Briefwisseling en aantekeningen. Deel 1

CXVI.
Willem Bentinck aan de gravin van Portland.

[B.M. Eg., 1713]

Den Haag, 3 Augustus 1745.

......The reddition of Oudenarde is an affair so abo-

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minable, if what is said is true, that it passes all imagination. I shall know more of it soon, and will let you know what I shall have found to be true. Mr. Trevor told me to-day he was sorry Trembley was in England. I ask'd him why? Because I am ashamed, said he, that Trembley should see so much folly ... The French design another invasion in England. The pretender's son embarked the 15. of June¹⁾ on a 60 gun ship with...²⁾ arms for 8 or 10.000 men.

1) Karel Eduard Stuart was eerst 2 Juli in de Loire aan boord van de Du Teillay gegaan en 15 Juli uitgezeild. 3 Aug. landde hij te Eriska, Outer Hebrides.

2) Een woord uitgevallen; papier vergaan.