"I am much pained," said Alexander, "with this procrastination.

I am so full of sincerity myself, that it seems to me a very strange matter, this hostile descent by Drake upon the coasts of Spain.

The result of such courses will be, that the King will end by being exasperated, and I shall be touched in my honour--so great is the hopes I have held out of being able to secure a peace.

I have ever been and I still am most anxious for concord, from the affection I bear to her sacred Majesty.

I have been obliged, much against my will, to take the field again.