The states-general refused to grant passes to the French ministers; but they allowed Petkum to make a journey to Versailles.

In the interim king Philip published a manifesto, protesting against all that should be transacted at the Hague to his prejudice.

Far from yielding Spain and the Indies to his competitor, he declared his intention of driving Charles from those places that were now in his possession.

He named the duke of Alba and count Bergheyck for his plenipotentiaries, and ordered them to notify their credentials to the maritime powers; but no regard was paid to their intimation.

Philip tampered likewise with the duke of Marlborough; and the marquis de Torcy renewed his attempts upon that general; but all his application and address proved ineffectual.