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             The two great questions consider'd I. What the French king will do, with respect to the Spanish monarchy, II. What measures the English ought to take.
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           The
           Two
           Great
           QUESTIONS
           CONSIDER'D
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             What
             the
             French
             King
             will
             Do
             ,
             with
             Respect
             to
             the
             
               Spanish
               Monarchy
            
             .
          
           
             II.
             What
             Measures
             the
             English
             ought
             to
             Take
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             T.
          
           for
           
             A.
             Baldwin
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Oxford-Armes
           ,
           in
           Warwick-lane
           .
           1700.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           SInce
           the
           Following
           Sheets
           were
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           some
           Letters
           from
           France
           advise
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           has
           saluted
           his
           Grandson
           the
           Duke
           D'Anjou
           ,
           as
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           Some
           People
           who
           are
           of
           the
           most
           Intelligent
           Part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           think
           He
           has
           done
           so
           by
           way
           of
           Politicks
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           the
           rest
           of
           Europe
           will
           resent
           it
           ;
           as
           He
           once
           did
           in
           a
           like
           Case
           ,
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conti
           as
           King
           of
           Poland
           ;
           whose
           Pretensions
           He
           did
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           pursue
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           therefore
           thinks
           the
           following
           Sheets
           are
           as
           much
           to
           the
           purpose
           as
           they
           were
           before
           ;
           and
           without
           any
           farther
           recommendation
           refers
           the
           Reader
           to
           the
           perusal
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Two
           Great
           Questions
           CONSIDER'D
           .
        
         
           WE
           are
           told
           ,
           That
           the
           Deceased
           King
           of
           Spain
           has
           by
           his
           last
           Will
           ,
           bestow'd
           his
           Kingdoms
           on
           the
           Duke
           D'Anjou
           ,
           Grandson
           to
           the
           Present
           King
           of
           France
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           many
           weak
           Actions
           of
           that
           Effeminate
           Prince
           ,
           who
           hardly
           ever
           did
           a
           Wise
           One
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           most
           Ridiculous
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           proper
           to
           give
           such
           an
           Epithet
           to
           the
           Actions
           of
           Sovereign
           Princes
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             To
             imagine
             the
             Most
             Christian
             King
             wou'd
             give
             any
             Regard
             to
             ,
             or
             put
             any
             Value
             upon
             such
             a
             Bequest
             ,
             any
             farther
             than
             consisted
             with
             his
             other
             Measures
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             with
             his
             Interest
             ;
             must
             be
             a
             Folly
             none
             could
             be
             guilty
             of
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             know
             very
             little
             of
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Europe
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             think
             that
             the
             Rest
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             wou'd
             suffer
             the
             
               Spanish
               Monarchy
            
             to
             be
             bequeath'd
             by
             Will
             to
             a
             French
             Man
             ,
             without
             any
             Title
             or
             other
             Right
             than
             the
             Deed
             of
             Gift
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             and
             
             without
             any
             Regard
             to
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Lawful
             Pretenders
             ,
             is
             also
             most
             Egregious
             Nonsence
             .
          
        
         
           To
           make
           way
           therefore
           ,
           to
           the
           Case
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           come
           at
           the
           Questions
           before
           us
           with
           more
           Clearness
           ;
           't
           is
           necessary
           to
           Examine
           the
           Nature
           ,
           and
           probable
           Consequences
           of
           this
           Last
           Will
           and
           Testament
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Thing
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Tacit
           Invitation
           to
           all
           the
           Competitors
           to
           a
           Dangerous
           and
           a
           Bloody
           War
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           shou'd
           have
           said
           to
           his
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           
             I
             'll
             be
             revenged
             on
             them
             all
             for
             attempting
             to
             divide
             our
             Dominions
             ;
             for
             I
             'll
             give
             it
             to
             One
             that
             has
             no
             Title
             ,
             let
             the
             Rest
             fight
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             longest
             Sword
             take
             all
             .
          
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Duke
           D'Anjou
           ,
           he
           has
           no
           Manner
           of
           Title
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           presumptive
           on
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Father
           and
           Elder
           Brother
           without
           Issue
           ;
           if
           they
           should
           have
           Children
           the
           Emperor
           of
           Morocco
           has
           as
           good
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           a
           better
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           than
           He.
           
        
         
           The
           Dauphin
           of
           France
           has
           an
           Unquestion'd
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           True
           ,
           that
           the
           Renunciation
           made
           by
           his
           Father
           and
           Mother
           at
           the
           Pyrenaean
           Treaty
           ;
           cannot
           bind
           the
           Children
           so
           as
           to
           deprive
           them
           of
           their
           Right
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           great
           Argument
           now
           us'd
           to
           defend
           their
           Title
           :
           Now
           if
           their
           Right
           be
           good
           the
           Crown
           is
           the
           
           Dauphin's
           ,
           and
           after
           him
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Burgundy's
           and
           his
           Heirs
           ;
           and
           Dr.
           Davenant
           may
           spare
           himself
           the
           Labour
           of
           Writing
           a
           long
           Discourse
           to
           defend
           the
           
           Dauphin's
           Title
           ,
           for
           we
           will
           
           grant
           he
           has
           an
           Undoubted
           Right
           of
           Succession
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           shou'd
           be
           glad
           to
           have
           it
           answer'd
           ,
           how
           the
           Duke
           D'Anjou
           can
           have
           a
           Title
           while
           the
           other
           are
           alive
           ?
           It
           cannot
           be
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Dauphin
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           my
           Right
           to
           my
           Second
           Son
           ,
           for
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           worth
           my
           while
           to
           accept
           of
           it
           for
           my self
           or
           my
           Eldest
           .
           Because
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Consequence
           of
           that
           will
           in
           all
           Probability
           be
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Burgundy's
           Son
           when
           he
           has
           One
           will
           say
           again
           ,
           My
           Grandfather
           had
           no
           Power
           to
           give
           away
           my
           Right
           ,
           I
           am
           the
           Undoubted
           Heir
           to
           the
           
             Spanish
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           and
           so
           no
           Question
           he
           will
           be
           if
           the
           present
           Dauphin
           has
           a
           Right
           ;
           and
           if
           Power
           be
           in
           his
           Hands
           to
           subdue
           it
           ,
           he
           will
           have
           it
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Possession
           be
           his
           Uncle's
           ;
           for
           Crowns
           know
           no
           Uncles
           ,
           Brothers
           ,
           or
           any
           Relations
           ;
           when
           Power
           of
           Possession
           joyn'd
           with
           Right
           is
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           cannot
           but
           see
           ,
           that
           to
           take
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           from
           the
           Will
           and
           Testament
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           is
           Disclaiming
           the
           Right
           of
           his
           own
           Son
           and
           Involving
           his
           Grandsons
           in
           Bloody
           Wars
           ;
           the
           Issue
           of
           which
           a
           Wiser
           Head
           than
           His
           cannot
           foresee
           .
           This
           leads
           me
           to
           Consider
        
         
           
             The
             First
             Question
             .
             What
             Measures
             the
             King
             of
             France
             will
             take
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             Succession
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Monarchy
            
             ?
          
           
             By
             saying
             what
             Measures
             he
             will
             take
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             
             what
             He
             will
             in
             all
             Probability
             take
             ,
             or
             what
             his
             Interest
             will
             lead
             him
             to
             take
             ;
             for
             I
             suppose
             ,
             no
             Man
             will
             imagine
             I
             am
             of
             his
             Privy
             Council
             .
          
