A discourse vindicating His Royal Master from the insolencies of a scandalous libel printed under the title of (An extract out of the register of the States General of the United Provinces, upon the memorial of Sir George Downing envoye͡e &c.) and delivered by the agent de Heyde for such to several publick ministers, wheras no such resolution was ever communicated to the same envoye͡e, nor any answer at all returned by Their Lordships to the said memorial / written by Sr George Downing.
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A discourse vindicating His Royal Master from the insolencies of a scandalous libel printed under the title of (An extract out of the register of the States General of the United Provinces, upon the memorial of Sir George Downing envoye͡e &c.) and delivered by the agent de Heyde for such to several publick ministers, wheras no such resolution was ever communicated to the same envoye͡e, nor any answer at all returned by Their Lordships to the said memorial / written by Sr George Downing.
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A
DISCOURSE
WRITTEN
BY
Sr
George
Downing
The
KING
of
Britain's
Envoyee
Extraordinary
to
the
States
of
the
Vnited-Provinces
.
VINDICATING
His
Royal
Master
from
the
Insolencies
of
a
Scandalous
Libel
,
Printed
under
the
Title
of
[
An
Extract
out
of
the
Register
of
the
States
General
of
the
United
Provinces
,
upon
the
Memorial
of
Sir
George
Downing
Envoyée
,
&c.
]
And
delivered
by
the
Agent
de
Heyde
for
such
,
to
several
Publick
Ministers
:
WHEREAS
No
such
Resolution
was
ever
Communicated
to
the
same
Envoyée
,
nor
any
Answer
at
all
Returned
by
Their
Lordships
to
the
said
Memorial
.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
J.
M.
Anno
Domini
,
1664.
A
DISCOURSE
Written
by
Sir
George
Downing
,
the
King
of
Great
Britains
Envoyée
Extraordinary
to
the
States
of
the
Vnited
Provinces
,
&c.
THE
Envoyée
Extraordinary
of
His
most
Sacred
Majesty
of
Great
Britain
,
&c.
having
lately
seen
a
certain
Paper
intituled
,
[
An
Extract
out
of
the
Register
of
the
Resolutions
of
the
High
and
Mighty
Lords
Estates
General
of
the
Vnited
Provinces
,
upon
the
Memorial
of
Sir
George
Downing
,
Envoy
Extraordinary
from
the
King
of
Great
Britain
,
]
did
not
at
all
think
it
fit
for
him
to
take
any
notice
thereof
,
but
to
pass
it
by
as
a
Pamphlet
,
(
of
which
sort
there
come
out
too
many
here
every
day
:
)
in
regard
that
no
such
Resolution
had
been
communicated
to
Him
by
their
Lordships
,
nor
any
one
word
given
him
in
Answer
to
his
said
Memorial
:
And
he
had
accordingly
past
it
by
,
without
taking
any
notice
thereof
,
had
he
not
since
by
accident
been
informed
by
several
Publick
Ministers
residing
here
,
that
the
said
pretended
Resolution
had
been
brought
to
them
by
the
Agent
de
Heyde
;
Whereupon
he
now
holds
Himself
obliged
to
Complain
in
most
serious
terms
to
their
Lordships
the
Estates
General
of
the
Vnited
Provinces
,
of
this
strange
and
irregular
way
of
proceeding
;
That
while
he
is
Residing
here
on
the
behalf
of
the
King
his
Master
:
Papers
,
in
form
of
Answers
to
his
Memorials
,
should
be
given
to
other
Publick
Ministers
,
here
and
elsewhere
,
and
sent
all
over
the
World
,
and
yet
concealed
from
Him
;
and
thereby
neither
opportunity
of
being
convinced
,
if
any
thing
of
reason
should
have
been
said
therein
,
nor
on
the
contrary
of
vindicating
the
Honour
and
Justice
of
the
King
his
Master
in
what
he
is
therein
unjustly
charged
and
defamed
withall
.
Suppose
that
he
the
said
Envoy
Extraordinary
,
should
have
proceeded
in
that
manner
,
and
have
given
the
Memorial
(
to
which
the
said
Paper
is
a
Reply
)
to
all
Publick
Ministers
residing
here
;
and
have
sent
it
to
all
Courts
abroad
,
and
should
have
Printed
,
and
exposed
it
to
the
view
of
the
World
,
without
giving
it
to
their
Lordships
,
what
would
they
have
thought
thereof
?
and
what
might
have
been
expected
that
they
would
have
said
to
it
?
