The _French_ were so backwards all that summer in setting about that affair, and Monsieur _Tugghe_, the Deputy from the magistrates of _Dunkirk_, presented so many affecting petitions to the queen, --beseeching her majesty to cause only her thunder-bolts to fall upon the martial works, which might have incurred her displeasure, --but to spare--to spare the mole, for the mole's sake; which, in its naked situation, could be no more than an object of pity----and the queen (who was but a woman) being of a pitiful disposition, --and her ministers also, they not wishing in their hearts to have the town dismantled, for these private reasons, * * * * * * * * * * * ----

The French were so backwards all that summer in setting about it, and Monsieur Tugghe, the Deputy at Dunkirk, presented so many affecting petitions to the queen, beseeching her to cause her thunder-bolts to fall only upon the martial works; and the queen having pity, and her ministers not wishing to have the town dismantled, for these private reasons, * * * * * * * * * * *