Paris: June 5, 1669.
Honored Sir,
. . . . . .
Roux Marsilly has prudently declared hee had some what of importance to
say but it should bee to the King himselfe wch may be means of respiting
his processe and as he hopes intercession may bee made for him; but
people talk so variously of him that I cannot tell whether hee ought to
bee owned by any Prince; the Suisses have indeed the greatest ground to
reclayme him as being taken in theirs. They have all his papers which
speak much of the Triple Alliance; if they have no other pretext of
hanging him I know not whether they can lawfully for this, hee having
been naturallised in Holland and taken in a priviledged Country....
*State Papers, France, vol. 126.
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