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modité de ladite ville de Gampvere, de son embouchure, de
sa rade et de ses ports, en sorte que quand d'autres villes
viendroyent a ofirir les mesmes conditions a la Nation, celle-
cy debvroit estre préférée a toutessans contradictioncomme
je m'asseure que les dits députéz ne pourront s'empescher
d'en rendre tesmoignage a Yotre Majeste, a laquelle je sou-
haitte toute gloire et prospérité, en la suppliant d'aggréer
que je continue de me qualifier avec cequeje doibs de respect
Sire, 1).
5. Extract uit een brief van Temple aan Arlington,
16 October 1668 2).
On Sunday I had a long visit from the Prince, who
seems something unsatisfied about the business of Terveer,
which is wholly undone by the changeand the isle of Zealand
a good deal prejudiced. He says, he writ to the King about
it, but had no answer, atrributes the thing to Sir William
Davison first, and to my lord Lauderdale, but believes
there is money in the case; and to say the truth, one does
not know what to make of it, when they say most of the
Scotch merchants here 3) are unsatisfied with it, and have
reason to be from the illness of Dorts haven in comparision
to the other. However I did your Lordship right 4)
6. Extract uit een brief van Temple aan Arlington, 12
Maart 1669 5).
I gave M Secretary Trevor not long since an ac
count of proceedings heer about the English company at
J) Onderteekening als bij den vorigen brief.
2) De geheele brief is gedrukt in de weinig voorkomende uitgaveSelect
Letters to the Prince of Orange (now King of EnglandKing Charles the
Second and the Earl of Arlington all -written by Sr. William Temple
London MDCCI (p. 87 vlg.).
Nl. in Nederland. NL door te vertellen, nat Arlington in
de zaak gedaan had (hiervoor blz. 166).
State Papers Foreign, Hollandbundle 199 (Public Record OfficeLondon).
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