the Dependances I told the Baron I feared such an Answer might ruin the Business since it could not come till the beginning of the Spring and might then give the French a Pretext of recalling his Word after the passing of it had laid asleep all Thoughts or Preparations for War both in Flanders and Holland from whence the first Assistance is to be expected And that I thought the Answer of Spain ought to be full and absolute as to the Acceptance of what is offered by France And if they would make room for the Contraventions he mentions that they should do it rather by enlarging the Acceptance than restraining it to any Condition and say they accepted the Arbitrage upon those Dependances and all other Differences arising upon the Peace in the Discussion whereof the Spanish Pretensions might likewise be brought before the Arbitrators but at a more seasonable Time than this next Spring will prove The Baron profess'd to be convinced by these Reasons But because there is not much Trust to a Person who is so far in Love with his own Sufficiency and seems to mind the valuing of himself at least equally with the doing of his Business I thought it not impertinent to give your Lordship my Reflection upon this Matter That if you approve it you may by some safe Way or Cypher transmit it to Sir William Godolphin For otherwise I am confident the Spanish Answer will be perplexed with those Contraventions which have held the Commissioners all this while at a Bay at Lisle and will not be admitted by France in the Decision of the Dependances I sent your Lordship inclosed Baron d'Isola's rough Propositions concerning his Master's joining with the Triple Alliance which the Ministers of the Confederates think fit to discourse first among themselves and afterwards enter into Conference with him as the Ministers of one united Power All we can do at first will be to communicate what passes to our Masters And therefore I send your Lordship the first Proposals by Advance that I may the sooner know your Reflections upon them After what will pass here in the Conclusion of our Guaranty and Suedish Payments I think if Monsieur Ognati can propose any good way of securing his Majesty or rather furnishing him before-hand with what one quarter of the Suedish future Subsidies will amount to for the 3 Months which are to be advanced it would add to the Strength and Credit of our Alliance in giving so great a Satisfaction to the Suede as they would receive by his Majesty's undertaking for the fifteen thousand Crowns a Month which they have so much insisted on and seem so much unsatisfied with failing in it I had Notice from my Lord Falconbridge of his intended Journy and have already begun our Correspondence by a Letter which will meet him at Paris And shall not fail in that nor I hope in any other Duties of my Employment I wish my Lord Berkly all Success in his new and great Charge not knowing any other wherein a diligent honest and able Person may be of greater Service to his Majesty than in That I am ever My LORD Your Lordship 's most faithful and most humble Servant To Sir William Godolphin Hague Apr. 3. S. N. 1670. SIR THIS Bearer Monsieur Chiese is dispatched by his Highness the Prince of Orange to Madrid for the Prosecution and Recovery of a great Debt owing now some time from that Crown to his Highness and I think not disputed by them And though this Gentleman goes armed with much better Weapons than any I can furnish him towards the Pursuit of his Enterprize yet the Prince having commanded me to give him my Recommendations to You among many other he carries I could not fail of it nor will I doubt its being of some Force with you since it comes in the Service of a Prince whose Birth gives him so much Interest in all English Men and whose Personal Qualities and Virtues give him a great deal more in all those that have the Honour to know him I must therefore beg all the good Offices and Assistances you can shew this Gentleman in Pursuit of his Highness's Concernments as well as your Advice to him if he desires it how to address himself by such Persons and in such Ways as will give him most appearance of Success Your Favour herein I shall take Care to value as I ought towards his Highness as I shall always my self acknowledge it and remain SIR Your obedient humble Servant To the Marquis of Castel-Rodrigo Hague Apr. 3. S. N. 1670. My Lord THO' the Bearer hereof Monsieur Chiese will have no need of other Support beside the Name of the Prince his Master and the Justice of the Affair he has in charge I would