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         Empereur et l'empire trahis, et par qui & comment. English. 1682
         Cerdan, Jean-Paul, comte de.
      
       
         
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             The emperour and the empire betray'd by whom and how written by a minister of state residing at that court to one of the Protestant princes of the empire.
             Empereur et l'empire trahis, et par qui & comment. English. 1682
             Cerdan, Jean-Paul, comte de.
          
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           THE
           EMPEROUR
           And
           the
           EMPIRE
           BETRAY'D
           :
           By
           Whom
           and
           How.
           
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Minister
           of
           State
           residing
           at
           that
           Court
           ,
           to
           one
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
        
         
           Published
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           good
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             B.
             M.
          
           at
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Lorrain's
           Head
           in
           Westminster
           .
           1682.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           extraordinary
           Conduct
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Court
           and
           Council
           for
           some
           years
           past
           ,
           having
           rais'd
           the
           Curiosity
           of
           a
           great
           Prince
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           at
           any
           rate
           the
           true
           Causes
           and
           Grounds
           of
           Counsels
           and
           Actions
           that
           had
           so
           much
           surprized
           him
           ,
           he
           made
           choice
           of
           a
           Minister
           whom
           he
           judged
           best
           capable
           to
           execute
           this
           Design
           ,
           and
           having
           given
           
           him
           Instructions
           for
           the
           purpose
           ,
           dispatched
           him
           privately
           under
           other
           pretences
           to
           the
           Emperours
           Court
           at
           Prague
           The
           Minister
           acquitted
           himself
           well
           ,
           and
           gave
           his
           Master
           an
           ample
           account
           of
           his
           Business
           by
           Letter
           ,
           of
           the
           13.
           of
           February
           1680.
           
           The
           Master
           (
           a
           right
           German
           ,
           and
           truly
           generous
           Prince
           )
           laid
           his
           Commands
           on
           me
           to
           publish
           those
           important
           Secrets
           ,
           the
           value
           whereof
           will
           soon
           appear
           by
           the
           reading
           ,
           from
           which
           I
           will
           no
           longer
           detain
           you
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           EMPEROUR
           AHD
           THE
           EMPIRE
           Betrayed
           .
           AND
           By
           Whom
           ,
           and
           How.
           
        
         
           In
           a
           LETTER
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           'T
           IS
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           Servant
           not
           to
           conceal
           any
           thing
           from
           his
           Prince
           and
           Master
           ,
           especially
           when
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           
           honour
           him
           with
           his
           Confidence
           ,
           as
           your
           Higness
           hath
           done
           in
           sending
           me
           to
           this
           Court
           :
           To
           clear
           my self
           from
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Reproach
           of
           having
           been
           wanting
           to
           this
           Duty
           ,
           I
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           give
           your
           Highness
           a
           faithful
           and
           candid
           account
           in
           Writing
           ;
           what
           I
           have
           discovered
           most
           pertinent
           and
           Essential
           to
           the
           business
           ,
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           employ
           me
           in
           .
           I
           shall
           do
           it
           with
           the
           less
           scruple
           and
           reserve
           ,
           having
           sent
           this
           Letter
           by
           an
           Express
           ,
           in
           whom
           I
           have
           entire
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           will
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           order
           ,
           deliver
           it
           into
           your
           Hands
           .
        
         
           To
           begin
           with
           the
           best
           part
           of
           what
           I
           have
           to
           deliver
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           inform
           your
           Highness
           ,
           that
           His
           Imperial
           Majesty
           is
           ,
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           a
           pious
           Prince
           ,
           good
           natured
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           sweet
           and
           gentle
           Disposition
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           all
           inclined
           
           to
           contend
           with
           the
           Princes
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           or
           make
           War
           on
           his
           Inferiors
           :
           That
           ,
           pursuant
           to
           this
           natural
           Inclination
           for
           Repose
           and
           for
           Peace
           ,
           this
           Prince
           hath
           an
           Antipathy
           against
           any
           thing
           that
           disturbs
           or
           opposes
           his
           quiet
           Disposition
           ,
           and
           hath
           eased
           himself
           wholly
           of
           the
           management
           and
           direction
           of
           his
           Affairs
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           of
           War
           ,
           by
           committing
           all
           to
           the
           Conduct
           of
           his
           principal
           Ministers
           .
           'T
           is
           hard
           for
           a
           Prince
           to
           intrust
           a
           Minister
           with
           Affairs
           of
           this
           mighty
           Importance
           ,
           without
           opening
           to
           him
           all
           his
           Mind
           ,
           and
           imparting
           the
           greatest
           and
           deepest
           of
           his
           Secrets
           :
           And
           from
           hence
           ,
           I
           believe
           it
           hath
           unhappily
           followed
           that
           this
           Prince
           ,
           having
           by
           degrees
           accustomed
           himself
           to
           leave
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Affairs
           to
           the
           Conduct
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           hath
           reserved
           to
           himself
           only
           the
           Title
           
           and
           Pomp
           ,
           the
           Splendour
           and
           Name
           of
           the
           Dignities
           and
           Grandeur
           proper
           to
           his
           Character
           .
           In
           a
           Word
           ,
           had
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           never
           so
           little
           minded
           his
           great
           Affairs
           ,
           he
           would
           never
           have
           yielded
           to
           sign
           that
           shameful
           and
           ignominious
           Peace
           with
           France
           ,
           subscribed
           by
           the
           Imperial
           Embassadours
           at
           the
           Congress
           ad
           Nimiguen
           ;
           the
           unhappy
           Effects
           whereof
           we
           have
           seen
           in
           seven
           Particulars
           of
           great
           importance
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           His
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           those
           few
           strokes
           of
           his
           Pen
           ,
           hath
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           lost
           for
           ever
           the
           Esteem
           ,
           the
           Friendship
           and
           Confidence
           of
           the
           Princes
           his
           Friends
           and
           Allyes
           ;
           who
           would
           have
           generously
           defended
           and
           preserved
           him
           from
           ruine
           ,
           by
           the
           force
           of
           their
           Arms.
           
        
         
           Seconldy
           ,
           That
           his
           own
           Troops
           have
           been
           shamefully
           forced
           to
           quit
           all
           the
           Countries
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           
           while
           those
           of
           France
           have
           been
           actually
           there
           ,
           and
           continue
           to
           this
           day
           insulting
           and
           Domineering
           as
           they
           please
           over
           the
           Princes
           ,
           the
           Cities
           ,
           the
           Countries
           and
           Provinces
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           Execution
           of
           this
           Peace
           ,
           the
           Estates
           ,
           the
           Persons
           and
           the
           Courts
           of
           the
           three
           Ecclesiastical
           Electors
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Elector
           Palatine
           of
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           stand
           in
           a
           manner
           expos'd
           every
           hour
           to
           the
           violences
           and
           irruptions
           of
           the
           Arms
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           an
           Election
           of
           a
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           we
           may
           probably
           find
           by
           their
           Suffrages
           what
           may
           be
           expected
           from
           Slaves
           to
           that
           proud
           and
           ambitious
           Crown
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           having
           by
           that
           Peace
           tacitely
           consented
           to
           the
           late
           Cession
           
           on
           made
           by
           Spain
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Burgundy
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           :
           It
           follows
           ,
           that
           if
           His
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           (
           in
           Case
           of
           failure
           of
           Issue
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Spain
           )
           should
           in
           his
           own
           Right
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           Arch-Dutchess
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           the
           Heir
           to
           the
           Estates
           of
           that
           Monarchy
           ,
           he
           hath
           by
           that
           Article
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Burgundy
           ,
           released
           his
           Right
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           deprived
           his
           Successors
           ,
           and
           the
           Empire
           of
           the
           Convenience
           that
           Country
           might
           upon
           a
           favourable
           Revolution
           have
           afforded
           them
           to
           lead
           an
           Army
           without
           opposition
           into
           the
           heart
           of
           France
           :
           And
           should
           Lorrain
           be
           ever
           restored
           to
           the
           Empire
           ,
           yet
           this
           Article
           will
           be
           an
           infallible
           means
           for
           France
           to
           maintain
           continually
           an
           Army
           on
           the
           Frontiers
           of
           Germany
           ,
           and
           invade
           it
           as
           often
           as
           it
           shall
           appear
           to
           be
           for
           the
           Interest
           and
           
           Grandeur
           of
           the
           French
           to
           attack
           the
           Germans
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           That
           though
           Swizzerland
           be
           throughly
           convinced
           by
           the
           building
           the
           Fortress
           of
           Hunninges
           ,
           of
           the
           Ambitious
           designs
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           consequently
           concerned
           and
           inclined
           to
           make
           a
           League
           with
           all
           ,
           or
           part
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Common
           Liberty
           ;
           yet
           the
           unfortunate
           Session
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Burgundy
           hath
           furnished
           the
           Pensioners
           of
           France
           ,
           (
           whom
           no
           Counsel
           or
           Caution
           of
           that
           Republick
           is
           free
           from
           )
           with
           a
           plausible
           argument
           ,
           to
           perswade
           that
           Republick
           not
           to
           stir
           in
           its
           own
           defence
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           perhaps
           too
           late
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           its
           power
           to
           help
           it self
           :
           For
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           What
           shall
           we
           do
           ?
           The
           Cantons
           of
           
             Bern
             ,
             Fribourgh
          
           and
           Sollurre
           cannot
           subsist
           without
           the
           Salt
           
           of
           that
           Province
           :
           Besides
           the
           Forces
           his
           most
           Christian
           Majesty
           keeps
           actually
           on
           Foot
           there
           ,
           may
           justly
           alarm
           us
           to
           be
           cautious
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           what
           measures
           we
           take
           ,
           and
           consider
           all
           things
           before
           we
           ingage
           in
           any
           :
           By
           such
           discourses
           as
           these
           (
           though
           groundless
           if
           we
           suppose
           an
           Union
           of
           the
           Forces
           of
           the
           Empire
           with
           the
           Swisse
           ,
           which
           would
           infallibly
           draw
           in
           many
           more
           )
           it
           may
           fall
           out
           that
           this
           Republick
           (
           if
           the
           lowest
           party
           prevail
           not
           against
           those
           Traytors
           to
           their
           Country
           )
           may
           to
           its
           own
           mischief
           ,
           and
           the
           ruin
           of
           others
           ,
           lye
           still
           and
           look
           on
           ,
           as
           unconcerned
           ,
           and
           consequently
           be
           a
           Member
           wholly
           useless
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           for
           defence
           of
           the
           Common
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           in
           the
           present
           Conjuncture
           of
           more
           mischievous
           Consequence
           han
           most
           are
           aware
           of
           .
        
         
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           That
           by
           this
           peace
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           who
           hath
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           Marry
           a
           great
           Queen
           eldest
           Sister
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           hath
           found
           as
           little
           respect
           in
           this
           Peace
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           married
           the
           Daughter
           of
           a
           Burgo-Master
           of
           Colmar
           ;
           and
           hath
           been
           violently
           robb'd
           ,
           and
           intirely
           dispossest
           of
           his
           Dukedoms
           of
           Lorrain
           and
           Bar
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Lands
           he
           held
           in
           Soveraignty
           ,
           being
           his
           Hereditary
           Estates
           ,
           and
           descended
           to
           him
           by
           unquestionable
           right
           of
           Succession
           :
           Which
           others
           looked
           on
           with
           so
           little
           concern
           ,
           as
           if
           this
           Prince
           (
           stript
           of
           all
           he
           could
           call
           his
           own
           )
           had
           lost
           no
           more
           than
           a
           Ring
           ,
           or
           a
           Farm
           of
           a
           thousand
           Crowns
           value
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           That
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Empire
           by
           Signing
           a
           Peace
           (
           to
           give
           it
           its
           right
           Name
           )
           so
           unbecoming
           and
           
           unworthy
           ,
           have
           raised
           the
           courage
           and
           hopes
           of
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           he
           looks
           on
           both
           with
           so
           much
           indifference
           and
           scorn
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           openly
           undertaken
           at
           once
           three
           things
           ,
           which
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           were
           ever
           heard
           of
           in
           the
           Empire
           ,
           at
           least
           when
           it
           had
           the
           advantage
           of
           a
           Head
           that
           had
           the
           least
           jealousie
           and
           care
           for
           its
           Glory
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           ,
           that
           without
           any
           Lawful
           Mission
           ,
           the
           Emperor
           being
           young
           ,
           and
           in
           perfect
           Health
           ,
           he
           solicites
           vigorously
           the
           two
           Electors
           of
           the
           North
           side
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           for
           their
           Suffrage
           at
           the
           next
           Election
           of
           a
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           .
           I
           mention
           only
           these
           two
           Electors
           ,
           for
           as
           for
           the
           others
           ,
           he
           makes
           no
           doubt
           by
           fair
           means
           or
           by
           force
           to
           dispose
           of
           them
           as
           he
           shall
           think
           fit
           .
        
         
         
           The
           second
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           dealing
           only
           with
           the
           Farmers
           of
           his
           Revenues
           ,
           or
           the
           Poysoners
           of
           Paris
           ,
           he
           hath
           by
           a
           Declaration
           erected
           at
           Metz
           (
           as
           formerly
           at
           Brisak
           )
           a
           Court
           compos'd
           according
           to
           the
           course
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           of
           a
           dozen
           Hangm
           —
           where
           though
           the
           smallest
           Duke
           and
           Peer
           of
           France
           ,
           is
           not
           obliged
           to
           appear
           ;
           His
           most
           Christian
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           Judge
           and
           Party
           ,
           cites
           by
           some
           Catchpole
           of
           that
           Clandestine
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           Princes
           of
           the
           most
           ancient
           Illustrious
           Houses
           of
           the
           Empire
           (
           which
           he
           hath
           nothing
           to
           do
           withall
           )
           to
           make
           their
           appearance
           ,
           to
           give
           him
           Account
           by
           what
           right
           they
           possess
           what
           their
           Predecessors
           have
           for
           three
           or
           four
           hundred
           Years
           peaceably
           enjoyed
           .
           This
           invention
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Knight
           of
           the
           Post
           ,
           and
           a
           Map
           of
           the
           
           Country
           drawn
           out
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           (
           but
           of
           the
           old
           fashion
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           colour
           the
           business
           )
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           his
           pretensions
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           the
           whole
           Dukedom
           of
           Deuxpents
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           part
           of
           Alsatia
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           Lauterbourgh
           ,
           are
           ancient
           Dependencies
           of
           the
           Bishopricks
           of
           
             Metz
             ,
             Toul
          
           and
           Verdun
           ,
           and
           must
           consequently
           be
           re-united
           to
           the
           Demeans
           of
           that
           Crown
           with
           as
           much
           ease
           ,
           as
           the
           Lands
           of
           some
           wretched
           Treasurers
           of
           France
           have
           been
           resumed
           by
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           is
           ,
           that
           to
           the
           end
           his
           new
           Paper-pretences
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           effectual
           as
           the
           right
           of
           devolution
           of
           the
           low
           Countries
           in
           1667
           and
           1668.
           
           He
           hath
           upon
           the
           Frontiers
           on
           this
           side
           considerable
           Forces
           in
           readiness
           to
           Execute
           the
           Reunion
           ,
           or
           rather
           ,
           under
           that
           pretence
           ,
           to
           do
           what
           
           he
           shall
           think
           fit
           in
           the
           Empire
           ;
           when
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           neithe
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           nor
           any
           Prince
           of
           the
           Empire
           dares
           openly
           stir
           .
           As
           if
           what
           hath
           already
           been
           done
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           and
           other
           Princes
           and
           Cities
           of
           the
           Empire
           in
           Alsatia
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           a
           certain
           presage
           ,
           but
           an
           unquestionable
           President
           ,
           whereby
           all
           other
           Princes
           and
           States
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           what
           quality
           and
           degree
           soever
           ,
           may
           clearly
           see
           the
           Fortune
           of
           those
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           who
           have
           the
           misfortune
           to
           hold
           of
           that
           Crown
           ,
           or
           be
           Neighbours
           to
           its
           Dominions
           :
           The
           consequences
           that
           naturally
           follow
           so
           untoward
           ,
           and
           so
           unhappy
           a
           State
           of
           Affairs
           will
           oblige
           us
           to
           Conclude
           ;
           Woe
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           not
           wholly
           alter
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           God
           grant
           I
           speak
           not
           prophetically
           and
           truly
           ,
           as
           Micajah
           
           when
           I
           say
           His
           Imperial
           Majesty
           will
           dearly
           rue
           his
           trusting
           his
           Council
           with
           the
           direction
           and
           management
           of
           Affairs
           of
           this
           Nature
           :
           And
           wo
           to
           His
           Imperial
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Empire
           ,
           they
           ever
           signed
           that
           false
           and
           fatal
           Peace
           ,
           whereby
           both
           will
           naturally
           fall
           (
           unless
           God
           by
           special
           interposition
           prevent
           it
           )
           under
           the
           slavery
           of
           that
           absolute
           and
           despotical
           Dominion
           .
           Yet
           I
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           if
           all
           His
           Imperial
           Majesty's
           Council
           were
           such
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           Affairs
           would
           be
           in
           that
           ill
           condition
           we
           find
           them
           ;
           but
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           that
           Council
           being
           weak
           or
           corrupted
           ,
           as
           I
           dare
           say
           it
           is
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           doubt
           ,
           but
           if
           it
           continues
           ,
           things
           will
           still
           grow
           worse
           and
           worse
           :
           I
           have
           been
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Council
           is
           Weak
           or
           Corrupt
           :
           
           And
           to
           make
           my
           words
           good
           ,
           I
           will
           proceed
           by
           degrees
           from
           smaller
           matters
           to
           those
           of
           greatest
           importance
           ,
           to
           prove
           what
           I
           affirm
           by
           unquestionable
           Instances
           .
        
         
           
             The
             first
             Instance
             .
          
           
             Commissary
             General
             Capellier
             surpriz'd
             the
             Steward
             of
             his
             House
             in
             the
             very
             act
             of
             Traiterous
             Correspondence
             with
             the
             Minister
             of
             France
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             gave
             an
             exact
             Account
             of
             all
             he
             could
             discover
             at
             his
             Master's
             House
             .
             The
             Letters
             he
             sent
             to
             the
             French
             Minister
             and
             those
             he
             received
             from
             him
             were
             seized
             at
             the
             Imperial
             Post
             Office
             at
             Frankfort
             :
             And
             though
             this
             happened
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             War
             between
             the
             two
             Nations
             ,
             and
             the
             Traitor
             upon
             discovery
             of
             the
             matter
             was
             arrested
             ,
             and
             carried
             to
             Philipsbourgh
             ,
             &
             
             From
             thence
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             yet
             he
             (
             a
             Fellow
             worth
             nothing
             )
             found
             at
             Court
             such
             powerful
             support
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             set
             at
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             cleared
             as
             a
             gallant
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Instance
             .
          
