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He distinctly told the Advocate, on his expressing a hope that Henry might consent to the Prince's residence in some neutral place until a reconciliation could be effected, that the pinch of the matter was not there, and that van der Myle, who knew all about it, could easily explain it.
He scoffed at the slender sympathy van der Myle was finding in the bleak political atmosphere. He had done his best to find out what he had been negotiating with the members of the council and was glad to say that it was so inconsiderable as to be not worth reporting. He had not spoken with or seen the King.
He distinctly told the Advocate, on his expressing a hope that Henry might consent to the Prince's residence in some neutral place until a reconciliation could be effected, that the pinch of the matter was not there, and that van der Myle, who knew all about it, could easily explain it.
Van der Myle by the production of the secret letters of the Queen-Dowager and her counsellors had proved beyond dispute that it was at the express wish of the French government that the Ambassador had retired, and that indeed they had distinctly refused to receive him, should he return.
"You will find a passion among the advisers of the Queen," said Villeroy to Aerssens and van der Myle, "to move in diametrical opposition to the plans of the late king." And well might the ancient Leaguer and present pensionary of Spain reveal this foremost fact in a policy of which he was in secret the soul.
In the same quiet way orders were sent to secure Secretary Ledenberg, who had returned to Utrecht, and who now after a short confinement in that city was brought to the Hague and imprisoned in the Hof. At the very moment of the Advocate's arrest his son-in-law van der Myle happened to be paying a visit to Sir Dudley Carleton, who had arrived very late the night before from England.
But he was son-in-law to Barneveld, and although the Advocate was certainly not free from the charge of nepotism, he shrank from the reproach of having apparently removed Aerssens to make a place for one of his own family. Van der Myle remained to bear the brunt of the late ambassador's malice, and to engage at a little later period in hottest controversy with him, personal and political.
The public portions of the state paper belong exclusively to history, and have already been sufficiently detailed. The letter to Prince Maurice was delivered into his hands by Cornelis van der Myle, son-in-law of Barneveld. No reply to it was ever sent, but several days afterwards the Stadholder called from his open window to van der Myle, who happened to be passing by.
In the same quiet way orders were sent to secure Secretary Ledenberg, who had returned to Utrecht, and who now after a short confinement in that city was brought to the Hague and imprisoned in the Hof. At the very moment of the Advocate's arrest his son-in-law van der Myle happened to be paying a visit to Sir Dudley Carleton, who had arrived very late the night before from England.
Difficult Position of Barneveld Insurrection at Utrecht subdued by the States' Army Special Embassies to England and France Anger of the King with Spain and the Archdukes Arrangements of Henry for the coming War Position of Spain Anxiety of the King for the Presence of Barneveld in Paris Arrival of the Dutch Commissioners in France and their brilliant Reception Their Interview with the King and his Ministers Negotiations Delicate Position of the Dutch Government India Trade Simon Danzer, the Corsair Conversations of Henry with the Dutch Commissioners Letter of the King to Archduke Albert Preparations for the Queen's Coronation, and of Henry to open the Campaign in person Perplexities of Henry Forebodings and Warnings The Murder accomplished Terrible Change in France Triumph of Concini and of Spain Downfall of Sully Disputes of the Grandees among themselves Special Mission of Condelence from the Republic Conference on the great Enterprise Departure of van der Myle from Paris.
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