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 the French Ki ifesto
 
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 EMPERORS 
 
 ANSWER 
 
 TO THE 
 
 French Kings 
 MANIFESTO. 
 
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 MANIFESTO. 
 
 IT is known to the whole Chriftian World that when 
 the Peace of Ntttnigen, within a little after its Con- 
 clufion, was by the Fnxch King, many wayes vio- 
 s lated, and large Countreys and Provinces, contrary 
 jf to the Exprefs Tenourofthe (aid Peace, were, under the 
 new and ftrange Pretences of Ke-unions and Dependen- 
 cies and the like , torn away from the Roman Empire, 
 (there being a kind of a Mock Court of Juftice Erefred at 
 Metz and Brijac } in which the French Minifters adted the 
 parts at once of Pleaders^ Witnefles, and Judges) that it 
 
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 was at laft agreed in the Year 1684 upon the 15^ of 
 Auguft) between His Moft Sacred Majefty the Emperor 
 on the one part, and the Moft Serene King of France on 
 the other, that there fliould be a Mutual Ceifation from all 
 Afts of Hoftility, to be Inviolably obferved for Twenty 
 Years : And that, for the Honour of God, and the fecuri- 
 ty of the Chriftian Religion which was in Danger, and 
 not without great Advantage to the French Affairs : It 
 being permitted in the mean time to the French^ that they 
 (hould have quiet and peaceable Pofleffion of almoft a 
 Sixth part of the Provinces which after the Peace of 
 3\fu&tge remained of right to the Empire. 
 
 It is known alfo, with what ftriftnefs in the mean time, 
 and Confidence in the Ring's Word, and favourable In- 
 terpretation of all fufpitious Aftions, and Injuries, which 
 His Majeft'y the Emperour fuffered, and which the Prin- 
 ces and States of the Empire often complain'd that they 
 fuflered from the Crown of France, the (aid Peace on the 
 Emperours fide was obferved 5 And how His Majefty the 
 Emperour trufting in the Faith of this League, was un- 
 mov'd at every thing, infbmuch that His Subjjfes as well as 
 .Fonreigners did wonder* that He fcem'd -not". to be in any 
 Fear, though His Frontiers lay open every where to the 
 French^ if they wou'd break their Faith,there being fcarce 
 above one or two Legions to defend fuch a large open 
 Country, the Confederates themftlves being call'd away 
 to Httngar)) and the Frontier Garrifons fuch as 'Philtyf. 
 bkrg, pwjfairce, and the reft, being in a manner negle&ed 
 and difregardtd : And all to the intent that His Imperial 
 Majefty might defend the Chriftian Religion in Regions 
 far remote, though He fa win the mean time the French 
 Forces unreafonably encreas'd, new 2nd unneceffary Gar- 
 rifons made on the bank of the T^hine; which belong'd not 
 to the French King: and that Fraud and Violence was e- 
 very where to be fear'd from Him* Cer-
 
 Certainly to this day there has not been any one A&ion 
 on the Account of which the King might juftly a ccufe the 
 Emperor of fo much as attempting to break His Faith, 
 much lefs of actually doing it. Nay thole little fufpicions 
 which France lov'd to make to it fel as if Cefir had 1 in 
 Thought , or in his lecret Wilhes inclin'd to any fuch 
 Thing, were by him immediately difculs'd, and the Mat- 
 ter fully clear'd, by his great Moderation , in that he let 
 alone what he might lawfully have taken, and generoufly 
 --omitted advantageous Opportunities, left he might feem 
 by any the leaft (park, to kindle the Flame of the French 
 Jealoufie. 
 
 Yet behold now again that Flame breaks out on a (ud- 
 den which the French Court unwillingly cover'd over for. 
 a time. The French feize on the Diocefs of Cologne, In- 
 vade the f*l*iixate, Befiege PhilJpsbnrg, and without ob- 
 lerving any Law or Article of the Peace, or fo much as 
 .the Ancient Manner of King's going to War one with a- 
 nother, the French King falls moft unjuftly upon the 
 Emperour and the Empire, like one that had been long 
 lecretly a contriving it : And at laft forlboth in His 
 Imooth-tongued fafhion,not when He denounced War,but 
 when He had already begun it, He orders His Fallacious 
 Memorial to beprefented us, in which He does notExcufe : 
 but openly Avow the Violence and Injuftice of His Arms, \ 
 as if He had been provoked to a War, and did not bring 
 k on a fudden, upon thole who thought nothing of it. 
 