           
             The
             Siege
             of
             Phillipsbourg
             ,
             being
             form'd
             by
             the
             Imperial
             Troops
             and
             those
             of
             the
             Circles
             ,
             and
             the
             place
             so
             much
             straitned
             that
             they
             began
             to
             want
             Powder
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             two
             Brothers
             ,
             Burgesses
             of
             Franckfort
             ,
             corrupted
             by
             a
             French
             Minister
             ,
             undertook
             to
             buy
             several
             Waggon
             Loads
             of
             Powder
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             to
             conveigh
             them
             into
             Phillipsbourg
             with
             other
             Ammunition
             .
             But
             the
             Convoy
             for
             executing
             the
             Design
             having
             been
             surprized
             by
             the
             Imperialists
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Rogues
             taken
             and
             sent
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             long
             there
             but
             he
             was
             
             set
             at
             liberty
             as
             a
             very
             honest
             Fellow
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             third
             Instance
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             commanded
             in
             Fribourgh
             ,
             when
             taken
             by
             Marshal
             Crequi
             ,
             could
             not
             deny
             himself
             notoriously
             guilty
             of
             Cowardice
             ,
             or
             Treason
             ;
             being
             arrested
             for
             his
             Crimes
             ,
             and
             carried
             first
             to
             Inspruck
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             Vienna
             :
             he
             was
             look'd
             upon
             as
             a
             Sacrifice
             necessary
             to
             be
             offer'd
             to
             expiate
             so
             hainous
             an
             offence
             against
             Equity
             ,
             Policy
             ,
             and
             the
             Discipline
             of
             War
             ;
             but
             because
             he
             was
             related
             to
             a
             principal
             Minister
             ,
             or
             rather
             because
             a
             Great
             One
             was
             afraid
             he
             might
             (
             if
             put
             hard
             to
             it
             )
             make
             some
             discoveries
             :
             He
             was
             fully
             acquitted
             ,
             and
             cleared
             from
             all
             that
             was
             laid
             to
             his
             charge
             ;
             and
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             he
             retired
             home
             as
             confident
             ,
             and
             
             unconcerned
             ,
             as
             ever
             the
             French
             Governour
             of
             Phillipsbourgh
             could
             have
             done
             ,
             after
             the
             generous
             defence
             he
             made
             of
             the
             Post
             he
             commanded
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fourth
             Instance
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxe
               Eisnach
            
             having
             had
             the
             Command
             of
             a
             little
             Army
             on
             the
             Rnine
             ,
             being
             an
             active
             and
             brave
             Prince
             ,
             neglected
             not
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             conduce
             to
             the
             worthy
             discharging
             the
             Duty
             of
             his
             place
             ;
             those
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Council
             ,
             who
             took
             part
             with
             France
             ,
             having
             designs
             contrary
             to
             those
             of
             that
             Prince
             ,
             were
             as
             active
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             by
             close
             and
             sudden
             wayes
             to
             bring
             two
             things
             to
             pass
             :
             The
             first
             was
             to
             raise
             and
             establish
             a
             mis-understanding
             between
             this
             Prince
             ,
             and
             his
             Highness
             of
             Lorrain
             ;
             Commander
             
             in
             chief
             of
             the
             great
             Army
             of
             the
             Empire
             :
             The
             Second
             was
             ,
             to
             order
             the
             distribution
             of
             Ammunition
             necessary
             for
             the
             Army
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             when
             it
             was
             provided
             of
             one
             sort
             ,
             it
             should
             certainly
             want
             another
             :
             When
             it
             had
             Cannon
             ,
             it
             wanted
             Carriages
             ;
             and
             when
             it
             had
             both
             these
             it
             should
             have
             neither
             Powder
             nor
             Bullet
             :
             And
             to
             give
             those
             of
             the
             Council
             their
             due
             ,
             their
             designs
             took
             effect
             to
             admiration
             ,
             for
             the
             whole
             story
             of
             that
             Campaign
             is
             (
             in
             short
             )
             no
             more
             but
             a
             misunderstanding
             between
             these
             Princes
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             Ammunition
             .
             But
             this
             was
             not
             enough
             ,
             for
             the
             malice
             of
             these
             Emissaries
             ,
             they
             poceeded
             further
             to
             hire
             one
             under
             the
             name
             of
             
               Dela
               Magdelaine
            
             ,
             who
             having
             been
             instructed
             by
             the
             Major
             Domo
             of
             the
             Abbot
             S.
             Gall
             (
             of
             whom
             we
             shall
             have
             occasion
             to
             speak
             hereafter
             )
             
             was
             set
             on
             to
             seduce
             and
             surprize
             this
             Prince
             :
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxe
               Eysenach
            
             to
             propose
             to
             him
             the
             surprizal
             of
             a
             Fortress
             belonging
             to
             France
             in
             the
             higher
             Alsatia
             :
             The
             proposal
             was
             guilded
             over
             with
             so
             much
             probability
             of
             success
             ,
             that
             the
             Duke
             animated
             with
             zeal
             to
             do
             something
             great
             for
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Interest
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             greedily
             hearkned
             ,
             and
             quickly
             embraced
             the
             proposal
             .
             After
             some
             necessary
             precautions
             for
             the
             Enterprise
             ,
             Duneewald
             was
             commanded
             to
             undertake
             the
             Execution
             ,
             and
             having
             in
             the
             Action
             discovered
             the
             Cheat
             ,
             the
             Duke
             us'd
             his
             endeavours
             to
             have
             the
             Criminal
             Arrested
             :
             But
             all
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             for
             the
             Major
             Domo
             had
             already
             secured
             him
             in
             a
             place
             of
             safety
             :
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             but
             every
             one
             
             will
             grant
             me
             ,
             this
             Rogue
             deserved
             death
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             any
             colour
             of
             pretence
             ,
             to
             find
             esteem
             or
             safety
             in
             the
             Empire
             :
             But
             it
             proved
             quite
             otherwise
             upon
             his
             Capitulation
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             that
             with
             the
             Major
             Domo
             )
             for
             the
             Rogue
             ,
             having
             play'd
             this
             excellent
             trick
             ,
             had
             the
             impudence
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Emperours
             Court
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             very
             well
             received
             ,
             and
             highly
             treated
             ,
             and
             sent
             thence
             to
             Breslaw
             ,
             where
             Count
             Shaftkutsch
             ,
             President
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Chamber
             in
             Silesia
             ,
             pays
             him
             constantly
             ,
             by
             order
             from
             above
             ,
             annually
             a
             considerable
             Pension
             :
             This
             arrant
             Cheat
             goes
             now
             as
             formerly
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Cygale
             ,
             and
             gives
             out
             he
             is
             a-kin
             to
             the
             Grand
             Signior
             :
             But
             it
             hath
             been
             made
             appear
             in
             France
             and
             England
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             Native
             of
             Maldavia
             ,
             and
             was
             Groom
             to
             a
             Prince
             of
             that
             Country
             :
             This
             is
             
             the
             true
             Character
             of
             him
             ,
             the
             rest
             that
             is
             said
             of
             him
             are
             but
             inventions
             of
             Jesuits
             and
             Monks
             ,
             who
             go
             snips
             with
             him
             in
             the
             Presents
             he
             receives
             on
             his
             Lying
             pretences
             .
             I
             have
             been
             more
             particular
             in
             my
             account
             to
             your
             Highness
             of
             this
             Fellow
             ,
             to
             arm
             you
             the
             better
             against
             a
             surprize
             ,
             by
             his
             Fictions
             and
             Artifices
             ,
             which
             he
             continues
             to
             practise
             every
             day
             in
             hope
             to
             get
             something
             from
             those
             he
             can
             impose
             upon
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fifth
             Instance
             .
          
           
             By
             what
             I
             have
             said
             formerly
             of
             Swizzerland
             ,
             it
             may
             appear
             of
             what
             importance
             it
             may
             be
             to
             the
             Emperor
             and
             Empire
             to
             make
             that
             Republick
             sensible
             of
             their
             true
             interest
             ,
             and
             treat
             with
             them
             for
             a
             League
             and
             Union
             of
             Forces
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Common
             
             Liberty
             ;
             and
             (
             to
             bring
             this
             about
             )
             to
             employ
             in
             the
             Negotiation
             ,
             Persons
             not
             only
             capable
             and
             faithful
             ,
             but
             acceptable
             to
             those
             they
             are
             to
             treat
             with
             :
             Yet
             as
             if
             the
             Emperor's
             Council
             made
             it
             their
             business
             to
             do
             in
             this
             as
             other
             particulars
             ,
             only
             what
             may
             gain
             them
             the
             favour
             ,
             or
             the
             Gold
             of
             His
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             .
             'T
             is
             fit
             to
             know
             the
             Person
             the
             Emperor's
             Council
             employs
             in
             all
             those
             important
             Negotiations
             they
             have
             with
             that
             Republick
             .
             It
             is
             no
             other
             than
             the
             Abbot
             S.
             Gall's
             Major
             Domo
             ,
             above
             mentioned
             ,
             called
             Monsieur
             Fidelle
             ,
             (
             Mr.
             
               Faithful
               ,
            
             )
             but
             by
             the
             same
             figure
             of
             speech
             our
             Divines
             call
             the
             Prince
             of
             Darkness
             an
             Angel
             of
             Light
             :
             For
             this
             Fellow
             is
             notoriously
             known
             and
             confest
             to
             be
             the
             falsest
             of
             Men.
             Yet
             being
             a
             Person
             of
             a
             very
             ready
             wit
             ,
             a
             lively
             fancy
             ,
             and
             
             naturally
             active
             in
             what
             he
             undertakes
             ,
             sometimes
             he
             openly
             acts
             on
             the
             part
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             publickly
             solicits
             Suffrages
             in
             this
             Republick
             in
             favour
             of
             that
             Crown
             ;
             sometimes
             he
             turns
             his
             Coat
             ,
             and
             is
             on
             the
             sudden
             all
             for
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             :
             This
             man
             from
             a
             petty
             Pedler
             of
             Italy
             ,
             is
             become
             excessive
             Rich
             ,
             which
             I
             mention
             as
             a
             circumstance
             whereby
             it
             may
             be
             the
             better
             known
             what
             a
             Man
             he
             is
             ,
             how
             fit
             to
             negotiate
             the
             Interests
             of
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             the
             Confident
             and
             Councellor
             of
             the
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ;
             His
             Council
             sends
             into
             these
             parts
             :
             And
             to
             make
             appear
             their
             Wisdom
             or
             Collution
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             I
             must
             acquaint
             your
             Highness
             with
             a
             matter
             generally
             known
             throughout
             the
             Swisse
             Cantons
             .
          
           
           
             That
             this
             man
             is
             owner
             of
             a
             Moity
             of
             two
             Swisse
             Companies
             ,
             now
             actually
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             under
             the
             command
             of
             his
             Son
             in
             Law
             :
             (
             An
             Ordinary
             Traffick
             among
             the
             Swisses
             )
             That
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             hath
             within
             these
             three
             years
             bestowed
             on
             him
             a
             Rich
             Canonry
             ,
             in
             the
             higher
             Alsatia
             ,
             or
             Brisgow
             ,
             which
             one
             of
             his
             Sons
             is
             invested
             in
             :
             That
             't
             is
             this
             faithful
             Minister
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Court
             ,
             hath
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             last
             War
             ,
             bought
             all
             the
             Horses
             his
             Christian
             Majesty
             had
             need
             of
             for
             his
             Armies
             ,
             and
             caused
             them
             to
             be
             transported
             from
             the
             Port
             of
             Wasserbourgh
             in
             Germany
             (
             where
             his
             Master
             hath
             a
             Bayliff
             ,
             and
             no
             small
             Power
             )
             to
             the
             Port
             of
             Rochas
             ,
             in
             Swizzerland
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             place
             whereof
             his
             Master
             is
             Soveraign
             Prince
             :
             That
             this
             man
             being
             the
             principal
             incendiary
             
             and
             Fomenter
             of
             all
             the
             troubles
             and
             broils
             hapned
             in
             Swisserland
             ,
             these
             last
             twenty
             years
             ;
             is
             so
             generally
             hated
             by
             all
             good
             people
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             that
             to
             procure
             the
             miscarriages
             of
             any
             affair
             of
             the
             Dyets
             of
             Baden
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             surer
             means
             than
             to
             make
             the
             Assembly
             suspect
             this
             man
             hath
             a
             hand
             ,
             or
             is
             any
             way
             concerned
             in
             it
             .
             This
             appeared
             clearly
             in
             the
             affair
             of
             the
             County
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             for
             Count
             Cazatti
             ,
             the
             Spanish
             Embassadour
             ,
             having
             very
             unadvisedly
             resolved
             to
             make
             use
             of
             this
             mans
             Counsel
             and
             Conduct
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             that
             importance
             ,
             that
             mighty
             affair
             was
             utterly
             ruin'd
             by
             that
             very
             means
             :
             Notwithstanding
             all
             ,
             this
             man
             is
             the
             Confident
             and
             privy
             Councellour
             of
             all
             the
             Ministers
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             sends
             to
             that
             Nation
             ;
             and
             their
             first
             business
             ,
             when
             arrived
             there
             ,
             is
             to
             visit
             him
             ,
             to
             consult
             him
             
             and
             communicate
             to
             him
             all
             their
             instructions
             :
             This
             about
             three
             years
             since
             ,
             occasion'd
             a
             pleasant
             passage
             at
             the
             Dyet
             of
             Baden
             :
             An
             Envoy
             of
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             (
             whom
             I
             purposely
             forbear
             to
             name
             )
             according
             to
             the
             Custom
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             in
             that
             Employ
             ,
             and
             the
             Orders
             establisht
             ,
             went
             presently
             after
             his
             arrival
             to
             consult
             this
             Oracle
             ;
             going
             afterward
             to
             Baden
             ,
             the
             Envoy
             was
             strangely
             surprized
             to
             find
             that
             Gravelle
             the
             French
             Embassadour
             had
             already
             Communicated
             to
             the
             Assembly
             all
             the
             private
             Instructions
             the
             Envoy
             had
             received
             from
             the
             Council
             at
             Vienna
             :
             Thus
             that
             Envoy's
             Nogotiations
             came
             to
             nothing
             ,
             and
             so
             will
             all
             others
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             shall
             permit
             to
             be
             managed
             by
             the
             false
             and
             Corrupt
             Conduct
             of
             a
             Man
             so
             base
             ,
             and
             altogether
             unworthy
             the
             honour
             of
             that
             Employment
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Sixth
             Instance
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             an
             infallible
             Maxim
             ,
             that
             every
             Prince
             dispossest
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             may
             hold
             for
             certain
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             nothing
             omitted
             on
             the
             part
             of
             the
             Usurper
             ,
             or
             a
             Conquerour
             in
             possession
             to
             ruin
             him
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Generation
             .
             Therefore
             't
             is
             not
             strange
             ,
             that
             the
             Ministers
             of
             France
             (
             though
             perhaps
             in
             this
             particular
             against
             the
             intention
             and
             without
             the
             order
             of
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             )
             leave
             no
             stone
             unturned
             for
             the
             destruction
             of
             his
             Highness
             of
             Lorrain
             :
             But
             it
             may
             surprize
             any
             man
             to
             find
             that
             the
             Imperial
             Governour
             of
             Phillipsbourgh
             ,
             should
             (
             so
             openly
             and
             notoriously
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             )
             have
             attempted
             the
             destruction
             of
             that
             Prince
             ,
             by
             the
             trap
             he
             caused
             cunningly
             to
             be
             made
             in
             the
             bridge
             of
             that
             place
             ,
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             
             through
             which
             the
             good
             Prince
             fell
             headlong
             to
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             Ditch
             :
             May
             we
             not
             justly
             infer
             ,
             this
             Governor
             had
             capitulated
             and
             agreed
             with
             some
             Minister
             of
             the
             Enemy
             to
             commit
             so
             vile
             a
             Treason
             ?
             May
             we
             not
             conclude
             so
             black
             an
             attempt
             against
             a
             Soveraign
             Prince
             ,
             Brother
             in
             Law
             to
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             and
             at
             that
             time
             representing
             the
             Person
             of
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             under
             the
             Character
             of
             Generalissimo
             of
             his
             Armies
             ,
             unquestionably
             merited
             exemplary
             punishment
             ?
             No
             honest
             Man
             but
             expected
             the
             Criminal
             should
             have
             been
             made
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             Justice
             and
             Vengeance
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             taken
             and
             carried
             under
             a
             strong
             Guard
             to
             Vienna
             .
             But
             all
             that
             was
             meer
             shew
             ,
             for
             the
             Favourers
             of
             France
             had
             that
             influence
             over
             the
             Council
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             that
             this
             Villain
             ,
             as
             the
             former
             ,
             past
             altogether
             unpunished
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             seventh
             Instance
             .
          
           
             It
             appears
             publickly
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             since
             the
             Peace
             Arms
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             more
             powerfully
             than
             before
             ;
             and
             France
             being
             not
             sufficient
             for
             the
             Levies
             he
             makes
             ,
             he
             is
             come
             by
             his
             Ambassadour
             to
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             to
             Frankford
             and
             to
             Prague
             to
             compleat
             them
             .
             He
             causes
             Fortresses
             and
             Places
             of
             strength
             to
             be
             every
             day
             built
             on
             Saar
             ,
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Frontiers
             of
             Germany
             ,
             I
             think
             there
             needs
             no
             better
             evidence
             of
             his
             having
             a
             Design
             to
             reduce
             Almayn
             into
             a
             condition
             of
             disability
             of
             help
             it self
             ,
             when
             he
             thinks
             fit
             to
             attacque
             it
             ;
             if
             we
             consider
             farther
             ,
             that
             he
             causes
             his
             Commissaries
             to
             buy
             up
             all
             the
             Corn
             in
             Swabe
             and
             Franconia
             ,
             which
             is
             daily
             carried
             away
             
             into
             his
             Magazins
             in
             
               Lorrain
               ,
               Alsatia
            
             ,
             and
             the
             County
             of
             Burgundy
             .
             Let
             us
             examine
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             conduct
             of
             the
             Head
             and
             Natural
             Defender
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             or
             rather
             of
             his
             unhappy
             Council
             :
             This
             Prince
             hath
             since
             the
             Peace
             reformed
             all
             his
             Troops
             ;
             and
             in
             particular
             the
             Garrison
             of
             Rhinefeld
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             principal
             consequence
             :
             Let
             us
             weigh
             the
             matter
             without
             prejudice
             :
             He
             hath
             disbanded
             most
             of
             his
             old
             Regiments
             ,
             and
             kept
             on
             foot
             only
             part
             of
             the
             new
             .
             A
             man
             must
             be
             blind
             ,
             and
             void
             of
             common
             sense
             ,
             who
             comprehends
             not
             that
             the
             Imperial
             Council
             hath
             in
             this
             particular
             acted
             by
             inteligence
             with
             the
             Council
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             direction
             ,
             to
             deprive
             the
             Emperor
             of
             the
             only
             Officers
             and
             Soldiers
             capable
             to
             defend
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             them
             immediately
             go
             over
             into
             
             the
             service
             of
             France
             :
             The
             matter
             hath
             fallen
             out
             according
             to
             their
             design
             ,
             and
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             any
             man
             versed
             in
             matters
             of
             State
             or
             of
             War
             ,
             to
             judge
             what
             a
             Conduct
             so
             extraordinary
             as
             this
             doth
             naturally
             signifie
             .
          
