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trouble. 1 will add no more, but that I am, 

 with sincere respect and esteem, Sir, 



** Your affectionate friend and servant, 



" Jo. Ebor." 



Mr. Ayerst, in his letter of June 9, 1711, 

 lately quoted, had intimated, that the design 

 in Prussia would be much forwarded, if the 

 House of Hanover were applied to in the same affair. 

 He had first moved and suggested the same to 

 Dr. Jablouski and Monsieur Leibnitz*^ who 

 both indeed seemed to approve of the thing, 

 though doubtful as to the success of it. How- 

 ever, Mr. Leibnitz undertook to sound the incli- 

 nations of the Court of Hanover towards it. 

 And in a very short time he enabled Mr. Ayerst 



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

 1711. " Quas Leibnitsia destinaveras ipse ei in manus tradidi. 

 Responsum ejus habes geminum iis quae de inventu tuo confa- 

 bulati suraus. Confecta res videri posset, nisi Electrix vidua, 

 expensarum pertaesa, spei autem pro sua person^ exors, ex- 

 pensas una cum spe in filium devolveret." 



Mr. Leibnitz's letter was in these words. 



" Monsieur, Je trouve votre pensee tres raisonable mais 

 avant mon retour a Hanover, je ne sauray dire, si elle pourra 

 avoir de success. Et M. Jablouski predicateur du Roy, qui 

 m'a fait I'honneur de me rendre votre lettre est du mesne senti- 

 ment. Quand je seray done de retour a Hanover, je prendrai 

 mon temps pour sender les sentimens la dessus. Je menageray 

 la chose aussi de la sorte qu'elle ne puisse point eclater avant le 

 temps. Je suis, &c, Leibnitz." Berlin, ce 3 de May, 1711. 



