Sir,
I received the honour of our Majesty's most gracious letter, and beg
leave to return my grateful thanks. Your Majesty is very good in
commending my dear Lord who did but his duty: he gave his life most
willingly for your Majesty's service, and I am persuaded that your
Majesty never had a subject more attacht to his duty than he was.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York have been so good to show a
great concern for my loss, and recommended most strongly to the King
of France my famyly. His Majesty has been most extremely good and
gracious to them. My son, that was Captain in Dillon's, has now the
Brevet of Colonel reform'd with appointments of 1800 livres a-year;
his sisters have 150 livres a-year each of them, with his royal
promis of his protection of the famyly for ever. The Marquise de
Mezire, and her daughter the Princess de Monteban have been most
extremely friendly to my famyly in this affair.