 In thole His Letters (or that His Manifefto^ He publifties 
 thole which the Compiler of 'em calls the Caufes, where- 
 by the Moft Chriftian King is induced to take Arms again 
 -againft Ctffir and the Empire, and by which He fayes the 
 Chriftian World ought to be convinced of His lincere de- 1 
 fire of the publick Tranquillity thereof. That forfooth 
 His Sacred Majefty the Emperor intends to make a Peace 
 with the Tur^ that He may turn His Arms againft F
 
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 This He will have to appear, Firft, In that prefently 
 after the Peace concluded, the Emperour (ought new Al- 
 liances, which by divers Artifices and Craft were tranf- 
 afted at ^usbttr^ and Ncrimbttrg, contrary to the French 
 Intereft. 
 
 Secondly, For that, Although the Emperor were per- 
 fwadedeven by the Popes Mmifters, jo turn the Twenty 
 Years Truce into -a perpetual Peace, yielding only thus 
 much to France, that what the French now enjoy'd forfb 
 long, by vertue of the Truce, they fhould enjoy for ever, 
 by this Peace, yet C<efar would by no means yield to it. 
 r ^Thirdly, For that the Moft Serene Elector PaUtine has 
 violently invaded and taken pofleffion of divers Goods, 
 moveable and immoveable, which belong to the Dutchefs 
 of Orleans, by Inheritance, from the deceafed Lords, her 
 Father and Brother } and hitherto detains 'em, finding 
 means to elude by divers Arts the Patience both of the 
 King and His Brother, but depending all the while upon 
 the protection of the Emperor, whom He therefore has 
 perfwaded to makepeace with the Twr^, and to bring 
 back His Arms to the Rhine, having enter'd into divers 
 Leagues for that purpofe. 
 
 For that in the fourth and laft place, The Cardinal of 
 Twjlenburg contrary to the Holy Canons, the freedom of 
 the Chapter, and the Inftrument of peace, His former 
 Faults which by the Emperor had been pardon'd, being 
 brought into remembrance, and alledg'd againft Him by 
 the Emperors Embaffador before a Semon of the Chap- 
 ter, is openly and exprefly excluded from the Electoral 
 Dignity, and the Moft Serene Prince Jojeph Clement of 
 f Bavaria by bale Arts, the Pope Himfelf being feduced, 
 and a Brief of Eligibility, as they call it, obtain d from 
 Him, to the fcandal of all People, and the Forces of the 
 Proteftants being brought into the Electorate of Cologne, 
 is violently thruft in, in His ftead , with this malicious 
 
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 Intention, that he the fiid Clement of Bavaria^ being by 
 entring into Orders, hindered from Marrying, if the 
 Moft Serene Eledor of ^Bavaria fhould happen to dye, 
 as he is at prefent, without [flue Cwhich may eafily be, 
 he expofing himfelf continually to fo many dangers in 
 the War) then a Family fufpeded alwayes by the Houfe 
 of vtfuftria fhould be taken out of the way. 
 
 By all which (Vis (aid) it may appear clearer than the 
 Sun at Noon-day, that the Emperour not regarding the 
 defolation of the Arch-Bifhoprick of Cologne, and the*; 
 oppreffion of the Catholick Religion, does endeavour to -! 
 have War made upon France at. the Charge and Hazard ' 
 of the Eleftors, Princes and States of the Empire, that 
 fo the Roman Diadem may at lad fettle on the Head of 
 the King of Hungary (now a Child) and all Germany 
 large as it is, being torn away from the Kings Friendfhip, 
 may fall under the moft miferable Tyranny and Servi- 
 tude of the Houfe of Auftria : Even as thefe things are 
 more largely and invidioufly fet forth in the forelaid 
 Writing. <fc 
 
