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1712.1029.Fa

Paris the 29^th Oct:^r 1712 ¹

My Lord²

M^r Gilligan whom I dispatch to
your Lordsp with such Instruction
from m^~ Torcy to mons:^r Bonac as
will enable Him to settle the terms
of our Commerce w^th Spain will in­
­form yo:^r Lordsp that since He has
been here I haue not had one Moment,
and I may add that for 3 Weeks
past I haue enjoyed the same sort
of blessed life; one half of my time
spent in the way between Versailles
and Paris, the other half in redres­
­sing w:^th the Ministers here what (I
will say to you,) others haue distur­
­bed; I hope the fruit of all our
labours will be a good peace, and then
I can go home very quietly, leaving
the World to censure or commend as they
think fitt; France is brought to
a temper that I did not nor could
expect, and I affirm to you that the
personal Veneration these people
haue for the Queen is the great
Engin by w^ch I haue worked.

We haue asked Tournay for the
Dutch, the Monarch has granted
it conditionally that something
may be done by the Queen's
credit for the El.^r of Baviere
and I am going to Eng: post w^th
this great secret, of w^ch Her
Maj^ty may vse as she pleases,
so that I think We haue the Peace
in our hand: your Lordsp will par­
­don the hast and incoherence
of this letter, I write to a mas­
­ter who will vnderstand more
by a Skatch than an ordinary
Eye will by a finished Picture:
I thank God heitherto I haue
had great Success in every point
and I hope my Voyage may
haue this good effect that at
my return w:^ch will be in
20 days whither by way
of Utrecht or Calais I can not
yet tell, but heither I shall
come again, I shall inform
you that We haue nothing to do
but receiue yo:^r renonciation,
and ˂˄ in particular˃³ to renew the assurances of
my being ever w^th great truth

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

MPrior

2.

Endorsed:
M^r Pryors
M^r Prior 29^th Oct: 1712⁴

Notes
1.
Most of the punctuation in the dateline is now very faint.
2.
The letterbook copy is addressed "Lord Lexington."
3.
Prior marked this insertion with a caret.
4.
The first endorsement is in Lexington's hand, the second and longer one in a clerk's or secretary's hand.

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