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Kuowledce. He was highly astonished 
at the eoldness with which he was all at 
once treated. Notwithstanding the 
friendship of the king of the Romans for 
me, I could not prevail upon him to 
relax in this respect. ‘* OF what use,” 
said [to him, and to the courtiers and 
generals who followed his example, “ is 
this personal antipathy, which M. Villars 
does not deserve? I shall see him, and 
conunue on friendly terms with him, ull 
we begin to fire upon one another again.” 
Prince Louis of Baden acted in the same 
manner, though we were not the better 
hked for it. We all three parted very 
good friends. We missed his compan 
much; for when Louis XIV. had at 
length completed all his machinations, 
and thrown off the mask, he departed. 
Previous to this we had the following 
conversation : = 
“Tt is not my fault,” said he, * if, 
without knowing how to suppress your 
rebellion in Hungary, you are deter- 
mined to make war upon us. I had 
rather your highness would do like those 
gentlemen who have turned their backs 
upon me here, as they. will do elsewhere, 
# L eommand an army.” This was truly 
an expression @ la Villars. ‘* You hope 
that the Turks will interfere, because the 
abbé Joachim has predicted that the 
empress would be delivered of twins, one 
of whom should sit on the throne of 
Constantinople.” ‘¢ Tam not angry with 
you, M. de Villars,” replied I, ** for in 
your correspondence, which to be sure 
is somewhat tinctared with levity, after 
the manner of your nation, you have 
transmitted to your court a portrait of 
me drawn by the hand of friendship. 
Others complain of certain -inadver- 
tencies, and the court of having read in 
one of your dispatches: § We shali see if 
the Christ in Leopola’s chapel will speak 
to him as he did to Ferdinand II.’ 
Private individuals never forgive a satire; 
judge then of the effect which a severe 
thing said against a sovereign must pro- 
duce upen hime’ £¢ Jt is only by great 
reserve in conversation,” said he, “ that 
I have supported myself in this country. 
Tam angry with your Austrians, who, 
among the tales which they invent con- 
cerning me, assert that I conspired with 
Ragotzi against the person of the em- 
peror.” 
“ what gave rise to this stupid idea. 
Peopie recollected an expression ip a 
letter intercepted while you were a volun- 
teer in our service: ‘ | am an Austrian 
with the army, but a Frenchman at 
a 
. Memoirs of Prince Eugene, of Savoy. 
‘not seen for a considerable time. 
“T can teli you,” answered I,- 
[ Aug. Is : 
Vienna.” This means a great deal,. said 
the fools. ‘No conspiracies baye ever 
been formed against our empiytyss.they - 
have never been assassinated. ‘e have 
no Clements or Ravaillacs. The people 
are nog enthusiasts, as-with you, butt for 
that very reason, they doe not pass from 
one sentiment to auother. Crimes in-. 
deed are very rare in Austria. Last 
year some persons wanted to persuade 
Leopold that a design had been formed 
to kill him because a ball went. through 
his hat while hunting. ‘Seek the man,” 
said he, with his Spanish air; ‘ he is awk- 
ward one way or other; he is dying of 
fear or, of hunger; give him a thousand 
ducats.’ ” ' 
1704. The only time to tell Leopold 
plain truths was when he was fright- 
ened. Where is the mistress or friend to. 
whom they can be told with impanityf 
and much less a great sovereign, spoiled 
by slaves who accompany him every day 
to church, but not his generals to war. 
In urgent cases, I requested an extraor- 
dinary audience of him, as if [ had been 
the ambassador of a foreign power,* and 
this occurred but very seldom, 
What I obtained was the power of 
negociating quite alone, and I gained 
over to our. side queen Anne and Maris 
borough. I went to meet him at Hei 
bronn, to concert measures with him 
and prince Louis of Baden, whom I had 
I took 
upon myself the defence of the lines of 
Behel, and left them to follow Tallard, 
who was endeavouring to join the elector 
of Bavaria. If I am not fortunate 
enough to prevent their junction, (thought 
I,) the worst that can befal me is to fight 
both together, which will save me the 
trouble of engaging them separately. 
Taliard and Marsin had two other sorts 
of presumption than Villeroy, and more’ 
wit. The presumption of the one was 
founded “sur sa Spiret,” that of the 
other on the divine protection; which, by 
the cabals of the pious, had certainly 
proved as beneficial to him as the pa- 
tronage of the court. Tallard was as 
short-sighted morally as he was physi- 
cally. Marsin was more clear-sighted, 
*<The prince had been the preceding year 
appointed president of war Sy 
+ The translater has Were inserted the 
words of the original, which he frankly ac- 
knowledges he does not understand. Per- 
haps some more intelligent correspondent of 
the Monthly Magazine, may be able to exe 
plain the circumstance to which the illus- 
tious writer here alludes. » nie 
possessed 
