ck, representing the Spanish ambassador,
the Marquis de Fuente, making the declaration to that king, "No
concurrer con los ambassadores des de Francia," with this
inscription, "Jus praecedendi assertum," and under it, "Hispaniorum
excusatio coram xxx legatis principum, 1662." A very curious
account of the fray occasioned by this dispute, drawn up by Evelyn,
is to be seen in that gentleman's article in the Biographia
Britannica.]

I do not know whether the Chevalier de Grammont had any share in the
capture of this place; but I know very well, that during a more glorious
reign, and with armies ever victorious, his intrepidity and address have
been the cause of taking others since, even under the eye of his master,
as we shall see in the sequel of these memoirs.

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