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LETTER CI. To the Cardinal de la Vallette.
My Lord,
I Writ so large a Letter to you yesterday, and Monsieur Arnaud d' Andilly, who is parted from hence, has re∣ceiv'd such particular Instructions in all points, that I shou'd make but a sorry Compliment to his Under∣standing, to entertain you with a tedious Discourse a∣bout them. I shall only make bold once more to con∣jure you, not to be afflicted at the Dissatisfaction his Ma∣jesty has express'd upon your resolution to besiege Capelle instead of Avenes; for I can assure you, that you are not concern'd in it at all, it wholly falling upon Monsieur de la Meilleraye, and upon my self by a side Blow. You know well enough whether we are guilty or no. This gives me an assurance that his Majesty will find out the Truth at last, and show the same Favours to his Ser∣vants as he has been accustom'd to do. It wou'd be con∣venient for you to dispatch an Officer to the King, with the Minutes of the Debate when this Resolution was ta∣ken. I am, and ever shall be, without the least Alte∣ration,
My Lord,
Your, &c.
Paris, Sept. 8, 1637.