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Letters Relating to the Mission of Sir Thomas Roe toGustavus Adolphus. 1692–30
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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Gustavus Adolphus is a hero of every nation, and it is unnecessary toapologise for the publication of a series of papers which bring himbefore us as painted by a writer so observant and intelligent as SirThomas Roe. The two papers added in the Appendix complete theportrait by strokes from his own hand. I have so recently given anaccount of the negotiation out of which they sprung that it would beneedless to repeat here what I have said elsewhere. But even ifthese two papers stood alone they would be sufficient to establishthe greatness of Gustavus's character. Their weight, firmness, andcircumspection stand out in bold relief if they are contrasted withthe diplomacy of James and Charles; but I should fancy that theyhardly need that foil to attract the attention which theydeserve.
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page 2 note a Roe's Negotiations, p. 826.
page 2 note b Grandison to Roe, December 10th, 1628. S. P. Dom. vol. cxxii. 33.
page 5 note a Elizabeth to Roe, March 2nd, 1629. S. P. Dom. cxxxviii. 8.
page 5 note b Vane's Instructions, February 1629. S. P. Holland.
page 5 note c i. c. lest this letter be taken by the Dunkirk privateers.
page 5 note d Roe to the titular Queen of Bohemia, March 22nd. S. P. Germany.
page 5 note e Conference with the Prince of Orange, March 20th. S. P. Holland
page 12 note a The treaty of Lûbeck between the Emperor and the King of Denmark had been signed May ½.
page 14 note a This took place before it sailed. The whole story as told here is most unsatisfactory.
page 16 note a i. e. Charles owns as a debt the money lent to his father, not the 30,000Z. a month which he engaged to pay under the treaty of the Hague.
page 18 note a “for” in MS.
page 18 note b “our” in MS.
page 20 note a They married sisters of the Elector of Brandenburg.
page 26 note a On behalf of the Emperor.
page 28 note a 6 July.
page 32 note a Bois-le-Duc, to which the Prince was then laying siege.
page 34 note a sir; probably for ill.
page 37 note a The Frische Haff.
page 38 note a Pillan.
a The letter is in two forms, one cyphered to a great extent, to be sent to England, the other a copy apparently kept by Roe. Where there is discrepancy the latter is followed, as a mistake may easily have occurred in the cyphering. The other form will be added in a note.
page 42 note b “goods and” omitted in the other copy.
page 43 note a i.e. the Reformed or Calvinist religion.
page 43 note b “Duke of Pomerland, the Marquis of Baden, and the free eitties,” in the other copy.
page 48 note a The spit of land in front of the Frische Haf.
page 51 note a Sic.
page 53 note a Hertogenbosch or Bois-le-Duc.
page 54 note a Going as ambassador to negotiate peace.
page 54 note b Don Carlos Coloma, so frequently miswritten Colonna by English writers.
page 54 note c i.e. on.
page 54 note d A As ordinary ambassador here.
page 7 note a Dorchester to Vane, April 10th. S. P. Holland.
page 7 note b Arundel to Vane, April 28th. Ibid.
page 7 note c The indorsement is in Boswell's hand, who was in Carlisle's service.
page 9 note a Note of Conversation. S. P. Holland.
page 69 note a i.e. the negotiations with Spain.
page 75 note a “storehouse and chambers” interlined in Roe's hand; deciphered “ports” in another copy.
page 75 note b i.e. On the main land.
page 75 note c i.e. As ambassador here.
page 80 note a Sic.
page 85 note a “director” written above.
page 85 note b Vistula.
page 85 note c i.e. other.
page 86 note a “ordinance” written aboye.
page 88 note a were.
page 88 note b levying.
page 89 note a next to come.
page 90 note a i. e. re-inforced.
page 90 note b The Weser.
page 90 note c Bremen.
page 90 note d Wismar.
page 90 note e use.
page 90 note a enough.
page 92 note a Konigsburg.
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