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Rh 19th.I came from Amsterdam, and came by Hortwich and Catwick, and stuck in a quicksand an hour by the sea-side.

20th.Mr. Plot brought me some gilliflower seed, which cost five ducatoons. Monsieur Campricht was with me; he told me how Bitch and Homberg belong to the empire; that he should be sorry Monsieur Van Beuninghen should be sent into Spain; they think of one Stangerland; he and some others tell me that the King of France will not evacuate Wesel, to keep them in awe; that he hears they are making great preparations for the war, that he is