vening, I ſhall blame what you ſhall judge blameable; and at midnight I ſhall commend what you ſhall think praiſe-worthy. As the laſt ſacrifice I can make, I ſhall continue as long as you pleaſe the curſed Partnerſhip between the Ambaſſador of France, Count Castelmelhor[1], and my ſelf. Propoſe any thing that's more difficult; and your commands, Madam, will enable me to perform it.
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LETTER
TO THE
DUTCHESS OF MAZARIN.
IF you find any Extravagancies in the little Book I ſend you, you are oblig'd to excuſe them, ſince you have robb'd me of my Judgment, which might have hinder'd me from committing them to writing. I have been honour'd in my time, with the company of very amiable Perſons, to whom I am beholden for leaving me ſo much good ſenſe as I had occaſion for, to eſteem their merit, without diſturbing my repoſe: but I have juſt grounds to complain of you, for plundering me of all my Reaſon, which the others had left me.
- ↑ Don Luis de Vaſconcellos and Souſa, Count de Caſtelmelhor, firſt Miniſter and Favorinte of Alphonſo King of Portugal. After the Revolution that happen'd in that Kingdom in 1667, he was obliged to retire to Turin, from whence he obtain'd leave to come into England, where he ſtaid ten or twelve years.