 When .His Sacred Majefty, the Emperor,. Read this 
 infamous Libel, (infamous not to Him, but to the Au- 
 thor or Authors of it) and jaw in it not fo much as a 
 lhadow of Reafon, but the moft impudent Slanders 
 wickedly forg'd, both againft His Sacred Perfonand the 
 Popes, asalfo againft the Moft Serene Elector 'Palatine, 
 He eafily perfwaded Himfelf, that it was quite contrary 
 to the Sence of the Moft Ghriftian King, and therefore 
 far from having been Read or Approved by Him, but 
 that rather it was Compil'd by fome Malicious French 
 Minifter of State 5 for that He believ'd tfce French King 
 would not fuffer willingly, that His Imperial Majefty, in 
 a way fo unufual betwixt Crown'd Heads, (hould be fo 
 unworthily Reproach'd, which matters he certainly knew 
 in His Conscience to be Falfc, or that the Reafbns of 
 
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 His own AftingF, fuch as they are, Jhould be written in 
 fuch an impudent ftile, and with fuch venomous reflecti- 
 ons and interpretations of things : And therefore His 
 Imperial Majefty doubted a great while whether He 
 fhould think it worthy of an Anfwer, and not rather 
 pafs it over in filence : But forafmuch as the French 
 Court is not afllam'd, irreverently to Publifh ir, by its 
 Minifters as well in the Emperors own Court, as at T(a' 
 tifbone in the Dyer, and endeavours by fuch Falle and 
 Contumelious Reafons to juftifie Their bringing on Us 
 a Cruel War , in a way little better than downright 
 Treachery and Perfidioufnefs, without fo much as de- 
 nouncing it before hand, as the Law of Nations does 
 Require, and has been often Agreed 5 and without let- 
 ing us know what injury they had to. complain of, but 
 even deceiving us all by their frefh Affurances of con- 
 ftant Friendfhip, and pretended Kindnete .- Therefore 
 His Imperial Majefty thought it necefTary to demonftrate 
 to the World the vanity and infignificancy of ail thofe 
 undeferved Imputations. ^ 
 
 To begin therefore with that which is the Foundation, 
 on which all the French Reafoning (lands, viz. 'That the 
 Emperor had refolv'd to make a Peace with the Tur^ 
 that He might fall upon France, that can with no more 
 Truth be charge/1 upon Him now, than it was the laft 
 Year at Rome in a Propofition made by Cardinal D'ftree, 
 And as Impartial Judges will hardly believe, that fo Re- 
 ligious a Prince, fupported by Gods help in the prelent 
 War, and having all the fuccefs He dtfired, forc'd by 
 no neceility, would fo much as think of making a Peace 
 with the 7r^/, without the Privity of His Allies, there- 
 by to defile His Conference with the rafh Breach of a 
 League made againft the Ottoman Empire, and at the 
 fame time to incur the Juft Cenfures and Complaints of 
 the Pope, the King and Senate of TW,**W, and the 
 
 Common-
 
 Commonwealth of Vetrice .5 fo how vain a fuggeftioti 
 the other is, that His Imperial Majefty (hould have an 
 intent to make War with France, (when He has neither" 
 an Army nor Provifions at hand, nay when all Hisftronn; 
 Places, Cities and Provinces, as the event fhews, by too 
 much trufting the Kings Word, are left in a mann'er de- 
 ftitute of Souldiers, and of all kind of Neceffaries for 
 Defence, and His whole Strength gone againft the Ene- 
 my of Chriftianity ) every one will eafily fee who will \ 
 but take the pains even Qightly to confider, upon how 
 weak and frivolous Arguments that furmile is grounded. 
 Thole Arguments certainly amongft thofe that know 
 nothing of the matter will fcarce leem to bear the weight 
 of a thin and brittle Conjecture , but to thole who do 
 underftand it they will appear to be mere FidYions, 
 which yet if they were true, would prove nothing to 
 this purpofe. For who is there that can draw lo much 
 as a probable confequence from hence, that becaufe the 
 Emperor favours the innocent in defence of Himfelf, 
 and of the Alliances which. His Friends have made, be- 
 caufe He refufes to turn a Twenty Years Truce into a 
 perpetual Peace, without firft hearing thofe that are con- 
 cerned in it, and without any difcuffion of the matter, 
 becaufe by His Counfel and Help he fuftains His Father 
 in Law, the Elector, that France may not have the de- 
 ciding of his Caufe .- Because Laftly, He removes Fur- 
 ftenburg) the Man that has been (b fatal to his Country, 
 and promotes to the Bifhoprick of Cologne a Prince of 
 great Expectation, of the Family of the Dukes of T$a- 
 varia^ which has deferv'd very well both of their Coun- 
 try, and of that Archiepifcopal See : Who I fay can 
 hence draw but a probable confequence, that therefore 
 the Emperor intends to take the firft opportunity to 
 make War with France. 
 