           
             I
             should
             be
             too
             tedious
             to
             give
             you
             all
             the
             Instances
             I
             know
             whereby
             to
             prove
             the
             Emperour
             is
             certainly
             betray'd
             by
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             his
             Council
             .
             But
             to
             be
             short
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Council
             that
             cleared
             the
             Steward
             of
             Commissary
             Capelliers
             ,
             the
             Traytors
             of
             Frankfort
             who
             would
             have
             furnished
             Philipsbourgh
             with
             Powder
             in
             the
             Siege
             ,
             and
             the
             Governour
             of
             Fribourgh
             :
             The
             same
             Council
             that
             hath
             protected
             at
             Brestaw
             the
             Villain
             who
             abused
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxe
               Eisnach
            
             ,
             and
             procur'd
             a
             Pension
             to
             be
             setled
             on
             him
             ;
             the
             same
             Council
             that
             hath
             setled
             the
             
             
               Major
               Domo
            
             of
             the
             Abbot
             S.
             Gall.
             to
             be
             the
             Imperial
             Minister
             in
             Switzerland
             ,
             and
             prevented
             the
             exemplary
             punishment
             of
             the
             Governour
             of
             Phillipsbourgh
             ;
             the
             same
             Council
             that
             advised
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             to
             reforme
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             his
             Troops
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             manner
             I
             have
             told
             you
             ;
             this
             is
             the
             very
             Council
             hath
             clearly
             acquitted
             and
             approved
             of
             all
             the
             Conduct
             and
             publick
             Robberies
             and
             Insolencies
             of
             Commissary
             Capelliers
             ,
             and
             others
             :
             and
             by
             causing
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             sign
             the
             late
             shameful
             Peace
             ,
             have
             reduced
             the
             too
             good
             Prince
             into
             such
             a
             Condition
             ,
             that
             (
             without
             a
             special
             Providence
             of
             God
             to
             the
             :
             contrary
             )
             no
             Prince
             will
             henceforth
             without
             much
             difficulty
             and
             caution
             relye
             on
             his
             Word
             or
             his
             Signet
             :
             So
             that
             considering
             the
             Activity
             ,
             the
             Power
             and
             
             Interest
             of
             his
             Enemy
             ,
             with
             the
             credit
             and
             influence
             he
             hath
             in
             the
             Emperor's
             Council
             ,
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             to
             his
             Elective
             Imperial
             Crown
             (
             and
             I
             know
             not
             what
             to
             say
             of
             his
             Hereditary
             Dominions
             and
             Estates
             )
             seems
             reduced
             to
             the
             Condition
             of
             a
             Chilperic
             ,
             or
             a
             Charles
             in
             France
             ;
             for
             he
             hath
             more
             than
             one
             Pepin
             ,
             or
             one
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             to
             deal
             with
             .
             Nor
             do
             I
             see
             he
             hath
             any
             greater
             Authority
             than
             had
             those
             two
             unfortunate
             Kings
             ,
             who
             were
             violently
             thrust
             out
             of
             their
             Thrones
             ;
             which
             neither
             they
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             their
             Posterity
             ever
             regained
             .
             The
             better
             to
             convince
             the
             World
             how
             foully
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             is
             betrayed
             by
             his
             Council
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             all
             the
             Princes
             and
             States
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             of
             a
             long
             time
             a
             horrid
             and
             villainous
             Plot
             carried
             on
             against
             them
             
             with
             great
             cunning
             and
             caution
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             observe
             that
             it
             proceeds
             from
             the
             secret
             Engines
             of
             this
             Plot
             ,
             that
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty's
             two
             Sisters
             were
             Married
             to
             Princes
             ,
             both
             Robbed
             of
             their
             Dominions
             and
             Estates
             :
             As
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lorrain
             ,
             Husband
             of
             the
             Elder
             ,
             he
             continues
             to
             this
             day
             stript
             of
             all
             his
             Estates
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             late
             Peace
             hold
             ,
             I
             see
             little
             hopes
             of
             his
             Re-establishment
             .
             And
             it
             cannot
             be
             deny'd
             but
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             Newbourgh
             ,
             though
             restored
             by
             the
             Peace
             to
             the
             Dukedoms
             of
             Juliers
             and
             Berg
             ,
             was
             out
             of
             possession
             of
             both
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Marriage
             of
             his
             Son
             to
             the
             Emperor's
             younger
             Sister
             .
             The
             Reasons
             of
             these
             Marriages
             were
             ,
             that
             the
             Princesses
             being
             Married
             (
             as
             they
             are
             )
             to
             Princes
             uncapable
             to
             afford
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             any
             Succour
             at
             need
             ,
             neither
             His
             Majesty
             nor
             his
             Allies
             
             might
             have
             any
             benfit
             by
             the
             Marriages
             .
             And
             that
             when
             ever
             France
             should
             be
             desirous
             of
             Peace
             ,
             there
             might
             be
             those
             in
             the
             Imperial
             Councils
             and
             Court
             ,
             whose
             Interest
             would
             oblige
             them
             to
             desire
             and
             procure
             it
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             their
             restoration
             and
             re-establishment
             in
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             to
             free
             themselves
             from
             the
             necessity
             of
             begging
             their
             Bread
             elsewhere
             .
             It
             hath
             happened
             accordingly
             as
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Newburgh
             at
             least
             ,
             for
             having
             not
             wherewith
             to
             bear
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Marriage
             of
             his
             Son
             with
             the
             Emperor's
             Sister
             ,
             without
             being
             restored
             to
             the
             Dutchies
             of
             Juliers
             and
             Berg
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             (
             at
             least
             so
             speedily
             )
             be
             effected
             without
             a
             Peace
             ,
             what
             wonder
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             this
             Prince
             hath
             for
             the
             time
             past
             (
             being
             forced
             by
             his
             Necessities
             )
             joyned
             with
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Emperor's
             Council
             that
             was
             for
             Peace
             ,
             and
             
             assisted
             them
             in
             perswading
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             to
             sign
             it
             on
             any
             Condition
             :
             Nor
             can
             it
             appear
             strange
             ,
             if
             this
             Prince
             for
             the
             suture
             joyn
             with
             the
             same
             Council
             ,
             and
             use
             all
             his
             Credit
             and
             Interest
             with
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             never
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             War
             with
             France
             ,
             though
             he
             have
             never
             so
             great
             Reason
             for
             it
             .
             
               For
               when
               wants
               and
               Necessities
               enter
               in
               at
               the
               Door
               ,
               Honour
               and
               Friendship
               flyeth
               out
               at
               the
               windows
               .
            
          
           
             His
             Highness
             of
             Lorrain
             (
             to
             give
             him
             his
             due
             )
             hath
             done
             bravely
             on
             his
             occasion
             ,
             having
             generously
             chosen
             to
             run
             the
             Risque
             of
             losing
             all
             ,
             rather
             than
             sign
             so
             shameful
             and
             unjust
             a
             Peace
             ,
             as
             that
             proposed
             to
             him
             by
             France
             :
             And
             I
             shall
             be
             very
             much
             deceived
             ,
             if
             he
             or
             his
             recover
             not
             their
             Estates
             rather
             by
             this
             than
             any
             other
             Conduct
             :
             For
             Revolutions
             are
             Common
             to
             
             all
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             particular
             Reasons
             to
             believe
             it
             may
             one
             day
             happen
             so
             in
             the
             Affairs
             of
             his
             Highness
             .
          
           
             This
             I
             think
             is
             more
             than
             sufficient
             to
             Evince
             that
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             hath
             been
             basely
             betrayed
             by
             his
             Council
             .
          
           
             My
             next
             business
             is
             to
             shew
             by
             what
             sort
             of
             People
             he
             hath
             been
             chiefly
             betrayed
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             Covers
             they
             have
             guilded
             those
             Pills
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             made
             this
             Good
             and
             August
             Prince
             swallow
             from
             time
             to
             time
             .
          
           
             To
             find
             the
             bottom
             of
             this
             business
             ,
             we
             must
             look
             a
             great
             way
             back
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             which
             France
             by
             Concert
             with
             England
             ,
             the
             Elector
             of
             Cologne
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Newburgh
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Munster
             ,
             made
             against
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             in
             1672.
             
             After
             several
             Alliances
             with
             the
             Deceased
             Elector
             of
             
             Bavaria
             ,
             and
             Duke
             of
             Hanover
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             which
             were
             but
             too
             visible
             during
             that
             War.
             
          
           
             Several
             pretences
             have
             been
             made
             use
             of
             to
             colour
             that
             Rupture
             ,
             but
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             it
             was
             fomented
             only
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             :
             To
             give
             your
             Highness
             full
             and
             clear
             satisfaction
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             be
             pleased
             to
             permit
             me
             to
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             a
             little
             before
             the
             breaking
             out
             of
             that
             War
             ,
             his
             Royal
             Highness
             of
             Savoy
             Deceased
             ,
             having
             taken
             his
             Measures
             with
             the
             Court
             and
             Council
             of
             France
             ,
             made
             open
             War
             against
             the
             Republick
             of
             Genoa
             .
             The
             Court
             of
             Rome
             wisely
             judging
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             would
             not
             have
             engaged
             in
             that
             Enterprize
             without
             assurance
             before
             hand
             of
             Succour
             and
             Protection
             from
             France
             ,
             if
             needful
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             petty
             Sparks
             might
             raise
             a
             
             General
             Conflagration
             in
             Italy
             ,
             which
             in
             time
             might
             draw
             over
             thither
             all
             the
             French
             Forces
             ,
             and
             consequently
             expose
             that
             Country
             to
             inevitable
             Ruin
             ;
             that
             subtil
             and
             cunning
             Court
             ,
             to
             save
             themselves
             from
             the
             storm
             ,
             applied
             themselves
             seriously
             ,
          
           
             In
             the
             First
             place
             ,
             to
             put
             an
             end
             upon
             any
             terms
             to
             the
             War
             between
             the
             Duke
             and
             the
             Republick
             ,
             which
             Monsieur
             Gaumont
             soon
             after
             effected
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             being
             sensible
             what
             formidable
             Forces
             His
             Most
             Christian
             Majesty
             had
             then
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             that
             that
             Monarch
             could
             not
             forbear
             breaking
             out
             into
             a
             new
             War
             ;
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             resolved
             to
             use
             all
             their
             endeavours
             to
             divert
             from
             themselves
             and
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             the
             Effects
             of
             the
             French
             Arms
             ,
             and
             cause
             them
             to
             fall
             on
             some
             other
             Country
             of
             Europe
             ,
             the
             
             most
             remote
             that
             might
             be
             from
             Italy
             ,
             and
             where
             it
             might
             be
             most
             Convenient
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Pope
             :
             The
             Jesuits
             having
             given
             directions
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             the
             affair
             was
             manag'd
             with
             that
             subtilty
             ,
             the
             Storm
             fell
             altogether
             on
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             ,
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             assuring
             it self
             ,
             that
             if
             that
             Republique
             were
             once
             destroy'd
             ,
             the
             whole
             
               Protestant
               Party
            
             would
             naturally
             come
             to
             ruin
             ,
             and
             the
             Papal
             Authority
             in
             a
             short
             time
             recover
             it's
             primitive
             Grandeur
             and
             Glory
             .
             Great
             Obstacles
             were
             quickly
             discovered
             against
             the
             carrying
             on
             this
             mighty
             Project
             :
             The
             most
             Christian
             King
             who
             clearly
             saw
             what
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             aim'd
             at
             ,
             was
             ,
             or
             pretended
             to
             be
             ,
             unwilling
             to
             engage
             in
             Open
             War
             against
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             ,
             but
             on
             two
             Conditions
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             should
             secretly
             consent
             and
             give
             way
             that
             he
             might
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             ,
             joyn
             the
             Provinces
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Netherlands
            
             and
             Lorrain
             ,
             with
             what
             he
             could
             Conquer
             from
             the
             States
             of
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             ,
             to
             form
             or
             restore
             the
             Ancient
             Kingdom
             of
             Austrasia
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             should
             assure
             him
             ,
             to
             their
             Power
             ,
             to
             procure
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Dauphin
             ,
             (
             who
             was
             designed
             the
             New
             King
             of
             
               Austrasia
               ,
            
             )
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             point
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Netherlands
            
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             to
             bring
             about
             the
             Design
             ,
             it
             was
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             manage
             his
             Majesty
             of
             
               Great
               Brittain
            
             ,
             (
             whose
             interests
             there
             were
             very
             considerable
             )
             and
             there
             could
             be
             no
             hopes
             to
             give
             him
             satisfaction
             without
             Sacrificing
             to
             him
             something
             very
             considerable
             of
             
             what
             belong'd
             to
             the
             Spaniard
             .
             It
             would
             have
             been
             almost
             impossible
             for
             any
             but
             the
             Jesuits
             Interests
             ,
             so
             different
             ,
             to
             reconcile
             and
             overcome
             so
             great
             and
             Numerous
             Difficulties
             .
             The
             two
             Branches
             of
             the
             most
             August
             House
             of
             Austria
             ,
             had
             heap'd
             most
             considerable
             Favours
             ,
             and
             showed
             their
             Bounties
             ,
             on
             the
             Society
             of
             Jesuits
             :
             But
             when
             they
             are
             concerned
             for
             the
             Grandeur
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             the
             Interests
             of
             the
             Miter
             (
             which
             (
             by
             the
             way
             )
             the
             Society
             looks
             on
             with
             the
             same
             Ardour
             a
             young
             Prince
             in
             Love
             would
             eye
             the
             advantages
             ,
             the
             Glory
             and
             Interests
             of
             a
             Beautiful
             and
             rich
             Queen
             ,
             whom
             he
             made
             no
             doubt
             but
             he
             should
             one
             day
             enjoy
             )
             all
             Thoughts
             and
             memory
             of
             the
             favours
             received
             from
             the
             
               August
               Family
            
             ,
             are
             wholly
             laid
             aside
             on
             that
             occasion
             ;
             the
             Jesuits
             fell
             immdiately
             
             to
             find
             out
             Expedients
             for
             two
             Reasons
             ,
             full
             of
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             
               Politick
               Maxims
            
             of
             that
             Blessed
             Society
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             was
             that
             whereas
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             in
             the
             present
             Conjuncture
             was
             notoriously
             unable
             to
             raise
             the
             
               Roman
               Bishops
            
             to
             their
             former
             Estate
             of
             Grandeur
             and
             Glory
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             not
             any
             but
             His
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             Forces
             and
             Interests
             could
             work
             this
             kind
             of
             Miracle
             it
             was
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             remove
             all
             Difficulties
             and
             Obstacles
             that
             might
             hinder
             the
             effecting
             an
             enterprise
             so
             Profitable
             and
             Glorious
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             ,
             That
             in
             case
             the
             Design
             should
             take
             effect
             ,
             the
             Society
             was
             assured
             of
             having
             in
             recompence
             of
             their
             pains
             ,
             two
             great
             Abbies
             ,
             Heads
             of
             their
             Orders
             ,
             the
             one
             in
             the
             Ancient
             Kingdom
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             other
             in
             the
             
             
               New
               Conquests
            
             :
             Which
             Abbys
             were
             to
             be
             added
             to
             the
             vast
             Patrimony
             of
             this
             Society
             ,
             besides
             the
             assurances
             they
             had
             by
             the
             protection
             of
             France
             ,
             to
             obtain
             a
             Settlement
             in
             Amsterdam
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             .
             Upon
             these
             Grounds
             they
             procur'd
             the
             Treaties
             to
             be
             privately
             sign'd
             between
             France
             and
             Rome
             ,
             and
             between
             France
             and
             England
             ,
             by
             vertue
             whereof
             the
             War
             was
             quickly
             begun
             against
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             .
          