not fail however of giving him besides this Recommendation to your Excellence as well to pay my Duty to his Highness the Prince of Orange as to shew my Confidence that I have yet some Share in the Memory and Friendship of your Excellency I can assure you that the Court of Spain in doing Justice to his Highness will oblige a Prince who equals his great Birth by his great Qualities and who will be one day capable of recompensing the Kindness that shall be shewed him at present His Highness already takes great part in the good Turn of the Spanish Affairs by such Sentiments as deserve to be cherished and not discouraged by any Treatment either unjust or disobliging I could not recommend his Pretensions to a Person more generous than your Excellency nor to one who has been always pleased to interess him so much in what regards the King my Master And your Excellency's Favour in this Affair cannot be desired with greater Instance nor by one who is more than I am My Lord Your Excellency's c. Au Marquis de Castel-Rodrigo La Haye 3 Avril S. N. 1670. Monsieur QVoy que le porteur de cette Lettre Monsieur Chiese n'ait pas besoin d'autre appuy que du nom du Prince son Maitre de l'equité de la cause dont il est chargé je n'ay pourtant pas volu manquer á luy donner comme par surabondance de droit cette recommendation auprés de V. E. autant pour satisfaire á mon devoir envers son Altesse le Prince d'Orange que pour me faire honneur de la confiance avec laquelle je croy avoir encore quelque part dans le Souvenir l'amitié de V. E. Je pourrois bien l'assurer qu'en faisant justice á son Altesse la Cour d'Espagne obligera un Prince dont les grandes qualites egalent la grandeur de la naissance qui sera un jour en etat de reconnoitre les bontez qu'on aura á present pour luy Ajouteray-je que ce Prince prend deja beaucoup de part au bon train que prennent les affaires d'Espagne de tels sentimens quand ils seroient seuls
diverted from his Point or slacken it without some such Maim for he wants neither Prudence Courage nor Ambition For the Hollanders they were certainly never worse at their ease than now being braved and beaten both at Sea and Land flay'd with Taxes distracted with Factions and their last Ressourse which is the Protection of France poisoned with extreme Jealousies yet that must be their Game or else a perfect Truckling Peace with England I am ever Your Lordship 's most Faithful and most humble Servant To the Duke of Ormond Brussels Novemb. 20. S. N. 1665. My Lord. I Am to acknowledge the Honour I received last by one from Your Grace of October the 25th which gives me the Occasion to beg your Belief that the frequent Troubles I give Your Grace of this kind proceed from a most hearty and uninteressed Duty without the least Thoughts of making any unconscionable Advantage by such a Commerce or at all expecting a Return of so great value as Your Lordship's Letters to a Venture so small as mine I confess I am extremely pleased with any Testimonies of Your Grace's Remembrance and Favour to me which I must esteem the best and ever acknowledge for the first of my good Fortunes nor shall I ever be so much pleased with any lucky Hits that may happen to me in publick Employments from any other Respect as from the Hopes of meeting some Occasion to express the Esteem and Resentment of Kindness shew'd me when I was idle and unknown But I beseech Your Grace never to give your self the least Trouble or lose Time in writing to me upon the Score of common Civility but to deal with me perfectly like one of your own and write only when you have Commands to honour me or Inclinations to oblige me for the rest one Word to my Father or Brother may at any time give me the Knowledge that mine are received which is all they pretend and perhaps more than they deserve Since the Passage of the French Troops which thought fit to touch no Part of these Dominions we hear little of them Their Number fell something short of six Thousand their Horse were brave as they passed Mastricht their Foot rascally their Shoes upon their Shoulders their Feet galled and their Gallantry spent in giving the Dutch a thousand times to the Devil for their kind Invitation They paid nothing as they pass'd or false Money took the best Treatment the Dutch could make them with Scorn and Insolence and drank his Majesty's and the Prince of Munster's Health openly in the Market-Place at Mastricht a strain I suppose of their Extravagance rather than good Meaning So I leave them as they do their Colours when they can and return this way by Couples