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           The
           Copy
           of
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           Dort
           to
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           in
           London
           .
        
         
           Translated
           out
           of
           Dutch.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           got
           safe
           to
           Dort
           after
           rough
           Passage
           ,
           and
           have
           taken
           the
           first
           Opportunity
           ,
           after
           the
           composure
           of
           my
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           converse
           with
           my
           intelligent
           Friends
           ,
           to
           return
           you
           the
           most
           impartial
           Account
           I
           can
           to
           those
           Enquiries
           you
           gave
           me
           in
           Charge
           at
           my
           departure
           ;
           wishing
           they
           may
           be
           as
           much
           to
           your
           Satisfaction
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           obliging
           Treatment
           I
           received
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           other
           generous
           Friends
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           your
           later
           Correspondences
           challenge
           from
           me
           .
        
         
           At
           this
           time
           I
           shall
           endeavor
           to
           resolve
           Three
           of
           your
           Enquiries
           ,
           as
           those
           which
           more
           immediately
           concern
           you
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           leaving
           the
           Remainder
           to
           a
           farther
           Opportunity
           .
           The
           first
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           ,
           was
           to
           know
           what
           the
           Successes
           of
           the
           French
           King's
           Arms
           have
           been
           this
           Campaign
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           observed
           of
           the
           state
           of
           both
           our
           Countries
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           present
           War.
           And
           lastly
           ,
           what
           Measures
           are
           taken
           by
           the
           Confederate
           Princes
           towards
           a
           Peace
           ,
           or
           Preparation
           for
           a
           more
           vigorous
           War.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           the
           intemperate
           Spring
           ,
           and
           thereby
           the
           late
           opening
           of
           the
           Campaign
           ,
           on
           the
           part
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           especially
           that
           King
           's
           surprizing
           return
           to
           Versailles
           ,
           and
           his
           detaching
           from
           hence
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Troops
           to
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           put
           us
           in
           great
           hopes
           that
           we
           should
           have
           been
           able
           to
           have
           at
           least
           made
           a
           good
           Defence
           this
           Summer
           ;
           yea
           ,
           our
           States
           expected
           some
           considerable
           Victory
           ,
           and
           the
           regaining
           some
           Frontier
           Town
           from
           the
           French.
           But
           we
           have
           had
           a
           fatal
           Disappointment
           ;
           our
           Statholder
           had
           very
           commodiously
           encamped
           himself
           at
           Park
           ,
           where
           he
           could
           want
           no
           sort
           of
           Supplies
           ;
           we
           had
           with
           great
           diligence
           fortified
           Huy
           ,
           a
           Place
           of
           the
           greatest
           importance
           ,
           considering
           it
           was
           the
           only
           Place
           of
           strength
           upon
           the
           Maize
           ,
           betwixt
           Namure
           and
           Liege
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           lost
           without
           our
           being
           able
           to
           make
           any
           Advances
           towards
           its
           relief
           ,
           when
           our
           Army
           was
           in
           its
           fullest
           
           Vigor
           and
           Heart
           ;
           so
           that
           now
           Liege
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           fertile
           Country
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Circuit
           to
           
             Bois
             le
             Duc
          
           ,
           lies
           open
           to
           the
           French
           for
           Forrage
           and
           Contribution
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           they
           infinitely
           store
           their
           Magazines
           of
           Provisions
           for
           the
           next
           Campaign
           :
           We
           ascribe
           it
           to
           want
           of
           Courage
           ,
           or
           Conduct
           ,
           that
           we
           attaqued
           not
           the
           Duke
           of
           Luxemburgh
           while
           he
           was
           posting
           himself
           to
           cover
           that
           Siege
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           have
           much
           more
           reason
           to
           exclaim
           against
           the
           Conduct
           of
           detaching
           the
           Duke
           of
           Wirtenburgh
           to
           make
           so
           insignificant
           a
           forcing
           of
           the
           Lines
           ,
           and
           sending
           such
           a
           part
           of
           our
           Army
           to
           Liege
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           when
           the
           only
           excuse
           we
           make
           for
           the
           Loss
           at
           Landen
           was
           the
           French
           over-powering
           ns
           in
           Numbers
           .
        
         
           But
           surely
           all
           wise
           Men
           will
           consider
           ,
           That
           as
           our
           Army
           was
           intrenched
           ,
           and
           our
           Artillery
           planted
           ,
           we
           had
           the
           Advantage
           of
           Three
           to
           One
           ,
           the
           French
           having
           no
           Coverture
           ,
           but
           were
           to
           storm
           a
           Fortified
           Camp
           with
           at
           least
           40
           ,
           or
           as
           they
           own
           45000
           Souldiers
           in
           it
           ;
           an
           Attempt
           and
           Success
           scarce
           to
           be
           paralled
           in
           History
           ;
           in
           which
           Action
           the
           World
           must
           own
           it self
           convinced
           that
           the
           French
           conquer
           by
           Courage
           ,
           Manhood
           and
           Valour
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           Treachery
           or
           Surprize
           ,
           or
           inequality
           of
           Forces
           :
           And
           if
           our
           Losses
           must
           be
           ascribed
           to
           the
           French
           out-numbering
           of
           the
           Confederates
           in
           all
           Places
           ,
           when
           must
           we
           expect
           better
           Success
           ?
           For
           to
           what
           Number
           soever
           we
           may
           vainly
           hope
           to
           encrease
           our
           Troops
           ,
           he
           is
           able
           to
           augment
           his
           proportionably
           ;
           so
           that
           let
           us
           swell
           to
           what
           degree
           soever
           our
           windy
           Imagination
           may
           stretch
           us
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           but
           like
           the
           Frog
           to
           the
           Oxe
           in
           the
           Fable
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           must
           nauseate
           all
           thinking
           Men
           to
           consider
           ,
           what
           pitiful
           Excuses
           both
           your
           and
           our
           Prints
           make
           to
           cover
           the
           Loss
           we
           sustained
           at
           
             Nere
             Winden
          
           :
           They
           tell
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           French
           were
           slain
           in
           whole
           Brigades
           by
           the
           advantagious
           disposal
           of
           our
           Cannon
           ,
           and
           the
           small
           damage
           we
           sustained
           by
           theirs
           ,
           our
           Infantry
           being
           commanded
           to
           lie
           upon
           their
           Bellies
           while
           their
           Cannon
           played
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           fine
           they
           lost
           above
           20000
           Men
           killed
           ,
           or
           mortally
           wounded
           ;
           yea
           ,
           some
           advance
           the
           Loss
           to
           be
           double
           to
           ours
           ,
           and
           when
           by
           Authority
           they
           publish
           these
           things
           ,
           to
           buoy
           up
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           they
           with
           design
           to
           have
           made
           us
           hope
           for
           some
           after
           Success
           told
           us
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           Detachments
           to
           Liege
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           Wirtenburgh
           were
           rejoyned
           ,
           the
           Army
           would
           be
           stronger
           than
           before
           the
           Battle
           .
           From
           which
           we
           may
           learn
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           old
           Proverb
           ,
           That
           Lyars
           ought
           to
           have
           good
           Memories
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           well
           known
           that
           those
           Detachments
           amounted
           
           to
           27000
           Men
           ,
           as
           the
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           
             London
             Gazette
          
