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1712.1009.Fb



Addressed:
L^d Treas:^r


Paris 9 Oct:^r/28 Sep:^r 1712

My Lord

The Messenger (Dagley) returned heither
last Night, having happily found E: Peter­
­brough within 4 days journy of the place
where He expected Him: I haue taken this
oppertunity of transmitting to the E: of
Dartmouth what I haue received since I
sent away the last Expreſs from the Mi­
nisters here: and of sending to yo:^r Lordsp
the inclosed Acc:^t1 as I received it from mons^r
Torcy.

I find the Person concerned as She is in great
Necessity is likewise in great Expectation
that This affair should be fixed: Her Iew­
­els w:^ch were in pawn are sold outright,
except some (as I hear) given to the Cheva­
­lier. mons:^r Torcy interests himself
particularly in this Matter, but all vnder
the Notion of Humanity and good Nature,
while he vrges on our side the Topics of
Iustice and Generosity: and is for anteda­
ting the payment, if not till Midsommer
yet at least from the day of the Chevalier's
departure from hence.

The Court returned last Night to Ver­
sailles from Rambouillet, where they haue
been treated since Monday by the G: Ad­
­miral.

I expect every hour the arrival of friend
Drift w:^th your Lordsp's commands vpon
what I haue already writ to you,
Cantillon draws 500 p:^d Sterl:^~ vpon
yo:^r Lordsp w:^ch will be One of many
Arguments by w.^ch you will confess
that Paris is a very dear place, and
that m^r Prior could hardly haue been
more expensiue at Utrecht.

Amongst other heads of Expence thô
I can not take off the whole I can
contract some part, (if you please.)
it is Charity I giue to the afflicted;
some really, all calling themselves
the Queen's subjects, souldiers, Widdows,
with a long et cætera.² by w:^ch I haue gott
a thousand Benedictions vpon the Queen
and Her Gouvernment, and spread thrô
Paris a Notion (w^ch I am very fond of)
that Her Maj:^ty is not only the greatest
but the most pious Princesse in the
World: Her Minister is not to blame,
while He makes Her Enemies confess
this truth, and I am sure yo:^r Lordsp
thinks that I am as Just³ an Almoner
to Her Maj^ty on this Occasion as my
friend my L:^d Archbishop of York
could be.

S:^r Tho: Hanmer writes Me word from
Gaunt that in some short time He
will be here.

I haue not been well, but I hope the
violence of the distemper being
gon off, matters will be better,
what I know of the whole is that as long
as I liue I hope I shall continue,

my
Lord,
your Ser^t

MPrior.

Maj:^r Bland who goes to Catalonia to
get the forces paid will be forwarded
from hence too morrow with the passe­
­ports Necessary. after the Holland Ga­
­zette he assured Me that yo:^r good friend
and Mine Godolphin is dead, Requiescat
in Pace.

It looks a little Whimsical, thô it is
really fact, that All the World here
is overjoyed at Her Maj^ties recovery
and joyn in wishing well to that
Life vpon w^ch the safety of Europe
depends

10 Oct^r/29 Sep:^r 1712
The Marq: de Monteleon whom I haue
formerly mentioned to yo:^r Lordsp is
named for Eng: He has writ to
the 2 Secretaries, and desires Me to
make his Complements to your
Lordsp: you will like Him better
then any of the Tu quoques: He
He⁴ is a very honest good Man
and has nothing of the Punto of
the Spaniard.

The Mercenary troops especially those
of Saxe are quarelling with the
Dutch vpon the point of who is
to pay the Reckoning since Her
Maj^ty has with-held Her hand.
The Dutch I just now hear would
come in to the signing the Peace,
provided Tournay was assured to
them, pray send Me a word how I
shall answer to any question of
this kind that may be proposed
to Me here.

One thing I had almost forgot and
it is One thing w^ch your Lordsp
I am afraid, has quite forgott;
poor Dicks preferment, he has been
at your House every Wensday
since you appointed Him, pray
don't let him mistake Me'credi
I hope Iberian Gillingham and
British Drift are before now
on this side the Water, vpon
w:^ch considerations I will torment
yo:^r Lordsp at present with nothing
more than the repeated assurances
of my being ever yo:^~ Ser:^t and
my wishes for all good to yo^r
family.

2.

Endorsed:
M^r Prior
Sept: 28.29
Octo. 9.10
1712
℞ Octo: 3. 4 days.

Notes
1.
Not recovered.
2.
The dipthong is Prior's.
3.
Prior modified the initial letter, probably changing a minuscule j to this majuscule, giving it an uncharacteristic descender.
4.
The repetition is Prior's.

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