But if this be not admitted, its questionable whether the like
will be offered by you to us and others, who can be as open handed
to take as to give. It may be we shall be able to make up this, and
gratifie some of your friends another way, for we have places in
our Army capable of English men, and worth holding. But leaving
that, ours here are concerned to make their reasons weight without
the allowance of gold ad gifts, why we dismissed or rather suffered
yours to depart hence unsatisfied and re infecta, and to endeavour
the recovering our blots which we made, and the playing out our
aloergameto our advantage, why we huckeld and higgled about
our own offers to you of the Articles of 1495. But I must not be too
free in my anticipations, we are and most be good friends still:
and to incourage you and perswade you toward us, know the good
humor is strongly working out the bad among us, which argues the
good that hath been so long strugling, like to grow predominant,
and presages health,
The Amsterdammers not forgetting the Ague fit they were frighted
into by the last princes Beleaguering, are making a review and
recognition of it.
The Lord A[unr]rtsen van Somerdyck is questioned for being one of
Rehoboams young Councellers: Some of Harlem (whom hee had invited,
and so wel soaked with Rhenish wine, that they tumbled down
the wagon) found so much truth in the bottom of the por (as the
saying is) from some strange words he spake to them, that they come
in against him, about Amsterd[unr]ms Siegea: as to him commissioners
have given in their report, whereto he hath openly made his defence,
the great[unr]ffie struggles hard to get through the Cobweb, he
findes some friends, honest men will excuse one another, left their
turn should be next, yet he is delivered over to the Fiscaeb; my calculation
of this figure is, that he will to pot, and that he will not
be the last.
The Elector of Braudenburgh and Duke of Newburgh are fighting yet, but
must give over quickly, being too weak to hold out, for want of the sinewos
of warre, unlesse they make a Duke of Lorraines, alias Larrons
warre.
The Elector is at present in the Hague, his Ladie Electris is very ill
and like to miscarrie, occasioned by a fore affliction, for the Princess
Royall forsooth, gave her sister the Ladie Albertine the Bride, a visit;
passing by the Electress, who thereby conceiving a grudge, miscarries
a childe as is feared: which pertish temper she suckt from
her mother the old Princess Dowager of Orang[unr]; who more then