Letters written by Sir William Temple during his being ambassador at The Hague, to the Earl of Arlington and Sir John Trevor, Secretaries of State to K. Charles II wherein are discovered many secrets hitherto concealed / published from the originals, under Sir William Temple's own hand ; and dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Littleton, Speaker of the House of Commons, by D. Jones, Gent.

LETTER IX. Hague, Novemb. 30. S. N. 68.

SIR,

I Have this Day received the Honour of one from you of the 13th Current, and doubt not you will before this ar∣rives, have received the Account I gave in my last, of the great Satisfaction Monsieur de Witt exprest upon the last Paper trans∣mitted me, in answer to his Memorial, and upon the whole Business now in agitation, which will now run on with joynt Motions, as well as Intentions; And the Issue of them must be expected from Spain, which makes it very doubtful to me, considering the posture of their Affairs, and course of their Councils, and the great Dissatisfacti∣on they express with the delay of our Gua∣ranty, and the refusal of entring into a Defensive Alliance with them.

Our want of Ministers in Spain, and their want of such here, as are very proper▪ for the present Conjuncture, are very great Maims in this Business.

My Lord▪ Arlington has all I can yet say upon the Marine Treaty; And I am very

much of your Opinion, That since this is begun, it will be better to end it, before we pursue that of Guiny any further: Tho▪ I omitted not to pursue that as far as I could, with the Informations and Instructions I had upon it; And signified to my Lord Arlington, in my last upon that Subject, what further Pieces would be necessary for any further prosecution of that Matter.

I shall put in a Memorial to Morrow for the Liberty of Major Bannister; Which, I believe▪ I had before obtain'd from the States of Zealand, in particular, without troubling His Majesty about it, had one of my Friends been as diligent in that Matter as he promised me. I send you enclosed, the Charge upon which he was sent from Surin••m; And for as much as I can hear of the Business, I am of Opinion his Case is hard, tho' Monsieur Meerman says, It is in Dispute, whether the inhabitants there not going away, as was at first permitted, but staying and taking the Oath of Fidelity to the Dutch, became not their Subjects. I enclose a Letter I lately received from Major Bannister, and doubt not of Satis∣faction to His Majesty, in what concerns him. I am ever with very much Passion and Truth, tho' at this time, with very much haste,

SIR,

Your most Faithful Humble Servant, W. Temple.