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thb: editor to the READBRi 
 Greeting. 
 
 Gentle Reader. 
 
 ^np HE Nature of this Dialogde , and 
 the Characters that here appear 
 , upon the fcene^ render it impoJ]lbh to al* 
 ledge that the Following Piece has been 
 tranjlated from the Mahufcript of aa 
 Indian Bramin or a Persian Mage^ 
 fo that it has not the adv^^ntage q^ 
 appearing to the world under this 
 venerable Recommendation, How far it 
 is founded upon truth will be eajily per* 
 ceived by the Matter it contains, and ybti 
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 Jtahn but in its form. TFhethet^, Indeed, 
 Jo i^b Ridicule should have been inter- 
 mingled with Such a ferious fubjea , is 
 mother quejlion. All that can be faidfor 
 this, is, that laughter is an inftrument 
 that maybe ufefully employed to expofe^ 
 iphat grave remonjlrances are ineffeaual 
 to corred , and never can be perniciousl 
 but when it is proftituted to unworthy 
 and vicious purpofes , to the difcredit of 
 Religion, or to the detriment of virtue. If 
 then you laugbin this manner, you may 
 be Merry without ce/ifipg to be Wife. 
 Jbis is all at frefent from. 
 
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 ^ety indeed, 
 ' been inter- 
 
 fuhjedy is 
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 injlrunient 
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 perntctous ^ 
 unworthy 
 difcredit of 
 'virtue. If 
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 DITOR. 
 
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 ROYAL CONFERENCE 
 
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 A DIALOGUE &c 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 •D. 
 
 IT IS rare thing, Brother L s,. to fee two 
 Crown 'd Heads meet in a private conference; 
 and fince an event fo unufuaj (and that we may 
 render alfo fo important) has nbvl?' happened, it 
 would be criminal not to improve it to the beft 
 purpofe, for our own true honour and the goodj£ 
 > our fubjefts. Our Fleets cover the Ocean ,• oii 
 Armies ftrike terror even thro thofe Nations 
 that are not interefted, immediately in our 
 Quarrel , and a horrible fcene of blood , wan- 
 tonly shed, IS going to shew to the world, that 
 either in Yotr, or ki Me, the Sentiments of 
 Humanity and Jufiice Yield to the dictates of 
 lav^kfs Ambition. Would it not th6n be wife, 
 before we ftrike the fatal Blow, to refleft, for a 
 moment, upon the Principles that direft the mea^ 
 Ibres we are taking, and upon the . Co«/f^«rffX 
 that mull naturally arife from thein? Would it 
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 act he wife to ex(imine,the Jufticeof &ur CJaimt 
 and how far their Juftice will authorife the Vio! 
 lence , with which we are about to defend them? 
 In a word ; Would it not be wife to ask 'our 
 fclves calmly, whether fiiccefs, which each of us 
 expefts, wilJ cover the V'iaorious with any thine 
 iftore than a f^lfe (Jloty-, & whether the means 
 by which It shall be obtained^ will not deprive' 
 liira of the true Luftri* that Crowns tlie Prince 
 who 18 the FATHER OF His CouNTKY and 
 fhp, FRIEND OP Mankind? 
 
 ?CING or F- 
 
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 I perceive, Brother, by this moral introducr 
 Jion, that YoQ have been lately reading the M- 
 Venturas of Tekmacbm. Why — the Book is plea- 
 fent enough, and the Bi»h<^, that wrote it. wM 
 really a good fort of Maii,< Bat you don't con- 
 iJder, that (he Maxims of that Book were d^Ci- 
 p§d to direa the ft-ince, My Father, during 
 Ji^ minority, yfUch is always the feafon of finS 
 fpeculatiofls, and theft Maxims, indeed, are 
 ?eryamufing for the Heir. of a Crown, But are 
 Botat all <:onvenient for the Poffeflbr. Be that 
 as It will, I am not mucl? inclined to Reafon ac 
 prefent,aijd, in truth,I never wasextremdy fond 
 pf LogicH. Befides , I have declared to you my 
 ftntiments, my fights, and wiy refolufions by the 
 month of my Winifters. As it i^ manifeflly be- 
 mih the dignii;^ pf a Prince to qnalyfe the Prin- 
 ciples of Morality, pr to defcend to the fubtle- 
 |ies of Logick , I make ufe of n^y Minifters ta 
 Wnkyspenk, and «rf>(r for me; and while 300,00a 
 «§« a^f l^h to fotm their argumfinti into 4 
 
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 fturCJaimt, 
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 to ask 'our 
 I each of us 
 :h auy thing 
 the means, 
 not deprive 
 tlie Prince, 
 NTKY and 
 
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 oteit, w^ 
 don't con- 
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 ler, daring 
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 deed, are 
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 J^eafon at 
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 compleat demonftration , I repefe with a foft tran- 
 quilhty upon my Downy Throne , and enjoy the 
 Sweets of Royal Grandeur, etium cum (iigmktte{a)^ 
 
 KING OF E- 
 
 D. 
 