 B Nay
 
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 Nay Frjvce it (elf, if it would bnt remember- what 
 was rcmonftrated in Letters to the Pope, and to Hi* 
 Moft Chrtftian Majefty both by Words and Writing the 
 laft Year, by the CountL0/>r0av/ssthe Emperors Embafla- 
 dor, would doubtlefs acknowledge, that ail the other 
 fuperadded Arguments, and efpecially that drawn from 
 the League Eftablifhed at sfvsburg, were vain and frivo- 
 lous. For this League brought on nothing that was 
 New, but only Eftabliftied fbme Ancient Agreements 
 betwixt the Emperor and fome of the Circles of the Em- 
 pire : It Renew'd what was neccflary betwixt the 
 Prir ces and States of the Empire, for the Circumftances 
 of the prefent time : It tended to the hurt of none, but 
 only to that which is moft innocent, and allowed by all 
 Law, their mutual Defence : And befides ft took in but 
 a moderate number of Heads, and a fmall Strength into 
 it : And therefore the Mighty Crown of France did not 
 need to be afraid of it. 
 
 Truly the forgetfulneft of the Compiler of this Libel 
 is very wonderful, that he wHl not fo much as remember 
 that his own King, to prevent all juft occafton of quar- 
 relling with the Emperor and Empire upon that account, 
 before the Signing of the Truce, did Promise, that after 
 it was Sigtul He would not be againft the Empires Con- 
 fultmg the btft ways for its own Safety. Nay, and it 
 ^ was L'xprdly Declared in the very League of Truce, that 
 ftich Agreements of the Empire might be ftrengthened 
 by any kind of Guaranty of Forreign Princes. But the 
 fame Authors Ignorance is yet much more to be admir'd, 
 rh *.t he vhou'd not know, that there is nothing more An- 
 tient'y Receiv'd in the Qcrman Empire, nor nothing 
 more Agreeable to its Laws, then that the Members 
 fho'iid aiwayes moft cloiely adhere to the Head for the 
 Prt- drvation of the whole Body. And Laftly, his Arro- 
 gance or his Folly is greatly to be admired, that whilft 
 
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 he prefumes it Lawful forhis own King to make vaft Pre- 
 parations of War in His Kingdom, nay and under pre- 
 tence of a League unjuftly made with fbme of the Chap- 
 ter of Cologne^ to fend His Forces into that Arch-Bifhop- 
 rick, He fupoofes the Emperor in the mean while to 
 have fo little to do in the Empire, that He may not fo 
 much as meet with the Princes and States thereof to con- 
 fult about the [ ; cace of their Country, without doing 
 fuch an injury to Frame as muft be revenged b^ Force 
 of Arms. 
 
 His fecond Argument has much the fame degree of 
 Force and Validity in it, viz. That the Emperor refufed 
 to turn the Truce into a Peace .* If He had wholly re- 
 fufedit, and that upon other Conditions, that were not 
 fo unworthy of the Emperor, and noxious tq the whole 
 Empire, as thofe which at that time happened to be pre- 
 fcribed rather than propounded by the Court of Fravce, 
 had tnat been any Crime ? The Twenty Years Truce 
 ought certainly to have been ftood to, and during the 
 continuance of that a Peace (hould have been Treated 
 o which His Moft Auguft Majefty never refufed, pro- 
 vided the King would agree to a Peace that was Honour- 
 able, maturely confidered and Juft : There ought there- 
 fore to have been a Meeting appointed, and both fides 
 heard, and all the Chief (>>ntroverfies concerning mat- 
 ters of right, in thofe things which were attempted by 
 France as well before as after the Truce, (hould have 
 been Examined 5 and then might have enfiied a Peace, 
 every one having their own reftored to 'em, by common 
 content, and fuch as might have been likely happily to 
 continue. 
 
