef- tions > la premiere pour fp avoir ft vos Mahres en- tendoient que le Roy de- meurat eternellement • lie a ne pouvoir pretendre des Efpagnols que V Al- ternative -j ou jm qu 7 a quel temps vom defireriez par le Traite quon feroit avec vom y que fa Majefte fy'ob- ligeat. Second, Si vom enten- diez que les Efpagnols, refufant la Paix, fa Ma- jefte fufpendit eternelle- ment V a&ion defes Armes aux Pays Ba*> ou en quel temps elles pourroient de votre confent ement com- rnencer a agir avec les vo- tres pour forcer les dits Efpagnols a la Paix, & a quelles conditions eUe fe feroit alors ft l obligation & fa Majefte' a i Alter- native ayoit deja ceffe comme il etch jufte quelle cejfat des la fin de May. A cela il vom plekt de nom repondre que vom ne you to Sir William TempIe,iW.&rV. 2 69 trouviez rien dans vos In- ftru&ions qui vom peth donner lien d* eclairir fa Majefte fur ces deux in- terrogats & que vom Mai- tres ri avoient fonge qua ce qui regardoit la con- clufion de la Paix av ant la- fin de May. you found nothing in your Inftruftions that could make way for His Majefty's fatisfaftion up- on thefe Two Queftions ; and that your Matters had thought of nothing but what related to the finifhing the Peace before the end of May. We replyed thereunto by fhewing you what that Treaty would be, which the King might make wirh HisBritannick Ma- jefty and their High and Mightiness , which fpeaks but of a very doubtful cafe, as is that, that the Spaniards would accept the Alternative before the end of May y and fpeaks not one word of another cafe, that is very probable, which is, That they will not accept the laid Alternative in that time: from whence we concluded that it was neceflary (fincc there is time enough for it) you lliould, as foon as poffible, receive more ample In- ftruftions from your Ma- fters upon the meafures, Nomy repliquames A vom reprefentant quel fe- roit done ce Traite infor- me que le Roy pour roit f ai- re avec fa Majefte Bri- tanmque & leurs Hautcs Puijfances, le quel ne par- Icroit que d'un cat fort douteux comme eft celuy que les Efpagnols accep- ter ont V Alternative a- v ant la fin de May er nc diroit pas unfeulmot dbm autre cat fort vrayfem- blabkflui eft y quils n accep- ter ont pas la dite Alter- native dans ce term la y d'ou nom conclumes qiiil etoit indifpenfable (puk qu y auffy bien le temps fuf- fit a cela ) que vom re- ceuffes prompt ement de vos Mahres des Inftrutlions phis ample s fur les mefnres, we 270 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters we muft joyntly take, que Von devra prendre en- touching this laft Point, femble ton chant le jecond before the King may cos, avantque le Roy pu- explain himfelf in the Firft 5 that is to fay, up- on your two Inftances contained in your Me- morial of the ^th. of this Month. The King neverthe- lefs, after we had given him an account of all what had paft,having the goodnefs to approve all bonte i approuver tout ce we had faid and repre- que nous vom avons dit & fented in his behalf, com- reprefente fur fes inter eft s y raanded me to let you m'a commande de vom know from him, that he f aire ff avoir de fa part has ordered Monfieur quil a or dome aujourd- iffe avec prudence s'expli- quer fur le premier, ceft a dire fur vos deux in- ftances continues dans vo- tre -memoir e du 5. de ce mois, Le Roy cependant apres le compte que now luy avons rendu de tout ce qui s y eft pajfe & apres avoir ,eu la Colbert to part without fail in Three Days mak- ing, what haft he can to- wards Aix la Chapelie with one Coach only, to buy a Monfieur Colbert de partir dans trots jours infalliblement pour aller aux pirn grandes joumees qililpourra a Aix la Cha- carry him thither, leav- pelle avec le feul caroffe ing the reft of his equi- dont il a befoin pour luy page to follow after. conduire/aifant apres fui- vre k refte defon equip age * That His Majefty, the £l ie f a Majefte'pour te- more to teftifie with what moigner deplm enplus avec iincerity he goes on with quelle ftncerite elle -marche the Peace, and that he dans le chemin de la Paix y defires to gain it, as foon & quelle defire memes as poflible, fince time is d'y gaigner jusques aux become fo precious, and moindres inftants dun not to Sir William Temple,B4r-&fa 271 not .to finilli it by Arti- fices and affeftecj delays, as is done at Eruffels and Madrid. And as His Majefty ( if he had had but little regard to the .advancement of the Peace ) had a fair oppor- tunity of doing, not only under a fpecious, but ve- ry reafonable pretext, that before he can return you any Anfwer, or make any Declaration of his Intentions, he expefts the necetiary • explanati- ons he demanded of you, .from your Matters. His faid Majefty (notwith- standing the .confidera- tions which might hin- der him ) has comman- ded me to declare to you in His Name, in the rirft place, that, for the good of the Peace, and faci- litating it, as much as is podible on his part, he will content hirnfelf, (for his fatisfaftion for the Rights fallen to the Queen) to the 15th. day of May inclufire, with one of the two Alterna- tives, which he had of- temps, detenu, deformans ft precieux, & non pas le confommer par des Juki' lities, ou par des longueurs affeclees, comme on lefait a Bruxelleso- a Madrid, & comme fa Majelle (ft ellefe fttupioitpeu d advan- . cer la Paix ) auroit un ft belle occafion de la faire y fom le pretexte n'on feule- ment fpecieux mats raifon- able, quavant que vout ren- dre aucune reponfe oufaire aucune Declaration defes Intentions, ellc vent at- tendre les cclerciffemcnts ft neceff aires quelle vom a demandes de cellos de vos Jlfa/tres. Sadite Majefte (non objlant ces conside- rations qui poiirroieriti* arreter ) ma commands de vous declarer en fon nom y en premier lieu, que pour le'biendela Paix & pour la faciliter de fa part autant qui liny eft poffible, ellefe contentera encores (pour fa fatisfaclion des droits echeus a la Rein; ) jufquau qutnziemc jour de May inclafivement de /• une des deux Alternatives, dont clle avcit cydevant fered 272 The JEarl of Arlington V Letters fered to be fatisfied with, before, to the laft of March , provided the Treaty, to be made there- upon between him and Spain, be Sign'd, Rati- fied, and the Ratifications exchang'd before the 16th. day of May. In which you may eafily ob- ferve ( Gentlemen ) that the time given is more than enough to finifti all what is to be done, if the acceptation, which Mon- fieur the Marquis Caftel Rodrigo has already made of the faid Alternatives, be fmcefe and agreeable to his Orders, for a good Courier goes in Seven Days from Paris to Ma- drid, and from the 19th. of March to the ifth.ot May is 57. days. In the Second Place, to make His MajenVs fincerity appear in this Declaration, he is wil- ling, even to Morrow, to enter into a Treaty with the King of Great Britain and the States General upon your full Eowers: by which he offert de fe contentir, juf qu'au dernier Mars, pour- veu que le Traite qui fs doit faire la deflks entr\ elle & les Efpagnols foit fegne, ratifie, & ks ra- tifications echangees vant le 16. jour de May, en quoy ( Meffieurs ) vow> pourrez aifement remar- quer que le temps quelle prefer it eftpluque fuffifant pour tout ce qui e(t a faire, ft I acceptation que Mon- fieur le Marquis de Caftel Rodrigo a deja faite des dites Alternatives a ete fine ere & conforme a fes Ordres, car un bon Cour- rier va en fept jours de Paris a Madrid, & du 19 Mars, an 15- May il y a 57. jours. En fecondlieu, que pour faire voir la fincerite de fa Majefte en cette De- claration, elle eft prete de faire des demain uriTraiti avecle Roy de /# Grande Britagne & ks Eftats Ge- neraux fur votre plein pourvoir } par kqttel elle will to Sir William Tempi ^Bdr.&c. 273 tvill oblrge himfelf to be contented with the laid Alternative to the i$tb f of* May in'duflvcr; in which (hall be inferted, word for word, the Treaty of Peace,to be made with the Spaniards, upon the Foundation of the faid Alternatives 5 your Ma- ilers taking upon them to obtain of Spain, jji good form,the Signature and Ratifications, in fuch time, that they may be exchang'd before the l6th.of May. In the Third Place, That His Majefty, from this intlant, gives his Royal Word to our Ho- ly Father the Pope, and to all the King's, Poten- tates and Princes in Chn- flendom ( and will accor- dingly ma&e an' Article, conformable thereunto, in the Treaty to be made with your Mailers ) that he will, bona fide, reftore to the King of Spain all the Places and Pods which he may be in pof- feffion of the lall day of March (frcm which time s' obligera de fe content er de la dite alternative jti6- quaudit 1 5. May inclufive- ment, dans le quel Traite on infer era mot a mot le Traite de Paix qu elle doit fair e avec les Efpag- x\o\\fur lefondement des dites Alternatives, vos Maitres fe charge ant d'en rapper ter en borne forme laSignateur &le$ Ratifica* turns d } Efpagne dans un temps que cedes cy puiffent s* es changer avant le 16, May. En troifihne lieu, qu? fa m Alajefte donne, dez a prefent, faparoUe Royalle a notre Santje Pere, k ■ Pape, & a torn les Roys Potentats ejh Princes Chretiens ( & en compu- fera memes un article en cette cotiformite dans le Traite qu elle pourra fain avec vos Ma; t res) qu elle reft it u era de* bonne joy an Royd* Efpagne toktes to Places & Poftes' qnc.;:> armes pourroient aveh cupe 'depiiis le dernier jour de Mars (an qu\ T 2 74 Tt> e E ar l °f Arlingtoif s Letters the fufpenfion of Arms penfion & entreprifes aura determine ) to the faid cejfe) jusqtf audit jour 15. 15th. day of Afdyindu- May inclufivement fans five, without pretending pretendre jmqua ce jour even to that day, to high- cy des plus hautes & pirn er or more advantageous avantageufes conditions de Conditions, for Peace, Paix que celles de Vu'ne des than thofeof one o£the deux alternatives pour- two Alternatives, on con- veuque les Efpagnols dition that the Spa- ( comme.il a et edit) ay ent viards ( as has been faid ) alors confenti a luy en ce- rriay, by that time, have der une, & que les Rati- confented to yield one unto him, and that the Ratification of the Trea- ty, which fliould be made with them, fliould be ex- change before the faid 16th. of May. Youmuft own (Gen- tlemen) that you your felves, who were ib con- fications du Traite qu'elle en aura fait avec eux ayent ete efchangees avant leditjour 16. May. Advouez, ( Meffieurs,) que vom memes qui park- tes fi convaincm par les vinced by the confidera- confideratiom qui vom fic- tions, which were, repre- rent reprefentees en notre fented to you,in our Con- conference de ne pouvoir ference, that you cannot raifonablemenU demander reasonably ask a poiitive au Roy une reponfe precife Anfwer of the King to furvos demandes qu apres your demands, before que par une ampliation d 3 that, by larger lnftru- &;ons, which ought to be fentyou, you find out a method to fatisfie His Majefty upon the Quefti- ons we made you, you Inftruclions qui vomferoit envoy ee, vom auriezeule moyen d' eclair ir fa Ma- jefte fur les queftions que nom vom avions faites y vom riauriez prefques oze would to Sir William Temple, Rm&c. 275 faould fcarcely have pre- fumed, to hope, to fee fo great, fo important, and fuch favourable De- clarations, for the ad- vancement and coirclu- fion of the Peace, as thefe which His Majefty thought fit I fhould of- fer you in this Letter. But, in fine, without, at prefent, being any further obliged than to the end of March, he puts the Peace (till into your Power, upon the fame conditions to the 15?/;. of May, as if he had forgot that he con- quer'd the French Coun- ty, and he has fpoke mod clearly and without any ambiguity *or intricate terms, being willing to give to all Chriftendom new and effective Proofs of the fincerity, where- with he withes the fpeedy reftitution of the Publick Repofe, and his great moderation in the Con- ditions of the Agree- ment, in cafe that the Spaniards will make ufe of one or the other (as 'efperer de ft grandes, ft import antes ,& ft favor- ables declarations, * pair favancement voire pour la conclufton de la Paix que celles que fa Majefte a- trouve bonqueje vomfaffe par cette Lettre. Car, en fin, fans fy etrejmqiCa prefent obligee que jufques a la fin de Mars eUe met encores la Paix entre vos mains aux mhnes condi- tions jlifquau 15. May,- comme ft elle avoit oublic d\ivoir conquis la Fran- che Comte, & elle vom eh park clairement & fans ambiguite, ni tcrmes captieux, ay ant voulu don- ner a toute la Chretiente de nouvelfes preuves eft- olives & de la finceritc'j avec la quelle elle fouhahc le prompt r eft ablijfc went du repos public, & de fa grande moderation dans les conditions de lac com- modement, en cm que le's Efpagnols vueillent fe prevaloir de lune & de V autre dans un efpace de temps lequel ( comme i! T 2 ha* 276 the Earl of Arlington' s Letters has been already taken* notice of) in fuchatime as was thought more thanfufficient to put his good intentions in exe- cution. Neverthelefs the other of the King's Com- miffioners and my felf will wait for your larger Inftru&ions, i!ftpon the explanation we have re- quired of you, and which you know to be neceffary that we may go on fur- ther, and concert, and take other meafures to- gether (as alfo with the Electors and Princes of the Empire, who have fent to His Majefty, and have fo much intereft in this affair ) concerning the dangerous point, which is fo much daily to be fear'd, that the Spaniards fl att er i n g t hem- felves upon the feparation of Portugal, and having conceiv'd great hopes,up- on Don Johns arrival,and theSuccours fromGerma- vy, chufe rather to keep Chriitendom in pain than rid themielvcs of all con- fudon by accepting the a deja ete remarque ) fe trouve pirn que fuffifant pour reduire a effet fes bonnes intentions. Cepen- dant Meffieurs, les autre s Commiffaires du Roy & moy attendrons V amplia- tion de vos Inftru&ions fur les ecleirciffemens dont nous vous avons requis, & que vous cognoiffes etre fi mceff aires pour pouvoir pafjer outre a concerter & prendre enfemble lesau- tres mefures ( cornme auf fy avec Meffieurs les E- ledeurs & Princes de r Empire qui ont depute a fa Majefte. & qui ont tant d 1 inter eft en V af- faire ) touchant la dange- reux eds qui demeurs tou- jour s ft fort axraindre que les Efpagnols flatt.es d& la feparation du Portu- gal, &-ayant conceu de grand es e Iterances- de la venue de. Don Juan & des fecours d' Allemagne, nc cho'iftflenp yiktot le- parti de temr laChrkiente en trouble que de fe tirer de tout embarra* en acctp* tant des Conditions 3 dont Con- ' to Sir William TempIe^r&V. 2 77 Conditions 5 the equity and moderation of which, on the part of the King, they find plainly autho- rize by the Judgment, which his Britannick Majefty, and their High and Mightinefles have made in the Treaty, at the Hague, in January lalt. Upon all- which I remain, la moderation, de la part du Roy,& r equitefe trou- ve plainement authorises par le jugement que fa Majefie Britannique & leurs Hautes Puiffancesen ont fait dans le Traitc de la Haye du mois de Jan- vier dernier. Stir ce de- meure. Gentlemen, MeJ/ieurs, Your moft affeftionate Vfore tres humble & tres JIumble Servant, Ajfeftionne Serviteur } De Lyonne. DeLyonnCc T? Sir i*]S Ike iarl of Arlington' j Letters Sir John Trevor and Le Chevalier Trevor Ji'Lnfieur Van Beu- & Monfieur Van ■ningen to the moft Beuningen au Roy Chriftian King. Tres Chretien. THE Ajnbaffador and Envoy of the King of Great Britain and the States General, hereun- der written refpeclively, have Qrders to reprefent to His Ma jelly that the faid KingandStates,their Matters, having obferved 'that his moft Chriftian Majefty conceives fome aoubt of the validity of the Marquis of* Caftel Rodngos Powers, asalfo of the Sincerity of the In- tentions of the, Queen tOgOe and Bdbncil of Spain, have thought fit ro offer themfelves as Guarantees (in like man- ner as the underwritten have done in thcirNames) of the fufneiency o\ the faid Marquis his Powers, and to allure His Maje- fty that in cafe the Queen Regent of Spam (con- LES foufignes Am- baffadeur & . En- voy e Extraordinaire s dn Roy de la Grande Bri- tagne & des Efiats Ge- neraux des Provinces Za- nies refpeffivement, ont Ordre de faire ff avoir a fa Majefte que le dit Roy & ks dits Eftats, leurs Mahresy ayans remarque que [a Majefte tresChreti- enne doutoit&de la validly te despouvoirs du Marquis de Caftel Rodrigo & de la Sincerifedes Intentions de la-)%^eV&egente & du Confeil i'Efpagne, ont trouvi a propos de fe ren- dre Guar ants ( ainfy qui les foufignes le font en leur s Noras ) de la vali- dite des pouvoirs du dit Marquis, &. d' affurer fa Majefte qu en cos que la Reine Regent e a" Ef- pagne ( centre toute trarv to Sir William Temple,Bar.&o. 2 79 trary to all expectation ) does not approve, nor admits for good, the ac- ceptation of the Alter- native made by the fa id Marquis, or may not be altogether fatisfyed, but refufeth to ratifie what may be Treated hereaf- ter, and concluded by her Deputy at Aix la Chapelie, or any where elfe, as there may be oc- cafion, the faid King and States, upon that Sup- pofition, will inceflantly, with their utmoft Power, employ all their Forces, by Sea and Land, to ob- lige the King and King- dom of Spain to do it to the fatisfa&ion of his mod Chriftian Majefty. This is what the un- derwritten have Orders tofignifie, with all dili- gence, to his Majefty : and they Hope that this may contribute to make him fenfible of the fin- cere Intentions of their Mafters. And that His Majefty will make no fur- ther difficulty to concert Meafures with them, for efpcrance ) ti approve pas, & ne tienne pas pour borne V acceptation de V Alterna- tive f ait e par le dit Mar- quit, on ne foit pas fat if faite & refufe de ratifier ce qui pourra etrs traite en faite, & cone lu par fon Depute a Aix la Chapelle, ou aileurs, s* il en etoit be- foinple dit Roy & les dits Eft at s, en ce cos la, fefer- vironty inceffamnient & avec toute la vigueur pof ftble, de toutes tents forces} par mer &par t err e, pour obligcr le Roy & le Roy- aume d: Efpagne de le faire a la fatisfaftion % de fa Majefte tres Cbreti- enne. C eft ce dont les fou- fignes ont eu Ordre de donner en toute diligence avis a fa Majefte: & Us efperent que eel a controll- er a a luy faire cognoifre la ft-ncerite de V Intention de leurs Mahres. Et que fa Majefte ne fera plus aucune difficult e de pren- dre des mejures avee eux T4 the 2 So The Earl of Arlington' j Letters the advancement of the Peace, upon the Foot, which hath been propo- sed, -and to grant the Prorogation of the ceifa- ' tion of Arms, which the faid King of Great Bri- tain and the faid States, and the Princes of the Empire, together with them, have folicited y/ith fuch preiling instances, to the end that nothing may alter the good difpo- iition which appears for the Conclufion of the War to his Majefty's fa- • tisfafrion, without any further eftufion of Chri- ;tja*n Bloody and fuffer Chriftianiry to enjoy thereby an Univerfal Peace, which is a Hap- pipeis (he hath not en- joyed for many Ages, and which ihe cannot expect, without a Miracle, but by r he good Intentions and ggneroiity of His iYl ajeity. pdris'26* Match 68. Signed, J. Trevor^ VanBstmingm J. Trevor, Van Beuningen,. SIR, pour V avancement de la PaiXy fur le pied, qui a he propofe, & d y ace order la Prorogation de la cejfa- tion d' armes, que le dit Roy de la Grande Bri- tagne, & les dits Seigr nieurs Eft at s, & les Prin- ces de I Empire avec euoc font folliciter avec de ft vifves inftances, a fin que rien ne puijfe alterer la bonne difpofition ou tout fe trowve pour terminer cette guerre au contentement de fa Majefte, fans une plm grande effufion de Sang % & faire joi0r la Chreti- ente, par la, d* une Paix univerfel/e au dedans, qui ell; un bien dont elle tfapat jouy en pleufieurs fiecles, & qu y elle ne peut atten- dre, apres Dieu, que des bonnes intentions, & de la gencrofete de fa Ma- jefte. AParislc26.Mars,68, Sign? u Sir William Temple^r.&V. 2 8 1 Prtntehal, March 19. 68. SIR, I Have received Yours of the 23d. with your Opi- nion upon the Proceedings of France, in both your Cyphers, which we have found exaftly in your' New One. It mud be the fault of our Writers if they underftand it lefs than yours: I have examined them upon it, and they promife the miftake fhall be opened to you, that it may not be made here- after, and that it be not made in Sir John Trevors Letters, whole rule, it feems, differs fortieth ing from yours. Here inclos'd you receive a duplicate of your Power to Treat at AiJt under the Signet only, which we fuppofe will be as available as that which is gone under the Broad Seal, and the Dutch km- bafladors tell us Monfieur Beverning will meet you at Aix from the States. I confefs, I fear, the cafe there will happen to be no better than as you luppofe it. We have all the reafon in the World to doubt that France intends nothing more, in all thefe Tranfadions, but the throwing the Odium' of the continuance of the War upon Spain, and &e fuf- pett that even the reftoring of the Cattle oiGuenap is an Argument they will ufe to the World for the for- tifying that opinion It rauft be therefore your care to continue preffing the Marquis to all .polfible facili- ty, on his iide, (as you have hitherto very fuccefsfully done J to take that advantage from France, and to engage thereby the States to engage more frankly in the War with Spain, upon a defpairof the-Peace from France. 1 2 §2 The Earl of Arlington V Letters I have been going and coming, thefe Five Days, betwixt the Ambaffadors, in order to the engaging the Swede. The Spanijh Ambaflador faith he hath an ample Power for it 5 but fays he is reftrained by an Inftru&ion not to proceed to a conclufion, but by the Marquis his Approbation. For tfiis Rea- ibn he propos'd Two Days ago, and 'twas accepted by us, that he fhould be indemnified as to this point by his Majefty's writing, in his own hand, to the Marquis, anfwering to him for the Conde de Mo- linas concluding without his leave, and warranting his doing fo, upon the importance of the Affair, I (hall know this Evening, both from the Spanijh and Swedifh Ambaffadors, why we have not con- cluded it, and I will add the Reafon of it to this Letter. In a former Letter I told you His Majefty was con- tent you (hould leave your Treaty with the Marquis unliniihed for the Reafons therein expreffed 3 and yours, expreffed in your Cypher, confirm him much more in this refolution. I do aflure you there wants no circumfpefrion, on our fide, in cultivating the good Intelligence betwixt Us and the States. And I, in my own particular, have done it fo induftri- outly, that the Ambaifadors have made me many ComrJlements thereupon, and alfured me they have written no lefs to the States their Matters, which I am glad of, for the common Caufe fake, if they have done it. Thus far I writ to you Ye(terday,upon March 20. the miftakeof thePoft-day,and to day ha- ving been a day of muchDevotion,efpeci- ally with the Spanijh Ambaflador,I have not feen him. ThzDutch Ambafladors I have,and had longdifcourfes withthetn 3 of which I will give you an account in my next, to Sir William Temple,2W.6rV. 283 next, we coming to no conclufion for the prefent. Amongft other things they have communicated to me, Monfieur de ivitfs Letter to you of the 26th. S.N. Upon the whole matter, if the Marquis will not enable the Conde de Molina to be very Boun- tiful and Liberal to the Swede, as well for what is paft, as what is to come, we (hall not be able to bring any thing to pafs, nor fo fpeedily as the Con- cernment of Flanders will require. And if the Mar- quis does not in the like manner very particularly inftruft the Conde de Molina, wherein he experts mod exprefly the Application of Ours and the States Succour, whatever our Intentions may be, Flanders will not be able to reap the fruit of them. The Dutch Ambaffadors tell rrue that, at my de- fire, they (hall have Power fent them from their Matters to agree with Don Juan d' Auftria and Us, in cafe his Highnefs lands here 5 and if we on our fide fee he pafles the Chanel without touching in England, this latter bufmefs muft be perform d by you there. 1 wifli you could cut your felf into Three Parts, to fatisfie our Obligations at Aix y at BruJ[els y and at the Hague g frnce it is impoflible for us to help you from hence, in any of the Three Functions. God give you good luck to your skill in them all, and me many occalions to fhew the Truth where- with /.■w;/,&c» Sir 284 the Earl of. Arlington's Letters • ■ ■ • . Sir William Temples C Y.P'H ER To my Lord ARLINGTON. MOney from hence is not to be had before Don Juan's coming, or the Pawn of .their Towns. I believe I- could bring the Marquis to Sign an Agreement for it, obliging the King at the fame time to a certain Preparation towards their Affiftance} but I confider, that any fuch ' private Treaty might give jealoufie to the Dutch, and per- haps, the Marquis might make ufe of it, to let them fee that we had advanced further than they in the Engagement, having that Opinion, that, if we we were once engaged, the Dutch muft follow, fo that to Sign an Agreement before we can touch the Money may do us harm, and can do us little good. I fuppofe what Money we touch in private, muft come from the Stores Don Juan brings over in Specie, and what we receive on that, to be lent on the Towns, muft be agreed by a common con- cert with the Dutch, who will exped to detain a fhare for defraying their own charges. I defire fud- dain. directions, whether I (hall Sign a Treaty with the Marquis, obliging Spain to furntfli us with Three to Sir William Temple,lW.&rV. 2 85 Three. Millions of this Countrey Mohey, and his Majefty to fetout a Fleet of Sixty Ships for their Defence, in cafe of France's purfuing the War: And, if it feems fit to do it, tho I fee no Money ready, whether I (hall acquaint de Witt with it as fbon as it is done. For, I think, what 'mod im- ports us is to prevent all jealoufies, the Butch may take from any particular Treaties between us and the Spaniards : And, if the notice goes not into Holland from me j I much doubt it will from the Marquis. Since what goes before in Cypher, 1 have re- ceived a Packet from -Paris, and fee by Sir JohnTre- vor's Letter, but more by Moniieur Van Beuningen's, that there is no hopes of prolonging the Truce, and confequently that the War is inevitable. All what can be further done feems., for England and Holland to tell the French King joy ntly, That, fince all the difficulty he makes is upon the Marquis his Powers, and belief that Spain will difavow him, they defire the Truce may be prolonged for fuch a time, in which they may procure a di- rect anfvver from the Court of Spain, which they undertake to do-, but, if the French King refufes this, to tell him boldly, That the firft Pace he makes to attack the Spanijl) Netherlands, they will move their Forces in its Defence. 1 doubt the defign of France is, if they can, to divide lis and the Vnited Netherlands by the Propofal of our joyning our Forces with France againft Spain, in cafe of their refuting the Peace, which they. know the Vnited Provinces were difpofed to be- fore our late Treaty, and perhaps to provoke us by Infolencies, at Sea, to break out before the Vnited Provinces, in hope?, the Dutco feeing Us once 2S6 the Earl of Arlington'/ Letters once engaged, may be content to be quiet. But fure the main ofour bufinefs is, to go joint Paces with Holland, and keep them up in the beft Tem- per we can ; and for that end it may be neceflary for me to go thither, as well as upon the Mar- quis hislnftance$5 which are to prefs their Afli- ftance upon the Firft March of the French, and to Negotiate the Money Bufinefs upon the Pawn of their Towns. Therefore I defire my Letters may continue to be direfted to Monfi§ut Nip ho. Bruflels, March 23. S. N. 68* MonfteUr m \ to Sir William Temple,Bdr.