vantage which
thereby would arise to both of them, and to the Protestant party.[193]

As they were walking together the Queen passed by them, being in that
wood also to take the air. When she came near, she saluted them with
great respect, and spake to them aloud, "Je suis ravie de vous voir
ensemble, je vois que la paix est faite." And so the Queen went on her
way, and Whitelocke took leave of the Resident.

[SN: A despatch from Thurloe.]

At his return to his house Whitelocke found his packet from England ready
to entertain him, and Thurloe's letter was this:--

"My Lord,

"Your letter of the 10th of March arrived here this morning, whereby
you are pleased to give a very particular and exact account of all
proceedings in this treaty you are upon; I presently communicated
the contents thereof to his Highness and the Council, with whom he
was willing to advise, and thereupon he was pleased to send you the
instructions which your Excellence will receive herewith, which are
fully agreeable to your own desire in that behalf. The former
instructions had come sooner, if the issue of the Dutch treaty had
been sooner known; now, through the blessing of God, it is fully
concluded, and your Excellence will receive herewith the articles,
as they are signed by the Commissioners of his Highness and the
Lords Ambassadors of the United Provinces. They signed them upon
Wednesday, at night, and the next morning the ambassadors sent them
away to be ratified by their superiors, which they will do without
difficulty or scruple, as we believe.

"Your Excellence will see by those articles made with the Dutch,
that the second and fifth article is omitted out of your
instructions; that these two treaties will very well stand together;
and for the notice to be given to the Dutch, it is clear to me that
it will not be necessary, in respect that this treaty was not only
begun, but as good as finished, before the conclusion with the
Dutch.

"And for the fourth article, and the proviso your Excellence is
pleased to send, that being so clearly within the substance of your
former instructions, I thought it needless to add any instruction
about it now.

"His Highness in the beginning of this week was pleased to send for
the Great Seal, and kept it in his own custody two days, and now
hath disposed it unto your Excellence,