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             The two great questions further considered with some reply to the remarks / by the author.
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           THE
           Two
           Great
           Questions
           Further
           Considered
           .
           With
           some
           Reply
           to
           the
           Remarks
           .
        
         
           
             Non
             Licet
             Hominem
             Muliebriter
             rixare
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCC
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Since
           then
           his
           Passion
           has
           put
           him
           out
           of
           Temper
           ,
           and
           transported
           him
           beyond
           the
           bounds
           of
           Decency
           and
           good
           Manners
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           him
           to
           come
           to
           himself
           again
           ,
           by
           the
           helps
           of
           Time
           ,
           Sleep
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           proper
           Remedies
           for
           Men
           that
           are
           Craz'd
           ad
           Distemper'd
           ,
           and
           Address
           my self
           to
           that
           part
           of
           Mankind
           who
           are
           Masters
           of
           their
           Sences
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           Men
           in
           this
           Town
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Two
           Reasons
           Consider'd
           ,
           was
           never
           yet
           suspected
           of
           being
           a
           Courtier
           ,
           an
           Advocate
           for
           standing
           Armies
           ,
           an
           Insulter
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           but
           just
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           will
           appear
           ,
           if
           ever
           he
           is
           call'd
           to
           show
           himself
           .
        
         
           But
           because
           he
           took
           the
           Liberty
           to
           put
           his
           Thoughts
           in
           Print
           ,
           on
           the
           Extraordinary
           Iuncture
           of
           Affairs
           on
           Account
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Succession
           ,
           and
           he
           finds
           that
           some
           People
           are
           mistaken
           both
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Intent
           of
           his
           Book
           ;
           he
           therefore
           Craves
           leave
           of
           the
           Publick
           to
           Explain
           himself
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           little
           thought
           any
           Body
           wou'd
           ha'
           been
           so
           weak
           as
           to
           mistake
           him
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Two
           Great
           Questions
           Further
           Considered
           .
        
         
           BEFORE
           I
           enter
           into
           the
           Particulars
           of
           the
           Book
           I
           am
           going
           to
           vindicate
           ,
           I
           must
           desire
           the
           Reader
           to
           observe
           that
           this
           Book
           was
           wrote
           before
           the
           French
           King
           had
           declar'd
           He
           would
           accept
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Will
           ,
           or
           had
           receiv'd
           the
           Duke
           
             d'
             Anjou
          
           as
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           when
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
           France's
           seizing
           of
           Spain
           ,
           or
           seizing
           of
           Flanders
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           be
           understood
           seizing
           it
           for
           himself
           to
           annex
           it
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           a
           thing
           that
           hath
           all
           along
           by
           all
           the
           Princes
           and
           States
           of
           Europe
           ,
           been
           counted
           ,
           and
           really
           is
           ,
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Peace
           of
           Europe
           ;
           and
           any
           Man
           ,
           but
           such
           an
           Author
           as
           our
           Remarker
           ,
           wou'd
           understand
           me
           so
           ,
           when
           I
           say
           Page
           22
           ,
           and
           quoted
           by
           him
           ,
           Page
           9.
           
           
             It
             must
             certainly
             be
             the
             Interest
             of
          
           England
           and
           Holland
           
             first
             to
             put
             themselves
             in
             such
             a
             Posture
             ,
             as
             may
             prevent
             the
             French
             King
             's
             
             seizing
             of
          
           Spain
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           Words
           express
           it
           directly
           ,
           
             viz.
             And
             upon
             the
             first
             Invasion
             of
             the
             Territories
             of
          
           Spain
           ,
           
             to
             declare
             War
             against
             him
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             whole
             Confederacy
             ,
             as
             an
             Infringer
             of
             the
             Grand
             Peace
             of
          
           Reswick
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           but
           appeal
           to
           any
           Man's
           Reason
           whether
           
             the
             French
             King
             's
             seizing
             or
             invading
             of
          
           Spain
           can
           mean
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           
             the
             French
             King
             's
             seizing
             or
             invading
             of
          
           Spain
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           explicite
           as
           Words
           can
           make
           it
           ,
           and
           wou'd
           certainly
           be
           a
           Breach
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           Reswick
           .
        
         
           The
           Remarker
           ,
           Page
           6.
           tells
           the
           World
           
             the
             Question
             what
             the
             English
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
          
           is
           a
           Shooing-horn
           to
           draw
           on
           what
           some
           People
           mightily
           want
           a
           standing
           Army
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           his
           rude
           Dialect
           runs
           on
           against
           the
           Soldiery
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           has
           done
           ,
           to
           put
           a
           Value
           on
           his
           Argument
           ,
           magnifies
           our
           Nation
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           ,
           as
           no
           Man
           ,
           who
           is
           sensible
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Designs
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           can
           allow
           to
           be
           so
           much
           as
           rational
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           first
           answer
           his
           presumptive
           Suggestion
           ,
           and
           then
           proceed
           .
        
         
           I
           take
           leave
           to
           assure
           all
           the
           World
           that
           shall
           read
           these
           Sheets
           ,
           that
           by
           all
           the
           Expressions
           of
           
             Forces
             ,
             Posture
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           I
           do
           mean
           ,
           and
           do
           desire
           to
           be
           understood
           to
           mean
           ,
           such
           Force
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           such
           a
           Posture
           of
           Defence
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           shall
           be
           thought
           necessary
           for
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           Support
           of
           our
           Trade
           and
           Interest
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
         
           Why
           else
           do
           I
           say
           ,
           England
           shou'd
           put
           herself
           into
           such
           a
           Posture
           ?
           By
           England
           ,
           an
           Englishman
           always
           understands
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           no
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           wou'd
           imagine
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           Now
           did
           ever
           Parliament
           in
           England
           talk
           in
           this
           Gentleman's
           Dialect
           ?
           
             That
             we
             have
             a
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             no
             Army
             ,
             no
             matter
             if
             all
             the
             World
             Confederated
             against
             us
             ;
             and
             did
             ever
             we
             get
             any
             thing
             by
             Foreign
             Alliances
             ?
             Are
             Confederacies
             advantageous
             to
             us
             ?
          
