Gr.  Eric.  The  Queen  hath  likewise  sent  several
public  ministers  to  England,  and  Mr.  Lagerfeldt  was
a  long  time  there  without  effecting  anything.
Wh.  He  had  answers  to  his  proposals  very  often,
and  it  was  on  his  part  that  a  conclusion  was  not  had
with  him.  But  if  you  please  to  proceed  to  a  confer-
ence upon  my  proposals,  I  am  ready  to  treat  with


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you,  as  I  have  always  been  to  treat  with  my  Lord
Chancellor,  your  father,  for  whose  ill-health  I  am
heartUy  sorry.
GV.  Eric,  1  am  ready  in  the  same  way  of  secresy  as  it
hath  been  carried  with  my  father,  so  that  Mr.  Beningen
in  his  letters  to  his  superiors  saith  that  the  English
Ambassador  did  treat  with  none  but  the  Queen  alone,
and  sometimes  alone  with  the  Chancellor,  whereby  he
could  not  possibly  give  any  account  of  those  transac-
tions ;  for  he  thought  that  not  one  person  in  Sweden,
except  the  Queen  and  the  Chancellor,  knew  what  they
were.
TTh.  The  gentleman  hath  done  me  an  honour  in
that  expression.
Gr.  Eric.  My  coming  to  your  Excellence  is  to  pro-
ceed in  your  business ;  and  I  desire  a  consideration
may  be  had  of  the  great  losses  which  the  Queen's  sub-
jects have  austained  by  the  seizing  and  detaining  of
their  ships  by  the  EngUsh.
