Reflections upon the memorial from his Most Christian Majesty presented by the Count de Briord, his ambassador extraordinary to the States-general of the United Provinces at the Hague, December 4. 1700 : containing his reasons for accepting the late King of Spain's will, in favour of the Duke of Anjou : in a letter from a friend, to Mr. J.C. Merchant in London.
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             Reflections upon the memorial from his Most Christian Majesty presented by the Count de Briord, his ambassador extraordinary to the States-general of the United Provinces at the Hague, December 4. 1700 : containing his reasons for accepting the late King of Spain's will, in favour of the Duke of Anjou : in a letter from a friend, to Mr. J.C. Merchant in London.
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           REFLECTIONS
           UPON
           THE
           MEMORIAL
           FROM
           HIS
           Most
           Christian
           Majesty
           ,
           Presented
           by
           The
           Count
           
             de
             Briord
          
           ,
           His
           Ambassador
           Extraordinary
           to
           the
           States-General
           of
           the
           
             Vnited
             Provinces
          
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             December
          
           4.
           1700.
           
        
         
           Containing
           His
           Reasons
           for
           Accepting
           the
           late
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Will
           ,
           in
           Favour
           of
           the
           
             Duke
             of
             Anjou
          
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           LETTER
           from
           a
           Friend
           ,
           to
           Mr.
           
             J.
             C.
          
           Merchant
           in
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1700.
           
        
         
           Price
           4
           d.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           REFLECTIONS
           UPON
           THE
           MEMORIAL
           Deliver'd
           to
           the
           States
           General
           ,
           By
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Briord
          
           ,
           the
           French
           King's
           Ambassador
           ,
           &c.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           REFLECTIONS
           upon
           the
           Memorial
           deliver'd
           into
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Briord
          
           ,
           the
           French
           King
           's
           Ambassador
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           too
           often
           ,
           in
           my
           own
           mind
           ,
           censur'd
           others
           for
           Complementing
           themselves
           (
           for
           as
           such
           I
           took
           it
           )
           in
           Essay's
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           when
           they
           pretended
           their
           unfitness
           for
           the
           undertakeing
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           purely
           did
           it
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           Preamble
           .
           But
           if
           I
           mistook
           their
           designs
           ,
           and
           they
           only
           were
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           able
           to
           Charge
           the
           Defects
           of
           their
           Performances
           somewhere
           beyond
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           shou'd
           see
           occasion
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           expos'd
           their
           Capacities
           at
           the
           request
           of
           their
           Friends
           .
           I
           have
           the
           most
           reason
           of
           any
           to
           Preface
           so
           to
           you
           ,
           especially
           considering
           that
           I
           am
           about
           to
           Reflect
           upon
           the
           French
           King
           's
           
             Memorial
             to
             the
             States
             General
             ,
             Containing
             his
             Reasons
             for
             accepting
             the
             Late
             King
             of
          
           Spain
           's
           Will
           
             in
             Favour
             of
             the
             Duke
             d'
             Anjou
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Case
           of
           this
           Importance
           ,
           he
           has
           taken
           care
           it
           should
           not
           be
           Jejunely
           done
           ;
           and
           therefore
           employ'd
           the
           best
           Heads
           he
           had
           in
           this
           Afffair
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           some
           who
           I
           think
           Judicious
           ,
           nor
           they
           fail
           in
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           it
           is
           shrewdly
           worded
           ;
           But
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           are
           Weapons
           not
           easily
           Parry'd
           ;
           yet
           easily
           us'd
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           the
           Unskilful
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           consideration
           that
           enboldens
           my
           attempt
           .
        
         
           The
           design
           of
           this
           Memorial
           ,
           I
           take
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           sooth
           the
           Commonalty
           wherever
           it
           comes
           ,
           and
           is
           full
           of
           cunning
           Insinuations
           of
           the
           French
           King's
           Inclination●
           to
           the
           Peace
           
           of
           the
           Publick
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           all
           the
           Princes
           and
           States
           of
           Europe
           will
           very
           Candidly
           thank
           him
           for
           it
           ,
           (
           as
           well
           as
           the
           States
           General
           )
           when
           they
           can
           be
           persuaded
           he
           is
           endeavouring
           it
           ,
           and
           really
           sollicitous
           about
           it
           ,
           tho'
           he
           should
           not
           go
           so
           far
           as
           
             to
             prefer
             it
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             his
             own
             Crown
             .
          
