Two letters the one from a Dutchman to his correspondent in England, the other an answer from the said correspondent : in which most things of note (that relate to, or have been transacted in this in this hostility) are very fully handled : with the present condition of both countries.
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             Two letters the one from a Dutchman to his correspondent in England, the other an answer from the said correspondent : in which most things of note (that relate to, or have been transacted in this in this hostility) are very fully handled : with the present condition of both countries.
             F. C.
             J. G.
          
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             1673.
          
           
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           TWO
           LETTERS
           :
           The
           One
           from
           a
           DUTCH
           MAN
           TO
           HIS
           Correspondent
           in
           ENGLAND
           ;
           The
           Other
           an
           ANSWER
           From
           the
           Said
           CORRESPONDENT
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           most
           things
           of
           Note
           (
           that
           relate
           to
           ,
           or
           have
           been
           transacted
           in
           this
           Hostility
           )
           are
           very
           fully
           handled
           .
        
         
           With
           the
           present
           Condition
           of
           both
           Countries
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1673.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
           LETTER
           I
           ;
        
         
           YOurs
           of
           the
           4th
           ,
           Instant
           (
           which
           supposes
           me
           here
           at
           Hamborough
           ,
           and
           congratulates
           my
           arrival
           )
           came
           a
           day
           before
           me
           ;
           for
           I
           left
           not
           Amsterdam
           so
           soon
           by
           a
           fortnight
           as
           you
           imagined
           .
           Your
           Accounts
           I
           have
           sleightly
           perused
           ,
           but
           shall
           nothing
           to
           them
           till
           our
           Correspondents
           at
           Bruges
           and
           Antwerp
           send
           me
           theirs
           :
           nor
           can
           I
           stir
           from
           hence
           these
           seven
           Months
           ;
           for
           (
           besides
           the
           business
           I
           told
           you
           of
           )
           I
           must
           expect
           the
           Phoenix
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           arrive
           till
           April
           ;
           and
           in
           it
           I
           hope
           to
           find
           as
           much
           of
           1.
           
           
           B's
           effects
           ,
           as
           will
           near
           satisfie
           the
           debt
           he
           owed
           me
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           I
           was
           at
           home
           (
           knowing
           the
           vain
           suspitions
           of
           the
           Rabble
           )
           I
           neither
           sent
           nor
           asked
           you
           any
           news
           ;
           but
           now
           I
           am
           here
           ,
           I
           by
           no
           means
           blame
           the
           desire
           you
           have
           to
           understand
           the
           posture
           of
           our
           affairs
           ,
           &
           how
           they
           have
           been
           managed
           ;
           especially
           since
           you
           pretend
           to
           no
           further
           an
           information
           (
           were
           I
           capable
           of
           more
           )
           than
           what
           any
           stranger
           that
           passes
           through
           the
           Countrey
           gives
           his
           acquaintance
           :
           I
           say
           I
           cannot
           blame
           this
           request
           ,
           having
           now
           the
           same
           favour
           also
           to
           ask
           of
           you
           ,
           for
           the
           Relations
           I
           heretofore
           saw
           ,
           were
           often
           very
           false
           and
           uncertain
           ;
           nor
           can
           this
           freedom
           I
           hope
           ,
           be
           any
           prejudice
           to
           our
           respective
           Governours
           ,
           for
           what
           may
           be
           great
           satisfaction
           and
           news
           to
           those
           in
           our
           sphere
           ,
           is
           none
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           spies
           (
           we
           are
           sure
           )
           abroad
           ,
           informing
           them
           at
           another
           rate
           of
           all
           occurrencies
           .
           But
           before
           I
           acquaint
           you
           with
           our
           misfortunes
           (
           too
           well
           known
           to
           the
           world
           )
           I
           must
           beg
           pardon
           ,
           if
           for
           my
           ease
           (
           my
           Letter
           being
           long
           )
           I
           write
           in
           Dutch
           ,
           which
           wants
           ,
           I
           confess
           the
           comprehensive
           harmony
           of
           your
           smooth
           and
           gentle
           Language
           .
        
         
           That
           
             John
             de
             Witt
          
           was
           a
           man
           of
           parts
           ,
           is
           held
           by
           not
           a
           few
           of
           our
           wise
           ones
           ▪
           yet
           either
           his
           ignorance
           in
           the
           state
           of
           your
           Kingdom
           (
           which
           has
           hidden
           mysteries
           in
           it
           not
           to
           be
           fathom'd
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           by
           forreign
           Polititians
           )
           or
           God
           Almighties
           particular
           Judgment
           on
           those
           that
           glory
           too
           much
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           understanding
           ,
           brought
           him
           to
           that
           dismal
           end
           ,
           and
           with
           this
           misfortune
           also
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           now
           esteemed
           a
           fool
           and
           a
           Traitor
           by
           the
           generality
           of
           his
           Countrey-men
           .
        
         
           Two
           irreconcileable
           piques
           he
           had
           to
           England
           :
           First
           ,
           because
           from
           ▪
           thence
           he
           imagined
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           would
           have
           a
           perpetual
           support
           ,
           and
           be
           at
           length
           the
           ruine
           of
           him
           and
           his
           Cabal
           :
           And
           secondly
           .
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           strength
           ,
           its
           Ships
           ,
           its
           convenient
           Ports
           ,
           &
           inclination
           to
           Trade
           ,
           't
           would
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           ingross
           all
           negotiation
           to
           it self
           .
           
           These
           thoughts
           prompted
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           them
           ,
           instead
           of
           courting
           you
           in
           forrain
           Countries
           after
           the
           Peace
           ,
           to
           countenance
           under
           hand
           all
           kind
           of
           private
           affronts
           &
           Libels
           that
           could
           be
           invented
           ,
           to
           lessen
           you
           as
           well
           in
           our
           own
           esteem
           ,
           as
           among
           our
           Neighbours
           and
           Allies
           ,
           and
           well
           m●ght
           we
           and
           our
           friends
           think
           ,
           we
           had
           been
           your
           Match
           in
           the
           late
           War
           ,
           when
           we
           often
           saw
           some
           of
           your
           Country
           men
           seem
           to
           yield
           ,
           (
           by
           the
           hanging
           down
           of
           their
           heads
           )
           that
           we
           had
           had
           the
           better
           of
           you
           .
        
         
           Though
           out
           Sea-men
           and
           Factors
           were
           thus
           a
           Gog
           ,
           our
           Embassadours
           with
           you
           were
           sufficiently
           submiss
           and
           pliant
           ,
           calling
           it
           the
           drunken
           mirth
           of
           some
           private
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           assuring
           your
           chief
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           our
           States
           valued
           your
           Monarch
           above
           all
           things
           ;
           nor
           was
           it
           hard
           for
           them
           to
           believe
           this
           ,
           seeing
           that
           he
           alone
           forced
           his
           Christian
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           the
           height
           of
           his
           Conquest
           ,
           to
           the
           peace
           of
           Aqui●grane
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           only
           Defence
           we
           had
           against
           our
           being
           invaded
           by
           him
           .
           Every
           body
           was
           satisfied
           therefore
           that
           the
           Great
           King
           of
           Fraence
           had
           no
           Equal
           ;
           but
           the
           Great
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           thirsted
           for
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           liberty
           of
           salling
           upon
           us
           ,
           who
           had
           broken
           )
           as
           he
           said
           )
           our
           Faith
           with
           him
           .
           He
           could
           never
           forgive
           us
           our
           underhand
           opposing
           his
           designs
           upon
           Flanders
           ,
           which
           obliged
           our
           Governors
           ,
           in
           spight
           o●
           all
           in-bred
           animosity
           ,
           to
           court
           you
           unto
           the
           triple
           Alliance
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           preserved
           us
           (
           had
           it
           continued
           as
           't
           was
           once
           happily
           begun
           )
           in
           our
           old
           prosperous
           and
           flourishing
           condition
           .
        
         
           England
           was
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           how
           much
           we
           wanted
           it's
           assistance
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           could
           never
           have
           a
           fairer
           occasion
           to
           oblige
           us
           to
           do
           Justice
           (
           as
           you
           termed
           it
           )
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           who
           now
           was
           of
           a
           fit
           age
           to
           receive
           those
           honours
           ,
           which
           the
           merits
           of
           his
           Family
           had
           as
           't
           were
           entailed
           upon
           him
           .
           But
           the
           ru●ing
           party
           ,
           that
           feared
           nothing
           like
           this
           ,
           resolved
           to
           obstruct
           it
           ,
           though
           with
           the
           utter
           ruine
           of
           their
           Countrey
           .
           &
           therefore
           when
           all
           imaginable
           intrigues
           of
           theirs
           ,
           could
           not
           make
           your
           Ki●●
           desert
           the
           interest
           of
           his
           flesh
           &
           blood
           ,
           they
           privately
           offered
           his
           Chri●tian
           Maj●sty
           what
           conditions
           he
           pleased
           ,
           so
           he
           would
           but
           joyn
           his
           powerful
           Army
           ,
           with
           their
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           immediately
           fall
           upon
           you
           .
        
         
           Having
           done
           this
           ,
           and
           not
           doubting
           of
           the
           acceptance
           of
           their
           Proposals
           ▪
           they
           sent
           to
           our
           Admirals
           ,
           who
           were
           cruising
           with
           several
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           to
           strike
           Flag
           to
           no
           single
           Ship
           of
           yours
           ;
           nor
           feared
           they
           any
           inconvenience
           ,
           because
           yo●
           had
           no
           number
           abroad
           .
           This
           they
           knew
           would
           force
           you
           by
           degrees
           to
           a
           q●arrel
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           without
           some
           plausibility
           of
           reason
           on
           their
           side
           ▪
           it
           being
           a
           thing
           harsh
           in
           the
           general
           opinion
           of
           the
           World
           ▪
           that
           a
           Fleet
           in
           all
           its
           glory
           and
           strength
           should
           do
           obeysance
           to
           every
           Cock-boat
           ,
           that
           owned
           it self
           of
           the
           Navy-Royal
        
         
         
           Your
           King
           soon
           resented
           this
           affront
           ,
           and
           demanded
           Reparation
           with
           that
           warmth
           and
           vigour
           as
           was
           imagin'd
           ,
           but
           whilst
           Agents
           were
           passing
           to
           and
           fro
           ,
           h●s
           Christian
           Majesty
           either
           distrusting
           us
           ,
           or
           thinking
           his
           game
           surer
           by
           having
           you
           his
           friend
           ,
           not
           only
           refus'd
           our
           Conditions
           ,
           but
           sends
           them
           to
           your
           King
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           he
           thought
           )
           out
           of
           Interest
           or
           Revenge
           would
           now
           joyn
           tooth
           and
           nail
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Your
           willingness
           nevertheless
           to
           accomodate
           all
           things
           with
           us
           ,
           was
           not
           so
           pleasing
           ,
           as
           one
           would
           imagine
           ,
           to
           