and Leashes good Store By the last from the Prince of Munster of the 12th instant we had Assurance that his Bridge over the Marsh was perfected his Army joined and that Colonel or Baron d'Ossory who is made a Serjeant Major de Bataglia had with a Squadron of Horse killed nine Hundred of the Dutch in a late Encounter near Groning Besides this and the French Envoy's Monsieur Lessyn having been dismiss'd with General Terms I had nothing but desperate melancholy Complaints of his Disappointments from his Friends which I will not trouble Your Grace with at this Distance I had my first Formal Audience last Night from the Marquess and was received with the greatest Expressions of Zeal and Devotion to the King my Master's Person and Service of the Resentment of the Honour done him by this Resolution of a Resident here and wonderful Compliment to the Personal Choice as I believe Your Grace knows good Words of all Sorts cost no Man less than His Excellency But I am very confident his Inclinations to Us his Aversions to France his Desires of Truce with Portugal and strict League with England are all very hearty I am ever Your Grace's most Obedient and most humble Servant To the Baron Wreden Brussels Dec. 10. 1665. SIR I Received yours and am glad of your Arrival at Court where I never doubted the good Reception so honest a Gentleman would find who came from so brave a Prince I am sorry for your bad Wine and Lodging at Oxford for as to the former I know it is a sort of Plague you are more afraid of than that at London where in a little time I hope you will have no occasion to complain either of one or t'other In the mean while take my word for the matter 't is but half a dozen Glasses more and good or bad comes all to the same thing As for your Lodging in Troth I believe the Crowd is so great at present in every House that you will hardly find an opportunity of making Love to your Landlady But Sir you must have a little Patience and not think of succeeding in all Amours at the rate you did with Madamoiselle Isabella besides if you remember it cost you dear enough then by the Fright you were in of losing your great Diamond Love like other things is good for nothing when one makes too much haste in it and our English Ladies don't care that Men should be over violent in beginning this Game for fear they should be so in concluding it Well I am heartily sorry I can give you no good Recommendations where you are because I am sure you would be so just and generous to pay me by a Bill of Exchange on your little Mistress here But now I talk of a Mistress you must know Monsieur le Chevalier has ordered his Affairs here worse than at Paris For I believe seriously he pass'd through this Place without so much as paying one Visit to his and that is the Reason why he carried so much Money to Munster and rode Post with greater vigour than ever he did from hence to France And is not this now a very fine Letter for two Grave Ministers of State But come we must talk a little of Business if it be only for the good Grace of the matter And yet I am confident if Sr. Bealing would entertain you at this Rate but once a Month and unbend himself a little from his serious way you would reckon him as your only Friend and think no more of me Well but have you heard what the Dutch Resident tells us that the Prince of Munster has taken Reyde a small Sea-Port where his Friends may come and give him a Visit The News from Antwerp say further that he has got the Fort of Bourtang But they add how the Bishop of Osnabrug is resolved to let the World see that a Lutheran Prelate is as good as a Catholick and to that end is resolved at the Head of some Lunenbourg Troops to go knock Mitres with your Master All in good time and as for Heads I do not doubt the Prince of Munster's is much the stronger of the two but for the Mitres I can say nothing I am told besides that your
