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Show [ 1° l think the War ~JUght. to thefe Gentlemen d Thefe are the Old have, been m~nage h·. h were evidently goo_cl Military Maxtms ; , ~~ impoffible , in the1r for an Army ; an . f1 ' recede from tl)em Opinion , a Genera can has done , but for fo much as the D. of. ~ with' a Deft?;h· to his priv'_ate lnte;eftAM it muft be CO!l\e_fs'd, prolongt~\~a .f boHt Sides were·a~ree(i to if the Gene a s·o. r , «nArmy would Have a follow ~hefe ~x1m~b 'a '.:fine Army ; brave good Ttme of 1t' .T . · • . The r.,.Ien and complete Veterand ft~:~stheir Bufinefs; and OJiicers would un er Re;,.1·ments fill'd with 1:, ot have our n we {hou u · n · c'd· Creatures a? are fo m' any' r·a w uBn efxidp enefno few Recru' i·t S w· oul d now in them: ~ t es, ight be all pick'd Men, be wanf ed ,~hhat t ey}~G rievance to the C ounandrais'd Wlt out an nrhent were of the try. I fancy, if the Gover ndthoughtthisthe Mind of diefe Gencleme~,a d End to the War' \ikelieft way tO put ~ Fso~now fou'nd ' who there might be Gen;rt artd exact to ·execute would be ~erhy ';~re t~rtain the Duk~ of M.. them; whtc ' CIS c 'r will be. And L~ b en nor eve . never rr.<S e ' C · e 'tis high nme c . • f that be a ,run ' r. theretore, 1 v'd . But if this be the ,ur.e he {hou1d b,e remoh War without a pofli.btway 'to P\o1ong t. e , . ood Peace ; as I lity' of ever commg at g 'n the Secret of h who afe npt 1 and all ot ers ' ft d think ir is then the cbf FaCl:ion .. muf ;eh!s taken, rn'uft be the way the Duke o he :war by fuch a Pea~e, trtle W2:y to end t , ·-Defi n in going w: as wm heft an~ve~~ 0~~ thei~ Infinuarions ~to it >; and con eq .a. I).f· he nuke of· M. as tf <>ainfl' me •C ondu« {) t .P he ~ .1 ) [ 3l J he had a mind to prolong the War, are ridiculous and f<Oflrtdalouny falfe ; and honefi: Men muft always think them fo, till they fitow that 1010re might have 'been done , or thanhe R.:afon it was not done , proceeded from his o·wn Fault, and not from the want of any neceifary Confent in ochers: O r that he perf waded thofc who aa: in ConjunCl:ion with him, ro go againft their own J udgments imo any wrong things bf his own propofing .. ;B,ut l mull. beg. thefe Ge~ltleinen to diflingmih between judgmg of thmgs before they are do e; and makittg J udgments of then.1 afterwanjs. There is nothing fo ea[y as to be wife when 'tis too late ; but the true Wifdom is to know , which is the moit reafonable Part tO take, while the Event is future and in the dark, and the Mind mufr determine it fel f; according ro what then feems moll proba)?le; when no Certainty can ?e had, and Prob~bilities only are within 1ts Reach ; and therefore ·jf they· can fay any thing to, the Purpofe1 tltcy mufi fuow, that. the Duke of M. and ' Prince E. and the ' Depuric? of the Stares, ·and fuch <ith~r Per-fens, as· they think fit to confult with, as well qua}ify'd as they are f1.1i1pos'd to 'be to judge of Miliraty O peradons, have not a!~ wavs chofen that fide of the Q ue!Hon , wl1ich upon the whole was moft reafona-; blc. ArlrM indeedl the Writer, I mean, of the Secret Hi(fory, who I have reafon to think, is abler at 9s~ing QueGions than he is :it anfwering them, puts in here, and with great Serioufnefs, asks, if fome Coumer-Steps have not peen made, fo'r fear our repeated Suc- E ce!fes |