The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury, From Original Documents in the Possession of the Family 1
The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury, From Original Documents in the Possession of the Family 1
Benjamin Martyn
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EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. 269 just and. most for the interest of the king his a.I).ig62. master.** He afterwards said,* " it was his opinion, after all, that a present should be made of it to the French king, and the recompense left to his libe- rality ; but, as he had not the sole direction, and was obliged, for his oWn sake, to conduct himself carefully in so delicate an afiair, he was under a necessity of concealing his own sentiments, and seeming to adhere to those of others, that he might not b...e thought the principal promoter of the treaty." All the rest of the council, except the Duke of The coun- cil oppose York, were against the sale. It is evident, there- *^^*^:^^°^ fore, that by Lord Clarendon's care to conceal his own sentiments, and his seeming to be of theirs, the king was to be looked on as the great mover of the treaty, in order to screen the chancellor : an unworthy artifice in a minister, to put his prince upon a wrong and unnatural action, and shelter * Que son sentiment avoit affaire si delicate que celle-ci, et6 apr^s cela d'en faire un il etoit oblige de cacher ses sen- present a v6tre majest^^ et de timens, et de paroitre adherer laisser dependre la recompense a ceux des autres, afin de de sa lib^ralite.
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