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Rh advances. I told her I hoped she would receive them well, if they were made to her. She then fell to make several expressions of kindness to the Prince, and told me she believed he and several others loved her the worse because they thought her too much in the interest of France. She confessed she had so much kindness to her own country, that she would be glad to do it any good, but when it came into any competition with England, she would show that she thought her stake here was much greater than there.

28th.My Lord Sunderland told Mr. Godolphin of our design of bringing over the Prince, which he approves of extremely, and resolves to further it. He saith there are several things to be considered in it; the first is, whether the Princess should come over; but it is resolved she should not, and that it should be ordered that she stay at the Hague, and that the Duke and Duchess do not come to her, and that she should not go to them, but let them know of his coming by letter, for it will be mightily to his prejudice if it should be suspected that his coming over was agreed upon between the Duke and the Prince. I am to let the Prince know that the Lord Shaftesbury is not of our party, but that he is a good tool to work with, Rh