             De
             wit
          
           and
           his
           party
           ;
           because
           they
           knew
           that
           your
           terms
           would
           be
           much
           worse
           as
           to
           their
           own
           interest
           than
           formerly
           ;
           and
           therefore
           resolving
           to
           give
           you
           no
           satisfaction
           ,
           they
           buzz'd
           in
           every
           bodies
           ears
           ,
           that
           your
           King
           had
           not
           a
           penny
           of
           money
           ;
           That
           most
           of
           your
           Parliament
           being
           our
           Pentioners
           ,
           would
           give
           him
           none
           ;
           That
           the
           whole
           Nation
           hated
           the
           French
           ,
           that
           not
           a
           Seaman
           of
           yours
           would
           fight
           ;
           that
           your
           Non-conformists
           would
           be
           up
           in
           Arms
           :
           and
           in
           fine
           after
           a
           thousand
           such
           lessening
           allegations
           ,
           they
           declared
           it
           to
           be
           an
           unpardonable
           folly
           ,
           to
           value
           or
           league
           with
           a
           people
           ,
           that
           wanted
           both
           Fidelity
           and
           Power
           to
           help
           their
           Friends
           :
           all
           which
           noise
           spent
           not
           it self
           in
           vain
           ,
           but
           caused
           thousands
           to
           believe
           you
           could
           do
           us
           neither
           harm
           nor
           good
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           unlook't
           for
           accident
           that
           touched
           our
           Politico
           to
           the
           quick
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           tear
           his
           hair
           ,
           was
           your
           King's
           postponing
           the
           Bankers
           ▪
           and
           converting
           the
           Receipts
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           to
           his
           own
           use
           ;
           for
           now
           contrary
           to
           all
           expectation
           ,
           he
           saw
           his
           Majesty
           might
           put
           out
           a
           Fleet
           of
           himself
           ,
           &
           that
           your
           Subjects
           (
           who
           love
           not
           we
           know
           an
           overtopping
           Rival
           )
           would
           even
           for
           their
           own
           interest
           prosecute
           the
           War
           once
           a
           foot
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           never
           so
           averse
           to
           it
           in
           the
           beginning
           .
           But
           the
           thunder
           clap
           that
           gave
           him
           his
           mortal
           wound
           ,
           was
           the
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           so
           universally
           granted
           to
           the
           People
           ;
           this
           brought
           the
           Devil
           a
           thousand
           times
           into
           his
           mouth
           ,
           saying
           that
           nothing
           but
           he
           ,
           who
           owed
           Holland
           a
           shame
           ,
           could
           put
           it
           into
           your
           heads
           ,
           and
           that
           shortly
           you
           would
           be
           as
           united
           as
           our selves
           ,
           so
           that
           ever
           hereafter
           the
           Kings
           enemies
           must
           become
           the
           common
           enemy
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           and
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           't
           was
           not
           so
           in
           the
           last
           War.
           
        
         
           The
           effects
           of
           the
           Toleration
           were
           soon
           perceived
           by
           every
           body
           ;
           for
           many
           of
           your
           Country
           men
           at
           
             Rotterdam
             ,
             Delf
             ,
             Leyden
          
           ,
           and
           else
           where
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           frighted
           heretofore
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Religion
           ,
           have
           now
           not
           only
           Longings
           homewards
           ,
           but
           are
           also
           generally
           lookt
           upon
           by
           our
           people
           as
           so
           many
           Spies
           to
           betray
           us
           ,
           whereas
           formerly
           no
           Dutchman
           was
           thought
           more
           faithful
           than
           they
           ,
           to
           the
           wel●are
           and
           interest
           of
           this
           Government
           ;
           nay
           if
           this
           be
           not
           a
           wonder
           tell
           me
           
           one
           ,
           that
           a
           Quaker
           of
           yours
           at
           Rotterdam
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           transported
           at
           the
           news
           ,
           as
           to
           throw
           his
           Hat
           which
           had
           been
           naild
           at
           least
           ten
           years
           to
           his
           head
           )
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           to
           drink
           the
           Kings
           health
           with
           a
           
             Vive
             le
             Roy
          
           in
           his
           mouth
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           though
           two
           descents
           have
           not
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           washed
           away
           all
           my
           English
           blood
           ,
           yet
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           my
           Mothers
           kindred
           ,
           and
           my
           own
           business
           ,
           who
           knows
           whether
           ever
           with
           convenience
           I
           can
           quit
           Holland
           or
           no
           ,
           but
           this
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           my
           two
           Uncles
           &
           their
           good-wives
           talk
           much
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           desire
           you
           to
           inform
           me
           what
           real
           foundation
           this
           Indulgence
           has
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           accordingly
           advise
           my
           scrupulous
           friends
           ,
           for
           there
           has
           been
           no
           question
           more
           ventilated
           at
           any
           time
           in
           these
           Quarters
           .
           I
           do
           not
           ,
           I
           'le
           assure
           you
           ,
           ask
           this
           of
           you
           upon
           my
           own
           score
           ,
           but
           theirs
           ;
           for
           had
           my
           Grand-mother
           had
           so
           digestive
           or
           rather
           charitable
           a
           stomack
           as
           mine
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           at
           present
           a
           greater
           interest
           in
           Mark-Lane
           than
           now
           I
           am
           ever
           like
           to
           have
           .
           Yet
           to
           speak
           to
           you
           with
           my
           old
           frankness
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           conceive
           how
           a
           People
           so
           wedded
           to
           Persecution
           ,
           as
           you
           were
           thought
           in
           the
           general
           opinion
           of
           the
           World
           ▪
           can
           so
           suddainly
           forget
           it
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           be
           grasping
           ▪
           at
           it
           again
           upon
           every
           slight
           pretence
           and
           humour
           ;
           and
           thus
           having
           finished
           my
           request
           ;
           let
           us
           if
           you
           please
           return
           to
           our
           Fac-totum
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           groslly
           reckoned
           without
           his
           Host
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           ,
           you
           may
           easily
           imagine
           much
           surprised
           at
           what
           had
           happened
           ,
           yet
           outwardly
           no
           man
           seemed
           less
           ,
           for
           in
           that
           way
           of
           disguise
           he
           was
           esteemed
           a
           great
           Master
           :
           never
           wanting
           some
           plausible
           gloss
           or
           other
           to
           lessen
           the
           dread
           that
           suddain
           accidents
           brought
           along
           with
           them
           .
           For
           as
           to
           the
           stopping
           of
           the
           Treasury
           ,
           he
           pretended
           it
           the
           greatest
           advantage
           to
           us
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           since
           no
           private
           man
           would
           hereafter
           trust
           the
           Crown
           let
           emergencies
           be
           never
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           yet
           every
           Monarch
           must
           often
           borrow
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           concerning
           the
           Toleration
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           of
           the
           zeal
           and
           self
           love
           of
           your
           Clergy
           ;
           who
           one
           time
           or
           other
           would
           get
           it
           repealed
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           all
           Dissenters
           would
           be
           ten
           times
           more
           disobliged
           and
           implacable
           than
           before
           .
        
         
           These
           and
           the
           former
           Reasons
           strangely
           satisfied
           the
           multitude
           ,
           yet
           many
           an
           honest
           man
           cryed
           that
           we
           had
           been
           mistaken
           in
           our
           measures
           last
           war
           ,
           that
           Kings
           find
           expedients
           when
           others
           little
           dream
           of
           them
           :
           That
           your
           Kingdom
           was
           a
           place
           whose
           Maxims
           and
           Secrets
           were
           not
           to
           be
           guessed
           at
           ;
           for
           when
           we
           thought
           our selves
           wholly
           sure
           ,
           &
           that
           you
           wanted
           either
           mony
           or
           men
           ,
           Allies
           abroad
           ,
           or
           Uuity
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           still
           some
           accident
           or
           other
           happened
           to
           deceive
           and
           ruine
           us
           .
           But
           nothing
           can
           save
           them
           whom
           God
           infatuates
           ;
           nor
           could
           this
           Macchiavel
           
           keep
           himself
           (
           as
           he
           imagined
           )
           above
           board
           without
           the
           rash
           attempt
           of
           neglecting
           your
           Friendship
           ;
           and
           having
           thus
           made
           a
           false
           step
           ,
           he
           was
           forced
           in
           desperation
           to
           contrive
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           this
           following
           Treason
           .
        
         
           He
           had
           for
           a
           long
           time
           kept
           fair
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           was
           as
           much
           in
           the
           Kings
           books
           ,
           as
           a
           forreign
           Minister
           could
           well
           be
           ;
           and
           this
           he
           did
           for
           a
           support
           in
           case
           his
           enemies
           (
           the
           Prince
           beginning
           to
           be
           the
           Joy
           of
           the
           People
           )
           should
           be
           able
           to
           contend
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           absolutely
           got
           the
           better
           ,
           then
           here
           should
           be
           a
           sure
           Refuge
           and
           Asylum
           for
           him
           .
           He
           continued
           (
           even
           after
           the
           Treaty
           at
           Breda
           )
           still
           in
           favour
           with
           that
           Monarch
           ,
           who
           presently
           after
           daily
           more
           and
           more
           shewed
           his
           hatred
           to
           us
           :
           nor
           did
           the
           Faction
           fail
           to
           insinuate
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Prince
           encouraged
           the
           King
           to
           a
           quarrel
           ,
           to
           become
           thereby
           his
           Tributary
           ,
           if
           he
           worsted
           us
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           to
           be
           restored
           by
           the
           States
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           since
           an
           Army
           and
           a
           General
           must
           be
           in
           vogue
           in
           a
           War
           ;
           and
           every
           body
           knows
           how
           much
           the
           Souldiers
           loved
           and
           adored
           him
           .
        
         
           They
           had
           been
           (
           as
           I
           should
           have
           told
           you
           before
           )
           busie
           to
           lessen
           also
           the
           Princes
           esteem
           in
           England
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           forced
           in
           the
           year
           70
           to
           let
           him
           come
           over
           to
           you
           ;
           for
           they
           fancied
           ,
           that
           because
           his
           Grandfather
           had
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           our
           established
           Ministry
           (
           whom
           he
           protected
           ▪
           agrandized
           himself
           ,
           and
           so
           crushed
           the
           potent
           Arminian
           Faction
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           all
           hated
           for
           a
           time
           by
           us
           ;
           therefore
           by
           the
           same
           rule
           ;
           if
           your
           Church
           men
           could
           be
           put
           out
           of
           conceit
           with
           him
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           present
           Prince
           )
           your
           People
           by
           their
           insinuation
           and
           power
           might
           be
           easily
           made
           averse
           and
           irreconcilable
           to
           his
           person
           ,
           let
           the
           King
           be
           never
           so
           kind
           .
           Hereupon
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           seem
           a
           Phanatick
           (
           which
           is
           the
           grand
           bug-bear
           of
           your
           Episcopal
           Government
           )
           they
           expresly
           ordered
           him
           never
           to
           receive
           in
           any
           of
           your
           Churches
           kneeling
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Minister
           should
           bring
           him
           the
           Bread
           &
           Wine
           ,
           as
           he
           sate
           in
           his
           Pew
           or
           Seat
           ;
           for
           we
           called
           it
           an
           arrogant
           Institution
           of
           your
           Divines
           ,
           as
           pretending
           to
           be
           wiser
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Reformed
           World
           ,
           seeing
           there
           is
           not
           one
           Protestant
           Congregation
           that
           ever
           knelt
           at
           the
           Communion
           besides
           your selves
           .
           Here
           they
           were
           again
           unfortunate
           ,
           and
           the
           plot
           vanished
           in
           sumo
           ;
           for
           it
           seems
           your
           Spiritual
           Leaders
           (
           had
           they
           been
           disgusted
           )
           have
           not
           that
           influence
           over
           you
           as
           we
           once
           imagined
           .
        
