The Will of _Frederic-Henry_ call’d the Male Descendants to his Succession; and on Failure of them the three Princesses his Daughters; by virtue of which, the King who descended from the eldest, claimed to be the lawful Heir, notwithstanding the Testament of King _William_, who could not dispose of an Estate which was intail’d. The King, for the better Manifestation of his Rights, set out for the _Hague_, accompanied by the Margrave _Albert_, his Brother, who left him at _Wesel_ in order to join the Army at _Keiserswaert_[5]. At _Wesel_[6] the King receiv’d Messieurs _de Lintelo_, _Slingenlandt_, and _Tour_, Deputies from the States-General, to whom he paid the same Honors as to Sovereigns, and receiv’d them standing, with only an Arm-Chair behind him. They gave him an Account of the last Will and Testament of King _William_, which they had caus’d to be open’d in the Presence of M. _Schmettau_ his Ambassador, Mr. _Stanhope_ the Envoy Extraordinary of _England_, the Envoys of the Princesses of _Anhalt_ and _Nassau-Friesland_, the Envoy of the Prince of _Nassau-Siegen_, the Commissioners of the States appointed for that purpose, and the Counsellors of the Domains of the late King _William_. They added that they had found in this Will, that the Prince of _Nassau_, hereditary Governor of _Friesland_, was call’d to the Succession as universal Heir, and they exhorted the King to own him as such. But notwithstanding all this, he enter’d his solemn Protest against the Will, and then set out for the _Hague_. The King at his arrival alighted at the Palace of the Old Court, which was part of the Inheritance of the King of _England_, and of which he had already taken Possession, as well as of _Honslaerdyke_, another Palace of the late King of _England_. The _Dutch_ wou’d fain have secur’d the Succession to the Prince of _Nassau-Friesland_, but they could not easily do this, without embroiling themselves with the King. Therefore they chose to temporize, and came to no Conclusion while the King staid in _Holland_, during which they endeavor’d to amuse him by procuring him all the Pleasures that their Country afforded; but the Grand Affair of the Succession to the King of _England_ engross’d all his Thoughts, and he went away very much dissatisfy’d with the Conduct of the States-General at this Juncture.