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« time domineered over a great part of this" northern world. There were never such hopes“ of success , since the days of queen Alary, as“ now in our days. God has given us a prince,”meaning the duke, “ who is become ( may I fay" a miracle ) zealous of being the author and“ instrument of so glorious a work; but the“ opposition we are sure to meet with is also like" to be great : So that it imports us to get all" the aid and assistance we can.” In another letterhe said, “ I can scarce believe myself awake, or" the thing real, when I think of a prince in such“ an age as we live in , converted to such a“ degree of zeal and piety, as not to regard any“ thing in the world in comparison of God AI-“ mighty’s glory, the salvation of his own foul,“ and the conversion of our poor kingdom. ” Inother passages the interests of the crown of Eng-land, those of the French king, and those of thecatholic religion are spoken of as inseparable. Theduke is also said to have connected his interestsunalterably with those of Lewis. The king himself,he affirms, is always inclined to favor the catho-lics, when he may do it without hazard “Money 7 ,”Coleman adds , “ cannot fail of persuading the“ king to any thing. There is nothing it cannot“ make him do , were it ever so much to his“ prejudice. It has such an absolute power over“ him, that he cannot resist it. Logic, built“ upon money , has in our court more powerful“ charms than any other fort of argument. ” Forthese reasons , he proposed to father la Chaise,

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