Matthew Prior Letter Viewer

Hag: The Hague y^e 3 July:
1697

S^r

I know not vpon what grounds my
Masters ¹ haue determined amongst
themselves that no Copy of the treaty ²
should be communicated to any: for
this reason no Mention of it is
made to the Secretary of State ³ and
I must begg You to conceal Yo:^r having
had it from Me: they haue made an
alteration in the 7:^th Article to
comprehend Hudsons bay busineſs
of which this enclosed ⁴ informs
his Maj:^ty vpon the return of
the Pension:^r ⁵ We may possibly
know his Maj:^ties ⁶ resolutions as to

the State of War or peace, that these
tedious Negociations may come to
some determination.

I am
most truly
S^r
Yo:^r humble and
ob^t Ser^t

MPrior.

[Page 3, a biographical note on Prior in a later hand, not transcribed.]

Addressed:
m^~ Secretary Blathwayt

Endorsed:
3 July 1697
From M.^r Prior.

The Plenipotentiaries representing British interests in the negotiations at Ryswick: Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke; Edward Villiers, Viscount Villiers and soon to be 1st Earl of Jersey; and Sir Joseph Williamson

The Treaty of Ryswick, signed in Sept. 1697

Sir William Trumbull

The enclosure has not been recovered.

Anthony Heinsius, Grand Pensionary of Holland

King William III

PRIOR to WILLIAM BLATHWAYT, [23 June]/3 July 1697, The Hague