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A52829	United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.	A declaration of war by the States-General against the French, Hague, March 12, 1689	1689.0		.xml	application/xml	2044	66	58	(EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A52829) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109698) THat the States-General being in perfect Peace and Tranquillity in the Year 1672 , with such an entire Confidence in the Treatles of Peace , Friendship and Alliance Established between the French King and this State , That they were unprovided of whatever might serve for their Defence against so powerful a King , not being able to imagine that the said King , without any just cause , would break the said Treaties , were yet contrary to all expectation fallen upon with so sudden and heavy a War , that the State was in a short time brought into great danger , and might have been entirely subverted , had they not reflected upon the Reasons which the said King Declared had moved him to the War , to wit , the Encrease of his Honour and Glory ; and firmly trusted that Almighty God would not suffer their destruction , undertaken with so great Injustice , whereby they were encouraged in that desperate state of Affairs , under the prudent Conduct of his Highness the Prince of Orange , to stand our all extremities in the defence of the true Reformed Religion , their Liberty , & Country ; That it having pleased God to pour out his Mercies upon the State , after the spilling of much innocent Blood , & the great suffering of the Inhabitants by the Cruelties of the French , a Treaty of Peace , Commerce , & Navigation was Concluded in the year 1678. with the French King at Nimeguen : which the States on their part exactly & religiously observed ; but that on the contrary the French King soon after , by a publict Edict , laid heavy burthens upon the Commerce of the State , and endeavoured from time to time , by all manner of way , as well in , as out of Europe , to molest the same : favoured the taking of their Ships and Goods , and sought , as far as in him lay , as well directly as indirectly , entirely to ruine their said Commerce and Navigation , causing even their Ships of War to be visited by force , and some of them to be attack'd in time of Peace ; That the said King had finally by new Impositions and Vexations hindred the Inhabitants of these Countries from vending in France , their Manufactures , and product of their Fishery , and had on frivolous pretences laid such great and unjust impositions upon their Trade , that it was impossible for them to continue it any longer ; slighting with great contempt all the Instances made by the States on occasion thereof , and denying their Ambassadors in France the Honour and Respect which they had always enjoyed ; That the said King having begun the Terrible Persecution against those of the Reformed Religion within his Kingdoms , had involved therein the Subjects of this State , residing there on account of their Trade , forcing Women from their Husbands , and Children from their Parents , and treating even the Consuls of this State in a cruel and unheard of manner , contrary to the Law of Nations , and the express Tenor of the Treaties ; That the said King had farther shewed his ill design against this State , by the continual motion of his Troops towards their Frontiers , thereby to oblige them to make extraordinary Preparations by Land and Sea , to the exhausting of their Revenues ; That he had sometimes with fair Words and solemn Assurances , and even by Overtures of an Alliance , endeavoured to amuse them , but that when ever they went about to provide for their own security , and the farther strengthning of the Treaty of Nimeguen , by making Defensive Alliances with any of the Princes their Neighbours , He had always opposed them , & even threatned them with a War on account thereof .	cache/A52829.xml	txt/A52829.txt