 T|ie intervention of Miniftert is ufefuU , ind 
 indeed necefTary , in the (ituation in which^rinces 
 are placed. But as, in Private affairs, Meflages 
 have occaGoned many mifunderftandings, which 
 a Conference , between the Parties ihemfekes ^ 
 wouU have eafily cleared up ; the fame may be 
 expefted , with much more fesSoti , in fuch tranf- 
 aftions as ours. You , and I should have no rules 
 of conduft, but the diftates of hutaaoity and Jufti- 
 ce, and no views, but the good of our Peoples 
 Our Fortune is made: we are Kings: we can atf. 
 pire no higher; and if felf-love can ever be fatis*- 
 ned and iilenced, it should be fo in fuch an ele- 
 vated (ituation as we . pofleft. Therefore , ic 
 should be more eafy for us to compo^ our diffb* 
 fences, than it tan be for thofe, whofe viewg 
 are , neceflarily , lefs difinterelled and fufaJim^^ 
 Minifters , whatever may be their integrity , have, 
 fometimes, private interefb, and particular views, 
 that. influence, i%|||i little, their management 
 of Publick affair^ ' and , perhaps , widen the 
 Breach, which a friendly conference between us 
 would either have entirely. prevented, or, at 
 leaft, would fpeedily Heal. . 
 
 (a) This Latin Pbrafe is fufteotiUe of two differsnt 
 '(tranilatiQus. it oiay either Hgnlfy Lej/un nai^jtignity , or 
 
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 , On^ to difcufs the fubjcft of -our'differenc<?s, 
 "1 order to reconcile them in a friendly manner} 
 VQ that^we may neither exhauft, our tieafures, imA 
 foverish our fubjedts, nor excite the cries of widowj 
 and Orphans Po depk^mr aaftbition, 
 
 KING oij F E. 
 
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 " Well Moraliz'd again! But, whatever weight 
 thefe confiderationi,may have with you, I shall 
 give you fubftantial reafons , why they cannot 
 *ave any with me. " It is true. Brother, I pretend 
 to be your equal m point of humanity and jufti- 
 cc; butyoumuftconfider, at the fame time, that 
 our circumftances are entirely different. You talk 
 eiexhaufimg our treafures; Why, do you not 
 Jcnow that mine are inexhauftible,- and that mv 
 jefources are infinite^ You li^ve little Cash but 
 what your People are Wilhng to give ydu; But I 
 can commancLall, that my fubjefts are j^ble to 
 Jive,, and even more, when that Jbecomes necef- 
 
 &*t ■~;;r ^^^. ^^ ^^o of impoverishing our 
 f^bj0si Why, &r, Mine are accuftomed to be 
 fleeced J it is the ModeMn France to be impove- 
 rish d , when the Glory of the Monarch demands 
 at; and does not the Mode render the greateft 
 Teemmg-hardshipsfupportable, and eafy, if not 
 rejoycmg? Befides,my Miniflers airure me, that 
 .?he Poorq my People are, they ntiuft ftilJ become 
 
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 ihey cannot 
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 • BtUtr JuhjeSs I, as Poverty renders men yielding , 
 
 — filbmiiiive^.andabjeft. Riches pamper a Na! 
 
 tion, and render it Infoient ; they make the 
 
 " Populace daring and- prefumptuous , in defen/ 
 
 ding , what tney impertinently call , their 
 
 , Rights znd PtivileJges; and,l am perfeftly com \ 
 
 vince^ , that it is to tome remains of /Opulen-' 
 ^ ce in my Kingdom , that 1 muft attribute afl the - 
 ^fai^ty Remonftianc^ ^ of my luting- Parlia^ 
 ments. I hope; howeyer, that the "approaching 
 war will allay the fever ot Fublick Spirit , and take 
 th^ fire otit of that feditious Eloquence , thq[t 
 aflails my ears on all ficjes. — It is indeed your 
 iM/j/arrttw, rather than yourcrimf, that you cannot 
 impoyerisb your People without danger to your 
 felf/j They have been long accuftomed to High- 
 feeding, and, from time immemorial , they look* " 
 upon it, as one. of their. fundamental Priviledges^to 
 l)e Fat ^fld Jolly. You fee the confcquence of ' 
 this every day : for a? foofl as any one becomes 
 Hungry, He bawls jn Parliament againfl: your , 
 wifeft Proceedings, or writes, im a Garret, 
 ^ againfl; the Meafures of^your Miniftry. J h°ave \^ 
 often lieard my Preceptors fay, that. Opulence 
 and High-feeding nourish the P^ons {b), and . 
 that thePafllpns Of a People are ftorms that nfay * 
 shake the throne of a Prince; who aims at the 
 Grandeur of Unlimited Majefty. As, therefore, 
 my People are naturally warm and volatile, . I 
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 • (&) The word />a^>w'flg&ffief. In thisVace, a iuft 
 ftn/f of the Natural E^ualitj of Mm — a lively mpreffion 
 . of thcfikcellenceof Xffimy fecured by a well-ballcnced " 
 Conftitution. in short , a zeal fot maiMzinihg the Unaliena- 
 ble Rights and Priv^dges of R,<wfoiublesfnd'|ii«)fal Beln|si 
 
