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         Holy Roman Empire. Emperor (1658-1705 : Leopold I)
      
       
         
           1692
        
      
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             His Imperial Majesty's letter to the Pope wherein is offered his reasons why he cannot accept of any offers of peace with France / translated from the original.
             Holy Roman Empire. Emperor (1658-1705 : Leopold I)
             Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705.
             Catholic Church Pope (1689-1691 : Alexander VIII).
          
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             Re-printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson ...,
             Edinburgh, :
             1692.
          
           
             Caption title.
             Imprint from colophon.
             Dated at end: Vienna, Jan. 30, 1691.
             Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697 -- Sources.
           Germany -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800.
           France -- Foreign relations -- Germany -- Early works to 1800.
           Broadsides -- Edinburgh -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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             His
             Imperial
             Majesty's
             Letter
             to
             the
             Pope
             ;
             wherein
             is
             offered
             ,
             his
             Reasons
             why
             he
             cannot
             accept
             of
             any
             Offers
             of
             Peace
             with
          
           France
           .
        
         
           
             Translated
             from
             the
             Original
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Most
                 Holy
                 Father
                 ,
              
            
             
               WHat
               deep
               and
               sorrowful
               Impressions
               the
               great
               Calamities
               and
               Miseries
               of
               the
               present
               War
               ,
               which
               all
               Christendom
               groans
               under
               ,
               have
               made
               on
               your
               Mind
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               great
               and
               special
               Care
               your
               Holiness
               takes
               to
               reconcile
               the
               exasperated
               Minds
               of
               all
               Christian
               Princes
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               promoting
               of
               an
               universal
               Peace
               ,
               has
               been
               given
               us
               to
               understand
               at
               large
               by
               your
               Holiness
               Letter
               ,
               from
               the
               8th
               of
               the
               last
               Month.
               And
               truly
               the
               great
               and
               increasing
               Mischiefs
               ,
               attending
               a
               War
               that
               has
               been
               rais'd
               under
               so
               frivolous
               pretences
               ,
               moves
               no
               less
               ours
               ,
               than
               your
               Holiness
               Fatherly
               Heart
               .
               Yet
               since
               We
               did
               not
               take
               up
               Arms
               till
               We
               were
               forc'd
               to
               it
               by
               an
               unavoidable
               Necessity
               ,
               We
               have
               this
               Consolation
               left
               us
               ,
               that
               (
               calling
               God
               and
               our
               Conscience
               to
               Witness
               )
               we
               are
               wholly
               free
               from
               the
               Cause
               of
               it
               :
               Besides
               your
               Holiness
               ,
               by
               a
               long
               and
               solid
               experience
               ,
               is
               so
               well
               acquainted
               with
               the
               remotest
               Inclinations
               of
               our
               Heart
               ,
               that
               you
               'll
               easily
               conceive
               ,
               that
               We
               can
               suffer
               nothing
               with
               more
               Uneasiness
               and
               Impatience
               ,
               than
               to
               see
               the
               effects
               of
               a
               Natural
               Tendency
               to
               Peace
               and
               Quietness
               ,
               obstructed
               by
               the
               ambitious
               and
               envious
               Endeavours
               of
               France
               .
            
