r does he envy the good
Fortune of Monsieur _de Cros_ for being made a Party in them.

_What a horrid Impertinence_, adds our Declaimer, _p. 38. was it in
him to endeavour to perswade the World, that the most important Affair
of that time, on which according to him, the Fate and Destiny of_
Christendom _depended, was dispatched and concluded in an hour's time
in the Dutchess of_ Portsmouth's _Apartment by the Intervention of
Monsieur_ Barillon. We may well allow Monsieur _de Cros_ to Christen
Truth by the Name of Impertinence, because he's so seldom guilty of
such Impertinences; and his Memoirs when they visit the World,
whatever Faults they may be charged with, will be never liable I
believe to that Exception. Sir _W. T._ as has been already said, only
delivers this as the Opinion of the Court, without interposing his own
Sentiments: And indeed to any unprejudiced Person, who considers what
an unfortunate influence that Ambassador in conjunction with the
Mistress had upon the late King, this Account will not appear so
_impertinent_ as Monsieur _de Cros_ represents it.

Sir _William Temple_, continues Monsieur _de Cros, p. 38. according to
his Custom, so little regards the Reputation of his King, that he
makes no scruple to prostitute it upon this Occasion after the
strangest manner in the World._ Nor is this sufficient, but with his
usual vehemence and fury he attacks Sir _W. T. for representing the
King of_ England, _obliged so much as he was by his Quality of
Mediator, and much more by the Interest of his Kingdoms, to procure
repose to_ Christendom, _as corrupted by the Ambassador of_ France,
_and by the Charms of his Mistress, sacrificing all_ Europe _and his
own Dominious to a Power naturally an Enemy to_ England: _and this
hand over-head, at an hour's warning, without the advice of his
Council, lock'd up in a Woman's Apartment, as if he had been sensible
that he was going to do an Action, the most unworthy the Majesty of a
Prince, and the most opposite to the Happiness of his people_. What a
profound respect Sir _W. T._ pays to the memory of that Monarch, as he
knows best himself; so let his own Works speak for him, and
particularly his Memoirs, since Monsieur _de Cros_ has reflected so
severely upon that Book, where the Reader may find the following
Character, p. 273. _I never saw him in better humour, nor ever knew a
more agreeable conversation when he was so; and where he was pleased
to be familiar, great qui