'Tis a shrewd negotiator; and in this alliance the King's chief design is to injure your Mightinesses, as M.de Villeroy now confesses, although he says that this will not be consented to on this side.

It behoves your Mightinesses to use all your ears and eyes.

It is certain these are much more than private conventions.

Yes, there is nothing private about them, save the conjunction of the persons whom they concern.

In short, all the conditions regard directly the state, and directly likewise, or by necessary consequence, the state of your Mightinesses' Provinces.