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which shall be given entire, because it is a 

 narrative of what was done at Berlin on this 

 occasion. 



** My very good Lord, 



*' The day that his Excellency my 

 Lord Raby, the British ambassador, took his 

 leave of this place (which was on the 24th of 

 March, N. S.), he was pleased to acquaint me, 

 that he had received the Queen's commands by 

 the Right Honourable Mr. Secretary St. John's, 

 that he should confer with Baron Printz and 

 our bishops, and others, about our ecclesiastical 

 affairs, and assure them of the ready assistance 

 both of her Majesty and of the clergy of Eng- 

 land to promote so good a design. He also 

 told me, that in pursuance of her Majesty's 

 directions he had been the day before at Baron 

 Printz's, with a design to wait upon him. But 

 not finding him at home, he intrusted me to 

 deliver a copy of the above-mentioned letter to 

 Baron Printz and the bishop in his name, which 

 I did the day following*. 



" Mr. St. John's letter, for the compass of it, 



* Extract of Jablouski's letter to Mr. Ayerst, of May 5, 

 1711. " Grande illud negotium nostrum satis feliciter procedit 

 postquam illustris vaster St. Johnius resident! Prussico Bonneto 

 Reginaa vestrae ministorum status atque cleri ea de re mentem 

 exposuit, ipsum que de eadem ad Regem referre jussit." 