           
             I
             pass
             over
             in
             silence
             the
             satisfaction
             his
             Majesty
             of
             
               Great
               Brittain
            
             was
             to
             have
             ,
             as
             impertinent
             to
             my
             present
             business
             :
             It
             may
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             as
             under
             the
             Reign
             of
             Philip
             the
             second
             France
             was
             to
             have
             been
             made
             (
             as
             far
             as
             it
             lay
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             Rome
             )
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             the
             Interests
             of
             the
             
               Papal
               Miter
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Monarch
             of
             Spain
             ,
             't
             is
             now
             become
             the
             turn
             of
             the
             most
             August
             House
             of
             
             Austria
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             this
             Project
             )
             to
             be
             Sacrificed
             to
             the
             interests
             of
             the
             Papacy
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             and
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             .
             And
             that
             as
             the
             principal
             design
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             of
             France
             ,
             was
             the
             absolute
             destruction
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             ,
             it
             was
             from
             hence
             it
             proceeded
             ,
             that
             a
             League
             was
             form'd
             and
             sign'd
             by
             most
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             incorporated
             into
             the
             Treaties
             above
             mention'd
             ,
             wherein
             every
             of
             the
             Confederates
             had
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             thought
             to
             have
             had
             his
             design
             ,
             and
             compass'd
             his
             ends
             ,
             as
             afterwards
             appear'd
             :
             Hence
             also
             it
             proceeded
             that
             France
             ,
             having
             anciently
             had
             very
             strict
             alliances
             with
             the
             Protestant
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             conceal'd
             very
             carefully
             the
             present
             design
             from
             all
             its
             ancient
             Allyes
             of
             that
             Communion
             .
             The
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             
             the
             Society
             as
             carefully
             conceal'd
             it
             from
             both
             branches
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             for
             reasons
             ,
             than
             which
             nothing
             is
             more
             easily
             apprehended
             :
             For
             the
             same
             reason
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             War
             ,
             nothing
             was
             omitted
             by
             the
             Popes
             Nuncio
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             their
             Emissaries
             ,
             to
             lull
             asleep
             the
             Councils
             of
             Vienna
             and
             Madrid
             ;
             and
             that
             afterwards
             they
             did
             with
             all
             possible
             diligence
             reveal
             to
             the
             Ministers
             of
             France
             ,
             all
             they
             could
             discover
             of
             the
             deliberations
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Council
             ,
             or
             the
             Spanish
             .
             For
             the
             same
             reason
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             by
             the
             clear
             Remonstrances
             of
             the
             Elector
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             being
             made
             sensible
             of
             the
             Trap
             cunningly
             laid
             for
             him
             by
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             having
             commanded
             an
             Army
             to
             joyn
             with
             that
             Elector
             on
             the
             
             Rhine
             ,
             those
             Emissaries
             of
             Rome
             laid
             all
             their
             heads
             together
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             Master-piece
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             Design
             ,
             effected
             two
             things
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             was
             the
             Rebellion
             of
             the
             
               Male
               Contents
            
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             not
             yet
             Suppressed
             ,
             whereby
             they
             endeavour'd
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             Emperour
             so
             strong
             a
             diversion
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             not
             be
             in
             his
             Power
             to
             assist
             his
             Allies
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             ,
             I
             have
             from
             an
             Anonimous
             Author
             of
             an
             Essay
             of
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               Princes
            
             and
             
               States
               ,
               Printed
            
             in
             the
             year
             ,
             1676.
             and
             treating
             of
             several
             things
             ,
             in
             this
             respect
             very
             considerable
             :
             The
             Author
             in
             my
             Opinion
             deserves
             the
             more
             Credit
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             hath
             lash'd
             the
             Society
             to
             some
             purpose
             in
             his
             Discourse
             ,
             yet
             not
             one
             of
             it's
             Patrons
             or
             Partisans
             hath
             undertook
             to
             refute
             him
             :
             The
             account
             
             he
             gives
             of
             the
             first
             Campaign
             ,
             I
             will
             repeat
             Word
             for
             Word
             from
             the
             Original
             ,
             as
             very
             sutable
             to
             my
             purpose
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Year
             1672.
             when
             the
             Arms
             of
             France
             were
             so
             prosperous
             ,
             that
             all
             Europe
             looked
             on
             the
             States
             of
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             as
             very
             near
             Destruction
             ,
             His
             Electoral
             Highness
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             wisely
             foreseeing
             the
             Consequences
             to
             be
             expected
             from
             the
             Ambitious
             Enterprizes
             of
             France
             ,
             if
             not
             stopped
             in
             time
             ,
             gained
             himself
             the
             Reputation
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             having
             been
             the
             first
             Prince
             of
             Christendom
             who
             drew
             his
             Sword
             in
             Protection
             of
             that
             broken
             State
             ,
             but
             by
             vigorous
             Remonstrances
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             Vienna
             ,
             was
             the
             cause
             that
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             awaking
             out
             of
             the
             Lethargy
             some
             corrupt
             Counsellors
             had
             cast
             him
             into
             ,
             resolved
             to
             Arm
             vigorously
             ,
             and
             
             joyn
             with
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             in
             Defence
             of
             that
             Republique
             :
             His
             Electoral
             Highness
             in
             pursuance
             of
             this
             Resolution
             being
             advanc'd
             towards
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             with
             a
             considerable
             Army
             ,
             and
             
               Count
               Montecuculi
            
             being
             on
             his
             way
             thither
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             an
             Imperial
             Army
             ,
             with
             design
             to
             act
             jointly
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             something
             considerable
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Republique
             .
             France
             ,
             allarm'd
             by
             the
             March
             of
             the
             two
             German
             Armies
             ,
             had
             detach'd
             Marshal
             Turenne
             ,
             with
             a
             Body
             of
             an
             Army
             to
             observe
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             other
             two
             :
             But
             by
             the
             several
             Marches
             and
             Counter-Marches
             these
             two
             Armies
             had
             made
             ,
             especially
             that
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             sometimes
             making
             as
             if
             they
             would
             pass
             the
             Rhine
             in
             several
             places
             ,
             sometimes
             in
             being
             ready
             to
             fall
             upon
             the
             Allies
             of
             France
             beyond
             the
             
               Rhine
               ,
               Turennes
            
             Army
             
             was
             so
             tyr'd
             out
             and
             harassed
             ,
             that
             about
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Campaign
             it
             was
             almost
             quite
             dissipated
             ,
             and
             found
             it self
             in
             so
             miserable
             a
             Condition
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             certain
             all
             Turenne
             was
             able
             to
             do
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             on
             the
             defensive
             against
             one
             of
             those
             Armies
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             both
             Armies
             had
             join'd
             ,
             Turenne
             had
             been
             inevitably
             lost
             ,
             as
             was
             publickly
             confest
             .
             His
             Electoral
             Highness
             of
             Brandenburgh
             knowing
             how
             easie
             it
             was
             to
             destroy
             Turenne
             ,
             and
             the
             Consequence
             of
             his
             Defeat
             ,
             caused
             a
             vigorous
             Remonstrance
             of
             all
             to
             be
             made
             to
             the
             Council
             of
             Vienna
             ;
             it
             was
             so
             effectual
             ,
             that
             positive
             Orders
             were
             sent
             Montecuculi
             to
             join
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             and
             Fight
             Turenne
             ,
             without
             further
             loss
             of
             time
             ;
             which
             would
             have
             broken
             all
             the
             open
             and
             hidden
             Measures
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             by
             one
             blow
             freed
             the
             Empire
             
             and
             Holland
             from
             Oppression
             .
             But
             other
             matters
             were
             in
             hand
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             Rome
             .
             His
             Majesty
             of
             
               Great
               Brittain
            
             had
             permitted
             himself
             to
             be
             perswaded
             to
             publish
             about
             that
             time
             ,
             a
             Declaration
             (
             whereof
             he
             made
             Report
             to
             his
             Parliament
             ,
             )
             whereby
             a
             Tolleration
             and
             Indulgence
             was
             granted
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Nonconformists
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             .
             Though
             it
             may
             be
             thought
             it
             was
             not
             so
             much
             for
             favouring
             the
             particular
             Conventicles
             of
             the
             Sectaries
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             ,
             as
             ,
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Non-Conformists
             ,
             to
             introduce
             Popery
             again
             into
             that
             Estate
             ,
             though
             contrary
             to
             the
             Designs
             and
             Intentions
             of
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             granted
             it
             only
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             tender
             Consciences
             of
             his
             Protestant
             Subjects
             :
             This
             Step
             towards
             Popery
             being
             the
             First
             Fruits
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             
             had
             promised
             it self
             from
             the
             Ruin
             of
             the
             States
             of
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             that
             Court
             set
             all
             hands
             at
             work
             to
             effect
             that
             Ruin.
             The
             then
             principal
             Obstacles
             of
             the
             Design
             ,
             was
             the
             Resolution
             of
             His
             Electoral
             Highness
             against
             Turenne
             ,
             the
             Destruction
             of
             his
             Army
             being
             capable
             to
             Re-establish
             the
             States
             of
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             ,
             and
             that
             Re-establishment
             would
             have
             destroyed
             all
             the
             Projects
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             in
             England
             .
             Here
             it
             was
             the
             Jesuits
             plaid
             their
             part
             to
             prevent
             the
             blow
             from
             fallin
             on
             Turenne
             ,
             and
             they
             acted
             it
             too
             well
             for
             the
             general
             Good
             of
             Europe
             :
             for
             Montecuculi
             instead
             of
             receiving
             Express
             Order
             to
             joyn
             
             Brandenbourgh's
             Army
             ,
             and
             fight
             Turenne
             ,
             received
             Orders
             quite
             contrary
             ;
             whereby
             he
             was
             absolutely
             forbidden
             to
             do
             the
             one
             or
             the
             other
             .
             To
             drive
             this
             Nail
             
             to
             the
             head
             ;
             the
             venerable
             Society
             (
             whose
             impudence
             nothing
             can
             parallel
             )
             made
             it
             their
             business
             several
             ways
             to
             infuse
             into
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             a
             jealousie
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             as
             insincere
             in
             his
             intentions
             :
             this
             was
             effected
             with
             the
             greater
             facility
             ,
             for
             that
             his
             
               E.
               H.
            
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             having
             received
             from
             the
             Court
             of
             Vienna
             ,
             a
             formal
             Letter
             ,
             which
             gave
             him
             an
             exact
             account
             of
             the
             true
             order
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             had
             sent
             Montecuculi
             to
             join
             him
             and
             fight
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             his
             
               E.
               H.
            
             having
             summoned
             Montecuculi
             to
             execute
             that
             Order
             ,
             Montecuculi
             ,
             who
             knew
             he
             had
             Orders
             quite
             contrary
             ,
             but
             knew
             nothing
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Elector
             had
             account
             ,
             could
             do
             no
             less
             than
             refuse
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             nor
             could
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             choose
             upon
             the
             refusal
             ,
             but
             suspect
             the
             sincerity
             of
             
             the
             Emperor's
             Intentions
             .
             This
             was
             not
             enough
             for
             those
             Masters
             of
             mischief
             ,
             for
             at
             the
             same
             time
             those
             Emissaries
             omitted
             nothing
             that
             might
             instill
             into
             Montecuculi
             ,
             a
             suspicion
             of
             the
             sincerity
             of
             the
             Elector's
             Intentions
             .
             These
             Jealousies
             being
             but
             too
             deeply
             established
             ,
             especially
             on
             this
             last
             side
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             His
             Electoral
             Highness
             was
             at
             last
             perswaded
             (
             as
             these
             Emissaries
             had
             by
             a
             third
             Hand
             infinuated
             to
             him
             )
             that
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             treated
             under-hand
             a
             separate
             Peace
             with
             France
             :
             Which
             appeared
             the
             more
             probable
             ,
             by
             the
             daily
             Advice
             he
             had
             of
             the
             miserable
             estate
             of
             
             Turenne's
             Army
             ,
             growing
             every
             hour
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
             and
             the
             obstinacy
             of
             Montecuculi
             ,
             neither
             to
             joyn
             him
             ,
             nor
             fight
             .
             The
             Emissaries
             foreseeing
             this
             misunderstanding
             would
             vanish
             intime
             
             time
             ,
             when
             the
             truth
             should
             appear
             ,
             made
             use
             of
             that
             conjuncture
             to
             set
             on
             the
             Duke
             of
             Newbourgh
             to
             manage
             a
             particular
             Peace
             between
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             and
             France
             ;
             which
             the
             Electoral
             ,
             jealous
             of
             the
             Imperialists
             ,
             and
             vext
             at
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             was
             at
             last
             perswaded
             to
             accept
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             much
             the
             more
             reason
             ,
             that
             as
             to
             Holland
             he
             pretended
             they
             had
             not
             satisfied
             their
             Engagements
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             as
             to
             the
             Interests
             of
             the
             Empire
             he
             reserved
             himself
             intire
             liberty
             to
             arm
             in
             its
             defence
             ,
             if
             France
             should
             attacque
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Elector
             was
             concerned
             in
             Reputation
             to
             make
             the
             Emperour
             sensible
             of
             his
             just
             Resentments
             of
             
             Montecuculi's
             proceeding
             :
             Montecuculi
             was
             strangely
             surprized
             ,
             when
             at
             his
             return
             to
             Vienna
             his
             Master
             called
             him
             to
             a
             strict
             account
             of
             his
             Conduct
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Reasons
             why
             he
             had
             neither
             joined
             
             Brandenbourgh's
             Army
             ,
             nor
             fought
             Turenne
             ,
             when
             express
             Orders
             had
             been
             sent
             him
             for
             both
             .
             But
             if
             Montecuculi
             was
             surprized
             at
             the
             Question
             ,
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             was
             no
             less
             at
             the
             Answer
             ,
             when
             his
             sage
             General
             produced
             for
             his
             discharge
             an
             Order
             of
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             in
             very
             good
             form
             ,
             expresly
             forbidding
             him
             either
             to
             joyn
             with
             Brandenbourgh
             or
             fight
             Turenne
             :
             And
             't
             is
             certain
             ,
             this
             General
             found
             all
             the
             justice
             of
             his
             Cause
             ,
             and
             the
             assurance
             his
             Master
             had
             of
             his
             fidelity
             ,
             little
             enough
             to
             clear
             him
             of
             this
             unhappy
             Affair
             .
             I
             know
             this
             business
             is
             one
             of
             those
             Riddles
             never
             to
             be
             decypher'd
             ,
             unless
             the
             Author
             will
             voluntarily
             give
             us
             the
             Key
             .
             I
             know
             't
             is
             from
             hence
             it
             proceeds
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             the
             principal
             Wretches
             of
             this
             
             Court
             hath
             been
             formerly
             charged
             with
             this
             Forgery
             :
             But
             to
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             the
             whole
             guilt
             of
             this
             Affair
             lies
             at
             the
             Doors
             of
             the
             Emissaries
             of
             Rome
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             who
             by
             secret
             Contrivances
             with
             those
             of
             France
             ,
             found
             the
             means
             to
             intercept
             the
             true
             Original
             Order
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             dispatch
             to
             transmit
             a
             false
             one
             ,
             but
             very
             well
             Counterfeit
             both
             the
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             :
             And
             that
             by
             People
             who
             are
             not
             now
             to
             learn
             that
             Trade
             .
             It
             being
             certain
             we
             should
             not
             have
             seen
             so
             many
             Troubles
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             as
             daily
             are
             there
             ,
             had
             these
             Emissaries
             less
             credit
             in
             the
             Emperours
             Court.
             
          
           
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             Elector
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             and
             Count
             Montecuculi
             know
             the
             truth
             of
             all
             that
             concerns
             them
             in
             this
             Affair
             :
             But
             I
             am
             well
             assur'd
             not
             one
             of
             the
             three
             knows
             the
             secret
             
             Engines
             set
             at
             work
             in
             the
             business
             .
             What
             I
             know
             thereof
             comes
             not
             from
             them
             ,
             but
             from
             a
             place
             where
             every
             particular
             of
             this
             Negotiation
             was
             known
             ,
             and
             by
             whom
             it
             was
             animated
             .
             Certain
             it
             is
             ,
             if
             the
             point
             of
             the
             Catholicon
             in
             England
             had
             not
             been
             found
             ;
             the
             Ministers
             of
             France
             could
             not
             have
             so
             easily
             compassed
             this
             Forgery
             ;
             but
             by
             that
             every
             thing
             became
             feasible
             ,
             the
             Directors
             of
             the
             Society
             having
             voluntarily
             undertaken
             to
             master
             all
             Difficulties
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             ingenious
             Deduction
             of
             this
             Relation
             ,
             where
             the
             Author
             speaks
             plainly
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             well
             instructed
             and
             acquainted
             with
             the
             fineness
             ,
             and
             superfineness
             of
             the
             management
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             I
             have
             said
             before
             ,
             on
             the
             same
             Subject
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             may
             of
             himself
             apprehend
             it
             appears
             that
             it
             proceeds
             from
             a
             Principle
             of
             
             a
             Papal
             ,
             or
             Jesuitical
             Ambition
             ,
             the
             Council
             of
             Vienna
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             hath
             been
             so
             well
             penetrated
             ,
             directed
             ,
             or
             altered
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Expeditions
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Army
             (
             except
             with
             convenient
             distinctions
             ,
             the
             considerable
             Important
             taking
             of
             Bonne
             ,
             the
             long
             and
             langushing
             Siege
             of
             Phillipsbourgh
             ,
             and
             the
             taking
             it
             at
             last
             ,
             and
             the
             death
             of
             Turenne
             ,
             which
             was
             meerly
             accidental
             )
             I
             say
             all
             the
             Expeditions
             ,
             these
             three
             Points
             excepted
             ,
             have
             been
             from
             the
             beginnings
             of
             the
             Campaigns
             to
             the
             end
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             so
             many
             Processions
             and
             Pilgrimages
             of
             Shame
             and
             of
             Misery
             ,
             of
             Disorder
             and
             confusion
             ,
             as
             the
             Subjects
             of
             the
             Empire
             know
             too
             well
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             flay'd
             to
             the
             bone
             ,
             and
             had
             their
             Marrow
             suckedout
             by
             Winter
             quarters
             ,
             without
             consideration
             ,
             or
             mercy
             ,
             but
             especially
             
             the
             Protestant
             States
             and
             people
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             Magistrates
             ,
             Countries
             and
             Towns
             ,
             who
             have
             felt
             the
             smart
             of
             that
             fiery
             Tryal
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             same
             principle
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             when
             by
             the
             Expulsion
             of
             the
             Swedes
             out
             of
             the
             Patrimony
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             and
             his
             Highness
             of
             Zell
             and
             Osnabourgh
             were
             in
             a
             condition
             (
             notwithstanding
             the
             particular
             peace
             of
             the
             United
             Provinces
             and
             Spain
             )
             to
             transport
             the
             chief
             of
             their
             Forces
             upon
             the
             Frontiers
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             by
             so
             glorious
             an
             Action
             ,
             to
             oblige
             France
             infallibly
             to
             make
             a
             peace
             with
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             and
             particular
             ,
             according
             to
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             ,
             then
             were
             the
             Emissaries
             of
             Rome
             ,
             so
             powerful
             in
             the
             Council
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             that
             they
             obliged
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             
             the
             prejudice
             of
             all
             his
             Treaties
             ,
             to
             seal
             privately
             such
             a
             peace
             with
             France
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             mentioned
             before
             ;
             which
             hath
             been
             manag'd
             with
             so
             much
             dexterity
             ,
             that
             that
             good
             (
             but
             for
             that
             time
             too
             credulous
             )
             Prince
             did
             believe
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             is
             still
             of
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             that
             he
             acted
             according
             to
             the
             most
             judicious
             Maxims
             of
             Religion
             and
             Prudence
             :
             And
             because
             it
             may
             concern
             your
             Highness
             to
             be
             inform'd
             what
             Artifices
             were
             used
             by
             the
             Jesuits
             and
             Ministers
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             went
             hand
             in
             hand
             ,
             acting
             by
             concert
             in
             all
             this
             Affair
             ,
             to
             engage
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             to
             sign
             that
             fatal
             Peace
             ,
             there
             were
             sent
             from
             France
             under
             other
             pretences
             the
             Dutchess
             of
             Meclenbourgh
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             Zell
             ,
             and
             the
             Count
             of
             
               D'
               Epause
            
             to
             that
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Jesuits
             labour'd
             
             so
             effectually
             ,
             that
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             was
             made
             believe
             (
             though
             certainly
             without
             just
             ground
             )
             that
             the
             Houses
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             and
             Lunenbourgh
             had
             already
             agreed
             ,
             or
             were
             just
             upon
             agreeing
             ,
             to
             a
             separate
             Peace
             with
             France
             ;
             whereby
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             would
             be
             left
             alone
             a
             prey
             to
             the
             French
             Ambition
             .
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             if
             those
             Princes
             were
             in
             that
             Conjuncture
             (
             as
             is
             very
             probable
             )
             very
             willing
             to
             keep
             what
             they
             had
             conquer'd
             from
             the
             Swede
             :
             I
             think
             they
             had
             done
             well
             to
             have
             dismist
             those
             Envoys
             from
             their
             Courts
             ,
             which
             had
             they
             done
             ,
             it
             would
             at
             least
             have
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             Emperours
             corrupt
             Council
             ,
             all
             pretence
             of
             rendring
             them
             suspitious
             to
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             hastening
             him
             in
             pursuance
             of
             that
             suspition
             to
             sign
             the
             peace
             under
             Consideration
             .
          
