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Rh 10th.Sir Robert Southwell and others dined with me. I had a long discourse with the Prince, and gave him an account of what I heard out of England.

11th.I dined with the Prince: there dined Monsieur Spaen, the Elector of Brandenburgh's general, who hath got a great estate by the war. I heard that Mademoiselle de Wylde was ill. I spoke to the doctor, and he gave me no great satisfaction. I went to court, and found Monsieur Fuen-Mayor.

13th.I was with the French ambassador; I went afterwards to Monsieur Spaen. At night I was at court; the French Ambassador came thither, and afterwards the Prince. He told Sir Robert and I that the French Minister at the Elector's court had given the Electrice a present of 700,000 crowns; that he had drawn near 400,000 out of Cleves, and made the people furnish them with waggons to carry it away.

14th.Sir Robert Southwell and the English gentlemen dined with me. At night he took his leave, but the Prince told him he would write. Amongst other things, he said that he was now extremely unwilling to have a war, but he thought things could never be brought to a good pass without one. He said that he believed no copies of the