&\r. 287 Monfieur de Witt Monfieur de Witt to Sir William au Chevalier Temple. Temfle. Hague 26. March, N. S. 68. SIR, Y Ours of the i&/>. of this Month came fafely to my hands. And tho fome urgent Affairs have hindred me from an- fwering you fofoon after as I would 5 yet 1 have not omitted to communicate my Thoughts and Judg- ment to the Deputies of the States upon the King of France's Anfwer of the pr/;.of this Month, and, upon the whole, to im- part to you, and ask your advice in what remains to be Treated with the Marquis Caftel Rodrigo. I am perfwaded that you will agree with me, That there are two important A la Hay 26, Mars, N.S. 68. Monfieur, J' Ay bien recen la votre du 18. de ce Mois. Et q Hoy que des occupa- tions pr off antes ne m* ay am pM permit de vom repoil- dre incontinent apres ^ je n ay pas laijfe pour t ant de communiquer aux Deputes de r Eft at r/tes penfees & mop jugement de la re- ponce du Roy de France, du 9. de ce Mou, & fur tout de vom en f aire part, & de prendre votre con- feil fur ce que refte a Traitor avee le Atarqui* de Caftel Rodrigo. Je fuis tres pcrjmde qiti vom jugCs avec moy, qu it y A deux points tres im- port ants } qui doivent cti >: Points 2 88 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letter t Points which ought to ha ye been ad jaded before now, and upon which all the good fuccefs, we can with for, abfolutely depends. That is to fay, In the firft place, the Pawn of the Places along the Meufe with the Forts in Flanders, and in the fecond, the intire engage- ment of the King of Swedm in our Alliance $ which, in my opinion, cannot be brought to the defired end without the firft. And tho it is the faid Marquis, who ought to prefs the one and the other, neverthelefs it fo happens that , being prefs'd himfelf, he feems to neglett them. You may be better inftru&ed in the prefent State of the King of Spain's affairs than I,and you will judge by the confequence, whe- ther it is poffible or ima- ginable that they fhould obtain the end of their Bufinefs without borrow- in a good Summ of Mo- ney. As for my own part, I am affur'd, that, adjuftez, ily a long temps & dont tout le bon fuccefs, que nom pouvorrs ejperer dans le grand affair, de- pend abfolutement. Sfa- voir , en premier lieu, celuy de ^pignoration des Places an bord de la Meuze, avecles Forts en Flandre ; & an fecond, ce- luy de r engagement entier du Roy de Swede dans no tre Liafon-y lequel , a monjugement, ne peutetre conduit a la fin fouhaitti, fans le primier. Et quoy que c } eft le dit Marquis, qui devoit prefer lun& t autre, feeft ce pourtant, qu en etantpreffe luy me- me, il femble les negliger* Vom Jerez mieux inftruit de /' Eft at prefent des af- faires du Roy d' Efpagnc que moy, & jugerez, par consequent*, avec plm de fondement, ? il eft ima* ginable ou poffible, qwils vienent a bout de loirs affaires, fans un pret d* tine bonne fomme . d* Ar- gent. jQuant a moy, je tiens pour affnrer qu, a without' to Si>' William Temple, Bar.&c. 2 8p without it, they will not only be incapacitated from gaining Succours from the Swede; but they will not be able to put their Troops into any condition to make the leaft reiiftance againft their enemies. The time too it felf feems fo pre- cious to me in this Bufi- nefs, that already by the lofs of that which is e- lapfed fince you took the Pains and Care to exhort his Excellency by your Letters from the Hague, to forward the Pawn, Two Millions won't have that effeft now which one would at that time. Be- fides that) he can't be ignorant, the Compoli- tion of the Republick is fuch, that, in the end, tho his Excellency will be refolved on his part, yet there are (till Weeks requir'd to pafs an affair here, which touches the Purfesof ail the Provin- ces: And, 1 am much irylbken, if the French King will have fo much complaifance then, as to fake de cela, non feule^ ment ils ne pourront pa* fe prevaloir de fee ours Sue- dois, mais que mime ils ne feront pas cap able s de mettre en aucun Hat leiirs troupes pour fair e le mo'm- dre refinance a lews en- nem'u. Mhne le temps me Jemble, en cecy, fipre- tieuxy que deja, par la perte de celuy, qui eft kou- le, depuis que V0H6 prctes la Fein or le Sou d' ex- hort er fori Excellence par vos Lcttres (WjHa\c, devouloir avaucerla dite oppignoration, deux Mil- lions ne feront pas' tant d % effeci que cbaque Million aur/it fait en cette fea* Jon la. Outre, qit ilfaut fcavoir, que le corps de cette Republique eft de telle compofitioti, que quand a lafinjonEx t e Hence [era re- flue defon Cute, ilfaulra encore des semain'es. pour fairs pajfer icy uve affair qui touche la bourfe pay t outes ks Province si ./>, je me trompe fort, ft fe Roy de France aura la vdm* plaifwce de now »;ii 11 2 go the "Earl of Arlington' s Letters allow us the opportunity, which we have vainly let flip by our own neg- lefr. If you are of the fame Sentiment,! fliould intreat you to reprefent it very earneftly to his Excellency that he will mine the whole Affairs of the King his Matter by his irrefolution and delay: And that in a little time they will be paft all remedy if he con- tinues the fame Meafures. It is reguilite that the Swedifh Army fliould be prefently put into a con- dition, to be capable of performing the Service which ought to be ex- pected from it. And it is to be lamented that the Money, by which the Soul ought to be infpir'd into this Body, is ftill fo fartofeek. God knows whether it can be help'd yet tho we were to con- clude the Contract for the Pawn to day I I dif- pofe the States as much as poffibiy I can, to Libe- rality -, but they begin to make obje&ions againft alors, le temps que nom faifons ecouler inutile- went par notre negligence. C eft pour quoy, ft vom etres de ce mime fenti- ment, je vom fupplie de repref enter a [on. Excel* lence tres vivement qu* elie ruine les affaires du Roy fon Mahre, par fin irre- folution y & par fa lenteur : Et qu y en pen de jours % elles ferent fans remede, ft elle continue ce meme train. 11 eft temps que r Armee Swedoife foit deja mife, en bon hat pour etre capable de rendre le Service , que Von en doit tirer. Et il eft tres fa- fheux que V argent, par la quelle l y ame doit etre infpiree a ce corps, eft en- core ft loign a ce'rfber. JDieu ffait ft I' ony pour r a encore remedier quand me- me on concluroit le contract de V oppignoration au- jourdhuy I Je difpofe tant, que je puis, les Efprits des E flats a la liber alit e $ mats ' on commence a me faire des objections, qw il me. to Sir William TempIe,2W.&V. 2pi me, as if Iefpous'd the Intereft more than Spain it felf 5 That it is better to employ Three Milli- ons in one's own Coun- trey, and amongft one's own Subjects, than to fend One out of doors: That Spain will the more endeavour to fend Mo- ney into their Low-Coun- tries, when they (hall have no hopes of getting it from hence, and others of the fame nature. How- ever I will not omit prefling, andcaufing, by our Deputies, the fa id Affair to be prefs'd with the Marquis, iince, I am very well aflfur'd, that for want thereof we lofe the Swede, and a- bandon the Defence of the Low-Coimtreys. It is more now than a Month fince his Excel- lency let me underftand, by you, That he thought it very neceffary that, im- mediately before all o- ther things, we fliould concert together the means requifite for their Defence, and to carry qu It femble que? yprende plus a" inter eft que /' Ef- pagne meme : qu'il vaut mieux employer trots Mil- lions dans fin pak, & en- tres fes propres Subjects que d'en envoy er un ait dehors : que V Efpagne s* evertuera mieux, a envoy- er de V Argent dans [on Pais £as, q it and '.e He n aura pas Pefperance d'en pouvoir toucher icy, & fern- blabkz. Je ne laifferay pas pourtant de continuer a prejjer, & a fairepref- [er, par nos Deputez, ait pres de fin Excellence la dite affair, d % autant, que je fni* perfuade, que faute de cela,l on per d la Suede, & I on abaudonne la de- fence des Pais JBas. 11 y a plus d } un Mots que fin Excellence me fit wander par vom, quelle jugeoit tres neceffalre quo fans perte de temps & de- van t toutes chofez Von concert at enfemble les moy- ens dont on fe ferv ir o it- pour leur defence, O' pour agir de concert avec la 11 2 on 2p2 The Earl 0/ Arlington'/ Letters on the faid Concert with Vigour neceflary againft Trance. You may re- member that you very well approv'd my An- iwer, which was, That, if the King of France, after nis Excellency had accepted our Proporti- ons, mould fly back, or feek Evafions, then it would be very juft, and much to the purpofe to Concert, on the part of the King of Great Bri- tain and the States,with his Excellency the man- ner whereby we mould aft in the King his Ma- ilers Territories. And, fince the King of France ft-Hl refufes, by his laft Anfwer, of the tyth. of this Month, the con- tinuance of the Ceflation of Arms, methinks there is a neceffity that all things fhould be pre- pared for fuch a Concert. That the Pawn, and the lending a good Sum of Money were refolv'd : That the Treaty with the Swede, and the neigh- bouring interefted Priu- Vigeur require contre la France. // vom fou- viendera fans doute que vom approuvier fort ma reponfe quipourtoit,que 7 fi le Roy de France apres que fon Excellence auroit ac- cepted nos Propofitions ve- noit a reculer oh a cher- cher des echappatoires y a- lorsil feroit tresjufte & tres apropos que de la part du Roy de la Grand Bre- tagne & des Eft at s /' on concert at avecfon Excel- lence la maniere dont on agiroit dans le Territoire du Roy fon Maltre, Et puifque le Roy de France refufe encore par fa der- nier e reponfe duig* de ct Mok la continuatian de la ceffation des Armes, il femble que le temps re- quiert que tout fut deja •prepare pour un tel Con- cert, jgue r oppignera- tion & le pret d' une bonne fomme £ Argent fut ar- ret L que la Traite avecla Suede & autres Princes voijfms & intereffes fit ces to Sir William Temple,JW>6ftr. 2^3 ceswas«concluded: That •the Marquis had given you, and our Deputies an exaft information of the prefent State of his Mili- tia, and of the Garrifons of the mod important Places, asalfo of the fuc- cefsof that great Levy, which the Baron of Ber- geyck talk'd fo much of (at that time when he was with me, and we put into bis, and Ambaflador Ga- marra's hands, the* Copy of our Treaties.) And, as 1 am told, 'tis in a manner ail vaniuYd intoAir^ part- ly, by the Knavery or Theft of thofe who were intrufted with the Money to raife the Troops •, and partly, for want thereof. And that we think of means to remedy thefe mifcarriages,which with- out doubt will be found in fome fort, through the whole bufinefs. It is very indecent, and contrary to all Rules, that we, who have an inclination to fur- niflihim with Money, as the firft and principal Re- medy for all his Sores, conclu, que le Marquis eut donne me information tres exacle a vom & a nos Ik- put ez de reft at prefent defa Mi lice & de la garde de fes places le plm impor- t antes comme auffy du fac- ets de cettegrande Levee, dont Monfteur le Baron Bergeyck nom par la tant ( lors que thez moy nom mhnes entrc les mains de V Ambaffadeur Gamarra & Us [tens la Copie de nos Traites. ) Et , qt£ Ion me dit, etre a/lee en fume t pour I a plm pari ; par tie par la mauvaife foy, ou. larun de ceux, qui avoient touche des denier s pour le- ver les regiments, & par- tie, faute d' Argent, & que ion fongeat aux moy- ens pour remedier aux defaults qui s\y trover out fans doute qudfi par tout. II J era mal fcant,& con- tre la mtthode ordinaire que nom, qui avons incli- nation de lui'foumir de /' Argent, primier & prin- cipal remede a touts fes maux, I allions prien d' U fhould ^P4 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters fliould go and beg him to accept it of us. But me- thinks it would be more proper for him, who has the greateft occafion for it, to ufe this method. And, fince his Excellency feems more cold in this matter than any other, I refer my felf to your Judgment, whether it would not be convenient en vouloir de nom<% Mais il me femble que ce feroit plus dans V ordre que cette priere vint du cote de celuy qui en a fort be" foing. Et, puifque Iafroi- deur de fin Excellence femble en cecy grande qui en toute autre chofe, je me re-met s a votre jugement / ' il ne fera pas a propos que vow y apportisr un that you carry your felf pen de cbaleur, pour f aire a little warmly therein, terminer prompt ement una that this point may fpee- affair, *qui doit vifiblement diiy be determin'd, which etre le primier re fort qui muft viiibly be the firft Spring to fet the whole Machine in motion. And as to the other, we have difpatch'd, a great while ago, fuch Orders, In- structions and Powers to our Minifters in England that, the firft being con- cluded, the effect there- of v/iil without doubt occanon a-fpeedy con- clullon with the Count de iyl:ona; and of the Triple Alliance to be made between England, tha Swede, and this State. We fail not in the mean riffle to ailemble our fera mouvoir toute la Ma* chine. Et, quant a V au- tre point, mm avons en- voye, il y a long temps, tcls Ordres, InftruEtions & Touvoirs a nos Mini- fires en Angleterre, que, le premier etant conclus, V effect de ce. movement: fera fans, douse la prompt e conclufton avec Monfieur le Comte.dtD'hoha, & la Triple Liaifon qui. fe doit faire entre.V- Angleterre, la Suede, & cet Eft at. Now n&' :manquons pai^ cependant, de faire . af femble nos Troupes, vers i III 10 Troops to Sir William TempIe,2L*r.&V. 295 Troops towards Bergen vp Zoom, and alfo to form another Body to- wards Zutphen, as you will hear more at large les quartiers de Berg op Zoom, & aujjy de for- mer un autre Corps vers le quartiers de Zutphen, comme vom ferezplm am- from our Deputies, who plement informi par Mef- are with you, and who fieursnos Deputes, qui font aupres de vous, & qui ne manqueront pas do vows entretenir fur tout ce que touchera la Caufe commune, a quoy me remet- tant, Je demeureray, will not fail to enter- tain you upon every thing that relates to the common Caufe ; where- to referring my felf, I remain, SIB, Monfieur, Your moft Affectionate Votre tres Humble & tres Humble Servant, Affeftione Serviteur. John de Witt. Johan de Witt. ll 4 • 'SIR, 2p6 the Earl of Arlington' j Letter Wlntehal, March 23. 68, SIR, Incemy laft I have received yours of the ijtfa s and feen, in the Dutch Ambaffdors hands, what Monlieur deWitt wrote to you of the 26th, where- in he feems to lay the blame veiy hard upon the Marquis that there is not an end yet made of the Bargain of the Loan Money. The Spaaijb Ambaffa- dor, on the other fide, and the Baron d* Jfola charge the States as ftrongly, upon the delay, faying, Their additional demands of Damne^&c. fhews plainly they have no mind to conclude with the Marquis, In the mean time this, or fomething worfe muft be a Caufethat we cannot come to a Concluiion with the Swedifi? AmbafTador - and, however the Mar- quis may iinderffand it there. We are amazed Spain will Hick at any Sum of Money that may af- furc that Crown to them in all Events. We had Letters yefterday from Sir John Trevor, of the 29th. S. A r . which give us no clear light to iudge what is like to be their conclufion. We tell thegi, from hence, the only Touchftone to try them by, muft be France's confenting to the Sufpenfion of Arms 3 who (rill object againft it, faying, The In- tentions of Spain are not for the Peace, That the Marquis rfrajg . mifim -e rely - with them, and under- takes for things he knows he (hall be difavowed in* Sir John gave us fome hopes of continuing the §uf- pennon, yet 12, or 15, clays, beyond the end of March, in which time he hopes We, or Spain 7 mxh "Ufc,,mav beget fome expedient that may, at leaft, clear to Sir William Temple,2kr.&V. 297 clear Us in the Opinion of the German Princes, if not convince France. We know not what to think of Don Juan's de- lay, In what condition would the Affairs of Flanders have been' now, if we had not treated with the Hollander? And yet in Madrid, as I told you in my * laft, they dp nothing but declare againft our Treaty at the Hague. Let them fay what they will, if Don Juan does .not immediately arrive with Money, and good (tore of it, and the Pawn be not made in Holland, Sweden will be loft to Spain, and we (hall not begotten with any erTe& to it. I need not en- large any more to you upon thefe matters, fuppoJing it is poffible you may be gotten to Aix before this overtakes you. I am, &c. ivhitehal, March 27. 68. SIR, THE frelheft I have from You is of the ijtb.S.N. which I acknowledged in my laft, and God knows where this will find you. For Monlieur de Beverving being gone to Aix, 'tis poffible You are fo too 5 but, till I hear it from your felf, I (hail not put. my felf upon writing very particularly to You. For which reafon, I do not acquaint you with thofe newQualirications we have fent to Sir John Trevor by the recommendation of the Dutch Am- bafladors, by which we hope to obtain not only the Ceflation, put the Peace alfo. The noife of them. rnay poffibly give fome offence to Spain; but the reality 2$>8 The Earl 0/ Arlington'/ Letters reality and fubftance will not. For, if Spain does what they have, promifed, and what we have un- dertaken they (hall Perform, they can receive no prejudice from what we Promifeif they do not Per- form. Here hath been a rumor, this day in the Town, t of Don Juan s having paffed the Chanel, but, upon ' examination I found no ground for it. Your Lady Dined with me this day, and (hewed me Three Lines of yourlaft Letter, wherein you ask to be inftruded in the Ceremonial Part of your Negotiation at Aix> I can give you but one Rule in it, viz. To form your Meetings fo as to avoid all Competitions and Rivalfhips for Place 5 which it muft be the Butch Ambaffador's part to Negotiate fairly betwixt you, becaufe he can never come into the Competitions. Iam,!kc. ivhitehal, March 30. 68. . SIR, LAft Night I received Two of Yours, of the 30th. of March, and April the 3d. And, according to your defires, have herewith difpatch'd a New Power for You in the Quality of Envoy Extraor- dinary, to thofe Letters youfent me of your Com- merce with Monfieur de Witt. The Dutch Ambaf- fadors have this Day added their late Anfwer to Yours dated 'April 'the 4^. and this Afternoon we have been together with them in debate upon the fending to You Monfieur de Lyorme's late Project for the Peace, to have You offer it to the Marquis- to to Sir William Tetrvplejiar.&c. 299 to be Signed, which we wifh he would do in the Terms it is propos'd without any alteration -■> be- caufe, by that means, Trance could have no pretence to go off from it. But, becaufe it is likely he will on his fide infill upon a Guaranty for the Peace, we have charged our felves to agree, to Morrow, upon an Inftrument, and fend it to you with a Power to Sign it together with the States Deputies. And this we take to be a fliorter way to the Peace, than that of Aix y of all which you {hall have a more particular Account by an Exprefs within a day or two, prefuming you follow Monfieur de witt\ Ad- vice, not to make any hafte to Aix, where I fup- pofe, little or nothing will be done. The Letters from Madrid, of the ,J. Afarcb, faid no more of Don Juan's coming away, than that he was pre- paring himfelf for it ^ and this day, from Sea, we hear that Monfieur de Beaufort is abroad with Twenty Ships to way-lay him. Being fo far as you are there from the War, we think any Proportions of Peace ought to be ac- ceptable to You % efpecially fince the Marquis muft be long ago convinc'd that Holland* will not be lead againft their will into the War, and confequently never leave finding out Expedients for the Peaceata greater Price than Spain, the longer it is delayed. His Majefty fent for the Houfe of Commons this Afternoon, to quicken them in finifliing the Money Bill, and to tell them they (hould not fit beyond jyhitjiintide. J am, &c. Monfieur ;co The Earl of Arlington's Letters Monfieur de Ly- onne's Projeft. Le Projet du Monfieur de Lyonne. WHereas the De- lays and diffi- culties, which mud have attended the examining of different Rights, Pre- tentions and particular Exceptions of the Two Kings, would extremely retard the Conclulion of the Treaty, and defer the Benefit which all Chriftendom does expedl: and may receive, it hath been Covenanted and A- greed, as well in pro- fpect of a Peace, as to put an end to thofe pre- Tent differences, which have inflamed the War, That the mod Ghriftian Kingaforefaid (hall have, poffefs and really enjoy all thofe Places, Forts and Pofts which he took ajid fortified during the D* Ant ant que les lon- gueurs & difficul- ty , qui fe feroyent rencon- tries ft on fkt entri en difcution des divers droit s, pretenfwns, & exceptions refpe&ives des dits deux Roys, eujfent pek beau- coup retarder la conclu- fion de ce Traiti, & dif- ferer le bien, que toute la Chrkienti en attend, & en recevra, il a eticonve- nn & accordi, tant ta contemplation de la Paix, que pour terminer' les dif- ferent s pre fans, qui out rallumi la guerre, Que le dit Seignieur Roy ■ tres Chretien reti'endra , de- meurerafaife cjrjouira ef- feBivement de toutes les Places, Fortes & Poftes que fes armes ont occupies* on fortifies pendant la laft to Sir William Temple, BarJ&c. 3 o 1 laft yearsCampaign.That Campagne de I ' annee paf- is to fay, The Fortrefs of fee. A fc avoir, la For- Charle-Roy, the Towns treffe de Charle-Roy, des of Bincb and d y Atte, the Villes de Binch & ly 3(b2 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters cably and for ever, &c. as is fettled by the 41/. Article of the Pyreneaft Treaty. Thefaidmoft Chrifti- an King, immediately, upon the Proclamation of the Peace, (hall with- draw his Troops from theGarrifons ofallFor- treffes, Towns, Caftles and Forts within the County of Burgundy, commonly called le tran- che Comte, and Ilia 11 really, truly and faith- fully reftore to his Ca- tholick Majefty all the faid County of Burgundy, without refer ving or re- taining any part thereof. The faid mod Chri- ftian King mall, in like manner , reftore to his Catholick Majefty all the Places, Forts, Caftles and Ports which he hath, or may gain till the very day that the Peace is proclaimed, wherefoever they may be fituate, thofe Places only excepted which by the prefent Treaty ought to remain to his Chri- joursjkc. Comme an 4 r . Article du. Traite des Pyrenees. Le dit Seignieur Roy tres Chretien, auffi tot apres la publication de la Paix, retirerafes Troupes des Garrifons de toutes les Places, Villes, Cha- taux & Forts du Comti de Bourgogne vulgaire- ment appeUee le Franche Comte, & reftituera re- ellement effeBivement & de bonne foy a fa Majefte Catholique toute la dite Comte de Bourgoigne, fans y rien referver n*y retenir. Le dit Seignieur Roy tres Chretien fera aujji reftituer au dit Seignieur Roy Gatholique toutes les Places, Fortes, Chataux, & Poftes, que fes armes ont ou pourroient auoir occupe jufqtf ait jour de la, publication de la Paix, en qitelque lieu qit elles foient ffitue's, a la referve des places & fortes, qui doivent dmeurer, par le prefent Traite a fa Ma- ftiau to Sir William Tempi e>Bar.&c. 303 ftian Majefty, as hath been above recited -, as alfo his mod Catholick Majefty (hall reftore all the Places, Forts, Caftles and Pofts which he may take till the day that the Peace is proclaimed, wherefoever they may be fituate. Their Majefties give their confent that all Kings, Potentates and Princes, who pleafe to enter into a like Engage- ment, may give to their Majefties their Promifes and Obligations of Gua- ranty, for the execution of all that is contained in the prefent Treaty. It hath been Cove- nanted, Agreed and De- clared that nothing is hereby revoked in the the Pyrenean Treaty (that only excepted which con- cerns Portugal , with whom the faid Catho- lick King hath fince con- cluded a Peace) any fur- ther than it hath been otherwifedifpofe&in this, jefte tres Crhienne, ainfi qui! a he cy deffm dit 5 Comme pareillement fa Majefte Catholique fera reftituer a fa Majefte tres Chrhiene toutes les Places, Forts , Ckataux & Poftes qui fes amies pour- roient avoir occupe jus qu au jour de la publica- tion de la Paix en quelqus lieu qu' ellesfoientfituts. Leurs Majefles confer tent que torn les Roys, Pottentats & Princes, qui voudront bien entrer dans un pareil V engage* ment puiffent dormer a leurs Majeftes leurs pro- mejfes & obligations de Gar ant ie de P execution de tout le continu au pre- fent Trait e. Il he convenu accorde & declare qu' on n" entend rien revoquer du Traitc des Pyrenees (a V excep- tion de ce qui regarde Is Portugal, avec le quelle dit Seignieur Roy Catho- lique a de puis fait la Paix) qu" entant quil en am a he autrement dijpofe m celuy cy pur la cejjhu den by 3 04 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters by parting with the Pla- places fittdites, fans que ces abovefaid •, yet fa, les parties ayent acquis that no Party may ac- aucm nouveau droit, ou quire any New Right, puijfent recevoir aucm or may receive any Pre- prejudice fur leutsprettn- judice, as to their re- tions refpeBives y mtoutes fpeftive Pretences, in any les cbofes, dont il rieft Matters, whereof no ex- point fait mention expreffe prefs mention is made in pur leprefent Traite. this prefent Treaty. whitebaly March 31. 68< SIRy Ccording to my Promifelaft Night, I herewith A fend you a Copy of Monfieur de Lyonne's Pro- ject, which you are, together with the States De- puties to prefs the Marquis Cafiel Rodrigo to Sign, unlefs he will chufe rather, which we fuppofe he will not, to fend Power to Monfieur Van Beuningen and Sir John Trevor to Sign it at Paris. And becaufe we forefee he will not confent towards the Peace upon what terms foever, unlefs he can fecure his Matter from another War. We agreed with the Dutch Ambafladors to fend you likewife a Power to war- rant and fecure to the Marquis the Peace in general Terms, according to the Draught herewithal fent you, from which you are not to vary in Subftance^ tho you may in fmallCircumftances, astheinierting the very Peace in it according to the inclofed Ar- ticles, or changing the Manner as you pleafe, fo you do retain the Subftance, wherein you perceive there to Sir William Te\i\fk,Bar.&c 505 there is a further Guaranty to follow after the con- clufion of the Peace. We have acquainted the Spanifh Ambaflfador and the Baron de Ifola, with our Proportion, but they feem not much to like it, therefore you may fuppofe they will give the Mar- quis ill impreflions concerning it-, but the time is come wherein the Marquis muft either make the Peace or War : Towards the latter he is very ill pro- vided, therefore methinks he mould not heiitate upon the former. In our Letters lad Night to Pari*, we agreed to direft our Minifters to prefs the King of France to fufpend his Demolition of the Forts at Dole and 1 Gray. It is certainly a moll unjustifiable proceeding, but, perhaps, not an ill Argument that they will make the Peace. / am, See. P. S. The Dutch Ambaffadors do this Night fend an Exprefs to the Hague, to obtain fuch a Power for their Deputies at £ ruffe Is., as is herewith lent you. ivhitehal, April 3. 