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             The letter sent by the States-General of the United Provinces of the Low Countreys to His Majesty, by their Trumpeter together with His Majesties answer to the said letter / translated out of French into English.
             Lettre des Estats Generaux des Provinces Unies des Pays Bas envoyee a sa majeste le Roy de La Grande Bretagne par un trompette. English
             United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.
             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
             Fagel, Gaspar, 1634-1688.
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           THE
           LETTER
           Sent
           by
           the
           States-General
           of
           the
           United
           Provinces
           Of
           the
           
             Low
             Countreys
          
           TO
           HIS
           MAJESTY
           ,
           
             By
             their
             Trumpeter
             :
          
           Together
           with
           His
           Majesties
           Answer
           To
           the
           said
           
             Letter
             .
          
        
         
           Translated
           out
           of
           
             French
          
           into
           
             English
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Published
                   by
                   His
                   Majesties
                   special
                   Command
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           royal coat of arms
           
             DIEV
             ET
             MON
             DROIT
          
           
             HONI
             SOIT
             QVI
             MAL
             Y
             PENSE
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           the
           Assigns
           of
           
             John
             Bill
          
           and
           
             Christopher
             Barker
             ,
          
           Printers
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           1673.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           Sent
           by
           the
           STATES-GENERAL
           OF
           THE
           
             VNITED
             PROVINCES
          
           TO
           THE
           KING
           of
           
             GREAT
             BRITAIN
             .
          
        
         
           
             SIRE
             ,
          
        
         
           AS
           we
           have
           never
           desired
           any
           thing
           more
           then
           to
           merit
           the
           good
           Will
           of
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           cultivate
           a
           Friendship
           which
           had
           been
           heretofore
           Hereditary
           between
           Your
           Majesties
           Kingdom
           and
           this
           Republick
           ;
           so
           ,
           we
           were
           beyond
           measure
           troubled
           when
           we
           saw
           Your
           Majesty
           exasperated
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           Artifices
           of
           evil
           minded
           persons
           Your
           Subjects
           and
           Ours
           have
           been
           overwhelmed
           with
           those
           miseries
           which
           are
           inseparable
           from
           War
           ,
           
           
           
           
           
           and
           brought
           to
           shed
           that
           bloud
           which
           hath
           been
           alwayes
           dear
           to
           either
           side
           .
           The
           sad
           experience
           we
           had
           thereof
           on
           both
           parts
           in
           the
           preceding
           War
           ,
           had
           given
           us
           cause
           to
           believe
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           that
           after
           we
           were
           re-united
           ,
           the
           Peace
           would
           be
           a
           blessing
           which
           was
           no
           more
           to
           be
           ravished
           from
           us
           .
           And
           we
           were
           the
           rather
           perswaded
           of
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           New
           Alliances
           we
           were
           entred
           into
           ,
           seemed
           able
           to
           make
           our
           Union
           eternal
           :
           But
           seeing
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           for
           the
           chastisement
           of
           the
           two
           Nations
           ,
           hath
           permitted
           that
           things
           should
           not
           continue
           long
           in
           that
           happy
           estate
           ,
           we
           no
           sooner
           perceived
           a
           Misunderstanding
           arise
           ,
           but
           we
           thought
           our selves
           obliged
           to
           use
           all
           imaginable
           endeavours
           to
           stop
           the
           progress
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           omit
           nothing
           that
           might
           contribute
           to
           the
           preventing
           so
           great
           an
           evil
           as
           that
           of
           a
           Rupture
           .
           In
           order
           to
           which
           ,
           being
           certainly
           informed
           that
           Your
           Majesty
           was
           offended
           at
           a
           Medall
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           not
           suffered
           to
           be
           sold
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           thought
           it
           very
           innocent
           ,
           we
           immediately
           suppressed
           it
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           very
           Stamps
           to
           be
           broken
           for
           fear
           there
           might
           be
           some
           made
           secretly
           ;
           And
           to
           give
           Your
           Majesty
           more
           essential
           proofs
           of
           the
           esteem
           we
           had
           of
           Your
           Friendship
           ,
           we
           yielded
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           whatever
           You
           were
           pleased
           to
           demand
           of
           us
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           
             Surinam
             ,
          
           how
           prejudicial
           soever
           the
           thing
           were
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           reason
           we
           otherwise
           had
           not
           to
           consent
           to
           it
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           we
           sent
           the
           Sieur
           
             Van
             Beuningen
          
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           for
           removing
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           the
           sinister
           impressions
           which
           some
           laboured
           to
           
           possess
           Your
           Majesty
           with
           ,
           and
           for
           perfecting
           a
           Regulation
           proposed
           by
           Your
           Majesties
           Ambassador
           between
           Your
           
             East-India
          
           Company
           and
           Ours
           .
           Since
           that
           ,
           although
           the
           little
           success
           which
           the
           said
           Sieur
           
             Van
             Beuningens
          
           Negotiation
           had
           had
           ,
           gave
           us
           but
           too
           great
           cause
           to
           fear
           that
           we
           should
           not
           succeed
           better
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           yet
           we
           no
           sooner
           understood
           that
           there
           were
           some
           who
           would
           perswade
           Your
           Majesty
           as
           well
           against
           all
           likelihood
           of
           truth
           ,
           as
           truth
           it self
           ,
           That
           we
           treated
           underhand
           with
           
             France
          
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           Your
           Majesties
           interests
           ,
           but
           we
           gave
           order
           without
           delay
           to
           our
           Ambassador
           with
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           declare
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           in
           our
           name
           ,
           That
           to
           shew
           the
           falshood
           of
           those
           reports
           which
           were
           spread
           abroad
           to
           our
           disadvantage
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           Your
           Majesty
           essential
           and
           unquestionable
           marks
           of
           the
           sincerity
           of
           our
           intentions
           ,
           we
           were
           ready
           to
           enter
           into
           such
           an
           Alliance
           with
           You
           as
           You
           should
           think
           fit
           ,
           how
           strict
           soever
           it
           should
           be
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           far
           beyond
           any
           thing
           we
           had
           hitherto
           done
           ,
           for
           securing
           the
           Peace
           of
           
             Europe
             .
          
