A copy of the late King James's letter, sent by the Earle of Melfort to the French king, on the last sea-fight And published the next day by the French King's order. James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1692 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A87474 Wing J155B ESTC R215724 99895599 99895599 153240 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A87474) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 153240) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2355:17) A copy of the late King James's letter, sent by the Earle of Melfort to the French king, on the last sea-fight And published the next day by the French King's order. James II, King of England, 1633-1701. 1 sheet ([1] p.) printed for A. Johnson, London : 1692. Concerns the destruction of the French fleet in May 1692. James begs Louis XIV to "forbear to concern yourself for a prince so unfortunate as I am: and give me and my family leave to retire unto a corner of the world". Not actually by James II?. The text begins: "Brother King, I have with a degree of resolution bore all the disgraces it had pleased Heaven to send me,...". Includes "Remarks on the foregoing letter". Reproduction of original in the Newberry Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. 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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England -- London 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A COPY Of the LATE King James's Letter , Sent by the Earle of MELFORT to the FRENCH KING , On the last SEA-FIGHT . And Published the next Day by the French King's Order . Brother KING , I HAVE with a degree of Resolution bore all the Disgraces it has pleased Heaven to send me , whilst they reacht me alone ; but this last I confess , has quite over-whelm'd me : Nor can I ever forgive my self , since it so nearly touches your Majesty in the great Damage of your FLEET ; and since I am too well satisfy'd , it is my Stars have occasioned this ill Success to a FLEET that has been ever Victorious till they fought for my Interest , which forces me to acknowledge that I do not in the least deserve the further assistance of so great a King , who when he Wars for himself alone , is certain of Success ; therefore I beg of your Majesty , that you would forbear to concern your self for a Prince so Unfortunate as I am : And give me and my Family leave to retire unto a Corner of the World , where I may not any way be a hindrance to the usual Course of your Prosperity and Conquests , which nothing but the Ill Fortune so Inseparable from me , could ever interrupt ; Nor is it just that the most Powerful Monarch , and the most flourishing Kingdom in the World , should feell my Misfortunes , for you are indeed too generous ; and it is better that I alone submit , till it shall please the Decrees of Providence to order otherwise , and let that dispose of me how or where it will. I do assure your Majesty , that with my last Breath , I shall acknowledge your assistance & Friendship ; and when I shall be from your Kingdoms , it will be my greatest satisfaction to think that you will again resume the good Fortune , which ( whilst my Interest was not twisted with yours ) you ever had against Yours and My Enemies . Remarks on the foregoing LETTER . ONE Use may very properly be rais'd from these Premises of information , Viz. This plainly tells us the True Principle of the French Kings Assistance and Friendship to the late King. and that t is Interest and only Interest is the Powerful Motive , since he could make that ill use of his Friends Modesty , as to expose a Letter to the World , that is indeed neither more nor less than a Complement on the Blunder committed by the French King , for whatever those who loose Spoons or Forks , may believe of the Influence of Stars , every body in their Wits , will grant one Cannon is of more force than twenty Stars ; and methinks 't is at the best but a poor come off , to make any ones Ill Fortune an Excuse for his being overreacht . London , Printed for A. Johnson , 1692.