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Letter from Monsieur de Cros (who was an embassador at the Treaty of Nimeguen and a resident at England in K. Charles the Second's reign) to the Lord ----; being an answer to Sir Wm. Temple's memoirs concerning what passed from the year 1672 until the year 1679

Du Cros, Simon, active 17th century· 3 chapters· 8,851 words

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...

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1. Part 1

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 hat...

2. Part 2

Whereupon, my Lord, I shall tell you one thing, in which _Monsieur_ de _Ruvigni_, at present Lord _Galloway_, cannot but agree with me, no, nor _Monsieur Olivencrantz_ neither....

3. Part 3

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 cha...