rst Act, that he had left him nothing
to do in any of the rest; and therefore was obliged to dispatch him in
his own defence; but Monsieur _de Cros_ never so much as introduces
his Hero in one single Paragraph of his Letter: He threatens indeed to
bring him in Play one time or another, but for all that keeps him
still as invisible as a Fairy Treasure, and his Hero has no more to do
throughout the whole piece, than one of the _Mutae Personae_ in the
ancient _Drama_.

Monsieur _de Cros_ is pleased to address his Letter to a certain Noble
Lord in _Nubibus_; for he no where takes occasion to name him, and
this was certainly done with no other Prospect than only to recommend
his Trifle the better to his Readers. He owns, _p. 3._ that _Sir_
W. T. _is a Man of some Merit, and that he has been employed a long
time upon very important Affairs_, but then with his usual Confidence
affirms that _he knew very little of the Secret of the late King of_
England's _Designs_. Sir _W. T._ no where pretends in his Memoirs
that he knew the bottom of all the Court-Intrigues, that were managed
with so much Artifice by the prevailing Ministry of those times; nay
he congratulates his good Fortune that he was never made acquainted
with them; and though from several remarkable Circumstances he has all
the Reason imaginable to suspect that some things were not so fairly
meant as was openly pretended, yet he knows no Reason why they should
not trust him in any Occasions wherein the Honour of his Master or the
true Interest of the Kingdom were concerned: And as for the rest, he
thinks it the highest Complement the Ministry ever made him, not to
disclose them to him.

Upon this Consideration says Monsieur _de Cros_, p. 4. _I had no great
Curiosity to peruse the Memoirs, well judging that the Author was not
able to give me any tolerable Light into the discovery of so many
secret Intrigues that were carried on at that juncture: And besides_,
continues he, _I had Reason to doubt whether these Memoirs were not
principally designed to be a Panegyrick upon himself, and to blacken
the Reputation of several Persons of eminent Quality and Merit,
because_, adds he, _I was particularly acquainted with the Pride of
Sir_ W. T. _who fansies himself to be the wisest and ablest Politician
of his Age._ If Sir _W. T._ is that vainglorious and ill-natured
Animal as Monsieur _de Cros_ represents him to be, he here solemnly
promises him that he will never come to him t