           But
           I
           think
           the
           only
           way
           to
           know
           ,
           whether
           that
           is
           to
           be
           believ'd
           ,
           or
           expected
           ,
           is
           to
           look
           back
           upon
           that
           Monarch's
           Practices
           in
           all
           preceeding
           junctures
           of
           Affairs
           of
           this
           (
           or
           such
           like
           )
           nature
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           shall
           see
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           sooner
           Sacrifice
           his
           Honour
           or
           his
           Interest
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           drew
           two
           ways
           ,
           which
           has
           always
           been
           the
           most
           prevalent
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           consideration
           ,
           I
           cannot
           think
           the
           States
           General
           should
           so
           much
           as
           seem
           to
           be
           surpriz'd
           at
           the
           French
           King
           's
           accepting
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           late
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           since
           he
           thinks
           it
           most
           for
           his
           Interest
           so
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           something
           odd
           ,
           that
           
             His
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
          
           should
           in
           the
           First
           Page
           of
           his
           Memorial
           so
           Ironically
           Treat
           and
           Burlesque
           the
           States-General
           as
           he
           does
           :
           He
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             If
             they
             take
             time
             to
             examine
             with
             their
             usual
             Prudence
             ,
             the
             infinite
             Troubles
             ,
             which
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Partition
             would
             produce
             ,
             That
             same
             Prudence
             will
             oblige
             them
             to
             desist
             from
             the
             Demand
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           is
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           accuse
           them
           of
           a
           Precipitancy
           in
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Partition
           ;
           and
           a
           want
           of
           Prudence
           ,
           in
           not
           well
           weighing
           before
           hand
           the
           Conveniences
           and
           Inconveniences
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           himself
           sheer
           clear
           enough
           of
           that
           Charge
           :
           For
           by
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Partition
           ,
           he
           added
           another
           Method
           to
           his
           Choice
           of
           disposing
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ;
           and
           he
           knew
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           States-General
           ,
           both
           in
           Honour
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           thought
           themselves
           bound
           by
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           recede
           from
           the
           Obligations
           laid
           upon
           themselves
           by
           a
           Ratifyed
           Treaty
           ,
           tho'
           he
           kept
           himself
           above
           all
           bonds
           but
           those
           of
           his
           own
           advantage
           .
           It
           is
           certainly
           
             a
             great
             Contradiction
             to
             abandon
             the
             design
             of
             a
             Treaty
             ,
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             adhering
             to
             the
             Terms
             of
             it
          
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           be
           very
           willing
           (
           if
           I
           could
           )
           
             at
             this
             conjuncture
             to
             distinguish
             betwixt
             them
          
           ;
           but
           I
           cannot
           see
           that
           the
           Design
           ,
           and
           the
           Terms
           were
           any
           more
           United
           
           when
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           liv'd
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           now
           :
           For
           the
           Design
           of
           that
           Treaty
           was
           not
           to
           take
           place
           in
           its
           effect
           till
           after
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Death
           ;
           therefore
           that
           could
           make
           no
           difference
           betwixt
           them
           .
           On
           the
           otherhand
           ,
           how
           far
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           a
           King
           of
           Spain
           by
           his
           Will
           ,
           to
           dispose
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           Succession
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           cut
           off
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           next
           Heir
           ,
           is
           not
           my
           Province
           to
           Determine
           ;
           but
           I
           think
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           into
           the
           10th
           page
           of
           the
           French
           King
           's
           Memorial
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           he
           lays
           no
           stress
           upon
           it
           for
           the
           Duke
           
             d'
             Anjou's
          
           Right
           ,
           for
           when
           he
           is
           pretending
           ,
           
             There
             's
             a
             necessity
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             preserve
             the
             Peace
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             Methods
             different
             from
             those
             that
             were
             propos'd
             at
             Signing
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Partition
             .
          
           He
           tells
           the
           States
           in
           the
           next
           Paragraph
           ;
           
             The
             most
             natural
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             most
             agreeable
             for
             maintaining
             the
             General
             Peace
             ;
             and
             the
             only
             just
             Method
             ,
             consists
             in
             the
             Resolution
             ,
             taken
             by
             the
             King
             to
          
           Accept
           
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             late
             Catholick
             King
          
           :
           So
           that
           it
           plainly
           appears
           ,
           that
           the
           Force
           of
           the
           Will
           lyes
           only
           in
           his
           
             Resolution
             to
             Accept
             of
             it
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           have
           very
           good
           reason
           to
           suppose
           ,
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           should
           have
           been
           (
           with
           him
           )
           no
           Will
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           cross'd
           his
           inclinations
           ,
           in
           settling
           the
           Crown
           upon
           the
           Arch-Duke
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           then
           he
           would
           have
           deliver'd
           his
           Protest
           against
           it
           ,
           strenuously
           insisted
           upon
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Partition
           ,
           and
           Challeng'd
           ,
           upon
           their
           Guarranty
           ,
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           States-General
           ,
           to
           have
           forc'd
           the
           performance
           of
           it
           .
           Then
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           if
           the
           French
           King
           insists
           upon
           the
           Duke
           d'
           Anjou's
           Natural
           Right
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Will
           ,
           cannot
           (
           any
           more
           than
           his
           Death
           )
           make
           any
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           Design
           and
           the
           Terms
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           unless
           the
           French
           King
           means
           his
           own
           Private
           Design
           ,
           which
           now
           ,
           it
           plainly
           appears
           
             must
             be
             absolutely
             destroy'd
             ,
             if
             the
             Terms
             stand
             .
          