 The Moft Chriftian King might remember, that at His 
 deiire the Truce was lengthened out to Twenty Years, 
 both that there might be time enough to difculs and de* 
 lertnine all Controversies, as it was fit, and that the 
 
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 Eleftors, Princes and States of- the Empire, might with 
 the greater fecurity take Arms againft the Common Ene- 
 my of the Chriftian Name : And therefore that it cannot 
 be without the French Kings breaking His Agreement, and 
 violating His Word , that when (carce Two Years of the 
 Twenty are gone about, and while the Turfyfi War yet 
 lafts, He (hould fo change His Mind, that nothing now 
 forfboth (hould remain to be difcufled or determined, but 
 a fixth part ot the Provinces of the Empire, muft at 
 once Dy a full and irrevocable Right be made over to 
 Him. Now this is what the Emperor could not Lawfully 
 have done, if He would : ft would have beea contrary 
 to Right, and to the Tenour of the Truce, and they who 
 had thought themfelves injured would doubtlefi have 
 withftocd it. 
 
 Therefore His Imperial Majefty excufed Himfelf as to 
 this matter } and left any the leaft fufpition {hould re- 
 main, He not only declared feveral times by His Tetters 
 to the Pope> and by a Writing exhibited to the French 
 King by the Count Lobcowitz then Refident in the French 
 Court, that He would keep inviolably the Twenty Years 
 . Truce, as well after the end of the Turktfi War, as du- 
 ring us Continuance, but alfb-if the King thought it ne- 
 ceflary, He would confirm it by an Oath, to be depofed" 
 in the hands of the Pope : In which when the French 
 King did then- acquiefce, and with all did obtain that His 
 mighty Building of Fortifications, which He had begun 
 and dchred to finifh-j though contrary to the Articles of 
 the faid Truce fand of the Peace of Wejlphalia and 5\V- 
 wcgen} (hould not be look'd on as a juft Caufe to break it, 
 He prbmifing over and over again the moft fincere and 
 conftont Friend(hip during the whole Twenty Years r Any 
 one may hence eafily gather how frivoloufly this fame pre- 
 tence is made for the French infra&ion of their League, 
 and what lafting Peace can be expe&ed, if fuch idle 
 
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 Reafons may (erve, to break His Faith, and overthrow 
 His Agreements, fo that a Twenty Years Truce can hard- 
 ly laft Four. 
 
 As fbf the Third Argument taken from the Succeflion 
 in the Palatinate, His Imperial Majefty do'es not fo elpoufe 
 the Caute of the Moft Serene Elector Palatine, as to de- 
 fend it at all Adventure without its coming to a fair Try- 
 al : But it is moft evident that that Prince fwho is famous 
 all over the World for the Nobility of His Blood, the 
 Probity of His Behaviour, and His great Wjpom and 
 Prudence J did not violently Invade the Countreys ofthe 
 Palatinate, but enter'd peaceably, obterving all Forms of 
 Law. Whatfbever things did undoubtedly belong to the 
 Dutchefs of Orleans by Inheritance, he willingly letter 
 have. As for what was doubtful not being willing to be 
 blindly prodigal of what He had , He thought fit to re- 
 tain it, till the Matter were clear'd by a Competent Judge. 
 
 The French King has undertaken the Caute of the Dut- / 
 chefs of Orleans, and given notice to the Elector Palatine 
 to yield up what (he pretends to : He appeals to the Court 
 of Judgment, the Court Palatine of the Empire : This 
 the King refutes. What if the Emperor (hould undertake 
 the Caute of the Duke of Lorrains claim to his Inheri- 
 tance, for the fake of his dear Nephew, and (hould re- 
 fute to let it be try'd in France? Has the French King more 
 right in the Empire, than the Emperor has in France 
 Afterwards there being a propofal of referring the matter 
 to the Pope, the Elector Palatine admitted him as Media-j 
 tor' Arbitrator) whom he cou'd not allow of as a Judgej 
 without giving Offence to His own Court, by whom it \ 
 fhou'd be try'd, and without the content of his Kindred ,. 
 He fent a Minifter to T^ome fully inftructed and informed. 
 The Dutchefs of Orleans fent never a one. The Pope 
 fent a Monition to her, but all in vain $ fo that at laft af- 
 ter a whole years ftay tbePf/tfow's Embafladour was di 
 