           Then
           followed
           the
           affair
           of
           the
           Flagg
           ,
           wherein
           we
           think
           our
           conduct
           hath
           been
           with
           all
           imaginable
           respect
           towards
           Your
           Majesties
           Person
           :
           And
           although
           the
           Answer
           we
           gave
           to
           Your
           Ambassadors
           Memorial
           be
           such
           as
           we
           shall
           always
           be
           ready
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           all
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           Yet
           upon
           complaint
           that
           it
           was
           obscure
           and
           insufficient
           ,
           we
           sent
           an
           Ambassador
           Extraordinary
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           gave
           power
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           our
           Ordinary
           Ambassador
           ,
           to
           clear
           what
           should
           be
           thought
           obscure
           ,
           and
           to
           adde
           what
           should
           
           be
           necessary
           :
           But
           instead
           of
           entring
           into
           regular
           Conferences
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           letting
           them
           know
           what
           was
           defective
           in
           our
           Answer
           ,
           they
           were
           neglected
           ,
           and
           no
           Conference
           granted
           them
           upon
           the
           point
           which
           might
           have
           ended
           all
           our
           differences
           ,
           till
           an
           hour
           after
           Your
           Majesties
           Declaration
           of
           War
           had
           been
           read
           and
           approved
           in
           Your
           Council
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           ,
           
             SIRE
             ,
          
           doth
           sufficiently
           evidence
           ,
           with
           what
           application
           and
           zeal
           we
           have
           laboured
           to
           satisfie
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           extinguish
           in
           its
           birth
           a
           Fire
           which
           is
           ready
           to
           consume
           all
           Christendom
           .
           And
           as
           we
           have
           not
           entred
           into
           this
           War
           but
           from
           an
           indispensable
           necessity
           of
           defending
           and
           protecting
           our
           Subjects
           ,
           we
           have
           ever
           since
           the
           Rupture
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           we
           were
           able
           ,
           sought
           Your
           Majesties
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           never
           given
           over
           the
           making
           overtures
           of
           Peace
           .
           Upon
           which
           account
           we
           sent
           our
           Deputies
           Extraordinary
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           
             June
          
           of
           the
           year
           last
           past
           ,
           who
           were
           confined
           to
           
             Hampton
             Court
             ,
          
           without
           having
           any
           Audience
           given
           them
           ,
           or
           being
           heard
           what
           they
           had
           to
           say
           on
           our
           part
           .
           A
           Minister
           from
           the
           Elector
           of
           
             Brandenburgh
          
           passed
           also
           into
           
             England
          
           upon
           the
           same
           subject
           ,
           and
           charged
           himself
           ,
           at
           our
           request
           ,
           with
           the
           representing
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           the
           ardent
           desire
           we
           had
           to
           see
           Your
           Majesty
           entertain
           other
           sentiments
           ,
           and
           our
           disposition
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           in
           our
           power
           to
           acquire
           again
           the
           honour
           of
           Your
           Majesties
           good
           Correspondence
           .
           Since
           that
           ,
           upon
           the
           Proposition
           made
           by
           the
           Mediators
           of
           a
           general
           Truce
           ,
           for
           as
           much
           as
           according
           to
           our
           judgment
           
           we
           could
           not
           consent
           to
           it
           without
           hazarding
           the
           Safety
           of
           our
           State
           ;
           yet
           ,
           to
           evidence
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           how
           great
           a
           desire
           we
           had
           to
           give
           You
           all
           possible
           marks
           of
           our
           Respect
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           end
           to
           procure
           to
           Your
           Subjects
           all
           the
           advantages
           which
           they
           could
           have
           received
           from
           a
           general
           Truce
           ,
           we
           offered
           one
           by
           Sea
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           for
           the
           term
           of
           a
           year
           ,
           or
           a
           longer
           time
           ,
           if
           Your
           Majesty
           thought
           it
           convenient
           ;
           judging
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           condition
           things
           were
           then
           in
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           give
           a
           greater
           proof
           of
           the
           ardent
           passion
           we
           had
           to
           smooth
           the
           way
           to
           a
           happy
           Reconciliation
           ,
           then
           by
           putting
           all
           Your
           Majesties
           Subjects
           into
           a
           condition
           of
           tasting
           the
           sweetness
           of
           Peace
           ,
           while
           ours
           should
           suffer
           all
           the
           incommodities
           of
           War.
           The
           Ministers
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           have
           represented
           from
           time
           to
           time
           the
           same
           things
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           have
           often
           repeated
           their
           instances
           to
           incline
           Your
           Majesty
           to
           Peace
           ;
           But
           besides
           all
           these
           advances
           ,
           and
           the
           steps
           we
           have
           made
           in
           publick
           ,
           we
           have
           made
           use
           of
           other
           means
           which
           we
           judged
           more
           efficacious
           :
           And
           His
           Highness
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
             ,
          
           as
           well
           of
           his
           own
           inclination
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           request
           we
           have
           several
           times
           reiterated
           to
           him
           ,
           hath
           used
           all
           imaginable
           ways
           of
           regaining
           the
           honour
           of
           Your
           Majesties
           friendship
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           representing
           to
           You
           the
           advantage
           and
           glory
           Your
           Majesty
           might
           acquire
           ,
           by
           re-establishing
           the
           Quiet
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           giving
           us
           a
           Peace
           which
           we
           had
           so
           often
           and
           so
           ardently
           desired
           .
           But
           albeit
           vve
           had
           all
           reason
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           instances
           of
           a
           
