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the mannage, when My Lord was by, then when he 

 was absent; and when he rid them himself, they 

 seemed to take much pleasure and pride in it. But of 

 all sorts of horses, My Lord loved Spanish horses and 

 barbes best; saying, that Spanish horses were hke 

 princes, and barbes like gentlemen, in their kind. 

 And this was the chief recreation and pastime My 

 Lord had in Antwerp. 



I will now return to my former discourse, and the 

 relation of some important affairs and actions which 

 happened about this time: His Majesty (our now 

 gracious King, Charles the Second) some time after 

 he was gone out of Holland, and returned into France, 

 took his journey from thence to Breda (if I remember 

 well) to treat there with his subjects of Scotland, who 

 had then made some offers of agreement : My Lord, 

 according to his duty, went thither to wait on His 

 Majesty, and was there in council with His Majesty, 

 His Highness the then Prince of Orange, His Majesties 

 brother-in-law, and some other privy-counsellors; 

 in which, after several debates concerning that 

 important affair. His Highness the Prince of Orange, 

 and My Lord, agreed in one opinion, viz. that they 

 could perceive no other and better way at that present 

 for His Majesty but to make an agreement with his 

 subjects of Scotland, upon any condition, and to go 

 into Scotland in person himself, that he might but 

 be sure of an army, there being no probabiHty or 

 appearance then of getting an army any where else. 

 Which counsel, either out of the then alledged reasons, 

 or some others best known to His Majesty, was 

 embraced; His Majesty agreeing with the Scots so 

 far (notwithstanding they were so unreasonable in 

 their treaty, that His Majesty had hardly patience to 

 hear them) that he resolved to go into Scotland in 



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