        
         
         
           He
           goes
           on
           then
           ,
           and
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             The
             former
          
           (
           that
           is
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Treaty
           )
           
             maintains
             a
             General
             Peace
             ,
             the
             latter
          
           (
           that
           is
           the
           Terms
           of
           it
           )
           
             causes
             an
             Universal
             War
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Decision
             ,
             what
             Measures
             to
             take
             ,
             should
             be
             made
             by
             the
             Explanation
             of
             the
             First
             Article
             of
             the
             Treaty
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             To
             maintain
             the
             General
             Peace
             of
             Europe
             .
          
           I
           am
           very
           much
           afraid
           he
           'l
           prove
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           does
           ,
           may
           the
           fate
           of
           a
           false
           Prophet
           pursue
           him
           .
           I
           cannot
           think
           the
           Guarrantees
           of
           the
           
             Treaty
             of
             Partition
          
           will
           sit
           still
           ,
           and
           see
           the
           Treaty
           broke
           ,
           was
           it
           only
           upon
           Punctilio
           of
           Honour
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           't
           will
           plainly
           appear
           to
           be
           too
           much
           their
           Interest
           to
           assist
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           to
           expect
           they
           should
           be
           Neutral
           :
           For
           should
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           (
           which
           joyn'd
           with
           Spain
           ,
           &c.
           )
           I
           don't
           see
           is
           so
           difficult
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           to
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           so
           Command
           his
           Arms
           ,
           or
           indeed
           otherwise
           engage
           them
           ;
           they
           will
           make
           too
           Formidable
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           to
           be
           thought
           not
           worth
           minding
           ;
           and
           the
           ballance
           not
           so
           much
           kept
           in
           Aequilibrio
           as
           might
           be
           wish'd
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           French
           King
           must
           greatly
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           foresight
           of
           those
           concerned
           in
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           in
           endeavouring
           to
           impose
           that
           belief
           upon
           the
           publick
           ,
           That
           
             his
             accepting
             the
             King
             of
          
           Spain
           
             's
             Will
             ,
             Maintains
             a
             General
             Peace
             .
          
           Then
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           had
           the
           French
           King
           kept
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Partition
           ,
           I
           can't
           for
           my
           part
           see
           who
           could
           ,
           or
           dar'd
           ,
           attempt
           the
           disturbance
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           Europe
           upon
           that
           account
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           difficulties
           he
           mentions
           as
           the
           Grounds
           of
           his
           specious
           pretences
           .
        
         
           But
           first
           I
           think
           it
           may
           not
           be
           amiss
           ,
           to
           obviate
           the
           Objection
           made
           against
           the
           Validity
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           King's
           being
           any
           ways
           bound
           by
           it
           :
           Because
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           the
           Emperor
           had
           not
           Accepted
           of
           the
           Partition
           before
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ;
           't
           is
           therefore
           void
           ,
           and
           ceases
           to
           be
           Obligatory
           ,
           the
           three
           Months
           being
           past
           
           which
           was
           allowed
           him
           for
           Acceptance
           .
           This
           is
           the
           scope
           of
           the
           Objection
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           easily
           Answered
           ;
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           secret
           Article
           of
           the
           Treaty
           the
           Emperor
           was
           to
           have
           two
           Months
           more
           granted
           him
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           were
           not
           determin'd
           ;
           but
           suppose
           they
           were
           ,
           the
           7th
           .
           Article
           of
           the
           Treaty
           has
           made
           Provision
           for
           the
           Emperor's
           refusal
           .
           It
           runs
           thus
           ,
           
             Immediately
             after
             the
             Exchange
             of
             this
             present
             Treaty
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             Communicated
             to
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             invited
             to
             enter
             thereinto
             ;
             but
             if
             ,
             after
             three
             Month's
             time
             ,
             from
             the
             Day
             of
             the
             said
             Communication
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Invitation
             ,
             or
             the
             day
             that
             his
             Catholick
             Majesty
             shall
             dye
             ,
             if
             it
             happen
             before
             the
             Expiration
             of
             the
             said
             three
             Months
             ;
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             the
          
           Romans
           ,
           
             should
             refuse
             to
             enter
             thereinto
             ,
             and
             to
             agree
             to
             the
             Share
             assigned
             to
             the
             most
             Serene
             Arch-Duke
          
           Charles
           ;
           
             The
             two
             Kings
          
           (
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           
             England
             )
             or
             their
             Successors
             ,
             and
             the
             States
             General
             ,
             shall
             agree
             upon
             a
             Prince
             to
             whom
             that
             part
             shall
             be
             given
             :
             And
             in
             case
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             present
             Convention
             the
             most
             Serene
             Arch-Duke
             shall
             take
             possession
             either
             of
             the
             part
             which
             might
             fall
             to
             him
             ,
             before
             he
             has
             Accepted
             the
             present
             Treaty
             ,
             or
             of
             that
             part
             which
             might
             be
             assign'd
             to
          
           Mons
           .
           Dauphin
           ,
           
             or
             to
             him
             who
             shall
             have
             the
             Dutchy
             of
          
           Millan
           
             in
             Exchange
             ,
             as
             abovesaid
             ;
             the
             said
             two
             Kings
             ,
             and
             the
             States
             General
             ,
             by
             Virtue
             of
             this
             Convention
             ,
             shall
             hinder
             him
             with
             all
             their
             Forces
             .
          
