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         Lettre de Monsieur Du Cros à Mylord **** afin de servir de réponse aux impostures de Monsieur le Chevalier Temple. English
         Du Cros, Simon, 17th cent.
      
       
         
           1693
        
      
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             A letter from Monsieur de Cros (who was an embassador at the Treaty of Nimeguen and a resident in England in K. Ch. the Second's reign) which may serve for an answer to the impostures of Sir. Wm. Temple, heretofore ambassador from England at the Hague and at Nimeguen ... : together with some remarks upon his memoirs, to make appear how grosly he is mistaken in the greatest part of the most important matters he relates concerning what passed from the year 1672 until the year 1679.
             Lettre de Monsieur Du Cros à Mylord **** afin de servir de réponse aux impostures de Monsieur le Chevalier Temple. English
             Du Cros, Simon, 17th cent.
          
           33 [i.e. 32], [4] p.
           
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             1693.
          
           
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           Temple, William, -- Sir, 1628-1699. -- Memoirs of what past in Christendom from the war begun 1672 to the peace concluded 1679.
           Dutch War, 1672-1678.
           Europe -- History -- 1648-1715.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           Monsieur
           
             de
             CROS
          
           ,
           (
           Who
           was
           an
           Embassador
           at
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Nimeguen
           ,
           and
           a
           Resident
           in
           England
           ,
           in
           K.
           Ch.
           the
           Second's
           Reign
           .
           )
        
         
           Which
           may
           serve
           for
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           Impostures
           of
           Sir
           W
           
             m
             Temple
          
           ,
           heretofore
           Ambassador
           from
           England
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           and
           at
           Nimeguen
           ;
           Till
           such
           time
           as
           a
           more
           ample
           and
           particular
           Relation
           be
           made
           of
           the
           Business
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           some
           REMARKS
           Upon
           his
           MEMOIRS
           ,
           To
           make
           appear
           how
           grosly
           he
           is
           mistaken
           in
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           most
           important
           matters
           he
           relates
           concerning
           what
           passed
           from
           the
           Year
           1672
           ,
           until
           the
           Year
           1679.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1693.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           from
           Mons
           .
           
             de
             Cros
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           been
           informed
           of
           the
           Calumnies
           that
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           hath
           caused
           to
           be
           Printed
           against
           me
           .
           I
           know
           very
           well
           that
           Sir
           W.
           is
           of
           great
           Worth
           ,
           and
           deserves
           well
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           a
           long
           time
           employed
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           upon
           important
           occasions
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           as
           certain
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           but
           a
           small
           share
           in
           the
           Secrecy
           of
           the
           late
           King
           
           Charles's
           Designs
           in
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Affairs
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           employed
           ,
           from
           72
           ,
           till
           79
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           main
           Subject
           of
           his
           Work.
           
        
         
           This
           Consideration
           alone
           might
           not
           perhaps
           have
           given
           me
           the
           curiosity
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           any
           great
           earnestness
           to
           read
           his
           Memoirs
           ;
           and
           I
           might
           have
           very
           well
           judged
           that
           I
           could
           draw
           from
           them
           no
           sufficient
           light
           and
           insight
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           so
           many
           Intrigues
           .
        
         
           Nay
           besides
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           doubted
           whether
           or
           no
           these
           Memoirs
           might
           not
           have
           been
           his
           own
           Panegyrick
           upon
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           diminution
           and
           undervaluing
           of
           the
           real
           Worth
           and
           Glory
           of
           several
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           and
           distinguished
           by
           their
           Merit
           ;
           whose
           Fortune
           and
           Reputation
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           hath
           so
           much
           envied
           :
           for
           I
           am
           particularly
           acquainted
           with
           Sir
           
           W's
           Pride
           .
           He
           looks
           upon
           himself
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           Reach
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           
           wisest
           and
           ablest
           Politician
           of
           his
           Time
           ;
           and
           a
           man
           may
           perceive
           abundance
           of
           Satyrical
           Reflexions
           scattered
           here
           and
           there
           in
           his
           Work
           against
           most
           illustrious
           Persons
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           hath
           stuffed
           his
           Memoirs
           with
           his
           own
           Praise
           ,
           and
           the
           fond
           over-weening
           Opinion
           he
           hath
           of
           himself
           .
        
         
           Without
           doubt
           this
           is
           quite
           different
           from
           that
           Sincerity
           and
           Modesty
           which
           reigns
           throughout
           the
           Memoirs
           of
           Villeroy
           ,
           in
           the
           Negotiations
           and
           Transactions
           of
           Jeanin
           ,
           in
           the
           Letters
           of
           Card.
           Dossat
           ,
           those
           mighty
           and
           truly
           eminent
           Persons
           ,
           esteemed
           as
           such
           by
           the
           greatest
           Princes
           of
           their
           Age
           ;
           and
           even
           still
           are
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           by
           the
           ablest
           Politicians
           ,
           with
           much
           more
           Justice
           and
           Glory
           than
           Sir
           
           W's
           Book-Seller
           stiles
           him
           ,
           
             One
             of
             the
             Greatest
             Men
             of
             this
             Age.
          
           It
           had
           been
           Sir
           
           W's
           duty
           to
           have
           regulated
           himself
           according
           to
           their
           most
           excellent
           Pattern
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           at
           present
           only
           quote
           one
           Passage
           ,
           which
           I
           accidentally
           light
           on
           at
           the
           first
           opening
           his
           Book
           ,
           whereby
           one
           may
           easily
           guess
           at
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           presumption
           ;
           in
           a
           shorttime
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           occasion
           to
           observe
           many
           others
           .
           
             The
             Negotiations
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             that
             I
             managed
             and
             transacted
             at
             the
          
           Hague
           ,
           at
           Brussels
           ,
           at
           Aix
           la
           Chapelle
           ,
           
             which
             saved
          
           Flanders
           
             from
             the
          
           French
           
             Clutches
             ,
             in
          
           68.
           
             made
             People
             believe
             I
             had
             some
             Credit
             and
             Reputation
             amongst
             the
          
           Spaniards
           ,
           
             as
             well
             as
             in
          
           Holland
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           a
           Piece
           of
           strange
           Ingratitude
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           and
           Spaniards
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           his
           own
           dear
           Country-men
           ,
           so
           much
           concern'd
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Flanders
           ,
           not
           to
           rear
           him
           a
           Statue
           ,
           which
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           some-where
           else
           ,
           Mr.
           Godolphin
           
           had
           promised
           him
           .
           Could
           Sir.
           
             W.
             T.
          
           have
           done
           any
           thing
           to
           deserve
           it
           more
           ;
           or
           was
           there
           any
           thing
           more
           worthy
           of
           Triumph
           than
           to
           have
           preserved
           Flanders
           ,
           a
           Country
           so
           important
           to
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Bulwark
           of
           Holland
           and
           England
           ?
           But
           Sir
           W.
           was
           apt
           to
           believe
           he
           could
           not
           find
           any
           one
           who
           was
           better
           able
           to
           hammer
           out
           his
           own
           Glory
           than
           himself
           ;
           and
           he
           flattered
           himself
           with
           the
           Opinion
           that
           he
           should
           erect
           himself
           as
           many
           Statues
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           places
           in
           his
           Memoirs
           ,
           crouded
           with
           intolerable
           and
           ridiculous
           Vain-glory.
           
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           the
           Negotiations
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           Sir
           W.
           tells
           us
           he
           managed
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             Brussels
          
           ,
           and
           at
           
             Aix
             la
             Chappelle
          
           ,
           which
           saved
           Flanders
           from
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           in
           1668.
           
           The
           French
           published
           that
           they
           were
           beholding
           to
           the
           most
           Christian
           Kings
           Moderation
           for
           that
           Peace
           ;
           who
           was
           willing
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           progress
           and
           course
           of
           his
           victorious
           Arms.
           But
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           they
           most
           justly
           ascribed
           all
           the
           Merit
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Triple
           League
           ,
           to
           the
           generous
           resolution
           and
           stedfastness
           of
           the
           States-General
           .
           They
           made
           use
           ,
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           of
           a
           Minister
           of
           State
           far
           beyond
           Sir
           W.
           in
           Prudence
           ,
           Experience
           ,
           and
           Capacity
           ,
           one
           ,
           who
           was
           in
           the
           Opinion
           even
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           the
           most
           able
           Manager
           of
           Affairs
           of
           his
           Age.
           
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           undertake
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           strictly
           to
           examine
           Sir
           W.
           Temple's
           Memoirs
           :
           I
           will
           do
           it
           shortly
           if
           God
           spare
           me
           with
           Life
           ;
           nay
           ,
           and
           I
           promise
           you
           a
           Volume
           of
           Remarks
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           large
           as
           his
           Book
           .
        
         
           If
           ,
           like
           him
           ,
           I
           had
           the
           Vanity
           to
           procure
           the
           printing
           of
           Memoirs
           ,
           during
           my
           life-time
           ,
           I
           could
           now
           have
           a
           fair
           pretence
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           without
           all
           question
           
           I
           should
           publish
           more
           just
           and
           solid
           ones
           than
           his
           are
           .
           Not
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           the
           presumption
           to
           judge
           my self
           more
           capable
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           but
           ,
           in
           several
           places
           he
           relates
           some
           things
           falsly
           ,
           whereof
           I
           am
           much
           better
           informed
           .
           The
           only
           Hero
           of
           my
           piece
           shall
           be
           Truth
           ,
           without
           Complaisance
           or
           Flattery
           ;
           without
           Passion
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           against
           him
           :
           So
           that
           I
           shall
           do
           him
           the
           satisfaction
           and
           kindness
           to
           instruct
           him
           better
           ,
           even
           touching
           divers
           Matters
           ,
           which
           he
           performed
           and
           executed
           ,
           without
           knowing
           so
           much
           as
           the
           reason
           why
           he
           was
           made
           to
           act
           so
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           likewise
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           been
           one
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ;
           yet
           I
           have
           had
           the
           Happiness
           ,
           during
           some
           Years
           ,
           to
           partake
           in
           the
           Confidence
           of
           a
           Minister
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           was
           in
           several
           important
           ,
           weighty
           Occasions
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           the
           
             Primum
             Mobile
          
           of
           that
           Conduct
           and
           Management
           that
           surprized
           all
           the
           World.
           You
           know
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           what
           Credit
           he
           had
           ,
           and
           of
           what
           nature
           his
           Intelligences
           were
           .
           Sir
           W.
           may
           well
           imagine
           that
           I
           did
           not
           ill
           improve
           this
           able
           Ministers
           Confidence
           ,
           when
           Sir
           W.
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             I
             had
             wholly
             devoted
             my self
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Men
           are
           not
           ignorant
           likewise
           ,
           that
           oftentimes
           I
           have
           had
           some
           access
           to
           the
           King's
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           even
           near
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           ;
           it
           did
           more
           especially
           appear
           ,
           in
           the
           business
           for
           which
           I
           took
           my
           Journey
           to
           Nimeguen
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           shame
           that
           a
           Man
           
             more
             cunning
             and
             subtil
             than
             them
             all
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           King
           's
           own
           Testimony
           ,
           as
           Sir
           W.
           relates
           it
           ,
           should
           not
           have
           had
           (
           considering
           so
           much
           freedom
           of
           access
           and
           easiness
           )
           the
           address
           and
           cunning
           to
           dive
           into
           the
           most
           hidden
           Springs
           of
           Deliberations
           and
           Resolutions
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Swede
           and
           my
           Master
           had
           so
           great
           an
           Interest
           .
        
