Note 34 — HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF PORTUGAL. (continued 3)
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This reply calls to remembrance the noble answer made by the cardinal de Fleury, (when bishop of Fréjus) to the duke of Savoy, who having passed the Var, at the head of a considerable army, entered Provence, and tried to induce the bishop to swear allegiance to him.
“Your royal highness,” said he, “must be convinced that I shall never fail in my duty to Louis the Great, my lawful, and only sovereign; besides it is scarcely worth the pains to acknowledge your royal highness, for the very short time you will remain in Provence.”
This proof of attachment being represented to Louis the XIVth, laid the foundation of M. de Fleury’s future grandeur.