68. SIR, I. Received one from You of the ift. O.S. which I am forced to acknowledge fo, becaufe it had no date. It complains, and with reaion, of the Pro- ject made in Holland, of containing the i^;//>\/, much beyond the degrees, or Specification exgreffed in Our Treaty, which made us here reject it when X 'twas 306 The 'Earl of Arlington'/ hetters 'twas propofed, efpecially the latter part of it, re- lating to a Republick, and Cantqnizing the Spa- nijh Netherlands, indeed betwixt France and Hol- land, and with no advantages of Honour, or Pro- fit to his Majefty. But on the other fide, it is plain to us that, if we do not accommodate our felves to Holland, in giving fome fair Anfwer to the King of France's Two principal Queftions, expreffed in Mon- fieur deLyonne's of the igtb. part, we are not only in danger of lofing the Princes of Germany, but even Holland itfelf-, who feem refolv'd, tho they do not fpeak it very plainly, either to make the Peace upon any even fliameful Terms towards Spain, or elfe to return to the Thoughts you found them in, when you went firft to the Hague, of dividing the Prey of the whole Low-Countries with France. And this is that I frequently fay to the Conde de Molina, and the Baron d' Jfola, when they difcourfe to me their diflatisia&ion in all/MWs Proportions for the Peace 5 which I tell them they ought to ac- cept of upon any Terms how unfecure foever 5 I mean, with relation, to that Member of the Alter r native which the Marquis hath accepted. For, at lead, they will get fome breathing time for the pre- fent, and when the Peace is made, it will be the Intereft of Holland efpecially to fee it warranted fuf- ficiently % if they refufe this, I ask them what party they will take? Have they a means without, and perhaps a gainft Holland to fecure the Swedes} Can England fuffer it feif to be led into the War, lying under fuch Debts, and with 300 oqq/. yet on- ly promifed to fuppcrt it ? Are the Affairs in the Spani(h Lyw-Countreys yet in a condition of re- fifting 1 5.' days march of the French Army ? Does the Emperor yet fliew himfelf io as to .-ma-fee the World to Sir William Temple,2kr.6rV. 307 World believe he is allyed to the Crown of Spain? If the Marquis cannot anfwer you well all thefc Queftions, you may, methinks, eafily convince him that he muft make the Peace, fince he cannot make the War, and that he mud not wonder at us if we rather chufe to follow Holland, in fome inde- cencies towards Spain, fo the Peace may be attain'd by it, than fuffer them by a defpair of our conjun- ction, to go over to France, to the utter mine of the Spanifh Low-Countreys •, and perhaps to nolefs for our Selves, if France and Holland can find it their in- tereft to confpire to our deitruftion. The effed of all this Difcourfe is to awaken You to prepare the Marquis to be wife for himfelf, and to interpret favourably what we do in their concerns. Herewith I fend you a new Parchment to carry to Alx, having understood that Monlieur Colbert goes thither with that Character, and that Sir John "Trevor writes, they in Franceluvc warned him not to look that their Ambaflador will give the hand to Envoys when they come to vifit him. By the next Pod I (ball be able to fend You an account of our laft Inftru&ions to Sir John Trevor, which, howdifpleajingfoever they may be to Spain, the Marquis will, I hope, remember he may alwa)s exempt himfelf from them, by making good what he hath promifed. Iam,tkc t X 2 SIR ;o8 the 'Earl of Arlington'/ Letters whitehal, April 6. 68. SIR, ON Saturday Night laft I received Yours of the i or/;, which brought us the good News of the arrival of the Spani/b Courier with all the Power the Marquis defired, the want of which hath made .the French fo confidently fay they would make the Peace, and offer his Excellency accordingly the Pro- ject for it, which, if he either Signs himfelf, or fends Power to the Minifters of the Mediation to do at Paris, we (hall immediately either fee the Peace, or a final defenganno. The Belief of this laft makes the Holland Ambaffadors prefs more warmly than they did before the Agreement with the Conde de D'hotia-j and Monfieur Meerman charges himfelf with drawing up the Project which he Promifes (hall be ready before the Conde de MolinasYower can be here to indempnifie us, notwithftanding all his Profeffions and feeming Concernment to make hafte. I know he will not conclude the matter till he hears that France hath totally rejected the Peace, and that the Agreement for the Loan is Sign'd and Ratified. , Both he and the Conde de Molina prefs Us to make ready our 4000. Foot, and His Majefty hath, this Evening, given his Order for them. The* Conde. promifes Mony {hall not be wanting, upon condi- tion we will keep the Butch Ambarfadors in igno- rance of it, lead the Example fliould make them pretend to the like. Don Bernardo Keali brought His Majefty a Let- ter from the Marquis, intimating a likelihood of his waiting upon him here, fince France hath denyed him to Sir William TempIe,lW.&ft\ 509 him a Paflport. I will mind His Majefty of anfwer- ing it by the firft occafion, and affuring his Excel- lency of his welcome. I am told, and from a very good hand, the States are going to warn the Prince of Orange out of his Lodgings at the Hague, and to take his Stables from him. You know how tender His Majefty hath been of preffingthem to do any thing for him in- confiftent with the Maxims of their prefent Go- vernment, if His Majefty's difcretion mould expofe his Nephew to fuch a Mortification, what would hisHighnefs, andallftanders by fay of it, efpecially in a time when England and Holland are fo united ? His Majefty is loth to enter into any Expoftulation in this matter, till he knows the Truth of it, which he thinks he cannot better come by, than by your cjueftioning Monfieur de Witt upon this Subject, and deriving your curiofity therein from common fame. As likewife to know what kind of Figure his High- nefs (hall take in this Campaign, in cafe the Holland Army take the Field. I pray fail not in your firft Letter to Monfieur de Witt to take up this matter and let me have an account of it as fpeedily as you can. We hear a Tempeft difperfed Don Juan's Fleet as foonas it got to Sea, and that the fame or fuch like Weather had fentpart of Monfieur de Beaufort's into Rochelle, but we have only weak Foundations for either of thefeNews, 1 am,fkc f X 5 #/* 3 io the Earl of Arlington' j Letters London , April 10.68. SIR, IHave Yours of the zyh. to acknowledge but little elfe to add, excepc the Warm Converfa- tion we have had this dav with the Count de D'hona, in the prefenceof the Dutch AmbarTadors, who af- ter he had, with much juftice, complained of the delays we have ufed toward him, clofed at laft as we could wiih in all things, but the laft regulation of the Sum for what is paft and to come ( which we are toadjuft to Morrow Morning) and. much to eur wonder, on all fides, to fee that Crown, which hath had a more mercenary Reputation than per- haps it deferved, ihouM in fuch a Conjuncture keep it felf Co fair and clear to its firft Profeffion. But now when we have brought the Matter thus far, and that the States are willing to joyn with our Mafter in fecuring the Payments to the Swede, the Marquis his Power clces not appear, or will not be owned to be here to indemprfifie us. We are in the fame condition for the 4000. Foot, we are railing. The Spamjb Ambatfador hath pro- mifed privately to furnilh the Moneys-, but yet rh^y appear not, when matters go thus towards the 'War, is it goffible the Marquis can delay the Peace. Sir John Trevor, m his laft'of the i^.faith he was in hopes they ihould make it, if the Marquis would proceed frankly, and we give him leave to accom- pany Monfieur Van Beuningen in the fteps he prc- pofed, and had Authority from his Mafters to make. We have done it, but neither yet will I tell you what to Sir William Temple,2kr.&V. 3 1 1 what they are that you may, with a better Confci- ence, yet periift, Swearing you know not what they are, and with a better grace bewail them, if they be a little more indecent to Spain than we can well juftific. After all, 'tis (aid, We are not in a leading State, and if we had not followed Holland, fo clofe that, they could not lofe us, perhaps Spain might have loft them. A Rich Fleet is come from Smyrna , and others from the weft- Indies y yet none of them can tell us any news of Don Ja anpv Monfieur de Beaufort. I am, Sec. Whitehall April 13. 6$. SIR, THE fame day I received Yours of the ijtb. an Exprefs came hither from Sir John Trevor with the Treaty Sign'd at Paris, which is to be Sign'd at Aix : all Vid. M r de Lj/r which I fuppofe were in your amies Project, hands as foon, and perhaps before this can overtake you at Brujfcls. You will alfo be gone thither, and I hope the reft will be conclu- ded in an Hours Time. And, if the Marquis had not fent a Gentleman thither already in Pomp, I dare fay he would direft him to Sign it in his riding Boots, Vim qu: il ny a plus rien a merchandtr, Becaufe be hath nothing more to do. And, after all is done, if Spain can get a good Guaranty from its Neighbours, which, methinks, Holland (hould be indubious in, as well as the reft, they will have X 4 much 3 t 2 the Earl of Arlington' j Letters muchtoblefs God that they are fo happily deliver- ed from this Campaign. One thing I could wifli, you had credit enough with the Marquis to obtain, that he would, for the fecurity of the Houfe of Aufiria, and for our' Honour's fake, enable us to comply with the Swedes in the Treaty we have here made with the Count de L'hona: without which he muft go off, and confequently Ahat Crown be eternally dilobli- ged, which France will not. in its next attempt, leave in a (late cerpher partie. One thing more I muft prefume to advife the Mar- quis to, that, if Holland does not jovn frankly, and fincerely with us, in making a good Guaranty for this Peace, and fuch a one as may not only keep the War out of Flanders > but out of the reft of Chriftendom. Don E Hey an de Gamarra fhould threaten the States that the King his Mafter will throw up all the Low-Countreys into the hands of France, rather than be the Guardian only of their Frontiers, whilft France makes the War upon other Members of the Spanijh Dominions. Jam,&c, r A to Sir William Temple,K*r.&V. 3 1 3 A Provisional Treaty between the King ef Great Britain and the States General, on the one part'-, and his moft Chrifli- an Majefty on the other : in order to the Peace between France and Spain. >""pHE King of GV^ 1 Britain and the States General of the V- ?iited Provinces, of the Low-Countreys, having lent in the end of Febru- ary, Van Beuningen and- Sir John Trevor, refpe- ftively their Ambaflador and Envoy Extraordi- nary to the moft Chri- itian King, to make him an offer of employing their Care and Offices for the fpeedy eftabliuV mentofthePublick Re- pofe, by the conclmlon of a good Agreement be- Un Traite Pfovifional entre le Roy de la Grande Bretagne, & les Eftats Gentraux de Tune part v & le Roy tres Chre- tien de T autre, pour achever la Paix entre France & P Efpagne. LE Roy de la Grande Bretagne & Mef- fieurs les Eftats Genermx des Provinces Unies des Pais Bas, ay ant Envoye a la fin du mois de Fevrier les Sieurs Van Beuningen & Trevor refpetlivement leur Ambaffadeur & En- voye extraordinaire auRoy tres Chretien hiy offrir d* employer leurs Soins & lews Offices pour le prompt retablijewent da Repos Pub- lic par la conclusion d* un bon Accommodement entre twten 3 1 4 The Earl of Arlington / Letters tweenhim and the Ca- tholick King-, and the faidmoft ChriftianKing having at that time kind- ly received the Offer of the faid King of Great Britain and the faid States 5 declaring to the faid Van Beuningen and Trevor, that, for their Matters fake, he conti- nued ft ill in a refolution of agreeing to the ma- king of a Peace upon the fame Foundation , of one "oftheAlternatives,which they had propofed at the end of the Campaign the la ft year ; that is to fay, Either that the Spaniards mould leave him in pof- feflion of all thofe Places, Forts and Pofts, which he had taken t\\z laft Campaign,together with their dependences, or that they fhould grant him an Equivalent by giving up to him Franche Comte, (or in lieu thereof the Dutchy of Luxen- burgh) Cambray and Cam- brefis, Doway, the Fort de Scarpe, Aire, St.Omer, Berg, Furn and Link, luy& le Roy Catholique*, & le dit Roy tres Chreti- en ay ant des lors agreable- ment receu les Offres du dit Roy de la Grande Bri- tagne & des dits Seig- neurs Eftats declarant aux dits Seignieurs Van Beuningen & Trevor qu en conftderation de leurs Maitres, il perfifteroit a fe contenter encore de faire la Paix fur le me me fondemmt de Vwie des deux Alternatives dont il f etoit explique des la fin ■ de la Campagne del* an- nee paffee, afpavoir ou de la ceffion que les Efpagnols hiy feroient des Places, Forts & Pofies que fes ar- mes avoient occupies pen- dant la dite Campagne & • de leurs dependances, ou bien d* un Equivalent con- fiflant en la ceffion de la Franche Comte ( ou en fa Place du Dutche de Luxembourg ) Camferay & Cambrelis, Doway, le Fort de Scarpe, Aire, *S\Qmer, Berg, Furne7- Linkj avec leurs Depen- with to Sir William Temple,JW y c . 3 1 5 with their Dependances. It hath, fince that, come to pafs that by the Care and Offices of the faid King of Great Britain and the States General, the Marquis of Caftel Ro- drigo , Governour of Flanders, by vertue of his full Power to treat a Peace, hath accepted, in the name of the faid Catholick King, the firft part of the two faid Al- ternatives, and declared to Sign himfelf,or by his Subdelegate, a Treaty of Peace conformable to the trojeft, which hath been ofter'd him by the Mini- sters of the King of Great Britain and the faid Eftates, who are at Bruxe//es.Yui'Cuknt there- unto, the faid Ambatfa- dor and Envoy Extra- ordinary, perceiving the matter proceed 10 fairly, have made fre(h initances to his moll Chriftian Ma- jefty that he would con- tent to a ceflation of Arms till the latt day of May next following, in order to gain a' convenient dances, il feroit depuis ar- rive que, par les Soins & Offices du dit Roy de la Grande Bretagne & des dits Seigneurs Eftats k Marquis de Caftel Ro- drigo, Governeur des Flandres, en vertu defon plein pouvoir de Traiter la Paix, nuroit accepte au nom du dit Roy Catho- lique, le premier membre des dites deux Alterna- tives cy deffm dites, or declare d* etre pret defig- ner, ou faire figner par fes Subdeleguez un Traite de Paix conforme au Pro- jet qui luy auroit ete pre- sent e par les Minifires du Roy de la Grande Bre- tagne & des dits Seig- neurs Eftats, qui font a Bruxelles. ' Enfuitte de quoy les dits Ambaffa- deurs & Envoy e Extra- or din aires, voyant I' af- faire ft bien achemince, auroientfait de vives in- ftances a fa Majefte tres Chretienne de vouloir bien content ir a une fufpenfion £ Armes jmqii au dernier jour de May prochain, af- fin de dormer un temps con- fpace 5 1 6 the Earl of Arlington's Letters fpace of time for finifhing the faid Treaty, accord- ing to the ufual Forms: and his Majefty having declared, at their requeft, that, in the prefent con- dition of Affairs, he could not, without doing him- felf the laft prejudice, grant the fame, tho the faid King of Great Bri- tain and the faid States gave him all the afluran- ces, which he could con- ceive to be neceffary, that the Peace would infal- libly fucceed, both as to the forefaid Conditions, and the time limited therefore -, and the faid Ambatfador and Envoy Extraordinary have of- fered thereupon to his rnoft Chriftian Majefty that the King of Great Britain and the States would be Guarantees of the Promife, which they had brought him on the behalf of the Marquis of Cafiel Rodrigo, upon the acceptation of the flrft part of the Alterna- tive -, and fay, that by this Guaranty, which venable pour afbever k dit Traite, felon les for- mes accoutumees : & fa dite Majefte ayant de- clare fur les dits inftances que, dans V Eft at prefent des affaires, elle ne pou- voit V accorder, fans le fa ire des prejudices ex- tremes a moins que le dit Roy de la Grande Bre- tagne & les dits Seig- neurs Eftats luy donnaf fent toutes , les feuretez, qu' iljugeroit luy etre ne- ceffaires, pour V infallible fuccefs de lay Paix, am di- tes Conditions, & dans m ce temps fmdit --, & les dits Ambaffadeur & En- voye Extraordinaire ay- ant la dejfm offert a fa Majefte tres Chretienne que le Roy de la Grande Bretagne & Meffieurs les Eftats luy feroient Ga- rants des Paroles, qu Us luy avoient portees de la part du Marquis de Caftel Rodrigo, fur V accepta- tion du premier membre de /' Alternative & dit que par cette Garantic, qu Us avoient pouvoir de they to Sir William 7em\>le,Bar.&c. 3 1 they have power to Pro- mifc, they are fully au- thorifed and empowerd to give to his faid Chri- ftian Majefty all the fa- tisfaftion and-fecurity re- quifite, and what he can demand of the faid In- fallible Succefs 5 the moft Chriftian King hath here- upon nominated and de- puted the Sieur de Tel- lier, Counfellor in all his Councils, Dire&or of his Orders, Secre- tary of State, andot his Majefty'sCommands : the Sieur de Lyonne in like manner,Counfellor in all his Councils, Director of his Orders, Minifter and Secretary of State,and of his Majefty 's Commands : and the Sieur Colbert, Counfellor in all his Councils,ControulerGe- neral of all his Finances, Treafurer of his Orders, and Supervisor of his Buildings,in(tru£red with full Power to Treat with the faid VanBtwingex and Trevor, having the fame Power, to Concert toge- ther the faid Securities, promettre Us le trouvoient pleinement authorifez & en Eft at de dimmer a fa. dite Majefte tres Chrc- tiennc toutes Ies fatlsf ani- ons &feuretez requifes,®' qii elle pouvoit defirer de r InfaUibilite du dit Suc- cefs ^ le Roy tresChretienne auroit la deffm nommi & depute le Sieur Tel- \kvCo?ifei//ier en torn fes Confeils, Commandeur de fes Ordres, Secretaire d* Eft at, & des Command- ments de fa Majefte : Le Sieur de Lyonne aufjy Con- feillkr en tern fes Confeils, Commandeur de les Ordres Miniftre & Secretaire d* Eft at, & des Command- ments de fa Majefte i Et le Sieur Colbert, Conj'eil- her en torn les Co?i]eils, Controeleur general de fes Einances, T^reforier de fes Ordres, & Sur intend ant de fes Batiments, mums d' unpkin touvoirfutftfant pour Tr aiter avec les dits SeigneursYm Beuningen & Trevor munis auffy d' un me me pouvoir, & con- venir enfemble des dits feuretcz, ainfi que des 3 1 8 the Earl of Arlington \r Letters as alfo the fafeft and rea- died means to come at a Peace, and after feveral Conferences, which the faid Plenipotentiaries held thereupon, they at laft came to content unto, eftablifh and conclude upon the Articles here- after following. I. The Treaty of Peace,' between France zndSpain, mall be made conform- able to the Projett afore- faid, which hath been now depofited in the hands of the faid Van Beu- ningen and Trevor 5 and the Ratification of Spain iliall be tranfmitted to St. Germain en I aye to his moft Chriftian Majefty, by the laft day of May next inclufive $* as, in like manner, the moft Chriftian King (hall fend the Ratification of the faid Treaty, by the fame laft day of May, to the Governour of Flanders, or fooner if it can be done. moyens, plmfeurs, &plm prompts, pour parvenir a la Paix, & apres plnfieurs Conferences que les dits Vlenipotentiaires ont e'ues enfemble, ih ont enfin ac- corde, etably & arrete les Articles qui s enfui- vent* I. Le Traite de Paix, entre /^ France & /'Efpagne, fera faite conformement an Projet fmdit qui a eti prefentement remis entre les mains des dits Seig- neurs Van Beuningen & Trevor 5 & la Ratificati- on *f Efpagne fera En- voy h a le fmdit Projet? on que U Ratification d' Efpagne 71 ay ant pas ete remife an Roy tres Chreticnne, dan% le dit jour dirnier de May inclufivement, le dit Roy tres Chretien n etant plus alors tenu defaire la Paix, aux- Conditions des jh dites Alter natives, fa Ma- jefte declare quelle fe con- tent era defaire encore to. Paixy pendant les mots de Juincx-Juillet, aux &ti* the 3 2 o The Earl of Arlington'^ Letters the Conditions of the Two New Alternatives here following ( the choice whereof (hall be left to Spain ) that is to fay,theFirft, That Spain fhall part with the Con- quefts gain'd in the Cam- paign the laft Summer, and fhall further part with Tranche Count iy and Cambray and Cambrefis 7 the Second is, That Spain fhall part with an Equi- valent to what is fpeci- fied above, and fhall far- ther part with Luxem- burgb y or,in lieu thereof, with Life and Tournay. IV. In the mean time,grant- ing as hath been already obferved,That the Peace be not concluded, nor the Ratifications prepa- red, within the forefaid Term, by the neglect of Spainy the moft Chriftian King attacking the Spa- niards, after the Ceffa- tion is expired, in order to compel them to a Peace, upon tne Condi- ditions des deux nouvelles Alternatives fuiv antes ( dont le choix fera laijje a l } Efpagne ) a ffhavoir la premiere , de la Ceffi- on des Conquefles de la Campagnede V ete dernier y en y adjoutant par /' Ef- pagne la Ceffion de la FrancheCompte ^-Cam- bray & le Cambrefis - 7 la feconde, de la Ceffion de V Equivalent cy deffw dit y eny adjoutant , par /'Ef- pagne, la ceffion du Lux- embourg, ou y en fa place, celle de Lille & de Tour- nay. IV, Cependant, dans le me- me caiy qui vient d'etre dit, que la Paix ne foit pasfaite, & les Ratifica- tions fourniesy dans le Termefm dit y par la f ante de I Efpagne, le Roy tres Chretien attaquant alors y apres le Terme de la dite fufpenfion expire, les Ef- pagnols pour tacher deles neceffiter a la Paix 9 aux Conditions de Tune des tions to Sir William Tempk,Bar.&c\ tionsofone of the Two New Alternatives, the King of Great Britain and the faid States dial I be obliged to execute the Promiie contained in their Guaranty above- mentioned, and confe- quentlyto imploy incef- fently all their Forces, by Sea and Land, to ob- lige Spain to • make a Peace upon the Conditi- ons already made menti- on of. deux nouvettes Alterna- tives ,le Roy de la Grande Britagne & les dits Seig- neurs Eftats feront oblis ger de mettre a effett la Promeffe continue dans leur Gar ant ie fmmenti- onnee , & confequement employeront incejfament toutes leurs Forces, par Mer & par Terre, pour 'obliger /' Efpagne a faire la Paixaux Conditions qui venirent d y ctre dltes. V. In cafe that the Peace* by the default of Spain, cannot be yet concluded, during June and July, up- on the forefaid Conditi- ons ; their Majefties and the faid States ihall then refolve, a-new, upon what they conceive inoft expedient to put an end to the War. En cos que la Taix n" ayt pit encore ctre faite, pendant les dits inois de Juin & de Juillet, anx dits Conditions, par la faute de P Efpagne ^ leurs Majefyes & Us dits Seig- nieurs Eli at s convicndront alors enfemble, de nouveau, de ce qu lis trmviront ctre pirn cxped : em pi , i > terminer la Guerre. VI. But, to the end that, whilft their Majefties and the States Armies are in VI. Alais, a fin, que, dans P employ ties Amies de leurs dites Majcjics & des dits Y Action, 322 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters A&ion, thofe inconve- Seigneurs Eft at s an co* niencies may be avoided, fmdity on puiffe eviter Us which might poflibly at- inconveniensy qui pour- tend their joint Enter- prises, where all may likely refolveon the fame defigns, it is agreed, That his moft Chriftian Maje- fty fliall be confined to a& with his Army on this iide the Rivers and Ca- nals which pafs by the Towns and Places, ora- long the Towns and Pla- ces following-; That is to lay, Argent an, Na- ~vaigne> Maeftrichty Hal- Ien> JDieft, Sicbem, Arf- cboty Af alines, Rupelmond, Dendermond, Gand, Plaf fendal "and Oftende, nei- ther fliall he attack any of the fa id Towns or Pla- ces -, and the''; King of Great Britain and the States fliall beconfin'd to act only on.the other iide the fame Rivers and Ca- nals, neither fliall they attack any Towns or Pla- ces fituate on this fide. All which Points and Articles, above-mentio- ned, have been joyntly roient naitre par la con- currence des Entreprifes, dont chaque partie pour- roit vouloir choifir les me- mes dejfeins, il a ete con* venu que les Armes de fa Majejle tres Chretiennc fe contiendront a agir dji cote ae defa des Riviers & Canaux qui paffentpar les Vittes & Places , on le long desVilles & Places fuiv antes ; afgavoir, Ar- gentan, Navaigne, Mae> tricht, Hallen, Died/ Sichem,Arfchot, Malines Rupelmonde, Dender- monde, Gand,.PlarTendal, & Oftende 5 & nattaque- ront aucunes des dites Vil- les au Places ; & que les Armes du Roy de la Gran-" de Rritagne & des dits Seigneurs Ettatsfe contien- dront a agir au dela des manes Rivieres & Ca- naux >& n attaqueront au- cunes Villes ou Places ft- tueez du cote de defa, Tom le [quels Points & Article Sy cy deffm enonces, ont etc ainfy convenw, ar- agreed, to Sir William TempIe,lfor.&V. agreed, concluded and t accorded on both parts 1 between le Tellier, de Ly- onne and Colbert in the name of the moil Chri- flian King, and the faid Van Beuningen and Trevor fefpe&ively- in the name of the King of Great Bri- tain and the States Ge- neral : who have promi- fed to prepare the Rati- fications of their Majc- fties and the faid States, by the laft day of the prefent Month of April inclullve, and fooner if it can be done. In Te- ftimony whereof they have Sign d the prefent Treaty with their own Hands, and have there- unto put their Seals with their Arms. Made at St. Germain en I aye, the iftb. day of'ufyrilj i66S. Le Tellier. ? "> -> 5" J retez & accordez de part & (Y autre entre les Sieurs le Tellier, de Lyonnc,c2* Colbert, an mm dii Roy tres Chretien, & les dits Sieurs Van Beuningen cr- Trevor refpeEkivement, au norn du Roy de la Grande Bretagne & de Mejfieurs les h flats Generaux : lef- quels ontpromk d? en four- nir les Ratifications de lenrs Majefte's & des dits Sieurs Eji.its dans le der- nier tour du prefent mots tf"Avril inclufivement^ &• pluffotfi faire fe pent. En foy de quoy ils out Signe le prefent Traite de leur propre main & a iceli.y fait appofur les cachets de leurs Amies. Fait, a St. Germain en lave, It aum- zieme jour d* Avril, I' an mil fix cents foixante huit. Le Tellier. Van Beuningen. 7. Trevor^ De Lyonne. ColberU Van Beuningen. J. Trevor- De Lyonne. Colbert, Y % SIR, 324 The Earl of Arlington' s Letter: wlntehal) April 17. 68. Slt 9 I Have received Yours of the iotb. from Brufefs^ from whence I hope you are gone towards the difpatchofyourBufinefs at Aix, and that it will be difpatchedon all hands. Sir JohnTrev or, in his to me of the 21/. told me, they were going to St.Ger- rnatns to endeavour to extend the Nature of the Sufpenfion to alt Hoftilities, not only to prevent the Spoil of the Countreys, but to difappoint any accidents that might difcompofe the Peace. We take for granted here, that the Marquis will inter- pofe no delays, and that Madrid will fpeed away the Ratification. From thefe prefumptions we conclude the Peace made, one thing only we la- ment here, That the Marquis hath not yet fent a Power to the Conde de Molina to indemnifie the States and Us in the Promifes we have made to the Count del? bona* The Spanifb Ambaffador writes this Night to the Marquis, declaring to-him that the Swedijh Ambaffador hath declared, at the end of Eight Days, he will break off his Treaty with Us, and expert no longer. And the Truth is, ecnfidering how much he hath been amufed, atfirft by Holland, andfince by Spain, I cannot fay he is in the' wrong. But I mud conclude Spain to be blind to all its' own good, if they let him go off to the French fo difobliged, which of neceffity they muft do, I pray employ your credit with the Marquis, in reprefenfing to him not only his own Intereft hereto, but the Honour of Our'Mafkralfo, which is to Sir William Temple,2fer.6fo 5 2 5 is in a great meafure anfwerable to the Swede for this difappointment. When the Dutch Ambaflador and I this day prcfled the Conde de Molina and Baron d'Ifola upon this Argument, they told us they fear- ed, without the Holland Money upon the Pawns, which is now at an end, or Don Juan's arrival, the Marquis would not be able to find means to con- tent the Swede, and that, if he could, they fhouki not advifehim to apply it fo, till we all in common would enter into a Defenfiye League for the pre- fervation of the Peace : To which the Dutch Am- • baflador faid they could not reply withouc Directi- ons from their Principals : I faid His Majefty had not yet heard the matter debated, but the Swede feemed frank enough therein. To morrow we (hall meet to talk of it, after which the Dutch Ambaf- fadors promife they will difpatch an Exprefs to know their Matters minds herein. Iam,&Q. Whitehal, April 2c, 68. SIR, I Have received Yours of the 24?