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Show [ 72 J . given thefe Men; Iince the things they j)retend to accufe llim of are all Cl11mencal and Imaginary. But ~hatever it be they mean, 'tis the D-.-- of M- Hap· pinefs onder all thefe Difadvantages to ferve a Qun EN, who knows how to put a jufter Value on the Zeal and ConduB: he has !hewn :fur the Support and Honour of her Reign; who knows that while 'tis her Pleafure, and for her Ser~ice he lbou'd command, he will in fpite, and I may add in contempt of the Ufe which fome Men prepare to make of a Peace, purfue in the moft effeB:ual manner lie can, tbe great Advances he bJs made to· wards it. 1 have nothing more to add, but to a!fure JOII, that to ~he heft .of my knowledge I Jlave [aid nothmg that IS not true, nor conceal'd any thing that is, which cou'd ~ive light to this SubjeB:. I have made no Wli~ul Mifrake in any part, much lef~ any ma~enal one in what concerns the mam Queftwns : 'IS for any little Inaccuracies, efpccially in what relates to the Negotiations, confidering the Secrecy they have been manag'd with, and that 1 write from a Place, where I have no help either from Papers or Converfation, llha!l }lope to find an cary Pardon from you, fince If •hcfe Papers prove nothing elfe, I am fure you ~ill allow they prove this, that l am with fbe greateft Truth and moll! perfeB: Eftee!D1 S I R, Your moft faithful hu111ble Servl\nt. BOO/(.~ Sold bj :;E:SANGER, at the · . ,~S\~-ho~f<; , &. Fleet. Street A Gen~ral ColleB:ion of Treaties, Dcclara-• ' t1qbs df War, Manifeftos and othef P~bJitk P~pl:r~;-relating tb Peace and War among the Pgfe'M~te5 of Eur'o'p~, from 1648: to tbe prefe'iillr~mp particolarly, Tbe Treaty of MuH/Irl-, f 64'8. The Pjrenc(ln Treaty, with the Fre>f'cli Kin~'s and fh6 Infanta's Renunciation of ti\11 Spt~nifh Dominions, 1659. The Sale of Dunkirk, 1662. The Peace betwixt Engta»d an~ France, and England and Holland in 166';. The Treaty of Aix· Ia- Ch!1pe!Je. TheTtiple-Leagu~, 1668. Trcatiesof Commerte' between England, France, Spain and Holland. Treaty of Nimeguen, 1678. Defenfive Alliance betwixt England and Ho/Jand 1678. ' Oeci<irations of War by the Allie; againftFr·an,e, 1688, 1689, and qo>, The fir!!; Gran~ ·Alliance, 1689. The feparate Peace betwtxt Fra1.1ce and Savoy, 1696. Treaty of Refwick, 1697. Treaties of Partition J698, &c. The Second Gnnd Alliancr: Treaty' for fecuring the Hanover Succeffion Ufurpations of France fince the Treaty of Munfter. The Right of the Crown of England to Hudfon's-Bay. With many others to be feen i~ th~ Contents. To which is p;·efix'd, An H1ftontal Account of the French Ring's Breach of the moft folemn Treaties Me~otlals o.f. the Englifh A,ffairs from the fuppos d Expedttion of Brute to this !(]and to t~e End of the Reign of King 'James 1: ' By S1r Bulftrotle Whitlock. fublilh' d by ']ames Wei-wood, M.D. · A Oifcourfe of Logomachys, or Controverfys about Words, fo common among Learned L Men |