         
         
           Be
           therefore
           assured
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           after
           my
           Death
           ,
           nay
           perhaps
           ,
           whilst
           I
           am
           alive
           ,
           if
           need
           require
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           be
           obliged
           thereto
           ,
           there
           will
           appear
           some
           Memoirs
           ,
           which
           will
           divulge
           some
           Matters
           the
           truth
           whereof
           is
           still
           so
           carefully
           concealed
           ,
           Sir
           W.
           doth
           ingeniously
           confess
           that
           hither
           to
           he
           was
           ignorant
           of
           them
           ;
           He
           ,
           who
           hath
           so
           much
           quickness
           of
           Penetration
           ,
           and
           seems
           to
           make
           us
           believe
           that
           he
           was
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           's
           Confident
           .
        
         
           You
           your self
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           have
           often
           urged
           me
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           such
           important
           Secrets
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           great
           Consequence
           ;
           and
           altho'
           I
           could
           not
           possibly
           refuse
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           that
           honour
           you
           do
           me
           to
           afford
           me
           any
           share
           in
           your
           Favours
           ,
           to
           let
           you
           have
           a
           glympse
           of
           one
           part
           of
           what
           pass'd
           in
           one
           of
           the
           most
           important
           Negotiations
           of
           that
           time
           ;
           yet
           you
           had
           so
           much
           Generosity
           as
           not
           to
           take
           the
           advantage
           of
           it
           you
           might
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           the
           infallible
           ruine
           ,
           as
           was
           believed
           ,
           of
           a
           Minister
           whom
           you
           take
           for
           one
           of
           your
           greatest
           Enemies
           ;
           yet
           on
           this
           occasion
           one
           could
           not
           well
           lay
           any
           thing
           to
           his
           charge
           ,
           besides
           his
           blind
           obedience
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           his
           Master
           .
        
         
           The
           Truth
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           obliged
           to
           have
           the
           same
           Considerations
           that
           with
           held
           me
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           yet
           I
           preserve
           a
           profound
           respect
           for
           the
           Memory
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           and
           also
           a
           great
           respect
           for
           some
           Persons
           ,
           who
           are
           even
           at
           this
           time
           of
           the
           day
           so
           much
           concerned
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           hold
           my
           tongue
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           that
           reason
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           very
           easie
           matter
           for
           me
           ,
           to
           make
           appear
           without
           any
           more
           adoe
           ,
           how
           basely
           Sir
           W.
           is
           mistaken
           in
           what
           he
           delivers
           concerning
           divers
           Negotiations
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           especially
           concerning
           my
           Journey
           to
           Nimeguen
           .
        
         
         
           My
           Design
           is
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           to
           write
           you
           a
           Letter
           full
           of
           Invectives
           against
           Sir
           W.
           I
           shall
           not
           descend
           to
           the
           Particulars
           of
           his
           Behaviour
           ,
           and
           shall
           tell
           you
           no
           more
           of
           them
           at
           present
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           needful
           to
           let
           your self
           and
           every
           body
           else
           judge
           that
           I
           have
           means
           in
           my
           hand
           to
           be
           revenged
           for
           the
           Injury
           he
           hath
           done
           me
           .
        
         
           They
           will
           be
           without
           doubt
           more
           just
           Invectives
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           he
           fills
           his
           Book
           withal
           .
           He
           set
           upon
           me
           first
           .
           He
           writes
           out
           of
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Heat
           and
           Passion
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           Man
           that
           believ'd
           himself
           touch'd
           and
           wrong'd
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
           As
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           protest
           I
           write
           to
           you
           in
           cold
           Blood
           ,
           I
           do
           so
           much
           scorn
           the
           Injury
           that
           Sir
           W.
           affects
           to
           do
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           but
           laugh
           at
           it
           ,
           if
           my
           silence
           was
           not
           able
           to
           persuade
           you
           ,
           and
           those
           persons
           whose
           esteem
           of
           me
           doth
           do
           me
           so
           much
           honour
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           but
           small
           care
           of
           my
           reputation
           .
        
         
           Sir
           W.
           hath
           shined
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ;
           but
           yet
           he
           hath
           borrowed
           all
           his
           Splendour
           first
           of
           all
           from
           the
           protection
           of
           a
           Lord
           ,
           whom
           he
           betray'd
           at
           last
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           speaks
           too
           insolently
           in
           his
           Memoirs
           ,
           and
           with
           abundance
           of
           Ingratitude
           ;
           and
           then
           again
           he
           advanced
           himself
           by
           the
           protection
           of
           certain
           other
           persons
           to
           whom
           he
           was
           devoted
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           his
           bounden
           Duty
           :
           
             He
             did
             so
             well
             insinuate
             himself
          
           (
           that
           I
           may
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Terms
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           in
           speaking
           of
           me
           )
           into
           the
           Favours
           and
           into
           the
           Confidence
           of
           those
           ,
           near
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           necessary
           for
           him
           to
           have
           access
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           been
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           render
           considerable
           Services
           to
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Country
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           he
           had
           made
           better
           use
           of
           this
           advantage
           ;
           
           but
           he
           kept
           it
           just
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           he
           had
           got
           it
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           often
           came
           short
           of
           exact
           Faithfulness
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
           which
           a
           Minister
           of
           S
           tate
           is
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           inviolably
           even
           in
           the
           least
           Matters
           ,
           that
           doth
           plainly
           appear
           in
           his
           Memoirs
           .
        
         
           The
           late
           King
           of
           England
           perceived
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           far
           convinced
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           made
           use
           of
           him
           in
           the
           last
           Commissions
           he
           committed
           to
           his
           charge
           ,
           to
           the
           States-General
           ;
           but
           only
           out
           of
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Acquaintance
           he
           had
           there
           ,
           who
           made
           people
           conjecture
           that
           Sir
           W.
           might
           have
           some
           Credit
           amongst
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           Holland
           ,
           as
           he
           himself
           assures
           us
           he
           had
           .
        
         
           Neither
           was
           he
           employed
           ,
           but
           only
           upon
           some
           Occasions
           ,
           wherein
           one
           would
           not
           employ
           a
           Man
           who
           was
           a
           Favourite
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           or
           for
           whom
           he
           had
           any
           value
           ,
           or
           in
           whom
           he
           might
           confide
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           Truth
           owned
           and
           confess'd
           by
           Sir
           W.
           himself
           in
           his
           Memoirs
           ;
           and
           a
           Man
           may
           judge
           of
           it
           by
           the
           so
           opposite
           false
           steps
           ,
           that
           he
           complains
           ,
           they
           caused
           him
           to
           make
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           the
           things
           that
           were
           done
           contrary
           to
           the
           Measures
           that
           he
           had
           taken
           ,
           just
           as
           if
           the
           Court
           had
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           expose
           him
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           the
           King
           slighted
           him
           after
           the
           Peace
           at
           Nimeguen
           ,
           and
           laid
           him
           aside
           ,
           making
           very
           little
           use
           of
           him
           ;
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           what
           he
           would
           make
           us
           believe
           ,
           his
           love
           for
           his
           own
           ease
           ,
           and
           his
           Indispositions
           of
           body
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           decline
           his
           Employments
           .
           Never
           did
           Man
           desire
           more
           to
           have
           an
           hand
           in
           Affairs
           ;
           he
           was
           removed
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           King
           's
           secret
           dissatisfaction
           at
           his
           Services
           ,
           by
           that
           Conduct
           and
           Management
           ,
           which
           in
           executing
           the
           King's
           Orders
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           contrary
           to
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           disliking
           to
           his
           Friends
           ,
           smelt
           very
           much
           like
           perfidiousness
           
           and
           Treachery
           ,
           as
           may
           principally
           appear
           in
           whatsoever
           he
           did
           for
           to
           evade
           and
           frustrate
           the
           King's
           Orders
           ,
           contained
           in
           the
           dispatch
           I
           left
           with
           him
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           to
           Nimeguen
           ,
           for
           the
           conclusion
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           by
           Order
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           concerning
           this
           business
           that
           has
           made
           so
           great
           a
           noise
           for
           which
           Sir
           W.
           takes
           occasion
           to
           reproach
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           going
           to
           relate
           you
           some
           Particulars
           in
           the
           Reflections
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           obliged
           to
           make
           upon
           what
           he
           says
           concerning
           my self
           .
           Do
           not
           expect
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           teach
           you
           here
           the
           true
           Cause
           of
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           Resolution
           which
           so
           much
           surprized
           Sir
           W.
           with
           which
           Pensioner
           Fagel
           was
           so
           much
           astonished
           ,
           and
           which
           in
           Sirs
           
           W's
           opinion
           did
           entirely
           change
           the
           Fate
           of
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           I
           should
           please
           him
           very
           much
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           discover
           so
           important
           a
           Secret
           ,
           in
           which
           many
           persons
           in
           the
           late
           and
           present
           Reigns
           have
           been
           concerned
           .
           I
           do
           not
           doubt
           but
           Sir
           W.
           extremely
           desires
           it
           ;
           he
           knows
           very
           well
           the
           greater
           knowledge
           of
           these
           Practices
           would
           perhaps
           raise
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           trouble
           in
           the
           Parliament
           to
           some
           people
           ,
           whose
           Ruine
           he
           desires
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           his
           Heart
           ,
           being
           little
           concerned
           for
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           and
           envious
           of
           the
           esteem
           of
           those
           that
           protected
           him
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           bestowed
           so
           many
           favours
           upou
           him
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           my self
           at
           this
           Conjuncture
           ,
           in
           which
           K.
           William
           endeavours
           the
           repose
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           the
           Happiness
           of
           England
           with
           so
           much
           Zeal
           and
           Glory
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           stir
           up
           the
           envy
           and
           hatred
           which
           has
           too
           much
           appeared
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           ,
           which
           may
           perhaps
           be
           a
           great
           Obstacle
           to
           that
           Union
           which
           is
           so
           necessary
           to
           the
           happy
           Execution
           of
           the
           Undertakings
           of
           this
           great
           Monarch
           .
        
