England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Rumours of a Rupture in the Negotiations at Nimeguen.
Reresby, , p. 65, 66. June 22, . | |
About this time there was a fresh discourse about a war with France, the French king and ours not agreeing concerning the interest of the king of Sweden, which the French would have to be adjusted before they would deliver up the towns they had taken in Flanders. But by what I heard I thought the thing had but an unlikely aspect, and particularly as I had seen the king, duke, and French ambassador so very often merry and intimate together at the duchess of Portsmouth's lodgings laughing at those who believed it in earnest. | |