/;. before that of the ufi. came to my hands. In the latter of which was'the Marquis his Guaranty to us, which we mail prefs to have ratified in Spain by the firil occafion. I fuppofe you will be at. the end of your Work at Aix before this overtakes you, fo I need (ay nothing to it, and I have this only to give you from hence, That prcffing the Conde de Molina to be ready within a few days to indemnitie Us and the y 3 hqBw 326 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters Hollander, for what we (hall promife the Swede and the Holland AmbaiTadors, doubting the Marquis will not be able to find Money for it. They have delired me this day to prefs the Conde de Molina to hunaour in Flanders the Pawning, at leaft, fo much of their Countrey to the Hollander, as may raife this Money, faying, That if Don Juan arrives with any, he may prefently difengage it. The Conde promifeth.he will write of it, but fo coldly, that 1 have little hopes in it. I only tell you the Story that I may repeat his, as trie importance of get- ting fpeedy fatisfattion to the Count de U hona y wherein our Matter's Honour, and the Intereft of Spain is concerned. / am, &c. Whitehal, April 24. 68. SIR, YOur laft Letter told me you were juft then going to Aix, fo I do not wonder I have none from you fince, and we having left all your tranf- adtions there to your own difcreet ufage of your Powers on the one fide, and the molt ChriftiaaKin^ having fo regulated the matter on the other, I fup pofe you will have no caufe to. complain of- want' of New Inftructions. And, by what Sir John Tre- vor writes to us of the zSth.S.N. we may rea,- foMably hope whatfoever is refolved there will be easily Avowed ind Ratified at Madrid 5 Since, as he faith, even Monlkur de. Lyonne'.s Project ({fo called "> was already allowed,.there; In one word, Bv to Sir William Temple,&?r.&rY. 527 By all we hear either from Park, Bruffels or Ma- drid, the Peace is made. The only Pain we are in, is, that Sweden, in all this time, fhould not be engaged otherwife than by their own good will with us. The Spaniards in the beginning, and with a great deal of appearance of Reafon, accufed the Dut cb of it 5 and now the Butch, with as much appearance of Reafon, accufe the Spaniards for not either produ- cing the Money that lhould do it, or accepting the furnifliing it upon fuch a proportion of their Coun- trey, by the way of Pawn ro the Hollander, as would pr'efently procure the laying down of the Moneys. Upon this whole matter we expeft, with great im- patience, the Marquis's refolution, or Don Juan's arrival. Without which latter, we doubt, nothing but the Peace can be brought to pafs, unlefs you think your credit with the Marquis can- give any help in an affair, concerning more the Intereft of his Matter, than it. does our Matter's Honour. Jam, &c. Whitehall May I. 68. SIR, WE were fo bufie on Monday Night, and fo late at it, adjufting the Conde ds Z>' honas coming into our League with Holland, that I had not time to acknowledge yours of the 28th. and y>tb. containing your Two expottulatory Letters to the Marquis for the Baron de JSerge ycks fui pending to t 4 Sign „ 32$ the Tarl of Arlington'/ Letters Sign the Treaty with France, according to thoie Or- ders you carried him \ which we long to hear he hath done - 7 and the Gonde de Molina allures us that he will* Sir John Trevor hath partaken of thefe apprehen- fions in France, but we and he feem to be delivered of them, tho we have nothing beyond ftrong pro- babilities to juftifie us therein. I hope your next will put us quite out ofle,Bar&c. 341 Sir John Trevor To my Lord A%Ll^iqTO^C. P/7/^ ; May 23. S.N. 68. My Lord, THIS laft Poft brought me no Commands from your Lordfhip, and this Poft will nut carry' to you the News I wifli to fend you, that the Rati- fications are Exchanged, and the Peace Proclaim 'd, but I hope the next may give fome fair approaches to it. We have 'fixed it in this Court, that they chufe to have the Ratification with the fame Powers inferted, and in the fame Terms in which the Treaty was' Signed at Aix, which they believe will furnifh, lefs matter for the invalidity : We have fent ad- vice of this to Brujftls, and to prevent miftakes, (to which they are very fubject there ) and to bring us the neceffary Ratifications in the juft Form, and to agree the Circumftances of the delivery of them here, and of the other from Frame, into the hands of the Marquis at BruJJels, according to our Treaty 5 I have thought it neceffary to fend Mr. in Moulin to Brufels to inform them Truly, and to prevent thelofs of Time, of which we have now very little to fpare : He went hence on the zotb, and I ex- peel his return hither on the 2<5/7;.aiid on the 27th. we have agreed with Monfieur de Lyonne that the Z 3 . Exchange 34- The Earl of Arlington' s Lei; Exchange may be made, and the next day after the Peace Proclaim'd. The Marquis C aft el Rodrigo fent us yefterday a long excufeof the Conduct of the Baron de Bergeyck at AiXy wherein he allows that he had fent the Biron thither with no other Powers than thofe un- der which he (igned, but that having received no- tice from the Nuncio, that Mr. Colbert was furni- ihed with Powers of both forts, and was ready to Sign upon the Fair ones, if the Baron would do the fame, he had then offered to fend his Fair Powers alfb, if they would give new time for it \ but it feems theirCholer carried it toSign under the F.irft Powers, and France chukxh now to let it fo remain. We receive to our great trouble, dayly complaints of the Sufferings of the Countreys under the French Armies both in the Tranche Comte and in Flanders 3 in which, as France hath not proceeded very Ho- nourably, fo the Minifters of Spain here, have not proceeded Wifely, to furnilh matter for their own ruin by fo unnecedary difputes 3 otherwife, we can truly affirm, that by the difpatches and Care we had taken the Peace had been published, and the Troops drawn out of their Countreys on the lQtn v of. this Month. We have had great" difficulty to repair the difcriers of the Signature at Aix 7 and to clear the perplexity of the Ratifications, .but,! hope, Ifa.du Mvdin will bring us a fair Account, of all.- The disbanding goes on, and many of. the- Troops and Regiments of Guard are returned hither, but the manner of the Reducement is fuch, that the Of- ficers being for the molt part retained at half Pay, the Armies can be ftt on Foot in a very fhort time. The News of the Swedes cntring into our League, Is not very pleafing here. The Swijfes are quite loft . , to to Sir William TempIe,H*r.& , c.' 343 to this Crown, and they (tick not here to reduce their old Regiment. I am with all Truth and Af- feftion, My Lord, Your Lordmips mod Obedient Humble Servant, 7. Trevor. Sir John Trevor To my Lord ARLINGTON. Parky May 27. S.N. 6$. My Lord, HAving this day received thefe Packets from Madrid by the return of one of our Couriers, I am glad to find the occafion of this Gentleman's return for England to give them a fafe Tranfport to your Lordfhips hands, and alfo to give you the Ac- count of the Conclufion of our Work, by the Ex- change of the Ratifications which we made yefter- day at St. Germains •, and have agreed that on the i^th. the Peace fliall be proclaimed both at Paris and at Brujfels: In order to which, We fentaway an Exprefs laft night to the Marquis, to give him an account of it, and of the Time of the Public 1- tion. The Work which is now left in ourhand§ is to fee the Orders difpatched from hence for draw- ing away the Armies, both out of Flanders and Bar- Z 4 gundy 244 the Earl of Arlington 5 s Letters gundy, and we intend to lie at St. Gernuiins till we fee it done 5 after this 1 have nothing to do but to tdke my leave, if I had received His'Majefty's Com- mands for my return : For the Execution it is a- greed, That ail ill a 1 1 pafsin the fame Form as in the Pyremdn Treaty, and Commiilioners will be appoin? tedon both parrs: But this will not require my ftay, and I believe the determining the Limits may if end all this Summer. It will be necerlary that His Majefty have an AmbarTador eftablifhed here before the end of this Summer, and 1 rind it is ex- pected here, fince this King prepares fo early to fend thither. It were vanity in me to fear my felf in danger of being detained here upon fuch an ac^ count, but however 1 do again implore your Friend- ship to procure my leave to return, (incq the Ser- vice is tin iflied for which I came hither. The States General do recal old Boor el, and I begin to think that my Collegue will continue here though he yet difowns it. I hope by the Foil to fend you word that the Peace Is actually proclaimed, and the Orders gone for drawing out the Forces 5 but I look on thofe bur as Forms which" muft neceflarity follow, fince the Peace is perfectly made. I once more beg your kindnefs for my leave to return: I have many reafons, Publick and Private, that urge me to it, but none that doth more juftly difpofe me, than the deiires I have to tell you per-' jbiially, how much you have obliged me to be for ever, My Lord, Your Lordfliips moll Grateful, Humble Servant, , J. TREVOR. My to Sir William Temple,Z&r.fc\;. jj 45 'Auguft 28. 68. ^/y Lord, IHave received yours, of the 28^. 30?/;. and 31/?. The Firft gave me the good News of your arrival, ?nd retreat at Mefrrick, with your reflections upon the difadvantages you forefaw, your new character would expofe you to, in your treating with En- voys and Refidents, and the Propofals of accommo- dating their Powers, by vifiting them at their own Houfes, fince the King hadrefufe^ to give you leave to give them the Precedence in yours. Upon the reading of which I brought the matter to a debate again at the Committee for Foreign Affairs, but His Majefty thought fit to tranfrnit it to the Councel, where my Lord Keeper, and my felfwere wanted again, and an Order made for your Govern- ment of your felf in the cafe which (hall be fent you. Where all the latitude left you is the meeting them in Third Places. The .Third, which came to my hand before ,the Second, acquainted- me with your having waited on the Prince of Orange, and your fatisfaftion in his Perlbn 3 but, I hope you will cake care that his Courtelie do not over- rule you* Order in thevifits to him. Your Second, gave me a full and fatisfaftory account of the Concertation you had with Monlleur de Witt, which we are all ve/y well pleafed with, and the temper you obferve that Government to be in towards the maintaining a good Correfpondence with ours, which I lhall ne- ver think diffidently cemented, till I find them eafiein thofe Points, committed to your Care, re- lating to the Marine Treaty 3 and that 1 fee Spain come 34$ The Earl of Arlington' s Letters come roundly off with the Payment of the Money to Sweden. In order to this latter, I long much to hear from you what Monfieur Appleboom faith, who I take to be a Man more trufted at home than any Swedijh Refident here, concerning the Baron delfolas propofed Treaty with the Genera \ Wrangle $ which, ( whatever the fuccefs of it be) will certainly rurnifh Spain with too good an excufe of continuing to anfwer us doubtfully concerning the Subfidies. We have feveral rumours flying here, concerning; the Marquis Cafiel Rodrigo's being yet to be re- moved, and that the Conltable of Cdpk lliall fuc- ceed him : I tear that will not much mend the matter. If you have not done it already, I pray take the firft occailoir to engage: Monfieur de Witt upon the difcourfe of what Plea the States will take in cafe the King of Spain dies, which- would certainly change the face of all the Affairs ofChri- itendom. And, by the report of his weak Confti- tution, is not unlikely to happen. And be not con- tent' with a fuperricial Anfwer from him, relating to our League, but prefs him to fay what were further to be wifhed by us in common in fuch a cafe. Here enclofed I fend you a Memorial con- cerning our Packet Boats. I pray reflect feverely upon it, and let me have an account of it. / am,!kc. 'My to Sir William Temple,2fcr.&\r. 3 47 ^ Whitehall Septem. r. 68. Since my laft I have received Yours of the $th. and jth. The former is beft anfwered by what I wrote in my latt, and the Copy of the Order of Councel, which is to regulate you without any fur- ther difpute. I am forry for it, but againit this there is no remedy. His Majefty hath this day with great attention read over yours of the 7th. and fo hath his Grace the Duke of Buckingham 3 both applauding your Ability and Skill for having fo fufficiently, and Co feafonably founded the mind of Monfieur de fvin y which, we cannot but now think, is what we wiih it fhould be, and that there will be no difficulty made of giving us fatisfaftion in our Marine Treaty. I am juit now going to my Lord Keepers to im- part your Letter to him, with whom I will advife concerning the informing you more particularly of our Guinea Complaints, and the inltructing you fpeedily in the defires of the Eafl-India Company 5 upon which nothing occurs to me better than the getting that matter referred (as was refolv'd zt Bre- da) to Commiffioners on both fides, becaufe fro ward People will not leave to be fo ftill, that matter of Cavil be removed, and by that way, Iam,§LC* My 34^ The Earl of Arlington's Letters Goring-Houfe, Septem. n. 6B. f My Lord, 1AM juft now come home from a very pleafant Journey, and very good ufage at my Lord of Sunder land\ and find in Sir William Godolphins hands my Letters from you till the iqth. N.S. which he fays, have been communicated to my Lord Keeper, and that his Lord-hip hath made Anfwer to them with the help of the Eaft- India Company's Propo- fitions., as they were entertain'd in the Council 5 which Mr. Willi am fon hath like wife fent, but having yet feen neither of them, I know not in what man- ner they have difcourfed thefe matters to you, fo that I muft of neceffity defer till the next, what I am to fay , unlefs it be to tell you how infinitely well I am fatisfied in your Negotiation. The report o{ which has already gotten Wind, much to your Advantage. Go on therefore and- make good thefe Beginnings, and once more, if it be poiiible, get the whole matter referr'd to Com- miffioners. I will difcourfe with my Lord Keeper, whether it be practicable to get them confin'd'to keep within the bounds of the Matter that (liall be agreed upon before-hand. By the next Poft, I will Iikewife tell you what our Poft-Office lays to your Letter concerning them. I am afraid they will not be willing to part with the Paflengers, and will be farther afraid the AmbafTadors Packet-Boat will rob the Office of half its Letters. When I wrote to you about this matter,I (hould have done the like to the Magiftrates of Jmfierdam, who are obliged to fupport Us in thefe two Points. Hi to Sir William TempIe,2W.feV. 349 If, upon your call, the Poftmafter of Amfterdam would come to you, or one Mr. Payne, whom Ma- damoifelle de Home can fend for, he would be able to inftruft you better in this Matter than we can from hence. So you fright them with the likelihood of feeing their Bargain broken, for the defett in thefe particulars. And, if they were not likely to be very faulty in them, methinks the States fliould not be at the Coft of Freighting a Boat only to carry their AmbaiTadors Packets. My Pen carries me farther in this Matter than it fliould do, till I have fpoken with our Office, therefore I will ufe it no more at prefent than to affure you of the perfect truth wherewith, / am, &c. Whit eh al, Septem. 14. 68. My Lord, I Have this day received your Excellencies of the lift, confirming again to us the good difpofi- tion in which Monfieur de ivltt continues towards the giving a fatisfa&ion upon the Marine Treaty 5 the repetition of which is not unwelcome to us. And reading your Letter this day to my Lord Keeper, and my Lord Duke of Buckingham, we fell into the debate of the Point whether we fliould in- lift upon having Comtnitlioners, or no. My Lord Keeper (till perfifts in the Negative, my Lord Duke fays it is of Advantage to the Miniftry to have the Matter paft by GommhTioners,but of Prejudice to the Publick Service. 1 my felf, I confefs, do waver more 350 The Earl of Arlington'* Letters more in my own opinion than formerly I did. I fee plainly how much it imports me to maintain the Af- firmative, and how hard it would he To pleafe the World in declining the way, both the Treaties oi Breda, and the Hague have prefcribed for their fa- tisfattion. And yet, to bring the Matter, cut and dry d, to Commiffioners hands, with a Declaration, on both fides, that they ihall not vary from it, will I fear, expofe the Matter, and the Way too, to equal obloquy. Which Argument of mine, my Lord Keeper fays fortifies him the more in his opi- nion than all his own. Thus we rofe from the Matter, referving the determination of it for the Committee of Foreign Affairs, of which you (hall have an account by. the firft. Some hours before the arrival of your Packet, of the 21/?. the Dutch Ambaffador had given HisMa- jeftyan account of what the States of Zealand had done for the Prince of Orange, and with much fa- tisfa&ion, expreffing a great deal of that mind, which feems to be fo ftrong in his Countrey Men. His Majelty contained himfelf very much, not be- ing able to judge what the confequences of this may be in Holland, and fearing lead the fufpicion of his having had knowledge thereof, might difturb your Negotiation 5 but he affures himfelf what- ever the Event of the former be, you will take care the States nor Monfieur de Witt receive no Um- brage in the latter. I long to hear, from you what Judgments are made at the Hague of the New Governour, and his arrival in Flanders, and what plie the Affairs there are like to take under him. From Madrid we hear the Councels and Coun- cellors there, are much divided, and that neither Ours to Sir William Tem^.Bar.&'c. 551 Oars, nor the Dutch Ambatladors Inftances have yet prevail'd to procure Sweden fatisfaftion in the Point of the Subfidies. / am, &.Q. Goring-houfe, Septem. iS. 68, My Lord, HAving had none from your Excellency fince my laft of the 14?/;. I have little to add by this, more, than that His Majefty, taking into consideration the fubjeft of your laft, relating to the amendment of the Marine Treaty, in the Commit- tee of Foreign Affairs, concluded, according to your Inftru&ions, That you fhould (till iitfift upon, obtaining Commiffioners to adiuft our Differences with the States in the Cuinea Affairs. And that, for what related to the Eaft-India Company's Pro- portions, you mould continue debating and digefting the whole matter of them with Monfieur^ mttfiat preffing him in the point of bringing it to Commiffio- ners, unlefs he be cafie in it, and whe,n the matter iliall be fo prepared,His Majefty will then further de- clare his Mind, whether he will iniift thereupon. The King and Queen refolve to fpend all the next Month at Andly-End] whether, 1 believe,moft of our Ambaffadors will follow them. The Council like- wife goes, but not the Commiffioners of the Trea- fury. I hope before that time, I mall be able to fend you word, that Sir John Trevor is my Brother Secretary, which I know you wi^ rejoyce in. I am. I P. S. 352 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters P. Si I long to hear how the Prince of Orange's Acquifition in Zealand goes down in Holland $ you know already you may with all Truth declare His Ma jetty's ignorance of it, and you mutt take care the poor Ambaflador here fuffers not for it, to whom it was as entire a fecret as to us. Whitehall Septem. 22. 68. My Lordy Ince my laft I have received Two of your Excel- s lencies, of the 24^/;. and 28th. N*S. In the for- mer was the States Letter to the King of Denmark, and Kis Anfwer to it, which is a very dry one, and yet, to do it right, fuch a Letter could not deferve a better Anfwer i When I fpoke with MonOeur de Meerman upon the Mattery I told him we had two Complaints againft that King, but one of them more avowable than the other, to wit, that, Since the Treaty at fireda, he had laid New Impofitions upon Our Commerce, which became very burthenfome to it: The other, That we had caufe to take it ill, the King of Denmark had not fince the faid Treaty fent a Minifter hither, to which we had certainly correfponded by fending another to him. I told Monfieur Meerman, we had complained of the for- mer by a Perfon not improper to the occafion, to wit, our Conful, and this difcourfe with him hapning about the time that both France and Hoi- land were jealous, and exprefs'd themfelves to.be fo: Thar theKing # our Matter was arming himfelf (after the Peace ma*de) againft the King of Denmark, they to Sir William Temple, Bar.&c'. 353 they both offer'd to mediate and compote any Dif- ferences that fhould be betwixt Us. His Majefty to give the States a further Evidence of His Confi- dence in them, chofe their Mediation, and accord- ingly, bad me fignifie fo much from him to Mon- fieur Meerman. This is the Story of the matter, and if I explain'd it well enough to Monfieur Meer- man 9 methinks you fhould not difagree with me in the opinion, That the States Letter did not come very home to it 3 and confequently not doing fo, the King of Denmark could not well anfwer other- wife than he did. My Lord Keeper having been indilpos'd everfince I receiv'd your Letter, I have not been able to get a meeting for your further direction in this* Point : But if Monfieur de fVittmW make good what your Letter feems to fay, That if his Majefty fhould think fit to fignifie, either to the Out of States or to Ton, the particulars in which Cypher. be expetls Redrefs, he did not doubt but they would again employ their Offices towards that King, to induce him to confer/ 1 to our enjoyment of the fame Liberties we had, in our Northern 'trade, before the War, and in equality with the Dutch. If, I fay, Monfieur de Witt could obtain this point, thus ex- tended, and the fending a Minifter hither from Denmark, I am perfwaded we thould be content for the prefent, and hope in the future fuch a good undemanding might be eftabliuYd between the two Crowns, as that of Denmark might fliakc off the the Captivity oi France, and joyn themfelves cordi- ally and cfFeftually to our Triple Alliance* But if the States either cannot, or will not bring this to pafs, Denmark (hall (till ftand off, not only from Our Union, but even to the prejudice of Holland, againil A a whom 354 We Earl of Arlington' s Letters whom they would willingly fhelter themfelves under the Protection of Frame. And all this ( if I am not miftaken ) agrees not only with the Article of your Inftruclions in this Affair, but even complies with the Marginal Note upon it : But if, ( as is (aid before ) conferring with my Lord Keeper, we (hall concur In any further advice to you, upon this fubjeft, you lhall receive it by the firft occafion. Till then, I mud likewife refer my felf to tell you what His Majefty's opinion will be upon the dif- courfe you had with Monfieur de win, concerning fuccouring the Venetians againft the Turk. I think you reafon very well upon the matter, 'that the Aids lent from the reft of Chriftendom will ferve the turn this Campaign, if Candia be not already loft. So that the Winter will furnifh us with time to confi- cter, whether wefhall together joyn our hands to a further defence, or making the Peace, which latter for all Reafons were the better, and efpecially for that one of giving a new reputation to our Union. I have feen what you wrote to my Lord Keeper- in Cypher of the 2%tb. but will not venture toad- vifeyou in either of the Points. Your Inftru&ion, upon one of them, was fhortned from what it was firft made at Tiwbridge, upon a debate, after my re- turn from the Bath, at our Private Committee: The other Point, as you well know, could not before- feen •, and, becaufe the confequences of it are yet invilible, your own difcretion muft temper your be- haviour to both Parties, as well as to Standers by, who will watch it very narrowly, and make many GloiTes upon it. Here inclos'd I fend you a Paper that hath been many days in my hand, but was mifiaid on the Poft Days y It is a Paragraph of the Marquis Caftel Ao* drigo's h Sir William TempIe,I?^.&V* 355 drigo's Letter to the Conde de Molina in fome qiiexas amorofas. There is alfo inclos'd a Letter from Monfieur Joly, belonging to the French Ambafiador, to a Bookfeller at Amjierdam, in whofe hands there lie all the Copies of an infamous Libel touching the Royal Family. You muft fend fome Perfon of Truft and Difcretion to the faid Bookfeller, who may be an Eye-witnefs of the burning the whole BaUote in which the Libels are, and draw an acknowledgment Under the faid Bookfeller's hand that it is done,giving one likewife to him for his juftification, who mult likewife receive the written Copy, and a Printed one feal'd up as the Letter exprellcs to be lent over hither. lam, &c. whitehal, Septem. 29. 6S. My Lord, 1A M to acknowledge Two of Yours of Oclober the id. and the jflb. The former contained Mon- fieur de mtt's replies to the Eaft India Company's Propofitions, both which (hall be compared toge- ther, and you (hall be inftrufted in His Majefties laft mind upon them, and this is the firft Affair Sir John Trevor, my Brother Secretary now, is intruded with, who ftays behind, whiift I follow the King in his Progrefs. His Majefty goes to Morrow at break of day, but I fliallnot fet out till Friday Morning, and the Queen not till to Morrow Sev'night. A a z Y^our 3 5 ^ The 'Earl of Arli ngt on* s "Letters Your Second Letter was brought me to Day only, it hath a material queftion concerning the Guaranty to be given the Crowns of France and Spain 5 to the latter, we and the Dutch AmbarTadors refolved ever to refufe it, till they had made good to the Swede the promifed Subfidies : And to the former, being the ftronger, we thought it unreafonable to give it, whilft we did not give it to the weaker. But, what I think imports us moft, and will conferve beft the Peace of Chriftendom, is a confederation with Hoi' land) Sweden , Switzerland ', and what other Princes of the Empire will joy n with us And of this, as I remember, the beginning of your Inftruftions does mind you •, which, whilft you are thinking of there, I will advifewithmy Lord Keeper how we fhalldi- redt you from hence more particularly to your Queftion. * We are very impatient here to underftand how the Prince of Orange ends his Progrefs, and how Hol- land will look upon it at his return. The bufinefs of Treves was paft retrieving before you wrote of it. I have been above thefe three Months ftrugling for them in favour of the Prince's Intereft, but could not prevail. My Officers of the Pod-Office ask me whether you have fpoken to Mr. Payne, and whether you "have taken a little pains toftudy their Paper 5 I need not tell you how much I am concerned in the good event of that matter. / am, &c. My to Sir William Temple,Jkr.6rV. 357 Oftobern. 