           
           
             To
             sum
             up
             all
             ,
             we
             may
             from
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             reasonably
             infer
             these
             three
             particulars
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             That
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             hath
             been
             basely
             betrayed
             by
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             his
             Council
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             not
             so
             malicious
             and
             unjust
             to
             confound
             the
             innocent
             with
             the
             guilty
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             make
             an
             exception
             (
             out
             of
             the
             general
             clause
             )
             in
             favour
             of
             those
             of
             his
             Council
             ,
             who
             are
             men
             of
             Integrity
             and
             Honour
             ,
             who
             in
             truth
             I
             think
             are
             very
             few
             ,
             and
             not
             much
             in
             Credit
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             being
             so
             villanously
             betray'd
             by
             his
             Council
             ,
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             and
             particular
             ,
             through
             the
             indissoluble
             union
             of
             the
             head
             and
             Members
             cannot
             but
             miserably
             participate
             the
             misfortune
             and
             sufferings
             of
             its
             Soveraign
             ,
             as
             is
             very
             well
             known
             by
             a
             fatal
             ,
             and
             too
             long
             experience
             .
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             easie
             for
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Empire
             ,
             to
             know
             whom
             they
             have
             equallly
             cause
             to
             complain
             of
             ,
             and
             from
             what
             Principle
             not
             only
             this
             Treason
             is
             derived
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             mischiefs
             that
             have
             afflicted
             Christendom
             ,
             for
             above
             an
             Age
             ,
             but
             especially
             the
             Empire
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             late
             War
             :
             I
             say
             for
             above
             an
             Age
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             General
             ;
             because
             that
             which
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             ,
             instigated
             by
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             undertakes
             in
             our
             days
             ,
             is
             but
             the
             same
             ,
             which
             ,
             by
             instigation
             of
             their
             predecessors
             ,
             Charles
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             Fardinand
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             Philip
             the
             Second
             of
             Spain
             ,
             did
             in
             their
             days
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Empire
             in
             particular
             I
             say
             ,
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             last
             War
             ;
             because
             't
             is
             certain
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             hath
             been
             since
             that
             time
             by
             the
             means
             I
             
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             so
             closely
             beset
             ,
             and
             so
             strictly
             observed
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             not
             in
             his
             power
             to
             speak
             ,
             to
             advise
             ,
             to
             wish
             ,
             or
             do
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             the
             Society
             knows
             ,
             and
             absolutely
             destroys
             it
             ,
             if
             not
             suitable
             to
             their
             particular
             Interests
             and
             Designs
             :
             There
             is
             not
             a
             person
             in
             the
             Emperor's
             Court
             ,
             but
             knows
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             without
             certain
             ruin
             dare
             oppose
             in
             that
             Court
             that
             Cabal
             in
             any
             matter
             though
             never
             so
             little
             :
             To
             conclude
             this
             Point
             ,
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             a
             Slave
             to
             the
             Society
             ,
             as
             things
             stand
             at
             present
             ,
             serves
             only
             to
             Authorize
             his
             own
             Ruin
             ,
             the
             Ruin
             of
             his
             August
             Family
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             and
             particular
             :
             For
             the
             very
             Moment
             I
             write
             ,
             France
             publickly
             solicits
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             the
             Nomination
             of
             a
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             in
             favour
             
             of
             the
             Dauphin
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             probability
             will
             be
             managed
             with
             so
             much
             dexterity
             and
             subtilty
             ,
             that
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             if
             he
             follow
             the
             advice
             of
             his
             Council
             ,
             Spiritual
             or
             Temporal
             ,
             will
             think
             himself
             obliged
             in
             Conscience
             voluntarily
             to
             give
             way
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             is
             the
             true
             state
             of
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             his
             Council
             since
             the
             last
             Peace
             .
             Three
             things
             remain
             to
             be
             considered
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             particular
             Advantages
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             procured
             themselves
             by
             the
             late
             War.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             What
             Advantages
             they
             design'd
             themselves
             by
             the
             late
             Peace
             ,
             and
             its
             consequences
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             What
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             and
             particular
             may
             expect
             from
             the
             present
             state
             of
             Affairs
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Advantages
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             procured
             themselves
             ,
             by
             the
             late
             War
             ,
             have
             not
             been
             so
             great
             as
             they
             promised
             themselves
             ,
             for
             God
             having
             preserved
             the
             United
             Provinces
             ,
             whose
             utter
             Destruction
             they
             had
             projected
             ;
             't
             is
             certain
             ,
             most
             of
             their
             Projects
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             were
             defeated
             :
             Yet
             the
             Advantages
             of
             the
             Papacy
             over
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             ,
             in
             the
             late
             War
             ,
             are
             very
             considerable
             ;
             and
             consist
             in
             five
             Particulars
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             by
             the
             fire
             of
             War
             ,
             kindled
             by
             the
             Artifices
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             between
             England
             and
             the
             United
             Provinces
             ;
             those
             two
             Protestant
             Powers
             have
             unhappily
             consumed
             very
             considerable
             Forces
             in
             Men
             ,
             Money
             ,
             Ships
             ,
             Ammunition
             ,
             and
             loss
             of
             Trade
             ,
             the
             Soul
             and
             Substance
             of
             the
             Riches
             of
             both
             Countries
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             That
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             have
             in
             defence
             of
             themselves
             against
             France
             and
             its
             Allies
             in
             Germany
             ,
             been
             forced
             to
             spend
             their
             Men
             and
             their
             Money
             ,
             besides
             loss
             of
             Trade
             during
             the
             War.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             
               Swede
               ,
               Denmark
               ,
               Brandenbourgh
            
             ,
             and
             Zell
             ,
             have
             consumed
             their
             Forces
             during
             all
             this
             War
             ,
             kindled
             by
             the
             Artifices
             of
             the
             same
             Party
             ,
             between
             Swede
             ,
             and
             the
             three
             Princes
             of
             
               Denmark
               ,
               Brandenbourgh
            
             ,
             and
             Lunenbourgh
             ,
             both
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             under
             pretence
             of
             this
             War
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             States
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             as
             well
             during
             the
             Campaignes
             as
             by
             Winter-Quarters
             ,
             have
             been
             miserably
             harrassed
             and
             exhausted
             with
             Exactions
             ,
             Burnings
             ,
             Contributions
             to
             that
             degree
             ,
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Imperial
             
             Towns
             are
             almost
             ruined
             ;
             and
             several
             of
             them
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Palatinate
             ,
             and
             other
             Countries
             ,
             out
             of
             hopes
             of
             recovery
             in
             an
             Age
             ;
             while
             the
             Hereditary
             Countries
             ,
             and
             Bavaria
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             places
             of
             the
             Roman
             Communion
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             have
             been
             preserved
             as
             the
             Apple
             of
             an
             Eye
             ,
             or
             so
             little
             opprest
             they
             scarce
             feel
             it
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             France
             by
             this
             War
             ,
             having
             conquered
             the
             County
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             kept
             it
             by
             the
             Peace
             free
             from
             Condition
             of
             Exchange
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             whereas
             this
             Province
             ,
             belonging
             heretofore
             to
             Spain
             ,
             was
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             distance
             from
             the
             heart
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             not
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             hurt
             the
             Protestant
             Cantons
             of
             the
             Swisses
             ;
             now
             that
             it
             belongs
             to
             France
             ,
             we
             art
             not
             to
             flatter
             our selves
             ,
             but
             it
             belongs
             to
             a
             
             Power
             which
             may
             every
             hour
             make
             a
             sudden
             irruption
             into
             the
             Canton
             of
             Bern
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             specious
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             put
             the
             Protestant
             and
             Roman
             Cantons
             in
             disorder
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             work
             their
             inevitable
             ruine
             ;
             unless
             that
             Republick
             have
             the
             Courage
             and
             Judgment
             to
             enter
             into
             confederacy
             with
             those
             that
             ought
             to
             preserve
             it
             from
             destruction
             ,
             which
             the
             building
             the
             Fortress
             of
             Hunningen
             ,
             may
             sufficiently
             instruct
             them
             ,
             is
             certainly
             intended
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             reckon
             all
             these
             to
             be
             real
             advantages
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             have
             by
             the
             last
             War
             procur'd
             themselves
             against
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             :
             For
             where
             resolution
             is
             taken
             to
             ruine
             an
             Enemy
             under
             several
             heads
             ,
             the
             best
             way
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
             is
             to
             divide
             the
             Powers
             ,
             and
             engage
             them
             as
             much
             as
             may
             be
             in
             
             War
             ,
             one
             against
             another
             ,
             to
             the
             Consumption
             of
             their
             Forces
             ;
             and
             to
             fortifie
             your self
             on
             their
             Frontiers
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             make
             sudden
             Inroads
             into
             their
             Countries
             when
             you
             please
             :
             The
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             by
             the
             Access
             they
             have
             had
             to
             the
             Council
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             help
             of
             the
             Counsellors
             there
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Protestant
             Courts
             ,
             have
             with
             great
             dexterity
             put
             these
             Maxims
             in
             practice
             during
             the
             late
             War
             :
             For
             His
             Majesty
             of
             Swedland
             ,
             managed
             by
             France
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             of
             Denmark
             ,
             His
             Electoral
             Highness
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             and
             His
             Highness
             of
             Zell
             ,
             managed
             by
             the
             Imperial
             Court
             ,
             will
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             search
             to
             the
             bottom
             ,
             by
             what
             Motives
             and
             Artifices
             they
             have
             been
             all
             four
             engaged
             in
             a
             War
             ,
             which
             hath
             ruined
             their
             Estates
             
             for
             more
             than
             ten
             years
             .
             I
             doubt
             not
             (
             with
             the
             respect
             and
             submission
             that
             is
             due
             to
             them
             )
             but
             they
             will
             find
             that
             the
             modern
             Romans
             have
             with
             great
             insolence
             and
             perfidiousness
             practised
             upon
             them
             what
             the
             ancient
             Romans
             did
             for
             divertisement
             to
             their
             Gladiators
             :
             for
             when
             these
             men
             had
             by
             bloody
             ,
             and
             oftentimes
             mortal
             Combats
             ,
             sufficiently
             diverted
             the
             Spectators
             ,
             and
             the
             Magistrate
             made
             them
             a
             Sign
             to
             give
             out
             ,
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             condition
             soever
             they
             were
             to
             go
             every
             one
             home
             ,
             as
             these
             four
             Princes
             were
             in
             the
             end
             forced
             to
             do
             .
             This
             may
             serve
             for
             an
             excellent
             and
             important
             instruction
             for
             
               England
               ,
               Holland
               ,
               Swede
            
             and
             Denmark
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Protestant
             States
             and
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             to
             avoid
             effectually
             the
             snares
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             every
             
             day
             lays
             for
             them
             the
             ways
             I
             have
             observed
             ,
             with
             a
             setled
             design
             to
             destroy
             not
             only
             their
             Religion
             but
             their
             Temporal
             Estates
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Point
             .
          
           
             The
             Advantages
             the
             Court
             of
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             proposed
             to
             themselves
             by
             the
             conclusion
             of
             the
             Peace
             between
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             and
             France
             ,
             may
             be
             reduced
             to
             three
             principal
             Heads
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             By
             the
             Maxims
             observed
             in
             the
             first
             part
             of
             my
             Letter
             ,
             to
             fix
             (
             without
             danger
             of
             any
             probable
             variation
             )
             the
             Designs
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             Efforts
             of
             their
             Arms
             ,
             against
             the
             Empire
             and
             Northern
             Countries
             ,
             as
             most
             remote
             from
             Italy
             ,
             and
             most
             convenient
             by
             the
             progress
             of
             those
             Arms
             to
             ruine
             the
             Prorestant
             
             Party
             and
             consequently
             to
             advance
             the
             re-establishment
             of
             the
             Papal
             Grandeur
             and
             Authority
             ,
             the
             fall
             of
             the
             one
             producing
             naturally
             the
             exaltation
             of
             the
             other
             .
             And
             for
             attaining
             this
             end
             ,
             to
             procure
             this
             Peace
             to
             be
             so
             made
             ,
             that
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             might
             be
             fully
             perswaded
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             (
             in
             prejudice
             to
             all
             other
             Powers
             of
             Christendom
             )
             studied
             nothing
             more
             than
             his
             exaltation
             ,
             and
             an
             effectual
             setling
             and
             establishing
             in
             time
             an
             absolute
             Monarchick
             Authority
             over
             Europe
             :
             And
             that
             this
             project
             might
             be
             made
             appear
             so
             facil
             and
             easie
             to
             this
             Prince
             that
             he
             might
             be
             the
             better
             tempted
             to
             undertake
             it
             :
             In
             order
             to
             these
             ends
             ,
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             could
             not
             have
             done
             any
             thing
             whereby
             more
             effectually
             to
             demonstrate
             their
             zeal
             and
             close
             
             adherence
             to
             the
             Grandeur
             and
             Exaltation
             of
             the
             most
             Christian
             King
             ,
             than
             by
             making
             (
             as
             they
             have
             done
             with
             so
             much
             craft
             and
             perfidiousness
             )
             a
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Emperour
             and
             Empire
             (
             with
             all
             that
             concerned
             the
             Glory
             and
             Interest
             of
             both
             )
             the
             better
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             Designs
             of
             the
             French
             :
             Their
             project
             in
             this
             particular
             hath
             proved
             so
             effectual
             ,
             and
             discover'd
             so
             many
             divisions
             ,
             so
             much
             ignorance
             ,
             weakness
             ,
             and
             baseness
             ,
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             that
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             may
             by
             these
             appearances
             rationally
             judge
             he
             may
             probably
             succeed
             in
             whatever
             he
             shall
             attempt
             against
             the
             Empire
             (
             though
             I
             am
             not
             of
             opinion
             he
             will
             find
             it
             so
             easie
             a
             matter
             as
             he
             hath
             been
             made
             believe
             '
             t
             is
             .
             )
             But
             we
             are
             to
             believe
             this
             Prince
             is
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             to
             attain
             all
             his
             ends
             ,
             the
             Empire
             
             being
             the
             natural
             obstacle
             against
             an
             Universal
             Monarchy
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             his
             business
             to
             attempt
             the
             Empire
             in
             the
             first
             place
             .
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             doubted
             ,
             but
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             making
             full
             account
             the
             most
             Christian
             King
             will
             be
             very
             well
             able
             by
             his
             Forces
             to
             master
             the
             Empire
             ,
             have
             hastened
             with
             all
             diligence
             possible
             the
             signing
             the
             Peace
             between
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             and
             France
             ,
             upon
             design
             that
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             being
             by
             this
             expedient
             of
             the
             Peace
             free
             from
             War
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             perpetual
             Plots
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             in
             England
             ,
             or
             elsewhere
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             prosperous
             ,
             as
             ,
             with
             the
             help
             of
             Forreign
             aid
             ,
             to
             effect
             the
             re-establishment
             of
             the
             Popes
             Authority
             there
             ,
             they
             might
             make
             use
             of
             the
             French
             Forces
             to
             invade
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             other
             Countries
             ,
             for
             the
             ends
             I
             have
             
             mentioned
             :
             And
             if
             by
             Gods
             Providence
             the
             perfidious
             and
             damnable
             Conspiracy
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             against
             the
             King
             the
             Religion
             and
             State
             of
             England
             had
             not
             been
             discovered
             the
             last
             year
             ,
             I
             believe
             England
             had
             e're
             this
             felt
             the
             Effects
             of
             what
             I
             observe
             .
             Be
             pleased
             to
             allow
             me
             leave
             on
             this
             occcasion
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             unless
             his
             Majesty
             of
             
               Great
               Brittain
            
             be
             willing
             to
             fall
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             People
             ,
             under
             the
             slavery
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             France
             ,
             he
             hath
             great
             Cause
             to
             take
             heed
             left
             the
             Warlike
             Preparations
             of
             all
             sorts
             made
             by
             the
             French
             in
             all
             their
             Ports
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             Coasts
             of
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             be
             not
             made
             upon
             some
             such
             design
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             Scheme
             of
             the
             Plot
             Ireland
             is
             looked
             upon
             as
             a
             Country
             which
             may
             unquestionably
             procure
             France
             the
             absolute
             Dominion
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             
             of
             Trade
             ,
             and
             the
             Conquests
             of
             the
             
               West
               Indies
            
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             ancient
             and
             primitive
             project
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             having
             that
             influence
             over
             the
             Imperial
             Council
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             in
             their
             power
             to
             do
             what
             they
             pleased
             there
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             the
             signing
             of
             the
             Peace
             was
             prest
             on
             this
             farther
             design
             ,
             that
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             (
             the
             Peace
             concluded
             )
             finding
             himself
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             dispose
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             his
             Forces
             ,
             they
             might
             easily
             perswade
             him
             to
             employ
             them
             to
             root
             out
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             perfect
             the
             pretended
             Reformation
             in
             Silesia
             :
             And
             it
             was
             well
             for
             that
             People
             that
             God
             provided
             for
             their
             safety
             by
             very
             extraordinary
             means
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             Plague
             ;
             for
             had
             not
             that
             broken
             out
             ,
             it
             is
             
             not
             credible
             but
             Dunewald
             the
             Apostate
             ,
             now
             a
             formal
             Creature
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             had
             been
             sent
             thither
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             do
             something
             .
             Happy
             would
             it
             be
             for
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             if
             by
             just
             and
             solid
             Reflections
             on
             the
             Disasters
             successively
             fallen
             upon
             his
             August
             Family
             ,
             for
             having
             too
             much
             espoused
             the
             violent
             and
             cruel
             passions
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             by
             considering
             this
             Scourge
             of
             God
             which
             hath
             forced
             him
             to
             quit
             his
             Capital
             City
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             follows
             him
             visibly
             wherever
             he
             goes
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             sensible
             the
             Hand
             of
             God
             is
             not
             stretched
             out
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             heretofore
             against
             David
             ,
             for
             his
             Sin
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             hath
             stretched
             out
             his
             hand
             to
             oppress
             the
             only
             Congregations
             of
             Christians
             in
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             whose
             Worship
             is
             not
             infected
             
             with
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             who
             according
             to
             the
             Precepts
             of
             the
             Gospel
             adore
             the
             Soveraign
             and
             Supreme
             Creator
             in
             Spirit
             and
             in
             Truth
             .
             But
             far
             happier
             should
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             be
             ,
             if
             by
             such
             reflections
             God
             would
             give
             him
             the
             Grace
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             to
             the
             Emperor
             Charles
             the
             Fifth
             before
             de
             died
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             and
             own
             the
             Truth
             he
             persecutes
             ;
             and
             (
             setting
             aside
             Policy
             )
             embrace
             generously
             the
             Profession
             of
             it
             .
             God
             Almighty
             would
             then
             certainly
             bless
             him
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             credible
             he
             would
             not
             deny
             him
             the
             Power
             to
             humble
             the
             Proud
             ,
             and
             those
             who
             by
             their
             enormous
             .
             Ambition
             ,
             put
             all
             Europe
             into
             Combustion
             .
             I
             beg
             your
             Highnesses
             Pardon
             for
             this
             Digression
             ;
             which
             the
             Matter
             I
             treat
             of
             ,
             and
             my
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Faith
             and
             Salvation
             of
             others
             naturally
             led
             me
             to
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Third
             Point
             .
          