           plainly
           proves
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           it
           is
           plain
           though
           involuntary
           Confession
           ,
           that
           we
           lost
           so
           many
           ,
           and
           we
           ascribe
           all
           this
           Loss
           to
           our
           Statholder's
           Obstinacy
           ,
           which
           with
           you
           is
           called
           his
           great
           Courage
           ;
           that
           he
           would
           not
           hearken
           to
           the
           Councel
           of
           withdrawing
           his
           Army
           over
           the
           River
           Geete
           in
           the
           night
           :
           whereby
           all
           those
           Mens
           Lives
           might
           have
           been
           preserved
           for
           future
           Events
           ,
           as
           his
           was
           by
           a
           timely
           Retreat
           to
           secure
           his
           own
           Person
           ;
           which
           Conduct
           Marshal
           Luxemburgh
           moderately
           censured
           ,
           by
           saying
           he
           now
           found
           Prince
           Waldeck
           was
           dead
           .
           Another
           convincing
           Argument
           of
           our
           Loss
           ,
           as
           great
           as
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           is
           easily
           gathered
           from
           the
           Resolution
           of
           our
           States
           to
           raise
           25000
           Men
           more
           ,
           which
           I
           believe
           they
           would
           willingly
           enough
           do
           ,
           to
           recruit
           the
           Losses
           of
           the
           last
           Campaign
           ;
           and
           yet
           no
           ways
           increase
           their
           Numbers
           ;
           but
           without
           they
           be
           supply'd
           from
           you
           with
           Mony
           ,
           I
           know
           our
           Paper
           Treasury
           is
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           no
           ways
           able
           to
           accomplish
           our
           Designs
           .
           I
           own
           the
           German
           Princes
           and
           Switzerland
           might
           supply
           us
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           pay
           at
           least
           20
           Dollars
           a
           Head
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           be
           punctually
           paid
           while
           in
           Service
           ,
           or
           we
           can
           get
           no
           Men
           ;
           for
           the
           Princes
           of
           Germany
           raise
           no
           Forces
           but
           what
           they
           sell
           ,
           as
           a
           great
           Branch
           of
           their
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           the
           Arbitrament
           of
           War
           and
           Peace
           depends
           upon
           the
           Gelt
           ,
           which
           made
           our
           Statholder
           and
           States
           to
           buy
           off
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           from
           the
           Siege
           of
           Ratisburg
           ,
           with
           100000l
           .
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           more
           promised
           to
           be
           paid
           after
           .
           But
           we
           that
           know
           the
           usage
           of
           this
           State
           know
           ,
           That
           that
           King
           may
           stay
           long
           enough
           for
           the
           latter
           Payment
           ,
           now
           that
           the
           Storm
           is
           over
           .
        
         
           But
           while
           I
           am
           mentioning
           those
           Recruits
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           consider
           what
           raw
           undisciplined
           Men
           they
           will
           be
           ,
           more
           fit
           to
           make
           Fascines
           with
           ,
           than
           to
           conquer
           the
           well
           disciplined
           Army
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           flushed
           with
           so
           many
           Victories
           .
        
         
           However
           the
           hopes
           of
           our
           State
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Rumor
           of
           such
           a
           Vote
           of
           raising
           Supplies
           will
           obtain
           from
           you
           proportionable
           Recruits
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           either
           able
           or
           willing
           to
           send
           more
           of
           your
           fellow-Subjects
           to
           the
           Common
           Shambles
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           ,
           it
           was
           rational
           to
           think
           that
           after
           such
           a
           success
           Luxemburgh
           would
           attempt
           either
           Liege
           or
           Charleroy
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Army
           had
           been
           in
           so
           good
           a
           condition
           as
           our
           and
           your
           Gazettes
           would
           have
           perswaded
           the
           World
           ,
           we
           had
           opportunity
           enough
           to
           have
           posted
           our
           
           selves
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           prevented
           the
           Siege
           ;
           while
           the
           general
           Discourse
           even
           at
           our
           Statholder's
           Table
           was
           ,
           as
           several
           Officers
           assure
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           Army
           was
           so
           so
           harass'd
           ,
           and
           weakened
           by
           the
           slaughter
           of
           their
           Men
           at
           
             Nere
             Winden
          
           ,
           and
           8000
           of
           their
           wounded
           Men
           couped
           up
           in
           Hospitals
           that
           they
           were
           able
           to
           do
           no
           more
           this
           Campaign
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           the
           eternal
           Shame
           of
           our
           Statholder
           as
           Generalissimo
           ,
           we
           have
           suffered
           Charleroy
           to
           be
           taken
           without
           once
           essaying
           a
           Relief
           ,
           for
           we
           want
           the
           Skill
           or
           Manhood
           to
           attacque
           an
           Enemy
           in
           their
           Trenches
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           you
           know
           not
           what
           an
           Excuse
           we
           make
           for
           such
           a
           neglect
           ,
           for
           the
           States
           had
           sent
           a
           new
           Train
           of
           Artillery
           to
           supply
           the
           Loss
           at
           Landen
           ,
           as
           fair
           Brass
           Cannon
           as
           any
           was
           to
           be
           seen
           ;
           but
           it
           seems
           ,
           being
           so
           credulous
           that
           the
           Statholder
           had
           saved
           his
           Wagons
           and
           draught-Horses
           by
           his
           giving
           out
           he
           had
           sent
           them
           away
           with
           his
           Baggage
           before
           the
           late
           Battel
           ,
           they
           sent
           no
           supply
           of
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           too
           late
           it
           was
           owned
           how
           great
           a
           part
           of
           those
           were
           lost
           .
           So
           that
           now
           we
           have
           no
           manner
           of
           Excuse
           why
           we
           relieved
           not
           Charleroy
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           wanted
           Wagons
           and
           draught-Horses
           to
           furnish
           a
           marching
           Army
           with
           a
           sufficient
           Train
           ,
           and
           Provisions
           for
           a
           few
           days
           ;
           and
           so
           were
           forced
           to
           stand
           in
           our
           Camp
           with
           our
           Arms
           across
           for
           20
           days
           ,
           till
           we
           had
           notice
           of
           the
           Surrender
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           now
           as
           Huy
           opened
           a
           free
           Passage
           to
           Liege
           ;
           so
           this
           to
           Brussels
           and
           the
           remainder
           of
           Brabant
           ,
           even
           to
           our
           Fastnesses
           of
           the
           united
           Provinces
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           forgot
           among
           us
           how
           20
           years
           since
           in
           one
           Spring
           this
           so
           victorious
           King
           took
           60
           of
           our
           strongest
           Towns
           and
           Forts
           in
           one
           Month
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           neither
           
             Huy
             Namur
          
           ,
           or
           Mons
           ,
           and
           advanced
           within
           a
           few
           Leagues
           of
           Amsterdam
           :
           So
           that
           we
           have
           great
           reason
           to
           be
           apprehensive
           of
           our
           eminent
           Danger
           the
           next
           Spring
           ,
           if
           no
           Peace
           be
           made
           this
           Winter
           ;
           when
           we
           are
           exposed
           so
           naked
           of
           any
           Barrier
           in
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
          
           ,
           and
           consider
           how
           untenable
           the
           strongest
           places
           have
           hitherto
           been
           against
           the
           force
           of
           his
           Assaults
           ,
           when
           to
           conceal
           or
           cover
           our
           Impotence
           ,
           we
           ascribe
           the
           Successes
           to
           Treachery
           .
           Thus
           I
           have
           given
           you
           a
           short
           touch
           of
           this
           King's
           Successes
           in
           our
           Parts
           .
        
         
           I
           pass
           now
           to
           the
           Rhine
           ;
           where
           't
           is
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           how
           vast
           a
           Magazine
           of
           Arms
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           Stores
           were
           taken
           at
           Heidelberg
           ,
           and
           though
           Prince
           Lewis
           of
           Baden
           had
           so
           strongly
           intrenched
           himself
           ,
           that
           the
           Dauphin
           and
           
             Marshal
             de
             Lorge
          
           thought
           it
           not
           advisable
           to
           attacque
           him
           ,
           yet
           the
           French
           have
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           have
           
           couped
           him
           up
           all
           this
           Summer
           ,
           and
           the
           Advantage
           to
           have
           maintained
           their
           whole
           Army
           in
           an
           Enemies
           Country
           ,
           and
           raised
           immense
           Contributions
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Hostages
           they
           have
           in
           Custody
           ,
           must
           be
           paid
           ,
           even
           when
           their
           Army
           are
           withdrawn
           into
           their
           Winter-Quarters
           .
        
         
           Of
           how
           great
           importance
           the
           taking
           of
           Roses
           in
           Catalonia
           is
           ,
           may
           be
           seen
           even
           in
           the
           Monthly
           Account
           ,
           which
           industriously
           lessens
           all
           Successes
           of
           the
           French
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           only
           a
           Port
           Town
           and
           Harbor
           towards
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           but
           hath
           a
           very
           great
           Trade
           into
           Catalonia
           :
           So
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Key
           both
           to
           Trade
           inward
           and
           outward
           ;
           and
           gives
           not
           only
           an
           Harbor
           to
           French
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           Galleys
           ,
           but
           extends
           likewise
           its
           Jurisdiction
           to
           a
           large
           part
           of
           Catalonia
           ,
           where
           it
           seems
           the
           Spaniards
           are
           so
           weak
           ,
           that
           his
           Forces
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           take
           any
           Advantage
           over
           the
           Duke
           of
           Noalles
           ,
           although
           he
           detached
           some
           part
           of
           his
           Forces
           to
           Marshal
           Catinat
           .
        
