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pearance moft agreeable to him, and fo much the 

 rather, becaufe he was glad to diffemble his Refent* 

 ments by the external |igns of Friendfhip. So we 

 faw and embraced one another with mutual Pro- 

 tections of forgetting all that had pafs'd be-? 

 tween us. 



After this Reconciliation, I had reafon to believe, 

 that his Heart would not give the lye to his Mouth, 

 becaufe I thought he was not fo imprudent as toin^ 

 form the Court of fome Tribes, wherein he would 

 appear to have proftitiited his Honour ; but I was 

 deceived, for he took the pains to add afterwards to 

 the Verbal Procefs he had given in before our Ac? 

 eomrnodation, fome falfhoods which he ought to 

 have concealed. ? Tis needlefs to acquaint you, how 

 by chance his Papers fell into my Hands; that In- 

 $ifcretion might prove a difadvantags to fome Per- 

 fons, whom Heaven blefs. I fhall only tell you, 

 that after the Recollets had Teen and read the Alle- 

 gations containd in his Papers, they made no fcru- 

 ple to advife me to take care of my felf, and inge T 

 nuoufly declard to me, that they never intended to 

 meddle any more in that Affair, becaufe they per- 

 ceiv'd that they had innocently contributed to do 

 me a prejudice, by reftoring peace between him and 

 me. This wholfom advice made me perceive the 

 danger to which I fhould be exposed, if I continued 

 any longer at Tlacentia, infbmuch, that the fear I 

 had of being fent to the Baftile^ afcer the arrival of 

 the Ships frorn France, made me refolve ^o abandon 

 all hopes of making my fortune here, and to throw 

 up my Places. After the Inhabitants were acquaint- 

 ed with this Ne\vs, all of ? em except three or four, 

 came running tp my lioufe, to affaire me they 

 were r$ady to Hgri my Verbal Procels, in cafe I 

 would change my Refolution ; But inftead of ac- 

 iepcing their offer, I gave them to underftand, ha- 

 ving thank'd them fiift for their Good-wpl, that 



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