Letters of the Cardinal Duke du Richelieu great minister of state to Lewis XIII of France / faithfully translated from the original by T.B.

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Title: Letters of the Cardinal Duke du Richelieu great minister of state to Lewis XIII of France / faithfully translated from the original by T.B.
Author: Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642.
Publication: London :: Printed for A. Roper, A. Bosvile, and T. Leigh,; 1698.
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Subject terms: Louis -- XIII, -- King of France, -- 1601-1643.; France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643.
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LETTER LXVI. To the King.

IN sending this Bearer, to know the state of Your Health, the freedom wherewith Your Majesty is pleas'd that your Creatures should converse with you, is the reason that I am unwilling to lose the opportunity of letting Your Majesty know, who is the most Zealous of all Your Majesty's Creatures. I have, and shall have, as long as I live, more confidence in Your Majesty then in my self, a greater Passion for you, then Your Majesty has for your Self, and assuredly my tenderness also equalls my Fidelity. I will not deny but that Jealousie comes in for a share, but I am sure Your Majesty will not take it a miss, since Your Majesty does not a little caress that Lady, that she should be kindly entertain'd by a Creature, who shall al∣ways Glory in imitating Your Majesty, and in being, till my Descent into the Grace, &c.