           Prince
           who
           hath
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           so
           nearly
           related
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           whose
           personal
           merit
           is
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           would
           at
           last
           prevail
           over
           those
           who
           are
           ill-affected
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           that
           besides
           we
           could
           hardly
           believe
           ,
           that
           after
           His
           Highnesses
           interests
           and
           ours
           were
           become
           common
           and
           were
           no
           longer
           separate
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           Your
           Majesty
           would
           retain
           Your
           former
           sentiments
           ,
           and
           go
           about
           to
           involve
           in
           our
           ruine
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Illustrious
           Princes
           of
           Your
           bloud
           ;
           we
           have
           nevertheless
           with
           great
           sorrow
           seen
           that
           all
           these
           reasons
           have
           been
           alike
           weak
           ,
           and
           that
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           not
           been
           induced
           by
           any
           motive
           to
           abate
           any
           thing
           of
           Your
           first
           rigour
           .
           So
           that
           when
           we
           expected
           a
           favourable
           Answer
           to
           our
           Overtures
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           declared
           to
           us
           at
           
             Cologne
             ,
          
           that
           no
           Peace
           was
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           unless
           there
           were
           accorded
           not
           onely
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Most
           Christian
           King
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           the
           Elector
           of
           
             Cologne
          
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           such
           Conditions
           as
           never
           were
           demanded
           of
           a
           Free
           People
           ,
           and
           which
           can
           so
           little
           be
           proposed
           as
           Articles
           of
           Peace
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           onely
           be
           the
           consequences
           of
           an
           Absolute
           Conquest
           ,
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           of
           which
           Your
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Kings
           Your
           most
           Illustrious
           Predecessors
           have
           been
           the
           strongest
           Support
           and
           Defenders
           ,
           and
           which
           carried
           with
           them
           at
           once
           the
           utter
           ruine
           not
           onely
           of
           us
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           the
           
             Low-Countries
          
           belonging
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
             .
          
        
         
           This
           hath
           obliged
           us
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           after
           we
           had
           resolved
           upon
           a
           necessary
           defence
           ,
           to
           press
           our
           Friends
           to
           enter
           into
           a
           stricker
           Alliance
           with
           us
           ;
           And
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           so
           to
           bless
           our
           endeavours
           ,
           
           and
           the
           means
           we
           have
           used
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           August
           House
           of
           
             Austria
          
           hath
           declared
           in
           our
           favour
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Serene
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           in
           particular
           hath
           concluded
           with
           us
           a
           League
           Offensive
           and
           Defensive
           ,
           in
           pursuance
           whereof
           he
           hath
           already
           declared
           War
           against
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             .
          
           Things
           being
           thus
           ,
           
             SIRE
             ,
          
           Your
           Majesty
           will
           easily
           believe
           that
           the
           consequences
           must
           be
           greater
           ,
           but
           before
           the
           evil
           be
           past
           remedy
           we
           thought
           fit
           to
           make
           one
           final
           essay
           ,
           and
           to
           assure
           Your
           Majesty
           that
           whatsoever
           change
           hath
           hapned
           in
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           our
           deference
           and
           respect
           for
           Your
           Majesty
           is
           still
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           that
           how
           considerable
           and
           how
           potent
           soever
           our
           Allies
           are
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           the
           less
           disposed
           to
           give
           Your
           Majesty
           all
           the
           satisfaction
           which
           You
           can
           reasonably
           pretend
           ;
           And
           we
           have
           this
           happiness
           ,
           that
           our
           Allies
           are
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           us
           herein
           ;
           we
           presume
           therefore
           to
           hope
           that
           Your
           Majesty
           will
           not
           refuse
           at
           our
           request
           and
           their
           intercession
           ,
           what
           we
           have
           not
           been
           hitherto
           able
           to
           obtain
           ;
           And
           that
           You
           will
           not
           augment
           the
           desolation
           which
           is
           already
           but
           too
           universal
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           we
           may
           omit
           nothing
           that
           may
           dispose
           Your
           Majesty
           thereunto
           ,
           we
           beseech
           You
           to
           reflect
           upon
           all
           that
           hath
           passed
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           consider
           that
           it
           is
           from
           a
           particular
           one
           become
           general
           .
           When
           Your
           Majesty
           engaged
           in
           it
           we
           were
           the
           onely
           Enemies
           ;
           At
           present
           a
           great
           part
           of
           
             Europe
          
           is
           no
           less
           interessed
           therein
           then
           we
           ;
           And
           Your
           Majesty
           cannot
           continue
           a
           War
           ,
           which
           hath
           already
           been
           so
           ruinous
           ,
           without
           declaring
           it
           against
           those
           who
           are
           united
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           without
           hazarding
           the
           Safety
           of
           all
           Christendom
           ,
           if
           
