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seem_v hitherto_o as_o we_o can_v certain_o assure_v you_o as_o much_o as_o we_o can_v desire_v we_o shall_v not_o fail_v to_o write_v you_o diligent_o each_o of_o we_o from_o the_o place_n where_o we_o be_v go_v to_o be_v scatter_v and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n we_o joint_o assure_v you_o how_o much_o we_o be_v london_n feb._n 11._o 1628._o messieurs_fw-fr your_o most_o humble_a and_o most_o obedient_a servant_n david_n vincent_n dehinse_n gentleman_n the_o same_o day_n we_o write_v to_o you_o last_o the_o sieur_n bragneau_n rocheller_n another_o letter_n from_o the_o deputy_n to_o the_o rocheller_n and_o gobert_n arrive_v and_o bring_v we_o all_o you_o and_o express_v abundant_o your_o necessity_n which_o we_o together_o represent_v to_o the_o duke_n with_o supplication_n to_o hasten_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o majesty_n promise_n and_o according_o he_o dispatch_v a_o courier_n to_o have_v all_o thing_n in_o readiness_n and_o order_v that_o monsieur_n bragneau_n and_o dehinse_v shall_v be_v go_v to_o morrow_n to_o establish_v such_o order_n as_o shall_v be_v judge_v necessary_a it_o be_v that_o which_o they_o dispose_v themselves_o unto_o and_o will_v not_o fail_v when_o they_o shall_v be_v at_o plymouth_n to_o write_v you_o large_o of_o all_o they_o shall_v do_v there_o we_o refer_v all_o to_o they_o and_o we_o shall_v each_o in_o his_o province_n labour_n to_o do_v what_o shall_v be_v for_o your_o affair_n and_o pray_v to_o god_n that_o the_o success_n may_v be_v as_o we_o desire_v we_o shall_v reiterate_v here_o what_o we_o have_v many_o time_n say_v in_o our_o former_a to_o wit_n that_o the_o duke_n not_o find_v at_o plymouth_n the_o corn_n as_o he_o hope_v and_o not_o find_v he_o in_o condition_n to_o execute_v that_o which_o we_o have_v 1628._o march_n propose_v on_o his_o part_n as_o to_o relieve_v we_o upon_o their_o charge_n the_o fear_n we_o have_v that_o insist_v upon_o have_v they_o of_o gift_n will_v have_v obstruct_v all_o hinder_v our_o press_v the_o execution_n of_o that_o promise_n we_o only_o request_v he_o to_o make_v the_o advance_v and_o that_o you_o will_v reimburse_v they_o from_o thence_o there_o be_v some_o particular_a merchant_n which_o have_v lade_v that_o which_o go_v to_o you_o and_o as_o it_o be_v the_o hope_n of_o gain_n that_o induce_v they_o to_o it_o we_o assure_v ourselves_o that_o your_o prudence_n know_v well_o to_o judge_v how_o much_o it_o be_v of_o import_n that_o they_o be_v content_v by_o you_o that_o other_o may_v thereby_o be_v oblige_v to_o undertake_v the_o same_o the_o wind_n have_v stay_v sieur_n vincent_n he_o be_v yet_o here_o and_o therefore_o can_v assure_v you_o how_o much_o it_o be_v that_o we_o be_v all_o london_n feb._n 14._o 1628._o messieurs_fw-fr your_o most_o humble_a and_o most_o obedient_a servant_n david_n vincent_n dehinse_n a_o relation_n touch_v the_o negotiation_n of_o the_o deputy_n of_o rochel_n in_o england_n since_o the_o content_n of_o their_o letter_n of_o decemb._n 25._o the_o three_o of_o january_n 1628._o my_o lord_n montjoy_n and_o the_o rest_n who_o have_v be_v take_v prisoner_n in_o the_o isle_n of_o re_n arrive_v at_o london_n be_v conduct_v by_o the_o sieur_n de_fw-fr meaux_n who_o present_v they_o to_o the_o queen_n from_o the_o queen_n her_o mother_n who_o have_v obtain_v of_o the_o king_n the_o send_n of_o they_o without_o ransom_n and_o boast_v of_o the_o courteous_a entertainment_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v even_o that_o they_o have_v be_v defray_v through_o the_o kingdom_n 1628._o march_v the_o gentleman_n that_o bring_v they_o who_o be_v a_o witty_a man_n negotiate_v with_o the_o principal_a of_o the_o council_n for_o a_o treaty_n of_o accommodation_n for_o which_o the_o ambassador_n of_o denmark_n have_v former_o make_v some_o overture_n we_o observe_v that_o he_o give_v they_o frequent_a visit_n and_o that_o according_o they_o take_v a_o sudden_a resolution_n to_o go_v to_o france_n where_o we_o discover_v they_o have_v a_o 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