           Now
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           the
           French
           King
           would
           take
           very
           haniously
           ,
           any
           Reflection
           upon
           his
           Care
           ,
           or
           Conduct
           ,
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           in
           having
           agreed
           to
           he
           knew
           not
           what
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           ,
           was
           his
           own
           fault
           )
           but
           then
           he
           ought
           to
           forbear
           that
           Plea
           for
           his
           Breach
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ;
           least
           it
           necessary
           sayes
           a
           severer
           Charge
           ,
           and
           proves
           ,
           that
           his
           Agreeing
           to
           the
           Treaty
           was
           purely
           a
           design
           to
           provoke
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           (
           or
           some
           ,
           of
           the
           Grandees
           for
           him
           )
           to
           give
           the
           Kingdom
           by
           Will
           ,
           (
           as
           far
           as
           that
           Gift
           will
           go
           )
           to
           a
           Prince
           of
           France
           ,
           least
           it
           should
           be
           divided
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Treaty
           was
           broken
           (
           in
           
           his
           Intention
           )
           before
           it
           was
           made
           .
           How
           well
           this
           agrees
           with
           what
           he
           says
           in
           the
           11th
           .
           page
           of
           the
           Memorial
           :
           
             The
             high
             Dignities
             of
             Kings
             does
             not
             excuse
             them
             frem
             considering
             whether
             the
             Wars
             they
             undertake
             be
             just
             .
             Then
             what
             Reasons
             could
             his
             Majesty
             (
             who
             is
             known
             to
             be
             a
             just
             Prince
             )
             offer
             for
             resuming
             Arms
             to
             divide
             a
             Monarchy
             ,
             which
             is
             settled
             intirely
             upon
             the
             lawful
             Heir
             .
          
           And
           just
           before
           in
           the
           10th
           .
           page
           :
           
             If
             any
             Prince
             have
             a
             Right
             to
             oppose
             the
             Dispositions
             of
             that
             Will
             ,
             there
             needs
             no
             more
             but
             to
             read
             them
             ,
             to
             be
             convinc'd
             that
             this
             Right
             belongs
             only
             to
             the
             Dauphin
             .
          
           By
           the
           way
           ,
           how
           the
           reading
           the
           Dispositions
           of
           the
           Will
           should
           convince
           of
           a
           Right
           to
           oppose
           them
           ,
           is
           ,
           at
           present
           ,
           to
           me
           a
           Paradox
           :
           But
           put
           the
           Case
           the
           Right
           is
           in
           the
           Dauphin
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           so
           when
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Partition
           was
           ratified
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           the
           Dauphin
           a
           Party
           thereunto
           ?
           (
           
             See
             the
          
           4
           
             th
             Article
             of
             the
             Treaty
          
           ,
           )
           and
           could
           not
           the
           French
           King
           then
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           now
           ,
           
             have
             obtain'd
             more
             considerable
             Advantages
             by
             his
             Arms
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             design'd
             to
             make
             use
             of
             them
             (
             as
             now
             he
             does
             )
             than
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
          
           Naples
           and
           Sicily
           ,
           
             the
             Province
             of
          
           Guipuscoa
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Dutchy
             of
          
           Lorrain
           ,
           
             &c.
             which
          
           he
           says
           ,
           
             he
             had
             no
             design
             to
             acquire
             by
             a
             Treaty
             :
          
           What
           then
           could
           he
           design
           by
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           the
           World
           one
           Instance
           more
           (
           of
           which
           we
           have
           had
           singular
           ,
           in
           the
           Breach
           of
           the
           Pyrenean
           ,
           and
           other
           Treaties
           )
           of
           his
           Infidelity
           (
           unless
           the
           Partition
           should
           prove
           for
           his
           Advantage
           )
           and
           laugh
           in
           his
           sleeve
           at
           those
           that
           gave
           any
           Credit
           to
           his
           Promises
           ,
           and
           stumbled
           at
           his
           
             Painted
             Trap
             Door
          
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           consider
           what
           he
           has
           Offer'd
           ,
           for
           the
           Certainty
           of
           an
           universal
           War
           if
           he
           had
           stood
           by
           the
           
             Treaty
             of
             Partition
             .
             First
             ,
             the
          
           Milaneze
           ,
           
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
          
           Naples
           and
           Sicily
           ,
           
             the
             Provinces
             ,
             the
             Places
             comprehended
             in
             the
             Partition
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             put
             themselves
             in
             a
             Condition
             ,
          
           (
           he
           should
           have
           said
           Posture
           ,
           tho'
           that
           is
           not
           true
           )
           
             to
             maintain
             their
             Union
             with
             the
             Body
             of
             the
          
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           a
           little
           lower
           .
           