           
             To
             debate
             this
             Matter
             ,
             't
             is
             necessary
             to
             consider
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             Terms
             He
             stands
             in
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             Europe
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             King
             of
             France
             were
             Absolute
             Master
             of
             his
             own
             Measures
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             Leagues
             or
             Neighbours
             to
             regard
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             Question
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             that
             rejecting
             all
             Conditions
             ,
             he
             would
             immediately
             enter
             upon
             the
             Dominions
             of
             Spain
             as
             his
             own
             undoubted
             Inheritance
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             his
             Sons
             ;
             annex
             the
             same
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             and
             make
             it
             one
             Entire
             Empire
             ,
             and
             any
             Man
             else
             wou'd
             do
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             He
             has
             Measures
             to
             take
             with
             Powerful
             Neighbours
             ,
             who
             as
             Potent
             as
             He
             is
             ,
             are
             able
             to
             give
             him
             Diversion
             enough
             ;
             and
             if
             He
             shou'd
             embroil
             himself
             with
             them
             ,
             may
             make
             it
             a
             Hazard
             whether
             he
             should
             obtain
             it
             or
             no
             ;
             He
             is
             too
             Wise
             a
             Prince
             not
             to
             see
             that
             his
             Interest
             will
             Oblige
             him
             to
             act
             in
             Concert
             with
             his
             Neighbours
             .
             as
             far
             as
             conveniently
             He
             can
             .
          
           
             The
             Truth
             of
             this
             Argument
             is
             abundantly
             confirm'd
             in
             the
             Measures
             He
             took
             ,
             and
             the
             Alliances
             He
             made
             before
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             .
          
           
             They
             who
             think
             the
             King
             of
             France
             so
             Magnipotent
             that
             He
             values
             none
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             talk
             so
             big
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             like
             His
             Medal-makers
             they
             place
             him
             among
             the
             Invincibles
             ;
             must
             have
             forgot
             the
             Siege
             of
             Namure
             ,
             and
             the
             Vain
             Effort
             of
             the
             
             Power
             of
             France
             to
             relieve
             it
             ;
             they
             must
             pass
             over
             his
             Deserting
             the
             Late
             ,
             and
             Acknowledging
             the
             Present
             King
             of
             England
             at
             the
             Peace
             of
             Reswick
             ;
             they
             must
             overlook
             the
             low
             Steps
             he
             was
             oblig'd
             to
             make
             ,
             to
             draw
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             from
             the
             Confederacy
             ,
             how
             he
             was
             unable
             to
             save
             Casall
             ,
             which
             cost
             him
             so
             much
             Money
             ;
             how
             he
             delivered
             the
             Impregnable
             Town
             of
             Pigneroll
             ,
             which
             his
             Father
             call'd
             the
             Right
             Hand
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             which
             cost
             him
             100
             Millions
             to
             fortifie
             ;
             how
             he
             married
             the
             Fortune
             of
             France
             to
             a
             Daughter
             of
             Savoy
             without
             a
             Portion
             ,
             and
             bought
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             at
             the
             Price
             of
             his
             Grandson's
             Dishonour
             ;
             how
             he
             surrendred
             the
             large
             Dominions
             of
             Lorrain
             and
             Luxemburgh
             ,
             and
             above
             100
             Fortified
             Towns
             to
             the
             Confederates
             ,
             which
             though
             he
             were
             always
             Master
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
             wou'd
             cost
             him
             Seven
             Years
             to
             recover
             by
             the
             Ordinary
             Course
             of
             Sieges
             and
             Attacks
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             plain
             Demonstrations
             ,
             that
             he
             found
             himself
             over-match'd
             by
             the
             Confederacy
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             not
             a
             Man
             of
             so
             little
             Sence
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             know
             it
             .
          
           
             Why
             else
             in
             the
             League
             now
             made
             for
             the
             Partition
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Monarchy
            
             ,
             shou'd
             he
             content
             himself
             with
             the
             Dominion
             the
             Spaniards
             had
             in
             Italy
             ,
             and
             quit
             the
             Delicious
             Morsel
             of
             America
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             .
          
           
             What
             Reason
             can
             any
             one
             assign
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             finding
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             never
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             consent
             ,
             to
             his
             being
             so
             very
             powerful
             at
             Sea
             ,
             as
             
             that
             Addition
             wou'd
             make
             him
             ;
             he
             was
             willing
             to
             accept
             so
             large
             a
             Portion
             as
             the
             Italian
             Part
             assign
             d
             to
             him
             upon
             Easie
             Terms
             ,
             rather
             than
             venture
             like
             the
             Dog
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             to
             loose
             all
             by
             coveting
             too
             much
             .
          
           
             Upon
             these
             Terms
             therefore
             ,
             in
             Consent
             with
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             ,
             his
             Most
             Christian
             Majesty
             has
             agreed
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             Decease
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             the
             
               Spainsh
               Monarchy
            
             should
             be
             thus
             divided
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             Dominions
             which
             the
             Spaniards
             possess
             in
             Italy
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             
               French
               ,
               Millan
            
             excepted
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lorrain
             in
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Dutchies
             of
             Lorrain
             and
             Barr
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             be
             yielded
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             some
             few
             Towns
             on
             the
             Frontiers
             of
             Navarr
             excepted
             ,
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Arch-Duke
             of
             Austria
             ,
             with
             other
             Particulars
             needless
             to
             repeat
             .
          
           
             This
             League
             being
             Concluded
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             (
             as
             if
             he
             had
             linger'd
             out
             his
             Days
             only
             'till
             it
             was
             thus
             fix'd
             )
             dyes
             according
             to
             our
             Account
             on
             the
             22.
             
             October
             last
             .
          
           
             The
             Spaniard
             on
             pretence
             ,
             that
             they
             wou'd
             not
             have
             their
             Monarchy
             divided
             ,
             and
             taking
             no
             Notice
             at
             all
             of
             the
             Right
             of
             any
             Prince
             to
             succeed
             ;
             has
             made
             a
             Legacy
             of
             his
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             given
             them
             all
             away
             to
             the
             Duke
             D'Anjou
             ,
             a
             Prince
             who
             has
             no
             more
             Right
             to
             it
             ,
             or
             Pretence
             of
             Right
             ,
             except
             as
             before
             ,
             than
             the
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             or
             the
             Czar
             of
             Muscovy
             .
          
           
             Now
             't
             is
             a
             Mighty
             Disputed
             Point
             among
             our
             Politicians
             ,
             
             what
             the
             King
             of
             France
             will
             do
             in
             this
             New
             Juncture
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             whether
             He
             will
             stand
             by
             the
             Partition
             agreed
             on
             ,
             or
             accept
             of
             the
             late
             King
             of
             
             Spain's
             Bounty
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             Kingdom
             as
             a
             Gift
             to
             his
             Grandson
             .
          
           
             What
             He
             will
             do
             ,
             as
             is
             before
             noted
             ,
             cannot
             positively
             be
             asserted
             ;
             but
             what
             Reason
             the
             State
             and
             Nature
             of
             the
             Thing
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Undoubted
             Interest
             will
             dictate
             ,
             to
             be
             done
             by
             any
             Prince
             in
             his
             Circumstances
             ,
             any
             one
             may
             judge
             .
          
