He signified his consent, and appointed the mareschal D'Uxelles and the abbe Polignac his plenipotentiaries.

They were not suffered, however, to enter Holland, but were met by the deputies Buys and Vanderdussen, at Gertruydenburgh.
Meanwhile, the states desired the queen of England to send over the duke of Marlborough to assist them with his advice in these conferences.

The two houses of parliament seconded their request in a joint address to her majesty, who told them she had already given directions for his departure; and said she was glad to find they concurred with her in a just sense of the duke's eminent services.

Both the letter and the addresses were procured by the interest of Marlborough, to let the queen see how much that nobleman was considered both at home and abroad.
But she was already wholly alienated from him in her heart, and these expedients served only to increase her disgust.
PRIDE AND OBSTINACY OF THE DUTCH.
The French ministers were subjected to every species of mortification.
They were in a manner confined to a small fortified town, and all their conduct narrowly watched.

Their accommodation was mean: their letters were opened; and they were daily insulted by injurious libels.