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
          
           should
           be
           victorious
           through
           the
           succours
           given
           by
           Your
           Majesty
           to
           him
           .
           And
           Your
           Majesty
           can
           no
           longer
           take
           it
           ill
           that
           we
           yield
           not
           what
           Your
           Majesty
           might
           demand
           of
           us
           for
           
             France
             ,
          
           since
           by
           an
           indispensable
           necessity
           we
           can
           no
           longer
           do
           it
           but
           with
           the
           agreement
           of
           our
           Allies
           .
           So
           that
           as
           the
           General
           Treaty
           appears
           accompanied
           with
           many
           difficulties
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           foresee
           that
           it
           will
           be
           a
           means
           to
           continue
           this
           unhappy
           War
           ,
           which
           we
           desire
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           speedily
           ,
           especially
           with
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           we
           shall
           think
           our selves
           very
           happy
           if
           any
           of
           these
           considerations
           may
           make
           impression
           upon
           Your
           Majesties
           mind
           ,
           and
           dispose
           You
           to
           resume
           those
           sentiments
           which
           we
           have
           heretofore
           with
           joy
           observed
           in
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           ,
           upon
           the
           reconciliation
           we
           promise
           to
           our selves
           ,
           we
           doubt
           not
           but
           Your
           Majesty
           will
           continue
           for
           ever
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           we
           pray
           God
           ,
        
         
           
             SIRE
             ,
          
           To
           crown
           Your
           Majesties
           Reign
           with
           felicity
           ,
           and
           to
           bless
           Your
           Royal
           Person
           with
           health
           and
           long
           life
           .
           
             
               At
               the
            
             Hague
             
               
                 the
                 25
                 
                   th
                
                 of
              
               October
               1673.
               
            
          
           
             
               Your
               MAJESTIES
               Most
               humble
               Servants
               ,
            
             The
             States-General
             of
             the
             Vnited
             Provinces
             of
             the
             Low-Countreys
             .
             GASP.
             FAGEL
             .
          
           By
           Command
           of
           the
           abovesaid
           ,
           
             H.
             FAGFL
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           His
           Majesties
           ANSWER
           To
           the
           
             Letter
          
           sent
           from
           the
           
             STATES
             GENERAL
          
           OF
           THE
           UNITED
           PROVINCES
           Of
           the
           Low
           Countreys
           ,
           by
           their
           Trumpeter
           .
        
         
           
             HIgh
             and
             Mighty
             Lords
             ,
          
           Although
           your
           Letter
           of
           the
           ●●●
           /
           25
           of
           
             October
             ,
          
           considering
           the
           present
           conjuncture
           of
           affairs
           ,
           the
           matter
           it
           contains
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           sending
           it
           by
           a
           Trumpeter
           when
           your
           Deputies
           at
           
             Cologne
          
           were
           in
           frequent
           Conferences
           with
           Our
           Plenipotentiaries
           there
           ,
           have
           more
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Manifest
           then
           a
           Letter
           ,
           and
           that
           consequently
           you
           may
           not
           perhaps
           desire
           to
           have
           any
           Answer
           made
           to
           it
           ;
           yet
           for
           the
           Vindication
           of
           Our
           Honour
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           undeceiving
           that
           part
           of
           the
           World
           which
           may
           
           be
           abused
           by
           it
           ,
           We
           would
           not
           suffer
           it
           to
           remain
           without
           a
           distinct
           Reply
           from
           point
           to
           point
           as
           they
           lie
           in
           your
           Paper
           (
           which
           We
           send
           you
           by
           the
           same
           hand
           that
           brought
           Us
           yours
           ;
           )
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           it
           may
           so
           have
           fallen
           out
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           great
           revolutions
           which
           have
           lately
           hapned
           in
           your
           affairs
           and
           the
           change
           of
           your
           Ministers
           ,
           even
           your selves
           may
           have
           taken
           for
           truth
           what
           evil-minded
           persons
           have
           so
           maliciously
           suggested
           to
           you
           ,
           thereby
           to
           seduce
           your
           own
           people
           as
           well
           as
           Ours
           .
        
         
           There
           will
           need
           no
           great
           proofs
           to
           convince
           the
           World
           that
           many
           offensive
           Medalls
           ,
           Inscriptions
           and
           Libels
           were
           these
           last
           years
           past
           dispersed
           every
           where
           in
           your
           Provinces
           ,
           to
           the
           derogation
           of
           Our
           Honour
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           whole
           
             English
          
           Nation
           ,
           since
           the
           notoriety
           of
           them
           was
           so
           universal
           :
           but
           to
           this
           day
           neither
           We
           nor
           any
           body
           else
           knew
           you
           had
           disowned
           any
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           until
           your
           aforesaid
           Letter
           told
           Us
           you
           had
           at
           the
           time
           they
           were
           complained
           of
           to
           your
           Ambassador
           here
           ,
           caused
           the
           Stamps
           to
           be
           broken
           for
           fear
           new
           Impressions
           should
           be
           secretly
           made
           by
           them
           ;
           neither
           do
           you
           yet
           tell
           Us
           that
           ever
           you
           inflicted
           the
           least
           Punishment
           upon
           the
           makers
           or
           dispersers
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           affair
           of
           
             Surinam
             ;
          
           Could
           you
           make
           the
           World
           or
           Our
           People
           believe
           what
           in
           this
           Paper
           you
           affirm
           ,
           your selves
           would
           have
           out-done
           your
           Medalls
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           more
           injurious
           then
           they
           ,
           fastning
           a
           Reproach
           upon
           Us
           
           which
           We
           have
           been
           as
           far
           from
           deserving
           ,
           as
           you
           ,
           We
           hope
           ,
           will
           be
           from
           being
           believed
           in
           the
           accusation
           .
           You
           say
           ,
           you
           agreed
           to
           whatsoever
           We
           demanded
           in
           favour
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           remaining
           at
           
             Surinam
             .
          