         
         
           There
           arrived
           ,
           said
           Sir
           
             W.
             at
             that
             time
             from
          
           England
           ,
           
             one
             whose
             name
             was
          
           de
           Cros.
           I
           shall
           not
           stop
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           upon
           this
           Term
           of
           Contempt
           ,
           
             One
             called
          
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           very
           malicious
           Expression
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           my self
           ;
           the
           late
           King
           of
           England
           himself
           did
           me
           the
           Honour
           to
           treat
           me
           in
           Passports
           ,
           in
           his
           Letters
           ,
           in
           his
           Commissions
           which
           he
           charged
           me
           with
           :
           It
           is
           very
           impudent
           and
           rude
           to
           speak
           so
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           is
           of
           a
           good
           Family
           ,
           who
           has
           had
           the
           honour
           of
           being
           employed
           for
           almost
           twenty
           years
           ,
           and
           whom
           a
           great
           Prince
           and
           a
           King
           have
           not
           disdain'd
           to
           use
           as
           Councellor
           of
           State.
           
        
         
           
             He
             was
          
           (
           continues
           Sir
           
             W.
             )
             a
             French
             Monk
             who
             had
             lately
             quitted
             his
             Frock
             for
             a
             Petticoat
             .
          
           Here
           is
           a
           reproach
           which
           ill
           becomes
           an
           Ambassador
           of
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           who
           is
           Defender
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           of
           one
           who
           declared
           so
           openly
           at
           Nimeguen
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           the
           Pope's
           Nuncio
           .
           I
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           disgrace
           to
           be
           a
           Monk
           ;
           and
           much
           less
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           one
           formerly
           :
           There
           are
           indeed
           amongst
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           asamongst
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           some
           miserable
           Wretches
           ,
           of
           a
           mean
           Birth
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           disorderly
           and
           infamous
           Life
           ;
           People
           of
           no
           use
           ,
           without
           Honour
           ,
           and
           without
           Reputation
           :
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           thought
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           of
           that
           Number
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           likewise
           several
           very
           famous
           for
           the
           Sanctity
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           Merit
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           greatest
           Quality
           ,
           Sons
           of
           Princes
           and
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Kings
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Popes
           :
           But
           if
           this
           sort
           of
           Life
           is
           not
           now
           ,
           as
           formerly
           it
           was
           ,
           so
           certain
           a
           Character
           of
           a
           good
           and
           honest
           Man
           ,
           do's
           Sir
           W.
           think
           he
           can
           dishonour
           me
           ,
           in
           reproaching
           me
           for
           leaving
           a
           Profession
           which
           himself
           
           thinks
           so
           contemptible
           ,
           for
           a
           Petticoat
           ?
        
         
           It
           will
           not
           be
           material
           in
           this
           place
           to
           say
           how
           I
           was
           engaged
           therein
           in
           my
           tender
           years
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           more
           usual
           in
           
             France
             ,
             Spain
          
           and
           Italy
           ,
           where
           ancient
           Houses
           do
           sacrifice
           a
           good
           part
           of
           their
           Families
           in
           Monasteries
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           most
           cruel
           and
           horrid
           .
        
         
           Neither
           will
           I
           relate
           how
           ,
           and
           after
           what
           manner
           I
           came
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           however
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           for
           a
           Petticoat
           .
           I
           have
           remained
           several
           years
           without
           so
           much
           as
           having
           any
           inclination
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           apparent
           that
           I
           have
           had
           much
           a-do
           ,
           and
           was
           very
           much
           unresolved
           as
           to
           this
           Choice
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           too
           great
           advantage
           to
           throw
           off
           my
           Frock
           for
           the
           Petticoat
           that
           I
           have
           taken
           ,
           not
           to
           do
           it
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Petticoat
           of
           a
           Scotch
           Stuff
           ,
           and
           which
           hath
           been
           a
           greater
           Ornament
           ,
           and
           done
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           more
           good
           than
           Sir
           W.
           himself
           ;
           if
           he
           do
           not
           know
           it
           ,
           the
           History
           of
           England
           and
           Scotland
           in
           these
           late
           Times
           may
           inform
           him
           .
           I
           shall
           enlarge
           no
           further
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           engage
           my self
           to
           publish
           the
           Misfortunes
           and
           Disorders
           of
           Sir
           
           W's
           Family
           ;
           which
           ,
           I
           suppose
           would
           not
           be
           like
           a
           Gentleman
           .
           I
           have
           no
           reason
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           to
           complain
           ,
           neither
           of
           his
           Lady
           ,
           nor
           his
           Son
           ,
           nor
           of
           his
           Daughters
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           had
           I
           even
           cast
           off
           the
           Monk's
           Habit
           for
           a
           Petticoat
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           done
           no
           more
           than
           a
           great
           many
           worthy
           deferving
           Persons
           have
           done
           ;
           yea
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Pope's
           Nuncio's
           ,
           Cardinals
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Princesses
           too
           ,
           who
           have
           quitted
           the
           Veil
           for
           the
           Breeches
           ,
           whose
           Posterity
           ,
           I
           make
           no
           question
           is
           highly
           esteemed
           and
           reverenced
           by
           Sir
           W.
           
        
         
         
           
             I
             did
             so
             well
             insinuate
             my self
             ,
          
           saith
           Sir
           
             W.
             into
             the
             Court
             of
          
           Sweden
           ,
           
             that
             I
             obtained
             .
             from
             thence
             a
             Commission
             to
             be
             a
             kind
             of
             an
             Agent
             in
          
           England
           .
           That
           is
           very
           dirty
           .
           I
           have
           had
           the
           management
           of
           Affairs
           and
           the
           Quality
           of
           Envoy
           ,
           when
           Sir
           W.
           had
           no
           more
           than
           that
           of
           an
           Agent
           or
           Resident
           at
           Brussels
           .
           I
           was
           Envoy
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           before
           ever
           I
           was
           in
           Sweden
           ,
           or
           before
           ever
           I
           had
           any
           acquaintance
           there
           .
        
         
           I
           went
           the
           first
           time
           to
           Sweden
           just
           at
           that
           time
           the
           late
           King
           of
           England
           sent
           me
           into
           Sweden
           and
           Denmark
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Year
           1676.
           
           The
           Pretence
           was
           for
           to
           demand
           the
           free
           passage
           of
           Letters
           ;
           which
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           refused
           ,
           for
           hastening
           the
           Congress
           of
           Nimeguen
           ,
           in
           procuring
           the
           expedition
           of
           Passports
           ,
           requisite
           to
           the
           Ministers
           of
           State
           who
           were
           to
           compose
           the
           Assembly
           ;
           and
           also
           to
           urge
           the
           Departure
           of
           the
           Embassadors
           belonging
           to
           those
           two
           Northern
           Crowns
           .
           But
           now
           the
           true
           Cause
           was
           quite
           another
           Matter
           ,
           and
           of
           greater
           consequence
           ;
           not
           for
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           indeed
           for
           another
           Potentate
           .
           —
           That
           shall
           be
           made
           appear
           some
           time
           or
           other
           in
           my
           Memoirs
           .
        
         
           Had
           I
           been
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           Swedish
           Agent
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           have
           defended
           my self
           in
           that
           Point
           ;
           I
           should
           have
           held
           it
           as
           a
           great
           piece
           of
           Honour
           ,
           since
           it
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           be
           very
           glorious
           and
           splendid
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           Affairs
           of
           so
           great
           a
           King
           ,
           in
           such
           important
           Conjunctures
           as
           those
           were
           ,
           committed
           to
           ones
           charge
           and
           care
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           very
           time
           Sir
           W.
           speaks
           of
           ,
           I
           was
           dignified
           with
           the
           Quality
           of
           Envoy
           Extraordinary
           from
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Holstein
             Gottorv
          
           ,
           acknowledged
           and
           received
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           for
           such
           .
        
         
         
           Sir
           W.
           knows
           that
           very
           well
           ,
           there
           was
           sent
           him
           divers
           Memoirs
           to
           Nimeguen
           whilst
           the
           Mediation
           lasted
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           delivered
           in
           at
           London
           ,
           concerning
           the
           re-setling
           my
           Master
           ;
           but
           the
           Interest
           and
           Concerns
           of
           this
           Prince
           were
           so
           indifferent
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           fain
           to
           beg
           of
           my
           Lord
           Treasurer
           to
           recommend
           them
           more
           particularly
           to
           Sir
           
             Leoline
             Jenkyns
          
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           you
           may
           see
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           mentions
           in
           his
           Memoirs
           all
           the
           Potentates
           that
           had
           any
           interest
           in
           the
           Peace
           of
           Nimeguen
           ,
           except
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Holstein
             Gottorp
          
           ,
           notwithstanding
           he
           had
           two
           Ministers
           at
           the
           Congress
           ,
           and
           although
           France
           had
           stipulated
           for
           his
           re-establishment
           in
           the
           second
           Article
           or
           Condition
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           such
           who
           shall
           peruse
           the
           Memoirs
           of
           Sir
           W.
           might
           be
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           Holstein
           was
           reckoned
           as
           no
           body
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           no
           part
           at
           all
           in
           what
           pass'd
           in
           Christendoom
           ,
           from
           the
           commencing
           of
           the
           War
           in
           1672
           ,
           until
           the
           conclusion
           of
           the
           Peace
           1679
           ▪
           But
           Thanks
           be
           to
           God
           Sir
           W.
           is
           not
           the
           Steward
           of
           Glory
           and
           Immortality
           .
        
