With eighty thousand Polish horse, and my own Swedish infantry, I could conquer Europe if I wished to do so.
"I know that you are as fond of adventure as I am, and I am thinking of sending you with an envoy I am despatching to Warsaw.
"You know that the Poles are adverse to business of all kinds.

The poorest noble, who can scarcely pay for the cloak he wears, and who is ready enough to sell his vote and his sword to the highest bidder, will turn up his nose at honest trade; and the consequence is, as there is no class between the noble and the peasant, the trade of the country is wholly in the hands of Jews and foreigners, among the latter being, I hear, many Scotchmen, who, while they make excellent soldiers, are also keen traders.

This class must have considerable power, in fact, although it be exercised quietly.
The Jews are, of course, money lenders as well as traders.

Large numbers of these petty nobles must be in their debt, either for money lent or goods supplied.
"My agent goes specially charged to deal with the archbishop, who is quite open to sell his services to me, although he poses as one of the strongest adherents of the Saxons.

With him, it is not a question so much of money, as of power.