Can
their
Lordships
imagine
that
this
way
of
acting
doth
tend
any
way
to
the
Justifying
of
their
Cause
,
as
to
the
working
of
better
impressions
concerning
the
same
in
the
minds
of
those
Publick
Ministers
,
or
their
Masters
?
Or
rather
,
that
they
must
be
exceedingly
scandalized
thereat
,
as
looking
more
like
a
Surprize
of
them
and
their
Judgments
,
then
otherwise
;
and
considering
that
they
may
to
morrow
be
dealt
with
in
like
manner
,
in
relation
to
any
Paper
they
may
give
in
;
and
see
the
Affairs
of
their
Masters
traduced
and
defamed
without
any
opportunity
or
possibility
of
clearing
the
same
.
And
as
to
the
Matter
of
the
said
Paper
;
Is
it
enough
to
say
in
general
terms
,
That
the
said
Memorial
was
ill
grounded
,
or
abusively
informed
,
without
particularizing
at
all
how
,
or
wherein
;
or
so
much
as
excepting
against
any
one
word
thereof
,
much
less
disproving
the
same
.
And
again
;
If
the
things
wherewith
they
are
charged
therein
be
true
(
as
they
both
are
,
and
must
now
be
taken
by
all
men
to
be
,
since
nothing
is
made
out
by
their
Lordships
to
the
contrary
)
To
what
purpose
is
the
whole
sequel
of
the
said
Paper
?
If
it
be
true
(
as
it
is
)
That
the
Royal
Master
of
the
said
Envoy
was
no
sooner
returned
to
His
Kingdoms
,
but
that
he
was
immediately
,
and
from
day
to
day
troubled
and
importuned
with
a
Crowd
of
Complaints
of
His
Subjects
against
those
of
this
Country
;
all
which
notwithstanding
,
His
Majesty
did
not
grant
any
one
Letter
of
Marque
,
nor
betake
himself
to
any
way
of
force
for
the
obtaining
of
their
reparation
and
satisfaction
;
But
in
stead
thereof
,
for
an
Everlasting
memorial
of
his
great
kindness
and
good
will
towards
this
Country
,
and
for
the
facilitating
of
the
bringing
to
a
Conclusion
the
late
Treaty
with
them
,
(
finding
the
Complaints
and
Pretensions
of
his
Subjects
to
be
so
numerous
and
great
,
)
was
pleased
after
all
to
suffer
very
many
of
them
,
and
those
to
a
vast
value
,
to
be
utterly
mortified
and
extinguished
;
and
the
rest
(
except
the
business
of
the
Ships
Bonadventure
,
and
Bon-Esperanza
)
after
so
much
mony
and
time
had
been
already
expended
in
the
pursuit
thereof
,
and
many
of
them
ready
for
a
determination
,
to
be
put
in
a
LIST
,
and
proceeded
upon
anew
according
to
the
fifteenth
Article
thereof
;
no
ways
doubting
,
but
that
all
possible
speed
would
have
thereupon
been
used
in
bringing
the
matter
to
an
issue
,
and
that
for
the
future
better
order
would
have
been
observed
towards
His
Subjects
:
But
having
waited
now
above
27
months
since
the
Conclusion
of
the
said
Treaty
;
and
in
that
time
their
Lordships
being
continually
call'd
upon
by
His
Said
Majesties
Envoy
Extraordinary
,
yea
by
His
Majesty
himself
in
several
Audiences
to
their
Embassador
;
Yet
so
it
is
,
that
those
matters
are
still
so
far
from
being
ended
,
that
in
truth
they
seem
to
be
now
rather
further
from
it
then
at
the
day
of
the
signing
of
the
said
Treaty
;
and
on
the
other
side
,
new
injuries
daily
heaped
,
and
the
same
designs
of
the
East
and
West-Indie-Companies
carried
on
for
the
utter
overthrow
of
all
the
Trade
of
His
Majesties
Subjects
in
those
parts
of
the
world
,
as
appeared
by
the
business
of
the
Ships
Hopewell
,
Leopard
,
and
other
Ships
in
the
East-Indies
,
and
by
the
business
of
the
Charles
,
James
,
Mary
,
Sampson
,
Hopeful
Adventurer
,
Speedwell
,
&c.
upon
the
Coast
of
Africa
:
All
which
are
matters
hapned
since
the
Conclusion
of
the
said
Treaty
.