         
           Sir
           W.
           therefore
           must
           have
           often
           read
           my
           Name
           and
           Character
           in
           the
           Letters
           ,
           and
           Orders
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           cannot
           have
           forgot
           that
           he
           came
           to
           render
           me
           a
           Visit
           at
           my
           Lodgings
           ,
           at
           such
           time
           as
           he
           ,
           by
           the
           King's
           Order
           ,
           was
           to
           confer
           with
           me
           upon
           what
           account
           Monsieur
           Olivencrantz
           might
           be
           obliged
           to
           pass
           from
           Nimeguen
           into
           England
           :
           That
           Swedish
           Embassador
           lodg'd
           at
           that
           time
           in
           my
           house
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           as
           the
           Interests
           of
           my
           Master
           were
           inseparable
           from
           those
           of
           Sweden
           ,
           I
           found
           my self
           engaged
           to
           be
           very
           much
           concerned
           in
           the
           Interests
           of
           that
           Crown
           in
           whatsoever
           might
           
           depend
           on
           my
           care
           :
           There
           was
           an
           Envoy
           extraordinary
           from
           Sweden
           at
           London
           ;
           and
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           the
           Swedish
           Ambassadors
           did
           me
           the
           Honour
           to
           maintain
           a
           very
           regular
           Correspondence
           by
           Letters
           with
           me
           :
           The
           King
           of
           England
           was
           also
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           hear
           me
           in
           what
           concerned
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Swede
           ,
           although
           I
           was
           no
           otherwise
           authorized
           for
           it
           .
           Monsieur
           Olivencrantz
           ,
           his
           Voyage
           to
           London
           was
           contrived
           first
           of
           all
           by
           the
           King
           and
           my self
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           medling
           or
           intervention
           of
           any
           one
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           then
           again
           in
           the
           Negotiation
           ,
           whereof
           my
           Voyage
           to
           Nimeguen
           was
           a
           Consequence
           ,
           the
           Restitution
           of
           Sweden
           was
           especially
           insisted
           upon
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           made
           many
           Men
           believe
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Management
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           this
           Crown
           ;
           and
           Monsieur
           
             Van
             Beuninguen
          
           believed
           it
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           in
           the
           Letter
           he
           writ
           to
           the
           Lords
           States-General
           ,
           which
           hath
           since
           been
           printed
           ;
           where
           he
           speaks
           with
           so
           much
           uncertainty
           concerning
           the
           Voyage
           I
           was
           about
           to
           make
           to
           Nimeguen
           ,
           and
           about
           this
           Negotiation
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           evident
           it
           was
           a
           very
           great
           Secret.
           
        
         
           
             Since
             his
             being
             at
          
           London
           ,
           saith
           Sir
           W.
           speaking
           of
           me
           ,
           
             he
             hath
             wholly
             devoted
             himself
             to
             Monsieur
          
           Barillon
           ,
           the
           French
           
             Ambassador
             ,
             under
             pretence
             to
             act
             for
             the
             Interests
             of
          
           Sweden
           .
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           was
           not
           at
           that
           time
           in
           London
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           sent
           thither
           ,
           he
           came
           not
           thither
           till
           a
           long
           time
           after
           ;
           I
           found
           Monsieur
           
             le
             Marquis
             de
             Ruvigni
          
           there
           ,
           whom
           Monsieur
           Courtin
           succeeded
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           came
           to
           take
           the
           place
           of
           Monsieur
           Courtin
           .
        
         
           I
           never
           devoted
           my self
           to
           this
           Ambassador
           ,
           and
           I
           
           never
           had
           any
           Correspondence
           or
           was
           in
           League
           with
           him
           prejudicial
           to
           my
           Duty
           .
           Nay
           ,
           it
           happened
           the
           King
           of
           England
           one
           day
           ,
           having
           a
           design
           more
           especially
           to
           take
           into
           Consideration
           the
           Swedish
           Interests
           ,
           Monsieur
           
             de
             Barillon
          
           diverted
           him
           from
           it
           ;
           whether
           for
           fear
           lest
           a
           particular
           Peace
           should
           be
           clapp'd
           up
           between
           the
           Northern
           Crowns
           ,
           or
           else
           out
           of
           Jealousie
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           leave
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Restitution
           of
           this
           Crown
           to
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ;
           and
           depriving
           it
           of
           all
           other
           relief
           ,
           might
           keep
           it
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           in
           a
           greater
           dependance
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           so
           much
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           fell
           out
           with
           Mr.
           Ba●illon
           so
           much
           thereupon
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           not
           so
           much
           as
           ●peak
           to
           him
           in
           3
           or
           4
           months
           ;
           nay
           ,
           one
           day
           as
           the
           King
           was
           at
           Dinner
           I
           cast
           in
           his
           teeth
           what
           had
           past
           ●n
           the
           presence
           of
           
             Monsieur
             Wachmeister
          
           ,
           Envoy-Ex●raordinary
           from
           the
           King
           of
           Sweden
           .
           I
           do
           not
           question
           but
           Monsieur
           Wachmeister
           remembers
           it
           well
           enough
           ;
           he
           is
           no
           less
           worthy
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           than
           he
           ●s
           brave
           and
           undaunted
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           after
           this
           manner
           I
           became
           all
           one
           with
           ●he
           Ambassador
           of
           France
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           must
           confess
           ●hat
           at
           such
           time
           as
           he
           stickled
           for
           my
           Master's
           In●erest
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Swede
           ,
           I
           was
           intirely
           devoted
           ●o
           him
           ,
           thinking
           my self
           most
           happy
           that
           I
           was
           ●nabled
           to
           pay
           my
           most
           humble
           Services
           to
           such
           a
           ●reat
           Monarch
           ,
           whose
           Subject
           I
           have
           the
           honour
           to
           ●e
           ,
           without
           failing
           in
           my
           Loyalty
           and
           Allegiance
           ,
           ●hichlought
           to
           pay
           him
           before
           all
           others
           whatsoever
           Whereupon
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           one
           thing
           ,
           in
           ●hich
           Monsieur
           de
           Revigni
           ,
           at
           present
           Lord
           Gallo●ay
           ,
           cannot
           but
           agree
           with
           me
           ,
           no
           ,
           nor
           
             Monsieur
             ●livencrantz
          
           neither
           .
           The
           departure
           of
           this
           Am●assador
           for
           England
           ,
           occasioned
           shrewd
           suspicions
           
           both
           at
           Nimeguen
           and
           London
           to
           the
           
             French
             Ambassadors
          
           .
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           was
           much
           alarm'd
           at
           it
           ,
           especially
           when
           he
           saw
           that
           Monsieur
           Olivencrantz
           lodged
           at
           my
           House
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           knew
           that
           I
           had
           offered
           a
           Project
           ,
           upon
           which
           I
           had
           the
           Honour
           sometimes
           to
           be
           in
           debate
           with
           my
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           put
           all
           in
           practice
           to
           sift
           him
           to
           the
           bottom
           ;
           nevertheless
           all
           the
           offers
           of
           this
           French
           Embassador
           proved
           ineffectual
           ,
           and
           wrought
           thing
           upon
           this
           Man
           ;
           who
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           would
           give
           credit
           to
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           was
           intirely
           devoted
           to
           Mons
           .
           Barillon
           ,
           and
           yet
           Mons
           .
           Barillon
           found
           him
           not
           to
           be
           corrupted
           or
           bribed
           .
        
         
           One
           would
           think
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             W
             ▪
             T.
          
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           make
           Men
           believe
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           only
           sent
           into
           Holland
           to
           carry
           him
           a
           Dispatch
           from
           the
           Court
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           always
           harping
           upon
           this
           String
           ,
           when
           he
           mentions
           my
           Voyage
           :
           Yet
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           That
           he
           confesseth
           that
           it
           was
           I
           ,
           
             who
             procured
             this
             Dispatch
          
           .
        
         
           What
           means
           the
           King
           then
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           That
           
             I
             had
             been
             too
             cunning
             for
             them
             all
             ?
          
           There
           is
           not
           so
           much
           Prudence
           and
           great
           Abilities
           required
           in
           a
           Courier
           ;
           it
           is
           sufficient
           that
           he
           be
           expeditious
           .
           But
           this
           Message
           must
           needs
           have
           been
           Honourable
           ,
           to
           employ
           an
           Envoy
           extraordinary
           of
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           what
           Sir
           W.
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           so
           much
           devoted
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           to
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           too
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           tender
           of
           my
           Master's
           Dignity
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           comply
           with
           any
           Offices
           .
        
         
         
           If
           I
           were
           a
           Courier
           or
           Messenger
           ,
           Monsieur
           T.
           hath
           at
           least
           done
           me
           a
           good
           Office
           ,
           in
           representing
           me
           to
           be
           ,
           what
           I
           would
           not
           have
           the
           Confidence
           to
           believe
           my self
           ;
           namely
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           an
           able
           Messenger
           ,
           a
           Courier
           of
           the
           Cabinet
           ,
           and
           very
           deep
           in
           the
           King's
           Trust
           and
           Confidence
           .
           For
           before
           ever
           Monsieur
           T.
           spoke
           of
           this
           Dispatch
           ,
           which
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           the
           Court
           sent
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           kept
           as
           a
           mighty
           Secret
           ,
           Pensioner
           Fagel
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             knew
             all
             the
             Contents
             ,
             and
             was
             quite
             stun'd
             at
             it
             .
          
           D●
           Cross
           
             had
             industriously
             informed
             the
             Deputies
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
          
           (
           I
           Copy
           from
           Monsieur
           
             T.
             )
             and
             had
             told
             them
             that
             the
             two
             Kings
             were
             intirely
             agreed
             an
             the
             Conditions
             of
             Peace
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             carried
             Orders
             to
             Monsieur
          
           T.
           
             to
             go
             to
          
           Nimeguen
           ,
           
             and
             that
             at
             his
             Arrival
             there
             he
             would
             find
             the
             Letters
             of
             my
             Lord
          
           Sunderland
           ,
           the
           English
           
             Ambassador
             ,
             at
          
           Paris
           ,
           
             with
             all
             the
             Articles
             as
             they
             are
             concluded
             between
             the
             two
             Crowns
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           is
           ,
           I
           acknowledge
           ,
           a
           very
           expert
           Messenger
           ,
           very
           knowing
           in
           the
           Secret
           ,
           and
           very
           forward
           in
           the
           work
           ,
           in
           4
           or
           5
           hours
           time
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           been
           at
           the
           Hague
           .
           Monsieur
           T.
           will
           be
           much
           more
           stun'd
           than
           Monsieur
           Fagel
           was
           ,
           when
           he
           shall
           know
           hereafter
           what
           past
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           in
           that
           little
           time
           that
           I
           was
           there
           ,
           not
           having
           discovered
           what
           it
           really
           was
           ,
           neither
           then
           ,
           nor
           since
           .
           It
           was
           most
           certainly
           ,
           something
           of
           greater
           importance
           than
           to
           tell
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Towns
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Dispatch
           ,
           with
           which
           I
           was
           intrusted
           .
           And
           Monsieur
           T.
           will
           see
           cleerly
           one
           day
           ,
           how
           far
           
             this
             only
             incident
             did
             change
             the
             Fate
             of
          
           Christendome
           .
        
