therein, for to authorize the Deputies, have done it of their
own heads.
As I was making and end of this Letter, I have received a
most certain advice concerning the Fort, viz. That the compass
of it hath been inlarged by the half, of what it was, where
Major Wise took view of it; Judge thereupon what our fears
may be.
An Extract of another of the Same day.
IN Answer to your last of the 12 Sept. I will tell you, That
we had sufficiently entreated the said Ambassadors not
to deliver the Letters extorted from us. For His Majesty,
&c. but onely to dispose of them according unto their Wisdom.
In case they should obtain the demolishing of the Fort,
with Assurance that none other should be built according to
their promise made to us, and withal a permission for us to
cultivate the Mountain of Bricheras, and some other things
which they fed us with: As to the Letters, they were written
at Pinerol (upon the conclusion of the Treaty) by Mr. Servient's
Secretary, transcribed by Mr. Papon, and signed by the
Deputies. AS for the Deputies (who went last to Turin) and
have done there the fine things which I formerly communicated
unto you, viz. Genolat and Masse, (who did promise
that no opposition should be made to the building of the Fort)
they never had such order or power given them by us; nay,
on the contrary we did send them thither for to present our
Complaints, and gave them no blank Paper signed; they
do alleage for to excuse themselves, That my Lords Ambassadors
of Switzerland did command them so to do, and that
they could not disobey, seeing we ordered them to follow the
said Ambassadors Counsel. Furthermore, some of our Children
stoln away during the last troubles, are yet restrained,
and money is demanded for the keeping of them. But there
is yet a worse thing then all that, viz. That they are establishing
the Mass every where in Vale Perouse, and St. Martin,
notwithstanding that during the Treaty, they said never a
word of it (which doing is contrary to the Parent, that sayes,
That within fifteen days his Royal H[unr]gnness shall tell us what