The Lords Ambassadours of the States Gernerall of the Netherlands their propositions unto the honourable Houses of Parliament; as they were in French presented unto the right honourable the Lord Grey of Warke, &c. Speaker of the Lords House, and the right worshipfull William Lenthall esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons the fourteenth of this instant March, 1643.

The Lords Ambassadours of the States Gernerall of the Netherlands their propositions unto the honourable Houses of Parliament; as they were in French presented unto the right honourable the Lord Grey of Warke, &c. Speaker of the Lords House, and the right worshipfull William Lenthall esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons the fourteenth of this instant March, 1643.

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THE LORDS AMBASSADOURS OF THE STATES GFNERALL OF THE Netherlands: Their Propoſitions unto the Honourable Houſes of PARLIAMENT; As they were in French preſented unto the right Honourable the Lord Grey of Warke, &c. Speaker of the Lords Houſe, and the right Worſhipfull William Lenthall Eſquire, Speaker of the Houſe of Commons the fourteenth of this inſtantMarch, 1643.

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THE LORDS AMBASSADOURS OF THE STATES GFNERALL OF THE Netherlands: Their Propoſitions unto the Honourable Houſes of PARLIAMENT; As they were in French preſented unto the right Honourable the Lord Grey of Warke, &c. Speaker of the Lords Houſe, and the right Worſhipfull William Lenthall Eſquire, Speaker of the Houſe of Commons the fourteenth of this inſtantMarch, 1643.

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SIR,

IT is neere two yeares agoe that our Lords the States Generall of the Vnited Provinces of the Netherlands having underſtood of (to their great griefe) the Diſtractions of theſe Kingdomes, have ordained us their Ambaſſadours to goe and preſent their Interpoſition, to the end to mediate if it were poſſible betwixt the King and His Parliament.

The good hope our Lords were in, that matters might in time by homebred endeavours be brought to a better ſtate and condition, made them to deferre our ſending, which fruſtrated, and perceiving the Calamities of theſe Kingdomes to a very great, and perillous height, and to burſt and breake out into open Warre.

Our Lords were forced to renew their care, and have qualified, and ſent us unto this Kingdome, to propoſe an Accommodation, and offer therein their Interceſſion.

The King hath ſo much approved of, and agreed unto our Preſentation, that it hath pleaſed His Majeſty to declare, that our Int [...]rpoſition is moſt welcome unto him, and that he doth accept of it, and Condeſcend unto a Treaty.

And we doubt not if the moſt Noble and Honourable Lords and Commons of the Parliament (for reaſons concerning the conſervation of the true Religion, the good of the King and His Kingdomes, and ſo many Millions of People who otherwiſe by theſe nteſtine warrs are expoſed to all hazard and miſeries and their inevitable and utter ru [...]ne) will condeſcend unto a Conference and Treaty of Pe [...]ce, unto which we ſhall preſent our Interpoſition and Mediation if acceptable, we doubt not (we ſay) but the great God of Peace and Concord, will give in ſhort time a good and happy iſſue out of theſe troubles, and bloody Miſeries.

Which happy iſſue to advance, we ſhall ſpare no ſincere and moſt affectionate endeavours according to our Inſtructions, and that in ſuch manner as may or can be expected from a State which is your very friend; And of ſuch who in the ſame profeſſion of the true Religion, and ſpeciall Intereſts ſo neerely Conſederate, eſteeme (And that moſt rightly) the good and evill, the wel are and Calamity of this State and Kingdome, moſt ſenſibly to concerne them, and of which they cannot but be partakers.

Delivered by the Lords Ambaſſadours of the Lords the States Generall, to the Speakers of both Houſes of Parliament at Weſtminſter this 14 of March, 1643.

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London Printed for H. T. 1644.

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The Lords Ambassadours of the States Gernerall of the Netherlands their propositions unto the honourable Houses of Parliament; as they were in French presented unto the right honourable the Lord Grey of Warke, &c. Speaker of the Lords House, and the right worshipfull William Lenthall esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons the fourteenth of this instant March, 1643.

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— The Lords Ambassadours of the States Gernerall of the Netherlands their propositions unto the honourable Houses of Parliament; as they were in French presented unto the right honourable the Lord Grey of Warke, &c. Speaker of the Lords House, and the right worshipfull William Lenthall esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons the fourteenth of this instant March, 1643.,

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