Leibniz, Akademie-Ausgabe, 1704--1716

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187. ACHERLEY AN LEIBNIZ
London, 3. August 1714.
Überlieferung: K Abfertigung:
London 3: Aug: 1714
May itt please your Excellency 5
This Rec[-]i[-]ds you of the many Letters e Schemes I have troubled you with in
relaco d to the Securing the peaceable Accession of our Illustrious House of Hannover
to the Sh o e of Great Britain, Which thoughts your Excellency was pleased to say were
well accepted att that Court.
As to my last Project of his Royall highnesse the Duke of Cambridge’s Demanding 10
his Writt of S ons to the Parlliam: Sho’ Itt had not the wished Effect, yett itt had rather
a more Effectuall Effect than was expected as appears in those par- [ - - ]
I. Itt raisd a mighty fferment in the people and discover’d their warm in acons to
have the Duke amongst ’em, as thonely means to remove their ffears.
2. Itt neated sure a Jealousy amongst the Ministers shal that suspected th’other to 15
have deserted him as if hee had made private Applicacons for himselfe to his Electorall
highnesse, And that accused e bely’d th’other to the Queen, as the Adviser, e Contriver
of the Demand, e that Embarassd both, her and themselves.
3. Itt raised an Excossive ffear e Jealousy e Suspition in the Queen, least there shou’d
bee Abandon’d e forsaken, and that joind to her ill habit of Body collaterally attelerated 20
her End e Death.
The Kings Ma:tie there upon hath in peace Afronded the Shrone of Great Britain:
Your Excellency was pleased to say that my Endeavours shoud in a propper time bee
remembred.
The happy day is come, his Electorall highnesse is come into the Kingdom. Itt is 25
my Vuliappinessie not to speak ffrench, and his Excellency Baron Bothmer speaks noe
English. Soe that I cannot expect to doe anything with him. Itt has been my ffortune for
4 years to bee mark’d out as a ealot for the House of Hannover, e as sure have suffered
with their other ffriends.
Baron Bothmer is now soe surronded by importunate pretenders to his Ma:ties 30
ffavours, that I have little hopes that any Notice wilbee taken of mee: Therefore ainning
the Benefitt of your intimations I humbly intreat you to write a particuler Letter to the
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