68. My Lardy Since my 'leaving London yours of the gth. and litbu currant, were fent after me into the Country, after they had been feen, at London, at the Committee of Foreign Aftairs-, upon which His Ma jelly hath fent his mind to the laid Com- mittee, directing them to inllruclyou accordingly, which will be done by Mr. Secretary Trevor. So that I have nothing to tell you from my felf, but that I have received your advice concerning the Pac- ket-Boats, which I will communicate to my Officers, and likewife the execution of the Order given you, concerning the Libel, the Copy, and all the Manu- fcripts of which His Majelty witheth you would knd hither by the tiril conveyance. whitebal, Oftober 23. 68. My Lord, MY abfence from hence, and attending Hrs Majefty into Suffolk is the reafon I am in arrear to you for your many Letters,and the knowing the caufe will, I allure my felf, pardon the effect without the help of any further Apologies. His Majeity was acquainted at Audley-end with the Proportion of drawing Spain to give fatisfaction to S.veden, in the point of the Subiidies ? by war- A a 3 ranting 3 5 8 'the Earl of Arlington' j Letters ranting to Spain the Pyrenean Treaty. And accord- ingly gave his direction that you mould be authorized, infteadof agreeing to the faid Proportion, to make an offer of His Majefty's paying a Third part of the Subndies-, Spain and the Stares paying the other Two Thirds. This was (ignified to you by Mr. Se- cretary Trevor ; of which you complaining, in your laft, of the 26th. the matter hath been brought to a new debate at the Committee ; but without any variation in the conclufion from thofe directions formerly fent you. We remembred how unwillingly the Dutch This in Ambajfadors here con fent ed to promife to Cypher, warrant the Peace ofAlx : How averfe they were to the performance of it, after the 'Peace was made, until Spain fhould pay the Subfidies. It was further obferved that Monfieur de Witt is no- tor ioufy miftaken, in affirming that the Treaty of Aix Ratifies the Pyrenean Treaty, which will be clear to them in reading the $th. Article, which is induft^ioufly Pend to avoid the fufpicion of it : And laftly, How frankly foever you fuppofe Monfieur de Witt f peaks in thofe his Offers, we obferve out of your own Letters-, that he anfwers for his own Opinion only therein, and ■doubts whether the States will concur with him, which makes m fufpeff they are made rather to found us to the bottom, than believe the States can be yet ready to embark themfelves, and all. their Commerce fo without retreat with Spain. And this being His Ma- jcflfj ccucliifion as to this Point, you muft improve it a* ski! fully as you can, and at the fame time take from Jjrfonfieur de Witt, and the reft of your Commiffioners, all fufpicion of Tergiverfation in Vs, in our Vnion and Triple Alliance, or hanging towards France - 7 wherein, I can affnre you with all confidence, there is to Sir William TempIe,2kr.&V. 3 53 is not the leaft ftep made fince you left us. God be thanked we have the Winter before m to take our me a fur es very fuffciently , and upon the grounds you carried with you 5 and if we muft come to the point of warranting Spain from all accidents from France, / am fur e, in the condition His ALijeftys affairs are, it will behove him to be fe cure of Spain'* fupporting the expence of it •, which will be a good re a- fin to your felf, tho an improper one to alledge to Mon- fieur de Witt. As to the point of the Prince of Orange, His Majefty approves entirely of your good Counlel you give his Highnefs, the Profecution of which alone can help *him to attain his ends. By the firft you fhall have a diftinft anfwer to what you wrote in Cypher, upon this fubjeft j but it is concluded it could be much more fuffici- This was in ently made if it were known to His Ma- Cypher. jefty, whether your Propofition rofe from your own conjecture, and from the condition of the Prince's Affairs, or from any grounds given you by the Aiinifters there. We have had the Anfwers to our Marine Treaty at the debate, and receiv'd fome help therein from the Eafi India Company, without whom we dare not charge our felves to judge of their Affairs, and of this you thai I have a good account by the next* I am infinitely forry for the trouble you have by the detention of the Skipper. I was told many days ago that he was at liberty, if he be not, f have now ordered it fo pofitively, as I do not now doubt of being obeyed, and having his Bail reftor'd to him. I had al mod forgot to tell you that His Majeity, being prefs'd very hard by the Venetian AmbaiTador, to afford fome Succou/ to Candia y hith anflvered A a ^ lii.ii 3 60 the Earl of Arlington' j Letters him that he will direct his Ambaflador in Holland to concert witlj the States, in what manner we fliall jointly do it, that neither may take advantage of the others generofity therein: Accordingly His Majefty commands you to found the mind of the States hereiu, profeffing His readinefs to do fome- thing in fo common a Caufe ; wherein our own, as Wei) as the lntereft of Chriftendom is fo much con- cern^. I am, he. Whitehall October 27. 68* My Lord, ^A Y laft was of the 23^. inflant, wherein I pro- jL mifed you fome resolution of His Majefties to your former Paper in Cypher, concerning the Prince of Orange \ which, being read over again di- ftin&ly before him, he declared, you rauft firft an- fwer the Queftion in my laft, up- n'hat'is in the on that fubjeft, before he could Italick Chara&er 9 give a fteddy opinion thereupon 5 127?5 in Cypher. but inclining much to thePrinces contenting, himfelf with a little, and fiich a little, if it he fo, a* you have fpecified, ra- ther than rim the hazard of lofing the whole. As to tk'e Ship Royal Charles, His Majefty fays he was laicly ajfured by one, who f aw her, that her back is broke, lies at pre fent all covered with mud, and will never be of ufe 5 but; would have you inform your felf what is the true condition of her, and whether Jhe be worth accepting, * When to Sir William Templejlfcr.&'c. 361 When I have added to this that Monfieur Van 'Beuningen will be a very welcome Ambatfador here, in cafe Boreel be called awav, I do not remember I have left any thing in your many Letters unanfwer'd. You muft make it your bufinefs to be inform'd very particularly of Three Merchant Ships, fining now at Amfterdam, for the Barbadoes, with fever al manufactures for her lading ; and if you have an op* port unity thereto advert ife the Governour thereof, that he may feize them, beaufe it is a great breach of the Aft of Navigation, and yet fo acceptable to the People, upon that Jjland, that it may contribute much to .the debauching of them, at leajlfrom their dependance up- on England. If you can add to your information into the Barbadoes, %r hither, the Names, Force, and defcriptions of the Ships, &c. it will much help the rinding them out, making your enquiry as private as you can. We have not been able paiTibly lince my laft to difpatch the bufinefs of the Marine Treaty. Iam^c Whitehall Oftober 30. 68. My Lord, IHave now received Yours of the 30th. N. S. wherein I perceive Moniieur de Witt yet holds off from the Proportion of dividing equally ourfa- tisfa&ion to Sweden, and yet mat you pcrtitt in the refolution of trying him again upon it. 1 am forry our Letters from Stveddand fpeak (0 doubtfully of the Congreh bei vvixt Comte pyrantel and 352 The Earl of Arlington 1 s Letters . and the Spanijb Minifters. I have ever hoped that", That meeting taking effeft, Spain might be eafily inclined to give Sweden that Money from their own hands, which they refufe to our interceffion. I fhould have told you, in my laft, of my Lord Carlifles being named to go Extraordinary Ambaf- fador into Swedeland. We had once a thought of fending him by Hamburgh likewife, to be at the Con- grefs according to an invitation intimated to us by Mr. Thinne. But, on the one fide, the meeting feeming uncertain, and, on the other, we not think- ing it fit to do any thing of that kind, wherein the States did not concur with us, from whom we ne- ver heard any thing to that purpofe, we have now laid that thought quite afide, and mean to fend him ftrait to Gottenburgh with all the fpeed poffible we can. Where amongft other things, he fhall beau- thorifed to propofe the effett of the firft Article of your Inftruftions, which, we fuppofe, falls in very feafonably now into your Negotiation, and will na- turally, and much more fufficiently, lead us to the Conclufion Monfieur de win infifts upon, than as he propofedit. We having agreed to warrant the Peace, which can better put us into a State of do- ing it, than a new Confederation, fpecifying the ways we will do it by. And, fuch a one being framed, the weaker of the Two Crowns will cer- tainly reap the fruit of it, and no offence be given to the ftronger. The News you fend me in your id. Letter, looks at lead like Truth, if it be not fo, I pray God the warning*you give us will prevent the mifchief of it. I make no doubt of the Truth of what you lay in the latter part, and, I promife you, I will endea- vour to give youeafe in it, with all the efficacy and credit to Sir William Temple,-Rzr.&rV. 3 63 credit I have, and in the mean time remember the Confolatory French Proverb applyed to fuch Cafes, Vn ban manage payer a tout. Yet we cannot fend you our Anfvvers upon the Eaft India affairs 5 but without further delay, they fhall be finished to Morrow. To the Inquiry I defired of you in my lad, I mud defire you to add, the informing your felf whether any of the Ships have His Majefty's PafTes 3 or, to fpeak more properly, his Warrants for Naturaliza- tion, which they will make to ferve for PafTes. And, if it be poffiblc, to get me a Copy of one of them ; that, if there be any abufe, or furprife, we may think of a way to reftifie it. / am> &c. Whitehal, Novem.3. 68. My Lord, I Have now received Yours of November the id. and read what you wrote to my Lord Keeper of the fame date $ which fhews us you were then far from the Opinion we had fent you. His Majefty would have you, by all means, concur with Mon- fieur de witt'm framing fuch a Project as he propofes, andtranfmitit hither,that we ma> fee fully his mind in this matter ^ which, we obferve, is foil! accom- panied with a referve of what the States m; y think of it : which is no ill rule for ycu to follow. I find by what he fays to you, he hath alfo written to Monfieur Boreel, both in relation to the Swedifh Sub- 3^4 Me E jy l °f Arlington's Letters Subfidies, and the warranting the Peace. In the I firft, he fays, That the Money ought to come from 1 Spai?i,znd that if we are to give any, it will be more feafonably applied in time of adion *, but he cannot tell me what will become of our Triple Alliance, if Sweden, for want of what was prom i fed them, and upon which (ingle condition they entred into it, (hall feparate themfelves from us. In the latter he maintains confidently that we have always told you, we cannot agree, in that warranting the Treaty at Aix> warrants the Pyrenean alfo ^ whereas this \ latter maintains the renuntiation of the Queen of I France to be valid, and the King her Husband ob- 1 liged to the obfervation of it, whatever is faid to I the contrary. The former fuppofes it void, as Sir \ Joh^ Trevor hath already, told you, who, beiides I what the Letter of the Treaty feys, was, as you know, prefent at the framing the Project of the Treaty. This we have thought fit to mind you of again, becaufe we perceive, by Moniieur Bowel's difcourfe, Moniieur de wilt (lands (till in his former Opinion \ for which reafon perhaps you may think it neceflfary not to difturb him, in the framing his Pro- ject by thefe reflections, that you may better per- ceive what the bottom of his mind is upon the whole matter. •We (hall be very forry to find his Highnefs, the Prince of Orange, call to His Majefty for the Pay- ment of his Debt, when it is impoTfible for His Majefty to do it. He hath folemnly acknowledged it by the Form of a Privy Seal, and means, when- ever the, Parliament is in a difpofition to pay his other Debts, to add to them this to the Prince. His Majefty would have you make no manner of fcruple of giving his confent to the admitting the Princes to Sir William Temple,2?*r.&V. 365 Princes of Lunenburg}] into the Triple Alliance, as alfo the Elector of Brandenburg}}, or, as you fay well, any other Proteftant Prince, andjoyning with the States in inviting them into it. I am glad, my Lady, your Wife, is fafely ar- rived there, and that fhe hath carried you your Bills, for your Three Months. The Commiflioners of the Trcafury tell me, they will deal very punctual- ly with you, and, I promife you, whenever I can fee theoccallon tit for it, I will endeavour, all I can, to procure you fatisfaftion for that time your Equipage lay upon your coft, while you were here, -and to have it reckoned into your other allowances, I have complain'd very fenfibly to Moniieur Bo- reel of the notice given in the Harlem Gazette, of two Paflage Boats that are to pafs every Week for England from thence ♦, which are certainly in- tended for the fwallowing up of our Letters. If Hol- land do this, why (hall not France and Flanders, do the like? Or why have we taken fuch pains, to. gratifie the defires of the States, in reftoririg to them the going of our Packet Boats, ftrait into Holland with their Letters as they did before the War? When, I can allure you, they forbad the going of any of their own Boats, remembring that, till the times of llfurpation, no Letters ever went for Holland but by the way of 'Flanders ? whereas now we do not only give them the fatisfattion of the going of their own Letters, ftrait to them -, but even of ours to many parts of Germany. If there had been eftabliihed, amongft the States-,a general Letter- Office, we had treated with them 5 but fince there was none, we treated with their Principal Town, (viz.) Am ft er dam, in the fame Terms, and very near the fame Conditions the Poft-Mafter General did at His 366 the Earl of Arlington/ Letters His Majefties Happy Reftauration, which wasther punctually made good, and their Paffage Boats for- bidden to interrupt, or vie with our Packet Boats. And if we cannot obtain to be us'd as they were, we muft return to the old way offending by Flanders, and leave the Law here to moleft their Boats, if they bring any Letters -, which, Say and Swear, what they will, their Boats will do it. I enter more largely into this matter, becaufe you miflike Mr. El/is's opening of it, who took the matter too deep, if he went to fupport our right by the Domi- nion of the Seas. And I hope if he (hall hereaf- ter urge any fuch Arguments, you will do us the. favour to conceal them. Here inclos'd you receive the Replies, we have prepaid, and Co long promifed you to Monfieur de mtt's Gloffes, upon the Eafi India Company's Pro- pofitions. My Lord Keeper and Mr. Secretary Tre- vor, and my felf have examin'd them with all poffible fairnefs, and modelled them our felves. And, with- out any particularity, perfwade our felves Monfieur de win will admit of them, and give us that fatis- fattion we defire upon them, if the States be content to eftablifh fuch an Equality in Trade, as he hath always profefled to you they were willing to do. And, in one word, we are all perfwaded our Eafi India Company cannot profecute their Trade, with- out thefe Conceffions, to their Satisfaction or Ad : vantage* W to Sir William Temple,2W.&V. 367 tvhitehal, Novem. 10. 68. My Lord, I Have received all yours to the i6tb. The former will be fufficiently anfwered by the inclofed Paper, which we have prepared in requital of Mon- fieur de tyitt\ after very ferious Reflections upon the Pyrenean Treaty, the Treaty of Aix, and the Promife of a Guaranty, given by you, and the States Deputies, to the Marquis Caftel Rodrigo^ when you prevail'd with him to fend his Orders for the figning the fufpenfion of Arms, and the Treaty of Aix. And, if you will give your felf the pains, and perfwade Monfieur de Witt to do the like, viz. To read over the abovementioned Pieces, we affure our felves you will intirely both of you, be of our Mind 5 and he, by the inclofed Paper, further convinc'd that we are feeking no fubterfuges from the Triple Alliance, or what you have profefs'd on our behalf. The latter, notwithftanding it may perhaps be fit to be anfwer'd, I mean your Three Queftions in it. To the Firft, you know we are bound by the abovefaid Promife to give Spain an effective Gua- ranty of the Peace, whenever they (hall demand it : But, becaufe Monfieur de ivitt is of opinion that, for the execution of this our Promife, Spain will be content to gratihe us, with the paying the Swedes their Money, it is left to you and him to make it fo valuable to the Spanip Minifters there, as to get that Payment. As for the Condc de Molina here we have never fpoken to him of it, becaufe he never did fo to us. To 3<58 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters To the Second^ We cannot think it fit Sweden fliould be ask'dtocome into the Guaranty with us, till their Money be paid them, for fear it fliould make them fly off from the whole, or give them a new occafion of fevere expostulations with us. Be- fides you find, by the form of our Promife of the Guaranty, they were not then united with us in the Triple Alliance, and were only conditioned to be invited into it, as the Emperour, and any other Prince, whofe intereft it fliould be to have the Peace made and kept. To the Third, When the Guaranty (hall be agreed on, as is exprefled in our Paper, then it will be time enough to confider by what Proportions we fhallfupport it towards Spain, and towards one an- other. As to your Paper in Cypher receiv'd this day, His Majefty finds that matter is far from being ready for his determination, hewiflies it well-, but is per- fwaded it will thrive the better the lefs you meddle with it. I have alfo received your Letter to Mr. Ellis, but have not had time to read it. The Sally of Don Juan is a ftrangeone •, if no trick of France be in it, it will either end in the driving away the Confeffor, or Don Juan's undoing himfelf. If France b$ in it, it will certainly open the War again. It therefore behoves us to lofe no time in making our Concerts for our own fecurities, and if it be poflible for the confervation of the Peace of Chriftendam. / am, 8cc, i to Sir William Ttmyle } Bar.&c $69 irbitebal/Novcm. 27. 68. fify Lord, I Took my Bed that night I receiv'd Five of your Excellency's together, Two of the 20th. One of the 23d. One of the zytb. and another of the $otb. S. N. with the enclos'd Queen of Spain's Letter, the Spanijh Ambafladors Memorial upon it pafles for New Tork,&Ci All which I put into Mr. Secre- tary Trevor's hands to advife with my Lord Keeper iipon them, and to attend HisMajefty to have His Refblutions thereupon. Accordingly he wrote to you by the laft Poft, and this Poll fends your Cre- dential for the Conftable, in that matter, as it was thought fit here to fend you. And I am perfwaded, having fuch a Comrade as Monfieur Van Beuningen\ you cannot but fucceed well, and I hope conclude fomething with his Excellency, if what the Spanijh Ambaflador, and Monfieur d 3 Opiati aiTure me be true, that he hath full Powers Yent him from Ma- drid for fuch purpofes. And certainly a greater there cannot be for the Security of Flanders, than what you propofe-, and we conceive that you will need no other inftruftion for it, than that Paper lately fent you, which we are glad to hear was to much to Monfieur de Witt's fatisfaftion. Which, fetting down the Rules, and bound of our Gua- ranty, I imagine you have nothing more to do, but the making it fo valuable to the Conftable, as to obtain of him an immediate and effective fatisfaftion. fo the Crown of Sweden in what we have promifed them. Which being over, I fuppofeour next work .will be'amongft our felves, to concert the manner R b ar. as to meddle properly witli it ♦, when we know it better perhaps we may find an entrance eafier into it. I am very glad to find you fo welt perfwadcd of the fuccels you are like to have in the Eajl-lndia Propofitions. Converting, as we do now, more than formerly we did, by the benefit of the Councel of Trade. With the Merchants, we find it is riot pop fible to have them pleasM without thele Concelfioiis - y and by them we understand that the palling under the Dutch Forts in the Indies, is a point of as importance as any of the reft. If we were to pafs there with Troops, their jealouiie would be iuiiin- able - y but that private Merchant, with their (roods, only lhould pafs before their doors, can give them no Other fright or appreheniion, but that we lhould profit as well as they. Mr. Secretary Trevor (hewed me your Letter con- cerning Banifier. You cannot believe what a jea- loufie it gives here upon the Exchange that he fhould be fo long detained •, they will not fanfie lefs than that all their Countrey Men are kept in Chains in B b 2 SuriHaw. 372 the Earl of Arl: ngton' s Letters Surinam, and that he is not differed to come hither to tell the Story of it. There will be a Copy of the Order of Council fent you with this, recalling all the Pafies but One, that were given for New-York, and That to ferve but for this Year. If you fend to Arnfterdam, I am allured here they are prepared to declare to you, which is the Ship they will have go, and already you iLay be fure it will be the biggeft ^ therefore you mult notifie to the others not to proceed with their Lading. The fuccefs you have had in burning the Libels hath begotten in France, as well as here, a defire , that ycu, joyning your fdf with any Minifter of theirs, fhould defire the States feverely to forbid all Prin- ting of Libels" for the future, fo derogatory to the Honour of Princes, and the quiet of their People, I am allured, if you fend to (peak with Monfieur Elfivire, he will put you into the way of doing this effectually. / am y &Cr JVhitehaly Decern. 4. 68. My Lord, C Ince my laft, I have received Two of your Ex- vjf celiencies, of the 4/i. and jtb. currant, toge- ther with a Copy of the Cortftable's Powers, which,, with the benefit of His Majeftv's late Credential, will, I hope, enable you to make fome good conclu- fion with him, viz. The Payment of the whole Mo- ney to Sweden, I fee the States have no mind to bear to Sir William Temple,Bar.&c. 373 bear any (hare of it', and on our part, tho our Will is good, our Performance, I fear, will not be fo 5 which, it will be fit, the Conftable fliould know. As I faid in my laft, if you perfift in the opinion of going to his Excellency, you mult frame your In- ftruftions out of all thofe Minds and Papers which have been fent you from hence. And, if the Spa- niard makes no other Proviiion, for the engaging Us and the Neighbour Princes, but what he fup- pofes is naturally furnimed from our Intereft to preferve them, I dare anfwer to you, before hand, we fliall be wanting to him. We are mil to feek what will become of the Sally of Don Juan, all the Letters from thofe parts feem to dir.efr Us to believe the Adair will be kept within the bounds of Spain, and end either in the retreat of the Inquilidor, or the lofs of Don Juanz, unlefs they fall into the Medio Tgrmim offending his Highnefs into Flanders, and that France will have much a-do to have any part of the Game on one tide or the other. I know not how to anfwer your Queflicjn of DoU man, who hath not only ever had the reputation of a Rank Republican, with relation to England, but was actually engaged on the Dutch fide, in the Dutch War, and hath his name in the Proclamation, fum- moning him to render himfelf within iuch a term ; for which I know not how he can deferve his Par- don, but by the Services he lhall render to His Majefty thro your Perfon and Character -, which we muft make it oar Buiinefs to render as valuable as they can deferve to be. In the mean time your Pru- dence will direct you, not to let him defpair of your good Offices, fo he will furnilh the Matter for them. And I take this to be a better Door for him to enter Hb 3 by 3 74 T !je % ar l °f Arlington' j- Letters by into His Majefty's Pardon, than that Colonel Sidney hath taken, of making acquaintance with my Lord Clarendon, I cannot but wonder at Monfieur de mtt's Me- mory fpeakingfor him, or young Honywaod's Widow, and forgetting His Majefty's repeated Interceffions for Monikur Kicvet in his own Royal Hand, to all which there hath not yet been made fo much as a Civil Reply. When you (hall give more particularly to me the condition of the Englijb Company at Z>ort, j fhail endeavour to ferveit here 5 but you will beget- ter inftructed therein, from fome of theFa&ory there, than you can be from hence. ' Since you left us, there is a Councel of Trade fitting, to whom all Con- federations of that kind will be naturally referred 5 and it will be worth your inquiry there, what opi- nion they have of it'*, and whether they be inquilitive after their Tranfa&ions. I fuppofed our Office had furnifhed you with the Evidences we have againft Captain Bracket's info- lencies in the Mediterranean •, of which here in- clofed there are new Copies fent you. When we doubt of the Truth of them, we muft give off be- lieving what is done fo far off. The States will judgeofthe Crime, and proportion the Satisfaction, which ought to arife from themfdves. You have likewife herewith a Copy of an Order cf Council for the detaining a fhip of War, belong- ing to the States, come into the Ijleofmght, which has on board him an Englijb Man brought from Su- rinam, whom the Council would have the Captain give up into our hands. The indignation that is raifed' here againft the ufageof our Countrey men, in that Colony, hath begotten this hot Refolution, which to Sir William Temple, Bar.&c. 375 which you mud alledge for the excufe of it, if need be: But, if itfo falls out, that the Dutch Captain be gone away, then you (hall do well to fpeak little of this matter, and content your felf only with a poiitive demand of the Prifoner Jones •, complain- ing, as you did in Bamfier's cafe, of the violence done to him. Mr. Secretary Trevor will fend you a Copy of the Anfwer prepared for the Dutch Am- baflador's complaining of the detention of the Ship, / am,hc. London, Decern. 11. 68. My Lordy THE Bearer Sir Edward Sprag is fent by His Majefty to the Conftable of Cathie, to com- plement his Excellency upon his arrival in Flanders : where, becaufe 'tis poflible you may either meet him, the laid Sir Edward, according to your late Credential, or fend to him in order to fomething in His Majefty 's Service, I thought I could not do lefs, than in a few lines let you know that he is a brave Man, and hath long ferv'd His Majefty faith- fully, ( particularly with much gallantry in the lad Dutch War ) that you may, Hi all occafions, put that value upon hhn, which is his due, and which iliall be always acknowledge by r&c. B b 4 Mi 3 J 6 the EjvI of Arlington s Letters ivhitehal, Decern. 22. 68. My Lord, MY Brother Secretary being now fetled in his _ Province, whereof your Negotiation is a part, I hold my felf exeufable in my lefs frequent writing to you. Upon this Foundation, I come to be in ar- rear to your Excellency for Yours of the 14?/;. 18th 21 ft. and 25^. to which I am to add, that I receiv'd this day by the hands of Major Banifter, whom we have not had yet time to queftion, as we ought to do, before we form fuch a Complaint, as 'tis fjppofed, ought to be made concerning his ufage. Long before this arrives, you will have receiv'd all the Eaft-Jndia Company, and our Committee of Foreign Affairs can furniih in defence of what we infift upon in the amendment of the Marine Treaty 5 where we conclude they do not deal in- genuoufly with you,whorefemble their Forts (which are indeed no other than ftrong Ware-houfes built in Countreys of other Princes) to thofc in the Spa- r;J) jveft, or Portugal Eaft-Indies •, wherein they are both Sovereign Matters of the Territories, where- in they forbid others to Trade. And, I am fure, when you have made this Reflection upon the diffi- culty you meet with there in this Point, you will not think it to be founded in fo much reafon, or fan(k how we can trade thither without this liberty we inllft upon. On the other fide, you are not at ail tiiiftaken in your Obfervation and complaint of a Fnarp humour amongft Us towards that Nation, which cannot be corrected but by giving them fair ap4 equal dealing in Trade; with which I am per- fwaded to Sir William Temple,!?