           And
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Surely
           ,
           they
           that
           are
           of
           the
           Opinion
           that
           England
           is
           able
           to
           Fight
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           know
           very
           little
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           remember
           that
           in
           this
           very
           War
           had
           we
           had
           no
           Confederates
           ,
           the
           War
           had
           been
           in
           our
           own
           Bowels
           ,
           whereas
           this
           we
           got
           by
           Foreign
           Alliances
           ,
           that
           we
           carried
           the
           War
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           Doors
           ;
           had
           not
           the
           
             Spaniards
             ,
             Germans
          
           ,
           and
           Dutch
           ,
           joined
           in
           a
           Confederacy
           ,
           the
           French
           King
           had
           met
           with
           no
           Work
           to
           Divert
           him
           from
           giving
           King
           Iames
           such
           a
           Powerful
           Assistance
           as
           might
           have
           prevented
           our
           Revolution
           ,
           none
           but
           a
           Mad
           Man
           can
           deny
           that
           't
           was
           the
           Union
           of
           the
           Confederates
           that
           was
           the
           Protection
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           The
           Remarker
           tells
           us
           the
           Revolution
           was
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           was
           ;
           but
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             'T
             was
             a
             Miracle
             that
             we
             did
             not
             do
             it
             without
             Foreign
             help
             .
          
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           wou'd
           ha'
           been
           a
           Miracle
           if
           we
           had
           ;
           and
           I
           Appeal
           to
           any
           Man
           that
           has
           not
           forgot
           the
           State
           of
           England
           at
           that
           time
           to
           be
           Judge
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           shou'd
           not
           reduce
           King
           Iames
           to
           Reason
           by
           our
           own
           Native
           Strength
           ,
           was
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           says
           he
           ;
           That
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           did
           not
           rise
           and
           pull
           his
           Army
           to
           
           pieces
           ;
           if
           this
           Gentleman
           had
           not
           forgot
           his
           own
           Story
           ,
           he
           cou'd
           never
           thus
           contradict
           himself
           .
        
         
           If
           our
           own
           Native
           Strength
           is
           so
           much
           Superior
           to
           an
           Army
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           Miracle
           they
           did
           now
           recover
           themselves
           without
           other
           help
           ;
           then
           
             Ridiculus
             mus
          
           ,
           the
           dreadful
           Spectrum
           of
           a
           Standing
           Army
           is
           lost
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Danger
           of
           being
           enslav'd
           is
           at
           end
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           as
           great
           an
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Bravery
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           as
           any
           Man
           ;
           but
           it
           does
           not
           use
           to
           be
           the
           Temper
           of
           the
           English
           to
           run
           on
           such
           Rhodomantado's
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           no
           disparageing
           the
           English
           Na●ion
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           as
           Affairs
           now
           Stand
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           a
           match
           for
           the
           French
           Power
           without
           the
           help
           of
           Confederates
           .
           I
           am
           no
           Traitor
           to
           my
           Country
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           own
           
             that
             our
             Militia
             are
             not
             able
             to
             Fight
             a
             French
             Army
             .
          
           But
           Grant
           they
           were
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           Invasion
           of
           our
           Native
           Country
           that
           we
           are
           upon
           ,
           God
           forbid
           ,
           we
           shou'd
           have
           Occasion
           to
           Provide
           against
           that
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           always
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           to
           keep
           Danger
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           and
           it
           has
           been
           the
           Practice
           of
           England
           to
           do
           it
           by
           Leagues
           and
           Confederacies
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           proper
           Method
           .
        
         
           This
           Gentleman
           upbraids
           me
           with
           Reading
           truly
           ;
           I
           have
           Read
           all
           the
           Histories
           of
           Europe
           ,
           that
           are
           Extant
           in
           our
           Language
           ,
           and
           some
           in
           other
           Languages
           ,
           and
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           I
           have
           Read
           that
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           supported
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           supplied
           them
           with
           Men
           and
           Money
           ,
           that
           she
           did
           the
           like
           by
           the
           Hugonots
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           made
           a
           League
           offensive
           with
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           why
           ?
           All
           our
           Histories
           agree
           it
           was
           to
           keep
           the
           Forces
           of
           Philip
           the
           
           Second
           ,
           so
           employ'd
           that
           he
           shou'd
           not
           be
           at
           leisure
           to
           turn
           all
           his
           Power
           upon
           her
           .
           Thus
           she
           manag'd
           a
           War
           with
           him
           abroad
           ,
           and
           kept
           England
           from
           being
           the
           Field
           of
           Blood
           ;
           and
           this
           England
           got
           by
           a
           Confederacy
           abroad
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           'll
           give
           another
           Instance
           ,
           which
           no
           Man
           can
           have
           the
           Face
           to
           deny
           ;
           when
           the
           Spanish
           Fleet
           lay
           at
           Anchor
           ,
           and
           had
           yet
           received
           no
           such
           considerable
           Damage
           from
           our
           Ships
           ,
           as
           to
           prevent
           their
           Landing
           ,
           the
           Dutch
           lay
           with
           their
           Fleet
           on
           the
           Flemish
           Coast
           at
           the
           procurement
           of
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           thereby
           prevented
           the
           Duke
           of
           Parma
           bringing
           over
           30000
           Spaniards
           into
           England
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           the
           Fate
           of
           England
           must
           have
           been
           tryed
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           on
           her
           own
           Ground
           .
           
