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Show but unon very different Views ; 'tWliS to malte the Allies and his own 'People belteye ~.was- fincere, and that he ~a~ willing ~1~ ren:fove1' as far as he cou'~, all D ffitu\tles 1!1,1 the way to Peace; and yet, .at t~e fame Time and by the fame Athorl, wcreafe the Difficulties he wou'd feem to remove, hy rendring by this means, . the. molt ~ea~, fouable Dem1r1d of the Allies unpra(\:Lcable: befid<:s that he really want~d thefe Troop> himfelf, againft ano~her,Xeu; th~ Dmger he was threatned Witlr IU Flandtrs, obliging him to have a more numerous Army on that fide. This was all he m~ant by withdrawing his Troops. frqr:n Spa,n; and therefore he did not do •.t, tt\1 he had put the DQke of A •jou's Affa1rs upon a pret~y good Foot, aud he was fure, there cou d be no immedilte Want of them, the Cam- - paig11 there being ~t an end. . And that this Removal of his Troops t:n•ght . be of the lea!l: Prejudice pof!ible to .hts Grandfon, he contriv'd that as m"lny of hts own Tr~ops fuou'd defert, as wou'd make feven or etght Battalioas; and to fupply the pla~e of the reft as far as he cou'd, he fent hts Grandfan all the Walloon Regiments fr~m Flantlcr<- s .;· froa1 whence they begun thetr March for Spain the beginning of the February fol~ Io 1vin~, which was as foon a~ Money, Arms 3 nd Chtites cou'd be provtded for th~m. And not co ate~t with giving the _Duke .of A 1;ou this Aflill:ance, and f:r~~plytng hun wi·.:, great Stores of Ammunition ; bccaufq ;·cw rais'd fro~ps cou'd n'"lt b~ much de. ·~;add on ; the King ke_pt m11w o.f th; 4 1ro~ [ 7 J Troops ~e with4r5w in Rouji!Jot;.. UPQn tbt Bord~rs of $p~in., to be ready to 1 return , when his Yt._andfon's A.ffuirs lhou'd make-it · neceflary. _t}:nd ,Js not this very lik.e the ConduCl: of .pne, who means in ea~n<;lt to abandon Sp11in, and wou'd refl:ore it to the Houfe. of Aujlria, if he cou'd ? but poor Man, he .can't d?. Impoffibilities. ,'Tis a pretty wayi to facilitate the Reduchon of a Kingdom, to make it as difficult as pollible; a great fign of Sincerity to put things out of our Power, whi~h we can't •without difcovering, our Infincerity keep in it; and mighty reafonablc to create Impoiibilities, and then complain of them. Who can help believing fuch a Man, when he tells you, he \you'd with all his Heart, to procure a Peace give up the Spanifb Monarc]ly, if he cou'd: but that he really can't; and that this is the only hindrance? Or what Pledge of his Cood-will is there, one may not expeCl: from him, as a Caution, that he won't direCl:Iy or indirectly hinder your doing, what he can't pol1ibly himfelf do for you? To expecl: a valuable Pledge from a Man, to be return'd to him when that is done, which he intends never fhall be done ; is a great Jt;ft. And therefore Iince the 'Frem·h King has fo plainly difcoycr'd this Intention, you mull: nor wonder he makes fuch Difficulties in fettling an Expedient, as you cou'd not expect in a Man who mea11s one word of what he fays. The firft and only good Expedient, you fee, is made impracticable, on purpofe t hat it may not be infiftcd on; the next belt w~s to _put iuto the Hands of the Allies, fo ~e French |