         
           
             I
             pretend
             not
          
           ,
           adds
           Monsieur
           
             T.
             to
             determine
             by
             
             whose
             means
             ,
             and
             how
          
           du
           Cross
           ,
           
             obtained
             this
             Dispatch
          
           .
           And
           a
           little
           lower
           ▪
           
             All
             that
             I
             could
             learn
             at
             Court
             ,
             about
             this
             matter
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             his
             Orders
             were
             made
             up
             one
             morning
             ,
             in
             an
             hours
             time
             ,
             at
             the
             Dutchess
             of
          
           Portsmouths
           
             apartment
             ,
             by
             the
             interven●i
             n
             of
             Monsieur
          
           Barillon
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           pity
           ,
           that
           an
           English
           Ambassadour
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           King
           his
           Master's
           Council
           (
           if
           one
           can
           believe
           it
           )
           that
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           if
           he
           had
           pleased
           himself
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           several
           times
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           little
           informed
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           during
           his
           absence
           ,
           while
           he
           remained
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           and
           at
           Nimeguin
           ,
           but
           even
           since
           his
           return
           into
           England
           ,
           of
           what
           past
           there
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           in
           that
           very
           affair
           ,
           wherein
           Monsieur
           T.
           was
           more
           exercised
           than
           in
           any
           other
           Business
           that
           he
           ever
           undertook
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           he
           could
           be
           know
           it
           ,
           since
           neither
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           .
           nor
           my
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           not
           hardly
           the
           King
           himself
           (
           if
           we
           may
           believe
           Monsieur
           T.
           )
           knew
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           
             that
             these
             Orders
             were
             made
             in
             one
             morning
             ,
             in
             an
             hours
             time
             ,
             at
             the
             Dutchess
             of
          
           Portsmouths
           
             Apartment
             ,
             by
             the
             Interception
             of
             Monsieur
          
           Barillon
           .
        
         
           Observe
           now
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Malice
           of
           Monsieur
           T.
           in
           Relation
           to
           Monsieur
           
             Williamson
             ▪
          
           on
           whom
           he
           would
           give
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           the
           Character
           of
           Perfidy
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           in
           diverse
           other
           parts
           of
           his
           Memoirs
           .
           Monsieur
           T.
           ought
           to
           have
           had
           at
           least
           ,
           some
           respect
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           whose
           Orders
           Monsieur
           Williamson
           did
           Execute
           .
        
         
           
             I
             never
             talkt
             of
             it
             ▪
          
           says
           Monsieur
           
             T.
             to
             the
             Secretary
             of
             State
          
           Williamson
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           would
           say
           
           that
           he
           was
           sufficiently
           perswaded
           that
           Monsieur
           Williamson
           was
           a
           Man
           altogether
           for
           France
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           intirely
           devoted
           ▪
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           ,
           to
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Dispatch
           .
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           clear
           that
           Monsieur
           T.
           would
           make
           us
           imagine
           that
           Monsieur
           the
           
             Chevalier
             Williamson
          
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           ,
           and
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Portsmouth
           promised
           these
           Orders
           .
           As
           for
           me
           ,
           tho'
           I
           had
           the
           Dispatch
           given
           me
           ,
           yet
           he
           does
           not
           accuse
           me
           openly
           in
           this
           place
           of
           bearing
           any
           other
           part
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           than
           only
           as
           a
           Messenger
           entrusted
           with
           the
           Conveyance
           .
           And
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           I
           never
           went
           to
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Portsmouths
           Lodgings
           ,
           she
           having
           an
           irreconcilable
           aversion
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           for
           her
           .
        
         
           Can
           there
           be
           a
           greater
           absurdity
           than
           this
           ?
           To
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           his
           Readers
           that
           the
           most
           important
           affair
           of
           that
           time
           on
           which
           depended
           (
           says
           Monsieur
           
             T.
             )
             The
             Fate
             of
             Christendom
             was
             concluded
             and
             made
             up
             ,
             in
             one
             hours
             time
             ,
             in
             the
             apartment
             of
             the
             Dutchess
             of
          
           Portsmouth
           ,
           
             by
             the
             Intervention
             of
             Monsieur
          
           Barillon
           .
        
         
           Monsieur
           T.
           is
           accustomed
           so
           little
           to
           spare
           the
           King's
           Reputation
           ,
           that
           he
           fears
           not
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           to
           prostitute
           it
           ,
           in
           a
           strange
           manner
           .
           He
           does
           not
           only
           charge
           him
           with
           partiality
           and
           connivance
           ,
           in
           suffering
           
             Valentiennes
             ,
             Cambray
          
           ,
           St.
           Omer
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           places
           in
           
             Flanders
             ▪
          
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           without
           Murmur
           or
           Opposition
           ;
           But
           the
           King
           of
           England
           obliged
           as
           much
           as
           could
           be
           ,
           in
           the
           Quality
           of
           a
           Mediator
           ,
           and
           more
           through
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           Kingdoms
           to
           procure
           the
           Repose
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           yet
           corrupted
           by
           the
           French
           Ambassadours
           ,
           and
           by
           
           the
           Charms
           of
           a
           Mistress
           ,
           Sacrifices
           all
           Europe
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Estate
           ,
           to
           a
           Power
           that
           is
           naturally
           an
           Enemy
           to
           England
           .
           And
           this
           without
           Ceremony
           ,
           in
           an
           hours
           time
           ,
           without
           the
           advice
           of
           his
           Council
           ,
           and
           hides
           himself
           in
           the
           Apartment
           of
           a
           Woman
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           was
           sensible
           that
           he
           went
           about
           an
           action
           the
           most
           unworthy
           of
           the
           Majesty
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           opposite
           to
           the
           Felicity
           of
           his
           People
           that
           could
           be
           .
           For
           what
           other
           Construction
           can
           any
           one
           make
           of
           what
           Monsieur
           T.
           says
           ,
           and
           can
           any
           man
           conclude
           ,
           otherwise
           when
           he
           reads
           this
           worthy
           passage
           in
           his
           Memoirs
           ?
        
         
           Certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           Dispatch
           was
           made
           up
           by
           Monsieur
           Williamson
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Kings
           Order
           .
           And
           since
           the
           King
           was
           pleased
           to
           avoid
           opening
           his
           mind
           hereon
           to
           Monsi●ur
           T.
           giving
           him
           no
           other
           answer
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           had
           been
           
             more
             cunning
             than
             all
             of
             'em
          
           ;
           Monsieur
           T.
           might
           possibly
           Address
           himself
           to
           Monsieur
           Williamson
           ,
           who
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           might
           tell
           him
           ,
           
             by
             whose
             means
             ,
             and
             how
          
           Du
           Cross
           
             had
             obtained
             this
             Dispatch
          
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           plain
           that
           Monsieur
           T.
           despairs
           of
           penetrating
           into
           this
           Affair
           ;
           that
           he
           knows
           not
           where
           about
           he
           is
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           only
           seeks
           to
           blacken
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Ministers
           .
           If
           the
           Peace
           of
           
             Aix
             la
             chapelle
          
           is
           his
           Favourite
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           the
           Vanity
           to
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           intirely
           his
           own
           work
           ;
           't
           is
           easie
           seen
           that
           the
           Peace
           of
           Nimiguen
           is
           his
           Aversion
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           ashamed
           to
           have
           had
           so
           small
           a
           Part
           in
           it
           as
           he
           had
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           most
           glorious
           part
           of
           his
           Life
           is
           not
           to
           be
           sound
           in
           that
           Negotiation
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           have
           this
           Complaisance
           for
           Monsieur
           T.
           though
           he
           treats
           me
           so
           ill
           ;
           I
           would
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           in
           some
           
           part
           ,
           draw
           him
           out
           of
           this
           great
           incertainty
           ,
           on
           the
           subject
           of
           the
           Dispatch
           which
           I
           brought
           him
           .
        
         
           He
           is
           deceived
           ,
           when
           he
           imputes
           this
           Resolution
           to
           the
           Intrigues
           and
           Perswasions
           of
           France
           .
           It
           was
           neither
           managed
           ,
           nor
           taken
           ,
           nor
           dispatcht
           ,
           at
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           
           Portsmouth's
           ;
           nor
           was
           it
           by
           the
           means
           or
           intervention
           of
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           .
           The
           Ambassadour
           had
           no
           part
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           very
           Instant
           when
           the
           affair
           was
           concluding
           .
           He
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           present
           at
           the
           Expedition
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           not
           been
           at
           any
           time
           at
           the
           Deliberations
           .
           The
           Marquiss
           of
           Ruvigny
           ,
           the
           Son
           ,
           carryed
           the
           first
           News
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Master
           ,
           the
           same
           day
           that
           I
           parted
           for
           Nimeguen
           .
           Monsieur
           Williamson
           knew
           well
           what
           was
           contained
           in
           the
           Dispatch
           to
           Monsieur
           T.
           in
           which
           there
           was
           nothing
           very
           mysterious
           .
           But
           he
           was
           never
           privy
           to
           the
           secret
           of
           the
           Negotiation
           ▪
           and
           tho'
           he
           was
           present
           when
           I
           took
           my
           leave
           of
           the
           King
           in
           Secretary
           
           Coventry's
           Office
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           then
           ignorant
           of
           the
           true
           subject
           of
           my
           Voyage
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           he
           never
           knew
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           was
           not
           at
           all
           precipitate
           ,
           and
           the
           affair
           was
           not
           concluded
           and
           dispatcht
           in
           an
           hours
           time
           .
           It
           was
           treated
           on
           ,
           and
           deliberately
           considered
           near
           Three
           weeks
           .
           There
           was
           time
           given
           to
           the
           Ambassadours
           of
           Swedeland
           to
           resolve
           themselves
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           Answer
           .
           The
           King's
           design
           was
           doubtless
           aimed
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           the
           publick
           tranquility
           ▪
           but
           in
           truth
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           in
           his
           Eye
           ,
           nor
           did
           he
           certainly
           believe
           
             that
             happy
             Fate
             of
             Christendome
          
           ,
           for
           which
           Monsieur
           T.
           labours
           so
           earnestly
           in
           consort
           with
           some
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           Enemies
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           Seditious
           ,
           and
           Disturbers
           of
           the
           Publick
           Repose
           .
        
