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I cannot, Sir, refrain from testifying to you the joy I felt in learning this week, by a letter of the Abbé d’Estrades, that the Count Matthioli has been carried prisoner to Pignerol, and that thus this rogue will no more be in a condition to execute, every day, fresh perfidies.
I am, with the most respectful submission, and all the attachment possible,
Sir,
Your very humble and very obedient Servant,
De Pinchesne.[285]
[285] From the Archives of the Office for Foreign Affairs, at Paris.