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1712.1016.Fa

Versailles the 16/5 Oct^r
1712

My Lord¹

According to what I wrote to your Lordsp
in my last, I am to advise you that
vpon a Memorial w^ch I gaue in on
Saturday, mons:^r de Torcy gaue Me for
answer, that as to these words follow­
­ing. in the Act of Renonciation


Apres les mots
Passé et transmis.
"On doit inserer les noms des person­
"­nes sur lesquels le Droit de Suc­
"­cession seroit declaré appartenir
"en vertu de la Renonciation.


The King has consented that the Clause
Ie veux et consens. shall be inserted
w^ch I beleiue will be found satisfactory
to the Ministry in Eng: and conforma­
­ble to the Instructions w^ch yo^r
Lordsp has vpon that Head.
So that as now all our Additions to
the Act of Renonciation are agreed to
yo:^r Lordsp will haue no further
[...]˂diffi˃culty ² vpon that affair

I send the Clause by expreſs into Eng:^~
and at the same time advise them
that I haue likewise transmitted
it to yo:^r Lordsp

I am glad in the first Essay of my facul­
­ty of Plenipo: to haue been able to
send you and my other Patrons in
Eng: so ample, so plain, and I hope
so vnexceptionable a Clause:

I haue no more time than to
tell you the Courrier stays, while
I repeat to your Lordsp My³ being
Ever w^th respect

My Lord
yo:^r Lordsp's most ob^t and
most humble Ser^t

MPrior.

2.

Endorsed:
M^r Prior Versailles
16/5 Oct:
recd^~ 26.

Notes
1.
Lexington is identified as the recipient of this letter in Prior's letter to Bolingbroke, 1712.1017.Fa.
2.
By overwriting, Prior carefully modified the original text to settle on the word difficulty. It is not clear how many of the letters diffi were present in the original text and how many are the result of Prior's revision, although tr may underly di and a horizontal line runs through the word across the first five letters.
3.
The awkward shape of the majuscule M strongly suggests that Prior made a false start with his initial pen stroke.

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