         
         
           But
           
             the
             King
             said
             pleasantly
          
           ,
           adds
           Monsieur
           
             T.
             that
             the
             Rogue
          
           (
           Coquin
           )
           du
           Cross
           
             had
             outwitted
             them
             all
          
           .
           If
           Monsieur
           T.
           had
           not
           made
           the
           King
           say
           this
           ,
           and
           had
           said
           it
           himself
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           applied
           to
           him
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           Justice
           as
           any
           man
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           these
           Verses
           which
           I
           have
           read
           somewhere
           ,
        
         
           Coquin
           ,
           
             he
             calls
             me
             ,
             with
             mighty
             disdain
             .
          
        
         
           Doubtless
           ,
           I
           should
           answer
           Monsieur
           T.
           thus
           ,
        
         
           
             Seek
             your
          
           Coquins
           
             elsewhere
             ,
             you
             're
             one
             your self
          
           .
           But
           the
           Person
           of
           Kings
           is
           sacred
           .
           Besides
           ,
           Can
           that
           be
           an
           abuse
           ,
           which
           is
           spoken
           pleasantly
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           design
           perhaps
           of
           offending
           .
           For
           Coquin
           is
           a
           word
           which
           the
           Late
           King
           of
           England
           often
           used
           ,
           when
           he
           spoke
           of
           People
           for
           whom
           he
           had
           notwithstanding
           Respect
           and
           Consideration
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           used
           the
           word
           also
           very
           familiarly
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           angry
           ,
           but
           at
           such
           times
           he
           spoke
           with
           indignation
           ,
           and
           not
           pleasantly
           .
        
         
           The
           Parliament
           presented
           an
           Address
           to
           the
           King
           (
           as
           Monsieur
           T.
           reports
           )
           in
           which
           they
           represented
           the
           Progress
           of
           the
           French
           Arms
           ,
           and
           desired
           him
           to
           stop
           it
           before
           it
           became
           more
           dangerous
           to
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Neighbouring
           Countries
           .
           
             Den
             Bernard
             de
             Salinas
          
           (
           continues
           Monsieur
           T.
           )
           said
           to
           certain
           Members
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           that
           this
           Address
           had
           so
           exasperated
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           those
           who
           were
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           were
           a
           Company
           of
           Coquins
           .
        
         
           I
           remembred
           at
           my
           Arrival
           in
           England
           ,
           in
           1675.
           before
           I
           was
           to
           go
           into
           France
           in
           Quality
           of
           an
           Envoy
           ,
           whither
           I
           acknowledge
           his
           most
           Christian
           Majesty
           would
           not
           permit
           me
           to
           come
           ,
           either
           because
           they
           had
           informed
           him
           that
           I
           had
           embraced
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           or
           it
           may
           be
           because
           the
           
           King
           of
           France
           would
           not
           receive
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           the
           Quality
           of
           Ministers
           of
           other
           Princes
           .
           It
           happened
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           England
           (
           to
           whom
           also
           I
           had
           a
           Commission
           )
           bid
           the
           
             Marquiss
             of
             Ruvigni
          
           ,
           one
           Evening
           ,
           bring
           me
           to
           his
           Cabinet
           ,
           and
           himself
           come
           in
           with
           me
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           enquired
           of
           me
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           what
           news
           I
           could
           tell
           him
           of
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           Swedes
           Army
           in
           Pomerania
           ,
           through
           which
           I
           past
           ,
           and
           exprest
           much
           concern
           that
           the
           
             Constable
             Wrangle
          
           ,
           not
           minding
           to
           pass
           forward
           into
           the
           Empire
           (
           as
           Monsieur
           T.
           says
           )
           had
           thereby
           different
           pretences
           ,
           had
           attacked
           the
           Elector
           of
           Branderburg
           as
           vigorously
           and
           with
           as
           much
           success
           as
           he
           could
           .
           I
           told
           the
           King
           the
           reason
           ,
           which
           concerns
           not
           my
           present
           subject
           to
           report
           here
           .
        
         
           Afterwards
           ,
           I
           having
           informed
           the
           King
           of
           the
           State
           of
           Germany
           ,
           the
           King
           believing
           that
           I
           was
           to
           pass
           into
           France
           ,
           spoke
           to
           me
           in
           these
           very
           words
           .
           
             Monsieur
             ,
             tell
             the
             King
             ,
             my
             Brother
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             much
             against
             my
             mind
             that
             I
             have
             made
             Peace
             with
             these
          
           Coquins
           ,
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           
             Monsieur
             the
             Marquiss
             of
          
           Ruvigny
           ,
           
             who
             stands
             here
             ,
             knows
             it
             well
             .
          
        
         
           Sometime
           before
           the
           making
           of
           this
           Peace
           ,
           the
           King
           talking
           with
           Monsieur
           
             de
             Shrenborn
          
           Envoy
           from
           Mayence
           ,
           told
           him
           also
           ,
           in
           Relation
           to
           the
           
             Hollanders
             ,
             In
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             Monsieur
             ,
             I
             will
             bring
             these
          
           Coquins
           
             to
             Reason
          
           .
           Monsieur
           
             de
             Barillon
          
           writ
           to
           the
           Count
           
             d'
             Auaux
          
           ,
           the
           French
           Ambassadour
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           certain
           Discourses
           which
           the
           King
           had
           concerning
           the
           Hollanders
           .
           The
           Count
           
             d'
             Auaux
          
           made
           use
           of
           this
           to
           encrease
           the
           just
           Suspicions
           of
           the
           Esttates
           .
           He
           carried
           the
           Letters
           of
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           ,
           to
           Monsieur
           Fagel
           .
           Whereupon
           ,
           the
           States
           
           made
           a
           terrible
           Complaint
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           England
           said
           on
           this
           Occasion
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lauderdale
           ,
           that
           Monsieur
           Barillon
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Count
             d'
          
           Avaux
           were
           Coquins
           .
        
         
           Had
           the
           King
           called
           me
           Coquin
           ,
           seriously
           ,
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           think
           it
           any
           very
           strange
           thing
           ;
           since
           he
           hath
           treated
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           the
           most
           powerful
           and
           wisest
           Republick
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           had
           so
           great
           Obligations
           ;
           two
           Ambassadours
           of
           his
           most
           Christian
           Majesty
           ,
           of
           extraordinary
           merit
           ,
           and
           as
           honest
           Men
           as
           France
           ever
           had
           ;
           and
           also
           the
           greatest
           Lords
           of
           his
           own
           Kingdom
           who
           were
           Authors
           of
           the
           Address
           which
           the
           Commons
           presented
           him
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           also
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           ,
           speaking
           of
           those
           Lords
           ,
           those
           Ambassadours
           ,
           and
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           he
           called
           them
           Coquins
           in
           anger
           ,
           but
           when
           he
           spoke
           of
           me
           ,
           he
           said
           it
           pleasantly
           (
           according
           to
           Monsieur
           
             T.
             )
             and
             that
             I
             was
             a
             cunning
          
           Coquin
           ,
           
             more
             cunning
             than
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           ,
           
             my
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             the
             Secretary
             of
             State
          
           Williamson
           ,
           
             and
             even
             the
             King
             himself
          
           .
        
         
           Either
           I
           am
           much
           deceived
           ,
           or
           all
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Consederates
           that
           were
           then
           at
           London
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           all
           Coquins
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           and
           Monsieur
           Temple
           himself
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           deceived
           those
           who
           abused
           and
           deceived
           them
           .
           For
           besides
           ,
           there
           is
           more
           credit
           methinks
           on
           such
           like
           Occasions
           ,
           
             to
             be
             a
             cunning
             Rogue
          
           ,
           and
           to
           pass
           for
           a
           more
           able
           Man
           than
           the
           most
           able
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           the
           laughing-stock
           ,
           and
           the
           Fool
           of
           a
           Monk
           and
           a
           sort
           of
           Agent
           ;
           Sir
           
             William
             Temple
          
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           were
           truly
           so
           on
           this
           occasion
           .
        
         
         
           But
           I
           would
           acquaint
           Sir
           
             W.
             Temple
          
           of
           what
           he
           has
           not
           perhaps
           heard
           of
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           done
           the
           like
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           invent
           it
           to
           revenge
           my self
           ,
           and
           ●f
           I
           would
           make
           use
           of
           falshoods
           ,
           I
           might
           make
           recourse
           to
           more
           heinous
           Affronts
           ;
           the
           truth
           of
           my
           Remarks
           upon
           his
           Memoirs
           ,
           shall
           be
           my
           full
           satisfaction
           .
           What
           I
           shall
           relate
           may
           be
           found
           in
           my
           Letters
           upon
           that
           account
           to
           the
           Prince
           my
           Master
           ,
           and
           his
           Ministers
           :
           I
           took
           no
           particular
           care
           to
           divulge
           it
           immediately
           to
           Mounsieur
           Barillon
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           was
           so
           much
           devoted
           ;
           were
           he
           alive
           he
           might
           witness
           that
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Aversion
           the
           King
           of
           England
           always
           bore
           to
           Sir
           
             W.
             Temple
          
           ;
           and
           the
           little
           Esteem
           he
           had
           of
           him
           at
           bottom
           .
           Upon
           my
           return
           from
           Nimeguen
           to
           London
           ,
           I
           went
           immediately
           to
           Court
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           came
           there
           I
           meet
           Prince
           Rupert
           ,
           who
           askt
           me
           with
           a
           sterne
           Countenance
           if
           the
           Peace
           was
           Concluded
           ,
           I
           answered
           him
           in
           the
           Affirmative
           ,
           upon
           which
           he
           cryed
           out
           and
           said
           ,
           
             O
             Dissimulation
          
           .
           After
           having
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           give
           his
           Majesty
           an
           account
           of
           what
           was
           past
           ,
           I
           told
           him
           of
           the
           ill
           humour
           I
           perceived
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           to
           be
           in
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           knew
           of
           his
           neglect
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Orders
           ;
           The
           King
           seemed
           very
           angry
           with
           Sir
           