 
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 have followed the Cuftom of my wife Predecef. 
 fors in eftabJishing Political and Military Phyfi- 
 cians, who know how to Bleed, purge, and vo- 
 mit, and who, by thefage prefcription pf a low 
 and falutary diet, preferve effeftually this grea 
 Body from the fevers and frenzies that agitate 
 
 your Beaji with many Heads, (c) As to die 
 
 cries of fVidms and Orpbanx, that is mere cant. 
 A Great Monarch should bear with dignity thii 
 difagreeable concert, and I can do diis with the 
 more eafe , as I am , a little hard of Hearing. 
 Befides, the Mufick of my Martial Trumpets, 
 the thunder of my Cannon , and the fonnets of 
 my Gallick Mufes , occupy entirely my ears $ 
 and would effettually prevent my hearing any 
 other founds, had not my Noify Parliament 
 Throats of Iron, and Lungs of Brafs. I muft alfo 
 obferve to you, that the Widows & Orphans, in 
 France, have unfpeakable confolation from reflec* 
 ting that their Husbands and Fathers expired upon 
 the Bed of Honour, to advance the Glory of their 
 Monarch. You forget, moreover, that a title ^ 
 a Crofs of St. Louis, and many fuch little circum- 
 ftances which the forcerefs Honour (the Idol 
 of my People) magnifies in then* eyes to an infi* 
 nite value, will fupprefsmany cries and drie many 
 tears; Thefe , thefe are the Engmes of Govern^ 
 ment, and they are worth a thoufand Leffons of 
 Morality. 
 
 (e) Bellua multorum Capkum, Horace called h, the 
 Roman People. Every one will fee that the appHcatioB . 
 Iieie made, cannot be retorted. 
 
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 lilitary Phyfi- 
 irge, andvo- 
 don pf a low 
 lly this grea 
 s that agitate 
 — As to the 
 is mere cant* 
 1 digdity this 
 this with the 
 / of Hearing, 
 ii Trumpets, 
 le fonnets of 
 Iv my ears J 
 nearing any 
 Y Parliament 
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 Orphans, in 
 from reflec* 
 expired upon 
 jlory of their 
 that a Title ^ 
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 I perceive by all this, that you are little con- 
 cerned about the ruinous confequences. of war Co 
 your People , to whom you can ingenioufly pre- 
 lect mifery in, the form of Happinefs , and dreft 
 up an airy Phantom, Honour, (e) which they 
 embrace jn the place of Meat , drink, Cloathing, 
 and even life. But will you not fo far confult 
 your own inward fatisfaflion , as to examine the 
 foundations, upon which you pretend to juflify 
 thofe meafures that fjAs me into a war 
 which I have been always 
 avoid? 
 
 have been always carneftly defirous to 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 ■E. 
 
 You defirous to avoid War ! how cime you 
 then to begin Hoftilities ? were you not mani- 
 feftlythefirflAggreffor? 
 
 KING ofE- 
 
 D. 
 
 By no means. who is the firfl: Aggreflbr, 
 
 he who commits an injury, or he who repeils 
 it, and by a juft felf-defenfe prevents its being 
 carried farther, wUen he perceives that every 
 meafure of his Adverfary is direfted to co^. 
 firm and extend hii ufurpations? 
 
 (c) The faoioiM Author of the Efprit des Ltix has ^b. 
 ferved ihat Monarchies are governed hy Hammr^ while 
 Ptfpoticjt GoverniBcnu are lupported bj fiar. . 
 
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 KING OFF E. 
 
 He who Commits the Injury is certainly the 
 Aggreflbr. But, which of us is in that cafe? 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 D. 
 
 He , who , contrary to the folemn faith of 
 Treaties , ordered Forts to be erefted on a difpu- 
 ted Territory , at the very time that it was ack- 
 nowledged as fach on both fides, and when our 
 Commiflaries were employed in fixing its limits , 
 and difcufling our refpeftive pretenfions. (/)He, 
 who leaving the Reprefentation of my Right 
 without a Jleply, (g) had recourfe to fleets 
 
 and 
 
 (/) The Miniflers of Great -Brittain and France at yiix 
 
 la Cbapelle Mn 1748, having concluded a Treaty of Peace 
 
 without taking into particular confideration the affairs 
 
 relating to America, referred, by mutual agreement . that 
 
 point to be difcuffed by Commiflaries. and refoived upon 
 
 a cefTation of Hottilitics in thofe Parts, between the two 
 
 Nations , in order to the deciding their diff^erences in an 
 
 amicable manner. Nothwithftanding this , The French 
 
 immediately after the Peace of Aixla Cbapelle built forts 
 
 upon this difputed Territory at Beau boffin, Baye Ferte , 
 
 »t the Entrance of the River of St. John. (Befide fevers I 
 
 others in the King of Great -Britains undifputed PofTef- 
 
 iions, viz New England & New-Tork) they Spirited up the 
 
 Indians to dialte war againft us , andfet a large Bounty upon 
 
 every English fcalp that was brought them. They fcized 
 
 feveral Britifh Traders in the Country of the Five Nations 
 
 confifcated their efFecls and made them pay the price of 
 
 flaves for their Redemption. They continued in the Com- 
 
 miflion of the mod perfidious Hoftilities , while with 
 
 wiexampled Patience, we buffered them to go on , until! the 
 
 StrtSeft neceffuy called forth the the Refentment of an 
 
 Injured Nation. 
 
 (g) The Commiflaries appointed by Great - Britain and 
 f i^ace for difcuffio g^heir refpeftive pretenfionr aiir^ 
 
 fixing 
 
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 and armies inftead of Reafon and Argument ^ to 
 Strengthen his pretenfions. 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 ■E. . 
 
