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         Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
      
       
         
           1692
        
      
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             A copy of a letter from the French king to King James in answer to one from him. Translated from the French copy.
             Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
             James II, King of England 1633-1701.
          
           1 sheet ([2] p.)
           
             [s.n.],
             London printed :
             and reprinted, 1692.
          
           
             Caption title.
             Dated and signed at end: From our camp before Namur, June the 18. 1692. Lewis.
             Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697 -- Sources.
           France -- Foreign relations -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           England -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800.
           Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           Copy
           of
           a
           LETTER
           FROM
           THE
           FRENCH
           KING
           TO
           KING
           JAMES
           In
           Answer
           to
           one
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Translated
           from
           the
           French
           Copy
           .
        
         
           YOUR
           Majesty
           seems
           to
           be
           too
           sensibly
           Afflicted
           with
           the
           late
           Disaster
           of
           our
           Fleet
           ;
           the
           Disappointment
           we
           must
           confess
           was
           unexpected
           and
           Surprizing
           ,
           &
           has
           occasion'd
           no
           small
           Interruption
           in
           the
           Measures
           we
           had
           taken
           :
           But
           however
           the
           severe
           Application
           that
           you
           have
           made
           ,
           by
           imputing
           that
           unhappy
           Accident
           to
           the
           ill
           Fortune
           that
           attends
           your
           Affairs
           since
           you
           betook
           your self
           to
           our
           Protection
           ,
           we
           cannot
           admit
           of
           ,
           much
           less
           can
           we
           allow
           the
           Consequence
           which
           you
           seem
           to
           imply
           ,
           and
           which
           your
           Friends
           are
           apprehensive
           of
           ,
           that
           the
           Blame
           of
           that
           Disappointment
           should
           ,
           in
           our
           Nation
           ,
           any
           wayes
           affect
           your
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           The
           Mistaken
           Informations
           you
           receiv'd
           from
           your
           Dependents
           in
           great
           Britan
           ,
           we
           are
           sensible
           were
           no
           otherwise
           represented
           to
           us
           by
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           than
           as
           they
           were
           first
           communicated
           to
           you
           ;
           the
           ill
           Success
           whereof
           shall
           be
           so
           far
           from
           obliging
           us
           to
           withdraw
           our
           Protection
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           only
           added
           Vigor
           to
           our
           Endeavours
           ,
           to
           repair
           by
           Land
           the
           Misfortune
           we
           have
           sustain'd
           at
           Sea.
           The
           Glory
           and
           Grandure
           of
           the
           French
           Nation
           has
           been
           too
           well
           established
           ,
           to
           be
           shaken
           by
           one
           Storm
           .
        
         
           The
           Success
           we
           may
           reasonably
           expect
           from
           the
           Siege
           of
           Namur
           ,
           will
           be
           sufficient
           at
           least
           to
           Ballance
           the
           Insulting
           Hopes
           of
           our
           Enemies
           :
           We
           are
           already
           Masters
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           despair
           (
           if
           the
           Assurances
           given
           us
           by
           Vauban
           may
           be
           rely'd
           upon
           )
           of
           a
           Prosperous
           Progress
           from
           so
           formidable
           Forces
           as
           are
           now
           employ'd
           in
           that
           Service
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Account
           of
           the
           Surrender
           of
           Great
           Waradin
           comes
           something
           unseasonable
           ,
           but
           we
           hope
           the
           Consequence
           is
           too
           remote
           ,
           to
           affect
           the
           Enterprizes
           of
           our
           Summers
           Campaign
           on
           this
           side
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Fortune
           of
           the
           War
           seems
           to
           depend
           .
        
         
           We
           hope
           to
           perswade
           our
           People
           ,
           that
           the
           Descent
           which
           the
           English
           seem
           to
           threaten
           upon
           our
           Coast
           ,
           is
           rather
           an
           Ammusement
           than
           any
           awayes
           Practicable
           .
           There
           are
           some
           about
           us
           (
           and
           with
           whom
           our
           most
           Important
           Councils
           are
           concenred
           )
           who
           appear
           apprehensive
           in
           case
           of
           a
           Descent
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Inrode
           into
           our
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           occasion
           a
           Revolt
           amongst
           our
           Subjects
           .
           But
           we
           presume
           the
           Discipline
           we
           have
           used
           ,
           has
           not
           been
           so
           ill
           bestowed
           as
           to
           admit
           of
           any
           such
           Rebellious
           Practice
           .
           Our
           Subjects
           are
           
             French
             men
          
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           taken
           care
           
             to
             make
             them
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           easily
           learn
           the
           Hereticall
           Distinction
           between
           Revolt
           and
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           The
           Request
           which
           you
           make
           of
           retiring
           from
           our
           Kingdom
           ,
           we
           cannot
           at
           this
           time
           hearken
           to
           .
           The
           late
           Obsticles
           in
           our
           Affairs
           ,
           upon
           which
           you
           seem
           to
           ground
           your
           Proposal
           ,
           is
           an
           irrefragable
           Argument
           for
           our
           with-holding
           our
           Consent
           :
           Forasmuch
           as
           it
           would
           be
           looked
           upon
           by
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           well
           Friends
           as
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           we
           want
           either
           Inclination
           or
           power
           to
           protect
           you
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           unsuitable
           to
           our
           Character
           ,
           and
           inconvenient
           for
           the
           present
           posture
           of
           Affairs
           .
        
         
           
             From
             our
             Camp
             before
             Namur
             ,
             
               June
               the
               18.
               1692.
               
            
          
           
             LEWIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           London
           Printed
           ,
           And
           Reprinted
           ,
           1692.
           
        
      
    
  