           
             If
             He
             be
             the
             same
             King
             of
             France
             that
             He
             has
             always
             been
             ,
             who
             has
             very
             rarely
             took
             false
             Measures
             ,
             or
             baulkt
             his
             own
             Interest
             ,
             if
             He
             be
             guided
             by
             the
             same
             well-mannag'd
             Council
             as
             he
             us'd
             to
             be
             ,
             He
             will
             certainly
             adhere
             to
             the
             Posculata
             of
             his
             Alliance
             ,
             and
             quietly
             accept
             the
             Partition
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Monarchy
            
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             agreed
             in
             the
             before-mention'd
             League
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             By
             this
             Acquisition
             of
             Italy
             He
             secures
             to
             Himself
             the
             whole
             Absolute
             Dominion
             of
             the
             
               Mediterranean
               Sea
            
             ;
             He
             entirely
             excludes
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             from
             any
             farther
             Concern
             in
             Italy
             ,
             He
             has
             the
             Church
             so
             absolutely
             in
             his
             Clutches
             ,
             that
             He
             may
             make
             himself
             Pope
             if
             He
             thinks
             fit
             ;
             and
             whenever
             He
             is
             
               pleas'd
               to
               be
               displeas'd
            
             with
             the
             Petty
             Princes
             of
             
               Tuscany
               ,
               Parma
               ,
               Modena
               ,
               Mantua
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             He
             can
             blow
             them
             away
             with
             the
             Breath
             of
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             they
             shall
             lay
             down
             their
             Principallities
             at
             his
             Invincible
             Feet
             ,
             and
             count
             it
             more
             an
             Honour
             to
             be
             call'd
             
               Princes
               of
               the
               Blood
            
             or
             
               Peers
               of
            
             France
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             Absolute
             Lords
             of
             their
             own
             Dominions
             .
             So
             He
             shall
             whenever
             He
             
             thinks
             fit
             ,
             re-establish
             the
             Old
             Kingdom
             of
             the
             Lombards
             ,
             and
             annex
             it
             to
             the
             Title
             of
             France
             and
             Navarr
             .
          
           
             And
             all
             this
             without
             the
             Expence
             of
             Treasure
             or
             Hazard
             of
             his
             Armies
             ,
             without
             fitting
             out
             a
             Fleet
             ,
             or
             fighting
             at
             Sea
             or
             on
             Shore
             ;
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             being
             assistant
             to
             put
             him
             into
             the
             Possession
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Emperor
             shou'd
             be
             so
             weak
             to
             oppose
             Him
             ,
             He
             must
             stand
             upon
             his
             own
             Leggs
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             present
             Circumstance
             ,
             his
             Power
             does
             not
             seem
             formidable
             enough
             to
             make
             the
             Matter
             doubtful
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             we
             are
             come
             to
             mention
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             let
             us
             say
             a
             Word
             or
             Two
             to
             those
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             behalf
             speak
             big
             and
             say
             ,
             he
             is
             able
             to
             baffle
             all
             these
             Measures
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             They
             tell
             you
             ,
             how
             powerful
             the
             Empire
             now
             is
             by
             the
             Acquisition
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             advantagious
             Peace
             with
             the
             Turk
             .
          
           
             They
             tell
             you
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             has
             an
             Army
             of
             120
             Thousand
             Men
             ,
             besides
             the
             Troops
             of
             the
             Circles
             which
             are
             80
             Thousand
             more
             ;
             that
             of
             these
             50
             Thousand
             lye
             ready
             on
             the
             Confines
             of
             Italy
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Forces
             are
             drawing
             down
             to
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             Brandenburgh
             on
             Condition
             of
             being
             made
             King
             of
             Prussia
             will
             joyn
             him
             with
             all
             his
             Forces
             ;
             that
             the
             Duke
             of
             Lunenburgh
             on
             account
             of
             the
             
               Ninth
               Electorate
            
             ,
             will
             maintain
             30
             Thousand
             Men
             at
             his
             own
             Charge
             ,
             and
             thus
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             Italy
             are
             on
             his
             side
             .
          
           
             By
             these
             they
             tell
             you
             ,
             the
             Emperor
             will
             immediately
             on
             the
             one
             side
             secure
             Italy
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             make
             
             such
             a
             Vigorous
             Diversion
             on
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             of
             France
             shall
             have
             Work
             enough
             to
             secure
             his
             own
             Dominions
             ,
             while
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             the
             Arch-Duke
             Charles
             shall
             be
             sent
             into
             Spain
             ,
             where
             the
             Spaniards
             who
             naturally
             hate
             the
             French
             ,
             will
             immediately
             proclaim
             him
             King.
             
          
           
             Those
             are
             great
             Things
             indeed
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Emperor
             be
             so
             strong
             ,
             he
             may
             cut
             out
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Work
             for
             the
             Confederates
             ,
             and
             I
             'll
             suppose
             ,
             the
             Emperor
             should
             be
             so
             blind
             to
             his
             own
             Interest
             as
             to
             attempt
             it
             ,
             yet
             it
             seems
             not
             at
             all
             probable
             ,
             that
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty
             who
             has
             hardly
             been
             able
             to
             support
             himself
             this
             War
             ,
             in
             Conjunction
             with
             the
             whole
             Confederacy
             of
             Europe
             ,
             should
             imagine
             himself
             capable
             of
             putting
             a
             Check
             to
             the
             Power
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             Conjunction
             with
             England
             and
             Holland
             ;
             for
             whatever
             he
             might
             do
             in
             Italy
             and
             on
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             he
             would
             never
             be
             able
             to
             defend
             Spain
             and
             Flanders
             if
             he
             really
             had
             them
             in
             Possession
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Flanders
             which
             has
             always
             been
             maintain'd
             by
             the
             Conjunction
             of
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             would
             immediately
             be
             entred
             by
             the
             Dutch
             on
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             on
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             must
             fall
             into
             their
             hands
             with
             little
             difficulty
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Spain
             cou'd
             never
             hold
             out
             against
             the
             French
             by
             Land
             ,
             assisted
             with
             the
             Naval
             Forces
             of
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             by
             Sea
             ,
             the
             Islands
             of
             the
             Mediterranean
             must
             submit
             to
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             America
             would
             lye
             like
             the
             
               Golden
               Garland
            
             to
             the
             Wrestlers
             ,
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Conquerors
             .
          
           
             No
             Man
             can
             imagine
             ,
             but
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             to
             whose
             Son
             so
             Considerable
             a
             Dominion
             is
             allotted
             ,
             will
             accept
             
             of
             the
             Partition
             for
             his
             Part
             ,
             especially
             when
             he
             sees
             how
             impossible
             it
             will
             be
             to
             make
             better
             Conditions
             by
             force
             .
          
           
             What
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             are
             to
             do
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             ;
             remains
             to
             be
             debated
             under
             another
             Head.
             
