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It does not appear to whom the letter was addressed.] MONSEIGNEUR,--You have heard of our baggage being taken from us under our eyes in the forest of Villebois: then, after a good deal of discussion and delay, of the capture being pronounced illegal by the Prince.

We dared not, however, proceed on our way, from an uncertainty as to the safety of our persons, which should have been clearly expressed on our passports.

The League has done this, M.de Barrant and M.de la Rochefocault; the storm has burst on me, who had my money in my box.

I have recovered none of it, and most of my papers and cash--[The French word is hardes, which St.John renders things.