Three voyagers in search of peace -- Armada against England -- Priest and playwright at the Pardo -- Eight days in June (June 2-9, 1780) -- Jacques Necker's private peace feelers -- The lion, the fox, and the ass -- On the trail of the appeasers -- The Gordian knot -- The plot to partition America -- Mynheer Adams puts a spoke in the wheel -- Jacob's bargain -- The ball at Dr. Franklin's foot -- The long clay pipe of Mr. Jay -- Milord Shelburne plays the host -- Setting metes and bounds -- The Conde settles an old score -- The fox and the grapes -- Blessed are the peacemakers -- Text of the Definitive Treaty of Peace.