A copy of a letter from the French king to King James in answer to one from him. Translated from the French copy. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. 1692 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B04187 Wing L3104 ESTC R180074 52612197 ocm 52612197 179499 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B04187) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179499) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2790:31) A copy of a letter from the French king to King James in answer to one from him. Translated from the French copy. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. James II, King of England 1633-1701. 1 sheet ([2] p.) [s.n.], London printed : and reprinted, 1692. Caption title. Dated and signed at end: From our camp before Namur, June the 18. 1692. Lewis. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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YOUR Majesty seems to be too sensibly Afflicted with the late Disaster of our Fleet ; the Disappointment we must confess was unexpected and Surprizing , & has occasion'd no small Interruption in the Measures we had taken : But however the severe Application that you have made , by imputing that unhappy Accident to the ill Fortune that attends your Affairs since you betook your self to our Protection , we cannot admit of , much less can we allow the Consequence which you seem to imply , and which your Friends are apprehensive of , that the Blame of that Disappointment should , in our Nation , any wayes affect your Majesty . The Mistaken Informations you receiv'd from your Dependents in great Britan , we are sensible were no otherwise represented to us by your Majesty , than as they were first communicated to you ; the ill Success whereof shall be so far from obliging us to withdraw our Protection from you , that it has only added Vigor to our Endeavours , to repair by Land the Misfortune we have sustain'd at Sea. The Glory and Grandure of the French Nation has been too well established , to be shaken by one Storm . The Success we may reasonably expect from the Siege of Namur , will be sufficient at least to Ballance the Insulting Hopes of our Enemies : We are already Masters of the Town , and have no reason to despair ( if the Assurances given us by Vauban may be rely'd upon ) of a Prosperous Progress from so formidable Forces as are now employ'd in that Service . 'T is true , the Account of the Surrender of Great Waradin comes something unseasonable , but we hope the Consequence is too remote , to affect the Enterprizes of our Summers Campaign on this side , upon which the Fortune of the War seems to depend . We hope to perswade our People , that the Descent which the English seem to threaten upon our Coast , is rather an Ammusement than any awayes Practicable . There are some about us ( and with whom our most Important Councils are concenred ) who appear apprehensive in case of a Descent , or any other Inrode into our Kingdom of France , that it may occasion a Revolt amongst our Subjects . But we presume the Discipline we have used , has not been so ill bestowed as to admit of any such Rebellious Practice . Our Subjects are French men , and we have taken care to make them Catholicks , who will not easily learn the Hereticall Distinction between Revolt and Rebellion . The Request which you make of retiring from our Kingdom , we cannot at this time hearken to . The late Obsticles in our Affairs , upon which you seem to ground your Proposal , is an irrefragable Argument for our with-holding our Consent : Forasmuch as it would be looked upon by all the World , as well Friends as Enemies , that we want either Inclination or power to protect you , which would be unsuitable to our Character , and inconvenient for the present posture of Affairs . From our Camp before Namur , June the 18. 1692. LEWIS . London Printed , And Reprinted , 1692.