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casioned the following letter from the baron to 

 his lordship as it is rendered into English. 



" February 12th, 1711. N. S. 

 " My Lord, 



" Your excellency having done me the 

 honour some time since to communicate the 

 overtures that had been made by our bishop 

 here, Mons. de Bar (Ursinus) to his Grace the 

 Archbishop of Canterbury, in order to establish 

 a vearer union and correspondence between the 

 reformed churches on this side the sea, (and par- 

 ticularly in the dominions of the King my mas- 

 ter) and the Church of England. In compliance 

 therewith, I have not failed to confer with 

 Monsieur de Bar, our bishop, upon that subject ; 

 and we have most humbly laid some overtures 

 before his Majesty, our august King. We con- 

 tinue, on our parts, in the same favourable dis- 

 positions, and are ready to enter into whatever 

 measures may contribute to the good success of 

 this affair. But as hitherto it has been treated 

 in England with so great an indifference, that 

 they have not vouchsafed to give any answer to 

 the overtures that have been made by us, nor 

 to the version of the English Liturgy, translated 

 into our German language, so we would not 

 expose ourselves to the like hazard, by making 

 any further advances, without being assured of 

 an answer from the part of England. 



