<P> Further financial support was obtained from the most disparate sources: the Jewish banker Francisco Lopes Suasso lent two million guilders; when asked what security he desired, Suasso answered: "If you are victorious, you will surely repay me; if not, the loss is mine ." Even Pope Innocent XI, an inveterate enemy of Louis XIV of France, provided a loan to William, though a relation with the invasion has been denied . Total costs were seven million guilders, four million of which would ultimately be paid for by a state loan . In the summer the Dutch navy was expanded to 9000 sailors on the pretext of fighting the Dunkirkers . The standard summer equipment of twenty warships was secretly doubled . On 13 July 1688 (Gregorian calendar) it was decided to build 21 new warships . </P> <P> Despite all the preparations, William had great trouble convincing the Dutch class of city and provincial rulers, the regents, that such an expensive expedition was really necessary . Also, he personally feared that the French might attack the Republic through Flanders when its army was tied up in England . One of the "Seven", Lord Danby, suggested postponing the invasion until the following year . By early September, William was on the brink of cancelling the entire expedition when French policy played into his hand . </P> <P> In Germany, matters had come to a head . The Pope had refused to confirm Louis's favourite candidate for the bishopric of Cologne, William Egon of Fürstenberg . Enraged, the French king decided to execute a lightning campaign into Germany before the emperor could shift his troops to the West . Louis also hoped to keep his Turkish ally in the war this way . For the immediate future James had to hold his own, something Louis expected him to be quite capable of, especially if the Dutch were intimidated . On 9 September (Gregorian calendar) the French envoy Jean Antoine de Mesmes, the Comte d'Avaux, handed two letters from the French king, who had known of the invasion plans since May, to the States General of the Netherlands . In the first they were warned not to attack James . In the second they were advised not to interfere with the French policy in Germany . James hurriedly distanced himself from the first message, trying to convince the States General that there was no secret Anglo - French alliance against them . This however, had precisely the opposite effect: many members became extremely suspicious . The second message proved that the main French effort was directed to the east, not the north, so there was no immediate danger of a French invasion for the Republic itself . </P> <P> From 22 September, Louis XIV seized all Dutch ships present in French ports, totalling about a hundred vessels, apparently proving that real war with France was imminent, though Louis had meant it to be a mere warning . On 26 September the powerful city council of Amsterdam decided to officially support the invasion . On 27 September Louis crossed the Rhine into Germany to attack Philippsburg and William began to move the Dutch field army from the eastern borders, where it had trained on the Mookerheide, to the coast, even though most of the new mercenaries had not yet arrived . </P>

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