A . 
LET TE R 
FROM 
Monfieur de la Croix^ 
SECRETARY and INTERPRETER 
T O T H E 
FRENCH KING 
Touching fome Points of 
Contained in the S E C O N D PART of thefe 
J 
Shall Anfwer, Sir, in as few words as I can, 
the Note you did me the Honour to write to 
me, touching the apprehenfions you had, that 
fome words of Oriental Learning to be found in the 
Travels of Monfieur de Thevenot, may be found fault 
with, . becaufe you meet with them in another ligni- 
fication, in the Treatife called, the Coronation of Soly- 
ma^fy but let mQ tdl you. Sir, that Apprehenfion 
feems to me to be inconfiftent with the Juftice you 
owe to that illuftrious Traveller ; and that fmce 
you are not ignorant of the talents he poffeffed, it 
is your part to believe, that what he hath written, 
muft be right, and whatever clafhes therewith cen- 
fureable. His Firft Travels into the Levant^ gained 
( d ) him 
