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** Thus far, my Lord, I have given your 

 Grace an account of this business. I have 

 indeed more particulars to acquaint your Grace 

 with, but such as cannot be conveniently in- 

 serted in a letter. And therefore I have desired 

 his Excellency the Lord Raby's chaplain, the 

 Rev. Mr. Ay erst (a man of judgment much 

 above his years, and v^^ho, to the veneration he 

 has for the Church of England, prudently joins 

 moderation tov^^ards those in foreign parts), that 

 when he should arrive in Britain with my Lord 

 Raby (which he supposed would be soon), he 

 would in person inform your Grace in every 

 thing. This gentleman understands our affairs 

 extremely well ; and I have let him into all my 

 designs and actions, having had experience both 

 of his candour and his zeal. 



** The confused prospect of affairs in Europe 

 seems to require the dispatch of another am- 

 bassador from her Majesty, to succeed my Lord 

 Raby at our Court ; upon whom, in great mea- 

 sure, will depend the good or bad event of the 

 business in agitation. May he therefore be a 

 man of a religious disposition, as well as dis- 

 cretion in civil affairs ; one who will be mindful 

 that he is not only the ambassador of the great 

 Queen Anne, but also the servant of Jesus 

 Christ; and that he is designed to serve the 

 interests and enlarge the kingdoms of both ; 



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