             Behold
             the
             Benefit
             of
             Allies
          
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           have
           Panegyrick'd
           on
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           King
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           a
           War-like
           Nation
           ,
           I
           have
           done
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           all
           the
           World
           own
           his
           Due
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           have
           the
           Authority
           of
           Parliaments
           for
           ,
           who
           have
           own'd
           him
           for
           the
           Saviour
           of
           these
           Nations
           from
           Popery
           and
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           at
           the
           Expence
           of
           his
           own
           Personal
           Hazard
           .
           I
           need
           not
           Quote
           the
           many
           Addresses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           the
           Voice
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           for
           my
           Authority
           :
           As
           for
           places
           at
           Court
           or
           Pensions
           ,
           the
           Author
           never
           had
           nor
           desired
           any
           ,
           but
           hopes
           a
           Man
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           speak
           what
           Truth
           and
           Honour
           obliges
           every
           Man
           to
           do
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           that
           has
           deserv'd
           so
           much
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           without
           the
           Reproach
           of
           a
           railing
           Scribler
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           further
           Explain
           my self
           in
           Defence
           of
           what
           I
           thought
           no
           Man
           wou'd
           have
           had
           Baseness
           enough
           to
           
           Suggest
           .
           But
           when
           I
           speak
           of
           a
           sort
           of
           a
           People
           ,
           
             who
             have
             appear'd
             such
             Champions
             of
             our
             English
             Liberties
             ,
             as
             to
             damn
             all
             kind
             of
             Force
             ,
             as
             useless
             ,
             burthensome
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             Badges
             of
             Slavery
             ,
             and
             all
             Arguments
             to
             be
             only
             pretences
             for
             supporting
             Arbitrary
             Designs
             ,
          
           I
           should
           mean
           by
           these
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           Far
           be
           it
           from
           the
           Thoughts
           of
           any
           honest
           Man
           to
           imagine
           such
           a
           thing
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           rational
           that
           I
           cou'd
           Suggest
           such
           a
           thing
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           as
           his
           own
           Words
           confutes
           him
           ,
           
             The
             Parliament
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             never
             did
             damn
             all
             Force
             as
             useless
             .
          
           Very
           true
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           how
           then
           can
           you
           imagine
           any
           Man
           cou'd
           mean
           the
           Parliament
           who
           never
           did
           any
           such
           thing
           ?
           Nothing
           can
           be
           so
           absurd
           ,
           and
           there
           I
           leave
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           I
           am
           charged
           with
           intending
           those
           whom
           I
           really
           never
           thought
           of
           ,
           nor
           no
           Rational
           Man
           cou'd
           suppose
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           it
           is
           I
           do
           mean
           ,
           when
           I
           say
           ,
           
             There
             are
             a
             sort
             of
             People
             who
             have
             appear'd
             such
             Champions
             of
             our
             English
             Liberty
             as
             to
             damn
             all
             kind
             of
             Force
             as
             useless
             .
          
           I
           mean
           the
           Pamphleteering
           Club
           ,
           who
           have
           set
           themselves
           to
           Blaspheme
           God
           ,
           and
           Ruin
           their
           Native
           Country
           ,
           and
           in
           Print
           to
           sow
           to
           the
           Seeds
           of
           Misunderstanding
           and
           Distrust
           between
           the
           King
           and
           his
           People
           .
        
         
           The
           Club
           where
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           is
           openly
           derided
           ,
           in
           Print
           lampoon'd
           ,
           and
           shamefully
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Government
           abus'd
           and
           ridicul'd
           .
        
         
           That
           Club
           of
           Men
           who
           pretend
           to
           guide
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           to
           them
           what
           they
           are
           to
           do
           ;
           who
           are
           so
           openly
           against
           Force
           ,
           that
           they
           leave
           us
           naked
           for
           a
           Prey
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           most
           Contemptible
           Treasons
           .
        
         
         
           That
           Club
           that
           sent
           out
           a
           blasphemous
           Poem
           lately
           under
           the
           borrow'd
           Name
           of
           Clito
           ,
           where
           the
           Deity
           of
           our
           Saviour
           is
           denied
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           very
           Being
           of
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           undermin'd
           .
        
         
           That
           Club
           that
           denies
           Englishmen
           the
           use
           of
           their
           Reason
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           allow
           that
           even
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           can
           appoint
           such
           Powers
           as
           are
           necessary
           to
           our
           Defence
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Champions
           of
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           I
           directly
           mean
           ,
           
             who
             damn
             all
             kind
             of
             Force
             as
             useless
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           they
           who
           have
           sent
           out
           this
           Pamphlet
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Two
           Questions
           to
           the
           Bar
           of
           the
           House
           right
           or
           wrong
           ;
           these
           are
           the
           Men
           who
           tell
           us
           Confederacies
           and
           Alliances
           are
           useless
           ,
           and
           all
           Forces
           oppressive
           that
           say
           they
           are
           not
           yet
           rid
           of
           Slavery
           ,
           because
           the
           King
           has
           his
           Guards
           left
           ;
           as
           if
           Forces
           in
           England
           by
           Consent
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           cou'd
           be
           a
           Grievance
           .
        
         
           Who
           tho'
           they
           cry
           up
           Parliaments
           ,
           as
           those
           by
           whom
           Kings
           reign
           ,
           yet
           will
           not
           allow
           them
           to
           be
           Judges
           of
           what
           is
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           no
           Convenience
           ,
           but
           will
           have
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           Lord
           Chancellor
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Admiral
           be
           nam'd
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           because
           the
           Word
           England
           is
           added
           to
           their
           Titles
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           these
           ,
           are
           the
           Persons
           who
           I
           mean
           all
           along
           ,
           when
           I
           say
           ,
           
             They
             have
             deluded
             the
             People
             of
          
           England
           ▪
           
             by
             their
             specious
             Pretences
          
           ;
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           plainer
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           have
           carried
           on
           a
           Pen
           and
           Ink
           War
           against
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           King
           obliquely
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           directly
           reproaching
           him
           ,
           with
           Designs
           to
           enslave
           the
           Nation
           ,
           whom
           he
           
           came
           to
           set
           free
           ,
           and
           to
           rob
           us
           of
           those
           Liberties
           which
           he
           ventur'd
           his
           Life
           to
           save
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Men
           who
           I
           mean
           when
           I
           say
           ,
           
             they
             have
             weakned
             his
             Hands
             ,
             and
             his
             Interest
             at
             home
             ,
          
           which
           they
           have
           certainly
           done
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           lessen
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           to
           suggest
           to
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           invade
           their
           Liberties
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Men
           who
           think
           they
           cannot
           be
           answered
           ,
           without
           concerning
           the
           Parliament
           in
           their
           Quarrel
           ;
           who
           to
           bring
           the
           King
           into
           Contempt
           with
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           for
           whom
           he
           has
           done
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           from
           whom
           he
           has
           received
           so
           many
           Thanks
           and
           Acknowledgments
           ,
           represent
           him
           attempting
           to
           destroy
           our
           Liberties
           by
           standing
           Armies
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           are
           answered
           ,
           pretend
           to
           fright
           their
           Adversaries
           with
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           if
           nothing
           cou'd
           be
           said
           to
           the
           Point
           ,
           without
           reflecting
           on
           the
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           People
           let
           me
           take
           the
           Liberty
           to
           say
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Matter
           of
           Armies
           was
           no
           way
           the
           Case
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           that
           this
           Author
           does
           affirm
           ,
           and
           will
           answer
           it
           any
           where
           .
        