And
after
all
this
,
and
notwithstanding
His
Parliaments
application
to
Him
upon
the
account
of
His
aggrieved
Subjects
,
in
so
solemn
and
extraordinary
a
manner
;
His
Majesty
was
yet
so
far
from
being
inclined
to
any
other
then
ways
of
accommodation
,
as
that
he
did
by
a
publick
Writing
,
or
Declaration
declare
,
That
he
would
yet
try
what
could
be
done
by
amicable
endeavours
at
the
Hague
,
before
he
would
make
use
of
any
other
means
;
(
the
which
was
also
very
well
known
to
their
Lordships
)
and
did
thereupon
accordingly
give
orders
to
his
Envoy
Extraordinary
to
press
them
afresh
:
And
further
to
make
out
his
peaceable
and
moderate
intentions
,
and
to
take
off
all
umbrage
from
their
Lordships
,
to
let
them
know
,
(
as
accordingly
he
did
in
publick
Conferences
with
their
Deputies
)
That
His
Majesty
would
not
in
any
kind
trouble
their
Fleets
which
they
then
expected
from
the
Streights
,
and
East-Indies
,
nor
their
Fisheries
upon
His
Coasts
;
Yea
,
further
to
put
them
out
of
all
doubt
,
ordered
a
far
less
equipage
of
Shipping
for
the
Summer-guard
then
had
been
known
these
many
years
;
but
all
this
was
so
far
from
working
the
desired
and
intended
effect
,
as
that
on
the
contrary
their
Lordships
betook
themselves
to
Arms
in
an
extraordinary
manner
,
ordering
the
fitting
out
with
all
speed
a
great
Fleet
,
and
hundreds
of
Carpenters
forthwith
dispatched
to
work
upon
it
night
and
day
,
(
holy
days
as
well
as
working
days
)
;
whereby
His
Majesty
seeing
himself
wholly
defeated
of
His
good
intentions
,
and
instead
of
satisfaction
for
His
Subjects
,
braved
and
threatned
with
those
equipages
,
which
could
have
no
other
regard
but
upon
Himself
,
was
at
last
inforced
for
His
own
defense
,
(
though
very
much
contrary
to
His
inclinations
and
intentions
)
to
arm
also
.
And
whereas
it
may
be
pretended
,
as
if
their
Lordships
having
fitted
Their
Fleet
,
did
desire
that
His
Majesty
would
be
pleased
,
(
for
avoyding
of
all
inconveniences
)
to
keep
His
Fleet
within
His
Harbours
,
and
that
then
they
would
keep
in
Theirs
also
;
It
is
to
be
Considered
,
that
This
Proposition
was
not
made
until
that
they
had
actually
put
to
Sea
,
a
Fleet
near
as
numerous
as
the
whole
that
His
Majesty
was
equipping
,
and
which
was
actually
gone
towards
His
Coasts
;
so
that
this
could
not
but
be
construed
to
be
rather
a
mocquerie
,
then
otherwise
;
for
that
thereby
they
had
a
Fleet
at
Sea
to
do
what
they
pleased
,
and
in
the
mean
while
His
Majesty
had
tyed
His
own
hands
and
obliged
Himself
to
keep
within
doors
;
but
he
was
yet
pleased
to
assure
them
,
that
His
(
if
it
did
go
out
)
should
not
do
them
the
least
Injury
;
still
in
the
mean
while
pressing
here
at
the
Hague
by
His
Minister
and
Himself
urging
their
Ambassador
at
London
,
to
hasten
the
dispatch
of
the
matters
in
difference
;
And
as
a
further
testimony
of
His
desires
of
living
in
good
Correspondence
with
This
Country
,
He
did
declare
His
willingness
to
enter
into
a
Treaty
for
the
better
regulating
of
the
Trade
and
Navigation
of
both
,
and
the
prevention
of
such
disorders
for
the
future
;
and
for
the
quicker
dispatch
and
ripening
of
so
good
a
work
,
a
project
thereof
was
in
His
Name
tendred
to
them
long
ago
,
and
yet
to
this
day
not
one
word
of
answer
thereupon
.
