University Studies 



Vol. XX July-October, 1920 Nos. 3, 4 



THE EMBASSY OF EVERAARD VAN WEEDE, LORD OF 

 DYKVELT, TO ENGLAND IN 1687 



BY JAMES MUILENBURG 



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The Importance of Dykvelt's Embassy 



Contemporary Estimate — Estimate of Historians 87 



Development of the Crisis 

 The European Policy of the Prince of Orange — The Political 

 Aims of James II — The Policy of Louis XIV toward 

 England — The Approach of a Crisis in England, and 



William's Position 90 



Dykvelt's Embassy Determined Upon 

 Fagel's Address before the States General — The Arrival and 

 Reception of the English Envoy— The Reply of the 



Deputies to Fagel's Request 94 



The Character of the Envoy 

 Burnet's Characterization — Fruin's Characterization — Dyk- 

 velt's Earlier Embassies to England 99 



Attempts of Count Avaux to Prevent the Embassy 

 Avaux's Alliance with the Opposition — His Dealings with 

 Albeville — Dykvelt's Successful Interviews with Albe- 



ville 102 



Dykvelt's Departure and His Arrival in England 

 Early Successes — Instructions from the Prince — -The Scottish 



Indulgence — -The Envoy's First Reversal 105 



The First Interview with the King 

 Dykvelt's Account of the Formal Reception — Dykvelt's 



Account of the Private Interview with the King 110 



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