matin Quant a moy le soir le matin vous me trouverez toujours Monsieur Votre tres Affectionné Serviteur To the Marques of Castel Rodrigo Brussels Dec 12. S.N. 1665 My Lord THE News of your Excellency's Indisposition has very sensibly afflicted me but God Almighty will I doubt not quickly restore your Health which is of too great Importance to Christendom to sink under common Accidents I desire your Pardon for the Liberty I take to let you know how Monsieur Rhintorf complains exceedingly that he finds yet no Advance in the Affair you were pleased to undertake for his Master's sake and indeed for that of the King my Master too I desire your Excellency once more to give your Hand to it and that if those Merchants will not buy the Tin you will give Order at least to have it engaged for three parts of it's value so as some present Remedy may be found to the Bishop's Necessities wherewith by means of this delay he is now press'd to the last Extremities I take more part in this Affair having already writ to the King my Master that you had wholly finished it in affection to his Service for which I do not doubt but you will receive His Majesty's Thanks by the first Courier so that I shall be in the greatest Confusion imaginable if the Business fails and His Majesty cannot chuse but think me very impertinent By my last Dispatch from Court of the 18th instant I am informed that the Spanish Ambassadour did that Evening privately deliver his new Credentials to the King to whom and his Ministers he still continued to be very acceptable and that upon arrival of these Credentials they began to enter in good earnest upon adjusting our common Interests By a Letter of the 15th instant from the Prince of Munster I am informed of the great and happy Progress of his Arms but on t'other side that the Hollanders used their last Endeavours to raise against him all the Protestant Princes of the Empire under pretext that Religion has part in the Quarrel as well as the Interest of the House of Austria And on both these Accounts as well as from your own Generosity your Excellency is engaged not to disappoint him in this little occasion not to alledge the Moral which tells us That whatever good we can do without damage to our selves we are obliged to do even to a Stranger Upon an Answer from your Excellency I am ready to dispatch an Express to Antwerp and shall remain My Lord Your Excellencies most humble and obedient Servant Au Marquis de Castel Rodrigo Brussels Dec. 12. S. N. 1665. Monsieur LA Nouvelle de l'indisposition que votre Excellence a ressentie depuis quelques jours m'a sensiblement touché mais je ne doute point que Dieu ne retablisse bien-tôt une santé qui est trop necessaire à la Chretienté pour succomber sous des accidens vulgaires Je vous demande pardon de la liberté que je prens de vous avertir que Monsieur Rhintorf se plaint extrement de ce qu'il ne trouve encore rien de fait dans l'affaire qu'il vous a plu de prendre á coeur en faveur de son Maitre ainsi que sur la recommendatidu Roy mon Maitre Je supplie V. E. d'y mettre encore une fois la main de donner ordre que si on a resolu de ne point accepter cette Marchandise du moins on la prenne en gage pour les trois quarts de sa valeur á fin de remedier sur le champ aux necessicez dont Monsieur l'Eveque se trouve pressé qui peut etrê sont rendues extremes par ce retardement Je me trouve d'autant plus interressé dans cette affaire qu'ayant deja mandé au Roy mon Maitre que vous l'aviez touta fait finie dans la veue de rendre service á sa Majesté ce qui vous sera sans doute marqué avec remerciment de sa part par le premier Courier je sero is l'homme du monde le plus confus le plus impertinent aux yeux du Roy mon Maitre si citte affaire venoit a manquer Par la derniere lettre que j'ay receue de la Cour dattée du 18. du courant j'ay étê averti que Monsieur l'Ambassadeur d'Espagne avoit le soir de ce jour lá presenté au Roy ce◠novelles lettres de creance que sa personne etoit toujours fort agreable á ses Ministres qu'au reste sur l'arrivée de ces nouvelles lettres de creance on alloit commencer de fort bon coeur á ajuster nos interets communs Par une lettre du Prince de Munster du 15. du courant j'ay eté averti de ses grands heureux progrez mais que d'un autre coté les Hollandois faisoient tous leurs efforts pour soulever contre luy tous les Princes Protestans de l'Empire sous le pretexte que la Religion la Maison d'Autriche y etoient interessés C'est par lá aussi bien que par vôtre generosité que vous êtes engagé à ne luy pas manquer en cette petite occasion pour n'alleguer pas la Morale qui nous dit Quicquid sine detrimento facere potes vel ignoto faciendum Sur la Response de V. E. je suis tout prêt á depecher un exprez á Anvers bien resolu d'etre toujours de V. E. le tres humble tres obeisant Serviteur To Sir William Coventry Brussels Dec. 15. S. N. 1665. SIR I Am to acknowledge both the Honour and Obligation I received by yours of November the 9th the last of which seems so great in that Light you give it and by those Circumstances I now see attend it that had it come from any other hands I should have wished a thousand Times never to have received it For there are very few I desire much to be