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which the Spaniards put to every thing. Therefore, the King will stick to the project of the guarantee, of which you have a copy, and, as soon as Monsieur Van Lewin has his powers, we shall offer it to him. I have not yet read your cipher, for I left mine in London, whither I shall go in a day or two.
The Queen goes to Newmarket, and all the ladies. My uncle Algernon is a Parliament man, and had thoughts of standing in Sussex, and is very angry with you for pretending to any thing he had a mind to.
We want you most extremely here.
I am entirely yours,
Sunderland.
LORD HALIFAX[1] TO MR. SIDNEY.
London, August 18, 79.
I am to thank you for two of yours, the last of which was delivered first to me. I will say little to the kind part of either of them, my good
- ↑ "Sir George Saville, Viscount, Earl, and at length Marquis of Halifax, was the Prime Minister of Charles during the latter years of his life. He was a man of a fine genius and lively imagination, but, as a politician, was rather guided by a desire to display the full extent of artful and nice management of parties, than by any steady and consistent principle
