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DIEU·ET·MON DROIT·  
HONI·SOIT·QVI·MAL·Y·PENSE   
At the Court at Whitehall, The Twenty eighth of November, 1677.  
Present,  

The Kings Most Excellent Majesty,  
Lord Chancellor  
Lord Treasurer  
Lord Privy Seal  
Earl of bath  
Earl of Carlisle  
Earl of Craven  
Earl of Carbery  
Viscount Faulconberg  
Lord Bishop of London  
Lord Bishop of Durham  
Lord Maynard  
Mr Vice-Chamberlain  
Mr Secretary Coventry  
Mr Secretary Williamson  
Mr Montagu  
Mr Chancellor of the Duchy.   
WHereas his Excellency the Heer Van Beuninghen Ambassador Extraordinary from the State's General of the United Netherlands having by his Memorial to His Majesty of the 22th of September last, made Complaint of his being highly Affronted by some Persons who presumed to Cite him by virtue of Two several Orders of His Majesty in Council, to appear at the Council Table the 10th of October then following, and afterwards caused to be Printed, with the said Orders, a False and Scandalous Memorandum, highly reflecting upon the Person and Character of the said Ambassador, which were not only Publicly Dispersed, but Affixed at the Exchange, and other places within the City of London: And therefore demanding that Public Satisfaction might be made, as well to the States his Masters, as to himself, for the said Indignities, His Majesty was pleased to Direct this Matter to be forthwith Examined; And it thereupon appearing, That George Carew Esquire (one of the Petitioners mentioned in the said Orders of Council) was the Person that caused the said Ambassador to be Cited, as also the said Orders with the Memorandum annexed, to be Printed. His Majesty did thereupon Order the said George Carew to be Committed Prisoner to the Ga●●●●use Westminster, for the said Offences, until he should have made his humble submission to the said Ambassador. And the said George Carew having this day attended His Majesty in Council, with his Submission, which he there Read and Signed, as followeth, Viz.  

To his Excellency Monsieur Van Beuninghen, Ambassador Extraordinary from the State's General of the United Netherlands.  
The humble Address and Submission of George Carew Esquire, Prisoner in the Gatehouse,  
Shows,  
THat he being Committed into Custody upon your Excellency's Complaint, for causing your Excellency to be Cited upon Two Orders of the Council Board: He most humbly asks Pardon for such his Offence.  
And does further acknowledge himself to be Guilty of causing a False and Scandalous Paper to be Printed: For which, and for the Offence thereby given to your Excellency, He does again most humbly beg your Excellencies Pardon.  George Carew.  
And having afterwards presented the same to the said Ambassador, humbly ask His Excellencies Pardon, the said Ambassador declared that he freely forgave him. Which being Reported to His Majesty, His Majesty was thereupon pleased to Order, That the said George Carew should be discharged from his Imprisonment.  
But His Majesty out of a just Resentment of the said Affronts and Indignities, and to testify his tender Care for Vindicating the Rights and Privileges due to the Persons and Characters of Ambassadors and Public Ministers, Hath thought fit to Direct and Command, That this Order be forthwith Printed, and Affixed upon the Royal Exchange London, at the usual Hour of Merchants meeting there, and at the Court Gate, by one of the Messengers of His Majesty's Chamber in Ordinary, to the end that the Reparation might be as Public as the Indignities offered to the said Ambassador.  JOHN NICHOLAS.  

LONDON Printed by john Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. 1677.