             Thus
             the
             Arch-Duke
             becoming
             King
             of
          
           
           Spain
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             There
             must
             be
             a
             necessity
             in
             order
             to
             execute
             the
             Treaty
             ,
             to
             Conquer
             the
             Kingdoms
             reserv'd
             for
             the
             share
             of
             the
          
           Dauphin
           ,
           &c.
           
           These
           are
           very
           great
           Reasons
           ,
           should
           it
           prove
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Places
           reserv'd
           for
           the
           share
           of
           the
           Dauphin
           were
           really
           in
           
             a
             Condition
             to
             maintain
             their
             Union
             with
             the
          
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ,
           against
           the
           united
           Power
           of
           the
           Guarantees
           .
           How
           comes
           the
           French
           King
           all
           of
           a
           suddain
           to
           be
           so
           modest
           (
           tho'
           I
           believe
           we
           shall
           find
           him
           otherwise
           by
           and
           by
           )
           or
           doubtful
           of
           his
           own
           strength
           ,
           (
           that
           use
           to
           Hector
           all
           Europe
           ,
           )
           to
           suppose
           that
           
             France
             ,
             England
          
           and
           Holland
           in
           Union
           ,
           should
           speak
           twice
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           Treaty
           when
           there
           are
           none
           to
           withstand
           it
           ,
           but
           what
           might
           have
           been
           blown
           away
           by
           the
           Breath
           of
           their
           Guns
           ;
           and
           they
           would
           have
           had
           more
           Wit
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           flung
           against
           Six
           high
           ,
           when
           they
           might
           part
           Stakes
           ;
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           (
           I
           mean
           supposing
           the
           Arch
           Duke
           to
           have
           been
           so
           )
           would
           never
           have
           been
           
             reduc'd
             to
             those
             great
             Extremities
          
           the
           Memorial
           speaks
           of
           ,
           before
           he
           would
           part
           with
           the
           Share
           of
           the
           Dauphin
           ,
           since
           he
           must
           know
           't
           was
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           withstand
           the
           Arms
           of
           this
           
             Tripple
             League
          
           ,
           tho'
           back'd
           with
           the
           Emperor's
           Assistance
           ;
           and
           Savoy
           durst
           not
           (
           tho'
           if
           he
           did
           ,
           to
           no
           great
           purpose
           )
           turn
           his
           Arms
           against
           France
           ,
           &c.
           on
           that
           Occasion
           ;
           neither
           would
           it
           be
           so
           much
           worth
           ,
           for
           him
           to
           hazard
           his
           own
           ruin
           by
           being
           on
           the
           weaker
           side
           ,
           considering
           the
           Contingencies
           of
           his
           Title
           ,
           which
           must
           not
           Commence
           ,
           till
           after
           the
           extinction
           of
           the
           Heirs
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Arch-Duke
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           several
           things
           more
           might
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           as
           the
           grand
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           in
           the
           15th
           page
           ,
           where
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           That
           ,
           
             in
             truth
             ,
             he
             is
             persuaded
             ,
             that
             they
             never
             had
             any
             design
             to
             obtain
             the
             effect
             of
             their
             last
             Memorial
             ,
          
           and
           so
           goes
           on
           to
           banter
           'em
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           worse
           than
           Trifles
           .
           Then
           again
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             ,
             in
             that
             their
             Memorial
             ,
             have
             nam'd
             the
             Princes
             that
             were
             ready
             to
             joyn
             in
             
             it
          
           (
           the
           effecting
           the
           Partition
           )
           ▪
           
             The
             Troops
             for
             being
             the
          
           Guarrantees
           
             of
             the
             Articles
             of
             it
             :
             They
             should
             have
             mention'd
             those
             the
             Republick
             of
          
           Holland
           
             was
             to
             furnish
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land.
          
           Truly
           I
           can't
           see
           what
           occasion
           there
           was
           for
           the
           States-General
           just
           in
           that
           Memorial
           (
           which
           was
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           only
           to
           put
           him
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           when
           they
           found
           he
           was
           going
           to
           break
           it
           )
           to
           Name
           the
           Princes
           ready
           to
           joyn
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           knew
           as
           well
           as
           they
           )
           since
           the
           10th
           11th
           and
           13th
           Articles
           of
           the
           Treaty
           were
           so
           plain
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           engag'd
           in
           that
           Treaty
           ,
           (
           to
           him
           not
           unknown
           )
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           be
           ready
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           neither
           could
           he
           expect
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           by
           that
           Memorial
           mention
           the
           Number
           they
           were
           to
           furnish
           ;
           because
           by
           the
           14th
           Article
           ,
           all
           the
           Guarrantees
           were
           to
           agree
           what
           proportion
           each
           should
           Contribute
           ;
           so
           that
           't
           would
           have
           been
           very
           preposterous
           for
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           ascertain'd
           their
           Number
           ,
           without
           any
           such
           agreement
           .
           He
           has
           one
           very
           pretty
           Turn
           I
           cannot
           pass
           :
           After
           he
           had
           suppos'd
           upon
           his
           rejecting
           the
           Will
           ,
           the
           Arch-Duke
           had
           enter'd
           upon
           the
           Regency
           :
           he
           says
           in
           his
           13th
           
             page
             ,
             He
             must
             have
             been
             oblig'd
             to
             attack
             a
             Living
             Prince
             ,
             Prosessor
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
          
