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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26253	An exact copy of a letter from the Count d'Avaux, His Most Christian Majesties ambassador at the Hague dated the 9th of January 1684 and directed to the King his master which was intercepted by the Marquess de Grana governour of the Spanish Netherlands : as also the copies of other three letters relating to the same affair.	Avaux, comte d' (Jean-Antoine de Mesmes), 1640-1709.; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.	1684 (1684)	Wing A4267; ESTC R26666	6,298	4

An Exact COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE COVNT D'AVAVX His Most CHRISTIAN MAJESTIES Ambassador AT THE HAGUE Dated the 9th of JANVARY 1684 And Directed to the KING his MASTER which was intercepted by the Marquess DE GRANA Governour of the Spanish Netherlands As also the Copies of other Three Letters relating to the same Affair SIR I Had the Honour two days ago to make known to your Majesty that the Lords of Amsterdam desired that I would by a Memorial to the States general make known those good Sentiments which your Majesty hath taken up for the rest and quiet of that republick in case the Spaniards should let pass without effect the prefixed time of the Month of Jan. but that I had refused to present such a Memorial In the mean time Sir the Lords of Amsterdam are not able by their Authority to bring the States General to deliberate upon some Affairs to do which it will be necessary that Pensionary Fagel and the Deputies of the States General do consent before they look upon themselves obliged by the presentation of a Memorial But as it was 205 33 for to Answer the designs of the Lords of Amsterdam that the States General should enter into a deliberation of what measures they should take in case an accommodation should not be concluded betwixt your Majesty and Spain before the end of this Month. We have sought after all expedients that might supply the defects of a Memorial and they laid before me that I should yield that the Deputies of the States General should ing●ge in a conference with me In the which a Friend of Amsterdam one of the Holland Deputies should demand of me my Thoughts concerning what should happen in case the Spaniards should not accept some of your Majesties propositions before the end of Jan. from whence he might find matter enough for the deliberation of the States General to me I agreed and the Lords of Amsterdam went immediately to desire two of the Deputies of the States General that were most inclined to the interest of the P. of O. that they would accept of a Deputation and it was to be demanded from me To give an express Answer to the Complaints relating to the Ship called the Reagle these were presently ready and glad that they saw the Lords of Amsterdam willing to make Complaints against France but others seeing further then they saw that the design of the Lords of Amsterdam was nothing else but to get a Conference with me This being their suspicion was the cause that this expedient took no effect but the necessity in which the States General found themselves to return me a Complement upon my giving them notice of the birth of the D. of Anjou did give us an opportunity of another expedient which by the vigilance of the Lords of Amsterdam was not ess serviceable to us than the former For upon such Occasion there being no more than three Deputies appointed it fell out luckily all places having their turns to fall upon the Deputies of Holland Freesland and Groningham to come to me so that the Lords of Amsterdam having throughly informed the Lords of Frisland and Groningham and desired the aforesaid two Lords to discourse with me in the same manner that the Deputies of Amsterdam should have discoursed with me in case the Deputation of the States General had been compleated the three aforesaid Deputies came yesterday to me and gave me to understand how much the States General rejoyced in the happy Birth of the D of Anjou After which the Deputies of Freesland and Groningham began a Discourse of those Disturbances which might arise in case the Spaniards should pass by the Month of Jan. without effect The Deputy of Holland that had the Precedency declared that the Discourse that happened between us was of importance enough to be reported to the States General and in regard he could not do it except I gave it him in Writing he therefore desired that I would put it into the form of a Memorial I answered him that he was in the right if I had any thing to propose or was to request any thing in the behalf of your Majesty but that this was only as an Answer to what was said to me by those Lords that were in the same Deputation and that it was not a request of your Majesties and that it was sufficient for them that they knew it might be granted them when the States General should think it matter of Advantage to them and therefore I left it to them to examine what was most for their Conveniency and that I would give them further Satisfaction in case they desired a larger Information of your Majesties Sentiments after which the said Deputies took their leaves and about an hour after that the Deputies of Amsterdam came to Visit me and to inform me of their Endeavours and that no matters came into debate before the States General but what came by way of Memorial but that notwithstanding when a Minister had discoursed with the Deputies of the States General that the Deputies did agree amongst themselves whether the matter then Discoursed off ought to be a matter of deliberation or not and that the Deputies of Friesland and Groningham had given their words that they did agree that all the Discourse that happened in the last Conference ought to be taken into deliberation But Sir notwithstanding all these precautions the Lords of Amsterdam dare not be confident that the States General will take this Affair into deliberation for the Authority of the P. of O. and the direction of Pensianary Fagel is very great which appears plain enough for that the Lords of Amsterdam could not prevail so far with the States General as to take into deliberation the Memorials of the 5th of Novemb. and the 29 of Decemb. last which I presented to them they also declared to me that they could wish that I would present a Memorial though it were only to make publick the good Inclinations of your Majesty to the Republick alledging that the knowledge of what has been already done has had so considerable effects that it is to be hoped they will have more when it comes to be spread abroad They also insinuated to me that a Memorial might be so formed as that the Proposals might seem no otherwise intended but to the advantage of the States General As for Example That I having observed from several Discourses from the Members of this Government the apprehensions they have of the Arms of your Majesty in case the Spaniards should not come to an accommodation before the end of Jan. of which having the honour to give an account to your Majesty and that your Majesty had given me order to declare to the States General that in case they remained as they were and that they would send order to those Troops that were sent to assist the Spaniards not to Act otherwise then for the defence of the Spanish Garrisons that