         
           
             That
             a
             standing
             Army
             in
          
           England
           
             in
             time
             of
             Peace
             is
             not
             against
             Law
             ,
             nor
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             Constitution
             of
          
           England
           .
        
         
           
             Provided
             it
             be
             by
             Consent
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           To
           avoid
           all
           manner
           of
           Disputes
           in
           this
           Point
           ,
           my
           Authority
           is
           unquestionable
           ,
           being
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           themselves
           ,
           or
           Convention
           ,
           which
           is
           equivolent
           in
           the
           Sixth
           Article
           of
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           declar'd
           by
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Words
           :
        
         
         
           
             That
             the
             raising
             and
             keeping
             a
             standing
             within
             the
             Kingdom
             in
             time
             of
             Peace
          
           (
           unless
           it
           be
           by
           Consent
           of
           Parliament
           )
           
             is
             unlawful
          
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           once
           urged
           to
           these
           Gentlemen
           before
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           thing
           they
           cou'd
           never
           answer
           ;
           they
           took
           no
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           here
           I
           leave
           it
           with
           this
           Remark
           .
        
         
           That
           I
           do
           ,
           and
           every
           English
           Protestant
           will
           always
           consent
           to
           have
           such
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           Forces
           rais'd
           ,
           maintain'd
           ,
           and
           kept
           up
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ;
           as
           the
           King
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           shall
           think
           needful
           for
           our
           common
           Perservation
           ,
           and
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           Nation
           's
           Interests
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           middle
           way
           between
           both
           Extr●ams
           ,
           and
           nothing
           in
           the
           Book
           this
           Remarker
           treats
           so
           scurvily
           ,
           can
           give
           any
           rational
           Ground
           to
           charge
           me
           with
           proposing
           farther
           .
        
         
           Nor
           has
           the
           King
           himself
           attempted
           to
           keep
           up
           any
           Forces
           ,
           but
           with
           Consent
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           has
           ass●r'd
           us
           he
           never
           will.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           with
           this
           railing
           Author
           ,
           and
           indeed
           had
           not
           meddled
           with
           him
           at
           all
           ,
           only
           to
           explain
           my self
           in
           the
           Persons
           ,
           I
           mean
           thro'out
           the
           Book
           he
           reflects
           on
           ;
           and
           methinks
           no
           Man
           cou'd
           imagin
           any
           Author
           wou'd
           be
           such
           a
           Fool
           to
           treat
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           done
           the
           People
           I
           speak
           of
           ,
           while
           he
           knows
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Parliament
           to
           crush
           such
           a
           one
           with
           the
           Breath
           of
           their
           Mouth
           .
        
         
           Without
           troubling
           the
           Reader
           any
           more
           with
           my
           Remarker
           ,
           or
           but
           by
           the
           by
           ,
           where
           I
           am
           oblig'd
           to
           come
           athwart
           him
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           this
           Opportunity
           to
           
           say
           what
           I
           wou'd
           ha'
           said
           before
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           known
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           wou'd
           have
           declar'd
           his
           Grandson
           King
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           shall
           lay
           it
           down
           as
           a
           further
           Answer
           to
           the
           grand
           Question
           .
        
         
           
             What
             Measures
             England
             ought
             to
             take
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           League
           for
           the
           Partition
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           being
           not
           made
           publick
           ,
           and
           propos'd
           to
           the
           English
           Parliament
           ,
           says
           some
           ,
           is
           no
           League
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           therefore
           England
           has
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           do
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           what
           such
           say
           be
           true
           ,
           
             which
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             believe
             ,
          
           then
           whenever
           His
           Majesty
           please
           to
           call
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           acquaint
           them
           of
           it
           ,
           
             it
             becomes
             an
             English
             League
          
           ,
           for
           no
           Man
           ever
           yet
           disputed
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           making
           Leagues
           and
           Treaties
           ,
           either
           for
           Peace
           or
           War
           ,
           was
           committed
           to
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           nor
           can
           he
           tell
           us
           of
           a
           League
           ever
           made
           in
           England
           ,
           which
           was
           first
           discuss'd
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           we
           had
           a
           King
           to
           be
           treated
           with
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           I
           have
           yet
           said
           we
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           than
           this
           ,
           that
           England
           ought
           to
           put
           her self
           into
           such
           a
           Posture
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           her
           Neighbours
           ,
           as
           that
           she
           may
           be
           able
           to
           preserve
           the
           Peace
           lately
           purchased
           at
           so
           dear
           a
           Rate
           ,
           and
           to
           preserve
           her
           Trade
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           whole
           Nation
           so
           much
           depends
           .
        
         
         
           If
           People
           will
           have
           me
           to
           mean
           a
           standing
           Army
           whether
           I
           will
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           cannot
           help
           it
           ;
           but
           I
           say
           again
           it
           may
           be
           done
           without
           a
           standing
           Army
           ,
           and
           where
           is
           your
           Argument
           then
           ?
           Of
           which
           I
           cou'd
           say
           more
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           not
           room
           for
           it
           here
           .
        
         
           I
           did
           affirm
           it
           was
           a
           weak
           thing
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           to
           pretend
           to
           give
           his
           Kingdom
           by
           Will
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           of
           the
           Opinion
           we
           shall
           hear
           that
           he
           really
           did
           not
           do
           so
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           some
           Practices
           made
           use
           of
           to
           procure
           such
           a
           Will
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           true
           Sence
           of
           a
           late
           Will
           and
           Testament
           makes
           it
           void
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           .
        
