Source:
A journal of the Swedish ambassy, in the years M.DCC.LIII. and M.DCC.LIV., volume 1, page 4, Bulstrode Whitelocke, published in 1772; original at the National Library of the Netherlands (Het Koninklijke Bibliotheek)
The diary entry:
No further newes yett came of the buisnes of Sweden; and Whitelocke, wife, and friends, were willing to perswade themselves, that a buisnes of this consequence could not be so long neglected, and nothing to be done in it, butt that (as to Whitelocke) the same was layd aside, and that they should heare no more of it, which they promised themselves; neverthelesse, they were not without some dayly feare and expectation of that which they desired not to know: and, in the meane time, the gentlemen, who managed all att London, for a time forgatt this buisnes, as a smalle matter scarse worthy their remembrance; although themselves often acknowledged, that the safety and good of this common-wealth, and of the whole protestant interest, did depend uppon it.
With modernised spelling:
No further news yet came of the business of Sweden, and Whitelocke, wife and friends were willing to persuade themselves that a business of this consequence could not be so long neglected and nothing to be done in it, but that (as to Whitelocke) the same was laid aside and that they should hear no more of it, which they promised themselves; nevertheless, they were not without some daily fear and expectation of that which they desired not to know; and, in the meantime, the gentlemen who managed all at London, for a time, forgat this business as a small matter scarce worthy their remembrance, although themselves often acknowledged that the safety and good of this Commonwealth, and of the whole Protestant interest, did depend upon it.
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Above: Bulstrode Whitelocke.
Notes: Whitelocke's wife = Mary Carleton (or Wilson). They were married in 1651, she being Whitelocke's third wife.
forgat = forgot.
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