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24 the council; the reason we imagined was to have the Duke of Monmouth here. I went in the morning to Mr. Van Lewin, who told me that I should find every body in Holland well inclined to enter into a stricter union and alliance than we have had yet; that all the towns but that of Amsterdam hath been for it a long while, and that Monsieur Van Beuninghen had sent him word that he was very confident that town would also come in as well as the others. Upon the discourse of the guarantee, he told me that the King of France would not evacuate Wesel and Lipstat, till the Swedes were in possession of all Pomerania, which I doubt will retard their entering into the treaty with so much desire.

In the evening I went to Sir William's, and talking of the Duke, we resolved that there was nothing for him to do so well as to be resolute, and to begin with turning out those men that broke the triple league, shut up the exchequer, entering into a war that cost so many lives, and setting up popery.

I must ask him what shall be done with Lady Anne.

8th.I went to Windsor, and told Lord Sunderland that I heard Lord Shaftesbury had spread