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ble a design as that mentioned in your Excel- 

 lency's of the 14th instant, N. S. 



" You will please, my Lord, to assure them, 

 that her Majesty is ready to give all possible 

 encouragement to that excellent work, and that 

 those who have the honour to serve her are 

 heartily disposed to contribute all that is in 

 their power to the same end. Your Excellency 

 may venture to assure them further, that the 

 Clergy is zealous in this cause; and if former 

 overtures have met with a cold reception from 

 any of that body, such behaviour was directly 

 contrary to their general inclination and to their 

 avowed sense, as appeared evidently from the 

 attempt which the lower House of Convocation 

 made some years ago, to join with the bishops 

 in promoting a closer correspondence between 

 the two Churches. 



** Your Excellency will please to give, both 

 here and at the Hague, as early notice as you 

 conveniently can of your removal. I am, 

 " My Lord, your Excellency's 



" Most obedient humble servant, 

 " H. St. John." 



That the dispatch of Mr. Hales was likewise 

 attempted, will appear from the following me- 

 morandums in the Archbishop's diary. 



Thursday y March 1,1710-11. ''At eleven o clock 



