LETTER VI. From Cardinal Richlieu to the Prince of Orange.
THe King's Letter which will be deliver'd to your hands by M. de Charnacè, and what he has in charge to say to yee in his Majesty's Name, will give you so particularly to understand the Affection which he has for your Person, and the singular Esteem which he pays to your Vertue and your Merit, that it would be su∣perfluous to repeat it in these Lines. And therefore I shall only testifie to yee my own particular and extraor∣dinary Joy, for the new Title wherewith his Majesty has been pleas'd to honour your whole Family: now then, that I may conform my self to his Will, and follow my own Inclination, be pleas'd that I may begin the change, and that I may assure your Highness, that honouring yee as I do, it will be a greater favour then I can possibly ex∣press to serve your Highness, and all yours, upon all oc∣casions; and to let you know by the Effects, that there is no person in the World, that can be with a greater Passi∣on or more Sincerity, then my self, &c.