obliged to having always thought that a sort of Debt which ought as duly to be paid as that of Money with more Interest and much greater Difficulty of casting up But knowing that all generous Persons are apt to favour and esteem their own rather such whom they oblige than such as serve them I am extreamly glad to have my Name enter into the knowledge of his Royal Highness by his Bounty and Favour in the Grant of those Passports rather than any other way I could have taken and beg of you that with my humble Thanks His Royal Highness may know I enter into his Service with this Advance of Wages which it shall be always my Endeavour as it is my Duty to deserve I owe and should say a great deal to your self upon this Occasion but that with my Thanks for the Thing it self I am to join my Complaints for the manner
Neighbourhood and having observ'd That the Flames of that Fire have insinuated themselves among their Neighbours which by inevitable necessity will involve the greatest Part of the Princes and States of Christendom in the same Calamities unless they may be timely extinguish'd before they gather greater Force Have thought that they could not discharge the Duty of that Trust and the respective Offices wherein they are placed by God if after the Re-establishment of a mutual Friendship and Alliance between the Nations of Great Britain and the United Netherlands and the Conclusion of a Peace between the four powerful States that were Parties in that bloody War They should not apply their Minds with the utmost Diligence and Industry to compose the differences that have arisen between the said two Crowns and more especially to take care That the Flames of that War which have been kindled in their Neighbourhood may be extinguished Therefore The most Serene King of Great Britain and the High and Mighty States of the United Netherlands having with much Labour and eâ—â—nest Intreaty induced the most Christian King to profess solemnly to the said States General That he would immediately lay down his Arms if the Spaniard would either consent to yield up to him in due form and manner by a Treaty of Peace all those Places and Forts together with the Chastelanies and their Dependencies which he possess'd himself of in the Expedition of the last Year Or will be perswaded to transfer and make over to him all the right that remains to them in the Dutchy of Luxemburg or else in the County of Burgundy together with Cambray and the Cambresis Doway Aire St. Omer Winoxbergen Furnes and Lincken with their Bailiwicks Chastelanies and other Dependencies and in case they accept the Alternative last mention'd the most Christian King will restore to the King of Spain all such Places and Territories as the French have possess'd by their Arms since they entred Flanders Provided the High and Mighty States General shall on their part promise and render themselves Guarrantees to the most Christian King That they will by their Reasons and other effectual Means induce the Spaniards to agree to these Conditions The said King of Great Britain and the said States General jointly conclude and judge That they can do no better Service in this Conjuncture and State of Affairs either to the two Kings before named or to the rest of the neighbouring Princes and States than by their joint Counsels and utmost Endeavours to exhort and as much as in them lies oblige the said two Crowns to make Peace upon the Terms and Conditions before mention'd To which end we whose names are hereunto subscribed having receiv'd full Power to that Effect have by Virtue of those Injunctions concluded and agreed the following Articles I. That the King of Great Britain and the States General of the United Netherlands shall either jointly or separately provided their Intentions be mutually communicated and no way repugnant to this Agreement use their utmost Endeavors and Industry with the most Christian King to perswade him to promise and engage in the best Form and by a solemn Treaty to the King of Great Britain and to the States General of the United Netherlands That he will conclude a Peace and Alliance with the King of Spain without any Exception or Reserve under whatever Pretext or for whatever Cause if the King of Spain shall be induced or perswaded by the King of Great Britain and the Confederated States to yield to the most Christian King either the Places he possess'd himself of the last Year in the Low-Countries or to give him an Equivalent by delivering up the Places above mention'd or others in lieu of them as shall be mutually