LETTER CLXXXI. To Cardinal Antonio.
THE Testimonies which your Eminency has hither∣to given me of your Affection to France, and par∣ticularly to the person of the King, causes me to take my Pen in Hand, to beseech your Eminency that you would be pleas'd to add one more in reference to the Marshal d' Estrees, by contributing your Endeavours that his Holiness may give his Majesty satisfaction in his behalf. I shall not repeat the reasons contain'd in the Letter which I wrote to his Holiness, by which he seems to be oblig'd not to deny his Majesty that contentment which he has just cause to promise himself. It shall be sufficient for me to let yee know, that the Business in question upon this occasion be∣ing to the advantage of his Holiness, and all his Family, which the King will procure upon all opportunities that shall present themselves, your Excellency being so nearly related to his Beautitude as you are, I make no question but you will contribute to this end whatever lies in your Power; assuring your Eminency, that as his Majesty lays this affair to heart more then I am able to express, so he will acknowledge the Obligation laid upon him to the ut∣most