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...calumny. But, MY LORD Monseigneur; a title of high honor used for princes, high-ranking prelates, or members of the upper nobility, beyond these general reasons, which concern the merit of this great Personage; we have specific ones that concern you. In the continuation of his Memoirs Memoires; a collection of historical records, letters, and personal accounts, which the Public has long awaited with impatience, and which we are on the point of giving to them, one finds various testimonies of the service he had devoted to those Heroes whose place you so worthily fill; and one notices no less the benevolence and the favorable communication original: "communication favorable"; this implies an open, intellectual exchange between social equals or a patron and their advisor with which they honored him. From the childhood of MY LORD your Father, MY LORD your Grandfather—who judged well that Heaven destined him for great things—wished to have the opinion of Monsieur du Plessis Philippe de Mornay (1549–1623), Seigneur du Plessis-Marly, was a preeminent French Protestant diplomat, theologian, and writer known as the "Huguenot Pope" for his influence. regarding his education. The advice he gave him on this subject is found among those excellent Pieces Pieces; refers to specific documents, letters, or essays included in a published collection that we are about to put to the Press, along with several letters which show that he consulted him willingly on important occasions, because he had recognized in him two qualities that are rarely found together