           W's
           .
           Proceedings
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             he
             was
             a
             very
             impertinent
             R
             —
             to
             find
             fault
             with
             my
             Commands
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           late
           K.
           of
           England
           ,
           did
           not
           approve
           of
           my
           Conduct
           in
           the
           affairs
           of
           Nimeguen
           ,
           which
           in
           effect
           he
           declared
           at
           first
           in
           Publick
           not
           to
           be
           pleased
           with
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           play'd
           his
           part
           to
           admiration
           :
           If
           against
           his
           will
           ,
           I
           had
           truly
           inform'd
           the
           several
           Deputies
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           how
           that
           the
           two
           Kings
           of
           England
           and
           France
           were
           
           intirely
           agreed
           upon
           Conditions
           of
           Peace
           ;
           〈◊〉
           this
           accident
           changed
           the
           Destiny
           of
           
             Christendom
             ▪
          
           and
           what
           endeavours
           soever
           the
           English
           Court
           had
           made
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           ways
           to
           repair
           the
           Breach
           .
           If
           I
           was
           a
           Fool
           ,
           a
           piece
           of
           an
           Agent
           ,
           o●
           a
           Knave
           ,
           How
           comes
           it
           that
           the
           King
           suffer'd
           me
           to
           stay
           in
           England
           near
           a
           year
           ?
           nay
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           my
           Master
           thought
           fit
           .
           Why
           was
           the
           King
           so
           civil
           to
           me
           ?
           Why
           did
           he
           recompence
           me
           for
           my
           Voyage
           from
           Nimeguen
           ?
           Upon
           what
           account
           did
           the
           King
           bestow
           several
           other
           Favours
           upon
           me
           ?
           How
           comes
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           haveing
           made
           a
           great
           Entertainment
           and
           Fireworks
           ,
           to
           shew
           my
           joy
           for
           the
           Re-establishment
           of
           the
           Duke
           my
           Master
           to
           his
           Teritories
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Court
           should
           do
           me
           that
           Honour
           as
           to
           be
           present
           thereat
           ?
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           my
           quality
           of
           Envoy
           Extraordinary
           of
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Gottorp
          
           ,
           that
           hindred
           the
           King
           to
           express
           some
           kind
           of
           resentment
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           to
           bid
           me
           avoid
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           I
           do
           well
           remember
           the
           King
           was
           just
           npon
           the
           point
           of
           making
           Mounsieur
           
             Van
             Beuningen
          
           Ambassador
           to
           the
           States
           General
           ,
           to
           withdraw
           and
           get
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           got
           the
           word
           Connivance
           ,
           to
           be
           foisted
           into
           a
           Memorial
           he
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           the
           recalling
           of
           the
           English
           Forces
           ,
           which
           bore
           Armes
           in
           France
           .
        
         
           
             Don
             Barnard
             de
             Salinas
          
           was
           the
           Spanish
           Envoy
           ;
           the
           King
           made
           much
           of
           him
           ,
           yea
           and
           loved
           him
           for
           the
           particular
           care
           he
           had
           in
           Flanders
           of
           the
           education
           of
           the
           E.
           of
           Plym
           .
           one
           of
           the
           Ks.
           Sons
           ,
           He
           did
           nothing
           but
           report
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           gave
           the
           Authors
           of
           the
           Address
           ,
           presented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           no
           better
           
           name
           than
           Rogues
           .
           The
           King
           had
           his
           liberty
           to
           reject
           this
           Address
           ,
           as
           indeed
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           no
           ways
           apprehended
           the
           Consequences
           of
           it
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           he
           banished
           
             Don
             Bern.
             de
             Salinas
          
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           least
           considering
           his
           Character
           ,
           nor
           the
           Kindness
           wherewith
           he
           had
           always
           honoured
           this
           Minister
           ;
           Yea
           and
           be
           Banished
           him
           too
           ,
           without
           any
           respect
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           for
           me
           who
           had
           abused
           and
           deceived
           the
           D.
           of
           York
           ,
           My
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           ay
           ,
           and
           the
           K.
           himself
           ,
           who
           had
           overthrown
           all
           those
           fair
           and
           vast
           Projects
           ,
           which
           the
           Confederates
           had
           contrived
           at
           London
           and
           
             Nimega●n●
             ▪
          
           and
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           which
           had
           disclosed
           the
           Kings
           dispatches
           ,
           a
           
             master
             piece
             of
             S●●r●●ry
             who
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             quite
             changing
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             Christendom
             :
          
           for
           me
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           against
           whom
           the
           〈◊〉
           Orange
           had
           written
           ,
           and
           caused
           to
           be
           written
           so
           many
           thundering
           Letters
           ,
           against
           whom
           all
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Confederates
           called
           for
           Vengeance
           ;
           against
           whom
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           levelled
           more
           of
           his
           endeavours
           to
           destroy
           me
           than
           the
           Court
           did
           to
           repair
           this
           Breach
           ,
           and
           patch
           up
           the
           business
           ,
           it
           lets
           me
           alone
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           make
           the
           least
           complaint
           to
           the
           Duke
           my
           Master
           ;
           the
           K.
           does
           me
           a
           great
           many
           favours
           ,
           and
           laughs
           in
           his
           Sleeve
           at
           the
           Surprise
           ,
           at
           the
           Sorrow
           ,
           and
           Complaints
           of
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           
        
         
           After
           all
           that
           ,
           can
           any
           body
           reasonably
           believe
           that
           the
           K.
           of
           England
           might
           have
           lookt
           upon
           me
           as
           
             a
             Rogue
          
           :
           And
           when
           he
           told
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           after
           a
           droleing
           manner
           that
           I
           was
           a
           
             Rogue
             and
             had
             o●
             :
             〈◊〉
             th●●
             all
             ,
          
           may
           it
           not
           be
           probable
           ,
           
           that
           he
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           jeer
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           him
           sensible
           that
           he
           was
           taken
           but
           for
           Fool
           ?
           I●
           was
           very
           like
           so
           to
           he
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           not
           gone
           about
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           to
           say
           i●
           this
           place
           what
           I
           might
           say
           ,
           to
           wipe
           of
           all
           those
           scandalous
           impressions
           that
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           hath
           such
           a
           desire
           to
           fasten
           upon
           me
           ;
           I
           suppose
           I
           have
           given
           your
           Lordship
           sufficiently
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           say
           upon
           this
           Theme
           of
           me
           ,
           proceeds
           from
           inveterate
           Spite
           and
           Malice
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           what
           way
           is
           there
           to
           get
           clear
           of
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Haughty
           ,
           and
           most
           Revengeful
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           Memoires
           falls
           foul
           upon
           the
           reputation
           even
           of
           the
           greatest
           Minister
           ,
           who
           casts
           aspersions
           on
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lauderdale
           ,
           that
           most
           Zealous
           ,
           and
           most
           Faithful
           Minister
           ,
           that
           ever
           the
           King
           was
           Master
           of
           ;
           on
           My
           Lord
           Arlington
           whom
           Sir
           W.
           is
           bound
           to
           respect
           as
           his
           Master
           ,
           who
           was
           his
           Benefactor
           ,
           that
           raised
           him
           from
           his
           sordid
           obscurity
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           from
           the
           Dunghill
           ,
           to
           bring
           him
           into
           play
           ,
           This
           ingreatful
           person
           forsooke
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           catch
           at
           the
           shadow
           and
           appearance
           of
           mending
           his
           Fortune
           ;
           he
           would
           not
           have
           stuck
           to
           ruin
           My
           Lord
           Arlington
           ,
           by
           base
           indirect
           means
           :
           This
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           make
           out
           ,
           even
           by
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           his
           own
           Memoirs
           ,
           but
           yet
           I
           am
           acquainted
           with
           some
           particulars
           upon
           this
           Subject
           that
           make
           my
           hair
           stand
           an
           end
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           not
           only
           learnt
           them
           from
           My
           Lord
           Arlingtons
           own
           mouth
           ,
           but
           also
           from
           a
           noted
           Minister
           of
           those
           times
           .
        
         
           What
           a
           piece
           of
           impudence
           to
           call
           in
           question
           and
           tax
           the
           Principal
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           the
           soberest
           
           Magistrates
           of
           Holland
           ,
           viz.
           Monsieur
           
             de
             ●everning
          
           ,
           Monsieur
           Valknier
           and
           others
           ,
           generally
           esteemed
           by
           every
           body
           .
           To
           arraign
           them
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           some
           for
           A
           varice
           ,
           others
           for
           Partiality
           ,
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           for
           betraying
           their
           Trust
           .
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           to
           give
           such
           disad
           antagious
           representations
           of
           the
           E.
           of
           Rochester
           ,
           and
           of
           Sir
           
             Leoline
             Jenkyns
          
           ;
           that
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           all
           one
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           that
           Sir
           Leoline
           ,
           was
           a
           man
           of
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           a
           plain
           downright
           Ideot
           ,
           void
           of
           insight
           and
           Experience
           :
           And
           that
           
             Law.
             Hyde
          
           ,
           now
           E.
           of
           Rochester
           ,
           was
           a
           Lord
           altogether
           unacquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           no
           ways
           fit
           for
           the
           imployment
           the
           King
           gave
           him
           at
           Nimeguen
           ;
           neverthetheless
           ,
           Sir
           Leoline
           was
           made
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           no
           notice
           at
           all
           taken
           of
           Sir
           W.
           
        
         
           As
           for
           
             Laurence
             Hyde
          
           ,
           Sir
           W.
           speaks
           first
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           a
           Youth
           ,
           that
           should
           have
           been
           sent
           to
           the
           University
           ,
           
             I
             plainly
             perceive
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             that
             the
             chief
             design
             of
             that
             Commission
             was
             to
             introduce
             Mr.
          
           Hyde
           
             into
             this
             sort
             of
             employment
             ,
             and
             to
             let
             him
             understand
             the
             manner
             how
             the
             men
             behave
             themselves
             in
             the
             same
             ,
          
           then
           he
           adds
           ,
           
             He
             excused
             himself
             out
             of
             modesty
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             with
             any
             Conference
             ,
             and
             Compiling
             Dispatches
             .
          