agreed betwen the Parties concerned II. That the most Christian King be induced to consent That the present Cessation of Arms in the Low-Countries may be prolong'd to the End of the Month of May to the end that the King of Great Britain and the confederated States may in the mean time employ themselves with all Diligence Care and Industry to procure the Consent of the King or Queen of Spain and their Council to the aforesaid Terms and Conditions III. But that the most Christian King may have no just occasion to refuse to prolong the Cessation of Arms the King of Great Britain and the Confederated States shall oblige themselves by the same Treaty to take effectual Care That the Spaniards shall yield to France all that was taken the last Year by the French or give them an Equivalent as shall be agreed with the Consent of both Parties IV. That the most Christian King shall be induced and perswaded to give intire Credit to and put full Confidence in the aforesaid Promise that his Arms may not for the future disturb the Quiet of the Low-Countries So that if it should happen contrary to all hope and expectation that the King of Great Britain and the confederated States shall not be able by their Exhortations and earnest Sollicitations to perswade the Spaniards to give their Consent to the Conditions above-mention'd before the end of the next ensuing May and that it become necessary to use more effectual means to that purpose Nevertheless the French shall not move or introduce their Arms within or upon the Limits of the said Low-Countries but the King of Great Britain and the confederated States shall engage and take upon themselves to make such necessary Provision as may effectually oblige the Spaniards to accept the foresaid Conditions of Peace And it shall not be left to the Discretion of the most Christian King either to exercise any Acts of Hostility in the said Countries or to possess himself of any Town tho' by voluntary Surrender unless the King of Great Britain and the Confederated States shall cease and omit to prosecute the Things above-mention'd V. That when the Peace is made between the two Crowns not only the King of Great Britain and the confederated States but likewise the Emperor and all the neighbouring Kings and Princes who shall think themselves concern'd that the Quiet of Christendom remain unshaken and the Low-Countries be restored to the Enjoyment of their former Tranquillity shall be Guarrantees and Conservators of the same To which end the number of Forces and other means to be used against either of the Parties that shall violate or infringe the said Peace shall be determin'd and agreed that the Injury may cease and the Party offended receive Satisfaction VI. That this Agreement with all and every thing therein contain'd shall be confirm'd and ratified by the said King of Great Britain and the said States General of the United Provinces by Letters Patents on both sides sealed with the Great Seal in due and authentick Form within four Weeks next ensuing or sooner if it can be done and within the said time the mutual Instruments of Ratification shall be exchanged on both sides In Witness and Confirmation
Success of so great an Affair and neglected the Fruits of an Alliance whereof all Christendom hath spoke with so much Applause and hoped from it so much Felicity I do not desire to importune your Excellency by a Repetition of Things already said and I have nothing new to add but the Consideration of Monsieur Marechal the Minister of Sueden's departure after long Impatience and much Discontent at the Proceedings of Spain in all the Negotiations where he has intervened for eight or nine Months past Before he went he demanded back from me the Act of Guaranty signed by Sueden and placed in my Hands with the other Acts to be consigned into the Hands of the Spanish Ambassador upon payment of the 200000 Crowns to Sueden And in the mean time he consented entirely that I should give back to the said Ambassador his Act of the 9th of May by which he was obliged to the said Payment upon the consigning of the said Guaranties But I used all my Endeavours to keep the said Guaranty of Sueden sometime longer in my Hands hoping your Excellency would yet in a few days acknowledge the Obligation and Necessity of advancing this Satisfaction to Sueden so long due and demanded And as yet I have it in my Power to deliver the three said Guaranties to the Spanish Ambassador as soon as he will have given the said Mony to the Suedish Resident here But if this Affair be delayed till