And
if
it
be
also
true
,
(
as
it
is
)
that
their
Lordships
began
the
seizing
of
Ships
in
these
Parts
;
stopping
the
Ship
from
Gottenburg
bound
for
London
,
and
though
pressed
again
and
again
to
set
her
at
liberty
,
yet
still
retain'd
her
,
and
to
this
day
not
so
much
as
a
word
of
answer
why
or
upon
what
account
.
These
things
being
so
,
can
there
be
any
doubt
who
is
the
Attacquer
or
Aggressor
,
unless
it
must
be
held
for
a
Maxim
,
That
let
their
Lordships
and
Their
Subjects
deal
with
his
afore-said
Majesty
and
His
Subjects
from
time
to
time
and
from
year
to
year
as
they
please
,
yet
they
are
not
Attacquers
or
Aggressors
;
but
if
His
Majesty
or
His
Subjects
,
after
never
so
many
years
sufferings
,
and
all
amicable
indeavours
first
tryed
to
have
obtained
their
satisfaction
,
without
to
this
very
day
having
been
able
to
obtein
it
in
any
one
of
those
numerous
cases
of
piracy
and
violence
committed
by
the
people
of
This
Country
against
them
,
whereof
complaint
hath
been
made
from
time
to
time
unto
their
Lordships
by
His
Majesties
Minister
:
If
after
all
,
any
thing
be
▪
done
by
them
towards
the
righting
of
themselves
,
his
Majesty
must
be
called
and
reputed
the
Attacquer
and
the
Aggressor
.
Let
their
Lordships
make
out
,
That
the
complaints
in
the
said
Memorial
are
ungrounded
,
and
His
Majesty
will
yield
unto
them
:
but
if
otherwise
,
Who
will
think
it
strange
if
at
last
something
be
done
towards
the
righting
of
them
.
And
as
to
the
Particulars
mentioned
in
the
said
Paper
to
have
been
suffered
by
them
from
the
English
,
though
those
matters
have
not
been
treated
of
between
their
Lordships
and
the
said
Envoy
Extraordinary
,
but
between
the
King
his
Master
and
their
Ambassador
at
London
,
so
that
it
is
not
properly
his
business
to
reply
thereunto
,
but
to
refer
them
to
that
answer
which
his
Majesty
hath
promised
to
give
concerning
the
same
;
yet
seeing
their
Lordships
have
been
pleased
not
only
to
mention
and
insist
thereupon
in
the
afore-said
paper
,
but
indeed
to
say
nothing
else
by
way
of
answer
to
the
complaints
in
his
Memorial
,
he
cannot
but
say
thus
much
thereunto
.
That
the
Places
and
Ships
said
to
be
taken
from
them
,
were
all
belonging
to
the
West-Indie-Company
of
this
Country
and
nothing
complain'd
of
in
the
paper
to
have
been
taken
from
them
belonging
to
any
else
of
These
Countries
And
when
it
shall
be
considered
,
that
in
the
LIST
of
Damages
alone
,
there
appears
to
have
been
near
twenty
English
Ships
successively
,
within
a
very
few
years
before
the
conclusion
of
the
late
Treaty
,
taken
in
a
hostile
manner
upon
the
Coast
of
Africa
,
only
by
the
Shipping
of
the
said
West-Indie-Company
,
with
their
whole
Lading
,
to
a
very
great
value
;
and
not
onely
so
,
but
the
men
that
belonged
to
;
;
them
,
very
many
of
them
most
barbarously
and
inhumanly
treated
;
put
into
stinking
nasty
dungeons
,
and
holes
at
Casteldelmina
,
there
to
lie
in
the
midst
of
their
own
excrements
,
nothing
but
bread
and
water
given
them
,
and
thereof
not
enough
to
sustein
Nature
,
their
Bodies
tortured
with
exquisite
and
horrid
tortures
;
and
when
any
of
them
dyed
,
the
living
and
the
dead
left
together
,
and
such
as
escaped
,
turned
out
to
perish
by
hunger
,
or
wild
beasts
in
those
miserable