          
           
             I
             'll
             now
             suppose
             that
             which
             to
             me
             seems
             very
             unlikely
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             of
             France
             should
             accept
             of
             this
             Legacy
             ,
             and
             claim
             the
             Crown
             of
             Spain
             for
             his
             Grandson
             the
             Duke
             D'Anjou
             ,
             and
             attempt
             to
             set
             up
             that
             Ridiculous
             Title
             of
             a
             Last
             Will
             and
             Testament
             ,
             as
             the
             Foundation
             of
             his
             Pretension
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             Calmly
             consider
             the
             Consequences
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             He
             inevitably
             renews
             the
             War
             with
             the
             whole
             Confederacy
             ,
             that
             Peace
             which
             cost
             Him
             so
             much
             to
             procure
             is
             immediately
             broken
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             Invasion
             He
             makes
             on
             the
             Territories
             of
             Spain
             ,
             who
             are
             a
             Branch
             of
             the
             Confederacy
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             He
             renews
             the
             War
             under
             insuperable
             Disadvantages
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             infinitely
             greater
             than
             He
             lay
             under
             before
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             loudly
             tell
             the
             World
             ,
             He
             never
             will
             venture
             to
             fight
             the
             whole
             Confederacy
             again
             .
             Viz.
             The
             Multitude
             of
             strong
             Towns
             and
             Cities
             which
             he
             surrendred
             to
             the
             Confederates
             ,
             which
             are
             a
             sufficient
             Guarantee
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             the
             Different
             Case
             of
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             who
             is
             more
             than
             '
             twice
             what
             he
             was
             the
             last
             War
             ,
             by
             his
             Peace
             with
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             He
             should
             make
             the
             Duke
             D'Anjou
             King
             ,
             France
             would
             really
             get
             nothing
             by
             the
             Bargain
             for
             in
             One
             Age
             the
             Race
             would
             be
             all
             Spaniards
             again
             ;
             
             Nay
             ,
             in
             a
             few
             Years
             Property
             wou'd
             prevail
             ,
             and
             he
             wou'd
             no
             more
             let
             his
             Brother
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             when
             King
             of
             France
             encroach
             upon
             him
             ,
             than
             the
             late
             King
             of
             Spain
             wou'd
             the
             present
             King
             of
             France
             ;
             We
             do
             not
             want
             Instances
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             Interest
             banishes
             all
             the
             Ties
             of
             Nation
             and
             Kindred
             ,
             when
             the
             Duke
             D'Anjou
             had
             been
             King
             of
             Spain
             some
             time
             ,
             he
             would
             look
             upon
             Spain
             to
             be
             his
             Own
             ,
             his
             Native
             ,
             his
             Peculiar
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             far
             from
             subjecting
             himself
             to
             France
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             born
             there
             ;
             as
             if
             he
             had
             never
             seen
             it
             :
             Possibly
             he
             might
             be
             willing
             to
             join
             Interest
             with
             France
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             join
             Forces
             upon
             Occasion
             ;
             but
             it
             must
             be
             where
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             two
             Nations
             did
             not
             clash
             then
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             almost
             no
             where
             ,
             but
             if
             ever
             France
             encroach
             upon
             him
             ,
             she
             wou'd
             find
             him
             King
             of
             Spain
             not
             Duke
             D'Anjou
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             all
             the
             King
             of
             France
             cou'd
             get
             by
             accepting
             the
             Crown
             of
             Spain
             ,
             would
             be
             a
             little
             present
             Satisfaction
             ,
             to
             see
             a
             Son
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Bourbon
             on
             the
             Spanish
             Throne
             ,
             but
             as
             King
             of
             France
             he
             wou'd
             not
             be
             One
             Farthing
             the
             beter
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             would
             not
             be
             all
             as
             is
             before
             noted
             ,
             but
             whenever
             the
             present
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             comes
             to
             Enjoy
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             ,
             it
             will
             in
             all
             Probability
             be
             an
             Eternal
             Cause
             of
             Contention
             between
             them
             :
             For
             if
             the
             Family
             of
             France
             has
             any
             Title
             to
             Spain
             't
             is
             in
             the
             Eldest
             Son
             of
             the
             Family
             ,
             and
             
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Colour
             of
             a
             Title
             in
             the
             Second
             Son
             while
             the
             Eldest
             is
             alive
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             founded
             either
             in
             the
             Gift
             of
             the
             One
             King
             or
             the
             Other
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Gift
             of
             the
             Dauphin
             to
             his
             Second
             Son
             the
             first
             being
             alive
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             valid
             ;
             for
             he
             has
             no
             Power
             to
             give
             away
             what
             is
             his
             Son
             's
             by
             Inheritance
             ,
             nor
             can
             no
             more
             give
             the
             Crown
             of
             Spain
             from
             him
             than
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             ;
             if
             Gift
             could
             be
             pleaded
             ,
             the
             Grandfather
             gave
             it
             away
             from
             them
             all
             before
             they
             were
             born
             :
             Nay
             ,
             If
             the
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             should
             consent
             to
             it
             ,
             His
             Children
             if
             ever
             he
             has
             any
             ,
             will
             declare
             ,
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             do
             to
             give
             away
             their
             Right
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             the
             present
             King
             of
             France
             had
             Power
             to
             give
             away
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Dauphin
             ;
             for
             since
             the
             Deficiency
             of
             that
             Action
             in
             its
             own
             Nature
             is
             the
             whole
             Ground
             of
             the
             
             Dauphin's
             Title
             now
             ,
             it
             will
             directly
             destroy
             the
             Title
             of
             the
             Duke
             D'Anjou
             ,
             for
             what
             is
             a
             good
             Argument
             for
             him
             cannot
             be
             a
             bad
             One
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Gift
             of
             the
             Defunct
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             I
             see
             nothing
             in
             it
             to
             build
             a
             Pretence
             of
             Right
             on
             ;
             If
             He
             had
             bequeath'd
             it
             to
             the
             Right
             Heir
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             he
             wou'd
             not
             have
             thought
             his
             Title
             one
             jot
             the
             better
             for
             it
             .
             And
             if
             he
             had
             bequeath'd
             it
             to
             the
             
               Grand
               Seignior
            
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             France
             wou'd
             not
             have
             thought
             his
             Title
             the
             worse
             for
             it
             :
             So
             that
             it
             signifies
             just
             nothing
             at
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             We
             come
             now
             to
             the
             grand
             Question
             proposed
             .
          
           
             Quest.
             2.
             
             What
             Measures
             the
             English
             ought
             to
             take
             in
             this
             Juncture
             .
          
           
             The
             Answer
             must
             be
             in
             Two
             Parts
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Supposing
               the
               French
               King
               adheres
               to
               the
               Partition
               agreed
               upon
               by
               the
               League
               before-mentioned
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Supposing
               the
               French
               King
               for
               Reasons
               which
               we
               know
               not
               should
               think
               fit
               to
               quit
               the
               Treaty
               ,
               and
               push
               for
               the
               whole
               on
               the
               Pretence
               of
               a
               Will
               made
               by
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               .
            
          
           
             'T
             is
             confess'd
             England
             ,
             since
             her
             Troops
             are
             broke
             ,
             and
             her
             People
             more
             divided
             in
             Temper
             than
             't
             was
             hop'd
             they
             wou'd
             have
             been
             under
             so
             mild
             and
             gentle
             a
             Government
             ,
             makes
             but
             a
             very
             mean
             Figure
             abroad
             ;
             and
             were
             any
             King
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             her
             Councils
             as
             well
             as
             Forces
             ,
             but
             King
             William
             ,
             hardly
             any
             Nation
             would
             trouble
             their
             Heads
             to
             confederate
             with
             her
             .
          
           
             But
             all
             the
             World
             does
             not
             yet
             see
             our
             weak
             Side
             ,
             and
             the
             Reputation
             of
             the
             King
             makes
             us
             more
             formidable
             a
             great
             deal
             than
             we
             really
             are
             .
          
           
             But
             we
             are
             to
             act
             according
             to
             the
             Knowledge
             we
             have
             of
             what
             our
             Circumstances
             really
             are
             not
             what
             other
             Nations
             may
             believe
             them
             ,
             lest
             we
             let
             them
             know
             our
             Weakness
             at
             the
             Price
             of
             our
             Destruction
             .
          
