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2 O 2 MEDDELANDEN OCH AKTSTYCKEN
To unknown.1
(Stockholm, 26 August 1636.)
Stockholm, 26 of Aug. [1636].
As for my busines 1 haue all the fauour & assistannce here
from the L. Channc. y:t I can craue of him; by his addresse I haue
dealt with certaine diuines of this place with whom I haue laid a
good foundation, haueinge engaged them to certaine principles, w:ch
will bringe them further in due tyrne then they themselues are
aware off. But one of them is almost as much for peace as I am.
& it is come already soe farre y:t publickly on St. Bartholmew his
day w:ch was of the 24: of this, both in ye Swedish & high duch
Churches ye matter was publiquely recommennded to god & wished
for y:t vnitie and reconcilem[en]t might be attained & contentiousnes
of the Clergie was much reproued.
The L. Channc. hath giuen order this day to his secretary to
write letters of addresse, wxh hee will send with mee towards
Vp-sal & to one or 2 of ye cheif B[isho]ps. For ye ArchB[isho]p is
dead, & ye sea both of him & of another is vacant. If I can but
oblige them to thinke earnestly vpon ye scope, I hope to get
afterward all my desires, for ye statesmen are much addicted to my
worke, all ye difficulty is in Modo procedendi both here & in
respect of others, but when I haue tryed here ye Ford, p[er]haps I
will be able to let them see an easy passage, but if then they will
here take ye worke publiquely in hand, doe you thinke that I shall
bee able to gaine reall assistannce from ye Church of England
Communi nomine? I doubt of it as yet. Neuerthelesse god is
Al-suffkient & tyrne will cleare all things.
[John Durie.]
To William Laud?
(Stockholm, 27 August 1636.)
Right Reuerend Father in God,
The matter wxh I studie to promote here is like to take effect;
for I find reall coadioutors: the L:d Chancellour hauing giuen me
addresse towards some of the Chief preachers of this towne, I haue
gained their affections to the worke, & their assent to many
fundamental! positions, to wxh if they will sticke fast in practise I make
no doubt, but the euent will bee answerable to our expectation:
now I am to gette letters from him of addresse towards the pro-
1 Copy in Rawl. Ms. C. 911 (BL), fol. 288 v.
* In the Durie Collection, House of Lords. Partly copied in Rawl. Ms. C.
911 (BL), fol. 288.
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