         
           Our
           Juncto
           were
           now
           in
           no
           little
           perplexity
           (
           you
           may
           be
           assured
           )
           nothing
           being
           able
           to
           hinder
           the
           encrease
           of
           his
           Highness's
           esteem
           in
           all
           our
           Provinces
           ;
           or
           to
           put
           any
           stop
           to
           the
           French
           Preparations
           ,
           whilst
           on
           the
           other
           side
           your
           King
           called
           aloud
           for
           satisfaction
           by
           his
           Embassadors
           ,
           who
           gave
           them
           also
           many
           a
           secret
           bite
           for
           their
           perfidious
           dealing
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           have
           it
           .
        
         
         
           But
           their
           private
           resolution
           was
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           to
           give
           you
           no
           Reparation
           ,
           and
           to
           sink
           sooner
           than
           to
           have
           your
           Protection
           ,
           assuring
           one
           another
           that
           no
           Demand
           of
           France
           (
           though
           victorious
           )
           could
           be
           so
           destructive
           to
           their
           particular
           Interest
           as
           yours
           ;
           nor
           is
           this
           kind
           of
           self
           ends
           any
           news
           to
           Christendom
           ,
           since
           we
           daily
           see
           there
           are
           men
           in
           Authority
           that
           will
           rather
           submit
           to
           the
           Turk
           himself
           than
           miss
           of
           their
           aimes
           ,
           or
           fall
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           Neighbour
           ,
           whom
           they
           hate
           or
           envy
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           therefore
           decreed
           to
           treat
           you
           with
           all
           possible
           fair
           promises
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           make
           the
           French
           jealous
           ,
           or
           thereby
           at
           least
           to
           puzzel
           their
           measures
           :
           and
           if
           they
           could
           by
           these
           Artifices
           keep
           you
           a
           Neuter
           ,
           till
           Spring
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           have
           time
           to
           set
           out
           your
           Fleet
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           compounding
           with
           his
           Christian
           Majesty
           (
           who
           missing
           your
           assistance
           would
           be
           far
           more
           tractable
           )
           we
           should
           make
           you
           contemptible
           to
           both
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           whole
           World
           also
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           Design
           ,
           but
           it
           failed
           ,
           for
           you
           presently
           shewed
           us
           you
           would
           not
           be
           amused
           ,
           and
           therefore
           began
           about
           Christmas
           to
           equippe
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           delayed
           you
           satisfaction
           ,
           you
           became
           your
           own
           Carvers
           ,
           setting
           on
           our
           Smyrna
           Fleet
           ,
           which
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           seemed
           a
           happy
           omen
           to
           some
           pretenders
           to
           Wit
           ;
           and
           a
           presage
           to
           them
           of
           our
           future
           success
           ,
           because
           you
           did
           not
           take
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           now
           plain
           you
           were
           in
           earnest
           ,
           yet
           there
           wanted
           not
           real
           good
           Patriots
           (
           though
           it
           seems
           they
           were
           deceived
           )
           that
           cheered
           both
           themselves
           and
           people
           ,
           with
           a
           fancy
           that
           your
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           without
           fail
           they
           said
           ,
           to
           sit
           in
           
             October
             .
          
           )
           would
           question
           this
           War
           ,
           and
           never
           contribute
           to
           it
           ;
           for
           't
           was
           in
           all
           our
           mouths
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           English
           Nation
           was
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Protestant
           Cause
           lay
           now
           at
           stake
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Pope
           was
           the
           Contriver
           of
           this
           difference
           .
        
         
           Many
           also
           would
           have
           it
           advantagious
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           Ships
           were
           to
           be
           joyned
           with
           you
           ;
           because
           your
           own
           Fleet
           ,
           (
           which
           you
           too
           well
           know
           we
           all
           dread
           )
           would
           not
           be
           so
           great
           now
           ,
           as
           were
           you
           left
           to
           your selves
           ;
           besides
           ,
           they
           said
           that
           Auxiliaries
           sometimes
           by
           private
           Orders
           must
           not
           fight
           ,
           at
           other
           times
           perchance
           they
           would
           not
           fight
           ,
           at
           best
           there
           was
           to
           be
           a
           deference
           and
           winking
           at
           their
           faults
           ,
           it
           being
           impossible
           for
           you
           to
           command
           them
           like
           your
           own
           Subjects
           :
           nay
           ,
           some
           envious
           men
           rejoyced
           ,
           that
           should
           you
           now
           be
           successful
           ▪
           and
           do
           all
           your selves
           ,
           yet
           these
           Allies
           would
           certainly
           rob
           you
           of
           (
           at
           least
           )
           half
           the
           G●ory
           ▪
        
         
           Spring
           being
           now
           come
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Force
           both
           by
           Sea
           &
           Land
           almost
           ready
           to
           fall
           upon
           us
           ,
           the
           Juncto
           agreed
           to
           play
           their
           Cards
           thus
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           they
           would
           put
           10
           or
           12
           thousand
           men
           at
           least
           into
           Mastricht
           ,
           as
           the
           place
           the
           Enemy
           would
           first
           attaque
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Towns
           on
           the
           
           Rhine
           ,
           being
           left
           unprovided
           ,
           they
           must
           soon
           become
           a
           prey
           to
           his
           Christian
           Majestie
           ,
           on
           whom
           they
           resolved
           (
           if
           the
           worst
           came
           to
           the
           worst
           )
           to
           depend
           ,
           nay
           ,
           rather
           on
           the
           Devil
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           at
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           his
           Party
           ,
           into
           whose
           hands
           they
           knew
           also
           they
           should
           at
           last
           fall
           ,
           if
           the
           War
           were
           but
           procrastinated
           ;
           for
           in
           times
           of
           Action
           ,
           Souldiers
           will
           alwayes
           over-top
           Gownmen
           ;
           besides
           ,
           there
           being
           very
           little
           hopes
           by
           force
           to
           resist
           two
           such
           Monarchs
           (
           which
           is
           the
           best
           excuse
           the
           world
           generally
           makes
           for
           them
           )
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           thus
           before-hand
           ,
           that
           their
           own
           Conditions
           and
           Terms
           might
           be
           the
           better
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           they
           determined
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           as
           to
           France
           ,
           yet
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           try
           one
           experiment
           first
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           an
           advantage
           to
           them
           ,
           what
           way
           soever
           it
           succeeded
           ,
           viz.
           To
           put
           out
           their
           Fleet
           with
           all
           the
           hast
           and
           privacy
           imaginable
           to
           intercept
           yours
           ,
           before
           you
           joyned
           D'Estres
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           you
           happened
           to
           beat
           us
           ,
           they
           had
           a
           fair
           pretence
           of
           having
           done
           their
           indeavours
           for
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           &
           then
           the
           French
           in
           our
           consternation
           might
           over-run
           us
           at
           pleasure
           :
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           if
           by
           surprize
           or
           chance
           we
           should
           overthrow
           you
           at
           Sea
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           easy
           to
           clap
           store
           of
           men
           into
           these
           Towns
           which
           (
           we
           now
           say
           )
           were
           designed
           to
           be
           lost
           ,
           and
           no
           hard
           thing
           in
           the
           height
           of
           our
           Victory
           &
           Joy
           to
           make
           some
           agreement
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           so
           to
           your
           loss
           alone
           ,
           all
           things
           should
           be
           here
           just
           as
           they
           were
           before
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           certain
           ,
           one
           part
           of
           the
           Project
           was
           well
           carryed
           ,
           for
           our
           Fleet
           weighed
           Anchor
           when
           few
           of
           our
           own
           News
           mongers
           thought
           it
           half
           ready
           ;
           but
           what
           the
           success
           was
           ,
           when
           we
           came
           to
           blows
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           ;
           only
           this
           I
           must
           add
           ,
           That
           
             De
             Ruyter
          
           ,
           after
           the
           Fight
           ,
           could
           not
           refrain
           saying
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           That
           now
           he
           saw
           you
           were
           invincible
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           men
           ;
           for
           whether
           we
           caught
           you
           a
           sleep
           ,
           or
           awake
           ,
           divided
           ,
           or
           together
           ,
           we
           still
           returned
           with
           loss
           :
           And
           truly
           ,
           who
           could
           imagine
           that
           a
           little
           Squadron
           ,
           nay
           rather
           6
           or
           7
           Ships
           ,
           should
           so
           long
           resist
           our
           whole
           Navy
           ;
           and
           that
           your
           Duke
           should
           engage
           with
           so
           much
           valour
           and
           fury
           ,
           as
           to
           change
           Ships
           (
           when
           refitting
           lost
           time
           )
           oftner
           than
           great
           Generals
           at
           Land
           have
           done
           their
           Horses
           .
        
         
           We
           lost
           not
           above
           four
           Sail
           (
           or
           six
           as
           some
           say
           )
           but
           certainly
           we
           never
           had
           so
           many
           men
           destroyed
           ,
           &
           our
           Fleet
           so
           torn
           before
           ;
           &
           therefore
           not
           a
           few
           question
           whether
           we
           could
           have
           repaired
           ,
           and
           been
           fit
           to
           fight
           again
           last
           Summer
           ,
           supposing
           we
           had
           had
           no
           other
           enemy
           to
           distract
           us
           .
           But
           the
           French
           Inundation
           that
           presently
           followed
           ,
           put
           it
           out
           of
           dispute
           ;
           for
           the
           great
           Sennacheri●
           (
           as
           some
           of
           our
           devout
           women
           called
           him
           )
           having
           taken
           24
           places
           in
           22
           dayes
           ,
           we
           durst
           not
           being
           our
           Ships
           into
           their
           usual
           Harbours
           ,
           being
           fully
           assured
           ,
           that
           not
           a
           Sea-man
           would
           stay
           in
           them
           ;
           for
           
           besides
           the
           fear
           of
           you
           ,
           there
           was
           none
           but
           had
           in
           this
           publick
           calamity
           concerns
           enough
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           our
           case
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           and
           now
           were
           we
           ready
           to
           yield
           up
           every
           thing
           ,
           when
           it
           pleased
           God
           that
           Vtreicht
           (
           like
           another
           Capua
           )
           or
           at
           least
           the
           strange
           rains
           ,
           &
           ill
           weather
           ,
           should
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           Victorious
           French
           by
           Land
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           the
           ruine
           your
           proud
           triumphant
           Navy
           was
           drawing
           on
           us
           ,
           for
           what
           could
           have
           saved
           our
           East-India
           Ships
           ,
           having
           no
           Allies
           ,
           nor
           Fleet
           of
           our
           own
           to
           protect
           us
           ,
           but
           a
           three
           months
           storm
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           hastened
           them
           forward
           ,
           and
           put
           you
           into
           a
           continual
           disorder
           ,
           not
           permitting
           you
           to
           watch
           your
           prey
           ,
           as
           otherwise
           you
           would
           have
           done
           :
           Nay
           ,
           some
           on
           board
           have
           assured
           me
           ,
           That
           had
           not
           the
           wind
           chopt
           about
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           we
           got
           into
           Embden
           ;
           we
           must
           nevertheless
           have
           fallen
           into
           the
           very
           midst
           of
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           our
           tumultuous
           People
           made
           no
           other
           use
           of
           this
           respite
           ,
           which
           God
           Almighty
           had
           sent
           us
           ,
           but
           to
           embrue
           their
           hands
           in
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           two
           
