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Show [ j&- ]1 . to tllin tlte, Repntation of thdblell: and tn:~d: fllithful_ Yt inifter;, and to harlrU every thing that is dear to us as Engli{h"fflefl abd Proteftants ratherthati n'o; compafstheir own deftructiv~ Ends. J • · I retnemfid, I have often thougb"t,rrlpon ih' late 'illtedd-ed fnvalioa of the Pretendel>; 1th~i: it was orr hisl_J1lrt a very foo11fh Ente'iptitG ·'fot. rho' it migbt anfwer the Pnrpofes Of ' Fr;nce and force US' tO an ill Peace, itt c'ou!d hardly fail to end i·n the Ruin of him and his Friends. Arid lam 6f the fame Opln!on with ref pet!: to ou'r Domeftick lnv,aders, if f may ufe' rh'at Expreffion.; the Publick indeed mJy fuffer by •hem, is much as_ France can wilh, but if i'd fhould hav'e the good Fortune to efcape the Dapger, it is threat ned with; the Attempt that has bsen made upon it will, I am perfwaded, f-boner or later bring inevitable Ruin u'pon themfe}ves. · But we are both, I dare fay, fufficientli tir'd for one time ; I !hall therefore take leave of you f~r the prefent, with Alfurances 'that you fuall, in a very little time, hear again from, l J (. y. SIR, ' ,, , I ; ,Tour nwft faithful,• Hiimble Servlfllr. ' ..' ' ( ... I . 111 •' ,.,_ Poflfcript. Since the.fe Papers w~re in the Pr.efs~ the ill News IS come of a Battle loft m Spain after the Glorious ACl:ions of .Aimanara and Saragoffa ; Two Vitl:ories fo great in themfelves and in the Confequence of them, that they might have been decilive of the War, if the Portuguefe bad join'd; which I am very forry they did not, for the fake of . the common Caufe, and even of the young General himfelf, fo juftly applauded for his tearlefs Zeal both in Fighting and Spea~ing lor the Service ofhis Country. But tho' this unfortunate Battle has too much juftify'd ~~>l, at I have faid againft enlarging the Scheme of the War in that Country, 1 ftill hope we may be in a Condition not much worfe than lafi Year, and able to continue aCl:ing in the Defen(ive manner l have recommended, FINIS. |