Monsieur Marechal has represented it to the King his Master as he was resolved to do upon his departure or till the Suedish Minister's Resident here shall have received an Answer to the Dispatches they sent about three weeks ago upon the Spight and Despair they were in at the bad Success of this Affair In either of these Cases I leave your Excellency to judge whether there will be any Hopes that the Suedish Court sowered by the ill Treatment and angry Representations of their Ministers will then give us the means we possess at present to finish this great Work And how necessary it will be to follow the late ill Impressions made in that Court as soon as possible by new ones to their entire Satisfaction For as soon as Spain shall be in possession of the Guaranties of all the Confederates one may say That not only all the Appearances are safe but also that the Substance it self is finished And if any Forms remain towards the last Perfection of the Work there must be time given to concert them without hazarding the Gross of the Affair I desire your Excellency to consider that such Occasions as you have at present in your Hands are not usually given twice to Men and that they commonly lose their Force by a slowness in laying hold of them But I cannot apprehend so sad an Effect from the Prudence and good Intentions of your Excellence At least I shall comfort my self that I have done my utmost Duty towards preventing so great a Misfortune to Christendom I am My Lord your c. Au Connetable de Castille De la Hay le 5 Dec. S. N. 1669. Monsieur QVOY qu'il soit bien difficile d'ajouier quelque chose aux raisons dont je me suis servi dans ma derniere Lettre á V. E. qui d'ailleurs sont repandues ont eté repetées en tant de divers memoires envoyés á Monsieur l'Ambassadeur d'Espagne touchant le payement deja deu á la Couronne de Suede si solennellement accordé stipulé par l'Acte du 9 de Muy qui a eté signé par le dit Ambassadeur ratifié aepuis par la Reine Regente Je n'ay pourtant pas voulu dans une conjoncture si importante negliger de faire un dernier effort afin de tacher á disposer V. E. a une prompte execution dans une affaire si juste si necessaire d'ailleurs au repos de la Chretienté aussi bien qu' á la conservation de l'Espagne j'ajouteray si importante á l'honneur de V. E. Peut etre sera t'il hors de votre pouvoir de parer aux reproches aux plaintes d'avoir par de petits scrupules renoncé au succés d'une si grande affaire negligé les fruits d'une Allyance dont la Chretienté a parlé avec de si grands applaudissemens dont elle se promettoit tant de joye de prosperité Je n'ay pas dessein d'importuner V. E. par la repitition de choses deja cent fois dites tout ce que je puis ajouter de nouveau roule sur le depart de Monsieur Marechal le Ministre de la Suede qui aprés bien des impatiences aprés tant de pourparlers inutiles enfin mecontent de l'Espagne autant qu'on le peut être ayant sur le coeur l'inutilité des negotiations ou on l'a fait intervenir qui ont consumé neuf mois presse son depart va tout reveler au Roy son Maitre il me redemande avant son retour l'Acte de Guarantie signé par la Suede remis entre mes mains avec les autres actes pour etre ensuite deposé entre les mains de Monsieur l' Ambassadeur d'Espagne lors que les 200000 ecus auront eté payé á la Couronne de Suede En même tems il m'a declaré qu'il consentoit pleinement que l'acte du 9 de May fait par le dit Ambassadeur dans lequel il s'obligeoit au dit payement sur la remise des Guaranties lequel acte j'ay aussi entre les mains que cet acte dis je fût rendu á l'Ambassadeur d' Espagne J'ay fait de grands efforts pour retenir encore quelques jours la dite Guarantie entre mes mains dans l'esperance que V. E. informée de tout en peu de jours sentiroit la justice la necessité de satisfaire la Suede il y a long tems que la chose luy a eté promise par consequent il y a long tems qu'elle luy est due elle a ete souvent demandée elle l'est encore aujourdhuy á l'heure que j'ecris je suis en pouvoir de livrer les trois Guaranties á Monsieur l'Ambassadeur d'Espagne aussi tôt qu'il aura fait mettre l'argent au Ministre de Suede qui est encore icy Mais supposé que l'affaire soit ou negligée ou retardée jusqu ' á ce que le Ministre ait envoyé son memoire sa relation á la Cour de son Maitre qu'il l'ait instruit de la situation ou toutes choses etoient au moment de son depart Supposé même que par les delais on donne le tems aux Ministres de Suede de recevoir la reponse aux memoires qu'ils envoyerent il y a trois semaines tout remplis du depit