r ambassadeur qui... X!^Q count of Castel dos Rios

1. 30. Bedniar, a Spanish grandee, président of the council of war.

1. 32. créance is the same word as croyance, and therefore should hâve exactly the same meaning, but it is usually taken in the sensé of confiance.

"Quoi, mes pères? Est-ce ainsi que vous abusez de Id. créance quQ ces personnes d'honneur ont en vous?" (Pascal, Lettres provinciales.)

duc d"* Harcourt, the ambassador at Madrid to whose skilful diploniacy it was chiefly owing that Charles II made Philip V his heir.

1. 34. que par rapport à vous, only with a view to your own interest.

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