WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

ing only a Complement, by one of his Gentlemen, to the Governour: And as for Turin, the Duke and Dutchefs, were then at one of their Palaces in the Country. At Lyons, his Excellence was f or cd t oRe- frelh himfelf for a day or two: And now the Wea- ther being alter'd to the worfe, his Journey to Va- ns, was neither foPleafant.nor Eafy, as otherwife it would have been: But all the Inconveniencies of it, were wellrepair'd, by the N o b le Treatment he found at our Envoy's Mr. Skelton, who having in his long Miniftry abroad, ftill kept up the Dignity of the Character he bore, was now, far from being behind in it: He met therefore his Lordfhip on the Road;lodg'd him in his houfe ; feafted him there ; accompanyd' him to Verfa- Hles, to wait upon the Ki ng; nor would he let him ftir in a fortnight; that is to fay, til he was probably fure, that the Yatcht (which was fent for) would be attending at Calls, and fo his Excellence at his Arrival found it: But the Winds with-held him