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Rh the oath of allegiance. If you can find an expedient for it, he desires you would send it to him. I think it would do as well to have him created Duke, though he left England the next day.

8th.Monsieur D'Overkirk and several of that gang dined with me. After dinner, Burgomaster Mays came to me; he has a very good understanding, he would be glad to do Mr. Bracey any service, except bringing him into the town; but for the place of Drosser, he will assist him all he can.

10th.The Prince sent for me to go to Monsieur Van Beuninghen before I went, which I did, and found him still in the same opinion, and being against the guarantee; and now he saith that the Parliament will not like that we should engage to maintain France in the height it is now; he has no mind to guarantee the peace, and is afraid to enter into an act of guarantee for securing the Spanish Low Country. After I was with him, I went to Breda, where I found the Princess; soon after the Prince came; a kind meeting.

11th.I went with the Prince to see the fortification, which was very fine; the soldiers work there; the horse have sixpence, the foot three-pence per day. In the afternoon they were drawn Rh