           Was
           it
           out
           of
           the
           respect
           he
           owed
           to
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           or
           for
           want
           of
           Capacity
           ,
           that
           My
           Lord
           shewed
           so
           much
           modesty
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           neither
           make
           Dispatches
           ,
           nor
           meddle
           with
           Conferences
           ,
           what
           ,
           he
           who
           had
           been
           ingaged
           already
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           afterwards
           in
           very
           important
           Affairs
           ;
           who
           had
           been
           Embassadour
           in
           the
           principal
           Courts
           of
           Europe
           ,
           who
           was
           chosen
           as
           Chief
           of
           the
           Embasie
           at
           Nimegnen
           ,
           
           one
           who
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           above
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           for
           all
           these
           great
           qualities
           ;
           yet
           My
           Lord
           ▪
           affords
           Sir
           W.
           just
           as
           much
           difference
           ,
           as
           a
           petty
           Scholar
           does
           a
           famous
           Pedant
           .
           And
           to
           reward
           him
           ,
           Sir
           ▪
           
             W.
             T.
          
           would
           make
           him
           pass
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           an
           Embassadour
           that
           was
           but
           at
           best
           his
           Scholar
           .
        
         
           I
           make
           account
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           Sir
           ▪
           W.
           dare
           not
           acknowledge
           .
           Mr.
           Hyde
           ,
           being
           more
           subtile
           ,
           and
           of
           greater
           ▪
           Abilities
           than
           Sir
           
             W
             ▪
          
           and
           of
           that
           quality
           too
           ,
           that
           was
           not
           to
           be
           exposed
           ,
           would
           not
           intermeddle
           in
           a
           Mediation
           ,
           which
           was
           like
           to
           suffer
           so
           gross
           Indignities
           ,
           as
           the
           Mediation
           of
           England
           suffered
           at
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Nimeguen
           .
           One
           time
           or
           other
           I
           shall
           publish
           those
           Indignities
           in
           my
           Memoires
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           weakness
           ,
           and
           tameness
           wherewith
           they
           were
           content
           to
           suffer
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           if
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           hath
           not
           spared
           such
           Illustrious
           persons
           as
           these
           :
           No
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           My
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           at
           present
           Marquis
           of
           Caermarthen
           ,
           laying
           something
           to
           his
           charge
           ,
           whom
           also
           he
           does
           not
           do
           that
           right
           and
           Justice
           ,
           which
           is
           due
           to
           so
           great
           a
           Minister
           of
           State
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Wits
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           for
           business
           ;
           a
           person
           so
           Loyal
           to
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ,
           that
           he
           sacrificed
           himself
           for
           his
           sake
           ;
           and
           after
           all
           ,
           so
           full
           of
           zeal
           for
           his
           Country
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           bethought
           himself
           of
           all
           expedients
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           feared
           to
           expose
           himself
           to
           peril
           and
           utter
           undoing
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           deliver
           it
           from
           the
           mischiefs
           that
           throaten
           it
           ;
           If
           Sir
           Will.
           hath
           not
           spared
           the
           Kings
           person
           ,
           whose
           Dignity
           and
           Reputation
           he
           so
           often
           sacrifices
           ,
           can
           I
           hope
           to
           escape
           his
           foul
           mouthed
           Language
           .
        
         
         
           Peradventure
           he
           had
           better
           have
           done
           something
           else
           ,
           &
           something
           wiser
           ;
           great
           Confident
           of
           Princes
           and
           Ks.
           the
           sole
           preserver
           of
           Flanders
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           entred
           the
           l●st
           with
           
             a
             Monk
             ,
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             an
             Agent
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             cunning
             Knave
             .
          
           But
           his
           desire
           of
           revenge
           hath
           prevailed
           ,
           he
           believes
           himself
           cruelly
           wrong'd
           ▪
           and
           he
           is
           in
           the
           right
           on
           't
           ,
           for
           that
           at
           the
           Hague
           and
           at
           Nimeguen
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           confident
           would
           be
           the
           Theatre
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           they
           made
           him
           act
           a
           disgraceful
           ridiculous
           part
           .
           He
           imagines
           I
           am
           partly
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ,
           either
           because
           that
           my
           Voyage
           to
           Nimeguen
           might
           have
           been
           the
           effect
           of
           my
           Negotiation
           ,
           which
           he
           might
           have
           gathered
           by
           the
           Kings
           answer
           ,
           or
           ,
           because
           I
           might
           have
           done
           nothing
           in
           Holland
           ,
           but
           administer
           cause
           of
           Suspicions
           and
           Umbrages
           ,
           that
           hasten'd
           on
           the
           Peace
           ,
           in
           spite
           of
           his
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           Reverst
           the
           Treaty
           he
           had
           but
           lately
           concluded
           at
           the
           Hague
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           If
           I
           be
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           here
           is
           another
           occasion
           of
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           being
           vext
           at
           me
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Treaty
           a
           foot
           between
           England
           and
           Spain
           ,
           for
           which
           purpose
           Sir
           W.
           was
           employ'd
           without
           any
           other
           design
           in
           reference
           to
           England
           ,
           but
           to
           abase
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           on
           the
           Spaniards
           side
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           add
           a
           little
           more
           reputation
           to
           their
           Affairs
           .
           Now
           the
           Parliament
           got
           nothing
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           advantage
           accrued
           to
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           upon
           this
           occasion
           made
           him
           really
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           took
           him
           for
           a
           Cully
           .
           A
           sad
           acknowledgment
           for
           having
           
             alone
             saved
          
           Flanders
           for
           Spain
           !
           I
           ridiculed
           this
           Treaty
           ,
           I
           made
           observations
           thereon
           ,
           that
           were
           published
           
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           men
           judged
           that
           the
           observations
           were
           well
           grounded
           :
           After
           that
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           business
           of
           Nimeguen
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           to
           expec●
           any
           Encomiums
           from
           so
           unjust
           a
           person
           as
           Sir
           
             W.
             T.
          
           but
           still
           he
           might
           have
           writ
           more
           like
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           have
           spoken
           of
           me
           without
           ever
           loosing
           the
           respect
           which
           he
           owed
           to
           my
           Master
           ,
           without
           doing
           so
           great
           an
           injury
           in
           my
           person
           ,
           both
           to
           my
           Name
           ,
           and
           Family
           out
           of
           a
           merry
           humour
           ,
           for
           in
           whatsoever
           past
           ,
           I
           performed
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           Minister
           ,
           both
           zealous
           and
           most
           faithful
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           and
           I
           did
           nothing
           but
           even
           by
           concurrance
           and
           good
           likeing
           of
           the
           King
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           conserve
           for
           me
           the
           honour
           of
           your
           gracious
           favour
           ,
           and
           be
           fully
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           be
           all
           my
           life
           long
           ,
           with
           much
           respect
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           ADVERTISEMENT
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           Foregoing
           Letter
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           now
           ,
           some
           Months
           ago
           since
           the
           Foreign
           Journals
           gave
           us
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Cross
          
           ,
           the
           Ingenious
           Author
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Treatise
           ,
           was
           meditating
           an
           Answer
           to
           Sir
           William
           Temple's
           Memoirs
           .
           As
           nothing
           more
           sensibly
           touches
           us
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           our
           Reputation
           wounded
           by
           those
           Persons
           whom
           we
           never
           injured
           .
           We
           are
           not
           to
           admire
           that
           our
           Author
           who
           thought
           himself
           
           unjustly
           attacked
           in
           these
           Memoirs
           ,
           took
           the
           first
           opportunity
           to
           justifie
           his
           proceedings
           to
           the
           World
           :
           and
           if
           he
           sometimes
           falls
           out
           into
           severe
           or
           indecent
           Language
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           remembred
           that
           he
           was
           not
           the
           first
           Agressor
           ,
           but
           that
           his
           Adversary
           taught
           him
           the
           way
           .
           How
           well
           
             M.
             de
             Cross
          
           has
           acquitted
           himself
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           I
           will
           by
           no
           means
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           determine
           .
           Let
           the
           Reader
           ,
           without
           prejudice
           or
           partiality
           ,
           confider
           what
           both
           Parties
           say
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           him
           judge
           for
           himself
           .
        
         
           When
           these
           Memoirs
           first
           appeared
           in
           publick
           ,
           I
           remember
           the
           Criticks
           in
           Town
           were
           much
           divided
           in
           their
           Sentiments
           about
           them
           ;
           some
           found
           fault
           with
           the
           Stile
           ,
           as
           too
           Iuscious
           and
           affected
           ;
           others
           censured
           the
           Digressions
           ,
           as
           Foreign
           to
           the
           Business
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           Story
           of
           Prince
           
           Maurice's
           Parrot
           ,
           that
           (
           to
           use
           Sir
           
           William's
           own
           Expression
           ,
           
             p.
             58.
             )
             spoke
             ,
             and
             asked
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             answered
             common
             Questions
             ,
             ●ike
             a
             reasonable
             Creature
             .
          
           Lastly
           ,
           ●he
           Graver
           sort
           of
           People
           were
           scandalized
           to
           see
           several
           Persons
           eminent
           both
           for
           their
           Station
           and
           Quality
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           still
           Living
           ,
           treated
           with
           so
           much
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           little
           Ceremony
           ;
           adding
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           every
           where
           appeared
           too
           full
           of
           himself
           ,
           which
           I
           find
           is
           the
           very
           Character
           ,
           which
           the
           French
           Relator
           of
           the
           Negotiation
           at
           Nimeguen
           ,
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           bestow
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Language
           of
           the
           Memoirs
           ,
           a
           Man
           needs
           but
           turn
           over
           half
           a
           dozen
           Pages
           to
           be
           convinced
           that
           the
           first
           Objection
           is
           just
           and
           reasonable
           .
           Every
           Leaf
           almost
           stands
           charged
           with
           Gallicisms
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ;
           and
           indeed
           't
           is
           odd
           enough
           to
           see
           a
           Man
           of
           Sir
           William
           Temples's
           Constitution
           ,
           who
           all
           along
           declares
           such
           an
           invincible
           Aversion
           to
           the
           French
           Nation
           ,
           so
           fondly
           doting
           
           upon
           their
           Expressions
           ,
           even
           where
           he
           had
           no
           necessity
           to
           use
           them
           .
           But
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           his
           Digressions
           are
           not
           so
           faulty
           ,
           it
           being
           not
           amiss
           in
           a
           just
           History
           ,
           but
           especially
           in
           Memoirs
           ,
           to
           relieve
           a
           serious
           Scene
           ,
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           with
           something
           that
           is
           diverting
           and
           agreeable
           .
           As
           for
           the
           last
           Objection
           ,
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           say
           to
           it
           at
           present
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           not
           improbable
           but
           that
           the
           following
           Book
           of
           
             Monsieur
             de
             Cross
          
           may
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           attempt
           his
           own
           Justification
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
  

