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MAJOR SEMPLE LISLE. 345 



" expedling to meet Mr. Walpole; he did not 

 '* come there; and I am fo much and fo in- 

 difpenfibly employed at prcfent, writing to 

 Madeira and England, by veffels ready to fail, 

 that it is impofiible for me to go to his houfc, 

 ** which is at a diftance from mine; befides, it 

 *' appears to me, that it could be of no fervice 

 to you, not only becaufe his conference with 

 Captain Selby mull have been over this morn- 

 ing before I got your letter; but ftill more, 

 ** becaufe, as he now adls under orders from 

 ** home, he cannot give fcope to his own incli- 

 *' nations towards indulgcncies to you, if con- 

 " trary to thofe orders ; and for that reafon I 

 *' dare fay he will decline giving you a meet- 

 ** ;ng. But there is flill a further and more 

 *' powerful reafon; after you went away, fome 

 " difagreeable circumftances took place be- 

 ** tween him and the Intendant ; on that ac- 

 '* count an application to Court became necef- 

 ** fary, which the Intendant refented fo much, 

 ** and laid before her Majefty the contents of 

 your, what he ftyled, petulent and infulting 

 letter to him, after your return from on board 

 ** the packet, that I am certain he would clap 

 *' you again into confinement the moment you 

 " put your foot on fhore here; and from the 

 ** nature of his office, he can do fo, in fpite of 

 •* all Mr. Walpole's endeavour to prevent it. 

 '* Nothing but the Queen turning the Intend- 



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