At the court at Whitehall this seventh day of November 1683 present the Kings Most Excellent Majesty ... : whereas complaint was this day made to His Majesty in council, that His Excellency the Sieur Citters, ambassadour residing here from the States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, was on the fifth day of this instant November, riotously assaulted in his coach, several squibs, stones, and firebrands being thrown, whereby his lady who was with him was dangerously wounded ...