             De
             Witts
          
           ,
           after
           that
           strange
           and
           horrid
           manner
           you
           have
           heard
           of
           .
           I
           cannot
           (
           because
           of
           the
           consequences
           of
           it
           )
           justifie
           this
           Violence
           ,
           though
           many
           an
           impartial
           man
           thinks
           them
           to
           have
           been
           really
           guilty
           by
           their
           Treason
           of
           all
           our
           misery
           ;
           as
           also
           of
           contriving
           the
           Princes
           Death
           ,
           who
           now
           by
           the
           ill
           success
           of
           their
           Government
           ,
           had
           got
           (
           as
           they
           ever
           feared
           )
           all
           Authority
           into
           his
           hands
           ;
           yet
           there
           want
           not
           others
           ,
           who
           will
           have
           it
           ,
           That
           the
           Orange
           Party
           hired
           the
           Barber
           to
           accuse
           the
           Eldest
           Brother
           of
           having
           intentions
           of
           Poysoning
           His
           Highness
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           cryes
           against
           them
           are
           but
           meer
           Calumnies
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           possitively
           affirm
           what
           is
           laid
           to
           their
           charge
           ,
           only
           this
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           many
           more
           reasons
           against
           them
           both
           ,
           than
           for
           them
           ;
           but
           whether
           the
           Accusations
           be
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           The
           Arminians
           have
           now
           lost
           their
           Head
           ,
           and
           being
           hereby
           depressed
           ,
           are
           so
           full
           of
           malice
           and
           hatred
           ,
           that
           they
           care
           not
           who
           masters
           us
           ,
           so
           those
           in
           power
           ,
           share
           in
           the
           misery
           :
           and
           therefore
           a
           villanous
           Minister
           or
           Preacher
           of
           theirs
           (
           when
           even
           the
           Catholicks
           of
           all
           Holland
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           that
           Quarter
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           means
           assist
           or
           joyn
           with
           the
           French
           )
           brought
           them
           by
           a
           secret
           pass
           to
           the
           relief
           of
           Woerden
           ;
           by
           the
           taking
           of
           which
           ,
           we
           should
           ,
           as
           many
           affirm
           ,
           have
           regained
           half
           our
           Losses
           .
        
         
           These
           good
           Actions
           have
           made
           many
           zealous
           Protestants
           much
           esteem
           our
           Papists
           (
           who
           you
           know
           are
           numerous
           )
           and
           to
           reckon
           them
           very
           true
           and
           faithful
           to
           their
           Countrey
           .
           But
           who
           could
           have
           thought
           that
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ,
           those
           super-refined
           Sons
           of
           Rome
           ,
           should
           be
           our
           only
           Supporters
           against
           a
           Popish
           King
           ,
           whom
           the
           Pope
           himself
           has
           (
           I
           warrant
           you
           )
           blessed
           and
           congratulated
           for
           his
           Zeal
           in
           
           advancing
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           in
           earnest
           Sir
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           The
           itch
           of
           propagating
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           idle
           notions
           is
           (
           unless
           in
           your
           Countrey
           )
           quite
           out
           of
           fashion
           in
           Christendom
           ;
           and
           I
           believe
           no
           body
           thinks
           that
           France
           in
           its
           intentions
           of
           Conquering
           us
           ,
           ever
           thought
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Emperour
           troubled
           his
           head
           about
           Religion
           ,
           when
           he
           designed
           our
           Assistance
           :
           this
           was
           a
           frequent
           pretence
           about
           a
           hundred
           years
           ago
           ;
           but
           time
           and
           experience
           has
           taught
           us
           all
           wit.
           
        
         
           The
           powerfull
           entreaties
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           (
           who
           fear
           the
           loss
           of
           Flanders
           )
           were
           his
           Imperial
           Majesties
           principal
           motive
           in
           taking
           up
           Arms
           ,
           though
           naturally
           ,
           you
           may
           imagine
           ,
           he
           is
           troubled
           to
           see
           the
           strength
           of
           one
           daily
           encrease
           ,
           who
           has
           an
           eye
           upon
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           hopes
           to
           succeed
           at
           the
           next
           vacancy
           .
           Nor
           does
           the
           surprize
           of
           Lorrain
           lightly
           stick
           in
           
           Caesar's
           stomack
           ,
           which
           is
           both
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           appertains
           also
           truly
           to
           Prince
           Charles
           ,
           whose
           Protection
           he
           has
           long
           taken
           upon
           him
           :
           neither
           are
           his
           great
           Officers
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           there
           's
           much
           profit
           and
           advantage
           in
           helping
           a
           rich
           and
           plentifull
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Brandenburgh
           too
           has
           his
           ends
           ,
           you
           may
           swear
           ▪
           and
           it
           encourages
           him
           not
           a
           little
           ,
           that
           his
           great
           Master
           Leopold
           is
           concerned
           in
           our
           affairs
           .
           The
           Princesse
           Dowager
           of
           Orange
           has
           also
           a
           mighty
           influence
           over
           him
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           you
           I
           think
           it
           strange
           if
           she
           had
           rather
           have
           him
           our
           Patron
           ,
           than
           her
           Grand-child
           ;
           for
           she
           cannot
           forget
           (
           as
           her
           back-friends
           say
           )
           that
           he
           is
           Son
           to
           your
           Princess
           Royal
           ,
           whose
           great
           Birth
           she
           could
           never
           brook
           ,
           but
           envy
           .
           If
           we
           prosper
           ,
           this
           Electour
           is
           to
           have
           ,
           not
           only
           his
           own
           upon
           the
           Rhine
           free
           ,
           which
           hitherto
           in
           a
           manner
           we
           kept
           from
           him
           ;
           but
           also
           many
           other
           by-emoluments
           ;
           and
           nothing
           encourages
           both
           Prince
           and
           Peasant
           like
           gain
           .
        
         
           Our
           only
           hopes
           then
           at
           present
           ,
           are
           in
           these
           Auxiliary
           Forces
           ;
           and
           this
           advantage
           we
           have
           already
           got
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           diverted
           Turene
           ,
           and
           the
           main
           of
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           undone
           us
           before
           this
           ;
           and
           without
           all
           doubt
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Munster
           been
           by
           their
           approach
           obliged
           to
           retire
           ,
           we
           had
           not
           only
           lost
           Groningen
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           whole
           Province
           ,
           that
           of
           Westfriezland
           also
           :
           Nevertheless
           he
           has
           done
           us
           mischief
           enough
           ,
           and
           sayes
           ,
           He
           'l
           teach
           us
           to
           paint
           him
           in
           a
           Pontifical
           and
           Military
           habit
           ,
           riding
           on
           a
           Hog
           but
           who
           would
           have
           thought
           expressing
           him
           to
           be
           Master
           of
           the
           best
           
           Westphalia-Bacon
           ,
           had
           been
           so
           great
           a
           Crime
           ?
        
         
           The
           Prince
           ,
           who
           is
           all
           in
           all
           among
           us
           ,
           went
           lately
           ,
           with
           the
           whole
           strength
           he
           could
           make
           ,
           towards
           Liege
           Countrey
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           some
           great
           exploit
           ,
           to
           repair
           his
           ill
           fortune
           at
           Woerden
           :
           How
           he
           will
           prosper
           ,
           God
           knows
           ;
           only
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           our
           Peop'e
           will
           judge
           of
           the
           Conduct
           according
           to
           the
           success
           ;
           and
           therefore
           his
           Friends
           do
           very
           much
           pity
           the
           
           strange
           hard
           game
           he
           has
           to
           play
           ;
           for
           he
           must
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           have
           alwaies
           good
           luck
           if
           he
           hopes
           to
           please
           ;
           nor
           is
           he
           wholly
           to
           disoblige
           you
           ,
           whom
           he
           has
           so
           near
           a
           Relation
           to
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           must
           remember
           how
           easie
           it
           is
           for
           his
           Enemies
           to
           make
           him
           suspected
           by
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           by
           nature
           are
           alwaies
           jealous
           and
           violent
           .
           Besides
           ,
           if
           he
           stands
           in
           perpetual
           defiance
           of
           the
           late
           ruling
           Party
           ,
           he
           'l
           find
           many
           inconveniencies
           by
           it
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           publick
           good
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           protects
           or
           joyns
           with
           them
           (
           for
           many
           of
           them
           have
           made
           him
           great
           promises
           ▪
           )
           the
           commonalty
           may
           chance
           to
           forsake
           him
           ,
           and
           think
           of
           another
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           should
           happen
           ,
           what
           assurance
           or
           relyance
           can
           he
           have
           on
           them
           ,
           that
           have
           alwaies
           kept
           him
           under
           ,
           and
           perchance
           design
           this
           way
           for
           his
           final
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           ?
        
         
           If
           his
           condition
           be
           ticklish
           and
           ill
           ,
           ours
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           Nations
           )
           is
           worse
           ;
           nay
           ,
           as
           bad
           as
           it
           can
           almost
           be
           wished
           by
           you
           ;
           for
           there
           's
           scarce
           any
           Village
           that
           fears
           not
           to
           be
           burnt
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           pillag'd
           before
           morning
           by
           the
           Enemy
           .
           Our
           sluces
           and
           damms
           are
           most
           of
           them
           pull'd
           up
           ;
           our
           draining
           mills
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           that
           water
           which
           protected
           many
           places
           in
           the
           Summer
           ,
           endangers
           them
           now
           if
           it
           should
           freeze
           ;
           so
           that
           Towns
           of
           consequence
           are
           in
           perpetual
           dread
           and
           terrour
           .
           Our
           Traffique
           is
           ceased
           ,
           and
           little
           coming
           in
           ,
           and
           less
           going
           out
           ;
           and
           ,
           which
           is
           yet
           stranger
           ,
           most
           of
           our
           Sea-men
           are
           forced
           for
           a
           livelihood
           to
           run
           a
           Privateering
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           get
           somthing
           ,
           they
           must
           sell
           it
           at
           half
           the
           worth
           ,
           seeing
           our
           very
           home-trade
           is
           quite
           gone
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           the
           Mose
           and
           Rhine
           ,
           which
           heretofore
           brought
           us
           still
           so
           much
           gain
           and
           profit
           .
           No
           wonder
           then
           if
           the
           Poor
           cry
           for
           meat
           ,
           when
           the
           Rich
           can
           hardly
           live
           ;
           and
           what
           Artizan
           can
           maintain
           his
           Family
           ,
           when
           scarce
           any
           body
           will
           set
           him
           on
           work
           ?
           These
           are
           causes
           of
           Insurrections
           in
           our
           Cities
           ,
           and
           perpetual
           tumults
           among
           the
           Bores
           ;
           nor
           have
           we
           had
           any
           comfortable
           news
           this
           long
           while
           ;
           but
           the
           fond
           exaggerations
           of
           our
           Gazetts
           ,
           or
           sometimes
           the
           taking
           of
           a
           Prize
           from
           you
           ,
           which
           to
           me
           I
           confess
           brings
           little
           joy
           ,
           since
           it
           shows
           you
           are
           still
           busie
           in
           commerce
           ,
           whilst
           our
           Merchants
           sit
           idle
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           though
           perchance
           Sally
           and
           Algiers
           may
           weary
           you
           this
           way
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           done
           by
           a
           People
           whose
           whole
           glory
           and
           advantage
           depends
           upon
           Negotiation
           .
        
