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143 increased his "amitié et estime" so much as to have a perfect and intime friendship with him; he said afterwards he never saw a man so out of countenance, and speak worse in all his life.

19th.I spoke to Monsieur le Prince. He told me he thought the Guarantee would be concluded on Tuesday; then we fell to talk of his coming over; he said he thought it would not be convenient at this conjuncture, for, as the Parliament did sit, he was sure they would fall upon the Duke, and if he were there at that time, the Duke would lay all upon him. On the other side, if the King should be unsatisfied with his Parliament and dissolve them, the whole nation would blame him for it; therefore he thinks at this time it would be better to stay away, but he will be ready at depth of the winter, in the worst weather to come, if his friends do see a good occasion for it; all that he desires for the present is, that he might be declared the third heir to the crown; and he does advise the King by all means to agree with his Parliament; he is for having acts passed to exclude all Catholic kings, without naming the Duke, and if he was in the House, he believes he should give his vote for it. He intends the Princess shall go to Brussels, but he will not go himself, for he should be sorry to be