LETTER XCIX. To M. de Fontenay, Ambassador at Rome.
THE King being just now going to make great pre∣parations of Men, and particularly of Foreigners, I thought fit by this Letter once more to renew my re∣quest to yee, that you would be pleas'd to agree with Cardinal Antonio for raising of 3000 Men, according to the proposals which he caus'd to be made to the King, so that His Majesty may know the exact time when they will be ready for his Service. And to shew the Cardinal how much the King depends upon that Levy, he desires they may be sent into France, rather then be left in Italy, where they will be more apt to desert. They may be embark'd at Civita Veechia, and landed at Marseilles; and by that means the Pope will have no reason to complain, seeing the King intends to make use of 'em for the Defence of his Kingdom, and not to employ 'em against his Enemies