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Show in for his· Snare; they rnuft botfi be Abfolv'J, or both Condemn'd · or elfe chefc GentlYmen have fome ftrat;ge Rules of Judging b)', which I am yet to learn. But let us fee whether it will mend their Caufe, to conftder the Part the Deputies of the S;ates have in thefe Matters: If they agreed wnh the D. in the Meafures that h'ave been taken, can ·.he be in Fault, and not they? Or ha_ve '~e heard they have ever differ'd from hun, m oppofing any thing that wou'd tend to prolong the War? Have they defir'd the _Army might take the Field fooner than- he would ha've them, or continue in it longer ? ~ave they prefs'd any brave and bold Undercakt?g, that he has declin'd; has he. been agamft Fightino-, when they were for tt? Have they been fo~ making Sieges of Town?, that ~v?rc more advanc'd within the Enemtcs Frontt?r, and leaving thofe that have been Befieg d, behind them, to fall of t1te~nfclves? Or h_ave they been for penetrating mto Fra1lce, wi_thout making any Sieges at all? If any thmg of this Kind could be made appear, that • would be a Difcovery indeed. B,ut depend upon it, they have never propo~ d any ~nc 'thing that would pufh on the \\ ar, whtch he has been againft : But on the contrary, his Hands have been often ty'd, when he was impatient to be doing fomething brave and Ertterpriz-ing. But I had rather leave his Grace without Defence, than pret'cnd to do 'him Juftice, by entring into things he thfnks fit to make a Secret of; the End of ~ the War will be time enough for that. In tHe meaa while one may be ilire,. by all.one has ever ever heatd d Deputies, 'Hlat they are lortui~ tl~ing like Socrates's Genius1• which never put 11un' tfpon dding any tlilhg ; its whole Bufine! S was to check him, wheri he feem'd to lfe •toOl forward. If tl'ierefore one w0tild do the1 'Bukell J uftice, the'Vigor that h:a; been us'd -ikpull\.ing ,the ,War, fl)ould be imputed. rol hli\1 , and that t1tere has not been more ddn'e~ ~•te ·t~e Reftrain,rs he· has been always tlnder ; always, but one Campaigl1 that -<>f Blenh'tirH, in 'which he 'has fhewn' whfwl\e• would 'do; \~ere he left to himfel f. · 'Ha-d;he a mih&f?ra•lingring W~.rl nothing was •fo eafy; he heeded only not to have fou&fJ.t that Barrel_, and[ the \Vat' might have l!tfted,.ctherc long;~no~i:gli, . which that '•Day' encl'edl at :1 Blow: ) .. '- ' l,; ' l , r. .. v •. lh one Set1fe, intleed, I :1111 wi!lihgtto al~ low he has _prolong'(! .the War, that withour ~im -mu~ have· ended long'ago in an ill Peace; •wlhch he • has hinder'd our ccnning ro, fo f9on as fome' fcem co wi01•we'had: Ar:d rhig may fome-dmc or other be tn~de his Cmne. In truth, his Condutt the whole War, has been one con!tant Endea votJr t'o hinder irs ending ill fg foon as it might, and muft h~ve done other\vife. This made him fo earneft to fight' the Ffwch, as we all know he was, the firft Campaign, when he thought he . had. rhem at a great Adv:lnt::rge: Thi~ m~de hun take fo much Pains to bring them to an ~ngagement the Second Campai$n, wh~n he ftole a Ma~ch, and pafs'd a Ri\'er; and_ got ber~een thetr Army :1nd their Lines: Thts nl.ad.e htm m,u-ch to Ba·varia the Third and to rhc Moj(lle rh.e •Fourth : This mad; · • D him |