           
             To
             make
             some
             solid
             Prognostick
             ,
             in
             a
             matter
             so
             dilicate
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             as
             to
             what
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             and
             particular
             is
             no
             expect
             from
             the
             present
             state
             of
             affairs
             ;
             we
             are
             to
             believe
             his
             most
             Christian
             Majesty
             (
             unless
             notably
             changed
             in
             his
             dispositions
             )
             would
             boldly
             and
             couragiously
             carry
             on
             his
             business
             ,
             I
             mean
             his
             pretension
             to
             make
             his
             Son
             ,
             the
             Dauphin
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             :
             His
             Marriage
             with
             the
             Princess
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             the
             Envoys
             and
             magnificent
             Presents
             he
             sends
             to
             the
             Electoral
             Courts
             of
             Saxony
             and
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             and
             his
             arming
             so
             furiously
             ,
             signifie
             sufficiently
             two
             things
             .
             First
             ,
             His
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Alliances
             and
             Oppositions
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             may
             make
             against
             him
             .
             
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             he
             will
             certainly
             pursue
             his
             pretension
             .
             'T
             is
             of
             extream
             importance
             for
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             and
             particular
             to
             know
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             for
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             Empire
             to
             favour
             this
             pretension
             ,
             or
             to
             oppose
             it
             .
             This
             with
             your
             Highnesses
             leave
             ,
             I
             intend
             briefly
             to
             examine
             ;
             and
             to
             observe
             some
             order
             :
             It
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             better
             for
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             every
             Member
             of
             it
             in
             particular
             ,
             to
             live
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             Customs
             ,
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             under
             which
             they
             have
             lived
             for
             many
             Ages
             ;
             or
             that
             the
             Empire
             ,
             without
             striking
             a
             blow
             ,
             submit
             voluntarily
             to
             the
             Yoke
             of
             a
             Government
             which
             acknowledges
             no
             Law
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             a
             Power
             purely
             Despotical
             and
             Absolute
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             As
             a
             Dependent
             on
             the
             former
             Point
             ,
             Whether
             it
             be
             better
             ,
             
             as
             to
             the
             Revolutions
             since
             the
             Wars
             for
             Religion
             ,
             that
             the
             Empire
             live
             occording
             to
             the
             Concordats
             and
             Agreements
             in
             the
             Peace
             of
             Munster
             ,
             or
             Osnabrug
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             Capitulations
             with
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             since
             his
             Election
             :
             or
             without
             regard
             to
             the
             one
             ,
             or
             the
             other
             ,
             that
             the
             Empire
             engage
             anew
             in
             a
             Civil
             War
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             final
             Victory
             may
             decide
             the
             Quarrel
             in
             favour
             of
             one
             of
             the
             parties
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Concordats
             ,
             and
             those
             two
             Treaties
             of
             Peace
             ,
             or
             the
             late
             Capitulations
             ,
             as
             if
             never
             agreed
             or
             capitulated
             ?
          
           
             I
             think
             it
             the
             more
             necessary
             to
             examine
             before
             hand
             these
             Points
             ,
             for
             that
             we
             may
             hold
             it
             for
             certain
             .
          
        
         
           
             As
             to
             the
             first
             Point
             .
          
           
             In
             case
             the
             Dauphin
             be
             ever
             Elected
             
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             days
             of
             that
             Election
             ,
             whatever
             Capitulations
             shall
             be
             signed
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             German
             Empire
             will
             be
             annexed
             to
             ,
             and
             made
             an
             Hereditary
             Province
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             .
             To
             justifie
             this
             ,
             you
             need
             only
             read
             several
             French
             Authors
             ,
             who
             have
             treated
             of
             the
             Rights
             and
             pretensions
             of
             France
             ,
             upon
             the
             Empire
             ,
             particularly
             that
             of
             the
             Advocate
             Awbrey
             ;
             for
             though
             he
             hath
             with
             good
             reason
             been
             laughed
             at
             for
             his
             Writings
             ,
             yet
             if
             that
             Election
             take
             effect
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             his
             discourse
             solid
             and
             well
             grounded
             .
             Besides
             ,
             you
             may
             soberly
             weigh
             what
             France
             hath
             already
             practised
             upon
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Empire
             which
             hath
             fallen
             to
             its
             share
             ,
             and
             the
             Neighbouring
             Parts
             ,
             both
             in
             Temporals
             and
             Spirituals
             :
             as
             to
             the
             Temporal
             Concerns
             ,
             France
             seizes
             all
             boldly
             
             and
             openly
             in
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             without
             pretence
             of
             other
             Law
             ,
             or
             Right
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             convenience
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             freedom
             and
             confidence
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             take
             possession
             of
             any
             ancient
             Patrimony
             of
             that
             Crown
             :
             The
             Dukes
             of
             Lorrain
             and
             
               Deuxponts
               ,
               Mentbeleuard
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Ten
             free
             Towns
             of
             Alsatia
             ,
             sufficiently
             prove
             this
             ;
             as
             to
             Spiritual
             matters
             you
             need
             only
             read
             the
             publick
             Ordinance
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Metz
             against
             the
             Lutherans
             of
             those
             Countries
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Clergy
             in
             general
             ,
             all
             the
             free
             Chapters
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             whether
             Arch-Bishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Abbots
             ,
             Deans
             ,
             or
             Priors
             ,
             may
             assure
             themselves
             ,
             if
             this
             Election
             take
             place
             ,
             they
             must
             go
             to
             France
             e're
             they
             come
             to
             those
             Dignities
             ;
             for
             to
             imagine
             the
             free
             Suffrages
             of
             the
             Chapters
             shall
             be
             continued
             ,
             is
             sortishness
             
             and
             folly
             .
             The
             Bishopricks
             of
             
               Metz
               ,
               Toul
            
             and
             Verdun
             ,
             and
             (
             I
             doubt
             not
             for
             the
             future
             )
             Cambray
             ,
             which
             were
             heretofore
             Principalities
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             may
             teach
             us
             that
             under
             a
             French
             Government
             the
             only
             way
             to
             those
             Dignities
             is
             by
             a
             Writ
             of
             Presentation
             by
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             consequently
             all
             that
             seek
             or
             depend
             on
             those
             Bishopricks
             must
             be
             Courtiers
             and
             Slaves
             .
             Not
             but
             that
             I
             believe
             if
             the
             Dauphin
             be
             chosen
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             his
             Council
             is
             too
             cunning
             not
             to
             make
             him
             promise
             expresly
             to
             maintain
             the
             Privileges
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             Benefices
             of
             the
             Empire
             :
             And
             that
             till
             he
             be
             fully
             setled
             they
             may
             be
             content
             to
             write
             Letters
             to
             the
             Chapters
             to
             chuse
             the
             person
             the
             Court
             shall
             recommend
             ,
             but
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             there
             will
             be
             no
             fear
             of
             refusal
             :
             Yet
             this
             course
             is
             not
             to
             
             be
             expected
             to
             hold
             ten
             Years
             to
             an
             end
             :
             Which
             I
             believe
             the
             rather
             for
             that
             France
             pretends
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             declared
             at
             large
             by
             several
             politick
             Treatises
             )
             that
             most
             of
             the
             great
             Benefices
             in
             Germany
             have
             been
             founded
             by
             Emperors
             ,
             Kings
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             that
             consequently
             the
             Court
             of
             France
             is
             the
             true
             Patron
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             temporal
             ,
             of
             what
             Rank
             or
             Degree
             soever
             ,
             may
             from
             the
             day
             of
             that
             Election
             ,
             provide
             for
             three
             things
             which
             will
             certainly
             follow
             .
          
           
             First
             they
             shall
             be
             reduced
             to
             the
             natural
             Rents
             and
             Revenues
             of
             their
             ancient
             Patrimonies
             ,
             which
             cannot
             with
             Probability
             be
             denied
             to
             depend
             upon
             the
             ancient
             Kingdom
             of
             Austrasia
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             Ministers
             of
             France
             suppose
             to
             be
             part
             of
             the
             French
             
             Monarchy
             )
             and
             consequently
             all
             natural
             Rights
             there
             being
             subject
             to
             the
             Law
             Salique
             ,
             admit
             neither
             of
             Alienation
             nor
             Prescription
             .
             For
             as
             to
             the
             Taxes
             and
             Contributions
             now
             paid
             these
             Lords
             by
             their
             Vassals
             and
             Subjects
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             they
             will
             be
             obliged
             to
             disclaim
             them
             ,
             and
             consent
             with
             a
             very
             good
             Will
             ,
             that
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Empire
             shall
             in
             this
             Case
             Order
             what
             Taxes
             and
             Exactions
             he
             please
             to
             be
             Levied
             ,
             and
             all
             for
             his
             use
             :
             To
             pretend
             Capitulations
             or
             Reasons
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             will
             be
             to
             insist
             on
             Trifles
             ,
             or
             commence
             Suits
             to
             be
             decided
             only
             by
             Military
             Execution
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             They
             will
             be
             Disarmed
             ,
             it
             being
             against
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             policy
             of
             France
             ,
             to
             permit
             any
             Prince
             ,
             or
             Lord
             ,
             under
             their
             Dominion
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             Power
             to
             defend
             himself
             by
             force
             ,
             
             be
             his
             Right
             to
             do
             so
             never
             so
             ancient
             and
             authentick
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             To
             gain
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             the
             Head
             of
             every
             House
             of
             the
             Secular
             Princes
             must
             actually
             wait
             on
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             at
             an
             excessive
             Expence
             ,
             or
             send
             in
             his
             stead
             his
             Brothers
             or
             Sons
             to
             make
             his
             Court
             ,
             or
             to
             receive
             Orders
             and
             Caresses
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             Repulses
             and
             Checks
             :
             And
             the
             Empire
             being
             full
             of
             Divisions
             and
             Jealousies
             ,
             there
             is
             cause
             enough
             to
             fear
             the
             Princes
             will
             strive
             who
             shall
             be
             most
             Officious
             ,
             as
             the
             Princes
             and
             other
             Great
             men
             of
             France
             have
             done
             ,
             to
             their
             utter
             Ruin
             ,
             and
             total
             Consumption
             of
             their
             Estates
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Counts
             ,
             and
             Barons
             ,
             and
             all
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             who
             are
             Vassals
             to
             Electors
             and
             particular
             Princes
             ,
             my
             Heart
             bleeds
             to
             think
             how
             certainly
             
             and
             strangely
             their
             Condition
             will
             be
             chang'd
             ,
             if
             ever
             a
             French
             King
             be
             made
             Emperour
             .
             Is
             it
             probable
             the
             Ministers
             of
             France
             will
             have
             more
             pity
             of
             the
             German
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             than
             the
             Dukes
             ,
             Marquesses
             ,
             Counts
             ,
             Barons
             and
             particular
             Nobility
             of
             their
             own
             Country
             have
             found
             at
             their
             hands
             ?
             There
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             the
             day
             they
             change
             their
             Master
             ,
             they
             must
             bid
             an
             Eternal
             Adieu
             to
             all
             their
             Rights
             of
             Soveraign
             Justice
             and
             Free-hold
             :
             The
             Great
             Men
             and
             private
             Gentry
             of
             France
             ,
             several
             of
             whom
             have
             the
             Honour
             to
             be
             descended
             in
             a
             right
             Line
             from
             Soveraign
             Princes
             ,
             had
             no
             less
             Courage
             ,
             nor
             were
             heretofore
             less
             Priviledged
             ,
             nor
             less
             Jealous
             of
             their
             Rights
             ,
             than
             many
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Empire
             are
             at
             this
             present
             .
             Yet
             have
             they
             been
             forc'd
             one
             after
             another
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Yoke
             ,
             
             and
             lose
             all
             their
             ancient
             Priviledges
             :
             Nor
             must
             they
             think
             any
             more
             (
             though
             they
             have
             right
             )
             to
             lay
             any
             imposition
             on
             their
             Subjects
             .
             For
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             in
             the
             Article
             of
             the
             Princes
             ;
             )
             This
             is
             a
             sweet
             bit
             ,
             which
             the
             absolute
             and
             Despotical
             Dominion
             of
             France
             always
             reserves
             for
             it's
             own
             Tooth
             .
             They
             must
             never
             think
             more
             by
             Offices
             and
             Imployments
             under
             particular
             Princes
             ,
             or
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             to
             render
             themselves
             considerable
             ,
             make
             their
             Fortunes
             ,
             or
             Recover
             their
             spent
             Estates
             ,
             as
             they
             could
             have
             done
             heretofore
             :
             At
             least
             but
             few
             of
             them
             shall
             be
             ever
             able
             to
             do
             it
             .
             For
             as
             to
             particular
             Princes
             ,
             they
             will
             in
             case
             of
             a
             French
             Emperour
             be
             absolutely
             ruin'd
             ,
             and
             forc'd
             to
             Retrench
             themselves
             and
             their
             Families
             to
             a
             very
             low
             Condition
             ;
             and
             as
             to
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             
             whoever
             will
             have
             Office
             or
             Imployment
             in
             his
             House
             or
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ,
             must
             think
             of
             buying
             it
             with
             ready
             Money
             ,
             there
             being
             not
             an
             Office
             or
             Imployment
             in
             the
             
               French
               Kings
            
             House
             ,
             from
             the
             Steward
             of
             his
             House
             to
             the
             Scullion
             in
             his
             Kitchen
             ,
             nor
             in
             his
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ,
             from
             that
             of
             Chief
             President
             to
             the
             meanest
             Serjeant
             ,
             but
             is
             sold
             for
             ready
             Money
             .
             So
             that
             there
             remains
             not
             for
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             any
             Office
             or
             Employ
             ,
             but
             what
             must
             be
             bought
             ,
             save
             only
             the
             Military
             :
             But
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             the
             Empire
             are
             too
             Judicious
             ,
             (
             at
             least
             ,
             unless
             (
             as
             the
             French
             Proverb
             is
             )
             
               They
               are
               willing
               to
               be
               taken
               for
               Fools
               ,
               )
            
             not
             to
             know
             they
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             promise
             themselves
             in
             this
             particular
             of
             Military
             Employment
             ,
             any
             greater
             Priviledge
             than
             is
             allow'd
             the
             ancient
             
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             that
             to
             procure
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             Prince
             or
             his
             Principal
             Ministers
             ,
             they
             must
             serve
             in
             the
             Wars
             at
             their
             own
             Charge
             ,
             as
             the
             French
             Nobility
             have
             done
             .
             The
             necessary
             Expences
             of
             every
             Office
             exceeding
             yearly
             ,
             by
             three
             fourths
             ,
             the
             pay
             of
             the
             Prince
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             most
             resolve
             to
             consume
             the
             Bulk
             of
             their
             Estates
             to
             be
             known
             at
             Court
             ,
             and
             frequently
             spend
             a
             real
             Patrimony
             in
             pursuit
             of
             vain
             and
             chimerical
             hopes
             ,
             which
             will
             infallibly
             Ruin
             their
             Families
             ;
             and
             bring
             most
             of
             those
             who
             take
             these
             Courses
             to
             end
             their
             lives
             in
             Languishing
             Griefs
             and
             cruel
             Repentings
             :
             For
             thus
             it
             is
             ,
             all
             the
             Nobility
             of
             France
             serve
             in
             the
             Wars
             ,
             and
             such
             is
             the
             end
             most
             of
             them
             make
             .
             If
             we
             have
             heard
             of
             a
             Schomberg
             or
             a
             Ransan
             that
             became
             considerable
             in
             France
             by
             
             the
             Wars
             .
             Let
             the
             Nobility
             of
             the
             Empire
             be
             assur'd
             it
             was
             but
             a
             Lure
             which
             the
             Ministers
             of
             France
             (
             who
             have
             long
             since
             Plotted
             the
             Conquest
             of
             the
             Empire
             )
             thought
             fit
             to
             hold
             out
             to
             Delude
             and
             Cheat
             the
             German
             Nobility
             :
             They
             are
             like
             the
             Fires
             in
             the
             Night
             that
             lead
             them
             into
             Precipices
             ,
             who
             are
             indiscreet
             enough
             to
             follow
             them
             :
             All
             this
             I
             know
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             grounded
             on
             very
             Authentick
             Memoirs
             ,
             and
             certain
             knowledge
             of
             the
             matters
             I
             mention
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Imperial
             Towns
             and
             free
             Cities
             of
             the
             
               Empire
               ,
               Colmar
               ,
               Schlestat
            
             ,
             and
             Haguenau
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             Rank
             ,
             situate
             in
             Alsatia
             ,
             may
             teach
             their
             Magistrates
             and
             Councils
             ,
             what
             value
             the
             Ministers
             of
             France
             put
             upon
             their
             ancient
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             for
             those
             are
             the
             things
             the
             Ministers
             there
             ,
             or
             
             their
             Envoys
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Commissaries
             or
             Intendants
             ,
             call
             in
             Derision
             Stories
             to
             make
             one
             Sleep
             ,
             Illusions
             ,
             and
             Old
             Wives
             Tales
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             things
             nothing
             worth
             .
             If
             ever
             France
             come
             to
             the
             Empire
             ,
             all
             the
             Cities
             of
             that
             Order
             are
             with
             
               Metz
               ,
               Toul
            
             ,
             and
             Verdun
             ,
             and
             (
             last
             of
             all
             )
             Bezanson
             to
             denounce
             and
             disclaim
             all
             Rights
             of
             Justice
             ,
             Magazines
             ,
             Garrisons
             and
             Impositions
             ,
             and
             to
             prepare
             themselves
             (
             at
             least
             all
             those
             that
             cannot
             ,
             will
             be
             kept
             under
             otherwise
             )
             to
             see
             built
             in
             the
             highest
             place
             in
             the
             Town
             a
             strong
             Citadel
             at
             their
             Charge
             ,
             and
             a
             Garrison
             put
             into
             it
             ,
             which
             they
             must
             maintain
             ,
             and
             consequently
             by
             degrees
             undergo
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             all
             the
             Subjects
             of
             Princes
             ,
             Earls
             ,
             Barons
             ,
             and
             particular
             Lords
             ;
             and
             all
             Counts
             ,
             Barons
             ,
             and
             private
             Lords
             for
             their
             Estates
             in
             Land
             and
             all
             Necessaries
             for
             
             Life
             ,
             with
             very
             little
             Exception
             ,
             all
             the
             Impositions
             following
             .
          
