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Show [ ~0 ~ of the cretieral; when there were little hopes of !)iS mak-ing his way i:h~o· fo many difficulties, wl'lfc'h have ,fihce fo. happily heeu overcome. •· · · :But wha~ever be thtl true Reafon that has brought othc Duke of M~--- under the dif.., pleafure ~f lhefe Gemlemert, the pretended one is cli\llftJ this, that he has unneceffarily• prolong~ "the' War for his -'private Intercft, a ~alumtl.y-, ,r_which ,.rou will , I dare fay, conclude· tlo' he very groundlefs from what l h\w!: falreaay faid. Bur becaufe this is the eapita:l:Ac::tufation, and 'tis ,natural for People .when they grow weary of a War, to give into any Surniizes of this kind, be they never fo ill grbtinded ; I lhall 'll1ew you the vile Ingratitude •and Impudence of ·thefe Men, in fuch a Manner, as will, I hope, abundant1y convince you , the moil: implacable Maliee eould have invented nothing more ftupidlY' ridiculous , than to accufe him ot prolonging t'he War, who has more Reafon than any 'Body to wiili a good End to it, and ha6 ~one mote 'towards it , than his heft ftiends cou'd over hope for. · Now if· there were a}ly Truth in this Ac~ cufadon, ttnd ·the D. of M . had unneceffarily prolong'd the War, it muft be either in the Quality of General , or as he is Her Majefty's Plenipo~<!'ntiary:. }'o jlldge therefore riohtl.V ef thts Matter, we muft fee how he qfs behav'ii,himfelf in each of thefe Capaciues : And '(irft , as he is General. If he has offended in this Quality, he has the Happinefs to offend with good Company; • with frince Ettgem, and- wit!~ the .pe'!mties of the States, , Sia~cs, _whole Gonfem is neceifa'ry;jn all dle Opcr:anons of the War. If therefore there be any Blame in the Managentent of thatrit -muft not all lie upon the D. of Mi unlefs it appear that he has hinder'd the good Mea! iJres t~ey wo~ld have taken, or forc'd i1pon them hts owntll ones. Bur neither of the.fe !} think, are fo much as pretended · nor I fuppofe, wi!l be . . -I can't hear th~I'e h~ve ever been any Differences between. the Duke af!d the Prince, not fo much' as in theirOpintons abo~t any ·one Enterprize:• No B0dy 'has obferv d any Coldnefs or RefervednefSiberw. een them, _on any other the leaft Sign of Mtfun.derfiandmg. But ort the G.CJ'atrary, 'tis N?tonous to alL the World, that tbt:y ad wtth the moll: perfeCt Harmo1iy, -.a,iJ:d "Yid1 th_e greatcft trmtual Efteem of· each 'Qtljer ; wtthout any Marks of Jea-loufv . without, the leaft Sufpicion of ~nvy, or of.ha"ling aiiy feparate Ends or.A'tms, . to eclipfe the-Glory of. one a!Jot!Jer, orra:dvance their own. The Fnendfblp IS fo great, the Agreem<;m between them is fo emire, the lotimacy and Secrecy they concert with, iS fb ')'<l'n'd'er.ful . that the Armies under them t!nJqy: all th~ · Advantages they can have, fFom• the Com- . mand ·of two great Generals . . without any of t~e Inconveniencies that o~e Wo!lh!,tbink thole Ad:antages muft unavoida!Dly.,be, attended Wtth. , 11hey are to all ·Purpofes but one :'-rrn,y, and. under one GeneraL,, ,there is . no Srgn of more than one' the Unity between tl_:e T~o is fo pcrfe&. l ft then there be any Fault m the ConduCt bf the· War). for : t~~fi.: Th:re:: ·Iafl: :;ear~,thePJ'..iPC¢:11wil come in |