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 ml fled by the deluded Pope. - Arid yet very lately the 
 French king's Embaflador here at Viettna the Count DC 
 Lufigvan aiiures the Emperor that His Matter was re- 
 iblv'd not to depart from the Arbitration of fhe Pope, 
 though he w.is very averfe and unfriendly to Him. Thus 
 the French King drills it on with vain Pretences, till me 
 falls in with His Arms upon the Palutinate. And this is the 
 true feries of the matter. 
 
 That which is added concerning the Emperors being 
 fo!licite>by the Elector Palatine to make War . upon 
 Frjvce,and a League made to that purpofe, is alia Fiction. 
 Neither is the Moft Serene Elector fo imprudent as to feck 
 any gain by War, when, fall how it will, it will be fura 
 to "be moft pernicious and fatal to His own Country. 
 
 The bft Argument remains concerning the bufinefs of 
 Cologne for the putting out of FttrftcxLttrgh, and thrufting 
 in the 'l^av^rian, which isfoftuff'd with Calumnies, that 
 from thence it may appear how defntute France is of any 
 Reafon, or fhadow of Realbn to cover the Injuftice of 
 their breach of Faith. 
 
 What the Emperor did at Cologne He did according to 
 Right, and agreeable to the Laws of Juftice, and His Im- 
 perial Office, and the Patronfhip of all Churches, there- 
 unto annexed. He did exhort the Chapter to chooie him 
 that was bcft and fitteft for the Church , giving Reafons 
 wby thofe Qualifications were not to be found in the Car- 
 dinal of Fnrftfnbtfrg. He alledg'd hisfbrmer Crimes upon 
 no other account, but as they have been encreafed by new 
 ones. And the Emperor would willingly have forgotten 
 all old Faults if Fruftcr,lnrg would have laid afidehisold 
 evil Temper, and were not found frill plotting worfe 
 things than he was guilty of before. But He left every 
 one of the Chapter their entire Liberty as well in as af- 
 ter the Election , He corrupted none of em by promifes 
 of Reward, nuich lefi did He Threaten, or ufe any Vio- 
 lence,
 
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 fence ^ He did neither ftir up any Foreign Farces to en- 
 ter the Arch-Bifhoprick, nor did He fend in His own , 
 but remitting the whole Controverfie to the Holy Apo- 
 ftolick See, the only Competent Judge iiwhis Matter, He 
 quietly expected a Decifion of it. Thus did the Empe- 
 ror in the Empire r Did France do the fame ? But it may 
 be the French King has more Authority not only in His 
 own Kingdom, bat in the Germm Empire. He violajted 
 not the Holy Canons, nor the Articles of Peace, nor the 
 Liberty of Voting, whiift without advifing with^yea a- 
 gainft the Will of the Pope, firft by fecret Arts, and af- 
 terwards by a great Sum of Money He got the Cardinal 
 ofFurfttnburg into the CoadjutoruSip, by the help of fuch 
 Voices as He had bought, whiift He made an unlawful 
 Agreement or League at Luxemburg, Seventeen Months 
 ago, and promifed that He would not only fend, but at 
 His own Charge maintain a ftrong Army in the Arch-Bi- 
 (hoprick whereby he that was thus pretendedly poftulated 
 to the Coadjutor fhip, being not confirm'd but rejected by 
 the Vicar of Chrift, (hou'd be upheld even againft the 
 Will of God, whiift laftly He terribly threatned the Grea- 
 teft Princes of the Empire if they offered to come, or fa 
 much as to mutter a Word againft Him. It was His Of- 
 fences againft the ApoftolickSee, and the rxathnefs of His 
 Actions, and not any hatred againft France, nor any In* 
 terceffions of other Princes, nor any Cbnfpiracies that 
 Men may dream o that made the Emperor zealous againft 
 FHrftet2l>urg 9 and enclin'd Him to prefer the Prince of Bx- 
 varia, one already Biftiop ofFrifittg and Ratisbone^ a Young". 
 Man indeed, but of great Vertue and pregnanj Hopes , 
 and whofe Family has highly deferv'd of the Church. 
 Is this a Scandalous thing .<? Let the People of Tfynte fay, 
 who at the Doors of the Confiftory in great numbers did 
 moft highly applaud it, when they underftood that Jo- 
 ' Ckmeitt that moft innocent and good Prince, by the
 
