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BNL.761.015
25 Jun 1761:12 (2973)
Paris, April 10. The French King has wrote a letter to the
archbishop of Paris, desiring him to order Te Deum to be
sung in all the churches of his diocese for the advantages
gained by his army under Marshal Broglio; which letter
concludes, thus: "It is to the God of armies were to return
thanks at the altars, for the advantages he has deigned to
dispense to us: let us join there to the most fervent
prayers, that he may touch the hearts of our enemies with
the calamities occasioned by the scourge of war, and dispose
them to listen to propositions of peace, wherein I shall
ever be ready to acquiesce, for the good of mankind and of
the people whom I govern. In writing this letter, my
intention is, that you cause Te Deum &c. &c.,at Versailles,
the 3d of April 1761. Signed Louis.
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