 
 Ah! I knowvwhat you would be at Acadia 
 
 is in your head. But I hope you don't mean 
 that 1 should at, prefent, enter into a difcuflion 
 with you upon that Subjeft. I acknowledge, 
 that my Minifters remonftrated to me in private, 
 that the Language of tlie Ancient Hiftorians » 
 the ' Defcriptions of the Ancient Maps , the Tenor 
 of the Ancient Treaties , and the Nature of the 
 Ancient Gommiflions , iffued from the Crown to 
 the Governors in America, all feemed to prove, 
 that the true Limits of Acadia are fuch as you 
 
 pretend. 1 own alfo , that my two Scribes S '• 
 
 ] h eand G- — I- — n re havenotbeen 
 
 fubtle enough to anfwer a long and tedious Jufti- 
 fication of your Claims that was Pr^fented to my 
 
 Court 
 
 fixing the limits of Acadia , exchanged federal Memorials 
 upon this Subjefb. The Lad Memorial of the British Com- 
 niidirtes in which the Juftice of their Sovereign's Preten- 
 fions was difpiayed with the fulled evidence, was p^efented 
 to the French Court in January 1753 , and there never 
 was even an attempt made to anfwer it — This isiome* 
 what remarkable, after the pains they had taken to anfwer 
 the preceding Memorials. But the following fact is fur- 
 prizing , to fay Jio worfe. Two years j^fter this , an Edi- 
 tion of the Memorials of the RefpeAiv^ Commiflaries wis 
 Fublish'd from the Rotal PuiNTiNo^Houfe at Paris, t<y 
 shew CO Europe the Judice of his Molt Chridian MajedyV 
 Pretenfions. And what happens? Why, this lad Memo- 
 rial of the English CommilTarics is dexteroujly left out of 
 the Colledlion. We need not ufe anydrong terms to fet off 
 this h&. Let the world judge. 
 
M 
 
 t'i4] 
 
 Court about three years ago, and Which was fd 
 larded with Syllogifms , that it puirfed the Beft 
 Heads of the Solipftan (b) School. But notwith- 
 Itanding all this , I muft tell yott that I remain 
 Bnmoved. Thefe objeftions may be folid to yoli , 
 but to me they arc nofhing,vbeaiufe they oppbfe 
 »y System; and a fyftem ill Politicks is a thing 
 fo facred and unchangeable , that no particular 
 COBfiderations, be they what they will, fhobld 
 engage a wife Prince to deviate from the fteddy 
 piiifuit of it. 7 ' 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 D. 
 
 A System is indeed a fine word to cover 
 toe enormity of uujuftifiable meafurej. But fmce 
 tty pretenfions appear unanswmble , fmce the 
 fflence of your Commiflaries declares this to the 
 World , how can you maintain with fuch qb- 
 ftmacy a caufe , which reafon and jufticc have 
 •bandpned fo manifeftly ? 
 
 KING OF F 
 
 E. 
 
 Since you iDfifl fo eagerly upon this point, I 
 iviH tell you frankly the truth of theipatter. Jcadia . 
 or rather the River of St, ^^A^.is an acquifition 
 cwreftiely xmnrnm for me. And. my Minifter* 
 
 maintain 
 
 m^n fchoof was fouriaed by Ignatius /.oja/a of IDgregfous 
 
 SSJh ^ ^' '" coinniencemenl U ftfe«i«Pto be a r?S 
 
 5.^in ..T'"' ""!'? *'*"^^' ?*" »"« finne external aK 
 But In I" progreft It acqalred new views; aird its preN 
 
 ft?- iT^ ST'*? *" Kingdoois , where lu influe£rc'cx! 
 >eiid», by Deputies, called, Piikcji, ' ^^^^^ «-x 
 
('hich was fo 
 rfedthe Belt 
 But notwith- 
 iiat I remain 
 olid to yO|U j 
 they oppbfe 
 rksisa thing 
 3o particular 
 m\\, fhobJd 
 n the fle^dy 
 
 rd to cover 
 ► But^fiacc 
 t fince the 
 this to the 
 h fuch qb- 
 nfticc toe 
 
 is point* I 
 i^t. Acadia y 
 acquifition 
 f Mioifters 
 maintain' 
 
 ■SEs. TheSo- 
 of Egregious 
 te a relieioui 
 temal aipeft. 
 rd Its prefcnc 
 mfluence cz^ 
 
 ■ 
 
 maintain that this conteniency famjis a right ac- 
 cording to ^he Law of Nature, fince it is Natural to 
 purfue what is conducive to our interefls & 
 proper to fatisfy our defires. Nov as you, and I 
 are in a State of Nature, having no iuperiour to 
 bind us; and as a State of Nature, (according to 
 your own Phiiofopher Hobbes} is a ftate of war, 
 m whic|i ^gbt follows po\^er, and }*ower is fub- 
 fervient to Intereft;tht confequence is, that being 
 our own Legiflators; we muft be fools if we 
 don't make the bed laws, we can, for ourfelves. 
 Don't you remember that faying of an ancient 
 Phiiofopher, that Utility h the mother of laws and 
 the fource of Equity and Jufiice? (i) therefore the 
 River of St. John being highly ufefull to me, it 
 is l^ghly y«/^ that I should have it. 
 
 KING op E-,; — D. 
 
 The fame Argtuneoc i» eqa^y good in m\ 
 Iftvour, 3 
 
 
 KING OF F 
 
 ■E. 
 