           Spain
           ,
           
             and
             its
             certain
             that
             the
             Measures
             he
             had
             taken
             with
             the
             Allies
             ,
             related
             only
             to
             the
             Division
             of
             the
             Succession
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             Death
             appear'd
             to
             be
             very
             near
             .
          
           Certainly
           the
           French
           King
           must
           think
           he
           writes
           to
           very
           weak
           Heads
           ,
           or
           he
           could
           never
           suppose
           thus
           to
           sham
           'em
           ,
           Would
           not
           the
           Arch-Duke
           then
           have
           come
           in
           as
           Successor
           to
           that
           King
           ,
           whose
           Succession
           the
           Division
           related
           to
           ;
           and
           did
           not
           he
           stand
           oblig'd
           to
           the
           Division
           of
           that
           Succession
           according
           to
           the
           Treaty
           ?
           Ay
           ,
           but
           
             the
             Emperor
             was
             all
             alo●●
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             promote
             the
             Arch-Duke
             ,
             and
             therefore
             re●●s●d
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             delay'd
             Signing
             the
             Treaty
             .
          
           That
           the
           French
           King
           knew
           ,
           at
           the
           making
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           can
           be
           no
           Plea
           for
           abandoning
           his
           Sacred
           Word
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           a
           King
           ought
           to
           be
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           next
           Paragraph
           he
           does
           the
           Guarrantees
           the
           Justice
           to
           declare
           ,
           that
           
             their
             design
             was
             Peace
          
           ,
           That
           
             they
             stipulated
             no
             particular
             Advantage
             to
             themselves
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           
             acted
             the
             part
             of
             disinterested
             Mediators
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Emperor
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           this
           is
           brought
           as
           an
           Argument
           ,
           That
           they
           having
           receiv'd
           no
           prejudice
           ,
           should
           not
           intermeddle
           .
           Surely
           there
           's
           the
           
             most
             Honour
          
           ,
           in
           standing
           to
           a
           Treaty
           where
           there
           is
           the
           
             least
             Interest
          
           to
           Sway
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           likelihood
           will
           be
           the
           
             most
             Justice
          
           too
           ;
           but
           where
           does
           all
           this
           end
           ?
           Why
           ,
           in
           the
           Old
           Story
           ,
           with
           a
           a
           little
           addition
           :
           The
           Emperor
           had
           not
           Sign'd
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           
             There
             was
             no
             Treaty
             ,
             except
             with
             the
             Mediators
          
           ;
           this
           needs
           no
           farther
           Answer
           ,
           than
           to
           referr
           you
           again
           to
           the
           7th
           Article
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           what
           has
           been
           said
           before
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           we
           are
           got
           to
           consider
           of
           the
           Renunciation
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           following
           Expressions
           in
           the
           12th
           page
           of
           the
           Memorial
           .
           
             The
             Disputes
             raised
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Validity
             of
             the
             Renunciation
             of
             the
             late
             Queen
             ,
             serv'd
             for
             a
             Motive
             to
             this
             Accommodation
             .
             In
             effect
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             of
             no
             use
             ,
             if
             the
             Nullity
             of
             that
             Renunciation
             had
             been
             acknowledg'd
             as
             fully
             during
             the
             late
             Catholick
          
           King
           's
           
             Life
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             declared
             in
             his
          
           Will.
           Before
           I
           say
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           recite
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           as
           I
           found
           it
           in
           the
           Introduction
           of
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           French
           King's
           Expedition
           into
           the
           Spanish
           Netherlands
           ,
           in
           the
           Years
           ,
           1667
           and
           1668.
           page
           the
           3d.
           of
           the
           Introduction
           .
           
