[The Life of John of Barneveld 1609-23 by John Lothrop Motley]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of John of Barneveld 1609-23 CHAPTER IX 14/28
But he never went back.
The Queen-Regent and her ministers were so glad to get rid of him, and so little disposed, in the straits in which they found themselves, to quarrel with the powerful republic, as to be willing to write very complimentary public letters to the States, concerning the character and conduct of the man whom they so much detested. Pluming himself upon these, Aerssens made his appearance in the Assembly of the States-General, to give account by word of mouth of the condition of affairs, speaking as if he had only come by permission of their Mightinesses for temporary purposes.
Two months later he was summoned before the Assembly, and ordered to return to his post. Meantime a new French ambassador had arrived at the Hague, in the spring of 1613.
Aubery du Maurier, a son of an obscure country squire, a Protestant, of moderate opinions, of a sincere but rather obsequious character, painstaking, diligent, and honest, had been at an earlier day in the service of the turbulent and intriguing Due de Bouillon.
He had also been employed by Sully as an agent in financial affairs between Holland and France, and had long been known to Villeroy.
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