The Provinces wished her Majesty to pay one-third of the whole expense, while her Majesty was reluctant to pay one-quarter.

The States wished a permanent force to be kept on foot in the Netherlands of thirteen thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry for the field, and twenty-three thousand for garrisons.

The councillors thought the last item too much.

Then there were queries as to the expense of maintaining a force in the Provinces.

The envoys reckoned one pound sterling, or ten florins, a month for the pay of each foot soldier, including officers; and for the cavalry, three times as much.