"  They  were  spoken  in  that  half-formed  and  that  half-stifled  voice  which
deep  malignity  is  apt  to  utter,  but  has  not  the  power  to  modulate  or  man-
age. He  would  not  dare  to  use  such  language  openly  ;  and  on  his  return
to  England,  whenever  he  gives  me  the  opportunity,  I  will  teach  him  that
if  any  one  speaks  of  me,  his  tone  must  be  lower,  or  his  remarks  must  be
more  true.  You,  who  remember  me  in  my  earliest  years,  remember  that
I  was  distinguished  —  was  it  either  as  a  liar  or  a  fool?  Inform  him  if  ever
I  broke  my  word,  or  ever  endured  an  insult.  I  made  no  reply  at  the  time
to  his  calumnies  and  his  insolence.  I  thanked  him  for  his  offers  of  service.
Though  I  consider  him  as  merely  a  petty  envoy  to  a  province,  yet  I  con-
sider also  what  is  due  both  to  the  Spanish  and  the  English  nation.  No
action  is  recorded  more  heroic  than  that  of  Louis  XIV.  towards  the  Due
de  Lausun.  When  the  king  received  a  gross  and  grievous  insult  from  his
subject,  he  rose,  threw  his  cane  out  of  the  window,  and  made  this  calm
reply:  'I  should  be  sorry  to  have  caned  a  duke  and  peer  of  France.'
Vaughan,  I  should  be  sorry  to  have  done  what  I  may  not  be  sorry  to  do.