Countries
,
or
to
be
carry'd
away
Captives
by
the
Natives
;
by
which
means
,
several
hundreds
of
his
Majesties
good
Subjects
have
perished
and
been
destroyed
:
And
to
this
hour
,
notwithstanding
all
sollicitations
and
endeavours
,
not
one
penny
of
satisfaction
given
to
the
persons
concerned
in
any
of
the
said
Ships
;
And
ever
since
the
Conclusion
of
the
said
Treaty
,
Ships
of
Warr
have
been
kept
by
the
said
Company
upon
the
said
Coasts
;
which
though
they
have
not
proceeded
so
far
as
to
take
more
of
the
Shipping
of
his
Majestie
's
Subjects
,
yet
they
have
done
that
which
is
equivalent
,
and
as
ruinous
to
that
Trade
;
stopping
and
hindring
every
one
that
they
met
withall
from
all
Commerce
,
and
to
that
effect
pursuing
them
in
an
hostile
manner
from
place
to
place
:
And
where-ever
any
English
anchored
by
them
,
hindring
and
shooting
at
,
and
taking
by
force
,
with
their
Ladings
,
all
Boats
of
the
Natives
that
indeavoured
to
come
aboard
them
,
and
their
Boats
that
would
go
on
shoare
;
yea
,
depriving
them
of
so
much
as
any
provision
or
refreshment
of
fresh
water
(
as
appears
by
the
Complaints
made
by
the
said
Envoy
Extraordinary
from
time
to
time
to
their
Lordships
concerning
the
same
)
:
And
publishing
a
Declaration
in
the
name
as
well
of
the
States
General
,
as
of
the
said
Company
,
wherein
they
deduce
their
right
to
that
whole
Coast
,
to
the
exclusion
of
all
other
Nations
;
And
notwithstanding
all
Complaints
to
their
Lordships
,
neither
the
said
Declaration
disavowed
,
nor
any
thing
of
Satisfaction
given
,
but
still
new
Complaints
coming
,
and
among
others
,
that
of
their
having
stirr'd
up
the
King
of
Fantine
by
rewards
and
sums
of
mony
given
him
to
that
end
;
and
supplying
him
with
all
sorts
of
Armes
and
Amunition
for
the
surprize
of
his
Majestie
's
Castle
at
Cormantine
in
those
parts
;
concerning
which
also
Proofs
have
been
since
given
to
their
Lordships
by
the
said
Envoy
Extraordinary
,
so
that
there
was
an
absolute
necessity
impos'd
upon
his
Majesty
and
his
Subjects
,
either
of
loosing
all
that
had
been
actually
taken
from
them
,
and
withall
abandoning
for
ever
that
Trade
it self
,
or
otherwise
of
betaking
themselves
to
some
other
wayes
for
their
relief
.
And
it
will
rather
be
thought
strange
that
their
patience
did
hold
out
so
long
,
then
that
now
at
last
something
should
be
done
,
towards
the
righting
of
themselves
.
Besides
,
as
to
the
business
of
Capo
Corco
,
did
not
the
said
Envoy
Extraordinary
long
agoe
complain
in
the
name
,
and
by
Order
of
the
King
his
Master
,
in
Publick
Conferences
both
with
the
Deputies
of
their
Lordships
the
Estates
General
,
and
also
with
those
of
Holland
in
particular
,
of
the
injurious
possessing
and
keeping
of
that
place
by
those
of
the
said
West-Indie-Company
,
deducing
and
remonstrating
at
large
his
Masters
Right
thereunto
,
the
ground
having
been
bought
by
His
Subjects
,
of
the
King
of
That
Country
for
a
valuable
consideration
,
and
a
Lodge
or
Factory
built
thereupon
;
and
those
of
the
West-Indie-Company
of
this
Country
being
got
into
the
possession
of
the
place
,
meerly
by
fraud
and
treachery
;
but
no
reflection
made
thereupon
by
their
Lordships
,
much
less
any
hopes
given
of
ever
obtaining
any
restitution
thereof
from
them
.