 I So it is, if you have /orr^ fufBcient to maicytai^i 
 It; otherwife yow. right ceaf«;s , ao^ ^owr »- 
 ■-jumentpraveJilQ 
 
 Your arguments then are Powder and Ball? 
 0)UMituJi4H§tcttmm&mpd.'m>\tu 
 
 tma 
 
i I 
 
 \ ■ 
 
 tin 
 
 KING OP ¥- 
 
 '£*' 
 
 Why-yes : gnd therefore thefe forcible proofs 
 ate called the Lqft Reafon of Kings i or the Royal 
 SyHogifm. 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 D. 
 
 Without doubt, they should be the I^. But 
 does not their bemg fo. en titled, fuppofe that they 
 are preceded by arguments of another Nature ? 
 
 KING OF F— -E* 
 
 It does, I own, and fo they generally are by 
 certain Moral and Political expoftulations , which 
 the politenefs of the prefent age has rendered a 
 neceflary Form , a civil fort of Introdu6lion to the 
 Plain dealing that follows. But the Right lies in^ 
 tirely in the laft proof; Remember th6 maxim I 
 mentioned but a moment ago , & be convinced' 
 that Utility is the Mother of Lata, 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 D. 
 
 Of Club-lam yoii tteah, no 0(^t;— But do 
 you ferioufly think that Nitiare 'has no others 
 Lclws , than our unbounded deiires , and that a 
 fuperior force is the.decifive Standard of Right 
 and^rong? . ^^ . 
 
 J8;iN,G OP F— ^E,. 
 
 Upon niofl: occafions, I am inform'd that 
 the cafe is fo, jefpecially in the Quarrels of Kings, 
 
 __^^:,-_,4 : .„ ,-_„ . . , — „— and- 
 
 i H'i 
 
 . \4 
 
L 17 ] 
 
 i^ 
 
 and on fuch occafions therefore , I will adl in 
 in conformity with this • principle. 1 ^fn ref Ived 
 not to hav^|he title of piofl Chrijl'mn M^je/iy for 
 nothing, ij^^ndeed cnange my definition of the 
 Law of NW^ should 1 find my ftlf in circum- 
 ftances that will admit of Reafoning , and in 
 which, arguments of a more forcible kind may 
 not be fo ready at hand. 
 
 KING OF E- 
 
 •D. 
 
 Why really, Brother L — -r, this is a ftr ange 
 do6lrine,an4 it looks, indeed, as if it were drawa 
 from the Go/pel according to Hobbes. ^ 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 •E. 
 
 . Not fo ftrange, as you may imagine; for it if 
 maintained by the venerable Company of Eccle- 
 ilaflicks-, that I have already mention'd, and whofe 
 Authority pone, butHereticks^ have ever offered 
 to difpute. 
 
 KING OP E- 
 
 ■D» 
 
 . I acknowledge my felf a mofl grievous Hl^ 
 xetick in this point. However, let me ask y^u^ 
 whether you can imagine, that the River of St. John's 
 being to you a matter of convenience, will juT* 
 tiiy your demand of it, in the Judgment of our 
 wue and equitable Neighbours? They are no? 
 under like temptations with you ; will they not 
 therefore fee more dearly, and decide this matttt 
 with more impartiality ? 
 
 KINO 
 
\ t 
 
 i: IS ] 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 E. 
 
 I have already taken fufficient precautions with 
 refpeft to this point*. Do you think that our 
 Neighbours, who have their own bufjnefs to 
 mind, will fpend whole nights and days in reading 
 over the voluminous Memorials of your Minifters 
 and Mine? No fuch thing!— Your Memorials 
 are long, becaufe your Commiflaries imagined 
 they had fomfething to alledge in favour of your 
 pretenfions; I ordered mine to be drawn out to 
 the fame length, that no body might read them, 
 but that from the quantity of Pages, a favourable 
 judgement might be formed of the Juftice of my 
 , caufe. Thefe Memorials were only defigned to 
 amufeyoii, while I fent my Fleets into America, 
 loaded with arguments that will convince you , 
 fooner orlater , if youare notde/])efately obftinate, 
 - At the fame time, I fet my Pamphleteers (*) ift 
 inotion to infonn my NeigHjbours bf your Hofti- 
 litie&, of the Capture of my Ships ,*while, by a 
 refined piece of Policy, I fufFered yours topaft 
 untouch'd. I have abufed you like a Dog, and 
 made you appear to all Europe as a Captain of 
 Bandits, a Royal Pirate , and your Naval Chiefs 
 ^ fo mdny Corfairs , worfe than the Algerihes, 
 MyEnterprizes, which you alledge as the foutt^ 
 dation of yourHoftilities, are but little khowtl, 
 becaufe they were tranfafted with little noife ^ 
 
 and 
 
 ( *) See, the DifctMms Smrnktsjur Us Unites dTjiem- 
 die^LobJervateur Holhndois. — Lmtes d'm FrancoU i 
 Jfi Hollnndois^lti all Xvhkh . particuIaHy in the TWo 
 Latter, there is fcarcely any thJtig bikt ft f^tom ibliA 
 •f the Brititt Nation and fis Monwch? "^^""" ^^^ 
 
 ■ 
 
 

 'i 
 
 § 
 
 
 C '9 3 
 
 and that in a remote part of the World. Hence, 
 you pafs for the firfl: AggreiTpr , even in the 
 .opinion of feveral Burgomafters in the United 
 Provinces ; and hence the long dehberations about 
 granting you thd 6000 Men you have demanded 
 from the Republick , and which will end , nq 
 doubt, in a wife reifufal of their Troops. 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 D. 
 