             
               As
               yet
               no
               Obligations
               ,
               Promises
               ,
               no
               not
               the
               most
               Sacred
               Oaths
               could
               prevail
               with
               that
               Crown
               to
               keep
               it
               from
               the
               breaking
               of
               the
               most
               Solemn
               Treaties
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               were
               made
               ,
               for
               to
               pass
               over
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               the
               Christian
               World
               knows
               it
               ;
               and
               future
               Ages
               will
               relate
               it
               with
               astonishment
               ,
               that
               the
               most
               Christian
               King
               has
               caused
               himself
               to
               be
               seduced
               so
               far
               ,
               as
               to
               obstruct
               the
               Glorious
               Course
               of
               Our
               Victorious
               Arms
               over
               the
               Infidels
               ;
               and
               when
               we
               were
               relying
               on
               his
               Friendship
               ,
               but
               so
               lately
               renewed
               ,
               and
               consequently
               not
               at
               all
               standing
               on
               Our
               Guards
               ,
               to
               Invade
               Us
               upon
               a
               sudden
               the
               second
               time
               with
               his
               Hostile
               Arms
               ,
               putting
               all
               to
               the
               Fire
               and
               Sword
               ,
               before
               he
               had
               acquainted
               Us
               with
               his
               having
               the
               cause
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               indeed
               ,
               all
               Divine
               and
               Humane
               Laws
               are
               Violated
               ,
               rather
               than
               France
               should
               let
               slip
               any
               occasion
               of
               enlarging
               her
               Frontiers
               ,
               or
               to
               hinder
               Us
               from
               the
               securing
               of
               Ours
               ,
               and
               to
               deprive
               Us
               and
               Christendom
               of
               all
               Means
               to
               end
               the
               War
               with
               the
               Turks
               with
               Success
               and
               Advantage
               .
            
             
               Thus
               have
               We
               been
               obliged
               by
               the
               Most
               Sacred
               Ty
               of
               Our
               high
               Office
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               that
               most
               Ignominious
               League
               between
               the
               most
               Christian
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Sworn
               Enemy
               of
               the
               Christian
               Name
               ,
               to
               Unite
               Our selves
               with
               Our
               Friends
               and
               Confederates
               against
               France
               ,
               to
               the
               Defence
               of
               Us
               and
               Our
               People
               ;
               which
               Union
               and
               Confederacy
               is
               of
               so
               high
               a
               Nature
               ,
               that
               we
               can
               do
               nothing
               towards
               the
               Conclusion
               of
               a
               Peace
               ,
               without
               their
               Advice
               and
               Counsel
               .
               But
               since
               We
               are
               wholly
               convinc'd
               that
               their
               Inclinations
               are
               no
               less
               tending
               than
               ours
               to
               such
               a
               Peace
               ,
               by
               which
               all
               Christendom
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Wesphalian
               and
               Pyrenean
               Treaty
               (
               since
               violated
               by
               France
               )
               may
               be
               restor'd
               to
               its
               former
               Quietness
               and
               Tranquillity
               ,
               all
               will
               be
               reduced
               to
               this
               point
               ,
               that
               your
               Holiness
               will
               be
               pleased
               to
               employ
               to
               the
               outmost
               ,
               your
               Fatherly
               Care
               to
               prevail
               with
               the
               French
               King
               as
               the
               sole
               Author
               of
               this
               War
               ,
               to
               restore
               both
               the
               abovementioned
               Treaties
               ,
               which
               he
               himself
               has
               broke
               .
            
             
               In
               Case
               your
               Holiness
               can
               obtain
               from
               him
               these
               so
               just
               Demands
               ,
               there
               shall
               be
               wanting
               nothing
               on
               our
               side
               to
               render
               effectual
               this
               so
               Holy
               Design
               of
               your
               Holiness
               ,
               tending
               to
               the
               good
               of
               Christendom
               ,
               and
               your
               proffered
               Fatherly
               Service
               for
               the
               promoting
               of
               a
               General
               Reconciliation
               ,
               so
               acceptable
               to
               Us
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               wish'd
               for
               by
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               our
               Confederates
               .
               This
               We
               have
               thought
               fit
               to
               reply
               to
               your
               Holiness's
               Letter
               ,
               according
               to
               our
               Zeal
               for
               your
               Person
               ,
               Praying
               God
               Almighty
               long
               to
               preserve
               your
               Holiness
               to
               the
               benefit
               of
               Us
               and
               the
               Church
               .
            
             
               
                 Vienna
                 ,
                 
                   Jan.
                   30.
                   
                   169●
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Edinburgh
           ,
           Re-Printed
           by
           the
           Heir
           of
           
             Andrew
             Anderson
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           Their
           most
           Excellent
           Majesties
           ,
           1692.
           
        
      
    
  