And
indeed
,
if
His
Majesty
had
not
been
able
to
rescue
out
of
their
hands
the
least
Boat
,
or
penyworth
of
Goods
since
His
return
to
His
Kingdoms
,
(
concerning
which
)
complaint
had
been
made
by
His
Envoy
Extraordinary
,
of
its
being
forceably
taken
by
them
from
His
Subjects
,
)
what
hopes
of
their
quitting
to
him
any
such
place
,
especially
remembring
that
business
of
the
Island
of
Poleroon
in
the
East-Indies
,
which
hath
been
a
restoring
by
them
ever
since
the
year
1622.
at
which
time
it
was
by
solemn
and
particular
Treaty
promised
to
be
done
;
and
again
,
by
another
Treaty
,
in
the
year
1654.
and
by
Orders
of
the
Estates
General
and
East-Indie-Company
of
this
Country
,
in
the
year
1661.
and
again
,
by
Treaty
in
the
year
1662.
and
yet
to
this
day
we
know
nothing
of
its
being
delivered
;
and
can
it
be
thought
strange
,
if
invited
thereunto
by
the
King
of
the
said
Country
,
that
His
Majesty
should
after
so
fair
warning
condescend
to
suffer
His
Subjects
to
endeavour
to
repossess
themselves
thereof
?
And
as
to
the
business
of
New-Netherland
(
so
called
)
this
is
very
far
from
being
a
surprize
,
or
any
thing
of
that
nature
,
it
being
notoriously
known
,
that
That
spot
of
Land
lyes
within
the
limits
,
and
is
part
of
the
possession
of
His
Subjects
of
New
England
,
(
as
appears
most
evidently
by
their
Charter
)
and
that
those
few
Dutch
that
have
lived
there
,
have
lived
there
meerly
upon
connivence
and
sufferance
,
and
not
as
having
any
right
thereunto
;
and
that
this
hath
from
time
to
time
,
and
from
year
to
year
been
declared
unto
them
,
but
yet
so
as
that
the
English
were
contented
to
suffer
them
to
remain
there
,
provided
they
would
demean
themselves
peaceably
and
quietly
;
but
that
the
said
Dutch
,
not
contenting
themselves
therewith
,
did
still
endeavour
to
incroach
further
and
further
upon
the
English
,
imposing
their
Laws
and
Customs
,
and
endeavouring
to
raise
Contributions
and
Excises
upon
them
,
and
in
places
where
no
Dutch
were
or
had
ever
been
;
Whereupon
they
have
formerly
been
necessitated
several
times
to
send
Souldiers
for
the
repelling
of
them
.
And
as
to
what
is
said
in
the
said
Paper
,
as
if
though
the
English
should
formerly
have
had
any
pretence
to
the
said
place
,
that
yet
the
said
pretence
is
cut
off
by
the
fifteenth
Article
of
the
late
Treaty
;
To
this
he
doth
Reply
,
That
That
Article
doth
only
cut
off
matters
of
Pyracies
,
Robberies
,
and
Violence
,
but
as
to
the
Rights
and
Inheritances
of
Lands
and
Jurisdictions
,
that
it
doth
not
at
all
concern
or
intermeddle
with
the
same
.
And
that
this
is
so
,
there
needs
no
other
Argument
but
the
producing
of
several
Examples
out
of
their
own
Courts
of
Justice
,
whereby
it
will
appear
that
indeed
as
to
the
Plundering
and
Taking
of
Ships
,
or
the
like
,
that
all
such
causes
(
if
hapned
before
the
time
limitted
in
the
said
Treaty
)
did
cease
upon
the
Conclusion
thereof
;
but
as
to
such
as
were
then
depending
concerning
the
Inheritances
of
Lands
,
that
they
have
still
continued
to
be
pursued
:
As
for
Example
,
the
Case
of
Sir
Thomas
Lower
,
an
English
Man
,
for
certain
Lands
claimed
by
him
in
Zealand
.
Besides
,
those
of
New
Neather-Lands
,
had
since
the
Conclusion
of
the
Late
Treaty
,
made
new
Incursions
upon
the
English
,
and
given
them
many
new
Provocations
,
and
by
their
Charters
they
have
Jura
Belli
within
Themselves
,
without
Appealing
first
into
Europe
;
And
if
after
all
this
,
his
Majesty
hath
suffered
them
according
thereunto
to
rescue
themselves
from
such
continued
Vexations
and
Mischiefs
;
Can
Any
Prince
think
it
strange
,
or
be
surprized
thereat
,
much
lesse
the
most
Christian
King
?
