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Juan de Rodas, of Cassaris, of Antiochia, Caramanta, Cali, and Anserma have gold enough to pay the king's part, and are not easily invaded by way of the ocean.
Montigny, although somewhat influenced by the King's hypocritical assurances of the benignity with which he regarded the Netherlands, was, nevertheless, not to be deceived by this flattering portraiture of a man whom he knew so well and detested so cordially as he did Granvelle.
Both struck hard, but in the end the snake proved the stronger, and would have twisted himself round the neck of the raven till he died had not the king's son drawn his sword, and cut off the head of the snake at a single blow. And when the raven beheld that his enemy was dead, he was grateful, and said: 'For thy kindness to me this day, I will show thee a sight.
The Chevalier, or rather the Chevalaere d'Eon had preserved all the King's letters. Messieurs de Maurepas and de Vergennes wished to get them out of his hands, as they were afraid he would print them.
In the Fleet or King's Bench he would have stood against Powell, who was reckoned the best open-ground player of his time. This last-mentioned player is at present the keeper of the Fives-court, and we might recommend to him for a motto over his door, "Who enters here, forgets himself, his country, and his friends."
All important men who are not Petroviches are Voukotitches; the first being members of the king's and the second of the queen's family. The little black-hatted man was secretary of the Red Cross, and was formally attached to us while there as cicerone.
"Do you know," he went on, gravely tender in the memory of the dead woman, "that a king's service brings with it a king's risks?" "And did Monsieur de Perche call me coward when he wrote to you?" "No; he said many things which it were better a boy should not know were said. Conceit is only too ready to take youth by the arm." "And am I such a boy? Surely four-and-twenty " "Are you so old?
A smile which he could not control, rippled the gloomy surface of the king's face; and he came forward, offering both hands. "I welcome you with my whole heart, my brother," said he in reply. "Your presence in Versailles is a source of happiness both to the queen and to myself.
At this last hour James expressed his readiness to make concessions; but it was too late, they were looked on only as tokens of fear; the confidence of the people in the king's sincerity was gone forever. But, how much soever his conduct deserved censure, his distresses entitled him to pity. One daughter was the wife of his opponent; the other threw herself into the hands of the insurgents.
"A king's name," said he, "is a tower of strength, especially when marching against a king; but this is a matter for general assent and grave forethought."
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