         
           Peace
           is
           the
           thing
           I
           cry
           for
           ;
           and
           peradvanture
           God
           will
           at
           length
           hear
           us
           ,
           since
           we
           begin
           to
           make
           good
           use
           of
           this
           affliction
           and
           chastisement
           ;
           for
           with
           admiration
           I
           say
           it
           ,
           There
           was
           never
           a
           greater
           change
           in
           any
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           mercy
           alwaies
           attends
           a
           sorrowful
           and
           contrite
           people
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           I
           had
           almost
           forgot
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           whole
           world
           stand
           amaz'd
           ,
           and
           wonder
           how
           they
           have
           been
           thus
           long
           deceived
           concerning
           you
           ;
           for
           all
           men
           of
           all
           Countries
           have
           ever
           cryed
           ,
           That
           't
           was
           your
           Parliament
           that
           in
           truth
           governed
           ;
           your
           King
           being
           no
           body
           ,
           or
           at
           
           most
           but
           half
           a
           Prince
           .
           This
           therefore
           made
           them
           generally
           conclude
           you
           an
           insignificant
           people
           either
           to
           Friend
           or
           Foe
           ;
           especially
           seeing
           there
           must
           be
           continual
           application
           in
           all
           business
           to
           both
           these
           Powers
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           't
           was
           thought
           )
           instead
           of
           agreeing
           ,
           strove
           to
           circumvent
           each
           other
           .
           But
           now
           the
           Scene
           is
           quite
           chaned
           ;
           for
           since
           they
           have
           seen
           your
           King
           raise
           an
           Army
           ,
           proclaim
           War
           ,
           set
           out
           his
           Fleet
           ,
           threaten
           Newters
           ,
           assist
           Friends
           ,
           pay
           every
           body
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           of
           himself
           ;
           they
           confess
           you
           are
           a
           potent
           Nation
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           courted
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           ballance
           of
           Christendome
           is
           in
           your
           hands
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           take
           it
           upon
           the
           word
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           This
           unexpected
           way
           of
           proceeding
           has
           done
           you
           over
           all
           Europe
           more
           real
           honour
           (
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           a
           Countrey
           is
           the
           best
           part
           of
           its
           strength
           )
           than
           any
           thing
           that
           has
           happened
           to
           you
           in
           this
           age
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           fulfilled
           your
           commands
           in
           my
           plain
           and
           inartificial
           manner
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           your
           goodness
           will
           pardon
           ,
           though
           your
           admirable
           judgement
           cannot
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           having
           thus
           shewed
           my
           obedience
           ,
           you
           must
           excuse
           my
           longing
           to
           hear
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           will
           as
           frankly
           inform
           me
           how
           things
           stand
           with
           you
           .
           I
           desire
           no
           intrigues
           of
           State
           (
           as
           I
           hinted
           in
           the
           beginning
           )
           but
           such
           an
           account
           ,
           as
           ,
           were
           I
           at
           London
           (
           and
           't
           is
           by
           your
           King's
           favour
           lawfull
           )
           every
           body
           there
           would
           give
           me
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           write
           ,
           direct
           your
           Letters
           to
           our
           Correspondent
           at
           Antwerp
           ,
           who
           grows
           rich
           by
           the
           great
           business
           that
           runs
           through
           his
           hands
           in
           these
           troubles
           :
           for
           many
           Merchants
           of
           note
           (
           and
           now
           you
           may
           see
           how
           the
           world
           is
           changed
           with
           us
           )
           are
           compelled
           to
           such
           shifts
           ,
           being
           scarce
           able
           to
           vent
           one
           penny-worth
           of
           Goods
           ,
           without
           being
           beholden
           to
           others
           .
           Farewell
           ,
           and
           God
           send
           us
           peace
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           incessant
           prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Hamburgh
             
               Decemb.
               26.
               1672.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Faithfull
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             ,
             F.
             C.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           Reader
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           'l
           pardon
           this
           Translation
           ,
           though
           it
           comes
           short
           of
           the
           Dutch
           Original
           :
           I
           put
           it
           in
           the
           nearest
           English
           I
           could
           ,
           to
           express
           the
           Author's
           sense
           ,
           and
           therefore
           take
           it
           in
           good
           part
           I
           beseech
           you
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           LETTER
           II.
           
        
         
           I
           Will
           not
           trouble
           you
           now
           with
           the
           private
           affaires
           betwixt
           us
           ,
           since
           to
           thank
           you
           for
           your
           excellent
           and
           most
           satisfactory
           Letter
           ,
           of
           the
           26
           th
           .
           past
           is
           task
           enough
           ,
           and
           far
           too
           much
           ,
           were
           I
           to
           do
           it
           as
           it
           deserves
           :
           but
           how
           could
           I
           expect
           less
           ,
           from
           one
           who
           had
           Leyden
           for
           a
           Mistress
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           and
           (
           after
           the
           death
           of
           your
           father
           )
           so
           much
           experience
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           leaving
           then
           the
           Muses
           ,
           and
           your
           Dedication
           to
           Theo
           ogie
           ,
           for
           this
           so
           profi
           able
           a
           Study
           .
           Yet
           for
           all
           I
           owe
           you
           many
           obligations
           ,
           you
           must
           pardon
           me
           if
           I
           express
           my
           mind
           freely
           in
           every
           thing
           ,
           and
           complain
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           of
           your
           writing
           in
           Dutch
           ,
           which
           (
           though
           I
           understand
           it
           )
           shews
           in
           you
           methinks
           that
           aversion
           to
           us
           ,
           you
           ever
           profest
           against
           ;
           nor
           can
           you
           have
           any
           pretence
           for
           this
           our
           unusual
           way
           of
           corresponding
           ,
           unless
           resolving
           altogether
           to
           be
           critical
           ,
           you
           prefer
           your
           Mother-tongue
           before
           one
           which
           you
           have
           acquired
           half
           by
           Art.
           This
           excuse
           is
           sufficient
           to
           me
           ,
           who
           so
           well
           know
           your
           gentle
           disposition
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           rejoyce
           at
           the
           profession
           you
           make
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           not
           yet
           lost
           all
           your
           English
           blood
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           I
           must
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           repeat
           my
           entreaties
           .
           That
           you
           would
           come
           hither
           ,
           and
           except
           of
           the
           Invitation
           of
           a
           Nation
           that
           exceeds
           (
           when
           't
           is
           confided
           in
           )
           even
           it
           s
           own
           frank
           and
           generous
           promises
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Holland
           ,
           I
           pitty
           its
           condition
           ,
           I
           'le
           assure
           you
           ;
           but
           if
           God
           Almighti'es
           particular
           Judgement
           (
           as
           you
           your self
           intimate
           )
           brought
           
             De
             Wi●t
          
           to
           that
           lamentable
           end
           ,
           for
           glorying
           too
           much
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           understanding
           ,
           what
           could
           you
           in
           Just
           ce
           otherwise
           expect
           ,
           than
           some
           strange
           unparalleld
           disastre
           ,
           their
           being
           no
           Neighbour
           whom
           you
           have
           not
           in
           your
           vanity
           affronted
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           England
           it self
           so
           kind
           and
           friendly
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           One
           Maxime
           ,
           I
           remember
           ,
           you
           had
           ever
           in
           your
           mouths
           ,
           That
           money
           was
           omnipotent
           ,
           and
           therefore
           abounding
           in
           it
           ;
           you
           could
           not
           possibly
           need
           or
           fear
           any
           thing
           ;
           but
           now
           you
           see
           the
           fallacy
           of
           that
           opinion
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           may
           want
           necessaries
           ,
           though
           your
           Coffers
           are
           full
           ,
           which
           (
           pardon
           me
           if
           I
           yet
           tell
           you
           )
           have
           been
           ever
           much
           emptier
           than
           you
           your selves
           pretended
           :
           and
           besides
           ,
           none
           are
           sooner
           reduced
           to
           extremity
           ,
           than
           atrading
           people
           once
           out
           of
           their
           method
           and
           bias
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           as
           to
           my
           particular
           concerns
           ,
           I
           was
           extreamly
           glad
           at
           the
           Peace
           of
           Breda
           ,
           and
           believed
           also
           you
           would
           remember
           the
           danger
           you
           risqued
           in
           that
           War
           ,
           having
           nothing
           in
           the
           least
           to
           satisfie
           your
           losses
           ,
           
           but
           the
           Accident
           at
           Chatham
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           wholly
           unprovided
           ;
           and
           which
           you
           know
           we
           could
           have
           quickly
           redressed
           by
           a
           new
           Fleet
           ,
           had
           not
           we
           then
           concluded
           with
           you
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           was
           glad
           of
           this
           Peace
           ,
           but
           little
           dreamed
           to
           hear
           complaints
           on
           our
           Exchange
           immediately
           upon
           it
           ;
           That
           you
           durst
           vaunt
           in
           your
           Gazetts
           to
           have
           forced
           several
           Princes
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           to
           forbid
           us
           their
           Trade
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           West-Indies
           our
           Colonies
           at
           Surinam
           were
           still
           detained
           ,
           and
           not
           suffered
           to
           come
           home
           according
           to
           our
           late
           and
           solemn
           Treaty
           .
        
         
           Several
           other
           of
           your
           injuries
           and
           scorns
           were
           dayly
           told
           me
           ,
           but
           none
           moved
           me
           inwardly
           more
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           than
           
           Bracke's
           his
           publick
           affront
           (
           who
           pretending
           to
           have
           broken
           the
           Chain
           at
           Shereness
           ,
           and
           done
           all
           the
           other
           exploits
           in
           that
           enterprise
           )
           did
           in
           many
           places
           in
           the
           Streights
           (
           and
           especially
           at
           
             Genoa
             ,
             Legorn
          
           and
           Zant
           )
           invite
           the
           Dutch
           Factory
           aboard
           him
           ,
           clapping
           alwaies
           in
           the
           height
           of
           their
           jo●lity
           t●e
           English
           Colours
           under
           the
           Dutch
           ones
           ,
           in
           token
           of
           our
           being
           Conquered
           ,
           and
           that
           now
           we
           must
           tru●kle
           under
           you
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           your
           denying
           to
           strike
           Sail
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           in
           the
           least
           concerned
           ,
           looking
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           madness
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Devil
           (
           as
           your
           Politico
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           confessed
           )
           owed
           you
           a
           shame
           ;
           otherwise
           you
           could
           never
           be
           incited
           to
           deny
           us
           a
           Right
           (
           which
           for
           its
           infinite
           consequences
           ,
           we
           value
           beyond
           expression
           )
           even
           at
           that
           very
           time
           ,
           when
           no
           body
           did
           or
           could
           defend
           you
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           France
           ,
           but
           our selves
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           't
           is
           true
           is
           more
           visible
           than
           the
           strange
           animosity
           and
           hatred
           ,
           which
           your
           
             fac
             totum
          
           (
           as
           you
           call
           him
           )
           and
           his
           friends
           bore
           us
           ;
           yet
           I
           am
           so
           candid
           to
           his
           Memory
           as
           to
           be
           half
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Treason
           ,
           was
           the
           neglecting
           of
           the
           advice
           ,
           which
           the
           old
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           left
           the
           State
           on
           his
           Death-bed
           :
           viz.
           To
           keep
           friendship
           with
           England
           upon
           any
           terms
           ,
           and
           That
           your
           standing
           Army
           should
           ever
           consist
           for
           the
           far
           greatest
           part
           of
           mercenary
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           your
           own
           Subjects
           and
           Countreymen
           :
           for
           what
           could
           be
           expected
           but
           the
           surrendring
           of
           Towns
           as
           fast
           as
           summoned
           ,
           when
           the
           Souldiers
           minded
           trade
           more
           than
           their
           business
           ,
           and
           when
           their
           Officers
           were
           both
           ignorant
           what
           an
           Enemy
           was
           ,
           and
           disheartned
           by
           the
           cryes
           of
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ?
           But
           this
           Councel
           was
           contrary
           to
           the
           Designs
           of
           your
           democratical
           and
           self-interested
           Party
           ,
           who
           know
           ,
           Souldiers
           of
           Fortune
           will
           depend
           on
           their
           General
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           never
           domineer
           at
           the
           Helm
           ,
           whilst
           this
           Great
           Commander
           had
           such
           power
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           wonder
           at
           our
           Kings
           inclination
           and
           zeal
           ,
           for
           the
           establishment
           of
           his
           Nephew
           ;
           which
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           we
           English
           look
           upon
           in
           a
           manner
           as
           his
           Right
           ;
           for
           ,
           was
           it
           fit
           ,
           do
           you
           imagine
           ,
           that
           so
           mighty
           a
           Monarch
           as
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Brittain
          
