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LETTER XXIX. Of Libells in France against the Govern∣ment, &c. (Book 29)
My Lord,
I am not to give your Lordship here the reason of my so long silence, since you know it already by a remarkable instance, and it is possible you may have by his time heard the issue of our King's m••••ch towards Pont Esperies, and the Daup••e's diligence to secure that Pass. Were you to have seen the Consternation men general∣ly were under in this City, upon the first advice of the said March, you would have thought all France had been in danger of being lost without retrieval; and the letter of thanks, which the King h•••• dispatched to the Dauphine, the rest of the Generals, and to every particular Regiment, both French and Switz by Name, for their Zeal and indefatigable industry for the preserva∣tion of their Country lifes and most impor∣tant places on the Sea Coast is an evident demonstration hereof; As the common Murmurs, and many Libels that appear a∣broad every day against the Government, are no less a proof of the decline of the French affairs, and growing greatness of