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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

 A. Manuscript Sources 



1 . Everaard Van Weede, Secret Letter to the Secretary of the Stales General, March 



4, 1687, from London, Rijksarchief, 'sgravenhage, 7335. 



2. Everaard Van Weede, Public Letter to the Stales General, March 4, 1687, from 



London, Rijksarchief, 'sgravenhage, 6929. 

 Note: I am indebted to Professor Japikse of the Dutch Historical Society for the 

 above letters. 



B. Printed Sources 



1. Avaux, Monsieur le Comte (Jean Antoine de Mesnes), Negotiations en Hoi- 

 lande depnis 1679 jusqu'en 1688, 6 vols., Paris, 1752. 



The artful and designing character of Count Avaux is everywhere apparent in 

 this work. He was exceedingly active and loyal to his master, Louis XIV. He 

 always suspected something sinister in his dealings with others, and he was quick 

 to grasp the motives and intentions of those with whom he dealt. He was in- 

 credulous. His view and understanding of 'the English business' was accurate 

 and more correct than that of Barillon, the French ambassador in London. 



His Negotiations is not a journal although it appears throughout that it was 

 the intention of the writer to pass it to his readers as such. The narrative runs as 

 though written on the day of the incidents mentioned. It is true the dates are 

 given in the margin, but the material included under each date often contains 

 expressions such as 'aujourdhui,' 'hier,' 'pendant les dix derniers jours,' which indi- 

 cate the chronological order of writing. 1 



There are two or three places in the six volumes where Avaux forgets himself 

 and refers to events which had not yet occurred at the time of the date governing 

 the passage. 2 Moreover, it is very clear that the Negotiations is a narrative based 

 upon the correspondence of Avaux. There are frequent and abundant references 

 to letters, the date and the person writing or written to being given in each case. 

 This would give the Negotiations a position superior to a memoir. 



But another consideration, admirably noted by the editor of the Archie/ 

 Hensius, reminds us that Avaux was not honest, but was guilty "at least once of 



1 Tome v, 162, 290, 298, 314. 

 Tome vi, 34, 33, 42, 185, 253. 



2 Tome v, 291. Sans doute le Prince avait alors en vue l'enterprise qu'il a faite 

 depuis contre l'Angleterre. 



Tome vi, 28. Le Sieur Dickveld fut envoye sous le pretexte de s'eclaircir de 

 tout ce qui est dit ci-dessus, et temoigner a. S. M. Britanique le desir qu'avaient 

 les fitats Generaux de vivre avec Elle dans une parfaite amitie et correspondance: 

 mais en effet pour fomenter le soulevement qu'on a vu depuis. 



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