A memorial delivered to His Majesty (July 21/31 1664) from the Lord Van-Gogh, ambassador from the States General of the United Provinces. Translated into English. With the ansvver which His Sacred Majesty returned thereunto.

A memorial delivered to His Majesty (July 21/31 1664) from the Lord Van-Gogh, ambassador from the States General of the United Provinces. Translated into English. With the ansvver which His Sacred Majesty returned thereunto.

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THE MEMORIAL OF THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR TO HIS MAJESTY.

THE MEMORIAL OF THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR TO HIS MAJESTY.

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SIR,

THE under-written Ambaſſador of the States General of the United Netherlands, Your good friends and Allies, having had the honor of ſeveral Audiences with Your Majeſty, and therein made known to You ſuch Orders as he hath from time to time received from his Maſters upon occaſion of, and concerning divers affairs, and eſpecially theſe following: To wit,

Seeing it is underſtood and perceived, that Veſſels of War are fitting and preparing on both ſides, which if they go forth to Sea and meet there together, might by ſome miſunderſtanding fall foul upon one another; Your Majeſty would therefore be pleaſed to keep back Your Fleet, and not ſuffer it to go to Sea, as their Lordſhips offer on their part to do; the whole intent and deſign tending onely [Page] to the ſafety of both parties, and the prevention of the foreſaid ſiniſter encounters.

Moreover, Whereas their Lordſhips have been informed, that Captain Holmes with the Veſſels under his Command hath now again (as heretofore) done very great and enormous injuries to the Netherlandiſh Company of the Weſt-Indies, by taking divers of their Veſſels upon the Coaſt of Africk, as alſo by making himſelf Maſter of ſome places and Forts belonging unto them, and namely amongſt others of Capo Verde, &c. which is directly contrary, not onely to the Treaty laſt concluded between Your Majeſty and the States of the United Provinces, but alſo to mutual Amity and good neighbourhood: The ſaid Ambaſſador did therefore in the name of his Superiors, demand reſtitution of the ſame, and that reparation might be made of the damages and intereſts, which the ſaid Company and other Subjects of their Lordſhips, who were concerned, have ſuffered thereby; as alſo that the like proceedings and violences might be prevented for the future by an expreſs Order.

In the third place, That their Lordſhips being from day to day confirmed by certain intelligence coming from that Coaſt, that the foreſaid action of Captain Holmes had not onely been effected in the manner above ſpecified, but alſo that he was intended to carry on his deſign further, by making incurſions and ſeizing upon all the Coaſt, and that for his better ſucceſs therein, he expected a notable ſupply of Ships from England, as the whole matter may be proved by the Teſtimony and Depoſitions of credible perſons newly come from thence: Which actions being without right, reaſon and equity, and which conſequently cannot be endured, nor looked upon with a good eye, Your Majeſty was entreated that it might be Your good Pleaſure to command as well the ſaid Captain Holmes, as others who [Page] were in that engagement, or are held to have been employed therein, not only to reſtore the foreſaid Forts and Veſſels ſo taken, and to repair the damages thereby ſuffered (as reaſon requires) but alſo that the Ships which by report are now ready to ſet Sail, or which may be fitting for that end, may by Your Majeſties expreſs Command be prohibited and charged not to do or cauſe any other injury or damage to the ſaid Company, or to any other the Subjects of the United Provinces.

Fourthly, Foraſmuch as the poorand afflicted Reformed Churches in the Valleys of Piedmont have repreſented, that after the agreement made with his Royal Highneſs the Duke of Savoy ſome while ſince, they are again overwhelmed & ruined by exactions & charges required of them to defray the expences of the Army which the ſaid Duke had commanded againſt them, which charges amounted to ſo high a ſum, that it was impoſſible for them to make it up, for the reaſons more at large alledged in their Remonſtrance; Therefore they have deſired the interceſsion of the States General with Your Majeſty, that Your Ambaſſador in the Court of France may have order to procure from his Moſt Chriſtian Majeſty (as being Mediator between his ſaid Royal Highneſs and them) as much favour and comfort to thoſe poor afflicted Churches as can poſſibly by any means be obtained.

And finally, conſidering that the Veſſels coming from the United Provinces into the Rivers, Streams and Roads of this Kingdom, are ſtopped there under pretence that there be Perſons and Commodities on board which come from places infected with the Plague, or at leaſt ſuſpected to be ſo, by which means the freedom of Trade and Paſſage is obſtructed and diſturbed, to the great prejudice of the inhabitants of both Nations: The ſaid Ambaſſador therefore inſiſted thereupon, that the ſame might be remedied, [Page] or at leaſt that the ſtrictneſs of thoſe Orders might be mitigated in ſuch meaſure as in reaſon ſhall be found convenient; And that the rather, becauſe, by the mercy of God, all the Provinces in general are not infected with the Contagion.