         
           This
           leads
           me
           to
           give
           you
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           that
           wise
           and
           fortunate
           General
           Marshal
           
           Catinat's
           Successes
           ,
           who
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           quietly
           sustained
           all
           the
           contemptible
           things
           from
           all
           the
           Confederates
           Gazetters
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           neither
           able
           to
           Succor
           Pignerol
           ,
           or
           Relieve
           Cazal
           ;
           at
           last
           ,
           like
           another
           
             Fabius
             Maximus
          
           ,
           descended
           from
           the
           cloudy
           Hills
           into
           the
           open
           Plains
           ,
           and
           by
           fine
           Force
           obtained
           as
           compleat
           a
           Victory
           over
           the
           unfortunate
           and
           obstinate
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           as
           any
           hath
           been
           obtained
           in
           this
           War.
           Since
           which
           he
           marcheth
           as
           Conqueror
           where
           he
           pleaseth
           through
           the
           Country
           ,
           constraining
           that
           Duke's
           Subjects
           to
           furnish
           him
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           most
           large
           Contributions
           ;
           and
           the
           French
           King
           resolving
           to
           push
           the
           War
           ,
           on
           that
           side
           ,
           either
           to
           a
           Peace
           upon
           his
           own
           Conditions
           ,
           or
           an
           entire
           Conquest
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           hath
           ordered
           an
           addition
           of
           50000
           Men
           to
           the
           Marshals
           Army
           ,
           which
           will
           much
           facilitate
           the
           Conquest
           of
           that
           Country
           ,
           or
           force
           a
           Peace
           .
        
         
           As
           I
           have
           given
           you
           this
           Account
           of
           the
           Successes
           of
           the
           French
           King's
           Arms
           ,
           so
           you
           cannot
           but
           with
           me
           observe
           the
           unprosperous
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Emperour's
           Troops
           this
           year
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           where
           the
           wily
           Grand
           Visier
           ,
           as
           much
           contemned
           as
           Catinat
           was
           ,
           suffered
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Croy
          
           to
           lay
           Siege
           to
           Belgrade
           ,
           the
           Reduction
           of
           which
           in
           one
           Month
           our
           Gazettes
           assured
           us
           off
           :
           But
           after
           the
           Duke
           had
           lost
           by
           Assaults
           ,
           Sickness
           and
           Death
           ,
           in
           his
           march
           almost
           as
           many
           Thousands
           of
           his
           Men
           as
           he
           had
           been
           Days
           before
           it
           (
           for
           some
           Prints
           compute
           them
           at
           
           15000
           Men
           )
           the
           Visier
           made
           a
           short
           turn
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           ingloriously
           quit
           the
           Siege
           .
           For
           excuse
           of
           which
           no
           other
           than
           the
           common
           one
           is
           made
           ,
           That
           the
           Enemy
           out-numbered
           ours
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Prints
           was
           ,
           from
           10000
           Men
           a
           few
           days
           before
           were
           multiplied
           to
           50000.
           at
           the
           raising
           the
           Siege
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           add
           to
           these
           the
           Consideration
           ,
           That
           since
           this
           present
           War
           the
           Confederates
           have
           neither
           gained
           one
           Town
           or
           Fort
           from
           the
           French
           ,
           or
           preserved
           any
           one
           ,
           which
           his
           Troops
           attaqued
           (
           except
           Rhinefield
           )
           nor
           been
           able
           ,
           though
           that
           King
           is
           surrounded
           on
           every
           side
           with
           an
           entire
           Circle
           of
           Enemies
           ,
           to
           hinder
           him
           from
           enlarging
           his
           Conquests
           on
           every
           side
           ;
           and
           is
           so
           provident
           that
           every
           year
           he
           hath
           sufficient
           Magazines
           before
           hand
           of
           all
           things
           necessary
           for
           one
           or
           two
           years
           succeeding
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Money
           for
           two
           or
           three
           years
           ordered
           in
           readiness
           ;
           and
           this
           year
           can
           increase
           his
           new
           Levies
           proportionable
           to
           what
           ever
           he
           finds
           the
           Confederates
           are
           able
           to
           do
           .
           This
           I
           suppose
           is
           sufficient
           to
           Answer
           the
           first
           of
           your
           Enquiries
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           second
           Head
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           branched
           into
           several
           Particulars
           ,
           as
           relating
           both
           to
           you
           and
           us
           ;
           which
           I
           will
           not
           persue
           in
           an
           exact
           Method
           ,
           but
           as
           Matters
           of
           Enquiry
           hath
           occurred
           to
           my
           mind
           since
           I
           was
           with
           you
           ,
           or
           the
           later
           Letters
           of
           you
           ,
           or
           your
           Friends
           ,
           have
           suggested
           to
           my
           thoughts
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           propensity
           of
           our
           Country
           to
           embrace
           a
           Peace
           with
           France
           ;
           you
           may
           remember
           that
           in
           our
           Town
           ,
           which
           hath
           the
           first
           Vote
           ,
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           was
           first
           made
           Statholder
           ,
           though
           all
           the
           States
           and
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           Seven
           Provinces
           had
           taken
           Solemn
           Oaths
           never
           to
           admit
           a
           Statholder
           ,
           and
           particularly
           not
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           nor
           any
           of
           his
           House
           ;
           and
           the
           Prince
           himself
           had
           taken
           an
           Oath
           not
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Office
           though
           tendered
           to
           him
           :
           So
           that
           the
           breach
           of
           all
           their
           Oaths
           upon
           that
           Election
           was
           by
           some
           styled
           absolute
           Perjury
           ,
           but
           we
           found
           a
           softer
           Word
           for
           it
           ,
           in
           styling
           it
           ,
           the
           mortifying
           the
           former
           Edict
           .
           You
           know
           how
           our
           Senior
           Burger-master
           
             Cornelius
             de
             Witt
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Brother
           the
           Pentitioner
           ,
           were
           most
           barbarously
           Murthered
           ,
           because
           they
           did
           not
           so
           readily
           comply
           .
           Now
           in
           this
           very
           Town
           the
           Senior
           Burger-master
           Halewin
           ,
           as
           you
           know
           by
           his
           Sentence
           printed
           with
           you
           ,
           was
           settling
           some
           Correspondence
           with
           Monsieur
           Amelet
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           know
           what
           terms
           the
           French
           King
           would
           insist
           upon
           ;
           and
           I
           assure
           you
           this
           was
           not
           a
           personal
           Caprice
           of
           his
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           solid
           ,
           juditious
           
           Person
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           great
           Interest
           and
           Popular
           ;
           who
           acted
           nothing
           in
           that
           but
           with
           the
           good
           Liking
           and
           underhand
           Approbation
           of
           many
           other
           great
           Men
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           easily
           perceive
           by
           the
           boldness
           of
           his
           Expressions
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           it
           printed
           in
           your
           Translation
           of
           his
           Sentence
           in
           these
           Word
           ;
           viz.
           Pag.
           12.
           
           
             That
             it
             is
             agreed
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             that
             to
             endeavour
             to
             procure
             a
             Peace
             is
             not
             at
             all
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             but
             is
             so
             far
             from
             that
             ,
             that
             those
             that
             imploy
             themselves
             about
             some
             honest
             way
             of
             obtaining
             it
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             looked
             on
             as
             Criminals
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             have
             a
             Statue
             erected
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             willing
             to
             do
             it
             with
             the
             peril
             of
             his
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           Also
           in
           the
           13.
           
           Pag.
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             That
             being
             before
             the
             high
             Court
             of
             Justice
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             great
             mind
             to
             convince
             them
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             none
             of
             his
             Fault
             that
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             was
             Sacrificed
             to
             Men
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             rather
             dye
             than
             that
             it
             should
             be
             longer
             continued
             ,
             and
             to
             play
             on
             Dobb
             ,
             Dobb
             ,
             Dobb
             ,
             Fanfare
             for
             the
             King
             of
          
           England
           ;
           by
           whom
           he
           means
           not
           King
           James
           but
           our
           Statholder
           ,
           for
           whose
           sake
           he
           neither
           would
           have
           Lives
           or
           Estates
           Sacrified
           nor
           War
           continued
           .
           And
           in
           the
           next
           Pag.
           it
           is
           added
           further
           ,
           
             That
             in
             case
             some
             solid
             and
             reasonable
             Proposals
             of
             Peace
             should
             be
             offered
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             thing
             so
             necessary
             ,
             and
             salutary
             for
             the
             State
             ;
             that
             every
             true
             Patriot
             would
             readily
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             other
             reason
             ,
             have
             embraced
             them
             :
             withal
             assuring
             the
             Judges
             that
             what
             steps
             ever
             he
             had
             made
             in
             this
             affair
             ,
             they
             were
             occasioned
             by
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             sincere
             intention
             to
             promote
             the
             true
             interest
             of
             this
             State.
             