^.^. 377 fwaded we (hall be eyer Friends, but without it ne- ver, how inconvenient foever a breach would be to us. I find, by your laft, your Journey into Flanders is delayed for the want of a Companion from Hoi- land, and the expectation of the Baron d' Jfolas coming thither •, with whom 'tis very likely you will prepare, at leaft, the matter of what fliall be treated with the Conftable, and confequently, be better en- abled how to inftruct Us to inftruft You. For I fuppofe you mean no further in your advice of this kind, than to be warranted by His Majefty in what you fliall do. And then, with thefe Inftruclions, Powers fliall be likewife fent you to put them into execution-, towards which, I mean, as to the Form of it, we ihall have need of your directions alfo. We are all perfvvaded the Information, you have of the Humor and Difpofition of the Swiffe towards His Majefty, from the Baron of Bonfteten, is much more fufficient, than any we have from the Perfon, mentioned in his Letter •, tho he hath produced us one, or two from Monfieur Balthafur much to the fame effecl. Methinks you may ealily enough reafon your Correfpondent out of the impropriety of his Demand, that the King fhould now, after above Eight Years, anfwer Letters then written to him upon his happy Reftauration^ which, after the change of Secretaries, are hard to be retrieved 5 and by letting him know, that if this omiilion were a fault, it hath been fufficiently reveng'd by fheltring the Regicides, fo many years fince, in their Coun- trey, who we do not hear are yet fent away. After I havefaid all this, if our Confederation with Sweden and Holland goes on, I think the addition of the Swijfes will be fo valuable to it, as I lliould not be afhamed 3 7? The Earl of Arlington's Letters afhamed to advife His Majefty to (train a point of Ceremony in gaining them. And therefore, by ad- vance, advife you to continue cajolling this Gentle- man (as you know how to do very well ) and with fuch Letters as he may properly (how there. Here inclos'd, I fend you the Copy of the Prince of Portugal's late Letter to His Majefty, by which you will fee the mind of that Court in the Affair they have with the Hollander. Of which perhaps it will not be fit for you to make ufe, till Don Fran- cifco de Afelofs arrival there *, but when he does, it will be certainly proper for you to effeft the accom- modation of thofe matters, in His Majefty's name, and to outdo the officious diligences of France there- in *, by which they pretend to tye the dependanceon both fides itronger to themfelves. And, becaufe they may be, perhaps, mifiayed, I herewith fend you Copies of the Inflrument we gave the Count de D'bona, promifing the Crown of Sweden their Subfidies, and the method by which we (hould ob- tain them. I am y &c. Whitehall Decern. 29. 6§. My Lord, I Have before me Yours of the iStb. S. N. de- manding Powers and Inftruftions, and a follow- ing one, of Jan. the 4?/;. minding us again of them, which have been fufpended hitherto for the reafons expreffed in mine of the nd. But fince you call fo earneftly for them, 1 will advife to morrow with my to Sir William Temple,Rzr.&V. 3 79 my Lord Keeper and my brother Secretary, what we can frame for your fatisfaclion in that kind ; efpecially underftanding that the Baron d % Ifola is detained by Sicknefs in Brujfels, and not like to be fo fuddenly with you. And, the truth is, it were high time that our Triple Alliance were under fome Regulation. The knowledge of that might perhaps jdifcourage France from opening the War again this Spring •, how inviting foever the diforders, and ill iconduft, under which Flanders is at prefent, may be to them. Since I wrote thus far, Mr Secretary Trevor hath been with me, to whom I have imparted Yours of the 4*7;. received this day, and we have both agreed together to inform our felves very particularly, Whether the Forts, which we would pafs by in the Indies y are very modern ones, and of their names, if it be poffible, that you may be inftrufted to an- fwer that part of Monfieur de ivitfs difcourfe with fufficiency. As for the reft, it feems to me to be ; very Sophiftical, efpecially where he calls thofe Forts fmall Colonies, and asks us whether we will ■ permit the Dutch to pafs through our Territories of Virginia to trade with our Indian Neighbours. 1 forgot in my laft to mind you again of fpeak- ing with Monfieur de Witt of their intentions to- wards the Succour of Candia. We having pro- i mifed the Venetian Ambaflador to procure the know- ledge thereof, that His Majefty may thereby regu- 1 late his own defirestobe affiftant to fo Publick and Chriftian a Caufe. His Majefty hath likewife commanded me to in- I quire of you, whom the States wifh for King of Po- : land. He is follicited much, b'y the Duke of Nieu- ■ bourgh, to recommend his Pretentions, and His Majeit, o 380 the Earl of Arlington's Letters Ma'^efty'sperfonal kindnefs to that Prince, inclines him much to favour him 5 but he would not con- tribute willingly to any, but fuch as may be agree- able to our Union, and the publick ends in Chri- ftendom, which we are purfuing upon it. / am, &c. 1 Whitehaly January 1. 69. My Lord, ■ ' Have none from You fince your? of the qth.S.N. acknowledged in my lad, wherein I promifed you, there mould be Powers and Inftruftions fent you by this. But Mr. Secretary Trevor hath been fo taken up in making my Lord of Carlijk's difpatch ( who is to go away with this fair Weather and clear Moon ) that they could not poflibly be made ready. He is to land at Gotlenburgh, and from thence to pafs on by land to Stockholm •, where his principal Bufinefs is, to keep that Court fteddy to our Tripple Alliance, and to excufe the ill fuccefs hitherto of our endeavours to procure the Money from Spain, but promifing them the continuance of the fame till they have fatisfa&ion ; he is therein directed to correfpond with you. Since my laft I have communicated to fome of the Eaft-India Company Monfieur de JVitt s Objections to your Propofitions, and particularly enquired of them, where they have been interrupted in their Trade by reafon of Fbrts : They anfwer me, That theoccafion of this Complaint did principally arife from to Sir William Temple,B*r.& , c. 3 8 1 from the Pra&ice of the Dutb> about Six Year's fmce, when, becoming Matters of Cochine, they would pretend to hinder Trade in the adjacent parts, and accordingly interrupted the Englijh trading at Pore at ^ altho upon the Coaft, as Cochine is ( tho far diftant from it.) And altho Places in that vaft and large Countrey cannot be enumerated, where ( on fuch pretences ) Trade may be obft rutted 3 yet if it be begun to be pra&ifed in one, they may pro- ceed in like manner in others : And therefore the Propofal, as it is equal and juft, fo it is the way and means to prevent mifunderitanding, in like kind, for the future. And if it be (as the Dutch all edge) That there are but few places from whence fuch Complaints can arife, then there is the lefs Caufe for their fcrupling to agree to the reafon of it-, So that there is not any claim of Commerce with them, in their own Cities, Towns, Forts, or Colonies. The thing only propofed is, ( as hath been in the Firft Article of the former Papers exprelled and clearly ftated. ) That, upon their having a Pais, upon any River, or pretence of Soveraignty, the Engliflj may not thereby be hindred from Trading to thofe Places, where they have fetled Factories, Commerce, and Trade, no more than all Nations are hindred from Trading to Hamburgh, by reafon of the Towns of Ghckftadt. When they urge for an inftance the Pradice of the Englijh in their Plantations., we fay it is a thing not at all delircd from the Dutch, that they ihould grant within any of * Tikis the mrdtbeytbin% their Cities, Towns,Caftles or h*$'* tbeir [&m better Plantations(underrheir;Oc- g^g^g cupancy) any more liberty, fi^ no Occupancy* than is permitted to them in the 3$ 2 the Earl of Arlington 'j Letters the Englijh Plantations. And, as to their inftance of a Ship that is caft upon Barbados by a Storm, we know of no Law that doth conrlfcate any fuch Ship, which doth not make that a pretence ro come in for Trade. And the Query that is made, whe- ther the Englijh would permit them to Trade to Nations beyond Virginia, the Dutch know it to be altogether frivolous. For that the paflage into Vir- ginia between Cape Henry and Cape Charles, with ' the Bay and Rivers leading up into the Countrey, they are all fo entirely poffeft by the Englijh on all fides, that there are no other Nations betides, with whom they can fuppofe to have any Commerce or Trade. Or, if there were any fuch Nations, they have not Factories, nor ietled Commerce with them, neither can the Dutch land there, but upon Englijh ground •, which liberty the Englijh claim not in In- dia from the Dutch. But as for palling by Forts, or. Rivers, leading to Trade, the Englijhhaving For- tifications at the mouth of dela Ware, Connecticut, and Kinnebeck Rivers, where the Dutch and other Nations had Trade many miles by fuch Rivers, the Englijh did permit them free Trade to fuch Places, until the late War put them out of pofleffion, and that by the Articles of Peace, all right to thofe Places was quitted by them. They further fay, That the Objection, touching the Englijh Afr for Navi- gation, doth not at all reach the Cafe 3 there being- no reftraint thereby laid on the Dutch, or any other Nation from paffing by the Englijh Forts Eaftward, or Weftward, or between England and Ireland,thvo St. George's Channel •, but for the regulating of Trade and Commerce on Ihoar in His Majefty s Dominions, which each Nation may do within themfelves, and the Dutch within their Colonies in India as they fliali fee Caufe. This to Sir William Temple jlW.&'c. 383 This is what thofe of the Eaft-India Company have difcours'd with me upon your Letter, the ef- fect of all which they allure me is fent in their Pa- pers to you. But, for fear they fhould not be fuf- ficient to anfwer thefe laft fcruples of Monfieur de Witt, I thought it not amifs to add them, and to mind you once more, how well you will ferve the Publick, ftrengthen our Alliance, and juftifie your own Reputation, if you can happily end this buli- nefs, as I fee you are fairly enough advanc'd to- wards it : In which I wifh you fuccefs with all my heart, and according to the Compliment of this day many happy years. / am, &:c. whitebal, January 8. 6$. My Lord, IN my laft was all, I think, I (hall be able to fay- to your Excellency upon the E aft- India Compa- ny's Propofitions, till thofe of Holland furnim us new Matter, which I hope they will not do, but facilitate your agreement with them, in which I am glad to understand Monfieur Van Beuningen, for Publick Reafons, is likely to be fo helpful to You, as your laft Letter of the nth feems to promife Us. As for the Negotiation you are entring upon for fatisfa&ion to the Crown of Sweden, Mr. Secretary Trevor fending you lo full Inftruftions and Powers upon that Subjeft, I hope you will likewife have the good luck to conclude that matter well. I J84 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters I had a Letter of the %tb. from the Baron a" ffola] who faid he was then going into Holland. He ex- alts much the probabilities of France's opening th< War again this Spring 5 and much leffens the Power of Spain to refift it, even to a degree as to fay, they will not be able to pay all the Money themfelves pro- mifed the Swedes. When you (hall come to talk with him, I pray ask him what kind of encourage- ment this Language is like to give to the Confede- rates that are like to bear the burthen of their Caufe. Sweden they know will not pay their own Troops, whilft they are in their Service,' and the Baron can- not but remember, what I have fo often faid to him, and you to the Marquis Caftel Kodrigo, by His Ma- jefty's command, of our Abilities to fupport our part y and methinks, it is not amifs you fliould, now and then, mind him and the Spanifh Minifters what a Temptation Men have to defert their Intereft, where there is neither Profit nor Honour in maintaining it, I might add, where there is a total difability to do it. I have now received your Anfwer to the importu- nity of the Venetian Ambaflador, and I hear he hath gotten the wind of the effeft of it. If Holland mould infenfibly lead us into a breach with the Grand Seignior, we mould lofe a vaft Stock, and the moft beneficial Trade we have. If we fend and keep in pay 2000 Men, as the States propofe to do, the Confequence of it muft be the feifing all our Mer- chants Effects in the Turkifh Empire, becaufe we have a formal Peace with the Grand Seignior, which, I fuppofe, the Dutch have not 5 and this will oblige Us, to manage and continue our Suc- cour with Secrelie, and if it be poffible, out of pri- vate Purfes, that the Publick may not be exposd to reproach/ to Sir William Te\Ti?\e,Bar.&c\ 385 reproach or damage by it, and becaufe it is very pof- fible what Monlieur de win fays may be but a Copy of his Countenance in this matter, you fhall do well to found him farther in it, and ask him particularly, how he hopes their Trade, which is not a fmall one in thofe parts, can be fecured, if they fo avowedly fuccour Candia. We are expecting, every hour, an Expoftulatory Memorial from the Dutch Ambatfador, concerning our behaviour towards our Countrey-men, and as he calls it, their Subjects in Surinam -, he told me the other day,he had underftood that Jones was left a Ihoar at the ljkofifl:ht, which we cannot upon any in- quiry hear of: This laying of the AmbatTadors, and your having no News of him from Zealand, makes fufpicious Men apt to think he is made away. The Letters of the lait Toll, told ydu of the change- of the Refolution to fend my Lord Carlifle by Sea, the hard Weather that then began, made the Sea- men conclude it impolnble he lhould go that way 5 therefore now His Majelty will have him go by Land, and make hisfirftftep through Holland, where you will fee him, and initrud him the belt you can , we fhall know before he goes, whether His Majelty will furler him to fee any body in Demnark. It is reiblv'd he lhall carry fome Body in his Company, that Ilia i i go away to Mufcovy, to try to accommodate that Court with the Swede. Iam,fkc> C C Afv 386 the Earl of Arlington'* Letters ivhitehal, January 22. 69. My Lord j MR. Secretary Trevor and I, have communica- ted to the Eaft-India Company, the effett of your former Letter, and the Fropofals of the States General, in anfwer to yours upon the whole Matter, which is at prefent in difpute atnongft them 5 and that I have lodged the laid Propofals in our Com- panies hands to judge of the wording of them in Articles, fince they feem to be agreed in the Sub- ftance. , Since which time, Mr. Secretary Trevor and I, have had another meeting with them, and they are agreed the framing our Mind into Articles, of which a Copy is herewith fent you, if they be agreed to, .there is an end of this matter: and with- out a perfeft diiingenuity on the part of the Dutch Baft-India Company, we cannot fee how they can be rejetted : The remaining queftion therefore will only be, in what Form they (hall pafs, and be made Au- thentick. You cannot forget, that at your firft ar- rival there, many Letters palled betwixt You and Us, relating to this queftion, and, if I do not mifremem- ber, therefult of them was, That the treating this Matter by declared Commiffioners of both Nations, would open a door to troublefome demands on both (ides, that might difcompofe the happy Union be- twixt us 3 according to this, Mr. Secretary Trevor's, opinion and mine is, that your Excellency fhould obtain .the paffing their Articles, under the Title of Explanatory and Additional Articles, upon, and to the late Marine Treaty •, but before you can be ready for it, we will know His Majefty's diftinft refolution herein. to Sir William Tempi e,Bar.&c. 387 herein,and fend it to you. And if you (till infift there- upon, we will fend you from hence, thefe Articles tranfcribed into Latin. With 'the Articles goes alfoa Paper, intruding you to fupport them, which joyn'd to the former Difcourfes made you upon this Subject, will (we prefume) make you itrong enough to combat any of their Exceptions, and particularly, Moniieur Van Beuningens Letter, a f ranflacion of which you fent me, in your laftof the lyh. The Letters from France allure us, Monfieur de Lorrain has fubmitted and will difarm,but the. French King'sDeclaration at the fame time, That the Marfhal de Be He fond fliall make a Levy ot 2000 Foot, and more if need be, to fuccour the Venetians, gives a • jealoufie, that they have fotne deiigii upon lbme of their Neighbours-, we would be glad to know Moniieur de Witt's opinion in this point, Iam> cvC. tvhitebal, January 26. 69. My Lord, THis Gentleman, Sir Gabriel Sylvim> was long ago detign'd by His Majefty, to go in quality of His Envoy to the Elector of Brandenhnrgh, to Congratulate his Marriage -, and becaule His Ma- jefty infinitely- defires, That his Electoral Highneis (liould concur with him, the Crown of Sweden and the States General in the Refolutions they have taken to fupport the Peace, His Majefty thinks this not C c 2 an 383 the Earl of Arlington'/ Letters an improper occafion of expofing to him his defires therein : But becaufe the Place you are in, is able to furnifli better, and more perfonal Arguments to the faid Prince, than poffibly will occur to Us from thence •, His Majefty hath commanded me to recommend him to your Excellency to furnifli him what you can in that kind, and leaves it to your own difcretion to judge, whether it will -not be fit you acquaint Monfieur de Witt therewith, which he cannot but take kindly of the King, a*nd perhaps, this may introduce a good occafion of this Gentle- man's viliting Monfieur de Witt upon the fame Sub- ject, and remove from him any Umbrages he may have contracted formerly in the bufihefs of poor Mon- fieur Buaty who paid dear for his faults if he had any. His Majefty would have youlikewife inftruct him, in what manner he ftialLfpeakto the Elector, in the concerns of the Prince of Orange^ and for this reafon, he carries a Letter from the King to the Prince, that his Highnefs may fee, he is not out of His Majeiiy's Care. And in this point you fliall do well likewifeto inftru&him, how he fliall firftfpeak with the Princefs, and after with the Elector. Having faid thus much, 1 need not add any more upon this occafion, than to defire your Excellency, to ufe this Gentleman very kindly for my fake, be- ing my particular Friend. In requital of which, you'will have the fatisfaftion of difcourfing with one that will be able very intelligently, to give you an account of all our Affairs here. My to Sir William Temple y Bar&c. 3 89 Whitehall January 26. 69. My Lord, HAving fent your Excellency in my laft, the ut- moltofwhatwe can fay or think, upon the Marine Treaty, it is net neceflary to give you any Repetitions, and I hope, thofe you deal with there, will now Categorically fay yea or no., whether they will gratifie our Merchants importunity upon lis in this Point 3 if it be in the Negative, it were good we knew it betimes, to make them digeft it. I fee by both yours of January the igth. and F§b. the ift. S. N. You have brought the Bufinefs of the Swedif}) Subfidies to fuch an illue, .as the Conftabte mud either give or refufe them, having prepared in Writing, the Form of the Guaranty, by which he may fee what he has for his Money. I hope the Sivedi(b Minilters, as they will un- doubtedly have Powers to receive it, will likewiie have thofe which muft qualirle them to joyn in the Guaranty with Us, and that Mr. Silvercronvi will delift from the Imaginations, that his Allies will pay for the keeping their Army in Bremen. I am glad Jones is come away, he will certainly be ufefuihere, for the Confutation of the Dutch Am- baflador's long complaints againft Us ; concerning Surinam. I am, &c, C c 3 My 3$>o the Earl of Arlington' s Letters whitehal, February 5. 69. My Lord, I Received yefterday together your Excellencies of the *tb. and ?>:!:. with the inclofed draught for the payment of the Subfidies to Sweden^ the Fro-' ject for the Guaranty, and the Concert -with what Forces we fhall fupport it. 1 have not had time yet to produce thefe Pieces to His Majefry, and the Foreign Committee, fo I cannot give you any warrantable opinion upon them, only b> Anticipa- tion from my felf, I will venture to lay, Thar if the Draught, and the Terms of Payment be acceptable to Sweden^ I make no doubt but it will beforo Us. The Project pi the Guaranty, will, 1 fear, appear to be' too extenfive in Words and not Warran < d by the Article of the Treaty at Aix : The Concert is well put in a Paper a-part, and I hope will not, be proceeded upon, till His Majefty mall have more than the Baron d' Ifila's word for being effectively re-irnburfed the Charge he muft be ap in fupporting his Quota. Upon all, I fuppofe, you will be con- tent to (tay fbme days to expeft His Majefty's opi- nion and directions, (trice, I prefume 5 the Mind of Sweden, and their full concurrence in the Guaranty. muft be known to you at the Hague, before any thing can be finally concluded. lam,&c. My to Sir William Temple,H/r.&V. 3 9 1 Whitehall February 12. 69. My Lord, I Left Mr. Secretary Trevor to acknowledge to your Excellency by the laft Polt yours of the nth. Since when there is a Letter come from your Family, fpeaking of your indifpofition, from which, I hope, this will find you recovered. To morrow we (hall finally debate, and conclude, I hope, the Form of the Guaranty to be given Spain-? upon which you fliall then know HisMajefty's pleafure by the next. In the mean time, we are not a little troubled to hear rumours out of France, That the Swedes are gained by them, and will fall from the Triple Alliance. The Refident here, defired me to let him read the Inftrument of the Guaranty, and Concert for the Payment of the Money, upon the light of which he concluded positively, the Swedes would neither enter into fuch a Guaranty, nor ad- mit fuch a delay in the Payment of the Moneys. I am perfwaded you will know their Minds better at the Hague fhm we can know here, and this is but an ill confirmation of the rumours from France. Mon- fieur Colbert feem/d to be much alarm'd at the News of your Tranfa&ion with the Spaniljj Minifter, but feem'd as quickly appeas'd, when he was allured they went no further than the Warranty of the Peace at Aix. I arrive. Cc 4 My 39* the Earl of Arlington' j Letters wbitehaly February 16. 6 p. My Lord, MY laft to you was of the 12th. wherein Iprp- mifed your Excellency with all fpeed, His Ma jetty's refolution concerning the Projects fent hi- ther, upon your Conferences with the Spanijh Mi- nifterSj which by reafon of my Lord Keeper's In- difpofition, I could not do till now, nor perhaps ' now fo effectually as I ought, Mr. mlliamfon being out of the way, who hath in his hands the Notes of what- was refolved at our Foreign Committee, but if my Memory fell me in any particular, I will fup- ply it in my next. His Majefty will willingly agree to the Projeft for the Payment of. the gwedifb Subfidies, fo it be acceptable to them, only wiihes,the Terms for what will be remaining after the fir ft Payment, might be fnortned, fearing they may not be fo pleating to them. His Majefty entirely concurs in the Projeft for • the Guaranty, /in the words you fent it hither, but difiikes the inferting into it, the Specification of the Succours, becaufe it ought to be a Point a-part amongO Our felves, and ought not to be given to either of the Parties, whom we underftand we mud gratjfie with the fame Form of Guaranty; Befides, it feems to carry feme contradiction in it, to fay we rnuft warrant the Peace tot'vs viribw, ar.d in the fame Inftrnment to fpeciiie particular -ones. Thete are the reaibns you may ufe to them for your own, further fatisfaction, I may add, That Sweden and Holland will probably reckon that ftr.ength to be kept % to Sir William Temple,2fcr , -&V- 393 ■kept up for the Guaranty, which they would en- tertain without it, which according to our funding qietftods we cannot do. Belicies, according to what the Baron d'/foUhaxh fiiggefted to you, we would be glad to have fbmeaflu ranee from Spain, that they will pay us for the Charge we (hall be at to ferve their-turns j and if credit may be given to a Letter we have now in our hands, from the French King to the Pope, wherein he promifes not to move the War this year, for what pretence foever. VVe have time enough after we have taken our Cautions- as abovefaid, to frame a Concert ot Succours, ac- cording to the obligation of our Guaranty. And this, I hope, will give time likewife for the fecuring to Sweden tne 30000 Dollars per mehfem, which I remember was in debate the la(t Year with the- Comte de D'hona, but ever underftood to be made good by Spain, tho promis'd by His Majefty and the States. Since my laft, I have received Yours of the 19th. giving an account of my Lord Carlijle\ and Sir Ga- briel Sylvluh arrival there. Mr. Montague is juft going away alfo, and he goes inftrutted to con- cur innrely with t, e Dutch Minifter (whatsoever- he be ) in all matters relating to the Triple Alli- ance, and the Guaranty of it, as likewife the dif- poling that Court to a friendly cotr.pofure of all differences between them and Spain, or, remitting them to an Arbitration. My Lord Keeper writes amply to you ( as he tells me ) upon the buiinefs*of Surinam, and Mr. Se- , cretary Trevor will fend you a Copy of Mr. Bowel's complaint in thofe Affairs, as likewife our Anfwer to them as foon as 'tis tranced. In 3P4 Ihe Earl of Arlington'/ Letters In the mean time, my Lord Keeper's Letter' will inftruft you to talk of them if there be occafion, and tell you his Majefty's opinion of his willing- nefs to deal for that place, which can be worth little to Zealand, when our Couritrey-men are taken off it, as certainly they may be, by the capitula- tions made there. I have fhew'd the Queen, what part you have had in ferving Don Francijco de Mello, which both their Majefty's are glad to fee, and the Queen bids me give you her particular thanks for it. Iam,fkc. Whitehall February 26. 69. My Lord, I AM afham'dto be fo much inarrear, as in one Letter to acknowledge Four of your Excellen- cies, as of the 22^. 