             In
             the
             Year
             1659
             a
             Treaty
             of
             Peace
             was
             concluded
             between
             the
             two
             Crowns
             ,
             (
             of
             France
             and
             Spain
             ,
             )
             and
             together
             with
             a
             Marriage
             between
             Lewis
             the
             XIV
             .
             now
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             Lady
             
               Maria
               Theresa
               ,
               (
               Eldest
               Daughter
               to
            
             Philip
             
               the
               IV.
               King
               of
            
             Spain
             ,
             and
             Elizabeth
             
               the
               Daughter
               to
            
             Henry
             
               the
               IV
               ,
               and
               Sister
               to
            
             Lewis
             
               the
               XIII
               .
               King
               of
            
             France
             ,
             For
             whose
             Portion
             the
             King
             her
             Father
             ,
             obliged
             himself
             to
             pay
             500000
             Crowns
             of
             Gold
             ,
             and
             pretended
             Salick
             Law
             
             debars
             Females
             ,
             from
             Succession
             to
             the
             French
             Crown
             ;
             as
             also
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             the
             two
             Crowns
             ,
             being
             too
             Great
             and
             Puissant
             to
             be
             United
             into
             one
             Kingdom
             ,
             all
             occasions
             of
             such
             a
             Conjunction
             might
             be
             avoided
             :
             It
             was
             Covenanted
             ,
             (
             among
             other
             things
             )
             That
             neither
             the
             Infanta
             ,
             nor
             her
             
               Children
               and
               Descendents
               ,
               in
               what
               degree
               soever
               ,
            
             should
             ever
             succeed
             in
             the
             Kingdoms
             ,
             Seigniories
             or
             Dominions
             ,
             which
             do
             or
             shall
             belong
             to
             his
             Catholick
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             well
             within
             ,
             as
             without
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Spain
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Law
             or
             Custom
             ,
             which
             by
             this
             agreement
             (
             which
             is
             to
             continue
             in
             the
             full
             Force
             and
             Vigour
             of
             a
             Law
             for
             ever
             )
             Their
             Majesties
             did
             abolish
             .
             This
             Renunciation
             the
             Infanta
             Confirm'd
             in
             these
             very
             Terms
             by
             an
             Oath
             ,
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Kings
             themselves
             ,
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             the
             Chief
             Nobility
             of
             both
             Kingdoms
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           you
           see
           both
           Kings
           were
           engag'd
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Infanta
           ;
           (
           whose
           Oath
           I
           have
           not
           by
           me
           or
           else
           would
           insert
           it
           )
           but
           I
           think
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           Transcribe
           the
           very
           words
           of
           the
           Renunciation
           it self
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           will
           be
           more
           evinc'd
           .
        
         
           
             Placuit
             utrique
             Regi
             pactione
             instar
             legis
             semper
             valiturâ
             sancire
             ,
             ne
             unquam
             serenissima
             Infans
             Teresa
             ,
             aut
             posteri
             ejus
             ulli
             ,
             ad
             feros
             usque
             Nepotes
             ,
             quocunque
             gradu
             sint
             ,
             admittantur
             ad
             successionem
             ullam
             ,
             sive
             Regnorum
             ,
             sive
             Principatuum
             ,
             Provinciarum
             ,
             Ditionum
             ,
             Dominiorum
             quorumcunque
             Regis
             Catholici
             ,
             non
             obstante
             lege
             ulla
             ,
             consuetudine
             ,
             aut
             alio
             Jure
             in
             contrarium
             ,
             cui
             utriusque
             Regis
             authoritate
             plenissimè
             derogatur
             ,
             contemplatione
             dictae
             aequalitatis
             ,
             &
             publicae
             utilitatis
             quae
             inde
             emanatura
             speratur
             .
             It
             was
             to
             Consented
             by
             both
             their
             Majesties
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             confirm'd
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             most
             Serene
             Infanta
          
           Teresa
           ,
           
             nor
             any
             of
             her
             Issue
             or
             Posterity
             ,
             in
             what
             degree
             soever
             ,
             be
             admitted
             to
             succeed
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             ,
             Dukedoms
             ,
             Provinces
             ,
             or
             Dominions
             of
             his
             Catholick
             Majesty
             ,
             any
             other
             Custom
             ,
             Constitution
             ,
             or
             Law
             to
             the
             contrary
             
             notwithstanding
             :
             So
             that
             if
             any
             such
             Custom
             or
             Constitution
             were
             ,
             it
             was
             by
             authority
             of
             both
             Kings
             absolutely
             annull'd
             and
             destroyed
             .
             And
             this
             only
             to
             adjust
             the
             Dominion
             of
             both
             Crowns
             ,
             so
             as
             each
             of
             them
             might
             receive
             an
             equal
             benefit
             by
             it
             .
          
        
         
           By
           this
           Sir
           to
           me
           it
           plainly
           appears
           that
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Will
           cannot
           make
           void
           a
           Renunciation
           so
           strongly
           confirm'd
           .
           We
           find
           ,
           as
           the
           Heirs
           receive
           a
           Right
           from
           the
           Parent
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Parent
           to
           restrain
           it
           ;
           but
           I
           won't
           pretend
           to
           be
           so
           much
           a
           Civilian
           ,
           to
           argue
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           determine
           ,
           this
           Point
           .
           I
           will
           only
           observe
           ,
           the
           French
           King
           but
           renounc'd
           the
           ever
           having
           a
           future
           Right
           ,
           not
           a
           Right
           that
           he
           ever
           had
           ;
           tho'
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           his
           Civilians
           ,
           knowing
           his
           Mind
           ,
           have
           given
           him
           their
           Absolution
           (
           which
           is
           not
           much
           to
           be
           wonder'd
           at
           ,
           since
           ,
           in
           a
           more
           curious
           Frame
           of
           Government
           than
           his
           Judges
           have
           been
           found
           ,
           that
           would
           make
           the
           Will
           of
           their
           Prince
           Law
           )
           and
           should
           a
           Qualm
           happen
           to
           overshadow
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           the
           Sorbon
           too
           ,
           must
           direct
           their
           Decision
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Regal
             Nod
          