           Did
           We
           not
           continually
           press
           their
           Release
           from
           the
           time
           of
           Our
           Surrendring
           that
           place
           into
           your
           hands
           till
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           present
           War
           ,
           and
           is
           there
           not
           yet
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           them
           remaining
           there
           ?
           Are
           they
           there
           detained
           your
           Slaves
           at
           Our
           desire
           ?
           Did
           We
           send
           Our
           Ships
           thither
           onely
           for
           a
           colour
           ,
           with
           intention
           to
           subject
           them
           to
           your
           Tyranny
           more
           entirely
           and
           with
           the
           greater
           decency
           ?
           and
           not
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           it
           ?
           Was
           not
           the
           Officer
           We
           sent
           thither
           ,
           Major
           
             Banister
             ,
          
           confined
           presently
           upon
           his
           arrival
           ,
           and
           not
           suffer'd
           to
           speak
           with
           his
           Countrey-men
           ,
           or
           acquaint
           them
           with
           the
           care
           We
           had
           of
           them
           ?
           Did
           he
           not
           Protest
           against
           the
           Governor
           for
           having
           broken
           the
           Capitulation
           in
           Eighteen
           several
           points
           ?
           And
           will
           you
           say
           all
           this
           was
           done
           according
           to
           what
           We
           desired
           ?
           Had
           you
           been
           so
           tender
           of
           the
           bloud
           of
           both
           Nations
           as
           in
           your
           Paper
           you
           pretend
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           so
           long
           and
           with
           so
           much
           obstinacy
           have
           persisted
           in
           oppressing
           those
           Our
           Subjects
           whom
           you
           detain
           in
           that
           Colony
           .
           And
           it
           is
           manifest
           that
           if
           you
           could
           cast
           all
           the
           blame
           hereof
           upon
           Vs
           ,
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           you
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           do
           it
           .
           All
           We
           can
           say
           therefore
           to
           this
           your
           assertion
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           have
           indeed
           granted
           Vs
           in
           words
           all
           We
           asked
           ,
           but
           that
           We
           have
           never
           obtained
           any
           thing
           of
           you
           in
           deeds
           .
        
         
         
           What
           followed
           ,
           was
           the
           pretended
           Satisfaction
           you
           say
           you
           offered
           at
           all
           times
           to
           make
           Vs
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Trade
           of
           Our
           Subjects
           in
           the
           
             East-Indies
             .
          
           It
           was
           solemnly
           promised
           by
           the
           Treaty
           of
           
             Breda
             ,
          
           that
           things
           should
           be
           adjusted
           by
           Commissioners
           to
           be
           sent
           hither
           by
           you
           when
           there
           should
           be
           more
           leisure
           for
           it
           .
           But
           you
           well
           know
           that
           Our
           Ambassador
           whom
           We
           sent
           after
           the
           said
           Treaty
           to
           reside
           with
           you
           ,
           could
           obtain
           nothing
           in
           that
           matter
           by
           all
           his
           instances
           that
           could
           in
           any
           wise
           satisfie
           Our
           
             East-India
          
           Company
           .
           Nor
           did
           the
           Sieur
           
             Van
             Beuningen
             ,
          
           who
           seemed
           to
           have
           come
           hither
           expresly
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           offer
           any
           more
           in
           all
           his
           Conferences
           with
           Our
           Commissioners
           upon
           that
           subject
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Ambassador
           
             Boreel
          
           produced
           here
           a
           full
           Power
           from
           you
           to
           treat
           and
           conclude
           an
           Offensive
           and
           Defensive
           League
           with
           Vs
           ,
           but
           We
           could
           not
           accept
           the
           Proposition
           ,
           because
           the
           conditions
           of
           it
           were
           not
           sufficiently
           equitable
           ,
           and
           that
           instead
           of
           giving
           Vs
           satisfaction
           in
           Our
           complaints
           ,
           he
           would
           never
           so
           much
           as
           admit
           of
           their
           being
           mentioned
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           his
           whole
           discourse
           tended
           to
           nothing
           else
           but
           to
           perswade
           Vs
           that
           the
           States
           General
           offered
           Vs
           this
           League
           as
           a
           mark
           of
           their
           Friendship
           and
           for
           Our
           security
           alone
           ,
           seeming
           indifferent
           whether
           it
           were
           accepted
           or
           not
           ;
           and
           magnifying
           continually
           the
           greatness
           of
           your
           Forces
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           as
           sufficient
           to
           defend
           you
           against
           the
           formidable
           power
           of
           
             France
             ;
          
           and
           
           often
           threatning
           Vs
           ,
           that
           you
           could
           make
           such
           a
           League
           whensoever
           you
           pleased
           with
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           even
           against
           Vs
           ,
           if
           We
           accepted
           not
           what
           his
           Masters
           offered
           Vs.
           The
           sum
           of
           these
           two
           points
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Sieur
           
             Van
             Beuningen
          
           was
           pleased
           to
           discourse
           concerning
           the
           Satisfaction
           demanded
           by
           Vs
           in
           point
           of
           Trade
           in
           the
           
