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Show but that they knew the Allies could not acceptr them, as loag as the ~7rh was Fefus'd. The E"glifh Plefliporeadaries; they· knew., were ty'd by a Voce of Padiamenr, t<? inf& upon the Reitirution of the wheileSpa,.ijl>?vfo· narchy; and as long as _that was fo, they were fure, n6 brher Conce!Iions they q>,Uld rnake coul4 hurr them iri the End, th~ makin"' ~f rhcm was in the mean time of th<; gre~reft Service to them, by rhe icemin_g Sin· cerity and Earneftnefs it fuew'd on the1r Part for Peace, and by rhe roon_1 that gav~ them to amufe and divide the Alhes, and fp1~ out the Time as long as they had Occafion for ; and by giving them at !aft a Handle ro throw the Blame of breaking off the Treaty, upon th~, for refufing fuch good Terms, for the fake of one chat could not po!Iibly be comply'd with: Thefe, and the like Purpofes, France ferv'd by making fuch large Conc~;fl!ons as her Minifters hav~ done to the ~antime Powers in thefe Amcles ; but th1s was only Sporting wirh them. . As long ~s rh~y kept one Link of this Cham of Amcles 111 theit own Hands, rhe Allies could not be at all the better for having the rdl: held our to them, nor themfelves the worfe. But whether this Opinion be true or not, what I have faid before, renders it exceeding probable, that France never !)1eant the Treaty :lhou}d take place; they defign'd nothil~g but ro ga:n Time, and when that Purpofe .was ferv d, they broke off. 'Tw::ts . ne~elfary for the J(ing's Affairs, at the begu~1mg of the Ye~r, to make fpecious Offers ot ~ea<~:e;J to. qUICt the Mirids of his People, -and mdsuce the ~l- ·"1,. Ites lies i:6 ''.kfar-.the•IQ}Jening of tilGUitl¥3,ign. t'he:SC>\f?ntry·of- t.j,le 'hand Weather ·haviNg {Je~ ?nc d t.ns G\'Junrw f<i>lle;r~a~ Mifery, am! ma'de . rtlin;pbffie1e·{0.1' h•~ £Arnr•es to take 1th>: E~el4 eo;Iy. , B~t b.Y l'!J:"Y~ the Cll'fe, Wa;7l!ilitt)e aJ· ~er,tl, ahcl ~they r began·to 'i'ccover fro!'ll the Fl>i~bt tbey hsd been ill•; -Methods had been ~:t_l<en. ~o ra~uy ,d1c extt'clne '\Vam his CaJ: lll'!I!Gitylnbolir14mi~er; an.Infp0cHon had been :ma>cle of w!Iat Cor.n tbere "Was in -the 'PreV•flaes; great Q_ua.nricies had been im.porcedJ ·or were CJ(pe&ed from the Levant and other Va1'ts ; there Was a good Profj:Jt;'d: of Summ~r-Corn every Where · the D. of :Anjou had gain'd a cenfiderable Ad~<anta"'e over the 'PcPtHguefe; rrnd :tvl_m 'cis probabk weigh'd ln:ofi,df all owWi h1m, Marefchal T/i/Jars had m,ade the•King; ~elievehis Army wasjna pret• ty )?OOd Cond1~10n; aJ:td alfur'd him, he was !<'> ~oftet!, ·that ~t wou_ld 1l;>e impoffible for the Alhe~ to force ' ~he Emrenchmenrs he had III\tlle, :or draw hilil Out of.chem • fo that they bad nothing ro.a~pre)1end ·but 'a Siege; and that frotn rhe D1fpoliuon ohhe A: !lies, they thougbt-coul.d be no other, than1:hac of Ypres, the Pr~paranons fo; it being fent up the Lys.; and tillS they hop d would find the Allies workl en~ugh, for -a .Campaign that begun fo la:e ,am! perhaps rhe very Want' and F:r[ 1mmll\~hlch at fit~ put them ipto-great Conftern: ltlon, theym•ght upon further-Thoughts ft;e, ·~as 111 f~me ~Rafped: their Securit ; fince·tf rhe Alhes -flHl-uld have the go<Dd1f"Jr_ tun!! to ar.rack the Marefchat wich"Suc.~:efs, it 'Would•be trnpo!Iiblc for them to·make·much -~~~e of chtti'r ;y ictory, ·or -penetrate far into ~ Coun- |