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of abilities, and who were fruitful in resoufces, ought 
to be preferred to those of an upright and ad cha-- 
racter. 
‘ Philip tasted these maxims of the pibecptei of the 
duke of Chartres, who, from that momé¢nt, became 
the soul of the prince, by serving his. pltasures. It 
was in vain that F. de la Chaise said that abbé Dubois 
was addicted to women and gaming.: They answered 
him: That may be, but he does not attach himself, 
he does not get drunk, he never loves any thing.. And. 
the way to honour was open to him: 
‘ The archbifhopric of Gambray became vacant :’ 
He had the boldnefs to demand it, but as if in jest. My 
lord, I dreamed last night that I was archbifhop of 
Cambray. You make-very ridiculous dreams ! Why 
not make mearchbifhop of Cambray as wellas another ! 
You! you an archbifhop! Dubois, however, pub- 
lithed on all sides that he had obtained the chair, to 
keep off pretenders : And he wrote to’ Destouches, who 
was at London as ambafsador, to engage king George- 
to afk the regent for the archbifhopric of Cambray 
for the minister-who had concluded the-alliance be- 
tween the two nations. This proposal appeared! 
very ridiculous to the king of England. How. could. 
you with, said he to Nericault, that a protestant: 
prince fhould meddle with the making a prelate in: 
France? The regent would laugh at it, and surely 
would not do it. Pardon me, Sire, he will'laugh at 
it, but will do it neverthelefs. And directly, he 
presented to him a most prefsing letter ready writ- 
ten. The monarch signed it, and the most licentious: 
of the clergy obtained the mitre of Fenclon, Duriag:. 