         
           But
           be
           it
           which
           way
           it
           will
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           odd
           way
           of
           devolving
           the
           Succession
           of
           Crowns
           ;
           and
           here
           I
           cannot
           help
           meeting
           our
           Remarker
           again
           :
           
             That
             notwithstanding
             all
             Deeds
             of
             Gift
             ,
             or
             other
             Titles
             whatever
             ,
             if
             the
             good
             People
             of
             Spain
             own
             him
             as
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             allow
             him
             the
             Soveraignty
             ,
             he
             has
             the
             most
             undoubted
             Title
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             any
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           Though
           our
           Author
           is
           not
           worth
           answering
           ,
           having
           a
           right
           Notion
           in
           his
           Head
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           Sence
           to
           put
           it
           into
           English
           ,
           I
           shall
           tell
           him
           ,
        
         
           That
           in
           the
           main
           his
           Argument
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Consequence
           is
           false
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           The
           good
           People
           of
           Spain
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           ,
           whose
           Country
           is
           their
           own
           ,
           have
           all
           along
           agreed
           that
           their
           Crown
           shall
           descend
           by
           the
           direct
           Line
           ,
           to
           the
           lawful
           Issue
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ,
           Successors
           to
           Ferdinand
           and
           Isabella
           ,
           in
           whom
           the
           contending
           Crowns
           of
           Arragon
           and
           Castile
           were
           united
           ;
           this
           our
           Author
           may
           find
           stipulated
           in
           the
           Contract
           between
           
           those
           two
           Families
           ,
           and
           sign'd
           to
           by
           the
           Council
           ,
           call'd
           by
           them
           the
           great
           Council
           of
           Spain
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           with
           them
           as
           a
           Parliament
           .
           Thus
           the
           good
           People
           of
           Spain
           acquiesc'd
           ,
           and
           have
           all
           along
           submitted
           to
           the
           Successors
           of
           that
           Family
           ,
           as
           their
           undoubted
           rightful
           Kings
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           it
           be
           the
           Peopl●'s
           Act
           and
           Deed
           ,
           that
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Arragon
           or
           Austria
           shall
           possess
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           ,
           then
           the
           Duke
           
             d'
             Anjou
          
           has
           no
           more
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           than
           the
           Czar
           of
           Muscovy
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           while
           the
           Dauphin
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Burgundy
           are
           alive
           ,
           unl●ss
           the
           People
           of
           Spain
           legally
           Convocated
           had
           Declar'd
           the
           Throne
           vacant
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           go
           on
           with
           the
           Argument
           in
           the
           same
           Notion
           of
           the
           People's
           Right
           to
           make
           Kings
           ,
           which
           is
           what
           these
           Gentlemen
           are
           so
           fond
           of
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           People
           of
           a
           Nation
           have
           by
           any
           publick
           Act
           ,
           
             Legally
             made
          
           ,
           entail'd
           their
           Crown
           ,
           or
           committed
           the
           Government
           of
           themselves
           ,
           or
           what
           he
           pleases
           to
           call
           it
           ,
           to
           such
           or
           such
           a
           Family
           ,
           and
           such
           and
           such
           Heirs
           ,
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           allow
           then
           that
           such
           and
           such
           Heirs
           have
           a
           Right
           ,
           till
           the
           same
           which
           gave
           them
           their
           Right
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           legal
           Manner
           do
           publickly
           rescind
           ,
           alter
           or
           repeal
           the
           former
           Settlement
           on
           which
           that
           Right
           was
           founded
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           where
           is
           this
           Publick
           act
           of
           the
           People
           of
           Spain
           to
           rescind
           the
           Former
           Title
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Arragon
           ?
           To
           say
           they
           have
           not
           disclaim'd
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           ,
           what
           a
           ridiculous
           Argument
           is
           that
           ,
           the
           Settlement
           they
           have
           agreed
           to
           ,
           is
           not
           Repeal'd
           ,
           nor
           the
           Great
           Council
           of
           the
           State
           been
           call'd
           to
           Debate
           it
           ;
           nor
           is
           their
           any
           need
           of
           it
           ,
           
           for
           the
           Heirs
           are
           in
           Being
           ,
           the
           Throne
           is
           not
           Vacant
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           you
           will
           form
           a
           Legal
           Title
           for
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           ,
           on
           this
           Gentleman's
           Notion
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Right
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           thus
           .
        
         
           The
           Dauphin
           is
           the
           Immediate
           Heir
           ,
           but
           he
           refuses
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Crown
           for
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Eldest
           Son
           ;
           then
           the
           Great
           Council
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           People
           of
           Spain
           ,
           ought
           in
           this
           Emergency
           to
           have
           been
           call'd
           ,
           to
           Consider
           to
           whom
           they
           wou'd
           dispose
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           or
           to
           whom
           they
           wou'd
           Submit
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           sure
           by
           this
           Doctrine
           it
           cannot
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           they
           may
           as
           well
           bestow
           their
           Crown
           on
           the
           Emperor
           of
           
             Morocco
             ,
             saving
             his
             being
             a
             Mahometan
             ,
          
           as
           on
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           .
        
         
           Also
           ,
           if
           all
           Titles
           be
           deriv'd
           thus
           from
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           any
           one
           that
           they
           will
           Accept
           ,
           is
           Lawful
           King
           :
           Why
           shou'd
           I
           be
           blam'd
           for
           saying
           ,
           't
           was
           a
           weak
           thing
           for
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           to
           give
           away
           his
           Kingdom
           by
           his
           Will
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           no
           Power
           do
           ?
        
