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worthy gentleman, was not yet fully apprized of , and 

 instructed in the nature of this business, having been 

 promoted to that post since the time that this affair 

 ivas before in agitation. But that, notwithstanding, 

 he might be j^elied upon as one who would do the 

 Church signal service. The doctor expressed in 

 this letter an exceeding pleasure in the fair 

 prospect he now had of bringing the long 

 hoped for design to bear ; and concluded, that 

 there were two things highly requisite for the 

 effectual promotion of it, viz. directions from 

 her Majesty to the Lord Ambassador, to treat 

 expressly upon that subject, and the dispatching 

 Mr. Hales over to Berlin. 



The Archbishop found the first of these much 

 easier to be obtained than the other. For 

 though no answer could be got for some time 

 with respect to Mr. Hales, yet the following 

 letter was sent in the same month to my Lord 

 Raby, by Mr, Secretary St. John's, a copy of 

 which is here inserted. 



" Whitehall, Feb. 28, 1710. 



** My Lord, 



** If this letter finds your Excellency 

 still at Berlin, her Majesty desires that you 

 would take some proper opportunity of speaking 

 to Monsieur Printz, to the bishops, and to any 

 others who may concern themselves in so lauda- 



