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Show Minifters, and fet the King right in the Af~ fettlons of his People, which rhro' the con~ tinu'd Misfortunes of the War he began to lofe: And in this !aft Point they fucceeded perfetl:ly well ; there were no Efforts the French were not willing t<'J n1ake, to fupport a Prince who feem'd tb prefer. their Safety to his o~n Glory, and to think no Sacrifice too great to procure his People a good Pe~ ce ; but their other Point they were much mtftaken in · and the breaking of the Treaty had no oth~rEffetl: upon theSubjetl:s of the States, tho' it be a Popular Governrr~ent,. than t~ fill them with the utmoft Indtgnanon agamfr the French, and loud Refentmems of their confrant Injuftice and Perfidioufnefs. Dut to return to Monfieur Rottille; when he had {hewri his Inftrutl:ions to the Penfioner which difcover'd fo much more than he w~uld own before, he took his Leave of him without propofing ariy Accommodation 'or Expedien·t in lieti of this important Article ; and whether the Truth were all ~:mt, and there were not fome fccret Inftrutl:wns ftill behind, was more than any body could tell : And tho' this was his Language the 8th. in the Mornin);, :they did not know but he might alter it before Night, when he found the Allies were not to be mov d, or that he might make a longer Stay; He and the Marquis de Torey both, h:wing often fix'd Days 'for their Dcpartme, but wheu th.e Time came, thought fir to change thetr Minds. ·And what' made rhis the more probable was ~ that Monflei1r Petkum, who had all along; 'without Authority or CharaCter, gone gone between the Minifters of 'the Allies an,d France, did. that Morning propofe to fome of the Alltes, that France fuould give to them 2 or ~ Towns as an Equivalent for the ~7th Article, to be kept by them till Spain fuould be quitted to King Charles. .But fince Monfieur Petlwm made this Motion as of his own Head, without any Commiffion from Monfieur Ror<ille, who lodg'd with him . and the Propofal was indeterminate with~ out either the Names, or fix'd Nu~bcr of the Towns that fhould be given, the Allies could not take any notice of it. Defides had the Offer been never fo di!l:intl:, anJ made with full Authority, to give two or three Cautionarv Towns, was to evade, and not to fatisfy the Intention of the Article · and was in Effetl: nothing elfe, but to ofte; a little better "Barrier to the Dt~tch, in Exchange for Spain and the Indies. In themea·n time? M<?nfieur Ro11ille fpe1it the Day ?n mak1.ng V 1fits of Leave, as d~figning tb fee our 111 earneft for Verfl•illes next Morning. When Night was come, and th(lre was rio room to hope for any further Step being made on his Part, here the Man who is atcus'd of prolonging the War interpos'd, and {hewed how little he deferves fuch a -Cenfure: · The D. of M. fent to the Penfioner, and the other Minilters, to defire a Meeting, tO try once more if any thing could be done co fave the Treaty : Dut this U eetincr beina l ' fC • d .. VL 1'J V u uappomte , there was an extraordinary ~ong:efs of all the Mi11ifl:ers next Morning; m whtch the Dcpmies of the States h~tving <!Cqn, inted them of wh;~t hac! pafs'd, and al- E ~~~d |