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 unanimous Vote of that Aflembly* was to be Arch-Bifhop 
 of Cologne. Let /f*tyfpeak, let Germany, yea let Eng- 
 land and Holland, where Men that hated the very Name 
 of the Pope, at once both Learn'd and Taught others 
 on this occafion highly to commend Pope Innocent. 
 
 His Imperial Majefty does willingly acknowledge that 
 He was glad when fo great a Prince appeared as a Com- 
 petitor in the Cologne Election, and that He moft readily 
 contented to the Defires of Him, and the moft Serene Ele- 
 dor of Bavaria. But that this (hou'd be done out of a 
 wicked and bafe Defign, that the whole bavarian Fami- 
 ly, fufpcfted by the Houfe of ^HJltia, might the fooner 
 be Extinft, this, as it is a great Wickedneis but to ima- 
 gine it,fo the Boldnefs,lmpudence,and Ralhnefsofthis Au- 
 thor, who durftto write, and publickly objeft this againft 
 the Emperor deferves to be punithed by the Hangman. 
 The Imperial Court does not think of, much lefs praftice 
 fuch Wickedneis. What the French Court does they know 
 beft. No body will believe fuch things can be done any 
 where elfe. But all will eafily believe,that which is indeed 
 thetruth,that this moft Impudent Fra/rMVriterhada mind 
 to make the Houfe of Bavaria jealous and fufpicious of 
 that of^fujlria, as it is the Cuftom of thefe paultry French 
 Politicians, to poifonall Courts with the Seeds ofDiicord 
 that being divided they may fall the ealier. 
 
 Thither to be fure that tends, that according to the 
 French Faftiion in a tedious digrelfion He endeavours to 
 whifper it into the Ears of the Electors, Princes, and States 
 of the Empire, that the Empires defign is to make War 
 at their Coft,and by the Ruineof the Arch-Bifhoprick of 
 Cologne, and Oppreffion of Religion to obtain the Roman 
 Crown for His Son, that is yet but a Boy, and to bring all 
 Gerwai 9 being withdrawn from its Alliance with France 
 into a difhonourable and milerable Slavery. 
 
 He endeavours to amufe their minds with fucb Stuff left 
 
 they
 
 they fhou'd agree and join together for their true Honour 
 and common Security, thinking that the French King will 
 eafily rout 'em all (everally, though if all fhou'd joy n to- 
 gether, they wou'd quickly drive Htm away. And there- 
 fore He ftrives all He can by Fraud and Graft, to caufe 
 Gertfiwy to forfake the Patronage and Aufpicious Con- 
 <3u& of the Houlc of Attjlria. But the Houfe of Bavaria 
 is nor fo Weak, nor the Ger<rNation fo filly, as not to 
 underftand thele Artifices which cannot eafily be hid. And 
 as the Moft Serene Elector of Bavaria do's gratefully ac- 
 knowledge the kind Offices which the Emperor at hi* 
 Requeft did for his Houfe in the Election at Cologrc, fo 
 according to its ufual Wifdom, it will but laugh at ftch 
 little Sparks of Sufpuion, as it has done already, having 
 had experience of thefe prating Sowers of Diifenfion 5 
 And will eafily fee , that there is nothing to be hop'd for 
 from the French who feek but what they can get. But the 
 Gtrntan whoever he is, that is free from the Iron Yoke of 
 the French^ may eafily fee by the Opprefiion of the Peo- 
 ple even in Germany it felf where they come , and from 
 the Condition even of their own Nobility and Gentry in 
 France^ whether comes nearer to Tjrawr^the Governour 
 of the Houfe of ^fajlrj^ or the French manner of Ru- 
 ling $ And will rejoyce truly that the Roman Crown do's 
 not fall that way, whither the French Court has often 
 (hewn that they have defigned it , and then efpecially , 
 when after their Ancient Fafhion without any regard to 
 Konefty, to their Faith, their good Name, or to Confci- 
 ence, they have not only cherifh'd the Rebels in Hungary 
 followers of the 7>/r^, by fending 'em Captains, MefTen- 
 gers, Arms, Money and large Promifes, butalfb, as it is 
 done even at this day, have ftirred up and encourag'd 
 the very Enemies of theChriftian Name to War againft rJls 
 Imperial Majefty.Asit may be manifeftly prov'd by the Au- 
 
