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Show [ 6 ] ' ,. br . I ,,, • ,fl~ 51'; ); 1 b ' ·&/fe' fo remarkable tliJ!h ,Y,'IP,, IO~ ei5 ~ra'lif~rlbing them. ?he fi/.'f~fu.laY&ilit;. }~· ~'{Xlm•J'tl to Hss Maifft1v '!JP11'f1: f.5tenu, to ·tli'1, S~c~ej]ion of tpo{t l<ingt/•1?1> · }'!Otljllth~:11Hh mg.anY.·ltmu1,1ciarion they, m~l ~o;~~ h;~~ ~9 'mak,e of it. I!Infant~erant, Mtz~u~ a fa .M~ttt jle; not# .fOflrtions afPirtr ala Suc_ceffi?fl des ROJI41t mes J'Eff!'gne, qr<~l'}ue R E f!U. NC I A;r'{ 0-~;~ 'l~·.,fui en ftrfaire. Such JS rhe ~pvf~tenf. ~ c( the Carifinat, .fuch tlte Juftke apu Go • nef! or the Caufe, the King of Franc~ .a,s fpent fo much Blood and Treafure to SuP': port. A'nd fhall we not fufpett his Sincerity m this Caufe, ro which F:1ith, and Honour, and Cdnfcienoe, and eveiy thing char ~s Sa· cred, has been fo. long proftituted ~ Can .we, ·l:le too canrious, how we truff· the Promlfe:s of a Prince, whO' has ihew111 on fo m:my;Docalions, that his Word is noF to oe ~ended on ? Or can we think ~ny Secifl'JtY tOC! much, irt a Matter of fo mucH; Cohfe-quc: nce ? . . . , . I!ot as F.-ance _ne'Ver h~d Co great a :fenl.., P,tation tO Dece1ve, fo 1t m,u!l: be allo'f'ai there is no Cafe in whicft the Allies c~n bt; fo f!luch concer:n'd not ~o b1 Dcceiv'd ; d)~ tTmotior Franc~ and Spam bemg the moft fj tal thing, that can poffibly befall th()\llJ whicn, fhould it be. ar Ia~ fub~piw;:il. • .;R~ mufl:, ftumanly fpeakmg, ,111 :1. few YQ~s ruin us and'our Allies ; .tho~ no~ fo foop~ J~ would have done, had tT1eFrmch been funet t to rake quiet Polfeffion of the Spani,fh Mgn11.'y1 chy, and to finifb pe:jceably by t~1s vaQ: ,~ ceffion, the Height ofPower They Wlffein\t 11lhM' we began ~he War; , • ... Th~Jc [ 7 J Thefe RefiC<tl:ioi s 011 the general Conduct. o{ rhe; Frhicb, ·irK:ll1 the Treaties rhey :Pave m\de fcilt lthefe'lalt ~o Years, l.l(iU;' qbUb 1\'ot;• convfrlCe 'you <If, the Neceilir:y ther~ was- for11he Alliel; 'tb refufe entring.inro any d onfer,enteslfod General P!!acel 'till fome Preliminarie~ wer<f~rft fettled, as a Found£! tion o'n \'1/hlch ir·fbould be built. Bufbefotu we come tO confider the Preliminari~ rl\.emf- eive$, 1:l1ac you may the better 'illdge of tl,e Sincerity of France, I muft obferve to y.ou, That they ..had previoufly, .by their Emilfa.., ries, been feeling the Pulfe of. the DNtch ; and by the mighty Ptofeffions they made of t!ie fincere Delires of the King to put an End w the War, they obcain'd •fome· private Conferences the beginning of the !all: Year; in whieh the Reftitution of Spai11·and the Int/ icJ ro King Charles, was always fuppos'd as the firft Step towards a Treaty ; and f~r the reff~ they hop'd the Dutch for their Part would not be very difficult, fince they were affur'd, that in other Points they might havetheir own Terms ; and not only be fecur'd by a j!;ood Barrier, in whfch the French were ple:ts'd to be very Liberal, but likewife be made very cafy in relation to Trade. The !Jutch, who on this Occafion ihew'd they un'ilerftood the French, as well as the Frencb thou ht they did them, appear'd to be verv well plcas'd to hear of Overtures of Peace,ahcfexprefs'd great Readinefs to enter on a Treat~ ; bur that they could do nothing wi~Qut the £oncw-rcnce of their Allie~, to Whom '(hey con'nnun~c:ttcd wh;tt had pats'd ~ ai'tdqh- order·ro a Trent-Vo gave ! .eave to tpe .;. .. · Mini'- |