some years, to partake in the
confidence of a Minister of State_, &c. And a little after; _Sir _W.
T._ may well imagine that I did not ill improve this able Minister's
Confidence, when he tells us, that I had wholly devoted my self to him_.
But then how comes it, that in the same _15th_ page, where he twice
endeavours to defend himself against this Imputation, he should make
such a Blunder as to say, _But yet I must confess, that at such time as
he (Monsieur _Barillon_) stickled for my Master's Interest, and that of
_Sweden_, I was _entirely devoted_ to him_, &c.? After this; let the
Reader judge, whether _de Cros_ does not confess at least as much, if
not more in this Point, than the Memoirs charge him with: And it is to
be observed from the same Book, that at the very time _de Cros_ speaks
of, _France_ had taken into its Protection the Interests of _Sweden_,
which it seem'd for some Months before to have very little regarded.

But nothing touches him so nearly as the following Passage in the same
_335th_ page of the Memoirs: _This man brought me a Pacquet from Court,
commanding me to go immediately away to _Nimeguen__. Upon which, says
he, _Pag. 16._ _Sir _W. T._ has a mind to make men believe that I was
only sent into _Holland_ to carry him a Dispatch from the Court_. This
passage has so fiercely gall'd him, that he is set a railing for six
pages together; and the affront is, that he should be taken for an
ordinary Courier, or Messenger. Had a dozen Wasps setled on his Tongue,
they could not have swell'd or infus'd more Poison in it; he frets and
foams at the mouth, and spatters so much Dirt on all sides, that it is
not safe following him. In short, he takes it so heinously to be
reckoned a Common Courier, that one could not have netled him more, had
one call'd him a Post, or a Post-horse. I cannot imagine why any such
words in the _Memoirs_, should put a man into so much passion: And for
my part, both in this and all the rest, I see but one reason why he is
angry; and that is, _Because he is angry_. However, against this
grievous Imputation, he defends himself by this strong Argument; That
_he was not sent over on purpose to deliver the Dispatch to Sir _W. T._
but for something of greater importance, which he knows himself, and
will not tell any body_. Wherein I think he acts very discreetly; and I
do not doubt, but the best way to give any Reputation to his mighty
Secrets, is to hinder them from taking Air: Tho had