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Dutch Ambassador : [a speech]

"Back I went by Mr. Downing's order, and stayed there til 12 o'clock in expectation of one to come to read some writings, but he came not, so I stayed all alone reading the answer of the Dutch ambassador to our State, in which answer to the reasons of my lord's coming home which he gave for his coming, and did labour herein to contradict my Lord's arguments for his coming home."

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Manuscript: Letter

 

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