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Show .,)Y Qu will re11fember, tt was the 8th of [lr•~•, w);Jen Monlieur Rottitle Jhew'a the>Pen:sioner his InftrnCl:iOn], . ;md rleclar'-d finall~ 'chat his Ma:fter could not agr~ to that Ak ticle: Now fuppofe the Alli¢s would have ,di!part~d (J;pm it; co'ulA he have lign'<Lthe rsft? No; he had no Authority to do thru:: l-Xe mlill: have made another Journey to li'trr Jailles, to receive the King's !)1:ftru&ions, as well as to inform him of what had paft. And'we may ea_o.ly guefs at pan of. thefe Infiruttions, that the King when he found the Alliys were content to recede frpm this Ar~ icle, would have wanted Amen5ih1ents to pe Plade tO fomc oth!'!rs that relate to Spain; particularly to have thofe Words left out or explain'cl in the 4th, where he is pblig'~ tO take proper Nleafures, in Concert with the Allies, to oblige his Grandfon to quit Spain. And 'cis probable he would pretend tO new model fame of the Articles relating to the E.mr.eror and Savoy while he agreed· to them in the main: And who knows how much time might have been fpun out, in going backwards and forwards ; while in the midft of his Conceffions, fome new Difficulties are ftarted to delay ligning, as long as he th!nks fit ? But fuppoling nothing of all this, · he had a fure Method in Referve t6 defeat the wl}ole Treaty: The Firft Thing to be executed by Vjrtue of it, wa~ the Surreader of Mons, Namur, and Charle.-oy, This was ~o be done before the Firft of Jttl;; but we are fure it wou~d not have been done at all : For when the time came, Fmnct would have· pr,etended it was not in her Power; for · · ~ thefe [ 4-5 ] i:hefu To.wnsrwere in the Po{feffibn ·bf the EleCl:or of' Bttfdttr!a }' and \v'hen France fhould have demandei:l a Surrender of them, there was •al•ready Anfwer for him, That the Towns were>tlie King of Spain's, and that he could riot Surrender them without his <Drder. IThis we a!'e fure would have been the C-afe; for tho' it did not come to bear, the Delign WlS form'd, and couldnbt be kept fo fecret, as not to take Wind : And thus the Treaty could never have ha.,d one Step made in the Execution of it; for r.he King of Spa;n, we may be fure, would not order them to be given up, and 'tis as fnre, the Elector would never have given them up without Order, but to make Terms for himfelf, that he might be re:ftor'd to his EleE!tHate, which Affair had beenJeft aut of the Preliminaries, and was referv'd to be conlider'd in the Congrefs, that was to be open'd the very Day on which the Surrender of thefe Towns was to have commenc'd. He is a wife Man, that can tell how this Difficulty could have been overcome, without frelh Defays, and Lofs of Time; and the Difpures this Point would have created, would have put the Execmion of all the others fo much backward ; that I am apr think this lingle Point, with good Mamgement, might have taken up as much of the Campaign, as France and the Elector had a mind to. I may add, that it is the Opinion of fome Knowing Men, that the Conceffions France ha's fecm'd to make in other-Arricles were never 'intended to be Executed; a~d rh;t they would never have been confented to, bur |