         
           It
           had
           been
           much
           wiser
           to
           have
           call'd
           the
           Great
           Council
           of
           the
           Nation
           together
           ,
           and
           ha'
           caus'd
           them
           to
           settle
           the
           Succession
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           Persons
           who
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           Another
           Consequence
           I
           must
           draw
           from
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           People's
           Right
           ,
           which
           the
           Gentlemen
           are
           not
           Historians
           enough
           it
           seems
           to
           know
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           the
           Peoples
           Right
           to
           dispose
           of
           the
           Government
           as
           they
           see
           fit
           ,
           
             as
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             a
             Vacancy
             of
             the
             Throne
             No
             body
             doubts
          
           ;
           then
           let
           the
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           Spain
           ,
           be
           whose
           it
           will
           ,
           't
           is
           none
           of
           the
           Duke
           
           d'Anjou's
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           famous
           Treaty
           of
           the
           Pyrenees
           ,
           where
           
           the
           Match
           was
           made
           ,
           from
           whence
           this
           Title
           does
           proceed
           ;
           the
           Reconciliation
           made
           by
           the
           French
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           was
           Sign'd
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           by
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Blood
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Grandees
           and
           Plenipotentiaries
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           Spain
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           to
           signifie
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           an
           Agreement
           ,
           not
           Personal
           only
           ,
           but
           National
           ;
           and
           that
           therein
           the
           People
           of
           Spain
           did
           renounce
           all
           Subjection
           to
           the
           Issue
           of
           that
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           pretend
           this
           can
           be
           rescinded
           by
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           or
           the
           call
           to
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           from
           Six
           or
           Seven
           Councellors
           nominated
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           this
           is
           to
           destroy
           all
           the
           Pretence
           of
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           so
           humbly
           Conceive
           by
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           the
           present
           Title
           of
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           is
           fallen
           to
           the
           Ground
           .
        
         
           What
           the
           People
           of
           Spain
           may
           do
           when
           a
           French
           Power
           may
           have
           put
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           in
           Possession
           ,
           and
           they
           see
           no
           Body
           to
           help
           them
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ,
           but
           at
           present
           he
           has
           no
           visible
           Title
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           Call
           or
           Consent
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           or
           by
           Legal
           Succession
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           next
           proper
           to
           Enquire
           what
           is
           all
           this
           to
           us
           who
           is
           King
           of
           Spain
           ?
        
         
           I
           Confess
           I
           see
           less
           Cause
           to
           apprehend
           Danger
           from
           Spain
           ,
           under
           this
           way
           of
           Succession
           ,
           than
           I
           shou'd
           have
           done
           if
           the
           French
           had
           attempted
           to
           Possess
           it
           as
           a
           Devolution
           to
           their
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           all
           into
           one
           Government
           ,
           which
           is
           what
           I
           meant
           ,
           and
           what
           any
           Man
           that
           understands
           English
           must
           understand
           by
           it
           ,
           when
           I
           said
           ,
           Page
           and
           quoted
           by
           him
           ,
           P.
           13.
           
        
         
           If
           the
           French
           carry
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           .
        
         
         
           Truly
           ,
           If
           the
           French
           carry
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           obtain
           the
           Possession
           of
           it
           to
           themselves
           ,
           I
           appeal
           it
           to
           all
           the
           World
           if
           we
           are
           not
           in
           a
           dangerous
           Condition
           ;
           and
           how
           foolish
           is
           it
           to
           say
           with
           our
           Author
           ,
           P.
           14.
           
           
             I
             care
             not
             who
             is
             King
             of
          
           France
           or
           Spain
           ,
           
             so
             the
             King
             of
          
           England
           
             Governs
             according
             to
             Law.
          
           'T
           is
           a
           barbarous
           and
           impudent
           Reflection
           on
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           never
           yet
           has
           broke
           any
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           has
           no
           Relation
           to
           the
           Case
           in
           hand
           ,
           but
           to
           show
           that
           the
           Publisher
           wants
           Manners
           as
           well
           as
           Sence
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           the
           French
           King
           has
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           what
           is
           our
           Danger
           from
           that
           ?
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           go
           much
           on
           Conjecture
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           go
           on
           the
           same
           foot
           as
           before
           .
        
         
           France
           can
           Propose
           no
           Benefit
           fairly
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           drawing
           the
           Spaniards
           off
           from
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           and
           Leagueing
           them
           with
           himself
           .
        
         
           If
           he
           will
           do
           thus
           ,
           he
           will
           strengthen
           his
           Interest
           very
           much
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           weaken
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           but
           then
           He
           must
           be
           sure
           not
           to
           Encroach
           upon
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ;
           which
           if
           he
           does
           as
           I
           said
           in
           the
           other
           part
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Prince
           of
           Bourbon
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           King
           of
           France
           shou'd
           put
           the
           Duke
           d'Anjou
           upon
           such
           Methods
           of
           Government
           ,
           as
           shou'd
           recover
           the
           Spanish
           Greatness
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           Wealthy
           Nation
           Masters
           of
           themselves
           again
           ,
           as
           they
           formerly
           were
           ,
           and
           find
           out
           ways
           to
           Unite
           the
           Interests
           of
           the
           two
           
           Nations
           ,
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Power
           in
           Europe
           is
           again
           quite
           overturn'd
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           our
           Danger
           .
        
         
           Before
           I
           descend
           to
           Particulars
           ,
           I
           'll
           explain
           the
           Terms
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           Impertinence
           of
           another
           Remarker
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           King
           of
           France
           shou'd
           find
           out
           a
           way
           to
           Unite
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           two
           Nations
           ,
           by
           this
           I
           understand
           in
           short
           ,
           making
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           one
           ,
           necessary
           for
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           so
           
             vice
             versa
          
           .
        
         
           I
           cou'd
           explain
           my self
           how
           this
           may
           be
           done
           too
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           too
           large
           for
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           joining
           Interests
           is
           joining
           Nations
           .
           Affinities
           ,
           Leagues
           ,
           and
           Treaties
           ,
           are
           trifles
           ;
           where
           has
           there
           been
           more
           Inmarriages
           ,
           than
           between
           the
           two
           Northern
           Crowns
           ?
           And
           yet
           never
           more
           Jealousies
           ,
           nor
           difference
           of
           Interest
           .
        
         
           Where
           has
           there
           been
           more
           Antipathies
           ,
           more
           contrariety
           in
           Temper
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           than
           between
           the
           Dutch
           and
           Spaniards
           ?
           And
           yet
           their
           Interest
           has
           overcome
           all
           Animosities
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           strict
           Confederates
           .
        