          
        
         
           I
           assure
           you
           he
           spoke
           these
           things
           with
           great
           boldness
           ,
           and
           wanted
           not
           the
           majority
           of
           the
           Suffrages
           of
           many
           Magistrates
           of
           Cities
           ,
           if
           not
           those
           of
           the
           Judges
           themselves
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Princes
           Authority
           had
           been
           as
           great
           now
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           was
           first
           made
           Statholder
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           
             de
             Witted
          
           rather
           than
           had
           so
           easy
           a
           Sentence
           .
           I
           verily
           believe
           that
           I
           perfectly
           know
           many
           Scores
           of
           our
           chiefest
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Opinion
           with
           Monsieur
           Halewin
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Conversation
           I
           had
           with
           very
           many
           of
           your
           Parliament
           Men
           ,
           I
           think
           there
           are
           a
           majority
           of
           you
           ,
           who
           ,
           if
           they
           might
           give
           their
           Vote
           by
           Balloting
           ,
           would
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           War
           ,
           by
           returning
           to
           the
           Condition
           our
           Countries
           were
           in
           before
           the
           War
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           would
           consider
           their
           Strength
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Interest
           ,
           they
           would
           value
           the
           Saving
           of
           their
           Country
           from
           ruin
           ,
           before
           the
           private
           concern
           of
           any
           Prince
           whatsoever
           .
           And
           to
           me
           it
           is
           an
           unaccountable
           thing
           to
           find
           leading
           Gentlemen
           in
           Governments
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           so
           forward
           and
           outragiously
           zealous
           to
           
           Supplant
           and
           Abdicate
           their
           lawful
           Kings
           ,
           Supream
           Governors
           or
           Magistrates
           upon
           small
           Pretences
           ;
           who
           yet
           can
           see
           their
           Country
           fleeced
           ,
           yea
           ,
           gnawed
           to
           the
           Bones
           ,
           with
           Taxes
           to
           support
           such
           ,
           as
           have
           either
           been
           Sovereigns
           of
           their
           own
           Creation
           ,
           or
           Usurpers
           ;
           as
           I
           have
           known
           some
           Servants
           who
           were
           audatious
           and
           refractory
           to
           their
           Masters
           ,
           and
           yet
           were
           slavishly
           Cowards
           and
           abjectedly
           suffered
           the
           Affronts
           and
           Insolencies
           of
           their
           fellow
           Servants
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           this
           is
           an
           odious
           Disposition
           in
           Magistrates
           or
           Representatives
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           stiled
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           head
           of
           this
           your
           Second
           Enquiry
           ;
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           we
           are
           so
           solicitous
           for
           our
           own
           Preservation
           ,
           and
           suspicious
           of
           our
           Statholder
           ,
           that
           when
           ever
           we
           shall
           surmise
           that
           he
           shall
           prefer
           the
           Preservation
           of
           any
           Interest
           before
           ours
           ,
           we
           shall
           with
           great
           precipitation
           entertain
           any
           reasonable
           Proposals
           from
           France
           ,
           and
           though
           Monsieur
           Halewin
           says
           ,
           That
           unless
           France
           would
           deliver
           up
           to
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
          
           some
           considerable
           place
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Dutchman
           who
           would
           not
           rather
           Sacrifice
           the
           last
           Stiver
           he
           had
           then
           think
           of
           a
           Peace
           ;
           yet
           I
           am
           well
           satisfied
           if
           we
           might
           have
           Mastricht
           in
           our
           own
           right
           ,
           as
           it
           now
           properly
           belongs
           to
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           they
           would
           that
           moment
           quit
           the
           Interest
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Statholder
           but
           of
           all
           our
           Confederates
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           all
           in
           the
           lurch
           ,
           as
           you
           know
           we
           have
           constantly
           done
           in
           all
           the
           seperate
           Treaties
           we
           have
           had
           ,
           and
           are
           well
           known
           ,
           even
           to
           a
           Scandal
           upon
           us
           ,
           in
           those
           of
           48
           and
           74.
           
           And
           I
           must
           here
           note
           to
           you
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           no
           condition
           to
           continue
           the
           War
           ,
           for
           though
           Monsieur
           Halewin
           ,
           in
           his
           Discourse
           to
           Monsieur
           Amelet
           ,
           saith
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           true
           that
           the
           most
           considerable
           Families
           of
           our
           Country
           suffered
           very
           much
           by
           heavy
           Taxes
           ,
           as
           having
           great
           Estates
           in
           Land
           which
           carry
           the
           greatest
           burthen
           ,
           yet
           the
           Merchants
           were
           gently
           treated
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           Trade
           ,
           yet
           he
           owns
           that
           those
           Arguments
           he
           used
           ,
           in
           Page
           the
           Third
           and
           Fourth
           ,
           were
           only
           to
           magnify
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           States
           ;
           being
           desirous
           ,
           like
           a
           Lover
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           French
           know
           the
           utmost
           of
           our
           Abilities
           that
           we
           might
           obtain
           better
           Terms
           ;
           but
           the
           French
           King
           knows
           too
           well
           our
           insufficiency
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           War
           ,
           for
           the
           Taxes
           are
           here
           so
           heavy
           that
           I
           know
           several
           substantial
           Citizens
           ,
           in
           our
           City
           of
           Dort
           ,
           who
           pay
           as
           much
           for
           Taxes
           as
           the
           yearly
           Rent
           of
           their
           Houses
           yield
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           Monsieur
           Halewin
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           Taxes
           on
           real
           Estates
           could
           cause
           at
           the
           worst
           but
           a
           change
           of
           Masters
           ,
           which
           did
           not
           at
           
           all
           concern
           the
           States
           in
           general
           and
           in
           abstracto
           ;
           yet
           surely
           the
           impoverishing
           of
           the
           landed
           Men
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           That
           they
           must
           be
           forced
           to
           sell
           their
           Estates
           for
           nothing
           ,
           to
           others
           that
           were
           able
           to
           pay
           the
           Taxes
           ,
           must
           in
           a
           little
           time
           effect
           the
           States
           in
           general
           ;
           who
           can't
           subsist
           without
           the
           supply
           of
           the
           
             Terra
             firma
          
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           the
           Heart
           ,
           Brain
           ,
           or
           Arms
           and
           Legs
           ,
           without
           supply
           from
           the
           Stomach
           ;
           for
           ,
           however
           it
           is
           unregarded
           ,
           all
           other
           Taxes
           ,
           upon
           what
           sort
           of
           Commodities
           soever
           ,
           either
           of
           Ware
           or
           Tare
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           resort
           ,
           fall
           upon
           the
           Land
           and
           its
           Occupiers
           ;
           and
           to
           let
           you
           see
           how
           our
           States
           ,
           not
           only
           at
           this
           present
           squeeze
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           oppress
           them
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           who
           had
           as
           fertil
           a
           Plat
           of
           Ground
           as
           any
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           which
           being
           judged
           Commodious
           to
           build
           a
           Fort
           upon
           ,
           the
           States
           offered
           a
           Sum
           of
           Mony
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           Owner
           being
           unwilling
           to
           part
           with
           his
           Inheritance
           ,
           they
           laid
           heavier
           Impositions
           upon
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           Taxes
           amounted
           very
           near
           the
           yearly
           profit
           he
           made
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           so
           that
           at
           last
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           part
           with
           it
           ;
           yet
           ,
           as
           Monsieur
           Halewin
           saith
           ,
           the
           States
           were
           no
           Loosers
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           Taxed
           according
           to
           the
           old
           rate
           ;
           it
           being
           alledged
           he
           had
           received
           Mony
           for
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           Taxed
           :
           I
           remember
           I
           heard
           ,
           when
           with
           you
           ,
           that
           this
           Story
           was
           related
           at
           an
           Entertainment
           ,
           when
           some
           made
           complaint
           of
           the
           heaviness
           of
           your
           Taxes
           ;
           it
           was
           replied
           ,
           Then
           ,
           and
           not
           till
           then
           ,
           England
           would
           have
           reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           when
           you
           were
           driven
           to
           such
           Extremities
           :
           you
           know
           how
           great
           a
           Man
           he
           was
           that
           related
           this
           ,
           and
           Major
           Ashton
           can
           name
           him
           if
           he
           pleases
           .
        
