Law is gone to Brussels; Madame de Prie lent him her chaise.  When he returned it, he wrote thanking her, and at the same time sent her a ring worth 100,000 livres.  The Duke provided him with relays, and made four of his own people accompany him.  When he took leave of my son, Law said to him, “Monsieur, I have committed several great faults, but they are merely such as are incident to humanity; you will find neither malice nor dishonesty in my conduct.”  His wife would not go away until she had paid all their debts; he owed to his rotisseur alone 10,000 livres.

     [Mr. Law retired to Venice, and there ended his days.  Some memoirs
     state that he was not married to the Englishwoman who passed for his
     wife.]

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