         
           To
           say
           a
           strict
           Confederacy
           and
           Conjunction
           of
           Interests
           between
           Spain
           and
           France
           will
           do
           us
           no
           harm
           ,
           is
           the
           Effect
           of
           a
           stupid
           Ignorance
           ;
           and
           no
           Man
           can
           say
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           has
           the
           Face
           to
           say
           Foreign
           Alliances
           are
           of
           no
           use
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           plain
           ,
           the
           Trade
           we
           drive
           to
           Spain
           ,
           is
           without
           Dispute
           ,
           the
           best
           ,
           the
           greatest
           ,
           and
           most
           profitable
           Trade
           we
           have
           ;
           't
           is
           plain
           and
           known
           to
           all
           Men
           that
           understand
           that
           Trade
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           driven
           by
           way
           of
           Factory
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           by
           Englishmen
           ,
           and
           by
           English
           Stocks
           ;
           I
           'll
           lay
           the
           present
           Case
           upon
           one
           Article
           only
           .
        
         
         
           If
           the
           French
           obtain
           so
           much
           by
           their
           Amity
           with
           Spain
           ,
           that
           upon
           every
           Breach
           with
           France
           ,
           our
           Merchants
           and
           their
           Effects
           shall
           be
           seized
           in
           the
           Spanish
           Dominions
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           Country
           :
           Whenever
           the
           French
           please
           to
           Insult
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           at
           their
           Mercy
           ;
           if
           we
           break
           with
           them
           ,
           we
           are
           ruin'd
           .
        
         
           Why
           have
           we
           all
           along
           been
           so
           tender
           of
           a
           Peace
           with
           Spain
           ?
           Why
           so
           careful
           not
           to
           Affront
           them
           ?
           Why
           so
           ready
           to
           Protect
           them
           with
           our
           Fleet
           and
           Forces
           ,
           but
           because
           our
           Effects
           there
           are
           so
           Considerable
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           Soul
           of
           our
           Trade
           is
           Dependant
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           there
           no
           Danger
           in
           having
           all
           this
           lye
           at
           the
           Mercy
           of
           the
           French
           ?
        
         
           Some
           think
           all
           the
           World
           must
           Trade
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           Manufactures
           will
           Force
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           can
           do
           us
           no
           harm
           ,
           says
           our
           Wise
           Remarker
           ,
           
             If
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Treasury
             wou'd
             take
             care
             to
             prevent
             the
             Exportation
             of
             Wooll
             .
          
        
         
           He
           might
           as
           well
           ha'
           thrown
           that
           upon
           the
           Parliament
           too
           ,
           unless
           he
           can
           make
           it
           out
           that
           the
           Lords
           have
           not
           prevented
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           he
           is
           as
           blind
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           a
           Geographer
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           P.
           21.
           
           Portugal
           is
           environ'd
           with
           the
           Territories
           of
           France
           and
           Spain
           ,
           when
           every
           Body
           knows
           ,
           not
           a
           Foot
           of
           the
           Territories
           of
           France
           comes
           within
           a
           Hundred
           Leagues
           of
           Portugal
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           same
           Page
           talks
           of
           Forces
           Landing
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           forcing
           their
           way
           thro'
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
          
           into
           Germany
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           more
           that
           Road
           out
           of
           Holland
           into
           Germany
           ,
           than
           to
           go
           to
           West-Chester
           ,
           is
           the
           Road
           to
           Edinburgh
           ?
           I
           suppose
           this
           Gentleman
           never
           went
           up
           the
           
           Rhine
           in
           Germany
           :
           And
           then
           to
           mend
           the
           matter
           ,
           tells
           us
           that
           is
           the
           Way
           to
           come
           on
           the
           back
           of
           Spain
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           forgets
           to
           Consult
           his
           Map
           again
           ,
           where
           he
           wou'd
           ha'
           found
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           of
           France
           ,
           with
           the
           Swiss-Cantons
           ,
           or
           the
           Savoyards
           ,
           between
           Spain
           and
           the
           nearest
           part
           of
           Germany
           ,
           besides
           the
           Alps
           ,
           and
           the
           Pyrenees
           to
           get
           over
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           to
           be
           sought
           with
           :
           This
           is
           such
           a
           Marcher
           of
           an
           Army
           ,
           the
           Devil
           wou'd
           not
           be
           a
           Musqueteer
           under
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           Infatuated
           he
           is
           in
           Trade
           ;
           tho'
           there
           were
           really
           no
           Wooll
           went
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             French
             ,
             Dutch
          
           and
           Germans
           would
           always
           be
           advancing
           upon
           our
           Manufactures
           ,
           our
           English
           Wooll
           is
           a
           great
           Commodity
           in
           France
           ,
           but
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           at
           Hamburg
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           half
           so
           valu'd
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           out
           do
           us
           in
           many
           of
           our
           Manufactures
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           are
           Back-doors
           ,
           at
           which
           our
           Wooll
           manifestly
           goes
           Abroad
           in
           quantities
           ,
           the
           rest
           is
           by
           Stealth
           ,
           and
           what
           can
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           do
           in
           that
           .
           But
           he
           that
           loves
           to
           Cavil
           ,
           will
           have
           something
           to
           say
           to
           every
           Body
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           I
           have
           stated
           a
           Case
           wherein
           a
           Union
           of
           Interest
           between
           France
           and
           Spain
           will
           be
           very
           Fatal
           to
           Trade
           .
           I
           Refer
           the
           Reader
           to
           what
           I
           have
           hinted
           in
           the
           former
           Book
           for
           more
           of
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           I
           descend
           now
           to
           Matters
           of
           Strength
           ;
           all
           Men
           must
           allow
           that
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           of
           most
           Nations
           ,
           depends
           upon
           Peace
           ;
           for
           if
           Peace
           be
           not
           preserv'd
           ,
           Trade
           must
           suffer
           ;
           and
           if
           Trade
           suffer
           ,
           the
           Poor
           suffer
           ,
           and
           so
           on
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           is
           already
           noted
           ,
           the
           Ballance
           of
           Power
           is
           the
           Life
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           here
           is
           your
           Ballance
           broken
           ;
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           I
           say
           again
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           say
           we
           have
           a
           good
           Fleet
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           the
           best
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           not
           think
           our
           Remarker
           can
           prove
           that
           to
           be
           a
           Contradiction
           any
           more
           than
           he
           can
           prove
           that
           to
           go
           by
           Germany
           is
           the
           way
           to
           come
           on
           the
           Back
           of
           Spain
           .
        