           
             
               First
               upon
               Estates
               in
               Land
               ,
               Money
               ,
               and
               Trade
               .
            
             
               Ayde
               ,
               Octroy
               ,
               Preciput
               ,
               Equivalent
               ,
               Crue
               ,
               Taille
               ,
               Estaste
               ,
               Subsistence
               de
               quartier
               d'hyver
               ,
               Garinzons
               ,
               Mortpayes
               ,
               Appointments
               des
               Governeurs
               ,
               Debtes
               &
               Affaires
               du
               Roy
               ,
               Gratifications
               Extraordinaries
               ,
               Den
               Gratuit
               ,
               Frais
               de
               Recoua
               usemens
               &
               Contabilite
               .
            
          
           
             
               More
               upon
               Drinks
               .
            
             
               Aydes
               sur
               le
               vin
               ,
               Bieres
               ,
               &
               Cidres
               ,
               Plus
               le
               huitieme
               denier
               ,
               Le
               Souquet
               ,
               Le
               Patae
               ,
               Imposts
               &
               Billets
               .
            
             
               
                 [
                 Instead
                 of
                 Censuring
                 the
                 Translation
                 imperfect
                 ,
                 in
                 giving
                 the
                 Names
                 of
                 these
                 
                 Impositions
                 (
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Original
                 )
                 in
                 French
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 Reader
                 Congratulate
                 his
                 Happiness
                 ,
                 that
                 very
                 few
                 of
                 these
                 
                   Most
                   Christian
                
                 Impositions
                 have
                 been
                 Christened
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 therefor
                 they
                 want
                 Names
                 in
                 our
                 Language
                 .
                 ]
              
            
          
           
             
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               upon
               things
               Eatable
               .
            
             
               The
               Gabelle
               on
               Corn
               and
               Meal
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               in
               Markets
               or
               at
               the
               Mill
               ,
               in
               several
               places
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 Mesure
                 Coupee
              
               ,
               or
               Octroy
               .
            
             
               The
               Toll
               called
               
                 Pied
                 Forchu
              
               ,
               taken
               for
               all
               sorts
               of
               Beasts
               sold
               in
               Fairs
               and
               Markets
               .
            
             
               The
               Toll
               taken
               by
               Weight
               for
               every
               Pound
               of
               Meat
               sold
               in
               the
               Shambles
               .
            
             
               The
               Gabelle
               on
               Salt
               ,
               which
               will
               raise
               the
               price
               of
               Salt
               so
               
               high
               ,
               that
               what
               is
               now
               sold
               for
               a
               Florin
               ,
               will
               then
               cost
               Fourteen
               Crowns
               .
            
          
           
             
               More
               upon
               all
               Necessaries
               for
               Life
               .
            
             
               The
               Mark
               of
               Paper
               ,
               The
               Mark
               of
               Silver
               ,
               The
               Mark
               of
               Tin
               ,
               The
               Mark
               of
               Hats
               ,
               The
               Mark
               on
               all
               Silk
               Stockins
               and
               Woollen
               ,
               The
               Mark
               of
               Shoes
               ,
               The
               Gabella
               on
               Perukes
               ,
               The
               Gabelle
               on
               Tobacco
               ,
               The
               Mark
               on
               all
               Stuffs
               of
               Wooll
               or
               Silk
               ,
               The
               Mark
               on
               Linnen
               ,
               The
               Gabelle
               on
               Ice
               ,
               The
               Control
               of
               Exploits
               .
            
          
           
             
               More
               upon
               Noble
               Estates
               ,
               from
               five
               Years
               ,
               to
               five
               Years
               .
            
             
               The
               Tax
               of
               free
               Fifes
               ,
               The
               Tax
               of
               new
               Purchases
               ,
               The
               Fifths
               and
               Refifths
               ,
               Amortissements
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               More
               upon
               the
               Offices
               of
               Judicature
               and
               the
               Treasury
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 price
                 of
                 Valuation
                 ,
                 The
                 Mark
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 The
                 two
                 Sols
                 in
                 the
                 Pound
                 ,
                 The
                 Seal
                 duty
                 ,
                 The
                 Duty
                 of
                 Control
                 ,
                 The
                 Registers
                 Duty
                 ,
                 The
                 Duty
                 for
                 Oaths
                 ;
                 The
                 Prest
                 for
                 being
                 admited
                 to
                 the
                 Annual
                 ,
                 The
                 Annual
                 or
                 Paulette
                 .
              
            
             
               Besides
               many
               other
               Taxes
               to
               be
               paid
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               and
               many
               Retrenchments
               of
               Wages
               to
               be
               yearly
               undergone
               ;
               for
               the
               Soveraign
               Courts
               have
               but
               three
               quarters
               Wages
               ,
               the
               Subordinate
               but
               two
               ,
               and
               the
               base
               or
               lowest
               Courts
               frequently
               but
               one
               .
            
             
               Add
               to
               all
               these
               the
               Reunion
               to
               the
               King's
               Demesnes
               ,
               newly
               Executed
               throughout
               France
               on
               all
               Commonalties
               or
               Corporations
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               all
               
               that
               belongs
               in
               Common
               to
               any
               Commonalty
               ,
               as
               Fewel
               and
               Pasture
               in
               Woods
               and
               Forests
               ,
               Rivers
               ,
               Ponds
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Common
               Rights
               of
               what
               nature
               soever
               .
            
          
           
             
               More
               on
               all
               sorts
               of
               Merchandises
               Imported
               or
               Exported
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Custom
                 ,
                 The
                 Custom
                 for
                 the
                 Value
                 ,
                 The
                 Foreign
                 .
              
            
             
               Besides
               the
               Custom
               of
               
                 Lions
                 ,
                 Burdeaux
              
               and
               Roan
               ,
               which
               take
               their
               Names
               from
               the
               Places
               ,
               and
               are
               levied
               with
               all
               Rigour
               imaginable
               ,
               not
               only
               upon
               Importation
               into
               the
               Realm
               ,
               or
               Exportation
               out
               of
               it
               into
               Foreign
               Countries
               ,
               but
               in
               most
               of
               the
               Frontiers
               of
               the
               Provinces
               ,
               upon
               passing
               out
               of
               one
               into
               another
               ,
               within
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               And
               we
               may
               expect
               the
               like
               Exactions
               to
               
               be
               established
               in
               the
               several
               Provinces
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               on
               several
               pretences
               .
            
             
               All
               these
               Subsidies
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               ,
               (
               which
               ,
               to
               avoid
               Prolixity
               ,
               I
               pass
               over
               in
               silence
               )
               are
               one
               way
               or
               other
               punctually
               paid
               ,
               where-ever
               any
               Subjects
               of
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               live
               ,
               with
               no
               other
               distinction
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               Lords
               and
               Gentlemen
               have
               Right
               to
               hold
               free
               from
               Imposition
               so
               many
               Acres
               of
               Land
               ,
               for
               their
               Maintenance
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               Husbanded
               with
               two
               Yoke
               of
               Oxen
               ,
               (
               provided
               the
               Owner
               hold
               that
               Estate
               in
               Demean
               )
               for
               as
               to
               what
               is
               let
               out
               to
               Farmers
               ,
               as
               they
               pay
               the
               King
               Taxes
               for
               the
               profit
               of
               the
               Farms
               ,
               they
               pay
               so
               much
               the
               less
               Rent
               to
               the
               Landlord
               ;
               so
               that
               in
               effect
               the
               Nobleman
               in
               France
               pays
               Taxes
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Boor
               :
               Which
               the
               Princes
               ,
               the
               Nobles
               ,
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               and
               
               Subjects
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               of
               what
               Degree
               soever
               ,
               have
               reason
               seriously
               to
               consider
               .
               For
               ,
               't
               is
               folly
               to
               fancy
               they
               can
               make
               their
               Capitulations
               so
               advantageous
               as
               to
               exempt
               them
               from
               paying
               these
               intollerable
               Subsidies
               .
               The
               Provinces
               of
               
                 Guienne
                 ,
                 Languedoc
                 ,
                 Provence
                 ,
                 Dauphine
                 ,
                 Bourgundy
                 ,
              
               and
               Britain
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               the
               other
               Provinces
               of
               France
               ,
               had
               herefore
               their
               particular
               Princes
               ,
               as
               most
               of
               the
               Provinces
               of
               the
               Empire
               now
               have
               ;
               and
               the
               principal
               Cities
               and
               Towns
               in
               these
               Provinces
               of
               France
               ,
               had
               then
               as
               great
               Priviledges
               and
               Immunities
               as
               any
               Free
               Towns
               of
               the
               Empire
               :
               But
               the
               Kings
               of
               France
               having
               invaded
               all
               these
               Principalities
               ,
               and
               seized
               the
               Liberties
               of
               the
               Cities
               ,
               have
               ,
               since
               the
               taking
               of
               Rochel
               ,
               reduced
               them
               into
               so
               absolute
               Slavery
               ,
               that
               the
               Citizens
               and
               Inhabitants
               
               have
               quite
               lost
               the
               Resolution
               and
               Generosity
               to
               endeavour
               a
               Recovery
               of
               their
               Liberties
               ,
               and
               are
               so
               bridled
               with
               strong
               Garrisons
               and
               Citadels
               (
               and
               we
               may
               expect
               the
               like
               in
               all
               Countries
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               if
               ever
               under
               a
               French
               Government
               )
               that
               they
               are
               not
               in
               a
               condition
               to
               stir
               ,
               at
               least
               to
               any
               considerable
               purpose
               .
            
             
               This
               may
               suffice
               for
               the
               first
               point
               :
               I
               pass
               to
               the
               Second
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Point
             .
          
           
             This
             deserves
             the
             more
             exact
             consideration
             ,
             for
             that
             if
             ever
             the
             Dauphin
             be
             chosen
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             since
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             by
             the
             important
             Services
             these
             have
             done
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             of
             late
             ,
             and
             promise
             to
             do
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             and
             the
             Cardinalships
             they
             flatter
             the
             Nephews
             and
             Relations
             of
             
             the
             principal
             Ministers
             of
             France
             with
             the
             hopes
             of
             ,
             do
             what
             they
             please
             in
             the
             Council
             of
             France
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             published
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             on
             the
             account
             of
             Regalities
             ,
             now
             in
             controversie
             ,
             is
             but
             Cheat
             and
             Illusion
             ;
             the
             cruel
             persecution
             raised
             and
             carried
             on
             some
             years
             last
             past
             against
             the
             Protestants
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             disgrace
             of
             Pompone
             ,
             being
             not
             of
             their
             Cabal
             ,
             and
             of
             Theatin
             the
             Princess
             of
             
             Brvaria's
             Confessor
             ,
             intimating
             sufficiently
             the
             extraordinary
             Credit
             that
             Society
             hath
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             France
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             ever
             the
             Dauphin
             be
             elected
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             the
             Empire
             is
             to
             expect
             two
             things
             .
             First
             ,
             To
             see
             him
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             best
             Forces
             of
             France
             ,
             (
             upon
             the
             specious
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             restoring
             the
             Estates
             belonging
             to
             the
             Church
             )
             undertaking
             in
             the
             Empire
             
             aganst
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             what
             Charles
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             Ferdinand
             the
             Second
             attempted
             to
             execute
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             this
             affair
             will
             be
             so
             obstinately
             fomented
             &
             protected
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             that
             the
             Empire
             will
             be
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             involved
             in
             a
             War
             more
             cruel
             ,
             more
             bloody
             ,
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             than
             any
             the
             former
             Wars
             raised
             for
             that
             Cause
             .
             And
             there
             is
             reason
             enough
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             late
             War
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Peace
             since
             made
             ,
             were
             hatched
             and
             carried
             on
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             hopes
             of
             being
             able
             ,
             by
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             French
             Forces
             ,
             to
             work
             the
             entire
             Ruin
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             of
             Europe
             ,
             which
             we
             see
             every
             day
             decay
             by
             degrees
             :
             And
             I
             am
             much
             mistaken
             if
             the
             Money
             sent
             by
             the
             Pope
             into
             Poland
             was
             not
             design'd
             for
             a
             Project
             of
             this
             nature
             .
             Prince
             William
             of
             
             Furstenberg
             might
             ,
             if
             he
             pleased
             ,
             furnish
             us
             with
             clear
             Evidence
             of
             authentick
             Memoirs
             to
             this
             purpose
             ;
             but
             we
             are
             not
             to
             expect
             it
             from
             him
             ,
             lest
             by
             such
             a
             Discovery
             he
             lose
             the
             Recompence
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             designs
             him
             for
             the
             Pains
             he
             hath
             taken
             ,
             and
             continues
             ,
             to
             bring
             to
             effect
             this
             Popish
             Project
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             consequently
             in
             all
             Europe
             .
          
           
             By
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             your
             Highness
             may
             see
             the
             Fortune
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             if
             ever
             it
             fall
             (
             by
             any
             means
             whatever
             )
             under
             the
             intolerable
             Yoke
             of
             the
             Despotical
             Government
             of
             France
             :
             And
             I
             think
             I
             need
             say
             no
             more
             to
             convince
             every
             Member
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             States
             of
             it
             in
             general
             ,
             (
             without
             any
             great
             depth
             of
             Policy
             ,
             or
             knowledge
             of
             War
             )
             what
             their
             Duty
             to
             Religion
             ,
             their
             Glory
             and
             Interest
             
             oblige
             them
             to
             do
             ,
             for
             preserving
             themselves
             from
             falling
             under
             a
             Yoke
             of
             that
             nature
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             preserve
             themselves
             effectually
             from
             this
             Yoke
             ,
             I
             conceive
             it
             extremely
             considerable
             to
             enquire
             first
             ,
             Whence
             all
             this
             Mischief
             proceeds
             ?
             Which
             known
             ,
             will
             give
             us
             light
             what
             must
             further
             be
             done
             :
             And
             particularly
             ,
             from
             what
             Part
             the
             first
             Attack
             may
             be
             expected
             ,
             and
             what
             Defence
             is
             to
             be
             made
             .
          
           
             The
             Mischiefs
             I
             have
             mentioned
             unquestionably
             have
             their
             rise
             from
             the
             Designs
             and
             Fomentations
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             who
             (
             at
             present
             at
             least
             )
             direct
             and
             dispose
             of
             the
             French
             Projects
             and
             Forces
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             Mercy
             or
             Respect
             ,
             pretend
             ,
             with
             the
             Assistance
             of
             those
             Forces
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             secret
             Managements
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             to
             sacrifice
             all
             to
             the
             Re-establishment
             
             of
             the
             Papal
             Grandeur
             .
          
           
             I
             conceive
             in
             Right
             and
             Justice
             two
             things
             are
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             but
             I
             doubt
             much
             whether
             the
             one
             will
             be
             .
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             That
             since
             the
             Publick
             Good
             and
             Safety
             of
             the
             Empire
             consists
             in
             living
             (
             without
             Innovation
             )
             according
             to
             the
             Ancient
             Rights
             ,
             Immunities
             ,
             and
             Privelidges
             ,
             and
             the
             Concordats
             established
             by
             Law
             ,
             (
             which
             every
             Member
             of
             the
             Empire
             is
             obliged
             to
             observe
             )
             and
             that
             the
             Pretensions
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             are
             as
             inconsistent
             as
             those
             of
             France
             ,
             with
             the
             Publick
             Good
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             Empire
             :
             Every
             Member
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             without
             flattering
             themselves
             any
             longer
             with
             hopes
             of
             Favour
             from
             Rome
             or
             from
             France
             ,
             and
             without
             distinction
             of
             Religion
             ,
             applying
             themselves
             seriously
             to
             procure
             and
             promote
             the
             Preservation
             
             and
             Publick
             Good
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             should
             without
             delay
             take
             such
             Measures
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             nor
             France
             ,
             may
             attain
             their
             Ends.
             And
             in
             order
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             every
             Member
             of
             the
             Empire
             should
             put
             it self
             into
             a
             Posture
             and
             Condition
             ,
             by
             uniting
             their
             Forces
             ,
             to
             oppose
             Force
             to
             Force
             :
             And
             if
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Roman
             Communion
             will
             
               Bona
               fide
            
             engage
             in
             this
             Union
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             necessary
             ,
             first
             ,
             That
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             find
             means
             to
             gain
             the
             Amity
             and
             Assistance
             of
             the
             three
             Northern
             Princes
             whom
             I
             have
             formerly
             mentioned
             ,
             engag'd
             in
             War
             by
             his
             means
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             cruelly
             abandon'd
             to
             the
             Mercy
             of
             France
             and
             of
             Swede
             :
             Which
             (
             by
             the
             small
             Intelligence
             I
             have
             of
             Affairs
             )
             will
             be
             difficult
             enough
             to
             effect
             ,
             especially
             with
             the
             Elector
             
             of
             Brandenbourgh
             ,
             without
             giving
             him
             satisfaction
             in
             two
             Points
             ,
             on
             which
             he
             doth
             with
             much
             equity
             insist
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             gain
             over
             to
             the
             Interests
             of
             the
             Empire
             the
             Forces
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
             Swede
             ;
             which
             will
             be
             no
             easie
             Task
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Roman
             Communion
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             banish
             and
             root
             out
             of
             their
             Councils
             not
             only
             all
             Jesuits
             and
             Monks
             ,
             (
             who
             by
             themselves
             or
             their
             Superiors
             have
             all
             Resort
             to
             their
             General
             at
             Rome
             )
             but
             every
             one
             that
             any
             way
             depends
             on
             ,
             or
             hath
             Society
             with
             these
             Hypocrites
             ,
             or
             rather
             Free
             Spies
             of
             the
             Empire
             ;
             a
             Capuchin
             in
             this
             particular
             being
             as
             bad
             as
             a
             Jesuit
             .
             Though
             this
             be
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             as
             matters
             now
             stand
             ,
             yet
             (
             to
             speak
             freely
             )
             I
             very
             much
             doubt
             whether
             the
             Princes
             
             of
             the
             Roman
             Communion
             will
             have
             the
             Generosity
             and
             Courage
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             take
             to
             be
             the
             only
             solid
             means
             ,
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             being
             now
             clearly
             convinc'd
             that
             they
             are
             the
             sole
             Persons
             aim'd
             at
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             that
             hath
             been
             done
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             last
             War
             was
             really
             in
             order
             onely
             to
             work
             their
             Destruction
             ;
             all
             Kings
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             and
             Magistrates
             of
             that
             persuasion
             are
             every
             one
             in
             his
             Sphere
             to
             apply
             themselves
             with
             all
             industry
             and
             vigour
             ,
             first
             ,
             To
             Arm
             with
             all
             their
             Power
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             able
             to
             oppose
             Force
             to
             Force
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             To
             enter
             into
             mutual
             Leagues
             and
             Alliances
             ,
             that
             by
             joynt
             Strength
             they
             may
             resist
             Forces
             so
             considerable
             as
             those
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             others
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             may
             by
             
             their
             Artifices
             bring
             over
             to
             that
             party
             .
             To
             begin
             so
             great
             and
             necessary
             a
             Work
             ,
             we
             will
             for
             a
             while
             leave
             the
             Territories
             of
             the
             Empire
             ;
             and
             looking
             abroad
             ,
             I
             am
             of
             opinion
             that
             England
             and
             the
             
