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it. But I hope it shall not ly in their power to hinder it, if it
please God to suffer mee to Contynue here till I haue ripened some
thoughts which must bee imparted to the Arch-B[isho]pp and the
Clergy of Vpsall.
I haue written heretofore vnto you concerning supplies; Before
mr. B. goes from hence I shall bee forced to take vp some round
some of mony, wherewith I will Charge you to giue him payment.
For if I goe I leaue my worke abruptly and giue my opposites
ad-uantage to ouerthrow all that I haue built vp. I cannot possibly
now Answere all that is to bee sayd af all other matters, I will
take some tyrne and set it apart of purpose to satisfie you in all
your demannds, but you must spare mee a little till I bee out of
these straites. For I doe not tell eyther you or Sr Thomas of all
the difficulties y:t I meete withall, neither is it fitting you should
knowe the same, But they are such that before I am able to
ouer-come them much labour it will cost mee and many lucubrations.
For I must make an end of seuerall treaties which are begunne, by
which I hope eyther to carry all the worke clearely or else to make
my retreate from hence soe safe that the aduersaries shall not bee
able to harme mee in my absence, if it should bee requisite for mee
to goe from hence.
[John Durie].
To [Thomas RoeJ.1
(Stockholm, 19 August 1637.)
Stockholme, 19. August [1637].
Since the 29. of July I haue not written, then I related fully
the state of all affaires both in respect of myne owne busines, and
in respect of the publique soe farre as I had diued into the
reso-lucons; since I haue not written for want of acceptable matter, and
because I haue not as yet gotten any full resolucon from the Lords
Regents in my worke. The cause is p[ar]tly ye waightines of the
worke p[ar]tly the Lord Channcelkr (to whom this worke is in
especiall manner referred by all the rest) his naturall or politicall
slownes but chiefly there be two causes which haue kept mee backe
from vrginge the matter vpon the Lord Channcelkr, the one is the
extraordinary multitude and difficulty of affaires, whereinto I see
him wrapped, The other is the vncertainty of myne owne resolucons
howe to negotiate further in the worke.
As for mee I am vnsettled in my resolucons what to doe
further in my worke, neyther can I well come to determine with
my selfe any thinge till I knowe more of the Lord Channcelkr his
mynde then as yet hee hath opened, and I am afrayd that his
naturall slownes will bee augmented by reason of certayne circum-
’ Copy in Rawl. Ms. C. 911 (BL), fol. 453 ff.
17 — 3463. Kyrkohist. Årsskrift 1933.
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