| Content Description | Acknowledges receipt of his letter; comments that from what he [Vernon] has written to the king [William III] about the Count of Auersperg's discourse, he can 'judge what was to be expected from Spain', and can justify to the emperor [Leopold I] what the king has done; anticipates that he will 'exclaime against the thing', but hopes he will be the only one to do so; states that by the terms of the treaty [with France re. the Spanish succession] they were aware that Spain may invite the King of France in, and so they took steps to avoid this; comments that words alone do not provide security, but they will at least 'obviate all excuses if the case should happen'.
In answer to Sir Edward Seymour's argument, observes that 'Kings, princes and States do make and have ever made treaties and kept forces for the maintenance of them'; hopes they will not have much need of them.
The letter is not in Bentinck's hand. |