τὸ δὲ μισθαι καὶ λυπηροὺς εἰ + ̑ναι Ἐν τῳ + ̑ παρόντι πα + ̑σι μὲν ὑπη + ̑ρξε δὴ ὅσοι ἕτεροι
Ἑ˄έρων ἠξίωσαν ἄρχειν˙ ὅπτις δέ Ἐπὶ μεγίστοις τὸ Ἐπίφθονον λαμßάνει, ὀρθω + ̑ς
ßουλεύεται.
THUC. ii, 64 (Pericles's speech).

To be censured and maligned for a time hath been the fate of all those
whose merit hath raised them above the common level; but wise and judicious
is the man who, enjoying this superiority, despiseth the envy.
Pitt's translation. ¹

ONE of Pitt's reasons for breaking off the negotiations with
France was his knowledge that Choiseul had reinsured him-
self by an offensive alliance with Spain. Of this he had sure
evidence, not only from Stanley, who had seen the article of
the secret convention pledging France to support the Spanish
claims, but also from an intercepted correspondence between
Fuentes and Grimaldi, the Spanish ambassadors in London
and Paris. Two letters from Grimaldi, of August 31 and
September 13, ² could leave no doubt in Pitt's mind that

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