26th. inftant, and March the ift* and the %th. S. N. The Two laft of which I re- ceive this Afternoon, and have communicated them already to my Lord Keeper, and in them we -fee how hard a task you have to bring the States to a good Conclufion in the Marine Treaty 5 but we hope their Commimoners having charged thetn- felves with" rinding out fome Temperament and Ex- pedient in that Affair, it will be fuch a one, as our Eaft-India Company will be content to admit of, and till that appears, and that you have promifed my Lord Keeper upon this whole matter, we have concluded it tit to forbear trying our laft ftrength with to Sir William TempIe,2W-&V. 595 with our Eafi-India Company, who always affirm to us, That we have got nothing if we do not get this point, of pafling the Forts. I hnpe mine of the \6tb. fending you His Ma- jefty's approbation of the Terms of the Guaranty, is long before this time with you, and that you are not many days from receiving the like from Sweden 3 tho in the mean time, my mind is at quiet, in the ■ belief that rhofe Minifters of Sweden there, know the mind of their Court much better than Mon- fieur 'de Lyenbergb, The Spanijh Ambaffador hath furprifed us here, with his declaring to His Majefty, that he would leave this Court in a few days: We cannot but al- low he has reafon to be much troubled at the News brought everyday, of the frequent and new Hofti- lities committed by his Majefty s Subjects in Ja- maica, upon thofe of his Catholtck Majefty. What we can fay in excufe of them, you will fee in the inclofed Copy of a Paper given him the other day, which I thought fit to fend you, that you may be enabled to argue the matter as we do, with the Spanijh Minifters, if there be caufe for it. And we are difpatching away Sir William Godolpbin within a day or two, to bring this matter to a good conclu- fion at Madrid, if it be poflible, by clearing it with fome new and expreis Articles, fince thofe of Ja- maica, will never think themfeives fecure in the Am- biguity of the former ones s which being but the fame in Terms with the precedent Treaties, the War in effect hath been ever kept on foot on both lides, and in CronmeVs time, was made a ground tor his attempt upoirHijfaviola. Jam,&c. My 396 the Earl of Arlington's Letters Whitehall March 5. 69. My Lord j I Did not know at the writing of my 15ft, thai my Lady Temple was come to Town, tho (lie had done us the Honour to fpend many hours, that day at Goring-bonfe, and fince many more in the folicitation of your concernment 5. 1 hope we (hall fend her back again to you well pleafed therein, tho not fo well I am fure, as I defire. I have your Excellency's of the 8th. and expect from it and your former, very impatiently, the fair Expedient Monlieur de win. hath charged the Di- rectors of the Eaft-I?idi~a Company with there, for the (atisfaftion of ours, becaufe, I cannot under- ftand, that thefe have any difpofition to leffen their dem'ands, neither can they produce any other in- ftances of Places than what their former Papers have mentioned. I longlikewife with the fame impatience, to hear what the Swedes fay to the Prcjefts of the Payment and Guaranty. -On the Firft of this Month * I dis- patched away by a Ketch to Hamburgh a Letter from His Majefty to the King of Denmark, in anfwer to a very obliging one that King had written to His Majefty. I hope tfie Packet may overtake my Lord Carlijle before he be embarked for Sivedeland, and in that belief, 1 fend this fecond Letter, which I beg of you todifpatch after him with all poffible fpeed. Here inclos'd I fend you an Inftru&ion from* Sir Peter Petty defiring fome diligences 1 to be done at Amfterdam about a Prize Ship, called the Sacrifice of Abraham, of a very considerable value, you mud apply to Sir William Temple,JW.&V. 597 apply all your Care and Diligence to prevent the taking it from us, under pretence of its belonging to the Genouefes; for if it mould prove fo, His Ma- jefty would be obliged to refund a great Sum of Money to them. There is likewife inclofed a Paper of complaint from Major Bannifter, expofing all his hard ufage from the Dutch in Surinam, but parti- cularly directed to the fecuring fome quantities of Sugar, kept from him in Zealand, ] have given the like Paper to the Dutch Ambaffador this day, and Mr. Secretary Trawhatb likewife delivered into his hands, our Anfvver to all their Complaints, Letters and Memorials, upon the fubjeft of Surfr 'nam, with which he will likewife furnifli you. The Ambaffador took his leave of His Majefty yefter-- day, and refolves to part from hence Monday next, on which day, His Majefty likewife goes to I\ 7 np Market to fpend 15. days there, if His liking of the Sport there lafts fo long. I fliall follow him fix- days after, and endeavour to return before him. 1 Whitehall March i6i 69. My Lord, Find my felf in arrear to you for Three Letters of the ,?. t ]. and J*. The Firfl fends a Project of a Mufcovia Tradej of which I cannot yet give you my opinion. The Second mentions your expectation of a New Envoy from Sweden, and your opinion That that Crown will iupport the Triple Alliance. The Third defires Sir Peter Pen's croft 3?8 the Earl of Arlington'/ Letters crofs Interrogatories, which are fent you herewith, and at the end of them, an account of the Com- miffion. From hence we have little to fay -to you elfe, more, than that we expett the conclufion of the Guaranty, and your fuce'efs upon the Marine Treaty, upon both which matters you have all we have to fay, till you give us new occalion. Our Court hath been filled thefe many days paft with the changes of that of Madrid, but feems not in the laft Letters to have taken any certain plie, for tho Don Juan had driven away the Confeflbf, yec he had not gotten himfelf into Madrid. The dif-union of the Councils there, gives us but a melan- cholly profpeft of the Affairs of that Monarchy. Trie Prince of Tufcany is at laft landed at Plimouth, after having lain a (hoar in Ireland and Scilly. 1 leave all other News to the Gazettes, and am, &c. Whitehal, April 13. 69. My Lord, IHave Two of your Excellencies before me un- anfwered, of the 2d. and 9th. S. N. and have feen what you wrote laft to Mr. Secretary Trevor, of the Swedijh Agreement, with the form of the Gua- ranty, and their joint Inclinations with the Dutch, to have us prefentl.y agree upon the concert of Forces for fupport of the Triple Alliance under the faid Guaranty. I have told you in former Letters, the rcafons we had to delay it, but cannot tell you how we iliall now determine the point, till it hath been under a debate. • The to Sir William TempIe,2W.&fe. 399 ThzSpanifk Ambaffador hath furnilhed. us with Alarms, under which they are in Flunders upon the motion of the French Troops,all we could reply to it was, That, we could not believe his moft Chriftian Majefty would break his word, fo folemnly given for this year 5 and that we would write of his Com- plaints to you at the Hague, and to Mr. Montague at Paris, that you might do your feveral Offices upon them. I find Mr. Montague much troubled, that there is not a Dutch Miniller of equal Cha- racter with himfelf, to affift him in thofe Expostu- lations which he is like to have caufe to make. I fuppofe you have heard from my Lord Carlijle, what his fucceis hath been at Copenhagen, and how the King hath fent Orders for the reftoring the Fn- glijh to the e^pre benefit of all thofe Privileges and Immunities they had in Trade, in the year 1660. And that they would fend immediately an Ambafladpr hither, by which our Matter is like to fall into a better Intelligence with that King than could be obtain'd by any Mediation of our Neigh- bours. TheConde^ Afolinalwth unfurnifrYd his Houfe, and put off his Coach Horfes, fo that he is ready in a few days to make his -journey hence. The lalt Letters from the Hague tell us, the re- folution ischang'd, of lending Monfieur Van Ben* vingen hither, and that Monfieur Boreel will return to his Poll. We know not what toforetelby this, either of our fucceis in the. Marine Treaty, or buli- nefs at Surinam. I am, &c. My 400 The Earl of Arlington'/. Letters Whitebait April 23. 69. ' My Lord, I Have feen what your Excellency has written this day to Mr. Secretary Trevor , concerning the concert of Affiftance upon the Guaranty, where- upon we refolve to know the King's final Pleafure before he goes to Newmarket, which will be on Mon- day next. I thewed His Majefty yours to me of the 23*/. Which ferv'd only to bring again to His remem- brance, His Debt to his Highnefs trje Prince of O- range, and to affure me that he will have it princi- pally in his care to fatiSfie it when Jfc can 5 but that for' the prefent it is impoffible for Mn to make any one ft ep in it. The Queen Mother is (God be thar>ked) . well recovered, and if (he fhould mifcarry, Two Years of the Profits of her Joynture * after her Death, were long ago given her to pay her Debts; after which Two Years her Joynture will be refet> led upon the Queen Confort. This day I received yours of the 30th.-. with a compleat Lift of the French Fleet, of which I think they do induftrioufly difperfe Copies, for I have had a Dozen of them fent me within this Month paft, from feveral parts. If their Greatnefs improves every year, to the proportion it hath done of late,they will be troublefome Neighbours, and I do not fee a Spirit in Chrifiendom to contradict: it, otherwife than by every ones endeavouring to fave its own ftake. I would I could fay fo with Spain, who will requite us ill for our endeavours to ferve them this lait year, if they put upon us the advancing to Swede- land to Sir William TenwleiBar.&c. 401 land their lalt Payments, which you muft take heed of confenting to. I am forry to read in your late Letter to my Lord Keeper, your defpair of doing any good for our JEaft-India Company, in that important point they pretend to. This has made me advife with the Go- vernour a-part, and in confidence to know whether the Company may not be brought to moderate their Demands. He is a fober prudent Man, and feems to value, as we do, our Alliance and Conjunction with Holland, but he tells me, what is infilled upon muft be eirher granted or deny'd. The Propofition is ca- pable of no Temperament-, which taffure you, Was very ill news to me. The King hath commanded me to fignifie His Pleafure to you, to ufe your utmoft endeavour to procure for Madam dc Budi, a Licence to go to the Hague. That you may fee how earneftly (lie defires us, I fend you here inclofed Monfieur de Moulin^ Letter, written I fuppofe from her own mouth j but I think, you (hall not do well to make ufe of it, further than for your own Inftruftion, left the Blots in it (liould make it fufpe&ed, there were warmer Words in it than are to be read. His Royal Highnefs lays, that by his" Patent, the drowned Goods belong to him. By my next I will be able to tell you,what iliare he will allot the Fiflier- men-, and I will be glad, if I can incline him like- wife, to give you a Profit in it, for having produced them. By this you fee my Stars have not fnclin'd me to be rich, fince they will not let me take thofe things that are given me- / ami & c * D d At. 402 the Earl of Arlington' s Letters whit eh al> May 14. 69. My Lord, I Think I have omitted to congratulate with your Excellency, your good fuccefs in the figning the Guaranty. We are preparing His Majefty's rati- fication upon it, which fhall be fent you with all fpeed. Mr. Secretary Trevor fhewed me yours of the lad Poft, and the Eaft-India Company hath been with us both this day, fupporting their old De- mand by a very pregnant, and formidable Example, of the ufage of the EngUJh, in the King of Macaf- fi/s Cpuntrey. ; I will not enter into the detail of it, becaufeyou will have it at large from Mr. Secretary Trevor, I will only fay thus much, upon the whole, That I am forry to fee that fatisfa&ion,we have fo long hoped for, is fo little advanced. I can allure you, thofe .that miflike that Alliance, make great ufe of it. I have enquired after the condition of the drown- ed Tinn, and find the Treafury hath yet a (harp Eye upon it, as deep as it lies in the Sea 5 fo that I dare not meddle with demanding it. His Royal Highnefs expects to hear what conditions the Fifher- man of the other funk Goods will demand of him 5 into which, if you pleafe, you and I will endeavour . to add one for our felves, if at lead we may be ad- mitted into it. lam* &c. 'Mj to Sir William Temple,R/r.&rV. 405 Whitehall June 1. 69. My Lord, THis acknowledges your Excellencies of the 3 ry?. paft, fince the receipt of which I have* Seen what you wrote to Mr. Secretary Trevor upon our Eaft- India Company's complaints, wherein we al- ways concluded your Prudence will ever conceal what cannot be juftify'd, and content your felt with ar- guing and infill ing- upon what can be So, if they have complained of any wrongs that the late Treaty hath extinguiih'd, that overiight or indiscretion of theirs muft not leflen our delire to procure and as- certain to them thole freedoms of Trade in the fu- ture, which common Jultice, and the common In- tereltof our remaining always good Friends will require 3 and of this, 1 lay, your Prudence mult al- ways diltinguiih and feparate from the Papers they prefentto us. I content my felf with making this general Retkftion to you, leaving it to Mr. Secre- tary Trevor to be more particular, when he lliali have fpoken again with our Eaft-India Company, and to arifwer what this days Poll may have brought him from you, not having ^c\\ him iuKC the Let- ters arrived. I come juft now from my own Dinner, where I found my Lady Temple, who for want of a conveni- ence hath not been able to get away, nor consequent- ly topolfelsyou with His Majefty's Ratification of the Guaranty. I mould be very glad I could be con- fident that at its arrival there, the SpanijJj Money- would be rsady to be put into the hands of the . *///&. Minifters, and that the Confiable, or Some body D d 2 from 404 The Earl of Arlington'j Letters from Madrid, had power to content the Swede fo in the future expectations of War or Peace, that they might not refort any more to us, to grant or deny them any thing therein , for this kind of fow- ingwill put us at laft, I fear, a-funder, when we (hall beforc'd to declare pofitively we cannot grant, and they become impatient of a denial. But a bet- ter complexion of Affairs at Madrid, might eafily prevent all this. 1 would to God there were any better appearance of it, than the laft Letters brought us from thence. The Spanifh Arnbaflador lies now at Portfrnouth expecting the arrival of his Ship there that is gone about out of the River. He is gone with hopes, and very ardent defires, to be able to perfwade the Minifters at his Court, to take better Meafures than they have yet done towards their Af- fairs del Norte. This day the Prince of Tufcany began his Journey to Harwich, leaving His Majefty and the Court, (I might fay, the whole Kingdom) entirely pleas'd with his behaviour here 5 and really, 'tis fcarce to be believed, at this diftance, to what degree his behaviour hath won upon all forts of People. It is therefore His Majefty T s Pleafure that you exprefs fo much towards him, and confirm in him all the be- lief he carries away of His Majefty 's Kindnefs and Value for him, that is confident with your Cha- racter of Ambaflador, for which reafon you cannot vilit him in his Home, where he will not give you the hand, but in all Third Places where you fliall meet calually or defignedly with 'him, the giving or taking it will be eafily avoided, and yet thofe perfonal ref peels paiH to him which are due to his Birth, and the efteem His Majefty hath of hirn : And this the fyanijh and Venetian Ambafla- dors to Sir William Temple, Bar. &c. 405 dors here, found it cafie to fatisfie him in, but not the French Ambaflador, with whofe behaviour he exprefles himfelf as much difpleas'd, as his Pru- dence will give him leave. It was an omiflion in me not to fend you the Story as it was delivered to me,of what pafled in that affair. But I have ordered the Writer to make a Tranfcript of what I wrote upon it to my Lord Ambaflador Montague, and to fend it you with this. I cannot end this Letter without telling you that the Queen is very well, and gives us every day caafc to rejoycemore and more in the hopes of her being with Child. God grant it have its effect according- ly to make us all happy. / am, &c. Whitehall June 18.69, Aly Lord, IHave Two of your Excellencies to acknowledge of the ,8 and "g.Xhe former lays the Swedijbti/lonty is not yet arrived, your latter fays not fo much in that point -, which makes us fear 'tis (till farther off, and what is more grievous in'thofe matters, the Coun- cil of Spain ( from whence the redrefs of this and all other matters relating to our League mould come ) feems by the laft News from thence to be more di- vided than ever. I am glad to hear jpur Complement pafles fo well with the Prince ofTttfcany, and ferry that the great Duke his Father fliould believe that the Prince had not fuffered enough here, but would order him to D d 3 ctfry $c6 • the Earl of Arlington'* Letters carry the ftory of it to the French Ambaflador at the Hague, upon which occafion, what you faid to Mr. Ca- ftiglione, is all that the matter will afford, or at leaft, that will be fit for him to be laid upon it by us. By the next Pod, without further delay, His Ma- jefties Letter (hall be fent you, to the Conftable of Caftile, in favour of the Prince of Orange's Law Suit in Flanders, which will give me a good occafion of fhewing His Majefty, what you write to me in your own juliification, concerning the Prince. I need not tell you again, how Sophiftical and difingenuoiis the Anfwer given you to the Surinam Bufthels appears to us. Mr. Secretary Trevor hath Orders to do it at large, to whom I muft refer you, for that, and for our Thoughts upon the laft Over- ture you fent us upon the Marine Treaty, / amj&c* Whitehall June 29. 69. My Lord, 1AM to acknowledge your Excellencies of July the id. S. N. giving an account of what had paft betwixt you and -the- Two Gentlemen of the Prince of Tufcany, fent to complement you after his return from North-Holland, of which 1 -have given ' a diftinct account to His Majefty, who notwithftand- ir.g his great Partiality for the Prince, approves in- tirely of your proceeding towards him. And the Truth is, after what his Hi^nefs hath done to the French Arr.baiTador,I fear he muft renounce all Com- !;k:rce with Ambaifadors as long as he is out of his own tp Sir William TempIe,.Rzr.&V. 407 own Countrey. I find in his Letter to Sir Bernard Gafcopie, that he experts much from me to help him out of this diftrefs. Tho I have all the delirein the World to do it, yet I cannot tell how to apply that defire to his fatisfa&ion. His Majefty feems very much troubled in his behalf, but knows not how to gi\te him eafe, neither can I lb much as dired you how to write upon this fubjett to him, tho \ have fpoke my mind pretty freely to Sir Bernard Gafcoyne upon it, and concluded, that either abroad in the Future, as I laid, he muft fly the Concerta- tion of Ambaliadors, or go home and expect his Father's Death in requital of the good Office he hath done him. The Swedifh Refident hath been with me this'Af- ternoon, and tells me, he is full of hopes, That the Money for his Mafter, is now eiteitually coming from Spaing and minds me again of recommending to y which de- fpairing hitherto to be fecured in, you cannot for- get, that the laft year I warned you thereof, and that before you accepted of any Projeft of a Con- cert you would endeavour to fend us word, whe- ther it would be likely to oblige His Majefty to any prefent Expence, which you know he is not in a State of fupporting -, whereas the other ' Confede- rates have always their Forces, fubiifting, and muft keep them oh Foot whether this occalion were or were not : and this only exception therefore I have to your Expedient you offer in Mr. Secretary Tre- vor's Letter, That His Majefty cannot properly pro- irrife in a Letter to the Conftable, the entring into a prefent Concert of Affairs without asking him at the fame time fecurity for the Money it will cod His Majefty (the Promifes of Spain by experience being become worth fo little) which is ail, he the Conftable, can give us for the prefent. And if this be our Condition ( as you will ealily fuppofe it is) how (hall we bring our felves to anlwer again to the Swede y the Payment of anymore Money from Spain, as is likewife propofed to you, to fpeak freely to you in this matter, I fear much, tho the Money s be now aftually there, the Spaniards will find twen- ty Excufes for keeping it in their own Hand till they have fome eftettual Service for it 3 and becaufethey fee how dear the League is like to coft them, trying what theeffeft of their prefent Negotiation with the Marquis deVillars at Madrid y upon, a Treaty*/* Convenience, ( w'hich I know they are actually in } will produce, before they will part with their Mo- ney. Upon the whole matter, it is a hard cafe that the Queftion being upon the defence of the Frori- tiersof Hal/and, They, the States, do not oalv lean io 4*4 The % ar l °f Arlington V Letters fo hard upon His Majefty, as to make him either confent to put himfelf into a prefent extraordinary Expence by this Concert, or to deny it-, and by that means both weaken and difcredit the League,, but alfodenyhim fatisfattion in things wethinkfo reafonably infifted on by us: As that Point of the Eaft-Indiq Company, and that other of Surinam. In the former, 'tis certain Mr. Secretary Trevor and I, have carried the Company as far as poffibly we can, as you will fee by the Projeft of the Article lately Tent you 5 and in the latter, ray Lord Keeper and my Lord Privy Seal joyned with us, framed together the fubftance of the Letter lately written to the States General, after we had carefully ex- amined the Capitulation of Surinam. The Treaty of Breda directing the Reftitution of it into the fame (rate it was held the 2 ! J of May that year. And in a word, all other Papers concerning that Affair., wherein none of us found the leaft ground to doubt of a Power left to the EngHJlo to come away with their Effefts, whenever they mould demand leave for it ^ which being now denyedthem, upon their own inftance, we conceiv'd His Majefty was in pof- feffion of a right to demand it for them, His Sub- jects Obedience in Surinam being but conditional, and not to be likened to that of the Inhabitants of the conquered Towns in Flanders, or that of the Butch in the New Netherlands : It is a hard thing to find any new Arguments in either of thefe Cafes, therefore I will not trouble you with a repetition of any more of the old ones, only one thing now, I will ( prefuming upon the FriendiMp betwixt us ) fay to you, Nothing is more ordinary in the mouths of Men here, than that your Partiality and mine for the League, or in plainer Language, for Holland, makes to Sir William TempteyBar.&c. 41 5 makes us eafily follow all Monfieur dc mtt's Difta- ments, not only in that particular., but in the afore- mentioned, and all others - 7 and that the World will never believe other wife, till they hear you have been at Cuffs with Mcnfieur it) Witt there, and I with Monfieur Boreel here. In a word, till you have made this point of theConcert eafie to theKing's prefent condition, and procured his Subjects fume tolerable fatisfaftion , in thofe two Principal Points of Surinam and the Eafi-Indies, both our Reputa- tions will be in'fome danger," not only with the Court, but with the Exchange too. Therefore I pray beftir your felf. in our vindication. J 'am, Ike. Whitehall Auguft 27. 69. ■My Lord, I Sent yourExSBency by the laft Poft a long Let- ter in Cypher, in Anfwer to the Effect of mbft of your late ones to Mr. Secretary Tm condi- tion, as to his Debts, is much amended fince I wrote, yet is he not enabled thereby, or willing, as Affairs or Ghriftendom (land, to enter into great Schemes which may have prejudicial Confequences, how Honourable foever they are in the noifeof the World. I muft not end this without- telling you that His Majefty allows the leave, you defire, of going incognito to Antwerp for your private ocea- iions, where he fuppofes your fray will be very fhort. / am, &c. My to Sir William Temple ; jR*r.&V. 429 Wbiteba]> March 22. 70. /t^y Lord, WE have been obliged to fuch attendance, all this Parliament time, that I hope your Ex- cellency will give yourfelf my excufe from it, if you find me lefs punctual in anfwering your Letters than I was in the Vacation, and help me to prevail with the Baron d* Ifola to accept of the fame reafon that I have delayed fo long to anfvver his long, and Ele- gant Letter, propofing a farther Progrefs and LlaU jam amongft the Confederates of the Triple League in conjunction with the Emperour. Againft which ( I mean in the manner he propofes it ) as I remem- ber, I gave you many publick, and private Reafons, and therefore wonder much to find you calling in a late Letter to Mr. Secretary Trevor for an Anfwer to his Propofition : The effect of which having been debated before His Majefty, Mr. Secretary is now fufficiently inftructed to anfvver it •, (viz,) That His Majefty, in purfuance of an Article, in our Confede- rate Treaty, admits not only with much joy and latis- fafrion his Imperial Majefty into it, but is ready to joyn in any Entreaties or Solicitations that (hall be thought fit to apply to him, for the fame end. On the other fide, His Majefty is as unwilling, as in- deed unready, as can be imagin'd, to enter into any fuch defenlive Union, as the Baron £ Ifola propofes*, which may, for ought we know, oblige our Armies to march againft the Turk, if he ihould invade the Empire. I am fure it muft againft the King of France-, if he Ihould attack Brifack, or the remoteli part of it from us. And fo in like manner againft an j 43 o the Earl of Arlington'/ Letters any Princes of the Empire, who coming into the Confederation, ihould be after that molefted by any of his Neighbours. Befides this, there is fomething to be given to the time, in which this is propofed to us. How ill a Grace it will have to France to make fuch a League ineffeft againft them, when they hare offered to refer themfelves to his Majefty's Arbitration, upon all the Points in difpute, relating, to the Treaty of Aix la ChdpeNe. The Confervation of which muft be the Foundation of fuch a Union if it be made. But when all this is faid, I will con- fidently believe, till I fee fomething to the contrary more than the Baron a" Ifolas Letter, that he will hardly be avowed in thisPropofition at Vienna. This, I hope, will be enough to juftifie my fending the Baron dlfola to you, when I anfwer his Letter, which (hall be within a few days. Though in the mean time, I fuppofe, Mr. Secretary Trevor will in- ftruft you more largely upon the Point. The King this night writes to the Prince of O- range, renewing His defire to him, to fee him here this Spring. If his Highnefs accepts of the Invi- tation, my Lord of Otfery will be fent to conduft him hither. / am, &c. W to Sir William TempIe,2W.&ftr. 43 1 Whitehall April 12. 70. My Lord, I Have not by me your lad, containing a Projeft for the receiving the Emperour into the Gua- ranty of Peace, to acknowledge the date of it. Nei- ther have I time left me this Evening to dilate upon the Contents of Sir William Godolphhh laft Letter, a Copy of which Mr. Secretary Trevor fends to you, together with His Majefties Sentiments upon the Queen of Spain's Letter 5 which I would fain hope, (he would mend upon fecond Thoughts. In the mean time His Majefty puts all his Credit at (lake with the molt Chriftian King, to prevail with him not to take advantage upon fuch an anfwer to his Overture, which feems toreleafehim from his offer of keeping the Peace yet a year longer. I confefs to you, I cannot but tremble, when I coniider, that the knowledge of this comes to his hands, when his Foot is in the Stirrup going to the Fron- tiers : And, what Temptations he may meet with there to invite him to change his Mind. In a word, This laft feat of Spain% pafles all they have made already 5 God deliver as well from the Events that may attend it. / am^c. 43 2 The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters Whitehall April 29. 