Note 28 — LETTER XXXVI.
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Victor Amedeus took it into his Head to reascend the Throne, as soon as he heard of the Conclusion of the Treaty of Vienna, by which the Emperor consented to the Introduction of the Spaniards. He then let the Marchioness del Spigo into the true Motives of his Abdication, and into the Measures he intended to take for reascending the Throne. This ambitious Woman encourag’d him, and being withal a very cunning intriguing Person, she left no Stone unturn’d to bring a Project to bear, which would set her on the Throne; and she engag’d all her Friends and Relations in the Affair, of whom some betray’d her.