           ,
           should
           marry
           his
           
           Daughter
           to
           that
           Prince
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           custome
           of
           Nations
           (
           as
           we
           see
           in
           
             Poland
             ,
             Hungary
          
           ,
           the
           Empire
           &c.
           or
           by
           the
           private
           promises
           of
           your
           States
           assured
           ,
           that
           their
           Children
           should
           enjoy
           the
           honours
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           once
           come
           to
           Gratitude
           ,
           what
           people
           was
           ever
           more
           obliged
           ,
           than
           you
           by
           this
           great
           and
           Princely
           Family
           .
        
         
           I
           dare
           beleive
           you
           ,
           that
           your
           Rulers
           were
           afraid
           of
           our
           engrossing
           all
           trade
           ,
           since
           it
           has
           often
           with
           envy
           been
           repeated
           ,
           that
           from
           4
           or
           5
           rich
           Merchants
           in
           the
           last
           Century
           ,
           we
           have
           now
           an
           Exchange
           even
           crowded
           with
           such
           ,
           that
           do
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           are
           able
           to
           keep
           their
           Coach
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           else
           proportionable
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           also
           add
           (
           to
           what
           I
           have
           already
           urged
           )
           this
           one
           advantage
           more
           we
           have
           over
           you
           :
           viz.
           A
           plentiful
           Countrey
           by
           nature
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           depend
           not
           wholly
           upon
           Trade
           ,
           whereas
           ,
           you
           that
           are
           altogether
           its
           slaves
           ,
           must
           by
           any
           ill
           accident
           ,
           undergo
           great
           molestation
           and
           disturbance
           .
           And
           herein
           also
           you
           are
           extreamly
           unfortunate
           ,
           that
           though
           you
           know
           you
           are
           ever
           to
           be
           beholden
           to
           your
           Neighbours
           ,
           yet
           that
           Pride
           of
           yours
           which
           Riches
           create
           ,
           will
           still
           make
           you
           recalcitrate
           and
           disoblige
           your
           best
           and
           surest
           friends
           .
        
         
           Your
           present
           miseries
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           convince
           you
           sufficiently
           of
           your
           base
           usage
           of
           us
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           have
           now
           forced
           us
           (
           contrary
           to
           the
           natural
           inclination
           of
           either
           Prince
           or
           People
           )
           to
           be
           as
           well
           your
           Destroyers
           as
           Founders
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           would
           have
           defended
           you
           (
           had
           you
           but
           deserved
           it
           )
           with
           the
           same
           ease
           from
           this
           present
           attaque
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           formerly
           we
           did
           from
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           powerful
           Spaniards
           .
        
         
           England
           you
           think
           has
           some
           particular
           Mysteries
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           often
           deceive
           forreign
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           truly
           I
           am
           much
           of
           your
           sentiment
           ,
           for
           I
           never
           heard
           more
           extravagancies
           and
           wronger
           observations
           in
           my
           life
           ,
           than
           by
           Strangers
           concerning
           our
           Government
           and
           Policy
           :
           nay
           they
           have
           been
           so
           wedded
           to
           their
           opinion
           ,
           and
           especially
           about
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           assurances
           that
           knowing
           men
           of
           our
           Countrey
           could
           give
           them
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           served
           only
           to
           confirm
           and
           harden
           them
           ,
           and
           among
           this
           Sect
           of
           Polititians
           ,
           tell
           me
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           who
           was
           more
           obstinate
           than
           your self
           ?
        
         
           For
           how
           often
           have
           I
           told
           you
           (
           though
           to
           little
           purpose
           )
           That
           this
           Great
           Councel
           ,
           this
           Epitome
           of
           all
           England
           ,
           had
           no
           life
           but
           what
           it
           received
           from
           its
           Prince
           ;
           That
           it
           met
           only
           when
           he
           would
           ,
           and
           again
           dissolved
           at
           the
           least
           motion
           of
           his
           lips
           ;
           That
           being
           congregated
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           know
           our
           several
           maladies
           ,
           and
           having
           humby
           proposed
           the
           remedy
           ,
           leaves
           alwayes
           the
           fall
           determination
           to
           the
           wisdome
           of
           their
           Soveraign
           ;
           That
           our
           Monarchs
           having
           received
           from
           their
           
           People
           the
           greatest
           free
           Demesne
           and
           Revenue
           of
           any
           Potentate
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           had
           graciously
           promised
           thereupon
           never
           to
           take
           any
           mony
           from
           us
           without
           our
           own
           tendering
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           was
           never
           known
           when
           publick
           Necessities
           call'd
           (
           though
           the
           Royal
           Exchequer
           has
           also
           its
           own
           Rivers
           of
           Plenty
           )
           but
           that
           this
           Auguste
           Assembly
           was
           ever
           more
           liberal
           in
           its
           offerings
           ,
           than
           our
           Princes
           could
           be
           in
           their
           Demands
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           now
           know
           what
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           can
           do
           ,
           and
           confess
           that
           the
           world
           at
           length
           acknowledges
           its
           errour
           .
        
         
           But
           why
           do
           I
           repeat
           the
           mistakes
           of
           you
           Strangers
           in
           our
           more
           difficult
           and
           speculative
           matters
           ,
           since
           you
           daily
           contradict
           even
           your
           external
           senses
           :
           for
           to
           this
           very
           moment
           shew
           me
           one
           Traveller
           in
           ten
           thousand
           ,
           that
           calls
           London
           any
           more
           than
           one
           long
           Street
           ;
           whenas
           there
           's
           hardly
           in
           the
           World
           a
           rounder
           and
           compacter
           City
           within
           its
           walls
           :
           and
           as
           for
           the
           Suburbs
           ,
           do
           you
           but
           consider
           whether
           from
           the
           Thames
           to
           
           Southampton-house
           be
           so
           contemptible
           a
           bredth
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           might
           add
           to
           this
           (
           as
           they
           do
           in
           other
           places
           )
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           lies
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           therefore
           not
           ill
           observ'd
           by
           those
           among
           you
           ,
           [
           who
           cry'd
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           you
           had
           been
           always
           mistaken
           in
           your
           measures
           concerning
           us
           ,
           even
           when
           you
           thought
           your selves
           most
           sure
           :
           and
           doubtless
           
             De
             Witt
          
           himself
           would
           have
           been
           of
           that
           opinion
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           diametrically
           thwarted
           his
           Interest
           ;
           and
           we
           see
           that
           an
           earnest
           and
           passionate
           inclination
           to
           a
           thing
           ,
           often
           vitiates
           the
           greatest
           understanding
           and
           capacity
           :
           for
           how
           could
           he
           imagine
           (
           had
           he
           been
           in
           his
           seuses
           )
           that
           any
           little
           pique
           between
           us
           and
           the
           French
           (
           which
           for
           these
           several
           years
           has
           had
           no
           other
           grounds
           but
           their
           vain
           humour
           in
           over-valuing
           themselves
           )
           could
           make
           us
           rather
           submit
           to
           the
           continual
           and
           real
           injuries
           we
           sustained
           by
           you
           ,
           than
           joyn
           with
           them
           for
           Reparation
           ?
        
         
           If
           in
           this
           our
           conjunction
           you
           are
           conquered
           ,
           we
           shall
           certainly
           have
           a
           share
           and
           proportion
           of
           the
           booty
           ;
           nor
           will
           such
           an
           addition
           do
           us
           any
           harm
           .
           But
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           suppose
           France
           should
           alone
           ,
           and
           to
           its
           own
           use
           subjugate
           your
           Country
           yet
           I
           look
           not
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           upon
           such
           an
           incorporation
           and
           union
           (
           though
           it
           seem
           a
           Paradox
           )
           half
           so
           able
           to
           offend
           England
           ,
           as
           were
           you
           only
           
             bona
             fide
          
           ,
           confederated
           against
           us
           :
           and
           we
           know
           in
           part
           by
           the
           last
           War
           ,
           what
           such
           a
           League
           can
           do
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           French
           (
           who
           are
           so
           volatile
           by
           nature
           )
           will
           be
           ten
           times
           more
           lax
           by
           the
           extent
           of
           their
           Dominions
           ,
           than
           at
           present
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           should
           chance
           to
           have
           a
           careless
           ,
           or
           less
           active
           Prince
           ,
           they
           'l
           presently
           full
           into
           intestine
           disorder
           &
           confusion
           :
           nor
           was
           there
           ever
           since
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           a
           potent
           people
           in
           a
           Continent
           (
           which
           is
           the
           
           true
           Seat
           for
           an
           Empire
           )
           that
           can
           show
           fewer
           marks
           of
           their
           bravery
           than
           they
           ;
           for
           though
           they
           have
           been
           alwaies
           in
           War
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           powerfull
           Monarchy
           time
           out
           of
           minde
           ,
           yet
           have
           they
           not
           one
           foot
           of
           Land
           out
           of
           France
           it self
           ,
           except
           what
           they
           have
           got
           within
           these
           few
           years
           ;
           and
           which
           in
           truth
           is
           not
           yet
           worth
           the
           speaking
           of
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           no
           body
           must
           imagine
           that
           the
           Shipping
           of
           Holland
           will
           be
           the
           sixt
           part
           so
           considerable
           after
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           as
           now
           it
           is
           ;
           for
           the
           domineering
           temper
           of
           French
           Governours
           ,
           and
           the
           obstinate
           self-will'd
           Genius
           of
           your
           people
           (
           that
           have
           been
           so
           long
           free
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           are
           so
           different
           ,
           that
           most
           will
           rather
           beg
           than
           stay
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           do
           chance
           to
           remain
           ,
           will
           presently
           change
           in
           a
           manner
           their
           whole
           course
           of
           living
           :
           and
           thus
           it
           hath
           fared
           with
           Dunkirk
           ,
           which
           formerly
           bred
           up
           as
           able
           Sea-men
           as
           any
           were
           in
           Europe
           ;
           yet
           now
           it
           has
           nothing
           in
           it
           considerable
           ,
           though
           this
           present
           excellent
           King
           be
           a
           greater
           Encourager
           of
           all
           Maritime
           Affairs
           than
           will
           sit
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           on
           his
           Throne
           these
           many
           and
           many
           Ages
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           this
           is
           but
           a
           fancy
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           and
           though
           false
           ,
           yet
           as
           true
           as
           some
           of
           the
           whimsies
           of
           your
           transcendent
           States-men
           ,
           who
           were
           pleased
           to
           imagine
           England
           so
           foolish
           as
           to
           think
           the
           joyning
           with
           His
           Christian
           Majesty
           would
           prejudice
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           ;
           and
           yet
           your selves
           might
           innocently
           forsooth
           league
           with
           this
           very
           Monarch
           against
           us
           :
           besides
           ,
           every
           body
           saw
           that
           neither
           we
           ,
           nor
           you
           ,
           nor
           any
           reformed
           State
           in
           Christendom
           apprehended
           then
           the
           least
           detriment
           to
           our
           Religion
           by
           it
           ▪
           and
           therefore
           ,
           why
           I
           pray
           should
           it
           be
           otherwise
           now
           ?
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           postponing
           the
           Bankers
           ,
           I
           never
           doubted
           but
           it
           would
           surprize
           your
           Grandees
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           well
           reflected
           upon
           by
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           Kings
           find
           still
           Expedients
           when
           others
           little
           dream
           of
           them
           :
           nor
           was
           yet
           this
           a
           far-fetch't
           one
           ,
           since
           there
           have
           been
           few
           Monarchies
           or
           States
           that
           have
           not
           done
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           the
           very
           same
           thing
           ;
           nay
           ,
           were
           your
           Bank
           at
           Amsterdam
           call'd
           upon
           ,
           't
           will
           be
           found
           that
           in
           our
           memory
           it
           never
           had
           enough
           
