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...be mistaken in the choice of those whose advice he wished to follow. But, MY LORD, if the virtue and the competence original: "suffisance"; in this period, it referred to one's capacity, skill, or merit rather than self-satisfaction. of Monsieur du Plessis Philippe de Mornay (1549–1623), a key figure in the French Reformation known as the "Huguenot Pope" for his learning and diplomatic influence. were cherished by MY LORD your Grandfather, they were no less so by MY LORD your Father. He never spoke of him but with esteem, and he read his writings only with admiration; even a short time before God withdrew him from the midst of the trophies that his valor had erected for him on Earth, to make him reign and triumph in Heaven, as we were completing the Printing Impression; the process of publishing and physical printing of this Book, he had done us the grace of allowing us to dedicate it to him. Until his final days, he desired to read it, because he knew that it could only give him great satisfaction by placing before his eyes several Great Negotiations Negociations; high-level diplomatic missions and political dealings in which His Highness S. A. (Son Altesse); referring to the Prince of Orange, the dedicatee's father. had taken part, or of which he had an exact knowledge. Death having therefore snatched him from our wishes, and from those of these Provinces The United Provinces of the Netherlands., which would be inconsolable,