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<HEAD>The Copy of a Letter</HEAD>
<BYLINE>Written by Mr. <HI>William Newton,</HI> One of the Gentlemen V&s;hers unto the Lady <HI>ELIZABETH,</HI> unto his Brother <HI>Francis Newton,</HI> E&s;q. One of the Foure Squires of the Body to his Maie&s;tie.</BYLINE>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><HI>From the HAGE,</HI> <DATE><HI>March the</HI> 18. <HI>New &s;tile,</HI> 1641.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>BROTHER,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_WEE are here at the <HI>Hage,</HI> but in little better ca&s;e, as touching feares and Iealou&s;ies, then you are in <HI>England:</HI> true, the matter of the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> is &s;eemingly compo&s;ed, I wi&s;h I could &s;ay ended, fire raked up, may po&s;&s;ibly appeare, yea and flame: The States will not tru&s;t him with monies, and paying of the Armie, as formerly: but will &s;et up and create a new Officer for that purpo&s;e: this &s;ometimes di&s;contents his Highne&s;&s;e: the Governor of <HI>Bergen ap Zome,</HI> that Towne of &s;o great &s;trength, being once a neere &s;er|vant to his Highne&s;&s;e, and brought up a long time under him, in very neere &s;ervices, and preferred unto that great place of Tru&s;t by the Princes mediation: him would the States now very faine remove; but the talke goes here, that he will not hearken to it, having that great garri&s;on firme on his &s;ide; as it is feared upon too iu&s;t grounds; the Prince hath all the Armie, &s;o that wee are not yet heere quite cleer of all &s;urmizes of after-claps: the Burgers in the Townes, plainly give out, that they feare the Prince hath been aforehand with them: and one of the Burgema&s;ters of <HI>Flu&s;hing,</HI> openly in my Mr. the Princes pre&s;ence Chamber, told my Lord <HI>Goring,</HI> in my hearing, that they had iu&s;t cau&s;e to feare, that the Princes Sons Marriage with the elde&s;t daughter of the King of great Brittaine, had &s;et the Prince on &s;uch a high &s;traine, that &s;hortly hee doubted either their ruine or his owne: pray God things may &s;tand as they were, for unwonted a&s;piring thoughts, produce many times enterprizes more plea&s;ing then &s;ucce&s;&s;full, if di&s;tempers &s;hould againe breake out heere: I thinke wee mu&s;t be forced to come vi&s;ite you in England: truth is, the States Generall have never the better opinion of the Prince of Orange &s;ince this Match, &s;ome thinke the wor&s;e: nay, their u&s;uall re&s;pects are &s;omething coulder toward my Lady, and Ma&s;ter, who I dare &s;ay upon my oath, is heartily grieved for this di&s;tance, and di&s;corre&s;pondencie between the Prince and them, and hath no intere&s;t or partner&s;hip, but &s;orrow in it, and who mu&s;t needs reape di&s;convenience by it. and may account this to the re&s;t of her cro&s;&s;es: the Queens entertainment at the <HI>Hage,</HI> is in my very &s;oule more royall then heartie, the Dut<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 letter">h liberalitie is almo&s;t at an end: and the Queens entertainment begins to &s;laken with them: only his highne&s;&s;e holds on his wonted noble|ne&s;&s;e in chearing her: they &s;et her Maie&s;tie a day, that they would be rid of her, if &s;o it plea&s;e or &s;tand with her occa&s;ions: Proclamation again&s;t your Parliament delinquents, forbidding them &s;trictly to repaire hither during her Maie&s;ties abode here upon paine of impri&s;onment, and &s;ending back into England with &s;trict guard, hath been here publi&s;hed in all Townes and dominions of the States: yet two have bravely adventured to ki&s;&s;e her hand, who came hither wonderfully well di&s;gui|&s;ed, and walked nor openly in Court, lay in the Prince of Oranges owne lodging, and after two dayes took their leave either for France or Bru&s;&s;els: God knowes the Queene is very narrowly watched here, as a Per&s;onage of her quality may bee, and I dur&s;t pawne my life the Parliament hath &s;ome agents here meerly to attend that bu&s;ine&s;&s;e; and three of them are in my Con&s;cience, <HI>L. O. S. S. I H.</HI> Her Maie&s;tie would have gone fir&s;t to Cullen, to have attended upon her Mother, then to Bru&s;&s;els, but was denied; the Prince of Orange &s;eemed very forward to accompli&s;h her de&s;ire in both, as farre as lay in his power; but he was not &s;o forward, but &s;he found the Dutch as froward, who ab&s;olutely denyed in plaine termes, &s;tudying all the wayes they can to gratifie, and complie with your Parliament, not caring who they di&s;plea&s;e, &s;o they &s;atisfie them; I verily thinke, the Queen as the matter &s;tands, will not trouble them long heere, and that yee &s;hall have her in England yet a good while before Ea&s;ter.</P>
<CLOSER>Thus hoping your welfare, and all our contents from his Highne&s;&s;e Court at the <HI>Hage</HI> this pre&s;ent Friday,
<DATELINE><DATE><HI>March</HI> the Eighteenth,</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>I remaine your ever true loving Brother, and Servant,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Wil. Newton.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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