text:  The peace of Ryswick signed on the 20th of September 1697 having consolidated the power of that monarch Marlborough was on the 19th of June 1698 made preceptor of the young Duke of Gloucester his nephew son of the Princess Anne and heir-presumptive to the throne; and this appointment which at once restored his credit at court was accompanied by the gracious expression--"My lord make my nephew to resemble yourself and he will be every thing which I can desire