           
             However
             I
             'll
             for
             the
             present
             suppose
             what
             
             all
             good
             Men
             wish
             :
             That
             we
             were
             in
             the
             same
             good
             Posture
             as
             the
             War
             left
             us
             ,
             united
             in
             Council
             ,
             and
             ready
             for
             Action
             ,
             and
             willing
             to
             preserve
             the
             Character
             we
             had
             then
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             And
             First
             ,
             Supposing
             the
             King
             of
             France
             adheres
             to
             the
             Partition
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             .
          
           
             If
             so
             ,
             without
             Question
             England
             ought
             to
             put
             her self
             into
             such
             a
             posture
             as
             to
             be
             able
             ,
             in
             Conjunction
             with
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             to
             force
             the
             Emperor
             and
             Princes
             of
             Italy
             to
             comply
             with
             the
             Conditions
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             same
             time
             so
             to
             maintain
             the
             Ballance
             in
             the
             Partition
             ,
             as
             to
             oblige
             the
             King
             of
             France
             to
             accept
             of
             ,
             and
             rest
             contented
             with
             the
             Particulars
             stipulated
             in
             their
             respective
             Leagues
             ,
             without
             farther
             Encroachment
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             themselves
             Trustees
             for
             the
             rest
             ,
             in
             Behalf
             of
             the
             Heir
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             already
             started
             as
             a
             Query
             ,
             what
             if
             the
             King
             of
             France
             does
             accept
             of
             the
             Partition
             ,
             and
             the
             Emperor
             shou'd
             continue
             to
             stand
             out
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             France
             is
             then
             at
             Liberty
             to
             take
             the
             whole
             if
             he
             can
             get
             it
             .
          
           
             No
             such
             Matter
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             pretend
             to
             have
             been
             privy
             to
             the
             Debates
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             in
             the
             contriving
             this
             League
             ,
             nor
             to
             be
             acquainted
             with
             what
             Provision
             is
             made
             ,
             in
             
             case
             the
             Emperor
             refuses
             to
             come
             in
             ,
             but
             in
             order
             to
             give
             a
             Judgment
             as
             near
             as
             can
             be
             done
             without
             Doors
             as
             we
             call
             it
             .
             I
             shall
             briefly
             state
             the
             Reasons
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             Opinion
             should
             move
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             to
             form
             this
             League
             :
             And
             the
             great
             Reason
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             ,
             gave
             Birth
             to
             the
             first
             Project
             of
             this
             League
             ,
             setting
             aside
             private
             Reasons
             of
             State
             ,
             was
             the
             maintaining
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Power
             in
             Europe
             .
          
           
             This
             has
             been
             the
             Foundation
             of
             all
             the
             Wars
             in
             our
             Age
             against
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             last
             Ages
             against
             the
             Spaniard
             and
             the
             Emperor
             .
          
           
             
               A
               just
               Ballance
               of
               Power
               is
               the
               Life
               of
               Peace
               .
            
             I
             question
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             the
             Humane
             Nature
             to
             set
             Bounds
             to
             its
             own
             Ambition
             ,
             and
             whether
             the
             best
             Man
             on
             Earth
             wou'd
             not
             be
             King
             over
             all
             the
             rest
             if
             he
             could
             .
             Every
             King
             in
             the
             World
             would
             be
             the
             Universal
             Monarch
             if
             he
             might
             ,
             and
             nothing
             restrains
             but
             the
             Power
             of
             Neighbours
             ;
             and
             if
             one
             Neighbour
             is
             not
             strong
             enough
             for
             another
             ,
             he
             gets
             another
             Neighbour
             to
             join
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             little
             ones
             will
             join
             to
             keep
             the
             great
             one
             from
             suppressing
             them
             .
             Hence
             comes
             Leagues
             and
             Confederacies
             ;
             thus
             the
             German
             Protestants
             call'd
             in
             the
             Assistance
             of
             
               Gustavus
               Adolphus
            
             to
             match
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Emperor
             
             Ferdinand
             the
             2.
             and
             founded
             the
             famous
             League
             call'd
             the
             Conclusions
             of
             Leipsick
             ,
             which
             brought
             the
             Imperial
             Power
             to
             the
             due
             Ballance
             which
             it
             now
             stands
             at
             on
             the
             Foot
             of
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Westphalia
             ;
             so
             the
             French
             and
             the
             English
             assisted
             the
             Dutch
             to
             bring
             the
             Spanish
             Power
             to
             a
             Ballance
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Philip
             the
             II.
             when
             the
             Spanish
             Greatness
             began
             to
             be
             terrible
             to
             Europe
             ,
             which
             Ballance
             was
             established
             in
             the
             Peace
             of
             
               Aix
               la
               Chappel
            
             .
          
           
             So
             the
             Power
             of
             France
             was
             brought
             to
             a
             Ballance
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             equal
             as
             it
             might
             have
             been
             ,
             had
             King
             Charles
             II.
             stood
             to
             his
             own
             Proposals
             at
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Nimeguen
             ,
             the
             Defects
             of
             which
             Peace
             were
             in
             a
             great
             Measure
             the
             Occasion
             of
             this
             late
             War
             ,
             which
             has
             been
             the
             longest
             ,
             most
             chargeable
             ,
             and
             most
             bloody
             that
             ever
             the
             French
             Nation
             has
             been
             engaged
             in
             since
             the
             Days
             of
             Francis
             the
             I.
             their
             own
             civil
             Wars
             excepted
             .
          
           
             This
             War
             has
             brought
             the
             power
             of
             France
             to
             a
             Ballance
             ,
             she
             had
             fortified
             her
             Frontiers
             with
             a
             continued
             Rampart
             ,
             a
             Line
             of
             strong
             Cities
             from
             Hunninghen
             on
             the
             Confines
             of
             the
             Swiss
             ,
             down
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             the
             Mosell
             ,
             and
             the
             Maes
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             Sea-side
             ,
             the
             greatest
             whereof
             she
             has
             been
             oblig'd
             to
             part
             with
             ,
             to
             enable
             her
             Enemies
             to
             be
             their
             own
             Guarantees
             ;
             by
             which
             in
             some
             places
             she
             is
             left
             so
             naked
             ,
             that
             
             she
             is
             fain
             to
             build
             new
             Cities
             ,
             or
             fortifie
             old
             ones
             to
             supply
             the
             Vacancy
             ,
             as
             at
             Brisack
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             she
             lyes
             wholly
             open
             as
             at
             Pigneroll
             ;
             she
             has
             stoop'd
             to
             such
             a
             peace
             ,
             as
             has
             made
             her
             far
             less
             formidable
             than
             before
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             precarious
             Life
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             gave
             the
             King
             of
             England
             just
             Umbrage
             ,
             that
             this
             Ballance
             in
             which
             our
             Safety
             so
             much
             consists
             ,
             should
             receive
             a
             Shock
             ,
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Interest
             ,
             by
             the
             Addition
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Dominion
             to
             that
             of
             France
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             place
             the
             Original
             of
             the
             Project
             ,
             as
             a
             probable
             Conjecture
             ,
             at
             least
             drawn
             from
             the
             Nature
             of
             things
             according
             to
             rational
             Conclusions
             from
             probable
             premises
             ,
             when
             better
             Grounds
             are
             made
             publick
             ,
             I
             shall
             own
             my self
             mistaken
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             pretenders
             to
             the
             Spanish
             Succession
             are
             considered
             ,
             they
             are
             found
             to
             be
             the
             Emperor
             and
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Bavaria
             being
             dead
             before
             .
          
