Correspondence of Sir Edward Nicholas, Vol. 2
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Excerpt from Correspondence of Sir Edward Nicholas, Vol. 2: Secretary of State In 1653 the Dutch were still at war with the English republic; indeed, as he tells us (p. 18), Monck´s victory of 29-31 July was won almost under his eyes. The negotiations, however, which led to the treaty of April, 1654, were already in progress, and in view of the strong leaning in the province of Holland towards an accommodation (p. 8), the presence at the Hague of a trustworthy Royalist, to watch events and counteract, if possible, the projects of the dominant anti-Orange faction, was almost indispensable. For duties of this responsible, though informal, character Nicholas was perhaps better fitted than any one else, and he carried on from thence a large correspondence not only with Hyde, who, with the title of Chancellor of the Exchequer, was acting Secretary of State, but more or less officially with many other members of the party. If it cannot be said that he effected much, he was hardly to blame, for after Worcester the royal cause might well appear desperate, and at the period we have reached the fear of Cromwell had already begun to overshadow all Western Europe. All, in fact, that could be got from the States General was a licence in November, 1653, for Middleton to transport arms to Scotland in aid of the abortive rising of Glencairn, and even this was against the will of the representatives of Holland (p. 26). Nicholas therefore could only urge the King to have patience and keep away, since the nervous anxiety at the Hague not "to disgust or exasperate the English rebels" (p. 4) past forgiveness would probably have provoked the States to the same insulting action they took at the mere rumour of his approach in 1655 (p. 227). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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