           ;
           and
           there
           I
           'll
           leave
           him
           ,
           till
           the
           first
           have
           got
           more
           Courage
           ,
           than
           to
           submit
           the
           Law
           to
           his
           Will
           ;
           and
           the
           latter
           more
           
             The
             Fear
             of
             God
          
           ,
           than
           to
           substitute
           the
           Sacred
           Oracles
           (
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           unfold
           )
           to
           his
           unbounded
           Ambition
           .
           And
           I
           'll
           only
           say
           he
           that
           won't
           be
           ty'd
           by
           an
           Oath
           ,
           will
           no
           more
           be
           secur'd
           by
           any
           other
           Bond
           ,
           than
           Leviathan
           ,
           when
           you
           bob
           for
           him
           with
           a
           single
           Hair.
           
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           Page
           his
           Majesty
           is
           mightily
           transported
           with
           the
           good
           Opinion
           he
           has
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           he
           would
           presuade
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           States
           General
           have
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           have
           ,
           of
           him
           .
           When
           he
           had
           in
           the
           preceding
           Paragraph
           suggested
           ,
           that
           the
           delay
           of
           the
           two
           Months
           for
           the
           Emperor's
           consideration
           ,
           propos'd
           by
           their
           Memorial
           ,
           might
           settle
           the
           Arch-Duke
           in
           the
           Throne
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
           that
           
             He
             is
             willing
             to
             believe
             that
             this
             was
             not
             their
             Design
             ;
             they
             know
             too
             well
             that
             it
             's
             their
             Interest
             to
             merit
             by
             their
             Good
             Conduct
             
             the
             
               Honour
               of
               his
               Affection
            
             and
             the
             Continuation
             of
             his
             
               Good
               Will.
            
             And
             again
             he
             doubts
             not
             but
             they
             will
             change
             their
             Complaints
             into
             Thanks
             ,
             and
             Congratulate
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             possible
             ,
             upon
             his
             Accession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             will
             endeavour
             to
             merit
             of
             the
             King
             the
             Good-Will
             and
             Protection
             that
             they
             and
             their
             Ancestors
             have
             receiv'd
             of
             his
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Predecessors
             .
          
        
         
           This
           should
           have
           been
           his
           Language
           at
           the
           Treaty
           at
           Reswick
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           'd
           soon
           have
           had
           an
           Answer
           ;
           and
           whoever
           considers
           how
           high
           he
           begun
           ,
           and
           how
           low
           he
           ended
           ;
           and
           the
           Haughty
           Spirit
           of
           that
           Prince
           ,
           can
           never
           suppose
           he
           'd
           have
           parted
           with
           so
           many
           Important
           Places
           ,
           as
           he
           then
           did
           ,
           had
           he
           been
           in
           such
           a
           
             Protecting
             Capacity
          
           as
           he
           writes
           himself
           ;
           or
           the
           Merit
           of
           the
           
             Honour
             of
             his
             Affection
          
           ;
           and
           the
           
             continuation
             of
             his
             Good
             Will
          
           ,
           been
           so
           highly
           worth
           aspiring
           to
           .
        
         
           Neither
           are
           the
           Dutch
           in
           so
           poor
           ,
           and
           forlorn
           a
           Condition
           now
           to
           want
           his
           Aid
           ,
           and
           Protection
           ;
           and
           were
           they
           otherwise
           willing
           to
           condescend
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           his
           Party
           ,
           this
           is
           enough
           to
           rouze
           their
           Indignation
           ,
           and
           incline
           them
           to
           shew
           him
           they
           stand
           not
           in
           need
           of
           his
           Favour
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           when
           I
           think
           of
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           he
           brings
           Belshazzar
           to
           my
           mind
           ;
           He
           is
           Glorying
           in
           his
           Atchievements
           ;
           His
           Heart
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           )
           is
           Merry
           ,
           He
           is
           prideing
           himself
           in
           the
           Sacrilegious
           spoils
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           TEKEL
           is
           his
           Charge
           .
           He
           lives
           as
           if
           there
           was
           none
           above
           him
           ,
           The
           Spirit
           of
           Persecution
           is
           reigning
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           the
           Cryes
           of
           the
           Oppressed
           loud
           against
           him
           .
           I
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           do
           at
           present
           ,
           but
           to
           crave
           leave
           to
           Subscribe
           my Self
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             real
             Friend
             ,
             and
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               N.
               T.
            
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .