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yourself so much troubled and concerned for the dissatisfaction which his Majesty seemed to have at your proceedings in the business of Mr. Skelton, and so apprehensive lest any other occasion might happen to increase it, that you could have no satisfaction in your own mind till you had begged his Majesty's leave to come and wait upon him, and endeavour to set yourself right in his good opinion; and if your Highness would please to add to this such assurances of your zeal for the King's service and his greatness as you shall think fit; of your desire to be acquainted with the measures he proposes to take, that you might be able to assist him to the utmost of your power; and of your desire to establish a good correspondence with those whom the King is pleased to trust and employ in his business: upon these advances to the King, I am sure your Highness might come over hither with great advantage; and the countenance and the kindness which the King will show you, finding you in this temper, joined to the love and esteem, and the natural inclination which people have for you here, would presently give your Highness such an influence upon every body, (even the ministers themselves,) that you would be able to give what