             in
             specie
          
           to
           satisfie
           half
           its
           credit
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           your
           Wise
           ones
           erred
           in
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           also
           well
           do
           it
           in
           their
           Conjectural
           consequences
           ;
           for
           (
           believe
           me
           )
           the
           Crown
           will
           never
           want
           Lenders
           when
           it
           really
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           them
           ;
           nor
           ,
           can
           any
           man
           that
           has
           thus
           put
           out
           his
           money
           (
           except
           a
           few
           that
           may
           have
           had
           perchance
           some
           present
           occasion
           )
           be
           the
           least
           inconvenienced
           thereby
           ,
           having
           for
           security
           the
           word
           of
           this
           King
           ,
           the
           interest
           of
           his
           Successors
           ,
           and
           the
           Reputation
           even
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           it self
           ,
           which
           will
           never
           let
           so
           many
           good
           Subjects
           suffer
           ,
           when
           their
           money
           (
           or
           what
           should
           have
           reimburs'd
           them
           )
           was
           spent
           in
           a
           necessary
           War
           for
           the
           honour
           and
           safety
           of
           us
           all
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           the
           Sea
           ,
           which
           surrounding
           us
           ,
           keeps
           us
           from
           danger
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           therefore
           
           the
           Dominion
           of
           it
           which
           al
           our
           Princes
           have
           so
           c●refully
           lookt
           after
           ;
           for
           if
           to
           shew
           our
           Jurisdiction
           't
           was
           ever
           lawful
           to
           oblige
           your
           single
           Ships
           to
           strike
           to
           our
           least
           Man
           of
           War
           ,
           we
           have
           stil
           the
           same
           Reason
           and
           Justice
           to
           require
           it
           from
           your
           Fleet
           ;
           since
           your
           whole
           Navy
           has
           no
           more
           Right
           in
           these
           Seas
           ,
           then
           any
           one
           of
           your
           Vessels
           when
           it
           is
           alone
           ;
           and
           if
           number
           and
           strength
           may
           pretend
           (
           as
           you
           say
           )
           to
           exemptions
           ,
           that
           plainly
           declares
           War
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           you
           own
           your selves
           Aggressors
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           cause
           that
           we
           set
           on
           your
           Smirna
           Fleet
           ,
           w●hch
           absolutely
           denied
           to
           pay
           us
           this
           duty
           :
           and
           if
           five
           of
           our
           Frigats
           were
           not
           able
           to
           take
           50
           ▪
           Merchant
           Ships
           mounted
           with
           20
           and
           30
           Guns
           apiece
           ,
           yet
           they
           suffic'd
           ,
           with
           three
           more
           that
           came
           afterwards
           in
           ,
           to
           sink
           your
           Reer
           Admiral
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           home
           some
           of
           the
           richest
           as
           Prizes
           ,
           in
           spight
           of
           eight
           Men
           of
           War
           that
           convey'd
           them
           :
           And
           pray
           remember
           ,
           you
           were
           here
           again
           Breakers
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           seeing
           he
           that
           denies
           a
           Prince
           his
           usual
           Priviledges
           ,
           declares
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           War
           against
           him
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           before
           never
           so
           strictly
           leagued
           together
           .
        
         
           These
           extravagant
           and
           accumulative
           injuries
           have
           at
           length
           caus'd
           a
           breach
           ,
           the
           effects
           of
           which
           (
           as
           was
           expected
           )
           you
           already
           with
           sorrow
           feel
           ,
           not
           daring
           now
           to
           put
           to
           Sea
           any
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           the
           least
           probability
           of
           meeting
           ours
           :
           And
           truly
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           though
           I
           commend
           alwayes
           the
           ingenuity
           and
           artifice
           of
           an
           enemy
           ,
           yet
           I
           can
           by
           no
           means
           think
           your
           late
           setting
           upon
           us
           at
           
             Sould
             Bay
          
           ,
           deserves
           the
           name
           of
           contrivance
           ,
           because
           all
           Fleets
           must
           be
           at
           Anchor
           if
           they
           take
           in
           necessaries
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           so
           ,
           any
           enemy
           (
           the
           wind
           blowing
           fair
           )
           may
           have
           this
           so
           frequent
           and
           ordinary
           advantage
           .
        
         
           There
           's
           no
           fence
           against
           this
           accident
           but
           Scouts
           ,
           and
           ours
           gave
           us
           the
           alarm
           two
           hours
           before
           your
           arrival
           ,
           and
           you
           soon
           found
           what
           resistance
           our
           very
           Vantguard
           could
           make
           ;
           and
           had
           not
           we
           lost
           the
           most
           noble
           and
           famoms
           Earl
           of
           Sandwich
           (
           whom
           nothing
           but
           a
           Fire-ship
           could
           master
           )
           this
           rencounter
           had
           been
           to
           us
           nothing
           but
           a
           pass-time
           ,
           in
           which
           notwithstanding
           you
           lost
           I
           dare
           affirm
           ,
           neer
           double
           the
           number
           of
           what
           has
           been
           very
           publickly
           owned
           by
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           though
           you
           had
           even
           then
           a
           strange
           mist
           ,
           and
           other
           happy
           hitts
           to
           stand
           between
           you
           and
           utter
           ruin
           ,
           as
           also
           afterwards
           a
           three
           months
           storm
           (
           as
           you
           justly
           call
           it
           )
           for
           the
           protection
           of
           your
           East-India
           Fleet
           ,
           yet
           I
           know
           the
           proudest
           of
           you
           are
           now
           convinc'd
           that
           there
           's
           no
           dealing
           with
           us
           ;
           and
           truly
           when
           I
           consider
           our
           Ships
           ,
           our
           Men
           ,
           our
           Commanders
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           our
           great
           Admiral
           (
           who
           has
           given
           the
           world
           such
           proofs
           of
           his
           prodigious
           Valour
           and
           Patience
           ,
           Virtues
           that
           at
           last
           will
           conquer
           even
           Fortune
           it self
           )
           I
           may
           without
           vanity
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           the
           Justice
           
           maginable
           say
           ,
           we
           need
           never
           fear
           any
           thing
           here
           in
           England
           but
           our
           sins
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           marvel
           if
           it
           were
           
             De
             Witts
          
           nicking
           blow
           ;
           for
           doubtless
           no
           one
           thing
           ever
           setled
           a
           distracted
           Country
           in
           so
           much
           Unity
           as
           this
           .
           His
           Majesty
           for
           12
           years
           together
           suffered
           the
           Laws
           to
           be
           often
           severely
           executed
           against
           all
           Dissenters
           without
           exceptions
           ,
           which
           had
           no
           other
           effect
           ,
           but
           to
           incense
           most
           of
           them
           so
           far
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           no
           manner
           of
           regard
           or
           tenderness
           for
           it
           ,
           nay
           many
           (
           like
           sick
           men
           that
           vainly
           expect
           ease
           by
           change
           )
           rejoyc'd
           at
           ill
           news
           ,
           and
           seemed
           earnestly
           to
           wish
           our
           ruine
           ;
           and
           doubtless
           were
           not
           
             Great
             Brittain
          
           an
           Island
           ,
           we
           had
           been
           over-run
           long
           ago
           .
           But
           now
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           no
           people
           speak
           more
           reverently
           of
           the
           King
           than
           they
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           know
           any
           one
           Sect
           here
           among
           us
           (
           though
           I
           am
           surrounded
           with
           their
           Meeting-houses
           )
           that
           has
           committed
           the
           least
           scandal
           since
           this
           his
           Royal
           Grace
           and
           Freedom
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           whilst
           it
           is
           in
           my
           head
           ,
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           
             Rotterdam
             Quaker
          
           turn'd
           Hector
           upon
           notice
           of
           this
           Indulgence
           ,
           it
           had
           such
           efficacy
           over
           his
           Brethren
           here
           ,
           that
           whilst
           it
           was
           but
           in
           projection
           they
           suddainly
           became
           Wits
           ,
           and
           ventured
           to
           jeer
           the
           Players
           themselves
           ,
           their
           piquant
           and
           sworn
           Enemies
           .
           For
           the
           King's
           Theatre
           hapening
           to
           be
           fir'd
           ,
           with
           many
           hundred
           pounds
           loss
           to
           the
           single
           share
           of
           Mr.
           Hart
           ,
           an
           Actor
           ;
           One
           of
           these
           Spiritual
           Drolls
           being
           ask't
           at
           their
           Assembly
           next
           day
           ,
           what
           news
           was
           stiring
           ?
           None
           friend
           ,
           (
           said
           he
           )
           that
           I
           know
           ▪
           but
           that
           the
           King's
           Meeting-house
           is
           burnt
           ;
           and
           so
           gave
           the
           joyful
           Auditory
           a
           full
           account
           of
           all
           particulars
           :
           Nay
           then
           (
           replyed
           the
           Demandant
           )
           we
           need
           no
           longer
           fear
           those
           blasphemers
           of
           the
           Saints
           ;
           for
           now
           without
           doubt
           their
           
             Heart
             is
             broken
          
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           to
           your
           Qu●re
           concerning
           the
           duration
           of
           this
           Grace
           ,
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           though
           there
           be
           among
           our
           wise
           and
           learned
           Clergy
           some
           