 Why, really, all this shews no fmall degree of 
 Cunning in your moft Chriftian Majefty. But the 
 ?nfe Governors of the United Provinces will not, 
 certainly , be long the Dupes of fuch Artificial 
 Proceedings. Befides, However their prefent fi- 
 tuation may induce them to obferve certain mea- 
 fures with fuch a Powerfull Neighbour as you 
 are , and with orne whofe Notions 6f the Law of 
 feature are fo fingularly unfavourable to thofe 
 who are your Inferiours in force ; yet they wiV 
 eafily p^deive that neither the fage maxims cj 
 their Government, nor the ambitious views of 
 yours will permit them to throw diemfelves into 
 your arms , nor to violate that Union with my 
 Kingdoms which is jnutualiy the Bulwark af our 
 Religion and Liberties. The folemn importance 
 of this Union will make every di.^culty vanisii 
 that can arife from other interefts of a lefler 
 Jcind, and which, furely, mufl appear inconlV 
 derable , when ballanc'd with its precious 4n4 
 inpftimable advantages. , \ 
 
 B 2 
 
 I^IN? 
 
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 [ 20] 
 KING OF F- 
 
 ■E. 
 
 As for th^ Republick of the United frpvince* . 
 I think,! have it well-^fecafed. I have menac'tJ 
 them already , and 1 am able to make my me- 
 naces good. Woe to them if they Budge , 1 shall 
 fay no more. 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 D. 
 
 Nay , this indeed is faying enough ; and 
 methinks this language is^ fcarcely confident 
 ,with your profeflions of friendship to that Re- 
 publick ; profefllons , that have always been fo 
 tender, or at lead fo polite, for as to their fin- 
 cerity ,' I shair not enter into that matter at 
 prefent. And prithee is if honefl to bully your 
 Goo{d Neighboun into a violation of their folemn 
 engagements cc^me ? what will become of the 
 -feith of treaties il'they can thus eafily be broken? 
 Be that as it will , all Interefls Sacred and Civil 
 combide to convince them , that if they muft 
 break with one of us , it <ihould not be with me. 
 And indeed were your conduft either jujl with 
 refpeft to Them , or wife with refpeft to your 
 own interefls , they would not be obliged f 
 Break with either of us. 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 •E. 
 
 V 
 
 This wants explanation. — What! would not 
 efendipgyou 6000 M 
 61 Friendiship with me? 
 
 vthe fendipg you 6000 Meij be a manifeft Breach 
 
 l(^NG 
 
 <^ 
 
Icing of e- 
 
 D. 
 
 L Not at ail: if, indeed, they gave mc thof* 
 troops in confequence of a preceding mifundcr- 
 ftanding with ydu, or on account of any meafurcs 
 relative, immediately to you and them, you might 
 then explain fucb a ftep in the manner you do.. 
 But as thefe fuccours refpeft only their Guaranty 
 of my Dominions, and are the confequence of a 
 Treaty that has not you in view, more than any 
 other Prince, Pretender, orUfurper, your inter- 
 pretation is falfe, and^our complaint without 
 foundation. Thefe fucco^are a Debt of Ji^ke 
 to me, and not an A£t of Enmity to you. Can 
 thev be called your Enemies who neither meddle 
 with your quarrels in America, nor take part in 
 any of the offenfive meafures that are preparing 
 to humble you ? Befides , ditj, the Republic? 
 grant me thefe 6000 Men, it would not, even 
 then, fuccour me according to die full extent of # 
 the jtreaties that fubfift Ijetween us. By thefe 
 treaties (the full execiution of which I do noc ^ 
 demand) I might infift upon jts declaring itself 
 your Enemy, becaufe you are the Enemy of Juftice. 
 And , indeed , in a State of Nature , fuch as 
 Kingdoms are in with refpe61: to each other, every 
 Spe^tor, iftdependently of Special Treaties, 
 fhould become the enemy of an uijguft Ufurper, 
 until Satisfadtion be made for paft injuries and &' 
 m»y obtained againft, future. Your conduft then 
 towards-?he Republick is hot Juft; I^dd, that, ^ 
 with refpeft to your own interefts , it is not wife * 
 for by oppofing the march of thefe auxilary troopj 
 you expofe to leifure the Dutch Veflels that carry 
 yoa Naval ftores, & in many refpeCls muft pre- 
 .. ,__„. L fi-3'- - -: —' fodicr— 
 
1 
 
 
 • [22] ; . ; 
 
 judic^ i)(?tfc^(; commerce ^ryouri:^eiglibour$| 
 iUld your own. ' ;% 
 
 jfeiNG OF F E. 
 