(
For
whose
Satisfaction
this
Paper
seems
to
be
more
particularly
Calculated
:
)
Whereas
He
hath
been
pleased
this
very
same
year
,
to
Order
or
Suffer
(
with
his
Privity
)
His
Subjects
to
Repossesse
themselves
in
like
manner
by
Force
and
Armes
,
of
a
certain
Place
called
Cayenne
,
which
they
pretend
to
have
been
wrongfully
possessed
and
kept
from
them
by
the
same
West
Indie
Company
.
And
as
to
the
business
of
Cabo
Verde
,
and
the
taking
of
their
Ships
,
and
what
else
is
alleadged
to
have
been
done
in
those
parts
(
except
that
of
Cabo-Corco
:
)
'T
was
but
in
the
month
of
June
last
,
that
the
first
Complaint
was
made
thereof
to
his
Majesty
,
and
did
he
not
immediately
return
for
Answer
,
That
he
had
given
no
Order
or
Direction
to
Captain
Holmes
,
the
Person
complained
of
,
for
the
doing
thereof
;
That
he
did
expect
him
Home
very
speedily
,
and
that
upon
his
Return
,
he
would
cause
those
matters
to
be
Examined
,
and
Right
to
be
done
them
,
and
the
Offendours
punished
?
And
did
not
the
said
Envoy
Extraordinary
upon
the
Twenty
Seventh
day
of
July
last
deliver
a
Memoriall
to
them
to
the
like
Effect
?
And
could
more
be
said
or
done
for
their
Satisfaction
?
Yea
could
their
Lordships
▪
Themselves
within
their
own
Countries
demand
more
of
any
of
their
Schepens
,
or
most
Inferiour
Court
of
Justice
?
And
doth
not
the
Fourteenth
Article
of
the
Late
Treaty
say
in
express
Termes
,
that
In
case
any
thing
should
happen
upon
the
Coast
of
Africa
,
either
by
Sea
or
Land
,
that
Twelve
Months
time
shall
be
given
after
Complaint
,
for
the
doing
of
Justice
;
Yet
did
they
not
within
about
Six
or
Seven
weeks
after
;
Resolve
to
send
a
Considerable
Fleet
of
Theirs
into
those
Parts
,
to
the
Number
of
Ten
Men
of
War
(
besides
the
Ships
of
the
said
West-Indie
Company
,
)
under
the
Command
of
one
Van
Campen
,
and
strengthened
with
a
Considerable
Body
of
their
Milice
,
under
the
Command
of
one
Hertsberg
?
And
did
they
not
within
about
Six
or
Seven
Weeks
after
that
▪
put
a
Resolution
into
the
hands
of
the
said
Envoy
Extraordinary
by
their
Agent
de
Heyde
,
and
about
the
same
time
give
it
to
the
King
,
his
Master
by
their
Ambassadour
at
London
,
Denoting
and
Containing
the
Instruction
given
to
the
said
Van
Campen
?
And
whereas
they
are
pleased
to
Complement
His
most
Christian
Majesty
in
the
said
Paper
,
as
if
upon
his
score
in
hopes
of
the
good
Effects
of
his
good
Offices
for
the
Accommodating
of
Matters
,
and
for
the
making
their
Cause
the
more
clear
,
they
had
hitherto
forborn
the
Proceeding
against
his
Majesties
Subjects
as
they
might
have
done
:
Is
it
not
therein
expresly
Declared
and
set
Down
,
that
That
Force
was
not
sent
thither
barely
to
Defend
what
they
had
,
and
to
take
Care
that
nothing
more
should
be
Attempted
upon
them
;
but
in
down
right
Termes
,
to
Attacque
and
Fall
upon
His
Majesties
Subjects
,
and
to
Carve
out
their
own
Satisfaction
and
Reparation
;
and
to
pass
by
his
door
's
for
the
doing
thereof
?
And
that
,
Seconded
and
Backed
with
another
Great
Fleet
under
their
Chief
Sea
Officers
;
An
Affront
and
Indignity
too
great
for
the
Name
of
King
to
Suffer
,
and
Digest
without
Just
Resentment
.
