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Show [ 26 J think 1it to ~eqd : the Exprefs . arriv'd the 2oth, and was fent back the 1. 3d. I men. tlon thefe Dates (which, as all th~reft, are of the new Stile) to !hew, 'hovJllittle diffiJ. culty the States made, tho at the !very time the King gave them thefe Allutances, that a11 the Preliminaries Ihon'd' remain in full force, only with fuch Alterations il1'theTerms of the Execution as the Courfe 6f•Time had made necelfary, they knew he had juft done what wou'd make othet· Altentions necellary, and wou'd oblige them to change the Stile at leaft of the Preliminaries in feveral Arti· des, and that in.! a very material Point ; the thing I mean, was his giving to the 2d Son of the Duke of Burgudy, who was born the 1 sth, the Title of Duke of Anjou, which was an Indication, ~e refolv'd ro. in lift upon his Grandfon's having the Title of King Pl;ilip given him in -the next .Conferences : 'Which, tho in appearance a little matter, wou'd draw after it no little Confequences; for, if he is to retain ' the Title of King, it can't be imagin'd ·be can ever return to Frllllcc with that CharaCter, that wou'd upon . many accounts be fo inconvenie.,nt, that had his return thither been intended, we may be fure, his former Title wou'd have been t·ctain'd. lf therefore the Name of King was to remain to him, 'twas intended a Kingdom fhou'd do fo too; and from thence one of thcfe two things necelfarily follow'd, either that the King of France wou'd make only a fe.parate Peace for himfelf, and leave the Allies to get Spain as they cou'l:l; or if he agreed to a General. one, it Ihou'd be upon the Foot of a Partition. But thcfe Infe-rences, [ 27 J rences, as natut;a1 a~ they, were, did not hinder the Stares,, t9 grant the Pallport{ de· fir'd, and to c\p every tJ\ing they con d to facilit<lte thp w~y to a good Peace. This fhort, .Account ·of what p1!t from. Monf. Perkun;.'~ Journey t;o Pari; to this time that ii fro111 t)1e latter end of November t~ the beginning of. March, leaves but little room to expeCt much from the new Con- ~ ferences; the A flair having in this interval not at all advanc'd, but rather gone backW: lrds. For before that Journey, the conftant Language was, to look out for an Expedient for the 37th Article, anc! that all the others were allow'd. But from that Journey .that Language began to change; fom: thlllgs were to . be. left out, others pu~ 111; the Form, whtch IS the Life of 'em, as Articles, is taken away, and the whole ne~ modell'd, and the Security is deftroy'd, wh~le. the E~e;:ution, agreed on, is defer' d. This IS all ~hts Interval produc'd, till juft the.Bnd of,1t, when the old Language is ~gam re_fum d, and the only Point, to be adJnfted, tn appearance, is the 37th Article . , As this Management of France gave the $tatcs no great Opinion of their being yet Jjncere, they pulh'd the Preparations of the Campaign with all the Vigour poffible and e:eae,d prodigious Magnines on the Frontier, ~hat the Anfly might be able to take ~he Ftcld early; and wrote in very preffing Terms to the Queen, that ll1e wou'd pleafe to fend over the Duke of M---- if he cou'd be fpar'd fo foon, before the end of February,, that they migh,t have the Benefit E 2 oL |