 That may be I But you do not knowthfe BotCoqJi 
 bf the mattel-, nor guefs at the true reafon " ^ 
 Violent threatnings aguinQ: ihe fending y^ 
 Troops. — In the Beginning, my Minj 
 the Hague had often declared,, ^blt te| 
 ding the 6000 Men- would ,%l^^^ever b«i 
 fconfidered as a Breach of t^iat ffSdship t^at 
 fubfifts between me and the Republic^, an^ yo^ 
 can fcai-cely imagine that they would have arfer- 
 ted this fopofitively without my orders. But ic 
 10 happened that the views of fomfe *-^ — excufe 
 me- for this is a fecrk, that I cannot prudently 
 Jet you mto. All I can fay is» thar certain cort-* 
 fideracions obliged me . to change my Languag^ 
 t^the Republick. I ^ave orders to D'A— - y 
 ilprcontra<li6l himfelf : the task indeed Was fliam^- 
 full for him , and even delicat©: for me, ,a» it 
 . might diminish the opinion the ftates entertaia 
 of my veracity, and the truftthey are difpofed 
 to placp in my Dedar^tions , and in thofeof my 
 Miqiftert; But this Hep was neceflary: accor- 
 ^jng'y, D'A--.y threatnedi bluftered , 6c 
 thundered againft the fending of the Troops, 
 and I am perfua^ed that this conduft was highly 
 i^eable to <ome,^|^orthy Friendsin ih^ 
 :^\ib)ick, who <^n|^our K|MJ^mrWre 
 in the Mbon , iMppilley cofflT^fee thfei^ 
 C8uhtry in P^ace adoptiiig my l^oliticki • 
 
 
 klN6 
 
 -f- 
 
 L^.^ ,_ 
 
\ icilfrQ OF E- — T).. 
 
 ' - ^ ■ "" *-" " 
 
 But what could your Worthy Friends gain }yf 
 this? could they have Jhere in vievT the real 
 good of f heir naffon? ., . 
 
 .KJNGoP F- 
 
 That i« their Bufinefs. -4- 1 fupppfe the lovft 
 of Pfeace, and the fear of my armies may have 
 piTQmpted them, in a ^od meafure, to ta^e this 
 [, ftep: All rknow is; that their, cohduft in this 
 ' matter is advantageous to my S^emi For in 
 proportion as Ic pfovokes" you,* the 'Republick 
 wiil flill have farther, inducements to feek its- 
 Refuge in me , and nothings woul4 give me 
 higher fatisfaftion than to fee-the Belgick Uchi 
 opening his moutli that I might fpic in it, and 
 hoUing his back for me to ftroke -^^ and indeed 
 ; I think it would be highly for the Intetefl of 
 the United Pfpvinc.es to be thus devoted ^to me, 
 Kotwithftanding the trivial Reafons they may 
 have to doubt of the Reality of my FriendH^ip » 
 if they knej^y Heart, they would foon per- 
 ' ceive , that lata fincerely difpofed to treat them, 
 with the fame tendernefs & affeflion rfiatj fhew 
 to my own People* YeSj I would cover tljera 
 with my wings, and deliver then?', in time, from 
 many inconvenjencies that they at prefenc la- 
 bout under. I would deliyer their Gouvernors 
 from a certain Yoke which ^ feditious Peopre 
 re-inipofed upon them, fome years ago, undef 
 the pretext of my encroachments upon their Li» 
 berties. I woiild free jhera, by litWd and little, - 
 firomihe troublefofne neceffity of wrangHng for 
 '--'.' B 4 ■ t!ia-"- 
 
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 ■.Ml: 
 
 
 i !' 
 
 Mv' 
 
 ZhI 
 
 the Liberties of Europe , and the Maintenance 
 of that Heresy, which you call tiie Refor- 
 Kation , and 1 would make Them and their 
 Pofterity repoft in a bleft infenfibility under the 
 
 fhade of phat Univerfal Monarchy which ^ - 
 
 you know --j But a word to the Wife is 
 
 Efficient. — /Do you underftand me? 
 
 :iNG OF £■ 
 
 •D. 
 
 I underftand you very well , and I hope my 
 Good Neighbours will underftand you alfo, be- 
 fore it be too late. — But I am perfukded they 
 will underftand you , and jperceive the danger 
 that lies under tnefe pretended advantages that 
 you enumerate with fuch pomp , danger from 
 your ambitious views & from your growing 
 Power. 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 ■E. 
 
 And, Priy, have not our Good Neighbours as 
 much to abprehend from your extenfive power , 
 as from mine ? 
 
 KING OF E 
 
 ■D. 
 
 „ 1 
 They w*ould perhaps hsive reafon to fear my 
 power, if the Eflential Principles of my Govern- 
 ment (Principles that are every way conformable 
 to my own difpofitiQns ) did not prevent my ma- 
 king a pernicious ufe of it. The fituation of my 
 Ifland, the nature of My Limited Monarchy, the 
 Maxinis of my People who are Lovers of liberty 
 themfelves, and Proteftots of it among others , 
 
 1 
 
Maintenance 
 lie Refor- 
 m and their 
 ity under the 
 
 liich : - 
 
 the Wife is 
 ne? 
 
 hope my 
 oujaJfo, be- 
 rfujaded they 
 the danger 
 antages that 
 danger from 
 lur growing 
 
 eighbours as 
 ifive power , 
 
 to fear my 
 ray Govern- 
 conformable 
 vent my ma- 
 lation of my 
 •narchy, the 
 ;rs of liberty 
 ong others , 
 
 
 [ 25 3 ' 
 
 all thefe are conHderations fufficient toperfuade 
 the World that Britain will never afpire to 
 Univerfal Dominion, Particularly, the intimate 
 and tender bonds of Amity tnat unite my 
 Kingdoms with the Republick , Bonds cimented by a 
 long in tercourfe of mutual good offices^ and alfb 
 by firtgular Revolutions and Events, are eyery way 
 proper to fupprefs all apprehenfion of danger to 
 them from the extent of my power. 1 call Euro- 
 pe to bear witnefs to the truth of what I affirm 
 with refpeft to thecqulfy of niy xifiews, and the 
 maxims of my Government. Whife Dominions 
 have I ever ufurped ? Whbfe Territories have I 
 ever demanded ? Whofe lliberti^s have I ever 
 
 deftroyed? But let us feave this Point, and 
 
 return to the main fubjeft of this /Conference, our 
 own differences. Let us endeavour to prevent 
 war , which is a reproach to Humanity , and a 
 fource of fuch various and complicated woes. 
 
 d^-i 
 
 KING OF F^ E. 
 