               United
               Provinces
            
             ought
             without
             further
             delay
             to
             use
             all
             means
             possible
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             League
             Offensive
             and
             Defensive
             ,
             which
             may
             (
             if
             possible
             )
             be
             indissoluble
             ;
             That
             Denmark
             and
             Swede
             are
             to
             follow
             that
             Example
             ;
             and
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             
               Protestant
               Princes
            
             and
             States
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             with
             the
             Protestant
             Cantons
             of
             the
             Swisses
             and
             the
             Grisons
             ,
             ought
             to
             do
             the
             like
             :
             For
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             a
             Concern
             of
             particular
             Quarrels
             and
             Jealousies
             ,
             but
             the
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Religion
             and
             Temporal
             Estates
             of
             all
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             are
             now
             at
             stake
             .
             This
             I
             conceive
             will
             be
             more
             easily
             effected
             in
             this
             Conjuncture
             ,
             for
             that
             by
             a
             
             special
             Providence
             of
             God
             there
             is
             no
             War
             at
             present
             between
             England
             and
             Holland
             ,
             nor
             between
             Swede
             and
             Denmark
             ,
             nor
             between
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Communion
             in
             Germany
             .
             If
             these
             three
             things
             be
             effected
             ,
             and
             the
             particular
             Leagues
             incorporated
             into
             a
             General
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             an
             intire
             Union
             of
             the
             
               Protestants
               of
               Europe
            
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             fear
             the
             Designs
             or
             Attempts
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             or
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             or
             the
             Council
             and
             Forces
             of
             the
             French
             :
             for
             (
             these
             things
             effected
             )
             we
             shall
             have
             power
             enough
             not
             only
             to
             deliver
             the
             Empire
             from
             all
             just
             apprehensions
             of
             the
             Designs
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             of
             France
             ,
             against
             its
             Liberties
             ,
             but
             to
             reduce
             his
             
               Most
               Christian
               Majesty
            
             (
             by
             way
             of
             justice
             &
             right
             )
             to
             keep
             himself
             modestly
             within
             the
             Frontiers
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             (
             in
             case
             of
             Refusal
             )
             
             to
             do
             something
             more
             ;
             which
             would
             infallibly
             produce
             a
             sure
             and
             general
             Peace
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             the
             more
             induced
             to
             be
             of
             this
             Opinion
             ,
             while
             England
             and
             Holland
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             Swede
             and
             Denmark
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             are
             labouring
             to
             put
             an
             end
             to
             all
             former
             Quarrels
             ;
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Princes
             and
             Magistrates
             of
             the
             Empire
             endeavour
             (
             as
             I
             suppose
             )
             a
             League
             with
             the
             Protestant
             Cantons
             and
             the
             Grisons
             ,
             that
             (
             to
             say
             the
             truth
             )
             I
             see
             no
             other
             solid
             and
             effectual
             Means
             to
             defend
             the
             Empire
             from
             the
             Oppression
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             in
             particular
             from
             the
             Oppression
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             France
             ,
             all
             at
             once
             :
             For
             ,
             (
             to
             rid
             our
             Hands
             of
             all
             false
             Maxims
             at
             once
             )
             What
             else
             can
             the
             Empire
             and
             Protestant
             Party
             reasonably
             ground
             their
             Safety
             upon
             ?
             
             Will
             they
             ground
             it
             on
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             they
             ought
             ,
             and
             without
             doubt
             might
             have
             done
             ,
             had
             his
             Council
             been
             guided
             with
             right
             and
             sound
             Maxims
             ?
             I
             cannot
             think
             ,
             after
             all
             that
             his
             Council
             have
             caused
             him
             to
             do
             publickly
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             still
             continues
             to
             put
             in
             Execution
             against
             the
             Protestant
             party
             ,
             that
             any
             rational
             person
             of
             that
             party
             can
             expect
             the
             least
             Favour
             on
             that
             side
             ,
             at
             least
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Jesuits
             and
             Court
             of
             Rome
             have
             that
             Credit
             ,
             that
             Countenance
             and
             Support
             they
             have
             now
             in
             his
             Court.
             And
             that
             we
             have
             little
             reason
             to
             hope
             this
             Prince
             will
             rid
             himself
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             have
             dangerously
             corrupted
             his
             Understanding
             and
             Reason
             ,
             by
             their
             Education
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             prejudices
             instilled
             into
             him
             .
             And
             should
             the
             Protestants
             on
             this
             occasion
             expect
             help
             
             from
             the
             Court
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             as
             their
             Interest
             in
             the
             Empire
             obliges
             them
             ,
             we
             may
             very
             well
             imagin
             the
             expectation
             will
             be
             vain
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             late
             strict
             Alliance
             of
             that
             Court
             with
             France
             ,
             or
             the
             ridiculous
             Monastick
             Bigotry
             reigning
             in
             that
             Court.
             If
             then
             you
             will
             rely
             on
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Princes
             ,
             who
             knows
             not
             their
             Disability
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             them
             will
             do
             nothing
             but
             what
             the
             Jesuits
             shall
             insinuate
             into
             them
             ?
          
           
             So
             that
             for
             the
             future
             (
             as
             well
             as
             the
             time
             past
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             for
             the
             last
             Age
             ,
             and
             more
             )
             the
             Natural
             Defence
             of
             the
             Empire
             hath
             (
             under
             God
             )
             no
             solid
             Ground
             ,
             but
             the
             Forces
             and
             Industry
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             .
             It
             was
             that
             Party
             saved
             it
             from
             the
             intended
             Oppression
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             in
             former
             times
             :
             And
             in
             
             the
             late
             War
             ,
             when
             France
             attempted
             to
             Master
             it
             by
             its
             Arms
             and
             Intrigues
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             same
             Party
             not
             only
             preserved
             the
             Empire
             ,
             but
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             from
             the
             Yoke
             of
             the
             French.
             And
             it
             will
             be
             the
             same
             Party
             which
             (
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             )
             shall
             easily
             preserve
             it
             for
             the
             future
             ;
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             the
             Potentates
             of
             that
             Party
             ,
             or
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             them
             ,
             apply
             themselves
             to
             do
             what
             I
             conceive
             they
             are
             obliged
             to
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             speak
             plainly
             ,
             and
             make
             appear
             the
             necessity
             of
             such
             a
             Protestant
             League
             and
             Confederacy
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             consider
             ;
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             will
             either
             effectually
             perform
             what
             he
             ought
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             by
             saving
             himself
             from
             falling
             under
             the
             Dominion
             of
             France
             ;
             or
             that
             he
             will
             do
             nothing
             but
             in
             shew
             and
             appearance
             .
          
           
           
             If
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             perform
             as
             he
             ought
             ,
             against
             the
             Enterprises
             of
             France
             ,
             such
             a
             League
             can
             never
             be
             more
             seasonably
             made
             to
             second
             the
             Imperial
             Forces
             ;
             nor
             can
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             in
             that
             case
             rely
             on
             any
             Forces
             (
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Quarrel
             considered
             )
             that
             will
             be
             more
             true
             to
             him
             than
             those
             of
             the
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             intend
             meerly
             to
             look
             on
             ,
             as
             unconcerned
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             engage
             really
             and
             effectually
             against
             the
             French
             Designs
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             so
             highly
             concerned
             to
             oppose
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             have
             secretly
             carried
             on
             a
             close
             Intelligence
             and
             private
             League
             between
             their
             Imperial
             and
             Most
             Christian
             Majesties
             ,
             for
             the
             Ruin
             and
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             ;
             and
             ,
             That
             by
             some
             
             private
             and
             mysterious
             Stipulation
             ,
             some
             Protestant
             Estate
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             or
             on
             the
             Frontiers
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Low
               Countries
            
             ,
             or
             Swisserland
             ,
             is
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Project
             ,
             designed
             a
             Recompence
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lorrain
             ,
             for
             the
             Dukedoms
             of
             Lorrain
             and
             Barre
             ,
             which
             France
             hath
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             hath
             no
             mind
             to
             restore
             .
             And
             by
             a
             captious
             Contrivance
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             in
             the
             Empire
             shall
             find
             it self
             at
             once
             assaulted
             by
             the
             united
             Forces
             of
             their
             Imperial
             and
             most
             Christian
             Majesties
             (
             who
             are
             both
             of
             a
             Communion
             .
             )
             I
             leave
             to
             your
             Highness
             to
             judge
             ,
             how
             much
             it
             concerns
             the
             Protestant
             party
             ,
             by
             the
             Industry
             and
             Union
             I
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             to
             prevent
             so
             great
             and
             dangerous
             an
             Inconvenience
             .
          
           
             My
             Suspicion
             of
             His
             Imperial
             Majesty
             is
             the
             greater
             ,
             for
             that
             
             it
             is
             notorious
             there
             are
             in
             the
             Society
             of
             Jesuits
             Men
             of
             several
             sorts
             ;
             some
             of
             whom
             are
             dispenced
             with
             not
             onely
             to
             lay
             aside
             the
             Habit
             of
             their
             Order
             ,
             but
             to
             Marry
             ,
             and
             bear
             all
             sorts
             of
             Offices
             and
             Dignities
             :
             And
             that
             if
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             was
             in
             his
             younger
             days
             ,
             out
             of
             too
             great
             a
             zeal
             for
             his
             Religion
             ,
             unhappily
             engag'd
             in
             this
             Order
             ,
             under
             the
             Dispensations
             I
             suppose
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             cause
             left
             for
             wonder
             at
             his
             Proceedings
             against
             the
             Protestants
             :
             For
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             been
             but
             of
             the
             
               Lower
               Order
            
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             wherein
             Marriage
             is
             permitted
             ,
             and
             a
             Capacity
             allowed
             of
             bearing
             Offices
             and
             Dignities
             ;
             yet
             as
             to
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             and
             particularly
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             he
             must
             have
             been
             under
             the
             Obedience
             of
             the
             General
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             consequently
             obliged
             to
             make
             Peace
             and
             War
             ,
             
             as
             the
             General
             of
             the
             Society
             should
             judge
             most
             convenient
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Pope
             and
             the
             Society
             .
             The
             continual
             War
             this
             Prince
             makes
             against
             the
             Protestants
             of
             
               Vpper
               Hungary
            
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             the
             Maxims
             and
             Rules
             of
             sound
             Policy
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             Priviledges
             (
             one
             of
             his
             Ministers
             told
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             otherwise
             well
             assured
             )
             he
             hath
             sworn
             to
             that
             Nation
             ;
             the
             vast
             Gifts
             he
             hath
             bestowed
             on
             the
             Society
             in
             
               Bohemia
               ,
               Silesia
               ,
               Hungary
               ,
               Moravia
               ,
            
             and
             generally
             in
             all
             his
             Hereditary
             Countries
             ;
             with
             his
             shameful
             signing
             the
             late
             Peace
             ,
             in
             prejudice
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             all
             his
             Treaties
             with
             the
             Protestant
             Princes
             ,
             smells
             rankly
             of
             an
             Obedience
             which
             acknowledges
             no
             Obligation
             ,
             nor
             owns
             any
             Rule
             of
             Justice
             or
             Piety
             ,
             other
             than
             the
             absolute
             Command
             of
             his
             Superior
             .
             And
             I
             see
             nothing
             
             in
             this
             Prince
             ,
             as
             to
             his
             manner
             of
             Living
             ,
             and
             constant
             Attendance
             at
             Jesuitical
             Comedies
             ,
             Musick
             ,
             and
             Pilgrimages
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             one
             Relique
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             another
             ,
             with
             all
             that
             may
             make
             out
             his
             natural
             or
             acquir'd
             inclinations
             ,
             that
             may
             any
             way
             convince
             this
             Opinion
             of
             mistake
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             if
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             (
             as
             to
             speak
             the
             truth
             )
             I
             very
             much
             suspect
             it
             is
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             not
             alone
             in
             this
             Suspicion
             :
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Empire
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestants
             in
             particular
             ,
             what
             ground
             they
             have
             to
             relie
             on
             ,
             or
             expectany
             Succour
             or
             Assistance
             from
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Empire
             :
             For
             ,
             in
             case
             this
             prove
             true
             ,
             should
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             promise
             and
             design
             effectually
             to
             assist
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             Common
             Liberty
             ;
             yet
             if
             on
             the
             morrow
             the
             General
             
             of
             the
             Society
             should
             order
             him
             ,
             for
             some
             greater
             Good
             ,
             (
             which
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Maxims
             consists
             frequently
             in
             a
             Massacre
             ,
             a
             Poysoning
             ,
             or
             Assassination
             )
             to
             joyn
             at
             a
             precise
             Day
             and
             place
             his
             Arms
             to
             those
             of
             France
             ,
             for
             the
             entire
             extirpation
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Party
             in
             the
             Empire
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             this
             Prince
             would
             be
             obliged
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             either
             on
             the
             account
             of
             Obedience
             due
             to
             his
             General
             ,
             or
             for
             fear
             the
             Society
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             his
             disobedience
             ,
             should
             dispatch
             him
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             by
             themselves
             ,
             or
             their
             Emissaries
             ,
             Henry
             the
             Third
             and
             Fourth
             in
             France
             ,
             Don
             Carlos
             in
             Spain
             ,
             Duke
             Bernard
             of
             Weymar
             in
             Germany
             ,
             and
             lately
             the
             Illustrious
             Princess
             of
             Inspruck
             ,
             second
             Wife
             of
             that
             Prince
             ,
             the
             last
             Duke
             of
             Brieg
             in
             Silesia
             :
             or
             as
             they
             have
             newly
             attempted
             to
             do
             against
             his
             Majesty
             of
             
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             .
             For
             Incendiaries
             ,
             Assassins
             ,
             and
             Murderers
             are
             the
             faithful
             Servants
             and
             inseparable
             Instruments
             of
             that
             blessed
             Society
             .
             Your
             Highness
             will
             not
             be
             surpriz'd
             at
             the
             vehement
             Suspicion
             I
             have
             exprest
             of
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             when
             you
             have
             considered
             ,
             there
             have
             been
             two
             Kings
             of
             Poland
             of
             that
             Order
             ,
             and
             that
             Philip
             the
             Second
             of
             Spain
             did
             (
             out
             of
             Policy
             )
             cause
             himself
             to
             be
             enrolled
             amongst
             them
             .
             But
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             is
             compos'd
             (
             as
             others
             )
             of
             two
             sorts
             of
             People
             ,
             whom
             Politicians
             distinguish
             by
             the
             Names
             of
             Directors
             and
             Directed
             :
             And
             we
             are
             to
             observe
             ,
             the
             two
             Kings
             of
             Poland
             were
             in
             this
             latter
             Class
             .
             The
             former
             ,
             by
             promoting
             too
             zealously
             the
             Passions
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
             having
             lost
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Swede
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             was
             Heir
             ;
             and
             the
             second
             having
             by
             the
             
             same
             means
             incurred
             the
             irreconcileable
             hatred
             and
             aversion
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Poland
             ,
             to
             so
             extream
             a
             degree
             ,
             that
             to
             avoid
             the
             threatning
             effects
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             at
             last
             to
             quit
             his
             Crown
             ,
             from
             a
             Sovereign
             to
             become
             a
             Subject
             ,
             and
             go
             end
             his
             days
             in
             a
             strange
             Country
             ,
             with
             no
             better
             a
             Character
             than
             that
             of
             
               Abbot
               of
               St.
               German
            
             in
             France
             .
             But
             as
             for
             Philip
             the
             Second
             (
             setting
             matter
             of
             Conscience
             aside
             )
             considering
             him
             only
             in
             quality
             of
             a
             Politician
             ▪
             I
             boldly
             assign
             him
             a
             Place
             in
             the
             Class
             of
             Directors
             ;
             for
             he
             directed
             his
             Affairs
             so
             well
             ,
             he
             mist
             but
             little
             of
             subduing
             France
             ,
             and
             effectually
             seised
             the
             Crown
             of
             Portugal
             ,
             and
             the
             East-Indies
             as
             an
             Appurtenant
             .
             I
             am
             oblig'd
             ,
             by
             the
             Respect
             I
             bear
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             Highness
             to
             think
             which
             of
             the
             two
             
             Classes
             he
             is
             to
             be
             rank'd
             in
             .
          
           
             But
             whether
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             be
             a
             Member
             of
             this
             Society
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             I
             have
             said
             enough
             to
             make
             appear
             to
             your
             Highness
             the
             absolute
             necessity
             of
             a
             League
             and
             Consederacy
             between
             the
             Protestant
             Powers
             of
             Europe
             ,
             to
             enable
             them
             to
             defend
             themselves
             against
             the
             pernicious
             Designs
             of
             their
             Enemies
             .
             I
             will
             conclude
             with
             minding
             your
             Highness
             ,
             That
             this
             is
             the
             Occasion
             that
             calls
             upon
             you
             ,
             to
             shew
             to
             all
             the
             World
             your
             zeal
             for
             your
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Good
             of
             the
             Publick
             ;
             And
             that
             since
             my
             longer
             stay
             in
             this
             Court
             will
             be
             useless
             ,
             your
             Highness
             will
             do
             me
             the
             Favour
             to
             permit
             me
             to
             leave
             it
             as
             soon
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             have
             the
             honour
             to
             wait
             on
             your
             Most
             Serene
             Person
             ,
             and
             continue
             the
             performance
             of
             my
             most
             humble
             
             Services
             .
             To
             that
             happy
             time
             I
             respite
             acquainting
             you
             with
             many
             Particulars
             I
             dare
             not
             trust
             to
             Paper
             ,
             (
             though
             altogether
             confirming
             what
             I
             have
             most
             confidently
             affirmed
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             most
             Essential
             Points
             of
             my
             Letter
             .
             )
             And
             in
             hopes
             to
             receive
             speedily
             the
             honour
             of
             your
             Commands
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             which
             I
             humbly
             beg
             ,
             I
             remain
             with
             all
             due
             Respects
             ,
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
            
             
               Your
               Serene
               Highnesses
               most
               humble
               Servant
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Prague
               ,
               
                 13
                 Febr.
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             .
          
           
           
           
        
      
    
     
  

