French Bouteseur, in every corner, blow our coles and make
things begin to look ill-favouredly. My Lord
Brederode with four more deputed from the States of
Holland, and likewise two Readisheers of the Hoss-Provincial,
came to Dort, in the capacity of Commissioners
last Sunday in the Evening, to see if
they could take up the controversie between the
Companies whom we call Gildens, and the Magistrate,
the which had taken so deep a rooting, that
little appearance of remedy by Commissioners was
lest: Wherupon Brederode went to Goxoum yesterday
morning secretly and suddenly to drawe
som Companies thence, and so settle a Garison, as a
bridle to the Burgesses of Dort, who I beleeve
are too stif-necked, to be restrained by such a
curb.
They talk on the Spanish side, that we have broken
Articles with them already, and that were
they able, they could pick quarrels with us upon
that account, but the want of power causeth a
want of will.
Its true it was the Prince by his provocation and
extravagant Acts of the Militia upon the Frontiers,
did what was done for the most part, but that will
be no satisfaction to the Spaniards, when he hath a
mind, no more then you in England were satisfied
with the Kirk of Scotland's remonstrating against
Marquess Hamilton's invasion, that notwithstanding
it became a national breach.