         
           If
           our
           Fleet
           were
           Masters
           at
           Sea
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           it
           might
           preserve
           us
           from
           Invasion
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           not
           afraid
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           a
           Thousand
           Men
           of
           War
           wou'd
           not
           entirely
           suppress
           the
           Privateers
           of
           France
           and
           Spain
           from
           injuring
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           snapping
           up
           our
           Merchants
           ;
           nor
           wou'd
           a
           Fleet
           ever
           reduce
           the
           French
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           the
           Spaniard
           to
           Peace
           with
           you
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           whole
           and
           unbroken
           in
           their
           Land
           Forces
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           enough
           if
           a
           Fleet
           cou'd
           secure
           our
           Ships
           ;
           if
           your
           Peace
           be
           precarious
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           Peace
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           are
           not
           a
           Master
           for
           your
           Adversaries
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           no
           Peace
           at
           all
           any
           longer
           than
           they
           please
           .
        
         
           Why
           do
           all
           Nations
           covet
           to
           strengthen
           themselves
           by
           Leagues
           and
           Confederacies
           ,
           but
           to
           put
           themselves
           into
           a
           Condition
           to
           be
           fear'd
           by
           their
           Neighbours
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           leave
           our selves
           without
           Forces
           ,
           and
           without
           Alliances
           abroad
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           to
           be
           very
           little
           valued
           by
           Neighbours
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           these
           Considerations
           I
           think
           this
           Conclusion
           is
           very
           natural
           .
           That
           England
           ought
           so
           to
           act
           ,
           as
           to
           oblige
           the
           French
           to
           perform
           all
           the
           Leagues
           ,
           Articles
           and
           Agreements
           which
           they
           have
           entred
           into
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           King
           for
           Preservation
           of
           our
           Peace
           and
           Trade
           has
           thought
           fit
           to
           engage
           them
           in
           for
           .
        
         
         
           Of
           what
           Value
           will
           the
           French
           King
           make
           any
           Treaties
           with
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           if
           at
           his
           Pleasure
           they
           shall
           be
           laid
           aside
           ,
           without
           any
           Notice
           taked
           by
           us
           :
           If
           he
           esteems
           us
           not
           in
           a
           Condition
           to
           resent
           a
           Breach
           of
           Faith
           ,
           when
           our
           Interest
           is
           so
           much
           engag'd
           ,
           what
           Notice
           can
           we
           expect
           he
           shou'd
           ever
           take
           of
           us
           in
           any
           Treaty
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           certainly
           the
           way
           to
           make
           it
           true
           ,
           that
           no
           Nation
           will
           trouble
           their
           Heads
           to
           confederate
           with
           us
           ;
           if
           when
           we
           have
           confederated
           with
           them
           ,
           we
           let
           the
           Enemy
           insult
           us
           all
           ,
           and
           bauk
           our
           Confederates
           in
           such
           Resentments
           ,
           as
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           King
           requires
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           French
           King
           can
           be
           reduc'd
           to
           Reason
           without
           a
           War
           ,
           and
           an
           Army
           or
           Fleet
           ,
           no
           Doubt
           't
           is
           best
           ,
           but
           any
           of
           them
           are
           less
           Evils
           than
           a
           Union
           of
           Interests
           between
           Spain
           and
           France
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Confederacy
           ,
           as
           may
           hereafter
           league
           against
           England
           ,
           to
           the
           Destruction
           of
           our
           Confederates
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           Trade
           .
        
         
           The
           Debate
           here
           is
           not
           a
           standing
           Army
           in
           England
           ,
           but
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Spain
           falling
           into
           the
           French
           Interests
           ,
           let
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Parliament
           alone
           to
           the
           Methods
           ,
           if
           it
           may
           be
           done
           by
           paying
           Foreign
           Forces
           ,
           or
           by
           no
           Forces
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             Amen
             :
          
           But
           to
           say
           't
           is
           nothing
           to
           us
           who
           is
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           is
           as
           ridiculous
           as
           to
           say
           't
           is
           no
           matter
           to
           us
           who
           has
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           I
           were
           to
           speak
           of
           annexing
           the
           Spanish
           Dominions
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           I
           believe
           it
           would
           be
           less
           Loss
           to
           England
           to
           give
           the
           French
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           than
           to
           suffer
           it
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           THE
           Reader
           is
           desired
           to
           mend
           the
           following
           Errata's
           that
           have
           escap'd
           the
           Press
           ,
           the
           Author
           living
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           not
           having
           revis'd
           the
           Proofs
           till
           after
           the
           Book
           was
           printed
           off
           .
           In
           the
           Preface
           ,
           line
           3.
           read
           the
           Contempt
           ;
           p.
           2.
           l.
           10.
           for
           Reasons
           r.
           Questions
           ;
           p.
           3.
           l.
           6.
           r.
           that
           if
           we
           have
           ;
           p.
           4.
           l.
           4.
           f.
           now
           r.
           not
           ;
           p.
           6.
           l.
           1.
           f.
           but
           r.
           that
           ;
           l.
           23.
           dele
           to
           ;
           p.
           7.
           l.
           21.
           f.
           no
           Convenience
           r.
           not
           Convenient
           ;
           p.
           9.
           l.
           1.
           r.
           Standing
           Army
           ;
           p.
           11.
           l.
           11.
           f.
           late
           r.
           last
           ;
           p.
           13.
           l.
           30.
           r.
           Crown
           of
           Spain
           ;
           p.
           14.
           l.
           2.
           f.
           Reconciliation
           r.
           Renunciation
           ;
           l.
           14.
           dele
           so
           ;
           p.
           16.
           l.
           12.
           f.
           Inmarriages
           r.
           Intermarriages
           ;
           p.
           17.
           l.
           29.
           f.
           that
           r.
           the
           ;
           p.
           18.
           l.
           1.
           f.
           in
           r.
           into
           ;
           p.
           20.
           l.
           11.
           f.
           King
           r.
           thing
           .