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difficult business for him to borrow money. At last he re- 

 ceived some of one Mr. Ash, now Sir Joseph Ash, a merchant 

 of Antwerp, which he returned to me ; but what with the 

 expense I had made in the meanwhile, and what was required 

 for my transporting into England, besides the debts formerly 

 contracted, the said money fell too short by ^400, and although 

 I could have upon my own word taken up much more, yet 

 I was unwilling to leave an engagement amongst strangers. 

 Wherefore I sent for one Mr. Shaw, now Sir John Shaw, a 

 near kinsman to the said Mr. Ash, entreating him to lend me 

 ^400, which he did most readily, and so discharged my debts. 



My departure being now divulged in Antwerp, the mag- 

 istrates of the city came to take their leaves of me, where I 

 desired one Mr. Duart *, a very worthy gentleman, and one 

 of the chief of the city, though he derives his race from the 

 Portuguese (to whom and his sisters, all very skilful in the 

 art of music, though for their own pastime and recreation, both 

 my Lord and myself were much bound for their great civilities) 

 to be my interpreter. They were pleased to express that they 

 were sorry for our departure out of their city, but withal 

 rejoiced at our happy returning into our native country, and 

 wished me soon and well to the place where I most desired 

 to be. Whereupon I having excused my Lord's hasty going 

 away without taking his leave of them, returned them mine 

 and my Lord's hearty thanks for their great civilities, declaring 

 how sorry I was that it lay not in my power to make an 

 acknowledgment answerable to them. But after their depar- 

 ture from me, they were pleased to send their under-ofhcers 

 (as the custom there is) with a present of wine, which I re- 

 ceived with all respect and thankfulness. 



I being thus prepared for my voyage, went with my ser- 

 vants to Flushing, and rinding no English man-of-war there, 

 being loath to trust myself with a less vessel, was at last 

 informed that a Dutch man-of-war lay there ready to convoy 

 some merchants. I forthwith sent for the captain thereof, 

 whose name was Bankert, and asked him whether it was 

 possible to obtain the favour of having the use of his ship to 

 transport me into England ? To which he answered, 



1 Letters ccii and ccvi in the Duchess of Newcastle's Sociable Letters are addressed 

 to Eleanora Duarte, and in the Letters and Poems in honour of the Duchess, p. 131, is 

 a letter from J. Duarte in 1671, thanking her for some of her books. 



