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.
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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.
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Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.
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London :: Printed and are to be sold by A. Baldwin ...,
1699.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Netherlands.
Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64310.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.
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LETTER III. Hague, Octob. 12. S. N. 68. (Book 3)
SIR,
HAving by this last Post received the knowledge from my Lord Arlington, of His Majesty's having called you into a share of His nearest Trust; and there∣by done Justice, both to His own Affairs, and your Merits: I could not omit re∣joycing with you upon so Happy an Oc∣casion, and telling you the part I take in all encreases of your good Fortunes and Honours, which I wish you may ad∣vance by the same Ways you have be∣gun them, which I reckon to have been your avowed Usefulness to His Majesties, and the Kingdoms Service.
I hope you will esteem it a Duty of your Charge to receive poor Ministers Abroad into your Protection, of which Number, some of our Friends will take care that I shall be one; and in it there is nothing so troublesome, as that all
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should come from one Hand, and not so much as allow some variety in a Man's Ill Fortunes. However, mine shall never trouble me, so much as the Good Ones of my Friends shall please me; and yet I will not allow yours to add any thing to the Professions I have already made of being,
SIR,
Your most Faithful, and most Humble Servant, W. Temple.
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