And
moreover
,
whereas
their
Lordships
had
lately
invited
his
Majesty
of
Great
Brittain
,
and
other
Christian
Princes
to
send
Fleets
into
the
Mid-land-Sea
to
Act
Joyntly
against
those
Barbarians
;
And
that
he
did
accordingly
Declare
unto
them
(
in
Writing
,
and
by
his
Envoy
Extraordinary
,
)
his
Intentions
of
Sending
,
and
that
his
Fleet
should
Act
Junctis
Consiliis
with
theirs
;
Yet
so
it
is
,
that
while
it
was
Acting
there
,
Pursuant
thereunto
,
and
in
Expectation
of
being
Seconded
and
Appuyed
by
theirs
,
according
to
their
Promise
,
De
Ruyther
was
on
a
suddain
Commanded
thence
.
And
whereas
their
Lordships
would
make
the
World
believe
that
they
had
Proceeded
with
such
Singular
and
Extraordinary
Franchise
,
and
Clearnesse
towards
his
said
Majesty
,
in
Communicating
their
Intentions
and
Designs
(
as
abovesaid
;
)
Yet
,
Is
it
not
evident
that
the
said
Orders
must
have
been
given
to
De
Ruyther
much
about
the
same
time
?
And
though
Sir
John
Lawson
,
and
his
Majesties
Fleet
hapned
to
be
in
the
same
Port
with
De
Ruyther
,
when
he
quitted
those
Parts
;
yet
neither
did
he
in
the
least
impart
unto
him
his
Intentions
of
quitting
the
same
,
or
whither
he
was
going
;
and
though
the
King
of
Great
Brittain
hath
since
,
several
times
pressed
their
Ambassadour
at
London
to
be
Informed
whither
he
was
gone
,
and
upon
what
account
,
yet
to
this
day
his
Majesty
hath
not
been
able
to
obtain
any
Satisfaction
or
Assurance
concerning
that
matter
;
Whereupon
,
and
all
other
Circumstances
being
laid
together
,
He
hath
Just
Reason
to
suppose
and
believe
,
that
he
is
sent
,
and
imployed
against
Him
;
And
that
while
his
Majesty
was
continuing
(
according
to
common
Consert
and
Agreement
between
them
,
)
his
Fleet
against
the
Common
Enemies
of
the
very
Name
of
CHRISTIAN
,
and
at
a
season
,
when
it
more
then
ordinarily
becomed
every
one
to
shew
something
of
their
Zeal
against
them
;
Theirs
is
call'd
off
and
turn'd
against
him
:
Nor
is
it
to
be
imagined
that
De
Ruythers
Instructions
,
which
are
Concealed
,
should
be
more
Favourable
then
those
which
were
Avowed
to
be
given
to
Van
Campen
.
And
is
it
then
to
be
wondered
,
that
his
Majesty
shews
himself
a
little
Concerned
?
Or
is
it
now
to
be
doubted
,
who
is
the
Attacquer
,
or
Aggressor
?
And
if
De
Ruyther
is
in
one
part
of
the
World
,
making
War
against
him
,
what
is
to
be
said
against
it
,
if
his
Majesty
not
having
at
this
time
in
those
Parts
a
suitable
Force
to
Resist
him
,
doth
make
use
of
what
he
hath
nearer
home
to
endeavour
to
secure
himself
,
or
to
get
something
of
theirs
into
his
hands
?
Doth
either
Common
Right
,
or
His
Majesties
Treaty
with
This
Country
oblige
to
seek
Satisfaction
only
in
that
part
of
the
World
where
the
Injury
is
done
;
and
so
doth
that
at
all
alter
the
Case
,
because
that
their
Forces
acting
against
Him
out
of
Europe
,
His
do
something
against
Them
,
in
Europe
?
His
Majesty
hath
been
very
far
from
beginning
with
them
in
any
Part
of
the
World
,
but
if
at
this
time
they
are
Actually
with
a
Considerable
Fleet
of
the
Estates
falling
upon
Him
,
and
his
Subjects
;
and
He
hath
thereupon
given
Order
to
the
stopping
of
some
of
their
Ships
in
These
Parts
;
Will
not
all
the
World
Justifie
His
Majesty
herein
?
And
when
withall
,
Themselves
also
began
the
stopping
of
Ships
in
These
Parts
,
and
that
he
hath
all
those
reasons
of
Complaint
against
them
above
mentioned
.
Given
at
the
Hague
,
this
16.
of
December
,
1664.
G.
Downing
.
FINIS
.