No. 8 Lewis the Fourteenth to Matthioli
January 12th, 1678.
Count Matthioli,
I have seen by the letter you wrote me, as well as by what my Ambassador, the Abbé d’Estrades, communicated to me, the affection that you show for my interests. You cannot doubt but that I am much obliged to you for it, and that I shall have much pleasure in giving you proofs of my satisfaction upon every occasion. Referring you, therefore, for further particulars, to what will be said to you from me by the Abbé d’Estrades, I shall not lengthen this letter more than to add, that I pray God to have you, Count Matthioli, in his holy keeping.
Lewis.169
Notes
169 From the Archives of the Office for Foreign Affairs, at Paris.