             East-Indies
             ,
          
           but
           departed
           without
           offering
           any
           thing
           ;
           and
           the
           Sieur
           
             Boreel
          
           offered
           Us
           a
           League
           Offensive
           and
           Defensive
           ,
           without
           giving
           Vs
           Satisfaction
           for
           the
           past
           Injuries
           ,
           or
           security
           against
           future
           ;
           And
           all
           this
           to
           the
           end
           the
           Injuries
           We
           had
           complained
           of
           that
           till
           then
           were
           peculiarly
           your
           acts
           ,
           might
           by
           a
           solemn
           Treaty
           be
           declar'd
           Our
           own
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           matter
           of
           offence
           given
           Us
           was
           (
           as
           you
           well
           observe
           in
           your
           Letter
           )
           the
           affront
           committed
           against
           Our
           Flagg
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           
             August
          
           1671.
           
           Complaint
           was
           made
           thereof
           to
           your
           Ambassador
           residing
           here
           ,
           and
           he
           assured
           Us
           he
           would
           procure
           Us
           a
           fair
           satisfaction
           thereupon
           :
           but
           three
           or
           four
           moneths
           time
           passing
           without
           the
           least
           notice
           being
           taken
           thereof
           by
           you
           ,
           We
           held
           Our Self
           obliged
           to
           send
           Our
           Extraordinary
           Ambassador
           to
           demand
           Satisfaction
           of
           you
           in
           more
           earnest
           terms
           then
           We
           had
           done
           before
           ;
           To
           which
           not
           receiving
           any
           satisfactory
           Answer
           ,
           he
           had
           order
           to
           return
           .
           Soon
           after
           he
           was
           followed
           by
           an
           Extraordinary
           Ambassador
           from
           you
           ,
           who
           affirmed
           that
           he
           had
           no
           Powers
           to
           make
           reparation
           for
           this
           affront
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           of
           these
           things
           
           We
           had
           so
           often
           complained
           of
           ,
           but
           to
           agree
           upon
           terms
           of
           Regulation
           in
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Flagg
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           yet
           saying
           withall
           ,
           that
           of
           himself
           and
           without
           consulting
           you
           again
           he
           could
           not
           put
           any
           thing
           in
           writing
           concerning
           it
           .
           The
           arrival
           of
           the
           said
           Ambassador
           Extraordinary
           was
           about
           the
           time
           We
           were
           ready
           to
           make
           open
           Declaration
           of
           War
           against
           your
           State
           ;
           which
           We
           could
           no
           longer
           delay
           ,
           because
           the
           Spring
           was
           coming
           on
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Ambassador
           persisted
           that
           his
           Instructions
           permitted
           him
           not
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           upon
           Our
           Demands
           ;
           neither
           was
           he
           able
           to
           produce
           any
           thing
           to
           justifie
           his
           delay
           ,
           but
           the
           offering
           Us
           to
           write
           to
           his
           Masters
           for
           larger
           Powers
           and
           Instructions
           .
        
         
           The
           War
           following
           upon
           this
           ,
           In
           the
           heat
           of
           it
           Three
           Deputies
           arrived
           here
           from
           you
           without
           any
           Passports
           from
           Us
           ,
           or
           giving
           Us
           notice
           of
           their
           coming
           according
           to
           the
           Customs
           and
           Usages
           of
           War.
           Whereupon
           We
           might
           well
           have
           confined
           them
           (
           as
           you
           say
           We
           did
           )
           but
           We
           contented
           Our Self
           with
           warning
           them
           to
           abstain
           from
           coming
           to
           lodge
           in
           this
           Our
           City
           ,
           appointing
           them
           instead
           thereof
           Lodgings
           in
           Our
           Palace
           of
           
             Hampton
             Court
             ,
          
           with
           all
           other
           conveniences
           suitable
           to
           their
           Character
           ,
           and
           dissembling
           what
           We
           knew
           passed
           between
           them
           and
           persons
           they
           practised
           upon
           to
           cause
           tumults
           and
           disorders
           in
           Our
           City
           ,
           or
           to
           disturb
           the
           progress
           of
           the
           War.
           Notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           We
           forbore
           not
           to
           send
           to
           them
           some
           
           of
           the
           Principal
           persons
           of
           Our
           Council
           to
           conferre
           with
           them
           and
           hear
           their
           Proposals
           .
           To
           whom
           they
           made
           this
           onely
           Answer
           ,
           and
           persisted
           therein
           to
           the
           time
           of
           their
           departure
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           no
           Authority
           or
           Instructions
           to
           make
           any
           Propositions
           ,
           but
           were
           content
           to
           hearken
           to
           those
           that
           should
           be
           made
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           transmit
           them
           to
           their
           Masters
           ;
           hoping
           that
           while
           they
           amused
           Us
           with
           this
           appearance
           ,
           the
           Deputies
           you
           had
           sent
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           the
           Most
           Christian
           King
           might
           have
           concluded
           a
           separate
           Treaty
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           can
           you
           flatter
           your selves
           with
           the
           opinion
           that
           the
           World
           should
           look
           upon
           this
           proceeding
           as
           a
           convincing
           proof
           of
           your
           ardent
           desires
           for
           Peace
           ?
           Did
           ever
           Prince
           or
           State
           send
           an
           Ambassador
           with
           design
           to
           obtain
           that
           which
           the
           Ambassador
           was
           not
           empowered
           either
           to
           conclude
           or
           sign
           ,
           especially
           to
           a
           Prince
           with
           whom
           they
           had
           War
           ?
           It
           is
           much
           more
           rational
           to
           believe
           what
           you
           did
           was
           to
           gain
           time
           ,
           whilst
           you
           endeavoured
           to
           put
           in
           execution
           those
           threats
           in
           relation
           to
           
             France
          
           that
           the
           Sieur
           
             Boreel
          
           had
           before
           given
           Us.
           