 This , indeed , is the befl: end we can propofe 
 to ourfelves by this Meeting. Content yourfelf 
 then with the Southern Coaft of Acadia , or at 
 leaft, give up to me the River of St. John, 
 
 KING OF E- 
 
 D. 
 
 That is to fay , that l-shouid confirm your 
 Ufurpations? I love Peace ^ 'tis true, but I alio 
 owe Jujlke to my People. , 
 
 B5 
 
 KINO 
 
\ 
 
 i.'' 
 
 
 iiii; 
 
 Sing off— 
 
 ■E* 
 
 Since you pretend to fo much Humanity; will"! tt i 
 not that dipofe you to give up this trivial feighc, lishoE 
 father than involve your Kingdoms, and perhapi 1^- 
 mafty others, m the defolations of war? Jg ftj 
 
 KING ofE- 
 
 ■D* 
 
 I think you faid , a little while ago that you were 
 iny Equal in point of Humanity. Be ic fo: But i 
 then is it not ftill more incumbent upon you 1 
 to abandon what does not belong to you for 
 the fake of Peace, than it is on me tojffiie up mv 
 undoubted Right? I muft alfo obfeiWto you , 
 that giving up of Rights, tho' it^riat promote a 
 prefent and tranfitory peace , is yet,' in efFeft, 
 a fource' of new and endlefs troubles. It encoura- 
 ges mjuftiee , ufurpation , and ambition , and 
 trom whence, but from thefe, do wars proceed^ 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 •E. 
 
 There is indeed fome truth in- this obfervation, 
 and I really begin to find in myfelf a flrong in- 
 
 chnation to Peace. But the Point of Honour 
 
 - ay - there'stheRub that Wicked Pointof 
 
 of Honour rendersa Peace almoftimpoflible, after 
 I have thus fitted out my fleets, compleated my 
 Armies, and made fuch a noife in Europe. Confi- 
 der alfo , that I have had my Ships taken , and 
 my torts flormed. Muft I then pocket thefe 
 affronts, give you ancient Acadia, shake hands 
 and have done without fmging one Te^Deum? 
 Would not th^s dishonour me? 
 
 KINO 
 
imbition . and 
 
 kiNG OF E- 
 
 D. 
 
 it is hard to conceive how an aft of JuilicecaB 
 lishonpur a Prince. But even were this poffi* 
 )le - yet in the prefent cafe the dishonour would 
 )e ftili lefs to you, becaufe with fuchTleets and 
 
 rmies as you "have, it cannot be faid that you 
 7ere forced to fubmillion. I really believe, on the 
 :ontrary, that you might gain fome Reputation 
 )y yielding at this time. 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 ■E; 
 
 Frankly then , if I can find fome method of 
 
 tubmitting with decency , I perhaps may again 
 
 rive Peace to Europe. I shall get fome of my 
 
 Jeighbours to make propofals of accommo- 
 
 Jatidn , and to pterfuade me into them.- — But 
 
 |l am fadly afraid, after all, that you and I will 
 
 |ii6ver be Faft Friends. 
 
 KING OF E- 
 
 •i>. 
 
 Such faft Friendship , Brother, is hot neceif- 
 
 jfary to falvation. It is enough that we be npt 
 
 t enemies , and that we live decently and civilly 
 
 one with another, as becomes Neighbours. 
 
 KING OF F- 
 
 ■E. 
 
 t shall fee what can be done; ahd in the n^fean 
 time I wish you good night. This is the Hour 
 that I ordered my Minifters to attend in my Ca- 
 binet to deliberate upon Re-inforcements {or Ame- 
 rica, If thefe Re-inforcements should efcape the 
 
 vigi- 
 
 ' .'^ 
 
 I 
 
 ^iBa«sefc ffi ji.ui iu ' M .i,a w JnMu » gKa»Hif 
 
i 
 
 .'v 
 
 I 
 
 vigilance of yonr Fleets , you will not he fiJ 
 pnzed that I change, a little. m/Pacffick inel3 
 moon, or at le& that I ™ Jure Si, a 
 cording to my fancy. Yon know, in all3,ifti 
 th^e are tact conditions, or menial relrvSl 
 Th^r^'ll otherwife. called, which may'reS 
 
 KING OF E D. 
 
 JaIs" tttlT • ° ^' P:?P'^^^ ^°^ air events,! 
 lortnis, It leems, is neceflary in .order to ne I 
 gociate fuccefsfuHy with you. 
 
 FINIS 
 
 >■-. 
 
 . *A, 
 
 L! 
 
 i ' 
 
 .-, -f •' V 
 
 • r ■' 
 
1 will not te fiirj 
 Tay Pacifick incli^ 
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