         
           Monsieur
           Halewin
           ,
           pag.
           3
           ,
           in
           his
           Communication
           with
           Monsieur
           Amelot
           ,
           to
           aggrandire
           our
           power
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           Though
           there
           were
           some
           losses
           of
           Trade
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           repaid
           on
           the
           other
           by
           a
           considerable
           Sale
           of
           the
           Manufactures
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           the
           Goods
           were
           to
           pay
           a
           greater
           price
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Merchants
           generally
           ensured
           :
           But
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           this
           was
           said
           ,
           to
           put
           our
           best
           foot
           forward
           ,
           for
           though
           our
           Merchants
           ,
           of
           whom
           our
           very
           States
           consist
           ,
           devise
           all
           the
           ways
           they
           can
           to
           promote
           or
           preserve
           Traffick
           ,
           yet
           our
           common
           People
           ,
           what
           by
           the
           burthen
           of
           Taxes
           ,
           and
           the
           Obstruction
           of
           the
           old
           course
           of
           Trade
           ,
           are
           reduced
           to
           such
           a
           poor
           Estate
           that
           they
           are
           upon
           the
           very
           Tipto
           of
           rising
           in
           mutiny
           against
           our
           Magistrates
           and
           States
           ,
           for
           their
           so
           obstinate
           persisting
           in
           the
           War
           ;
           and
           generally
           exclaim
           that
           our
           Statholder
           never
           yet
           had
           any
           success
           ar
           all
           against
           the
           French
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           this
           Winter
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           the
           French
           King
           should
           
           have
           any
           one
           signal
           Success
           in
           these
           parts
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           impossible
           to
           restrain
           the
           Mobile
           any
           longer
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           our
           Merchants
           have
           many
           Contrivances
           you
           want
           ,
           because
           our
           States
           being
           all
           such
           ,
           contrive
           or
           connive
           at
           the
           Frauds
           ;
           for
           whereas
           we
           read
           weekly
           in
           your
           Gazetts
           of
           French
           Prizes
           ,
           taken
           by
           some
           of
           our
           Privateers
           ,
           they
           are
           generally
           such
           as
           by
           Assignation
           are
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           our
           Ports
           ,
           and
           by
           these
           measures
           we
           supply
           you
           and
           other
           Countries
           with
           French
           Commodities
           ,
           besides
           we
           are
           glad
           to
           be
           excused
           with
           so
           small
           a
           quota
           of
           our
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           while
           you
           make
           a
           great
           noise
           with
           encreasing
           the
           number
           of
           your
           grand
           Fleet
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           we
           spare
           more
           for
           Convoys
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           an
           admiration
           to
           our
           People
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           not
           discover
           our
           Arts
           and
           Industry
           to
           ingross
           all
           the
           Trade
           into
           our
           hands
           .
           We
           have
           ,
           without
           your
           being
           able
           to
           censure
           us
           for
           it
           ,
           utterly
           defeated
           all
           your
           Laws
           of
           Navigation
           :
           we
           bring
           you
           in
           our
           own
           Bottoms
           ,
           at
           least
           under
           some
           of
           your
           own
           Peoples
           names
           ,
           the
           far
           greatest
           part
           of
           all
           your
           imported
           Commodities
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           discovered
           every
           day
           ,
           by
           the
           number
           of
           our
           Dutch
           built
           Vessels
           in
           your
           River
           ,
           and
           all
           your
           Ports
           :
           We
           have
           had
           good
           Lading
           back
           of
           Corn
           ,
           Butter
           ,
           and
           Cheese
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           one
           Fraught
           we
           bring
           of
           our
           Country-men
           ,
           French
           Refuges
           ,
           and
           other
           Foreigners
           ,
           for
           what
           uses
           your
           Master
           and
           ours
           designs
           them
           ,
           it
           becomes
           you
           to
           look
           to
           it
           ;
           we
           have
           got
           one
           advantage
           since
           your
           Revolution
           besides
           many
           other
           colatcral
           ones
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           the
           soundings
           of
           all
           your
           Ports
           ,
           the
           strength
           of
           your
           Fortifications
           ,
           the
           Stores
           of
           your
           Arms
           and
           Amunition
           you
           had
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           Transported
           hither
           or
           to
           Flanders
           ,
           the
           small
           Stock
           you
           have
           left
           ,
           the
           Secrets
           of
           your
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           above
           all
           the
           disposition
           of
           your
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           easiness
           of
           managing
           your
           Parliaments
           to
           our
           advantage
           ,
           whereby
           we
           and
           the
           Confederates
           have
           gained
           many
           Millions
           ,
           since
           we
           found
           you
           so
           ready
           to
           give
           us
           600000l
           .
           for
           our
           assisting
           our
           own
           Statholder
           ,
           for
           which
           benefits
           we
           have
           reaped
           since
           in
           any
           other
           Reign
           we
           would
           have
           given
           Millions
           .
        
         
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           Emoluments
           ,
           if
           you
           once
           withdraw
           your
           giving
           hands
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           forced
           to
           make
           Peace
           ;
           and
           when
           you
           have
           given
           to
           the
           last
           Doit
           ,
           and
           are
           sufficiently
           exhausted
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           make
           our
           Terms
           ,
           and
           then
           enjoy
           the
           sole
           Trade
           ,
           for
           obtaining
           which
           only
           ,
           we
           use
           all
           our
           Arts
           to
           engage
           you
           still
           in
           the
           War
           ,
           from
           which
           we
           expect
           no
           other
           advantage
           .
           And
           our
           Statholders
           
           interest
           will
           never
           fail
           within
           our
           consideration
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           useth
           his
           despotick
           Power
           in
           nominating
           or
           approving
           only
           such
           Magistrates
           as
           are
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           which
           hath
           highly
           disobliged
           this
           Town
           ,
           
             Roterdam
             ,
             Pregow
          
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           of
           our
           most
           opulent
           Cities
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           preferring
           to
           the
           Supream
           Command
           of
           our
           Armies
           ,
           The
           Dukes
           of
           
             Halston
             Ploen
          
           ,
           and
           Wirtenburgh
           ,
           General
           Ginckle
           and
           others
           ,
           he
           hath
           so
           disobliged
           the
           Prince
           of
           Nassaw
           Statholder
           of
           Friesland
           and
           other
           Princes
           of
           his
           own
           Blood
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           deserving
           Men
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           lost
           very
           much
           of
           his
           interest
           in
           
             Friesland
             ,
             Groninghen
          
           ,
           and
           ,
           other
           Provinces
           lying
           most
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           inconsiderable
           weakning
           of
           our
           Country
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           by
           our
           Statholders
           disobliging
           many
           leading
           and
           popular
           Men
           in
           our
           Country
           as
           well
           as
           in
           yours
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           cooled
           the
           Affections
           of
           many
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           advancing
           several
           among
           us
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           very
           greatful
           to
           the
           People
           :
           as
           I
           remember
           I
           heard
           many
           wonder
           with
           you
           ,
           that
           one
           Coningsby
           ,
           who
           was
           much
           blackened
           by
           Informations
           against
           him
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           yet
           ,
           as
           if
           done
           it
           in
           dispight
           to
           the
           Houses
           ,
           he
           made
           him
           a
           Lord
           ,
           and
           took
           him
           into
           his
           Secret
           Council
           .
        
         
           This
           Consideration
           leads
           me
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           Resentments
           he
           used
           of
           the
           Conducts
           of
           the
           Admirals
           this
           Year
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           formerly
           done
           against
           Admiral
           Torrington
           ,
           and
           Admiral
           Russel
           ;
           which
           we
           look
           upon
           as
           a
           perfect
           Design
           to
           convince
           our
           States
           that
           he
           hath
           an
           heartier
           good
           will
           to
           promote
           our
           Interest
           than
           yours
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           it
           was
           a
           great
           oversight
           in
           your
           Council
           ,
           and
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           Order
           the
           Grand
           Fleet
           to
           attend
           the
           Merchants
           under
           the
           Care
           of
           Admiral
           Rook
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           certain
           Notice
           where
           the
           
             French
             Fleet
          
           was
           ;
           but
           since
           they
           had
           no
           such
           Orders
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           wherein
           the
           Admirals
           are
           to
           blame
           ;
           for
           I
           hear
           that
           Admiral
           Almond
           owns
           that
           Sir
           
             Ralph
             Dalaval
          
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           the
           other
           two
           Admirals
           ,
           at
           a
           Council
           of
           Flag
           Officers
           ,
           moved
           that
           the
           Grand
           Fleet
           might
           attend
           Admiral
           Rook
           till
           they
           knew
           where
           the
           
             French
             Fleet
          
           was
           ;
           which
           being
           utterly
           denied
           by
           our
           Flags
           ,
           and
           such
           of
           yours
           as
           joyn'd
           with
           us
           ,
           he
           then
           moved
           ,
           that
           at
           least
           they
           might
           go
           a
           hundred
           Leagues
           further
           ;
           which
           being
           likewise
           denied
           ,
           by
           reason
           I
           presume
           of
           the
           positive
           Orders
           to
           attend
           so
           far
           only
           ,
           without
           any
           Latitude
           in
           their
           Instructions
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           why
           our
           Statholder
           should
           not
           remove
           some
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           your
           Admiralty
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           satisfied
           there
           have
           been
           no
           Miscarriages
           of
           the
           Council
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Loss
           sustained
           there
           ,
           I
           think
           we
           and
           the
           Hamburghers
           
           had
           the
           greatest
           Share
           ;
           yet
           when
           I
           consider
           the
           Charge
           your
           Merchants
           had
           been
           at
           ,
           in
           lying
           Fraught
           Nine
           ,
           Ten
           ,
           or
           Twelve
           Months
           in
           expectance
           of
           Convoys
           ,
           the
           Charge
           of
           buoying
           up
           the
           sunk
           Ships
           ,
           and
           damage
           to
           their
           Goods
           ;
           the
           absolute
           Loss
           of
           their
           Market
           ,
           the
           Money
           which
           must
           be
           payed
           for
           their
           Conducting
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           Expences
           while
           they
           stay
           for
           a
           stronger
           Convoy
           ,
           and
           the
           real
           Loss
           you
           sustained
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Remarcks
           on
           the
           
             London
             Gazette
          
           ,
           the
           Merchants
           must
           have
           lost
           a
           pretty
           round
           Sum.
           And
           I
           learnt
           ,
           before
           I
           came
           from
           London
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           first
           Alarum
           of
           that
           Loss
           ,
           many
           thousand
           of
           Workmen
           at
           the
           Clothworkers
           Trade
           had
           been
           dismissed
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           one
           Parish
           .
           
             viz.
             Leeds
          
           in
           Yorkshire
           ,
           Five
           hundred
           Workmen
           had
           been
           discharged
           in
           one
           day
           .
           And
           the
           hazard
           of
           Adventuring
           hath
           so
           discouraged
           the
           Merchants
           to
           buy
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           still
           out
           of
           Employment
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           the
           like
           Effects
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           However
           the
           matter
           fell
           out
           that
           you
           suffered
           no
           more
           ,
           yet
           the
           French
           at
           that
           time
           in
           Ships
           ,
           and
           Goods
           ,
           got
           as
           much
           (
           besides
           the
           Burning
           of
           so
           many
           Ships
           )
           as
           will
           desray
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Charge
           of
           their
           Fleet
           this
           Summer
           ;
           whereas
           you
           have
           been
           at
           a
           vast
           Charge
           ,
           and
           yet
           scarcely
           have
           preserved
           one
           inward
           or
           outward
           bound
           Ship
           ,
           which
           was
           discovered
           by
           a
           French
           Privateer
           .
        
         
           Neither
           can
           we
           apprehend
           the
           true
           reason
           of
           your
           late
           Proclamation
           concerning
           your
           Sea-men
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           have
           no
           pay
           till
           their
           next
           going
           to
           Sea
           ,
           and
           then
           only
           a
           promise
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           Michaelmas
           last
           .
           The
           Pay
           they
           used
           to
           have
           at
           the
           laying
           up
           of
           their
           Ships
           was
           a
           great
           Support
           to
           their
           Families
           in
           Winter
           ,
           and
           by
           short
           Voyages
           till
           the
           Fleet
           went
           out
           ,
           they
           got
           something
           towards
           the
           Summer
           following
           :
           I
           know
           not
           how
           you
           can
           think
           that
           near
           100000
           Persons
           ,
           including
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           can
           have
           any
           possibility
           of
           subsisting
           without
           Stealing
           ,
           Begging
           ,
           or
           Starving
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           paid
           now
           .
        
         
           This
           kind
           of
           way
           of
           Proceeding
           our
           Sea-men
           would
           not
           suffer
           ;
           and
           such
           Proclamations
           have
           that
           fatal
           Consequence
           ,
           besides
           the
           Discouragement
           of
           the
           Sea-men
           (
           which
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           pleaseth
           us
           here
           )
           that
           it
           discovers
           either
           the
           real
           want
           of
           Money
           the
           Governmeet
           is
           in
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           Squandering
           what
           is
           given
           to
           unwarrantable
           Uses
           .
           Such
           as
           the
           magnificent
           Buildings
           here
           at
           the
           Loo
           ,
           where
           our
           Statholder
           is
           building
           a
           Palace
           to
           equal
           Versailles
           ,
           or
           the
           Pleasure-house
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           ;
           to
           furnish
           which
           ,
           besides
           the
           Curiosities
           and
           splendid
           Ornaments
           ,
           he
           hath
           provided
           ,
           as
           an
           Onyx
           Table
           and
           Stands
           from
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           
           he
           hath
           transported
           the
           richest
           Hangings
           ,
           and
           other
           Furniture
           of
           the
           Palaces
           of
           your
           Kings
           ,
           and
           several
           rich
           Silver
           Tables
           and
           Pictures
           ;
           and
           he
           hath
           demolished
           a
           great
           part
           of
           Hampton-Court
           ,
           and
           so
           magnificently
           rebuilt
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           told
           when
           I
           went
           to
           see
           it
           ,
           that
           already
           he
           had
           Expended
           above
           100000
           l.
           upon
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           Cost
           400000
           l.
           more
           ere
           finished
           and
           furnished
           ,
           while
           Whitehall
           lyes
           still
           in
           Rubbish
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           your
           Commissioners
           for
           taking
           the
           Publick
           Accounts
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           as
           much
           was
           Expended
           upon
           that
           Building
           ,
           and
           at
           Kensington
           ,
           and
           for
           Jewels
           and
           other
           needless
           Matters
           ,
           as
           would
           have
           built
           Fourscore
           Men
           of
           War.
           And
           I
           remember
           an
           Extract
           of
           their
           Accounts
           was
           shown
           me
           ,
           whereby
           it
           appeared
           that
           since
           our
           Statholder's
           Administration
           in
           England
           ,
           he
           had
           received
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           25
           Millions
           ;
           of
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           a
           full
           discharge
           of
           all
           Money
           to
           be
           defrayed
           according
           to
           the
           Establishments
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           Expended
           no
           more
           than
           20
           Millions
           ,
           and
           yet
           there
           was
           a
           Debt
           owing
           of
           5
           Millions
           still
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           expects
           for
           carrying
           on
           a
           Vigorous
           War
           no
           less
           than
           7
           or
           8
           Millions
           more
           ,
           and
           an
           encrease
           of
           20
           or
           30000
           Men
           ,
           without
           which
           he
           can
           hope
           for
           no
           better
           Success
           than
           he
           hath
           had
           formerly
           ;
           whereas
           it
           is
           our
           Opinion
           you
           neither
           can
           provide
           such
           Supplies
           ,
           nor
           if
           he
           had
           them
           he
           would
           be
           able
           to
           effect
           greater
           Matters
           than
           he
           hath
           hitherto
           atchieved
           .
           I
           own
           there
           are
           many
           secret
           Sluces
           by
           which
           great
           Sums
           of
           your
           Money
           have
           passed
           ,
           which
           whether
           they
           be
           publickly
           owned
           I
           know
           not
           :
           The
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           besides
           100000
           l.
           Prest-money
           ,
           hath
           received
           20
           ,
           30
           ,
           40
           ,
           or
           50000
           
             l.
             per
          
           Month.
           The
           King
           of
           Denmark
           had
           a
           large
           Sum
           for
           the
           hiring
           the
           Troops
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Wirtenburg
           ,
           though
           Prince
           George
           his
           Royal
           Brother
           hath
           had
           ill
           Usage
           by
           your
           Court.
           The
           Duk
           of
           Hannouer
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           German
           Princes
           ,
           proportionable
           Sums
           :
           Above
           100000
           l.
           spent
           upon
           the
           
             Swiss
             Cantons
          
           and
           Vaudois
           ,
           besides
           what
           we
           and
           the
           
             Spanish
             Neatherlands
          
           have
           received
           .
           So
           that
           your
           Money
           hath
           plentifully
           Circulated
           through
           the
           whole
           Confederacy
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           hath
           been
           squandred
           away
           upon
           other
           Accounts
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           I
           presume
           upon
           giving
           liberty
           to
           due
           Informations
           you
           may
           easily
           learn.
           And
           I
           cannot
           think
           it
           needful
           to
           descend
           to
           many
           Particulars
           ;
           but
           one
           Instance
           I
           cannot
           omit
           ,
           a
           Master
           of
           one
           of
           the
           transport
           Ships
           related
           to
           me
           in
           presence
           of
           several
           ,
           not
           as
           any
           Secret
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Case
           of
           many
           other
           such
           Masters
           ;
           That
           upon
           his
           first
           Imployment
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           he
           had
           70
           l.
           worth
           of
           Hay
           a
           board
           ,
           and
           was
           retained
           
           at
           50
           l.
           a
           Month
           ,
           and
           ordered
           with
           his
           Hay
           to
           lye
           at
           one
           Port
           after
           another
           ,
           till
           his
           Wages
           amounted
           to
           1300
           l.
           and
           when
           he
           related
           this
           he
           said
           he
           had
           the
           like
           Lading
           on
           Board
           upon
           the
           other
           years
           pretended
           Descent
           ,
           whièh
           he
           had
           kept
           on
           Bonrd
           till
           his
           Pay
           had
           run
           up
           to
           750
           l.
           He
           adds
           further
           ,
           That
           a
           year
           since
           there
           was
           500000
           l.
           owing
           to
           transport
           Ships
           ,
           which
           he
           durst
           Undertake
           to
           prove
           ,
           was
           more
           by
           400000
           l.
           than
           all
           their
           Cargo
           was
           worth
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           you
           may
           cast
           into
           the
           Scale
           of
           the
           lavish
           Expence
           300000
           l.
           at
           least
           squandered
           away
           upon
           your
           noised
           Descents
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           mightily
           raised
           the
           Expectation
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           to
           have
           seen
           some
           Master-piece
           of
           Stratagem
           ,
           which
           by
           their
           Abortiveness
           have
           redounded
           to
           your
           eternal
           Disgrace
           ;
           and
           if
           your
           present
           Undertaking
           ,
           with
           your
           Squadron
           under
           Capt.
           Bombo
           ,
           with
           his
           Well-boats
           and
           Bomb
           Vessels
           ,
           shoul
           end
           in
           an
           empty
           Burst
           ,
           you
           will
           forfeit
           for
           ever
           your
           Reputation
           in
           Policy
           ,
           and
           Conduct
           .
        
         
           I
           remember
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           heard
           several
           of
           your
           Character
           liberally
           censuring
           some
           of
           these
           Matters
           ,
           as
           also
           bitterly
           inveighing
           against
           the
           Numbers
           of
           civil
           and
           military
           Officers
           and
           Pentioners
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           for
           whom
           it
           was
           reported
           that
           150000
           l.
           was
           lodged
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           touched
           for
           other
           Uses
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           ready
           for
           Distribution
           agoinst
           the
           Sitting
           of
           the
           House
           .
           Besides
           the
           quarterly
           Payments
           of
           30000
           l.
           which
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           our
           States
           ,
           if
           required
           ,
           would
           willingly
           pay
           a
           share
           of
           ,
           rather
           than
           such
           useful
           Persons
           should
           want
           their
           Wages
           ;
           for
           the
           more
           Liberal
           such
           Men
           are
           of
           the
           publick
           Money
           ,
           the
           more
           comes
           to
           ours
           and
           all
           the
           Confederates
           Treasury
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           yours
           .
           And
           I
           think
           you
           may
           easily
           judge
           in
           whom
           this
           
             Aurum
             Potabile
          
           works
           most
           effectually
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           seem
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           Sitting
           ,
           as
           forward
           as
           any
           to
           redress
           publick
           Grievances
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           enquire
           into
           some
           Miscarriages
           ,
           and
           seem
           unwilling
           that
           any
           Money
           should
           be
           given
           till
           publick
           Accounts
           be
           stated
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           have
           gotten
           the
           Reputation
           of
           Patriots
           by
           that
           Art
           ,
           they
           then
           know
           when
           to
           follow
           their
           File-leaders
           ,
           to
           supersede
           all
           further
           Enquiries
           ,
           by
           diverting
           the
           House
           by
           some
           new
           Matters
           ,
           or
           suggesting
           Dangers
           from
           abroad
           ,
           or
           Plots
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           then
           watching
           an
           Opportunity
           when
           their
           Party
           is
           strongest
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           they
           gain
           some
           fundamental
           Vote
           for
           a
           Supply
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           that
           is
           obtained
           ,
           they
           pursue
           that
           Quarry
           only
           ,
           letting
           all
           other
           publick
           Bills
           sink
           ,
           insinuating
           that
           they
           had
           found
           no
           such
           grounds
           of
           Complaints
           ,
           or
           Mismanagements
           ,
           as
           at
           first
           appeared
           to
           them
           .
           This
           
           Discovery
           I
           gained
           by
           discourse
           from
           a
           Member
           of
           our
           States
           General
           ,
           who
           hath
           a
           great
           influence
           in
           your
           Councils
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           ours
           ;
           so
           that
           you
           may
           be
           confident
           that
           till
           you
           remove
           such
           mercinary
           Members
           out
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           as
           Monopolists
           ,
           and
           other
           obnoxious
           Persons
           ,
           as
           Betrayers
           of
           their
           publick
           Trust
           ,
           have
           been
           in
           other
           Parliaments
           ,
           you
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           obtain
           a
           true
           Account
           how
           your
           Money
           hath
           been
           Expended
           ,
           and
           what
           vast
           Arrears
           are
           owing
           to
           the
           Fleet
           and
           Army
           ,
           Providores
           of
           Stores
           ,
           of
           Victuals
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           transport
           Ships
           ,
           &c.
           
           It
           pleaseth
           us
           infinitely
           that
           so
           great
           Sums
           are
           brought
           over
           hither
           for
           pay
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           Confederates
           in
           Specie
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Money
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           learn
           that
           our
           Statholder
           brought
           any
           great
           Sum
           back
           in
           Silver
           ,
           hesides
           1500
           l.
           in
           washt
           and
           clipt
           Money
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           cannot
           forget
           how
           a
           very
           credible
           Person
           of
           Quality
           told
           you
           and
           me
           ,
           That
           if
           a
           strict
           Enquiry
           were
           made
           ,
           there
           would
           appear
           that
           1900000l
           .
           had
           been
           given
           by
           you
           since
           the
           Administration
           of
           our
           Statholder
           with
           you
           ,
           for
           your
           Fleet
           more
           than
           ever
           had
           been
           paid
           to
           the
           Sea
           men
           ,
           or
           expended
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           believed
           such
           like
           Defalcations
           would
           be
           found
           in
           what
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           for
           other
           Occasions
           ,
           besides
           placing
           more
           to
           Accounts
           than
           really
           had
           been
           paid
           :
           I
           shall
           long
           to
           know
           ,
           whether
           in
           this
           Sessions
           you
           make
           any
           Enquiry
           into
           such
           Matters
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           believed
           ,
           if
           you
           trace
           these
           Matters
           up
           the
           Stream
           ,
           (
           which
           if
           you
           do
           not
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           notorious
           Breakers
           of
           the
           Trust
           reposed
           upon
           you
           )
           you
           will
           pinch
           some
           great
           Ministers
           ,
           who
           must
           either
           have
           an
           unusual
           Decian
           Courage
           ,
           to
           devote
           their
           Lives
           to
           excuse
           some
           above
           them
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           a
           rare
           Gallantry
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           or
           you
           will
           at
           the
           Fountain
           head
           find
           the
           source
           of
           Miscarriages
           you
           are
           to
           Enquire
           after
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           here
           talk
           more
           openly
           than
           you
           do
           .
           Having
           thus
           dispatched
           the
           second
           of
           your
           Enquiries
           in
           these
           several
           Particulars
           ,
           I
           how
           proceed
           to
           the
           last
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           more
           difficult
           I
           must
           confess
           to
           give
           an
           Answer
           to
           this
           than
           either
           of
           the
           former
           ;
           because
           the
           Consultations
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Princes
           are
           kept
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           very
           Secret
           ;
           only
           I
           can
           tell
           you
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           That
           neither
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           German
           Princes
           ,
           are
           so
           devoted
           to
           our
           Statholder
           as
           formerly
           ;
           since
           they
           see
           he
           can
           work
           no
           Miracles
           .
           And
           all
           the
           deference
           they
           have
           for
           him
           now
           ,
           is
           because
           he
           hath
           been
           so
           well
           credited
           ,
           and
           befriended
           by
           you
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           supplied
           with
           Men
           and
           Money
           hitherto
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           desire
           ,
           without
           rendering
           any
           Account
           ;
           