To all that is above ſaid, Your Majeſty hath been pleaſed to anſwer in effect, to wit, upon the firſt point, touching keeping of the Fleet from going to Sea, That the numbers which were fitted and prepared on Your Majeſties ſide being no way extraordinary, but onely for common and cuſtomary uſe, and without deſign of bringing any damage or inconvenience upon the inhabitants of the United Provinces, the ſaid Veſſels could not be kept from going to Sea, becauſe Your Majeſties Honour was engaged therein; Nevertheleſs that You would give ſuch Orders to the chief Commander of Your ſaid Fleet, that their Lordſhips ſhall have no cauſe to apprehend any ſiniſter encounters from it.

As to the ſecond, touching the action of Captain Holmes▪ Your Majeſty thought good to anſwer thereunto, That You had received no information of it, and that having given no Order for his ſo doing, You would cauſe reparation to be made, if the matter proved to be true, and that the ſaid Captain Holmes ſhould be puniſhed according as the caſe ſhould require: Nevertheleſs adding thereunto afterwards at another Audience, that the Weſt-India Company had likewiſe done much damage to Your Majeſties Subjects upon the ſaid Coaſt, pretending to be Maſters thereof to themſelves alone; which thing ought to be conſidered alſo in its proper ſeaſon, judging it unreaſonable and unjuſt that the Trade of the Engliſh upon that Coaſt ſhould continually be diſturbed and hindred.

And as to the third, Your Majeſty was pleaſed to ſay [Page] as before, That You had received no information of Holmes his actions in thoſe parts; and for ſo much as concerned the Ships which are ready to ſet Sail towards the Coaſt of Africk, that they were not in a condition to make any attempt there, being onely Merchant-men, unto which there was added but one Man of War for their Convoy.

For what regards the poor Piemontoies, That You were ſenſibly touched with the miſerable condition of thoſe Churches and People, and for that reaſon Your Majeſty had already given Order to Your Ambaſſador in France to contribute unto their relief and comfort in Your name; But foraſmuch as at preſent there occurr ſome new difficulties concerning the ſaid Churches, Your Majeſty would adviſe more particularly thereupon.

And laſtly, concerning the Merchants Ships which come from the United Provinces into this Kingdom, and are ſtopped without permiſsion to Land any where, becauſe they are ſuſpected to come from ſome place infected with the Sickneſs, there being no diſtinction made between Provinces and Cities really afflicted with the ſaid Contagion, & thoſe which are not ſo at all; That Your Majeſty having an extraordinary apprehenſion of that diſeaſe, had great reaſon to uſe all poſsible precaution againſt it; Notwithſtanding, that the buſineſs ſhould alſo be thought upon more fully.

All which Points aboveſaid having been repeated by the ſaid Ambaſſador at his laſt Audience, and inſtance thereupon made, that according to their Lordſhips deſires Your Majeſty would be pleaſed to explain Your Self in Writing, to put the minds of his Superiors out of perplexity and diſquiet; and Your Majeſty having to that purpoſe [Page] deſired, that all ſhould be comprized in a Memorial for [...] Anſwer to be given thereunto in Writing: The ſaid Memorial (May it pleaſe Your Majeſty) is here moſt humbly preſented, with like prayer, that ſuch Order may be taken therein, as that by a favorable anſwer (which the ſaid Ambaſſador expects from Your Majeſty) he may be enabled to give his Maſters content.

M. Van-Gogh.

From Chelſey, July 2 [...]/31 1664.

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[Page] A MEMORIAL Delivered to His MAJESTY (July 2 [...]/31 1664) from the Lord VAN-GOGH, Ambaſſador from the STATES GENERAL of the UNITED PROVINCES.

Tranſlated into Engliſh.

With the ANSVVER which His Sacred Majeſty returned thereunto.

LONDON, Printed by J. G. for R. Royſton, Book-ſeller to the Kings moſt Excellent Majeſty, 1664.

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A memorial delivered to His Majesty (July 21/31 1664) from the Lord Van-Gogh, ambassador from the States General of the United Provinces. Translated into English. With the ansvver which His Sacred Majesty returned thereunto.

United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.

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1664

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— A memorial delivered to His Majesty (July 21/31 1664) from the Lord Van-Gogh, ambassador from the States General of the United Provinces. Translated into English. With the ansvver which His Sacred Majesty returned thereunto., United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal., Gogh, Michiel van., Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685., England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II).

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Printed by J.G. for R. Royston ...,. London, :: 1664.. (Original title not traced.) (Item at 441:11 imperfect: lacking His Majesty's answer (p. 9-16).) (Reproductions of originals in the Bodleian Library (441:11) and Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (2900:21).)

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