"'A battle, Madam, if won, won't reconquer Silesia; if lost, your Majesty is ruined at home.' QUEEN.

"'DUSSE'JE CONCLURE AVEC LUI LE LENDEMAIN, JE LUI LIVRERAIS BATAILLE CE SOIR (Had I to agree with him to-morrow, I would try him in a battle this evening)!'" [Robinson's Despatch, 4th August, 1745.

Ranke, iii.

287; Raumer, pp.

161, 162.] Her Majesty is not to be hindered; deaf to Robinson, to her Britannic George who pays the money.