Note 35 — I LOUIS XIV[14]
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William Bentinck, Earl of Portland (1649-1709), a Dutchman by birth, was greatly trusted by William of Orange. For his conferences with Boufflers, which resulted in the Peace of Ryswick, see I. 461-462; Macaulay, c. XXII. For his embassy to France in 1698, the magnificence of which made a great impression on the French people, see II. 19-23. It is described at great length by Macaulay, c. XXIII.