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voor niet aanbevelen bij de Vorstinnen? Ik zou gaarne van den schoolboel af zijn.
Men wil mijn broeder, hoor ik, te Vianen als dominee hebben; hij is nu in Egmond 1) .
Kunt gij hem niet bij den heer van Brederode aanbevelen? Hornae, 23 April. 1654.
5349. Percy 2)
. (B.M.)
I am not only in your debt for a letter, but for many other civilityes which I ought both
to remember and thank you for, and that I now doe by this; whosoeever hath
indispositions uppon him, is not master of himself nor 3) his businesse. If [it] had bin
my applications to give his hig[hness] Councell a state of the affaires heere, [I] should
not have bin soe often called for, nor 3) soe long a comming. You will find them, I
think, very truly reported for what is matter of fact, but for matter of conduct I know
myselfe soe subiect to faile, as I will not answer for myselfe; yet I hope, the faults
that have bin committed either will not appeere to be myne, or else with the help of
your advice will be easily mended. As it is not the part of a wise man to give councell
before it is asked, soe it is not the part of a frend to deny it, when it is sought, and
as I know you not subject to offend in the first part, soe I believe, your good nature
and civility will not give me occasion to complaine of you for the other. The officers
gave me their account and told me, it was the custome for me either to allow of
them, or to send them to the Councell; of the two I chose the latter, not having had
any order sent me for the other. I have given my owne opinion of those things, that
I beleeve may settle the revenewe of this place. If you will send me yours, I shall
take it as a [a]greable 4) favor, and make you all the returns that you can expect from
one, that is very much your humble servant. Chat. Renard, the 27 th April 5) .
5350. J. Westerbaen 6)
. (L.B.)
Qui has ad te defert bibliopola est, qui jacturam nummorum fecit spe lucri in vulgandis
meis Ockenburgicis. Absolutae sunt ante dies aliquot operae typographicae, sed
Matham 7) in culpa est, quod hactenus non prodeunt; haeret ille etiam nunc in
superficie, quae caelo ipsius exprimenda est. Nunc velit idem ille Vitaulium tuum et
mea Tempe Arctoa 8) conjunctim edere in duodecimo et quidem jamjam, ut pellibus
exiguis arctari et circumferri possint, si per te liceat, libeatque tibi nunc ipsi aptare
thoraca istum papyraceum, quo ante munivisti virum, cui
1) Nl. Johannes Bruno; zie IV, blz. 59.
2) Henry, lord Percy of Alnwick († 1659), was een gunsteling van Henriette Marie en generaal
in het leger van Karel I. Sedert 1645 woonde hij te Parijs. Misschien was het voor de Koningin,
dat hij Chateau Renard, eene bezitting der Oranje's, wilde koopen.
3) Het afschrift heeft: not
3) Het afschrift heeft: not
4) Het afschrift heeft: greable
5) Het jaartal ontbreekt.
6) Uitgegeven door J.A. Worp, t.a.p., blz. 258.
7) Adriaan Matham behoorde tot de bekende familie van graveurs en woonde in den Haag.
8) De titel van Westerbaen's gedicht is: Arctoa Tempe. Ockenburgh, woonstede van den Heere
van Brandwijck. In de Clingen buyten Loosduynen. Praestat otiosum esse quam nihil agere.
In 's Graven-hage By Anthony Tongerloo, Boeckverkooper, enz. Anno 1654.
Constantijn Huygens, Briefwisseling. Deel 5: 1649-1663