           
             To
             let
             the
             Emperor
             possess
             the
             Spanish
             Dominions
             ,
             would
             be
             the
             overthrowing
             the
             Ballance
             made
             at
             the
             Westphalia
             Treaty
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             already
             strengthened
             by
             the
             Conquest
             of
             Hungaria
             ,
             and
             the
             peace
             with
             the
             Turks
             would
             be
             too
             potent
             for
             the
             princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             nor
             wou'd
             the
             French
             like
             
             well
             that
             the
             Emperor
             the
             Eternal
             Competitor
             of
             France
             upon
             the
             Rhine
             shou'd
             be
             strengthen'd
             with
             such
             an
             addition
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             wou'd
             ha'
             been
             Lord
             of
             almost
             half
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             To
             let
             the
             French
             possess
             the
             Spanish
             Dominions
             ,
             would
             overthrow
             the
             Ballance
             Purchas'd
             in
             this
             War
             with
             so
             much
             Blood
             and
             Treasure
             ,
             and
             render
             fruitless
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Reswick
             .
             Twou'd
             especially
             ha'
             been
             Fatal
             to
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             ,
             by
             the
             encrease
             of
             Wealth
             from
             the
             Mass
             of
             Money
             returning
             Yearly
             from
             the
             Empires
             of
             Mexico
             ,
             and
             Peru
             ,
             which
             the
             French
             wou'd
             be
             better
             Husbands
             of
             than
             the
             Spaniards
             ;
             by
             their
             encrease
             of
             Shipping
             which
             wou'd
             make
             them
             too
             strong
             for
             all
             the
             World
             at
             Sea
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             ruining
             the
             Spanish
             Trade
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             profitable
             in
             Europe
             ;
             't
             would
             immediately
             unhinge
             all
             the
             Settlement
             of
             our
             Merchants
             and
             Factories
             ,
             and
             turn
             the
             whole
             Channel
             of
             Trade
             ;
             for
             the
             ports
             of
             Spain
             being
             free
             to
             the
             French
             as
             Subjects
             ,
             all
             our
             Negoce
             that
             way
             wou'd
             be
             destroy'd
             ,
             then
             their
             Neighbourhood
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             West-Indies
             ,
             would
             be
             intollerable
             and
             insupportable
             .
          
           
             O
             't
             would
             fill
             a
             Volume
             to
             set
             down
             the
             Inconveniencies
             which
             England
             and
             Holland
             must
             
             expect
             to
             feel
             ,
             in
             Case
             the
             French
             were
             Masters
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             ,
             the
             Streights-Mouth
             would
             be
             like
             the
             Sound
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             Ships
             should
             pay
             Toll
             at
             Gibralter
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             at
             Elseneur
             ,
             your
             Fishing
             Trade
             from
             New-England
             ,
             and
             Newfoundland
             wou'd
             perish
             ,
             for
             the
             French
             from
             the
             Banks
             of
             Newfoundland
             should
             go
             free
             ,
             and
             you
             Pay
             23
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             &c.
             
             We
             must
             erect
             an
             Admiralty
             in
             the
             West-Indies
             ,
             or
             mantain
             a
             Fleet
             there
             ,
             or
             our
             Plantations
             wou'd
             be
             always
             at
             his
             Mercy
             ;
             our
             Collonies
             of
             Virginia
             ,
             and
             New-England
             ,
             would
             easily
             be
             destroy'd
             while
             the
             French
             would
             lye
             on
             their
             backs
             quite
             thro'
             their
             Country
             from
             Canada
             to
             the
             City
             of
             Mexico
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             some
             of
             the
             lesser
             Inconveniencies
             ,
             which
             as
             I
             presume
             ,
             were
             the
             first
             Motives
             to
             the
             Treaty
             .
          
           
             The
             Confederats
             therefore
             not
             being
             willing
             the
             French
             shou'd
             have
             Spain
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             being
             resolv'd
             the
             Emperor
             should
             not
             have
             it
             ,
             a
             Medium
             is
             proposed
             that
             since
             it
             was
             not
             convenient
             for
             Europe
             ,
             that
             either
             of
             them
             should
             have
             it
             all
             ,
             and
             both
             of
             them
             had
             a
             Title
             to
             it
             ,
             it
             should
             therefore
             be
             divided
             between
             them
             in
             Manner
             and
             Form
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             short
             History
             of
             this
             League
             ,
             which
             really
             has
             more
             of
             Pollicy
             than
             Right
             
             in
             it
             ,
             for
             strictly
             Considered
             ,
             the
             Right
             of
             Succession
             can
             devolve
             but
             upon
             one
             Person
             ,
             let
             that
             one
             be
             who
             it
             will
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             present
             Business
             .
             But
             publick
             good
             ,
             the
             Peace
             of
             Kingdoms
             ,
             the
             General
             quiet
             of
             Europe
             ,
             prevails
             to
             set
             aside
             the
             Point
             of
             nice
             Justice
             ,
             and
             determine
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Publick
             Tranquility
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             crave
             leave
             to
             make
             Two
             Observations
             here
             :
          
           
             First
             ,
             Our
             Iacobites-Protestant-Brethren
             ,
             whose
             Understandings
             are
             so
             blind
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             see
             the
             Interest
             of
             their
             Native
             Country
             ,
             have
             here
             fairly
             represented
             to
             them
             the
             Condition
             England
             had
             now
             been
             in
             ,
             and
             Europe
             in
             General
             ,
             if
             a
             Papist
             and
             Confederate
             with
             France
             had
             been
             on
             the
             English
             Throne
             ;
             if
             England
             had
             not
             had
             a
             King
             who
             cou'd
             so
             far
             Influence
             the
             Ambition
             of
             the
             powerful
             Prince
             ,
             as
             to
             prevent
             his
             seizing
             that
             Monarchy
             of
             Spain
             ,
             which
             none
             but
             England
             cou'd
             hinder
             him
             from
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Our
             Non-jurants
             who
             hold
             the
             right
             Lines
             of
             Princes
             such
             Sacred
             things
             ,
             may
             also
             see
             that
             even
             among
             Hereditary
             Princes
             themselves
             ,
             the
             Rights
             of
             Succession
             are
             oftentimes
             infringed
             ,
             and
             the
             private
             Interest
             of
             Princes
             and
             Families
             set
             aside
             when
             the
             publick
             Interest
             of
             Nations
             ,
             the
             Preservation
             
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             the
             keeping
             a
             General
             Ballance
             of
             Power
             among
             Princes
             ,
             comes
             to
             be
             the
             Question
             ,
             and
             the
             Histories
             of
             all
             Ages
             and
             Nations
             give
             Instances
             to
             Prove
             it
             as
             well
             as
             this
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             run
             thro'
             the
             Reasons
             of
             this
             League
             of
             Partition
             ,
             the
             Question
             is
             answered
             of
             course
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Emperor
             shou'd
             refuse
             to
             come
             into
             the
             Partition
             and
             push
             for
             the
             whole
             ,
             then
             the
             King
             of
             France
             is
             not
             thereby
             at
             Liberty
             to
             possess
             the
             whole
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             ,
             for
             that
             wou'd
             overthro
             '
             all
             the
             Measures
             upon
             which
             the
             League
             of
             Partition
             is
             built
             .
          
