cures of her Ambassadors, for a man cou'd not be in two places at once ; but he was glad I had spoke of this subject to him for since by me he saw your inclination was still for the Army it had prevented him writing you his thoughts, that now wou'd be a proper time to get a good sum of mony in desiring leave to sell your Regiment, and attach your self solely to civill imployments, but shou'd he do so, besides you not thinking so much of it as he thought you did, he fear'd you might think he had the hint from some great man, so he wou'd writ nothing about it tho' he protested he never heard any body speaking such thing, 'twas purely his own thoughts from some of your letters that sccm'd to solicitc a Civil Employ, and he beg I wou'd take no notice about it, wch I promised so must beg you to take no notice to him. I writ it to you because I know you desire to know what every body says. I was very glad, before I received you last letters that your coming to the Hague was no longer desired to be a secreet, for I found by them the thoughts of any of us having divulged it too soon gave you a great deal of uneasiness, and believe Mr, Tilson keept it longer a secreet than he need. It being thus publickly known I thought there was no accation to go to Mr. Witworth. Give me leave to wish you joy for I believe you are very well pleased to be out of your suspence, I was saying something like this to Mr. Lewis, and he said you was not so well satisfied as I thought, for he found you expected fresh Exquipage mony, wch he believed there wou'd be some difficulty about. When I spoke as to the reason- ableness of it he said he cou'd not say but you had a just pretention to't, and the demand was nothing but what was very natural for you to make, but yet at this time of scarcity of mony was what he was affraid you wou'd not get. I said nothing to him, but I am affraid they will make use of an argument you used your self in some of your letters to the great men when you first desired to be removed from Berlin, that by sending you 'twou'd save the Queen the expence of equipage mony. You know best what you have to do but I shall venture to give my poor advise, that instead of desiring to go into the Army, after }ou are settled for some time at
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