           Demetrius's
           that
           value
           their
           Diana
           ,
           and
           private
           concerns
           before
           the
           Tranquility
           and
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           yet
           these
           (
           which
           is
           the
           happiness
           of
           it
           )
           are
           so
           inconsiderable
           in
           every
           respect
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           assure
           your
           friends
           ,
           't
           will
           never
           be
           in
           their
           power
           to
           perswade
           his
           Majesty
           to
           recall
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           which
           all
           men
           of
           parts
           do
           now
           aknowledge
           to
           be
           the
           Bond
           of
           Peace
           and
           Unity
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           Nor
           need
           you
           fear
           that
           any
           Congregation
           will
           be
           excluded
           ,
           because
           it
           frustrates
           the
           very
           intention
           of
           the
           Favour
           ,
           by
           affrighting
           all
           Dissenters
           whatsoever
           ;
           for
           if
           any
           party
           be
           excepted
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           because
           they
           are
           not
           considerable
           enough
           to
           be
           apprehended
           by
           the
           Government
           ;
           and
           then
           will
           the
           weakest
           of
           the
           Tolerated
           take
           the
           Alarm
           ,
           and
           so
           from
           one
           to
           another
           't
           will
           presently
           infect
           the
           whole
           Body
           in
           general
           .
           For
           which
           Sect
           
           can
           assure
           themselves
           but
           that
           from
           a
           numerous
           Party
           (
           since
           Religion
           also
           has
           its
           ebbings
           and
           flowings
           )
           they
           may
           soon
           become
           Christ's
           little
           flock
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           they
           are
           certain
           beforehand
           to
           find
           no
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           Such
           an
           Exclusion
           also
           is
           wholly
           opposite
           to
           the
           King's
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           ,
           his
           merciful
           Disposition
           and
           Temper
           having
           gain'd
           him
           the
           affection
           of
           the
           Non-Conformists
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           grand
           thing
           on
           which
           they
           all
           rely
           ;
           for
           Political
           Indulgence
           (
           they
           say
           )
           may
           change
           with
           every
           wind
           ,
           but
           what
           Nature
           has
           established
           ought
           to
           be
           look'd
           upon
           as
           fixed
           and
           permanent
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           comes
           it
           to
           pass
           unless
           you
           continue
           overvaluing
           your selves
           ,
           and
           taking
           wrong
           informations
           of
           us
           ,
           that
           you
           think
           we
           are
           the
           only
           Wranglers
           in
           Christendom
           about
           Religion
           .
           I
           must
           again
           assure
           you
           ,
           you
           have
           very
           ill
           intelligence
           ;
           for
           we
           now
           understand
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           true
           Protestant
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             all
             Well-living
             Christians
             may
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           with
           reason
           defie
           those
           that
           persecute
           for
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           the
           Judicious
           also
           find
           to
           be
           the
           true
           cause
           of
           the
           spawning
           and
           growth
           of
           Sects
           .
           For
           be
           pleased
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           though
           we
           have
           abounded
           in
           all
           other
           opinions
           imaginable
           ,
           yet
           no
           man
           ever
           heard
           of
           an
           English
           Lutheran
           ;
           and
           truly
           could
           I
           have
           notice
           of
           such
           a
           wonder
           ,
           I
           would
           (
           as
           old
           as
           I
           am
           )
           go
           20
           miles
           afoot
           to
           see
           him
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           Henry
           the
           8th's
           Book
           against
           that
           Patriarch
           ,
           did
           so
           absolutely
           convince
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           never
           since
           digest
           his
           Tenets
           ;
           for
           ,
           were
           this
           the
           cause
           ,
           what
           would
           have
           become
           of
           us
           all
           ,
           had
           Calvin
           received
           a
           broad-side
           also
           ?
           No
           Sir
           ,
           the
           reason
           is
           evident
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           he
           never
           drew
           blood
           from
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           made
           the
           least
           Law
           against
           him
           ,
           whereas
           he
           so
           worried
           the
           Disciples
           of
           the
           other
           with
           his
           2
           leash
           of
           Articles
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctrine
           became
           as
           fixed
           as
           Tyburn
           ,
           the
           Post
           they
           were
           so
           often
           baited
           at
           .
        
         
           Thus
           dealt
           also
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           and
           her
           Brother
           with
           our
           Anabaptists
           and
           the
           then
           Sectaries
           ,
           drawing
           from
           them
           that
           blood
           which
           might
           have
           endangered
           their
           suffocation
           .
           Nay
           ,
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           served
           she
           our
           Jesuites
           ,
           for
           having
           caught
           Campian
           (
           who
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           companion
           ,
           were
           the
           two
           first
           ,
           as
           Cambden
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           ever
           came
           into
           England
           )
           he
           was
           no
           sooner
           quartered
           ,
           but
           from
           a
           few
           wandring
           Scholars
           without
           Stock
           ,
           without
           Houses
           ,
           without
           Patrons
           ,
           and
           absolutely
           beholden
           to
           other
           Provinces
           ,
           they
           became
           presently
           (
           even
           by
           assistance
           of
           Parsons
           ,
           who
           was
           he
           that
           escaped
           )
           not
           only
           to
           be
           a
           body
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           but
           Masters
           also
           of
           Colledges
           in
           
             Spain
             ,
             Rome
             ,
             Flanders
          
           ,
           and
           where
           not
           ?
           and
           courted
           ever
           after
           by
           several
           great
           Princes
           of
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           our
           Papists
           come
           in
           my
           way
           ,
           who
           have
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           
           (
           for
           you
           cannot
           outdo
           us
           in
           any
           thing
           )
           shewed
           as
           much
           Loyalty
           here
           ,
           as
           your
           own
           at
           home
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           now
           that
           we
           speak
           of
           these
           Papists
           ,
           they
           also
           demonstrate
           not
           a
           little
           methinks
           ,
           that
           Religions
           gain
           force
           by
           Persecution
           ,
           especially
           seeing
           Holborn
           (
           the
           grand
           Road
           of
           those
           they
           stile
           Martyrs
           )
           hath
           with
           its
           inletts
           more
           of
           that
           perswsion
           ,
           than
           any
           ten
           Streets
           ,
           pick
           them
           where
           you
           will
           ,
           throughout
           the
           City
           .
           Therefore
           (
           as
           a
           Corollary
           from
           this
           Theoreme
           )
           when
           I
           hear
           any
           man
           earnestly
           talk
           of
           suppressing
           of
           Sects
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           decency
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           order
           will
           otherwise
           fall
           (
           fancies
           which
           his
           little
           private
           concerns
           prompt
           him
           to
           )
           I
           presently
           advise
           him
           to
           get
           two
           or
           three
           Sir
           Johns
           of
           his
           Party
           hang'd
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           'le
           hang
           afterwards
           if
           ever
           then
           we
           want
           either
           Tippet
           ,
           Rochet
           ,
           Cope
           ,
           Organ
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           such
           like
           weighty
           and
           fundamental
           parts
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           our
           eyes
           are
           opened
           ,
           and
           we
           find
           that
           all
           Opinions
           in
           power
           have
           still
           used
           severities
           against
           their
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           therefore
           none
           ought
           to
           blame
           his
           fellow
           ,
           seeing
           we
           have
           all
           erred
           and
           strayed
           ,
           and
           followed
           too
           much
           the
           devices
           and
           desires
           of
           our
           own
           hearts
           ;
           for
           thus
           did
           Henry
           the
           eight
           ,
           thus
           did
           Edward
           the
           sixth
           ,
           thus
           did
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           thus
           did
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           thus
           did
           King
           James
           ,
           thus
           did
           King
           Charles
           the
           first
           ,
           thus
           did
           the
           
             Long
             Parliament
          
           ,
           thus
           did
           the
           Rump
           ,
           but
           thus
           will
           not
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           do
           any
           more
           ,
           who
           knows
           by
           experience
           as
           well
           as
           inclination
           what
           a
           virtue
           Mercy
           is
           ;
           and
           really
           it
           vexes
           me
           to
           see
           even
           Papists
           themselves
           call
           us
           into
           the
           list
           ,
           and
           offer
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           executed
           more
           of
           theirs
           for
           Religion
           ,
           than
           they
           of
           ours
           ;
           adding
           as
           an
           alleviation
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           less
           cruelty
           in
           any
           man
           to
           destroy
           egs
           in
           their
           hatching
           ,
           than
           a
           Covey
           that
           is
           pen-feathered
           ,
           and
           at
           its
           full
           growth
           :
           but
           now
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           our
           eyes
           are
           opened
           ,
           and
           both
           they
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           we
           English
           understand
           good
           nature
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Non
             saremo
             sempre
             Polachi
          
           ,
           We
           will
           not
           alwaies
           be
           Polanders
           ,
           who
           (
           besides
           their
           innate
           folly
           proverbially
           said
           to
           their
           charge
           by
           Italians
           )
           could
           yet
           lately
           quarrel
           with
           one
           another
           even
           when
           the
           Turk
           himself
           was
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           your
           Countrymen
           that
           are
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           our
           Turks
           ,
           and
           perchance
           as
           faithless
           as
           they
           ,
           yet
           this
           difference
           is
           betwixt
           you
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           got
           as
           many
           Provinces
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           now
           lost
           ,
           though
           both
           happened
           by
           the
           same
           means
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           breaking
           Solemn
           Oaths
           and
           Promises
           .
        
         
           One
           command
           more
           I
           am
           to
           obey
           you
           in
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           have
           done
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           in
           giving
           you
           an
           account
           of
           the
           present
           State
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           which
           in
           gross
           I
           assure
           you
           is
           the
           same
           as
           formerly
           ,
           but
           in
           Affection
           and
           Concord
           much
           better
           ;
           nor
           has
           any
           one
           Prophesy
           or
           Prediction
           of
           your
           partial
           Juncto
           even
           yet
           happened
           to
           us
           .
           Some
           Merchants
           of
           ours
           have
           lost
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ;
           yet
           yours
           ,
           though
           they
           durst
           not
           venture
           out
           to
           Sea
           ,
           have
           felt
           
           the
           fury
           at
           home
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           Water
           ,
           but
           of
           Fire
           also
           ;
           as
           you
           will
           find
           by
           your
           Letters
           ,
           which
           (
           like
           
           Job's
           several
           Messengers
           )
           have
           ,
           I
           question
           not
           ,
           brought
           you
           worse
           and
           worse
           tydings
           ,
           since
           the
           writing
           of
           your
           last
           .
        
         
           Nor
           will
           your
           people
           (
           I
           'le
           be
           bound
           )
           ever
           hereafter
           boast
           of
           the
           gain
           or
           advantage
           had
           by
           Capers
           ,
           it
           being
           so
           like
           to
           that
           of
           our
           Carters
           and
           Porters
           ,
           whilst
           the
           City
           was
           on
           fire
           ,
           who
           got
           for
           the
           present
           sufficient
           for
           Brandy
           ,
           but
           were
           ready
           to
           starve
           the
           following
           week
           ,
           when
           not
           only
           their
           new
           but
           their
           old
           employment
           also
           ceased
           .
        
         
           God
           send
           you
           a
           good
           Peace
           ,
           &
           give
           you
           grace
           to
           accept
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           offered
           ,
           which
           may
           perchance
           hinder
           your
           utter
           ruine
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           there
           will
           be
           an
           Army
           ,
           I
           can
           assure
           you
           ,
           of
           above
           an
           hundred
           thousand
           Fresh
           men
           within
           your
           bowels
           next
           Summer
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           Fleet
           of
           ours
           than
           ever
           ,
           blocking
           up
           your
           Havens
           under
           his
           Royal
           Command
           ,
           who
           has
           already
           twice
           defeated
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           tyred
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           sufficiently
           ,
           though
           with
           truth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           now
           stop
           here
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           assured
           you
           ,
           that
           nothing
           shall
           ever
           lessen
           my
           kindness
           and
           respects
           for
           you
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           all
           occasions
           I
           will
           be
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             Faithfull
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             ,
             J.
             G.
             
          
           
             London
             ,
             
               January
               16.
               1672
               
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