No. 42.
POMPONNE TO PINCHESNE.
Versailles, November 4th, 1678.
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According to appearances the Abbé d’Estrades will soon arrive here, and with him the Count Matthioli, through whom we shall be able to know more distinctly the sentiments of the Duke of Mantua. ∗ ∗ ∗
Pomponne.[220]
[220] From the Archives of the Office for Foreign Affairs, at Paris.
No. 43.
POMPONNE TO PINCHESNE.
November 11th, 1678.
I have received your letter of the 22d, the principal point of which is, the making the King acquainted with the reason, for which the Count Matthioli did not set off so soon as he had promised the Abbé d’Estrades. We must wait for his arrival to know what he has to propose to the King.