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 XXXIV. Hague, May 3d. S. N. 69▪ (Book 34)

SIR,

I am not yet able to make any particu∣lar answer to the several parts of your Letter of the 13th, but doubt not to gain an Order from the States, in consequence of the Surinam Articles, for Liberty and Assistance of those that desire to remove, to which end I shall have a Conference with the Commissioners on Munday next, and have before▪hand Monsieur de Witt's promise of Assistance in that mat∣ter, which I resolv'd to defer no longer, though the Deputies of Zealand are to be here on the 14th Current, who pro∣mised to bring the Resolutions of their Province with them.

Monsieur Marshall has been out of Town since my last, so that we have yet no Result from him or Monsieur Apple∣boom concerning the Guaranty, nor whe∣ther they intend to Sign it without parti∣ticular

caution for the remainder of the Subsidies: But the last sent me word this Morning, that he expected the other in Town to morrow, after whose return they would suddenly acquaint us how far they could proceed in all the matters that are before them; though I shall divert their coming to any Resolution in that of the concert of Forces, as long as I can, and to be sure come to none my self upon it, till I know his Majesties further plea∣sure.

Monsieur de Witt tells me, that Mon∣sieur Van Benninghen had a large Confe∣rence with the Directors at Amsterdam upon the subject of your Letter, some parts whereof concerning the new Com∣plaints, arrived by our last Ships, I had communicated to him; and that they promis'd him a further consideration of it, and that they would Transmit the Result of all they should deliberate upon that Subject, in a Letter hither, which they say I may expect next Week. Monsieur de Witt is very desirous that Monsieur Van Benninghen would go over upon this occasion, and has desired me to en∣deavour the disposing him to it, which I doubt will be difficult. He alledges many considerations of his Town and Charge, and has others of his own, I suppose; among which, one that he

never mentions, I doubt, may have some weight; which is, that he is in the midst of a Building here that he began last Summer, and intends to finish this, and seems a little fond of the care of it. I am ever as becomes me,

SIR,

Your most Faithful, and most Humble Servant. W. Temple.