76. My Lord j THE hurry, in which we were upon the rifing of the Parliament, and our following the King to Newmarket y was the caufe why my Letter was then fo (hort to your Excellency, tho I affured my felf Mr. Secretary Trevor would be large enough upon the King's Mind, concerning the anfwer from Spain j which, having fufpcnded all Considerations upon the Subject you fent me 3 I think it likewife fit I mould do my opinion, concerning the Project you fent. Since that I have received one of the 29th. S. N. wherein I perceive Monfieur de Witt's Judg- ment of the Anfwer from Spain is the fame with ours j at lead he thinks fit to fay fo. For both in Trance , and here, there are many that believe the Letter from Madrid was dictated at the Hague* And a frefher, I have from Sir William Godolphin, in- finuates a belief that they may yet anfwer better than they have done, fothey may be a little humour'd in their accuftomed quality of delay. In the mean time His Majefty hath imployed all his Credit in France y that no advantage may be taken of the Firft Anfwer, to which, they have not yet reply'd. But the coun- tenance of the Court feems to juftirle the Opinion that they will innovate nothing. And yet their fi- lence makes us think they will not put it out of their power to do otherwife, if they fee caufe. I hope your Excellencies Letters that are upon the way, will help us toguefsat Monfieur Van Beunin- gens Errand. And lince you cannot be ignorant of what we aim at from time to time, as you become more to Sir William Temple,&r.crV. 43 ? more informed help to direct our behaviour to him. The King hath put off St. Genres Feaft, that we may be more at leifure to attend Madam's arrival at Dover. I am forry the Prince of Orange is not like to make a Figure in that Interview. But, lb he carries his Point at Home, we will eaiily pardon his abfence. The inclofed Letters are to Monfieur St. Eure- mond, to invite him into England, where his Friends will be glad to fee him. I pray help us to encou- rage diis Journey all you can, / am, &C. irhitebal, May 15.70. My Lord, Y Indifpofition the laft Week was the reafon M why I did not then acknowledge your Ex- cellencies of the 6th. as I mull nowlikevvife a la- ter of the ibib. In your former you juftifie much thofe Minillers for having had no fliare in advifhig the ill Anfwer lent us, lately from Spain. The Truth is, I never thought them guilty of it, when I laid it came from the Hague, 1 meant it from the Baron d'/fola there, and 1 had ground enough for what I laid, fince Ideriv'd it from a Letter of your own, ac % quainting me with his difcourfes upon the offer of the Arbitrage when it was firft made us. But the Truth is, and to give them their due, Spain needs no help in fuch cafes, their own methods, and want of knowledge in thefe parts of the World, ma rhem naturally fall fo into them. I thank you for the light you have given me into Monfieur J 'an- Beiwingen's Errand. I am perftvaded * f he 434 The Earl of Arlington' s Letters he will not go unfatisfied from hence, if he comes with a refolution only to ask and takeReafon. But if he comes to out-wit Us, I mean, to lead us out of our own Meafures, into fome of his* he may he deceived. After this is faid, all I have heard of him makes me have a great efteem and value for his Parts, and accordingly 1 will endeavour to ferve him. And he will certainly be the welcomer here for the good difpofition his Town of Amfterdam exprefles to favour the Intereft of the Prince of Orange, who will not have the good luck to meet Madam here, fince me is already landed, comes no further than Dover ^ and returns again the latter end of the Week, whither I am making all the haft I can. If any thing offers it ielf there worth your knowledge you (hall hear from me from thence. I am, &c. Whitehall June 7. 70. Aiy Lord, Received your Excellencies of June the $d. S.N' 1 when I was at Dover, wherein you defcribe fomething of Monfieur Van Bemiwgen\ Temper, as well as Errand. I have not yet had opportunity to enter into a diftinct knowledge of either, having feen him but once, and then not difcourfing very frankly, either what his Errand is hither, or under what Character be will manage it. When I learn more I (hall call to you for help, if it be too ob- fcure for me to underftand. . • A long Letter I received this Week from the Ba- ron d* Ifola, fpeaks more plainly, and, a little out offeafon, feerasto juflifie Spain s infilling upon the Nomina- to Sir William TempIe,&ir.&V. 455 Nomination of two other Arbiters-, fince on the fame day I receiv'd a Letter, from Sir William GodoU pbin, wherein he feems to believe they will content themfelves with thofetwo'already named by France. And beiides, talks of many things too Mercurial for our plain Heads here. In conclufion, he infinuates a reiblution to be quickly here, with which, ac- quainting His Majefty, he expreft a diflatisfattion towards him, and bad me write to you, to divert him from this Journey. But this, as skilfully as you can, becauie of the ungratefulnefs of it, and that His Majefty hath no Minifter at Vienna by whom to exprefs hisdiflike of it. 1 have likewife acquainted His Majefty with your Propolltion for the making of Salt, audit feems fo fair to him that he cannot at firft fight but encou- rage it. As foon as I have communicated that Pat- tern you lent me to hisChymiits, and taken their opinion of it, if it be good, I fuppofe I (hall have His Majefty 's directions to bid you fend us thePro- pofal. I leave it to the Gazettes and the common News- mongers, to tell you how we pall: our time at Do- ver-? where the refort of fo much Company, and fo many Nations cannot but furnilh the World with relations of what palfed. Here inclos'd 1 trouble you with a Letter to his Highnefs the Prince of Orange, which enquires after the time of his coming. 1 pray fail not to fcnd me in the next all you know of it, and what is the true refult and value of what hath been lately done for him, which the Letters hither, and difcourles upon them do varioufly interpret. / am, &c< F f i My 45^ The Earl of Arlington'/ Lett erf Whit eh al, June 28. 70. My Lord, I Am to acknowledge Two of Your Excellencies of the ijth. June, and 24^. S.N. and am much ob- liged to you for the difcourfes of both, which have opened my Eyes to many things that Ifaw but very imperfectly before, efpecially the Progrefs in the Prince of Orange's affairs. We here now fpeak fomewhat more coldly of his Journey hither ♦, in- the mean timeMonfieur Bored tells me, he is immediately leaving us,he fays but for Tin ee Weeks, or a Month*, but the Town imagines it is for good and all. I tell him, leaving fo good a Second as Monfieur Van Beuningen, he need not fear his affairs will decay, or'be prejudiced in hisabfence. Monfieur Van Bemingen tells me, that Orders for Surinam are changed again, and into Terms to our entire liking. I asked him whether we are like tofucceed as well in the Bufinefs of the Indies 3 he fpeaks like a brave Man, a^nd fays he will charge himfelf with the Task of convincing the Eaft-India Company, that what they ask is not at all to their advantage. He charges himfelf likewife with convincing Spain, as well as us, That the Meafures we either of us take in our Affairs are not good ones, and that he will give us better. Thefeare brave undertakings^ we mall fee how he will acquit himfelf of them. And in this 1 fend you all the News I can of him, or this place, except that unhappy one of the lofs of Madam 5 which hath infinitely afflifted the King, and particularly all thofe that had the honour to know to Sir William Temple,&*r.&V. 437 know her at Dover. The embroilments that were in her Domefticks, and the fuddennefs of her Death., made the opinion eafily take place with us that (lie was Poifon'd. But the knowledge we have had iince of the care taken to examine her Body, and the per- fvvafion we underftand his mod Chriftian Majeftj is in, ( whom it behoves to know this matter to the bottom ) That flic did not die of a violent Death, hath taken off the greatelt part of our fufpicions. And Morffieur k Marefchal de Belief omh, who I hear is arriv'd this Evening, and is charged with giving the King a more particular account of this unhappy accident, and brings a compleat Narrative, under r written by the ablefi Phyficians, and Chirurgeonsof Paris, of her Death, and of the ditfeftion of her Body, will, as we fuppofe, entirely convince us, that we have nothing to lament herein, but the iofs of this admirable Princefs, without any odious Circumftan- ces, to make our Grief more infupportable. With your la(t I received a new Box of your Salt ; .the Examination that hath yet been made upon it, amounts to this only, That it is the fame we com- monly make, and ufe in England •, whereas we Koped it would have iupplied the occalions of the Foreign Bay Salt} if it does not, it can only render our home Salt more cheap, which you know is not very dear, andyetthofe that have tryed it fay, they are not fure it is fo good for all purpofes. Notwith- standing all this prejudice, donor, [ pray,difcourage the Propofer till you have heard again from me. . I am, &c. P. S. This Day Sev'nnight I wrote a Letter to the Baron d Jfola, with iuchan Anfwcras I could think Ff.3 nt 438 7 he Earl of Arlington' s Letters fit to make to his longand fine Letter. Iamforryhe has not here a better Gladiator to try his Skill with. Mine I'm fure will do him no credit in his Maftery of it, and I fear, afford him as little fat isfaft ion. Thefe Five following LETTERS • From a Perfon of Quality being actually upon the fpot, give a particular Relation of the Death of Madam, Parky June 30. 1670. Four in the Morning. My Lord j I Am forry to be obliged, by my Employment, to give you an Account of the faddeft Story in the World, and which I have hardly the courage to write. Madam, on Sunday the 29th. of this inftant, being at St. Clou> with a great deal of Company, about Five a Clock in the Afternoon, called for a Giafs of Cichory water, that was prefcribed her to drink, flie having, for two or three Days after Bathing, found her felt indifpofed, (he had no fooner drunk this, but fhe cryedout lie was Dead, and fell into Madam Mafcbourglfs Arms, and defired to be *put> to Bed, and have a ConferTor. She continued in the greateft Tortures imaginable till Three a Clock in the Morning, when flic dyed: The King, the Queen, and all the Court being there tMi about an hour before, God to Sir William Temple,&zr.&V. 43^ God fend the King our Matter Patience and Conftancy to bear fo great an Affliction. Madam, declared (he had no reluftancy to die, but out of the Grief, (lie thought, it would be to the King her Brother *, and when (lie was in any eafe, from the Torture (he was in, which the Phylicians called Cohick Bileufc, (lie asked for me, and it was to dharge me to fay all the kind things from her to her Brothers, the King and Duke. I did not leave her till (lie expired, and liapned to come to St. Clou an Hour after lhe fell ill. Never any Body died with that Piety and Refolution, and kept herSen- fes to the lad. ' Excufe this im per fed Relation for the Grief I am in. I am fure all, that had the Ho- nour to know her, will have their ihare for fo great and general a lofs. I am, my Lord, Yours, Sec. far is , July 6, 70. My Lord, THis acknowledged! Two of your Lorddrips, the one of June, the ijtb. by Sir Henry Jones , the other of the 23 d. by the Pott. I fuppofe,by this time, you may have with you the Marflial de Belle- fonds, who, belides his Condoleance, will endeavour, I believe, to dilabufeour Court of what the Courc and People here will never be difabufed of, which is Madam's being Poiibned. Which having fo good an Authority, as her own faying it feveral times in her great Pains, makes the report much more cre- dited. But to me in particular, when I asked her feveral time?, whether (lie thought her felf Pollened, F f 4 Ui. 440 The Earl of Arlington j Letters me would anfwer nothing: I believe being willing tofpare the addition of fo great a trouble to the King our Matter *, which was the reafon why, in my fir ft Letter, I made no mention of it : Neither am I Phylician good enough to fay fhe was Poifoned, or fhe was not. They are willing, in this Countrey, to make me the Author of the Report, I mean Monfieur, and fays, I do it to break the good I nM- ligence between the Two Crowns. The King and Mimfters here feem extremely af- fected with rhelois of Madam, and I do not doubt but they are, for they hoped upon her Conlideration to bring the King our Mafter to condefcend to Things, and enter into a Friendfhip with this Crown, ftricler perhaps, than they think he will now fhe is no more. What was begun, or what was intended I will notprefumeto fearch into, finceyour Lord- fhip did not think fit to communicate the leaft part of it to me 5 but I cannot help knowing the Town Talk, and I d?.re anfwer that all that the King our Mafter can propofe, will be granted here to have his Friend- ship, and the-: is nothing, on the other fide, the JJutch Will not do to hinder our joyning with the French. All 1 deli re to know, my Lord, is that, whilft I am here, I may know what Language to hold in Conversion with the other ftjlnifters, that I may not be ridiculous with the Character I have upon pie. Whilft • Madam was alive, the did me- the H nciir to truft me enough to hinder me from being expcjed to that misfortune. I am lure for the little time you knew her in Eng- lahd, \ou could not but know her enough to regret her as long as you live: as I an: lure you have reafbn. For I never knew any Body kinder, nor have a better opinion of another, in all kinds, than ' flic to Sir William Temple,2kr.&\r. 441 the had of you. And I believe the loved the King her Brother too well, if (lie had not been perfwaded 'how well and faithfully you ferved him, to have been fo really concerned for you, as I have obferved her to be, upon all occafions, fince there has been a good underftanding between you. As for my own particular, I have had fo great a lofs, that I have no Joy in this Countrey, nor hopes of any in ano- ther. Madam, after feveral difcourfes with me, in her illnefs, which was all nothing but kind ex- preflions of the King our Matter 5 at laft told me flie was extremely forry (lie had done nothing for me, before (lie died, in return of all the Zealand Affection with which I had ferved her, llnce my being here. She told me that there were Six Thou- fand Piftoles of hers in feveral places : Hie bid me take them for her fake. I told her Hie had many poor Servants that wanted more than I, that I never ferved her out of Intere(t,and thatabfolutely I would not take it -,but,if Hie pfeafed to tell me which of them I Ihould give it to, I would difpofe of it according to her Pleafure: She had fo much prc- ferice of Mind as to name them to me by their Names' j but the Breath was no fooner out of her Body, but Monlieur feized all her Keys and Cabi- nets, I enquired next day, where the Money was 5 one of her Women (aid it was in fuch a place, which hapned to be the firft Six Thoufand Piftoles the King our Mafter lent her. For juft as that Money came it wasdelignedto unpawn fome Jewels, upon which (lie had already taken up the Money ^ but two days before the King of France gave her Money, with which flie unpawinl them, and fo the Money came clear in to her. 44^ The Earl of Arlington 5 / Letters I demanded the Money upon this from Monfieur, as Money of mine, that was borrowed for Madam, it having been delivered by my Servant to Two of her Women, who affured him, as they could not do othenvays , That, that Money came from me, for they never knew that the King our Matter had 'fent it her. Monlieur had in this time got away above half of the Money, the reft I had delivered me 5 which I did, to the uttermoft Farthing, in the prefence of my Lord Abbot Montague, and two other Witneffes, difpofe of to Madams Servants equally, as (he directed, Monfieur, has promifed me the reft, which -they are to have in the fame manner, but if they are not wife enough to keep their Councel, he will certainly take it from them. I could not have got it for the poor People any other way, and I believe the King will be gladder they fljould have it, than Monfieur. I delire you will let the King know this for rrty difcharge, and let it go no farther. Sir George Hamilton was a witnefs oi the thing, with my Lord Abbot Montague. I thought fit to trouble your Lordfhip with this Ac- count,which is all at prefent from, my Lord, Tours j &c. P. ft Since the writing of this I am told, from very good hands, and one that Monfieur trufts, that he, being deli red by the King to deliver up all Madams Papers, before he would do it, he firft fent for my Lord Abbot Montague to read them, and inter- pret them to him 5 but not trufting enough to him, he imployed other Perfons, that underftood the . Language, to Sir William T!emp\e,Bar&c. 443 Language, to do it,amongft which Madam de Tienm was one, fo that molt of the private things, between the King and Madam, are and will be very publick, there were fome things in Cyphers, which trouble him extreamly -, but yet he pretends to guefs at it. And complains extreamly of the King our Mafter for having a confidence with Madam, and treating things with her, without his knowledge. My Lord Abbot Montague will , I hope, give you a larger account of this matter than lean 5 for, tho Monfieur enjoined him fecrecy to all the World, it cannot extend to you, if there be any thing that concerns the King our Matter's affairs. To the KING. Park, July ij. 1670. SIR, I Ought to begin w r ith begging your Ma jetty's Pardon for faying any thing to you upon fo fad a bubjeel, and where I had the misfortune to be a Witnefs of the cruelleft, and molt generous End any Perfon in the World ever made. I had the Honour, on the Saturday, which was the day be- fore Madam dy'd, to entertain her a gr.eat while 5 the molt of her difcourfe being concerning Mon- ti eur, and how impoffible (he law it was for her to live happily with him, for he was fallen out with her worfe than ever, becaufe that, two days before flic had been at VetfkMs, and there he found her talking 444 27>* &*^ °f Arlington's Letters talking privately with the King, about affairs which were not fit to be communicated to him. She told me your Majefty and the King here were both re- folded upon a War with Hoi/and, as foon as you could be agreed on the manner of it : Thefe were the laft Words I had the Honour to have from her till (lie fell ill, for Monlleur came in and interrup- ted her, and I returned to Park the next day. When fhe fell ill, (he called for me two or three times 5 Madam de Mecbelburgb fent for me *, as foon as I came in, fhe told me, you fee the fad condition I am in -, lam going to die, how I pity the King my Brother ! For, I am fure, he lofes the Perfon in the World that loves him belt. A little while after (he calied*me again, bidding me be fure to fay all the kind things in the World from her to the King her Brother, and thank him for all his KindnefV and Care of me. Then (lie asked me if 1 1 emembred what ihe had faid to me, the night before, of your Majefty 's Intentions to joyn with France againft Hollands I told her yes * pray then, faid (he, tell my Brother 1 never perfwaded him to it, out ofmyownlntereft, or to be more confidered in this Countrey *, but be- caufe 1 thought it. for his Honour and Advantage. For I always lov'd him above all things in the World, and have no regret to leave it, but becaufe I leave him. She called to me feveral times to be fure to fay this to you, and fpoke. to me in Erigtift. I ask'd her then, if ihe believ'd her felf Poilbn'cJ : .Her ConfeiTor that was by, underftood that Word, and told her, Madam, you muft accufe no .Body, .but offer up your Death to God as a Sacrifice 3 fo (lie would never .anfwer me to that Queftion, tho I asked her feveral times, but would only (lirinkup her Shoulders. I asked her for her Casket, where ' ■' ill to Sir William TcmpleMjr.&c. 445 nil her Letters were, to fend them to your Majefty *, Hie bid me take it from Madam de Borde 5 but (lie was fwounding and dying to fee her Miftrefs in that Condition, and, before the came to her felf, Mon- fieur had fei/.ed on them. She recommended to you to help, as much as you could, all her poor Servants : She bid me write to mv Lord Arlington, to put you in mind of it (and tell the King my Brother) I hope he will for my fake, do for him what hepromi- fed ', Car e'efi un home cfiii /' ayme, & qui lefcrt bien> For he u a per] on that both loves him, and ferves him faithfully. She fpoke afterwards a great deal in French aloud, bemoaning and lamenting the con- dition me knew your Majefty would be in when You heard the News of her Death. I humbly again beg your Majeity's pardon for having been the un- fortunate teller of fo fad News - y there being none of your Servants, that willies your Content and Hap- pinefs with more Zeal and Truth, than Sir, Tour Mmfties, &Ci Parti, July 15. 70. Afy Lord> I Have, according to your Lordlhip's directions, fentyou here inclofed, the Ring, which Madam had on her Finger when (lie dyed ^ which your Lordfliip will be pleated toprefeut to His Majefty. I have taken the liberty my felf, to give him an account of fome things, that Madam gave me in charge, prefuming your Lord (hip would out ot tnodefty, 44^ *£he Earl a/ Arlington'/ Letters moderty, be glad to be fpared the telling His Ma- jefty them your felf 5 there being fome things that concern you. There has been, ever fince Madams Death, as you may imagine, upon thefe occafions, various reports •, that of her being Poifon'd pre- vailing above all the reft, which has difordered the Minifters here, as well as theKing, to the greateft degree that can be. For my own particular, I have been fo (truck with it, that I have hardly had the heart to itir out fince 3 which joyn'd with the re- ports of the Town, how much the King our Mafter refentedfo horrid a Fatt, that he would not receive Monfieur's Letter, and that he had commanded me home, made them conclude that the King our Ma- fter was diffatisfied with this Court, to the degree it was reported. So that* to day, when I was at St. Germains, from whence I am newly returned, to make thofe Compliments you ordered me to do, I am not able to exprefs the fatisfaclion that the King, and every Body had to know that the King our Ma- fter was a little appeas'd, and that thefe Reports had made no impreffion in his Mind to the difad- vantage of the French. I give you this account, my Lord, that you may judge how much, in this conjuncture, they value the Friendfhip of England, and how neceffary our Mafter's kindnefs is to all their defigns. I do not doubt but there will be that ufe made of it, as may be moft for the Honour of the King, and the Good of the Nation 5 which is the chief defire of him, who is with all Truth and Sincerity 7ours,&c* to Sir William Temple,IL*r.&V. 447 My Lord, I Am not well able to write to you in my own Hand, being Co Lame, with a fall I had in coming, that, lean very hardly ftir either Hand or Arm •, however, I hope in a day of two to go to St. Ger mains. This is only to give your Lord/hip an account, of what I believe you know al- This out of ready, of the Chevalier de Lorain fc Cypher. being permitted to come to Court, and to ferve in the Army, as a Marjhal de Camp to the King. If Madam were Poifoned, as few People doubt, he is look'd upon, by all France, to have done it 5 and it is wonder'd at, by all France, That that King mould have (o little regard to the King of England our Mailer, conlidering how infolently he always carried himfelf to her when ihe was alive, as to permit his return. It is my Duty to let you know this, to tell His Majefty 5 and, if he thinks fit to fpeak to the French Ambaflador of it, to do it vigoroufly -, for I allure you it re- flects here much upon him to fuffer it. 44^ The Earl of Arlington'/ Letters i Whitehall July 5. 70. My Lord) Promifed you, in my laft, I would fend you the Anfwef to the Propofition, concerning ma- king of Salt. Here inclofed it goes to you, fuife ciently inftru&ing you what difcburfc you mail hold to the Propofer. My frefh Letters from Spain tell me the Court hath at laft accepted of the Arbitration, joyningto the Crowns of England and Swedeland, the States General. In my Judgment moft properly, fincethey are joyntly the Guarantees of the Peace. It will be His Majefty's endeavour now to render 1 this acceptable to France, and I could be glad Mon- fieur de Witt were as well perfwaded of it as I am. I am confident his humouring it well with the French Minifters will make it take ErTec\and render it a better expedient, for the keeping the Peace of Flanders, than entring into new Ties, and Armings upon them. I have only had cafual difcourfes with Monfieur Van Beuningen of late, and nothing upon this Subjeft, nor indeed with the French Ambafla- dors. So I am not able to tell you what their opi- nions are of it. 1 am, &e. My to Sir William Temple, Ifor.&V. 449 Whit eh al, July 16. 70. My Lord, I Have Three of your Excellencies to acknowledge of the qth. i^tb. and 15th. In the firft was your fuccefs in your attempt to divert the Baron d' I jo! a from coming to us, vytiich I hope will fucceed from my heart. I had a Letter from him this Week from Bruffels, wherein he feems, for the prefent, of a mind to forbear it. The fecond was to introduce the Dutch Man, who is difpofedof as he was delign'd, and I hope he will have no caufe to be difcontented therewith : Mr. Secretary Trevor is particularly charged with him. The Third contains but fuch as, for the prefent, require no anfwer, excepting that particular which relates to your felf, defifing His Majefty's leave that you may make a journey into Flanders, which he confents to. But cannot think it proper to employ you, in the manner you fuggeft, to the Count de Montery ♦, he not having yet lent hither. And when he has done fo, the inequality, that Function will have to the Charafrer you are now under, cannot fuffer you to appear out of that Countrey, but as Incognito. We have little News here, but the promotion of the Lady Caftlemain to the Title of a Dutchefs 5 and the Duke of Buckingbamto return the King our Matter's Complements to his mod Chriftian Ma- jefty in requital of Monfieur de Bell fond s •, [nth which are iurpnlipg enough, till men- are a little' acquain- ted with them. G g The 4JO the Earl of Arlington'* Letters The King lately added my Lord A(hly y and Mr. Treafurer to the Two Secretaries of State, to treat with Monfieur Van Beuningen> qui ne fait encore que battrelepaisj without coming to any firm Propofition with us. Which perhaps he may think fit to fuf- pend till he fees the ifliie of Monfieur Bellefonds coming hither-, or the-iuccefs of the Treaty of Commerce. The former will be quickly at a Pe- riod, (or he goes away as he fays on Monday next 3 the latter ( God knows) is a longer work, and will endure a great deal of tugging in it. I am, ike. tvhitebal, Auguft 19. 70. My Lord, AFeverifh diftemper, that hath hung upon me ever fince my return out of the Countrey, hath hindered me hitherto from giving your Ex- cellency an account of my return hither, and ac- knowledging Two of Yours, which I find before me unanfwered, of July the 25th. and Aug. 17. 5. N. neither of which contain^ points requiring a pofitive an fwer. I have fent the Salt-makers to^Sir Robert Murray y vvho was the Fen- man of the Paper I fent you, and paries amongft us for a very underftajiding Chy- mical Man. 1 thank you for the tranfeript of your Letter, concerning Cornet Joyce. But I cannot but fufpeft pere was foul Play, as well as difficulty of Form in to Sir William Temple,fl*r.& , c 45 r in the hindering of you to take him. And this I told Monfieur Van Beuningen y according to the de- licacy of Friendfhip, he would have betwixt us, was, in my Judgment, as much a breach of it, as our denying him the knowledge of the Duke of Buckingham's Errand. Iam,&:c. Wind/or Caflk, September 1. 70. My Lord, I Have your Excellency's of the 2d. A r .S. where- in you give me a particular account of the man- ner of the States Commiflioners coming to you, and the fubftance of Monfieur