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Description: | 1588, March [14-] 24. N.S. Dordrecht.
To go to Utrecht, present his letters of credence to the Conte de Moeurs, and pray for a speedy answer. To ask for an audience in the Assembly, and to lay before them her Majesty's desire that they should live in harmony, and her displeasure at hearing of the dissensions which have arisen. To remind them that her Majesty having, in 1585, granted an aid of troops for defence of their countries, and to enable them to oppose the enemy, it was expressly agreed that the direction of affairs concerning the government of the war and matters of state should be in the hands of a governor sent by her, with the assistance of the Council of State; which was observed up to February last, when the time of the said Council expired, and it was neither continued nor another chosen in its place, in consequence of which there have been many inconveniences, and more are to be feared. To pray them to send up deputies at once with plenary power to deliberate on the choice of a new Council of State, with such authority as was agreed upon in the treaty. By that treaty it was expressly stipulated that her Majesty should have in the Council--besides her lieutenant-general--her English counsellors, to assist in all the business; whereas, now, she has here her said Lieutenant and one of her counsellors, but, for want of such Council, they cannot fulfil their charge.
Also, to show them that the jealousies and differences between provinces, towns and persons, which cannot be settled without the mediation of some more absolute authority, will cause at last such divisions as will bring utter ruin upon these provinces, the strongest and most flourishing of any in Europe, and moreover, that, in consequence thereof, her Majesty may, it is to be feared, put an end to her assistance and recall her forces. For these and other reasons, he is to use his good offices to persuade the provinces to send up their deputies without delay. After doing all he can at Utrecht, he is to go to Gueldres and Over-Yssel, and then return with all diligence to make report.
French. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Temporal: | 14 Mar 1588 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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