        
         
           The
           Minister
           of
           
             Brandenburgh
          
           never
           declared
           that
           he
           came
           hither
           to
           make
           Us
           any
           overtures
           of
           Peace
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           had
           any
           other
           Commission
           then
           to
           incline
           Us
           at
           the
           recommendation
           of
           His
           Master
           to
           hearken
           to
           those
           that
           should
           be
           made
           Us.
           He
           came
           hither
           at
           the
           time
           that
           the
           Ambassador
           Extraordinary
           of
           His
           most
           Serene
           Majesty
           the
           King
           of
           
             Sweden
          
           
           arrived
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           offering
           Us
           the
           Me●iation
           of
           their
           Master
           ,
           which
           We
           readily
           embraced
           ,
           as
           likewise
           a
           Proposition
           made
           by
           them
           to
           Us
           for
           a
           Suspension
           of
           Arms.
           But
           a
           little
           after
           when
           they
           proposed
           the
           same
           thing
           to
           you
           ,
           you
           thought
           fit
           absolutely
           to
           reject
           the
           Suspension
           ;
           and
           were
           so
           long
           bargaining
           upon
           the
           choice
           of
           a
           place
           for
           treating
           the
           Peace
           ,
           that
           many
           moneths
           passed
           without
           producing
           any
           other
           effect
           then
           your
           gaining
           your
           point
           in
           naming
           the
           City
           of
           
             Cologne
          
           for
           the
           Congress
           :
           Which
           being
           agreed
           to
           ,
           and
           Our
           Fleet
           ready
           to
           put
           to
           Sea
           ,
           you
           sent
           Us
           word
           you
           would
           then
           accept
           a
           Cessation
           of
           Arms
           by
           Sea.
           To
           which
           We
           found
           Our Self
           obliged
           to
           make
           answer
           ,
           That
           a
           Peace
           might
           be
           made
           in
           much
           less
           time
           then
           the
           terms
           of
           a
           Partial
           Suspension
           be
           agreed
           upon
           ;
           although
           it
           appeared
           to
           Us
           a
           meer
           artifice
           ,
           invented
           onely
           to
           charm
           the
           Common
           Peoples
           ears
           ,
           and
           make
           Us
           consume
           unprofitably
           all
           Our
           preparations
           for
           equipping
           Our
           Fleet.
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           when
           Our
           Merchants
           might
           really
           have
           received
           benefit
           by
           a
           Suspension
           ,
           you
           absolutely
           refused
           it
           ,
           and
           would
           then
           onely
           yield
           to
           it
           when
           you
           saw
           your
           Provinces
           like
           to
           suffer
           by
           the
           progress
           of
           the
           War.
           
        
         
           The
           Ministers
           of
           
             Spain
          
           never
           offered
           Us
           any
           Conditions
           ,
           nor
           performed
           any
           other
           office
           ,
           then
           in
           general
           terms
           to
           incline
           Us
           to
           the
           thoughts
           of
           Peace
           ,
           which
           We
           ever
           accepted
           kindly
           from
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Neither
           did
           Our
           Nephew
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
          
           ever
           make
           Us
           any
           Overtures
           for
           Peace
           :
           We
           must
           needs
           avow
           ,
           That
           the
           manner
           of
           your
           Comportment
           towards
           him
           till
           the
           year
           last
           past
           ,
           was
           no
           very
           good
           Argument
           to
           perswade
           Us
           ,
           that
           your
           intentions
           of
           living
           in
           a
           good
           Correspondence
           with
           Us
           ,
           were
           real
           and
           sincere
           :
           And
           although
           We
           were
           unwilling
           to
           shew
           Our
           resentment
           of
           his
           usage
           publiquely
           ,
           lest
           We
           should
           give
           occasion
           to
           his
           Enemies
           to
           do
           him
           more
           harm
           ;
           yet
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           good
           will
           of
           the
           People
           prevailing
           against
           the
           
             Louvestein
          
           Party
           ,
           had
           Conferred
           upon
           him
           that
           Power
           and
           Authority
           in
           the
           Government
           which
           his
           Ancestors
           had
           so
           well
           merited
           ,
           We
           applied
           Our self
           with
           more
           Zeal
           and
           Efficacy
           to
           make
           the
           Peace
           ;
           being
           further
           incited
           thereunto
           by
           the
           unexpected
           Success
           of
           the
           Arms
           by
           Land
           of
           the
           most
           Christian
           King.
           We
           forth
           with
           sent
           Ambassadors
           Extraordinary
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           present
           at
           the
           Treaty
           ;
           which
           the
           