           
             The
             Emperor
             is
             not
             so
             weak
             a
             Prince
             to
             refuse
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Spain
             with
             all
             its
             
               &
               c's
            
             in
             the
             
               Ocean
               ,
               Flanders
            
             ,
             and
             America
             ,
             but
             upon
             some
             Expectation
             to
             get
             more
             ;
             the
             Confederates
             therefore
             are
             to
             preserve
             that
             part
             which
             is
             Design'd
             him
             free
             ,
             and
             then
             effectually
             to
             put
             it
             out
             of
             his
             power
             to
             obtain
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             not
             to
             admit
             him
             into
             the
             part
             Reserv'd
             for
             him
             ,
             till
             he
             agrees
             to
             accept
             it
             on
             the
             Terms
             proposed
             ;
             if
             he
             shou'd
             absolutely
             refuse
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             ridiculous
             Supposition
             ,
             there
             are
             other
             Heirs
             of
             that
             Line
             to
             have
             recourse
             too
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             doubt
             the
             Crown
             of
             Spain
             ,
             need
             not
             go
             a
             begging
             for
             an
             Heir
             .
          
           
           
             It
             may
             be
             answered
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             thus
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Emperor's
             best
             Course
             to
             lay
             his
             Measures
             for
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             cannot
             carry
             it
             ,
             he
             may
             accept
             of
             the
             Partition
             at
             last
             .
          
           
             That
             's
             more
             than
             the
             Objector
             may
             be
             able
             prove
             how
             far
             the
             Confederates
             may
             think
             fit
             to
             bestow
             the
             remainder
             ,
             if
             the
             Emperor
             after
             a
             War
             shou'd
             be
             reduc'd
             to
             accept
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             more
             than
             any
             one
             can
             Answer
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             the
             Emperor
             will
             try
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             not
             infatuated
             worse
             than
             ever
             a
             certain
             King
             was
             ,
             who
             if
             he
             had
             not
             might
             ha'
             been
             a
             King
             still
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             Branch
             of
             the
             Answer
             is
             supposing
             the
             King
             of
             France
             shou'd
             so
             far
             forget
             himself
             as
             to
             quit
             the
             League
             of
             Partition
             ,
             and
             claim
             the
             Crown
             of
             Spain
             for
             his
             Grandson
             
               l'Duk
               d'
               Anjou
            
             ,
             by
             Virtue
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             King
             Defunct
             .
          
           
             It
             must
             certainly
             then
             be
             the
             Interest
             of
             England
             and
             Holland
             ,
             first
             to
             put
             themselves
             in
             such
             a
             Posture
             as
             may
             prevent
             the
             French
             King
             seizing
             of
             Spain
             it self
             ,
             and
             Flanders
             in
             Particular
             .
          
           
             And
             upon
             the
             First
             Invasion
             of
             the
             Territories
             of
             Spain
             by
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             to
             Declare
             War
             against
             him
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             whole
             Confederacy
             as
             an
             Infringer
             of
             the
             Grand
             Peace
             at
             Reswick
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             by
             appearing
             on
             the
             Frontiers
             
             in
             such
             a
             formidable
             manner
             as
             shall
             give
             him
             diversion
             enough
             ,
             that
             he
             not
             be
             able
             to
             enter
             Spain
             with
             any
             considerable
             Forces
             .
          
           
             The
             First
             of
             these
             things
             is
             to
             be
             done
             immediately
             by
             fitting
             out
             a
             good
             Fleet
             ,
             which
             should
             so
             Scour
             the
             Mediteranean
             that
             the
             French
             wou'd
             not
             be
             able
             to
             do
             much
             on
             the
             side
             of
             Catalonia
             ,
             for
             Experience
             has
             told
             us
             a
             Fleet
             at
             Sea
             will
             make
             their
             War
             in
             Catalonia
             very
             uneasie
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             landing
             a
             small
             Force
             of
             about
             Eight
             or
             Ten
             Thousand
             Men
             at
             Fonterabia
             ,
             which
             should
             be
             sufficient
             to
             Defend
             that
             side
             of
             the
             Country
             from
             the
             Invasions
             of
             the
             French.
             
          
           
             But
             this
             Pamphlet
             is
             not
             wrote
             to
             direct
             Methods
             ,
             but
             to
             Argue
             the
             general
             Point
             .
          
           
             The
             Conclusion
             of
             the
             Argument
             must
             come
             to
             that
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             who
             have
             appeared
             Champions
             for
             our
             English
             Liberty
             ,
             as
             to
             Damn
             all
             kind
             of
             force
             ,
             as
             useless
             ,
             burthensom
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             and
             Badges
             of
             slavery
             ,
             and
             all
             Arguments
             to
             be
             only
             pretences
             for
             supporting
             Arbitrary
             Designs
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             French
             shou'd
             attack
             Spain
             ,
             I
             am
             far
             from
             saying
             I
             am
             glad
             they
             will
             be
             convinc'd
             ;
             but
             I
             must
             say
             I
             am
             sorry
             the
             people
             of
             England
             have
             been
             deluded
             by
             their
             specious
             pretences
             .
          
           
             For
             if
             the
             French
             carry
             the
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             
             for
             want
             of
             our
             being
             in
             a
             Condition
             to
             prevent
             it
             ;
             I
             am
             bold
             to
             tell
             those
             Gentlemen
             God
             Almighty
             must
             be
             put
             to
             the
             trouble
             of
             working
             another
             Miracle
             to
             save
             us
             ,
             or
             we
             are
             reduc'd
             to
             a
             very
             dangerous
             Condition
             .
          
           
             But
             say
             they
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             great
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             we
             are
             safe
             ;
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             so
             we
             are
             from
             Invasion
             ,
             I
             believe
             we
             need
             not
             fear
             all
             the
             World
             ;
             but
             what
             is
             England
             without
             its
             Trade
             ,
             without
             its
             Plantation
             Trade
             ,
             Turky
             Trade
             ,
             and
             Spanish
             Trade
             ,
             and
             where
             will
             that
             be
             when
             a
             French
             Garrison
             is
             planted
             at
             Cadiz
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             Fleet
             brings
             home
             the
             Plate
             from
             Havana
             .
          
           
             What
             will
             the
             Virginia
             Collony
             be
             worth
             when
             the
             French
             come
             to
             be
             strong
             in
             the
             Lakes
             of
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             free
             Commerce
             from
             Quebeck
             to
             Mexico
             behind
             ye
             ,
             what
             will
             our
             Northern
             Trade
             be
             worth
             in
             a
             War
             ,
             when
             the
             the
             ports
             of
             Ostend
             and
             Neuport
             are
             as
             full
             of
             pirates
             as
             Dunkirk
             and
             St.
             Malo.
             
