I verily believe the King of Prussia does not himself know the extent of the present danger.

With whatever motive he may act, there is not one, not that of the mildest resentment, that can blind him to this degree, of himself perishing in the ruin he is bringing upon others.

With his concurrence, the French will, in less than six weeks, be masters of the German Empire.

The weak Elector of Bavaria is but their instrument: Prague and Vienna may, and probably will, be taken in that short time.
Will even the King of Prussia himself be reserved to the last?
"Upon this single transaction [of your Lordship's affair with the mysterious individual] depend the CITA MORS, or the VICTORIA LAETA of all Europe.

Nothing will equal the glory of your Lordship, in the latter case, but that to be acquired by the King of Prussia in his immediate imitation of the great Sobieski"-- reputed "savior of Vienna," O your Excellency!...