             Louvestein
          
           Party
           would
           have
           managed
           to
           the
           Excluding
           of
           Us
           ,
           if
           the
           Vertue
           and
           Generosity
           of
           that
           Prince
           would
           have
           permitted
           him
           to
           admit
           it
           :
           But
           so
           soon
           as
           Our
           Ambassadors
           were
           seen
           upon
           the
           place
           ,
           the
           Deputies
           withdrew
           themselves
           ,
           and
           never
           after
           appeared
           ;
           following
           that
           fundamental
           maxim
           you
           had
           laid
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           War
           ,
           to
           divide
           Us
           by
           any
           kind
           of
           Artifices
           ,
           thereof
           to
           make
           your
           own
           advantage
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           your
           insinuation
           of
           Our
           intention
           to
           
           ruine
           Our
           Nephew
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
             ,
          
           you
           know
           your selves
           sufficiently
           the
           injustice
           of
           that
           reproach
           .
           And
           whilst
           at
           
             Cologne
          
           you
           openly
           complain
           to
           the
           Mediators
           that
           We
           are
           too
           zealous
           in
           advancing
           His
           Interests
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           Our
           Subjects
           believe
           We
           are
           guilty
           of
           ill
           nature
           towards
           him
           .
           And
           the
           better
           to
           improve
           this
           abuse
           you
           adde
           ,
           without
           giving
           or
           having
           any
           the
           least
           ground
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           Our
           demands
           at
           
             Cologne
          
           tend
           to
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           ruine
           of
           Our
           Nephews
           family
           .
           We
           cannot
           conclude
           Our
           remarks
           upon
           this
           Letter
           or
           Manifest
           framed
           by
           you
           with
           design
           to
           abuse
           your
           people
           and
           Ours
           ,
           and
           involved
           in
           terms
           of
           respect
           for
           Our
           Person
           ,
           and
           fair
           words
           about
           a
           Peace
           ,
           without
           adding
           what
           ought
           to
           be
           convincing
           to
           the
           most
           obstinate
           amongst
           you
           ;
           At
           the
           same
           time
           you
           would
           perswade
           Us
           to
           break
           Our
           Word
           and
           Faith
           given
           to
           Our
           Allies
           ,
           Not
           to
           Treat
           separately
           ,
           you
           establish
           it
           for
           a
           Fundamental
           point
           ,
           that
           you
           cannot
           break
           the
           word
           you
           have
           given
           yours
           ,
           without
           wronging
           your
           honour
           ;
           as
           if
           your
           honour
           ought
           always
           to
           be
           dear
           to
           you
           ,
           but
           Ours
           of
           little
           or
           no
           value
           with
           Us.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           you
           make
           the
           proceedings
           of
           your
           Deputies
           at
           
             Cologne
          
           to
           pass
           for
           the
           fairest
           and
           most
           ingenuous
           that
           may
           be
           ,
           reproaching
           that
           of
           Our
           Plenipotentiaries
           as
           rude
           and
           insincere
           ;
           saying
           ,
           That
           notwithstanding
           all
           your
           endeavours
           ,
           We
           would
           never
           
           yet
           abate
           of
           Our
           first
           rigour
           .
           Herein
           We
           appeal
           to
           the
           Mediators
           themselves
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           wanting
           to
           do
           Us
           justice
           in
           letting
           the
           World
           know
           ,
           that
           Our
           said
           Plenipotentiaries
           have
           retrenched
           at
           least
           one
           half
           of
           their
           first
           demands
           ,
           whilst
           yours
           have
           continually
           excused
           themselves
           from
           giving
           an
           answer
           upon
           any
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           except
           that
           of
           the
           Flagg
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           seem
           inclined
           to
           gratifie
           Us
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           but
           in
           terms
           very
           equivocal
           ,
           and
           which
           shall
           not
           take
           notice
           of
           any
           right
           We
           ever
           had
           to
           it
           for
           the
           time
           past
           :
           And
           this
           is
           the
           onely
           thing
           you
           have
           shewn
           the
           least
           disposition
           to
           yield
           to
           Us
           during
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           this
           Negotiation
           :
           And
           having
           made
           no
           further
           advance
           in
           the
           overtures
           of
           Peace
           which
           you
           say
           you
           made
           Us
           by
           Our
           Nephew
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
             ,
          
           the
           Ministers
           of
           
             Spain
          
           and
           
             Brandenburgh
             ,
          
           and
           by
           those
           of
           the
           Mediators
           themselves
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           so
           much
           as
           mention
           one
           word
           of
           it
           in
           your
           said
           Letter
           ;
           handling
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Peace
           in
           general
           terms
           ,
           to
           acquire
           to
           your selves
           the
           reputation
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           making
           Us
           one
           Proposition
           but
           that
           of
           dividing
           Us
           from
           Our
           Allies
           ;
           an
           Action
           which
           you
           esteem
           too
           low
           for
           a
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           suitable
           enough
           to
           a
           King.
           
        
         
           If
           you
           have
           a
           desire
           to
           promote
           the
           Peace
           in
           good
           Earnest
           ,
           instead
           of
           specious
           expressions
           ,
           send
           Powers
           without
           further
           delay
           
           to
           your
           Deputies
           at
           
             Cologne
             ,
          
           to
           draw
           up
           Just
           and
           Equal
           Articles
           with
           Ours
           ;
           and
           the
           World
           shall
           see
           how
           ready
           We
           shall
           be
           to
           Comply
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           resume
           those
           sentiments
           of
           Friendship
           and
           Esteem
           which
           the
           Kings
           Our
           Predecessors
           have
           always
           had
           for
           your
           State
           :
           And
           to
           manifest
           to
           you
           that
           We
           are
           truly
        
         
           
             
               From
            
             White-hall
             
               
                 the
              
               7
               
                 th
              
               
                 of
              
               November
               ,
               1673.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             good
             friend
             ,
             CHARLES
             R.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .