wfll of e#irfe retaliate m you. It is, therefore much better we run not fuch rifks. I will guard myfelf well againft him and let him, if he plcafe, do the fame/ € Fair coufin,* replied fir Charles de Dinant, * you may fay what you pleafe ; we have not feen him fhew any wifti to have you killed, if he could cônverfe with you in the manner we have pro-* pofed but, on the contrary, the ftrongeft defircj to accommodate all matters of difpute. Wç therefore, for him and for ourfelves, beg you will aonfent to it.* Sir Oliver anfwered,—* I believe firmly, that you wifli me every good j but, on the fecurity he ©ffers through you, I, will not advance one ftep. However, fince you are all fo egroeft in the bu-finefs, for which it behoves me to thank you, J well mention on what term$ I will come to him § led you ftiaUt if they be agreeable to you, carry them buck as my final anfwer. On your return, you will tell the duke, that I will not accept other pledge for my fafcty than his only fon, who is be-trothed to a princefs of France. Let him fond bin) hither m remain under the guard of my menf in chateau Joffeln, until I he returned, aid I wiJJ then ftt out to mât on him. This mode is more agréer able to me than any other, and alfo more rea-» fonable; for were you to ttmrn here m hpftages, at yo« offer, who Would daere be to «iegoria*ç the treaty ? or who wmàd he the mediators between us ? and how, without your interference, foall we ever come to an ngrecmeM l* . When 90