29th.I went with my Lord Ambassador Jenkins to Dieren, to the Prince; I found him in an ill house, but in a fine country; after he had talked awhile with the ambassador, he took me into his bed-chamber, where I staid above two hours. He asked me many questions, and I informed him of every thing, much to his satisfaction. Afterwards, I went to the Princess, and delivered my letters and made my compliments. I then went to dinner; Lady Inchiquen was there, and Overkirk, the young Count de Nassau, and several others. After dinner, we came again to Nimeguen.
30th.I came to Utrecht; as soon as I had supped I went into the Prince's yacht, and came all night, and about ten in the morning I got to the Hague. I sent to the Pensioner, but he was gone out of town, then to Monsieur Van Beuninghen, and he came before I could go to him.[1]
Aug. 1st.I writ to the Duke, to my Lord Sunderland, Sir W. Temple, and Mr. Mountstevens.
- ↑ Monsieur Van Beuninghen, Burgomaster of Amsterdam, had been employed as envoy in England, at Copenhagen, and at Stockholm; and he had been ambassador at the Court of
difficulty, he on one occasion proposed to the French ambassador the ingenious expedient of seeing him in bed; the point, however, was considered too important to be so disposed of.—Temple's Works.