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           to
           the
           infinite
           damage
           of
           your selves
           ,
           who
           reap
           no
           sort
           of
           Blessings
           ,
           or
           Benefits
           thereby
           ,
           yet
           is
           the
           only
           Cement
           which
           prevents
           the
           Crumbling
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           assure
           you
           we
           are
           sufficiently
           tired
           ;
           out
           and
           exhausted
           by
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           very
           thankful
           to
           such
           unengaged
           Princes
           as
           would
           uneergo
           the
           Office
           of
           Mediators
           ;
           for
           which
           purpose
           we
           have
           late
           Advice
           that
           the
           Emperor
           hath
           sent
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           not
           averse
           to
           Peace
           ,
           provided
           he
           may
           have
           honourable
           Terms
           and
           for
           that
           purpose
           desires
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           French
           King's
           Terms
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Poland
           likewise
           hath
           represented
           his
           Inability
           to
           sustain
           the
           Losses
           his
           Subjects
           receive
           by
           incursions
           and
           pressures
           of
           the
           Tartars
           :
           What
           Applications
           have
           been
           made
           by
           the
           Emperor
           to
           the
           Northern
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           the
           Willingness
           of
           the
           French
           King
           to
           accept
           of
           their
           Mediation
           is
           much
           discoursed
           of
           ;
           and
           how
           instant
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           State
           of
           Venice
           ,
           and
           the
           Italian
           Princes
           ,
           are
           to
           persuade
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Overtures
           of
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           you
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           be
           it
           is
           concealed
           from
           you
           into
           what
           strates
           the
           Duke
           is
           reduced
           ;
           for
           we
           have
           it
           from
           sure
           hands
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           late
           Battle
           ,
           after
           a
           perfect
           numbring
           of
           the
           Duke's
           Souldiers
           slain
           ,
           they
           amounted
           to
           9000
           and
           600
           Men
           ,
           and
           that
           3000
           Prisoners
           were
           taken
           ,
           and
           117
           Standards
           and
           Colours
           ,
           and
           besides
           all
           the
           Cannon
           and
           Baggage
           ,
           a
           vast
           number
           of
           Bombs
           and
           Carcasses
           were
           taken
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           Duke
           intended
           to
           Bombard
           Pignerol
           .
           That
           since
           this
           Victory
           the
           whole
           Army
           under
           Marshal
           Catinal
           hath
           quartered
           in
           that
           rich
           Country
           ,
           and
           hath
           drawn
           such
           vast
           Provisions
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           stored
           Pignerol
           for
           two
           years
           ,
           shall
           do
           the
           like
           for
           Cazal
           ,
           besides
           putting
           so
           large
           a
           Garrison
           into
           it
           ,
           as
           shall
           enable
           them
           to
           make
           Excursions
           all
           this
           Winter
           ;
           and
           the
           French
           King
           hath
           sent
           a
           Message
           to
           the
           Italian
           Princes
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           admit
           any
           of
           the
           Germans
           to
           quarter
           in
           their
           Territories
           ,
           he
           will
           send
           his
           .
           Troops
           among
           them
           ,
           otherwise
           he
           will
           inviolably
           preserve
           the
           Peace
           of
           Italy
           ;
           and
           our
           very
           last
           Advices
           are
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           hath
           at
           last
           sent
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Orleance
           to
           medeats
           a
           Peace
           ;
           upon
           which
           the
           French
           King
           dispatched
           a
           Courier
           with
           his
           Answer
           in
           five
           hours
           ;
           and
           if
           a
           Peace
           be
           once
           made
           in
           that
           Quarter
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           a
           great
           step
           towards
           the
           like
           with
           the
           Emperor
           .
        
         
           You
           must
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           consider
           the
           French
           King
           is
           so
           much
           above
           his
           Work
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           continue
           the
           Wars
           many
           years
           yet
           longer
           ,
           without
           impoverishing
           his
           Subjects
           in
           12
           years
           more
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           
           ours
           and
           yours
           have
           been
           in
           these
           Four
           or
           Five
           years
           last
           ;
           for
           that
           he
           maintains
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Troops
           ,
           by
           Quarterings
           ,
           Forrage
           ,
           and
           Contributions
           out
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Countries
           ,
           and
           his
           Sea
           Force
           by
           Prizes
           ,
           while
           his
           own
           Kingdom
           enjoys
           a
           profound
           Tranquility
           ,
           as
           if
           no
           War
           was
           in
           their
           Borders
           .
           And
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           with
           what
           ease
           out
           of
           his
           large
           and
           populous
           Dominions
           he
           can
           raise
           what
           Men
           be
           pleaseth
           by
           Warrants
           only
           from
           Lieutenants
           of
           Provinces
           ,
           to
           the
           respective
           Cities
           and
           Towns
           ,
           who
           at
           a
           day
           prefixed
           bring
           to
           the
           Rendevouz
           ,
           a
           double
           Number
           of
           Men
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           the
           Officers
           pick
           out
           the
           Number
           needed
           of
           the
           ablest
           Men
           ,
           without
           beat
           of
           Drum
           ,
           or
           allowing
           his
           Officers
           so
           much
           per
           Head
           ,
           as
           the
           Confederates
           are
           forced
           to
           advance
           for
           theirs
           .
           And
           his
           Subjects
           have
           such
           a
           perfect
           Love
           to
           him
           ,
           even
           to
           a
           Veneration
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Sense
           of
           the
           Honour
           which
           redounds
           to
           the
           French
           Nation
           by
           his
           glorious
           Successes
           ,
           that
           with
           great
           Alacrity
           they
           submit
           to
           what-ever
           he
           requires
           ;
           besides
           that
           ,
           all
           Undertakings
           ,
           after
           mature
           Consultations
           ,
           are
           ordered
           by
           himself
           solely
           ,
           so
           that
           his
           Purposes
           and
           Determinations
           are
           never
           betrayed
           ,
           or
           embarrassed
           ,
           or
           retarded
           ,
           by
           staying
           for
           the
           Consent
           of
           others
           ,
           as
           the
           Confederates
           are
           yearly
           ●ompelled
           to
           submit
           to
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           hath
           400000
           stout
           and
           resolu●e
           Men
           ,
           under
           the
           most
           experienced
           Commanders
           of
           any
           Age
           ,
           to
           put
           all
           his
           Commands
           in
           Execution
           ;
           and
           his
           Fund
           of
           Money
           is
           inexhaustable
           ,
           for
           that
           in
           times
           of
           Peace
           the
           whole
           Revenue
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           passeth
           through
           his
           Exchequer
           once
           in
           Five
           or
           Six
           years
           ,
           some
           affirm
           it
           in
           Four.
           And
           if
           he
           chance
           ever
           to
           be
           put
           to
           a
           Streight
           ,
           a
           few
           of
           his
           rich
           Allies
           will
           supply
           him
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           given
           you
           not
           only
           my
           own
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           very
           juditious
           Men
           I
           have
           conversed
           with
           :
           Yet
           ,
           least
           my
           Letter
           should
           be
           too
           long
           ,
           I
           have
           omitted
           several
           things
           I
           had
           to
           say
           ;
           which
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           of
           any
           use
           to
           you
           ,
           may
           be
           supplied
           in
           my
           next
           ;
           and
           with
           profound
           Respects
           I
           remain
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Yours
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

