Briefwisseling en aantekeningen. Deel 1

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XCVII.
Willem Bentinck aan de gravin van Portland.

[B.M., Eg. 1713]

Den Haag, 3 November 1744.

The last news from Jack left him at Breda, where he is playing the Jack pudding with the Prince of Orange and the Princess Royal He is shortly to join his regiment at Gorcum.

(Geeft voornemen te kennen om een reis naar Engeland te maken en verzoekt zijn moeder uit te strooien dat zij hem gevraagd heeft te komen.)

Monsieur Sandenburg¹⁾ is here lodged with me. He is mightily pleased with England, and satisfy'd with all the civilitys he has received there, and which, in my opinion he much deserves, for his person not alone and character, but because he feels 'em, which few people do ...

1) Smissaert van Sandenburg.