On the third point, speaking of the East and West India Company, you will, so far as relates To decline the East ^^ ^^^ East Indies, decline it, with the best reasons you can adduce; and finally* iDdiatraje. declare that nothing can be done therein without hearing the Company. And in case his Majesty should please to propose any thing, or make any overtures, in this regard, that after hearing it, the Company shall be asked to give his Majesty all possible satisfaction; Combination of the and as far as the West Indies is concerned, We have sent you, by Salais, the "^ West India Compa- •'

»>'«>• declaration of the Nineteen, to which we refer, in order that you may treat accordingly. Herewith we send another copy thereof, in case the first should not have come to hand. Respecting the fourth point, you shall, etc.

Extract from the Journal of the Dutch Amhas-sadors in England.

[ From the Original in the Royal Archives, at the Hague. ]

Extract of the Journal or Report of the Mess" Francis van Aerssen, Lord of Sommelsdyk, &c., and Albert Joachimi, Lord at Ostend in Oudekenskercken. Ambassadors from the States General of the United Netherlands, near the King of Great Britain, from February to July, 1624.

4 June, 1624. My lord, the Prince of Wales, sent Mr. Caer, first Lord of his Bedchamber, some days ago to us, and requested us, through him, that we would believe that Sir Ferdinand Georges, Governor of Portsmouth, is an honest and honorable gentleman, and that we should