          
           
             A
             wise
             Man
             cannot
             patiently
             reflect
             upon
             the
             formidable
             power
             of
             France
             ,
             with
             the
             Addition
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             should
             he
             at
             last
             annex
             it
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             can
             consider
             without
             Horrour
             that
             all
             the
             ports
             from
             Sluce
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Faro
               Messina
            
             in
             Sicily
             ,
             should
             be
             in
             the
             Hands
             of
             the
             
             French
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Coast
             of
             near
             3000
             Miles
             ,
             
               Portugal
               ,
               Genoua
            
             and
             Leghorn
             excepted
             ;
             and
             how
             long
             they
             will
             hold
             out
             ,
             is
             easie
             to
             imagine
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             God
             can
             prevent
             Humane
             Contrivances
             ,
             and
             I
             belive
             he
             has
             plac'd
             King
             William
             on
             the
             English
             Throne
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             disappoint
             this
             Invincible
             Monarch
             in
             these
             vast
             Designs
             ,
             but
             no
             Thanks
             to
             our
             Gentlemen
             that
             have
             so
             weakned
             both
             his
             Hands
             and
             his
             Interest
             at
             home
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             him
             less
             able
             to
             perform
             for
             us
             what
             is
             our
             own
             Advantange
             than
             His
             Majesty
             wou'd
             be
             ,
             and
             than
             the
             Case
             requir'd
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             Ways
             and
             Means
             I
             meddle
             not
             with
             them
             ,
             I
             leave
             them
             to
             the
             wise
             Heads
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             but
             with
             Submission
             to
             their
             Judgment
             ,
             this
             I
             am
             positive
             in
             ,
             let
             our
             Measures
             be
             what
             they
             will
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             not
             keep
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             the
             French
             ,
             I
             mean
             out
             of
             Spain
             ,
             we
             are
             undone
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             the
             Histories
             of
             Times
             and
             Wars
             ,
             I
             never
             read
             of
             a
             General
             who
             would
             not
             chuse
             to
             be
             Master
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             able
             to
             fight
             his
             Enemy
             ,
             rather
             than
             to
             be
             coop'd
             up
             ,
             and
             bound
             to
             defend
             the
             Walls
             of
             a
             Town
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             French
             get
             the
             Spanish
             Crown
             ,
             we
             are
             beaten
             out
             of
             the
             Field
             as
             to
             Trade
             ,
             and
             are
             besieged
             in
             our
             own
             Island
             ,
             and
             never
             let
             us
             flatter
             our selves
             with
             our
             Safety
             consisting
             
             so
             much
             in
             our
             Fleet
             ;
             for
             this
             I
             presume
             to
             lay
             down
             as
             a
             fundamental
             Axiom
             ,
             at
             least
             as
             the
             Wars
             go
             of
             late
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             the
             longest
             Sword
             ,
             but
             the
             longest
             Purse
             that
             conquers
             .
             If
             the
             French
             get
             Spain
             ,
             they
             get
             the
             greatest
             Trade
             in
             the
             World
             in
             their
             Hands
             ;
             they
             that
             have
             the
             most
             Trade
             ,
             will
             have
             the
             most
             Money
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             have
             the
             most
             Money
             ,
             will
             have
             the
             most
             Ships
             ,
             the
             best
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Armies
             ;
             and
             if
             once
             the
             French
             master
             us
             at
             Sea
             ,
             where
             are
             we
             then
             ?
             And
             though
             I
             would
             not
             lessen
             our
             Fleet
             ,
             which
             I
             believe
             is
             now
             the
             best
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             yet
             he
             that
             looks
             back
             to
             the
             French
             Fleet
             before
             their
             Misfortune
             ,
             will
             tell
             you
             that
             all
             our
             English
             was
             not
             able
             to
             look
             them
             in
             the
             Face
             if
             we
             had
             no
             Dutch
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             and
             hardly
             with
             the
             Dutch
             and
             us
             together
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             Answer'd
             by
             some
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             French
             shou'd
             have
             Spain
             ,
             we
             shall
             Trade
             thither
             still
             ,
             they
             cannot
             do
             without
             our
             Manufactures
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             ,
             I
             Answer
             ,
             time
             was
             France
             could
             not
             Trade
             without
             our
             Manufactures
             .
             Now
             they
             are
             fallen
             into
             them
             to
             such
             a
             Degree
             ,
             that
             they
             only
             want
             Wooll
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             Hands
             enough
             to
             supply
             all
             the
             World
             with
             Manufactures
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             so
             supplied
             with
             that
             from
             one
             Place
             or
             another
             ,
             that
             they
             Buy
             none
             of
             our
             Goods
             now
             ,
             or
             but
             a
             trifle
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Ports
             of
             Spain
             come
             to
             be
             filled
             with
             French
             ,
             they
             will
             fill
             every
             Place
             with
             their
             Goods
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             People
             .
          
           
           
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Laws
             of
             Trade
             when
             Masters
             of
             the
             Ports
             will
             bring
             all
             Nations
             to
             Trade
             under-foot
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             with
             gaeat
             disadvantages
             and
             hardships
             which
             will
             in
             the
             end
             ruin
             all
             that
             Trade
             that
             does
             not
             run
             thro'
             their
             own
             Hands
             .
          
           
             The
             Present
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             lik●
             a
             wise
             Governor
             ,
             puts
             his
             People
             upon
             all
             manner
             of
             Improvements
             ;
             tho'
             the
             Spaniards
             are
             a
             flothful
             Nation
             ,
             if
             the
             French
             Diligence
             comes
             once
             to
             thrive
             in
             Spain
             ,
             he
             knows
             little
             of
             Spain
             that
             does
             not
             know
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             Improvements
             ,
             several
             ways
             to
             the
             disadvantage
             of
             the
             English
             Trade
             .
          
           
             I
             'll
             give
             but
             one
             Instance
             ,
             Spain
             is
             a
             very
             hot
             Country
             ,
             and
             yet
             such
             is
             the
             Constancy
             of
             the
             Spaniard
             to
             the
             Old
             ridiculous
             Custom
             ,
             that
             they
             wear
             their
             Cloaks
             of
             course
             black
             English
             Bays
             ,
             should
             the
             French
             King
             when
             he
             is
             Master
             of
             Spain
             ,
             forbid
             the
             Spaniards
             the
             wearing
             of
             Bays
             ,
             and
             introduce
             some
             antick
             French
             Druget
             ,
             or
             other
             thin
             Stuff
             ,
             such
             as
             they
             make
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             it
             wou'd
             at
             once
             destroy
             our
             Trade
             of
             Bays
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             noblest
             Manufacture
             in
             many
             respects
             that
             we
             have
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             send
             Forty
             Thousand
             People
             who
             depend
             on
             that
             Trade
             to
             beg
             their
             Bread
             ,
             or
             seek
             other
             Work
             ,
             which
             other
             Work
             must
             of
             Consequence
             lessen
             the
             Employment
             of
             other
             Poor
             Families
             which
             it
             maintained
             before
             .
          
           
             I
             cou'd
             give
             many
             Instances
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             ,
             as
             for
             one
             more
             should
             they
             Prohibit
             the
             Exportation
             of
             Spanish
             Wooll
             and
             Manufacture
             it
             among
             themselves
             ,
             or
             into
             France
             ;
             let
             the
             West-Country
             Clothiers
             speak
             for
             themselves
             ,
             and
             say
             what
             strange
             work
             it
             wou'd
             make
             among
             them
             ,
             or
             our
             Hambrough
             Merchants
             give
             an
             Account
             what
             their
             Trade
             wou'd
             come
             to
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             outdone
             already
             in
             course
             Cloth
             and
             wou'd
             ha'
             no
             fine
             over
             to
             send
             to
             Market
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             but
             I
             may
             present
             the
             World
             with
             a
             short
             Account
             by
             it self
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             Sensible
             Losses
             our
             Trade
             will
             come
             under
             ,
             if
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Spain
             should
             fall
             into
             the
             
             Hands
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             tho'
             methinks
             it
             should
             be
             needless
             to
             run
             thro'
             it
             ,
             the
             meanest
             Understanding
             being
             capable
             to
             know
             that
             the
             greatest
             Part
             of
             the
             Wealth
             of
             this
             Nation
             has
             been
             and
             is
             still
             rais'd
             by
             the
             Gainful
             Trade
             we
             have
             with
             the
             Spaniards
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .