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Show [ 4] cept. but as he meann nothing lefs,. ·tlrati what <he was fo forw-ard to Frolfiifa," there> was nO'Serurity of this fort the Allies cou'd• ask>; which he did not think to\il imil::h •tO'' grant. r As for Towns in Spain, wtrich was the befb Secutity, and moll: to the purpo!e, that Expedient had 'been propos'd, as I told 'you in my !aft, dur\ng the Conferences at the Httgue> and was by the Frmch Minifters refus'd : •and to prevent the Allies from pcrfi!ting in this• Demand, the King foon after put it opt of his power to comply with it; other wife his People, as blind as ·they are, cou'd not have had any great opinion of his Sincerity in the Defires he expre:fs'd for Peace, while he rcjeaed a Condition that was fo natural fur the A Hies to ask; and not only poffible, but eafy for him to grant; and which the Safety and Intercft of France, as diftintl: from Spahi, were rto way conccrn'd in. That the Negotiations therefore might not continue to reft upon this Point, h~ took care: i rn mcd ia tel y, that there fhou'd be no room left for rhe Allies to infi!l: on this Demant! ; and to that end withdrew his Troops out of all the Spanijh Fortrelfes, as he did afterwards out of the Kingdom, upon Pretence, indeed, of eva(uating Sp.1i11 according to the Preliminary Artidles. But that was only a Pretence; for he kept thet~ there all the Summer, to he' at ha11d to afiiil: the Duke of Anjou in cafe his AYm? ~1oo'd be atrack'd , or an lnvalion fh;m'd be ,11de into An·,,gnn · tho othcrwif~ the Gene-tai ti,3t comnut;dccl then:, had 0• dns not id •:cuture a Battle, b~ to be on the (!cfen~ '• · f!vc, [ 5' J five; as appear'd Jupon t~e' Uuke' of Anjou's · coming to his Army upon ttle Sut'prize -of.Ba"' l!tgutr by the Allies, and expoftirlating with• Marefchal Be:Lor!J for not joining upon that Occafion the Spanifh Army; for which he-juftify'd himfelf; · by ptoducing the Ktng's <Dr.: ders. By this middle way the King thought he cou'd deceive the Allies, without abandon_, ing the Spaniards: and in the mean time, the Duke of Anjou, according to the Dir•!llion of Frmch Councils, made 1his 'utmoft Efforts to put. Spain into a .condition to defend it felt', as If they were 111 earneft to expect no farther Affiftance from France : which h~d fo good an Effect on the Spaniards, that they exerted themfclves beyond what cou'd be expeCted of them : They com pleated in a little time their old Regiments, and rais'd befides a great many new ones; and the molt vigorous Meafures were taken to find Mony, and erect Magazines, as if they were to Jl:and for the future, on their own Bottom ; th~ the King ,of France .was far from intending they fhou d want Jus Affi!tance, when their Affairs call'd for it. And that his Grandfon might not want a General for his Anny 'twas puhli,kly talk'd at Paris, before Mon~ fieur Rouille's Return, that in cafe of a Peace, the Duke of Berwick had defir'd Leave ro re~ fign his Baton of Marefchal of France, that· he might go and command in Spain : Which fhews us how the Duke of Anjo1t might have Officers as well as Men from Frrmcr, if he had any wan~ of them.. If therefore the King of Fr.•nce Withdrew hts TroQps, 'twas not with ~ Dcfign to leavr his Grandfon to himfelf, but |