 C thentick
 
 thentick Letters of the French EmifTaries and of the Re- 
 bels and others, which are ready to be produced. 
 
 And this is that which His Imperial Majefty has or- 
 der'd to be anfwer'd with as much brevity as pofiible, to 
 that Contumelious Libel or French Manifefto, not to in- 
 jure the Reputation of the Moft Chriftian King, whom He 
 believes to be induc'd to this unjuft breach of the Peace, 
 by the m.ilitious and falfe Suggeftions of thofe, who feek 
 Gain by thefe Troubles, and who He believes wou'd not 
 
 ^-approve of fuch ill Language and unjuft Railing againft 
 His Sacred Perfon, but to wipe off all the Scandal which 
 this Impudent Writer has endeavoured to fix upon the 
 Houfe of ^HJlria^ and which the Minifters of France do 
 s every where icatter about, and to defend His own Inno- 
 cence. 
 
 And moreover that this His Caufe may be more and 
 more publickly known and teftified to all the Chriftian 
 
 I World He does publickly declare and call the Omnifcient 
 God to Witnefs, that He never thought any thing of brea- 
 king the Truce, but that He was alwayes firmly refblv'd, 
 and it is tVill His true and ferious purpofe to keep it invio- 
 lably, if it will at laft pleafe HisMoft Chriftian Majefty to 
 
 ftand tothe Covenant ofTrwrc, and the Declarations which 
 He made and reiterated but the laft year from TW/V, and 
 not to endeavour to make any alterations. But as for pa 
 ling this Truce into a firm and perpertual Peace, He per- 
 (ifts in that, that He will moft candidly and willingly (hew 
 forth all readinefs in endeavouring it, provided that a 
 Commiiiion being appointed for the dividing of the Bor- 
 ders, and difcuffing the Controverted Rights, may pro- 
 ceed in that Manner and Order as is agreeable tothe Laws 
 made betwixt France and the Empire. Wherefore if there 
 be any regard to Juftice in the Moft Serene K. of France 
 fas it is hop'dj His Imperial Majefty has good Reafbn to 
 believe and truft, that He will of Himfdf Chaftife and 
 
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 Correct the Calumnies and Slanders of this Scandalous 
 French Print, will withdraw His unjuft Arms, reftore 
 Dammages, bring back all into its Primitive State, per- 
 mit the Moft Serene Prince Clement, long fince Lega41y 
 Confirm'd by His Holinefs, to enjoy quietly the Electo- 
 rate and Arch-Bilhoprick of Cologne, and wifl remit the 
 Caufe of the Prince 'Ptlatim to a competent Court of 
 Judicature, in which His Imperial Majefty does promife 
 that Juftice (hall be Faithfully and Impartially done : 
 And Laftly, That He will fuffer the Peace which He 
 (ayes He wilhes for, to be procured in the time, manner 
 and order as is fet down in the Truce. 
 
 But if He be not willing to do thefe things, none can 
 then fuppofe there is any other caufe for the French King 
 thus to revive the War, then that the fingular favour of 
 the Divine Providence, and the wonderful defence it 
 has afforded to the Houfe of Anftria^ are things difpleaf- 
 ing to Him, or that He fears the great encreafe and en- 
 largement of that Auguft Family, by their late Victories 
 which have carried the Empire beyond '^Belgrade , or 
 that He has a defire to raife up again' the beaten and de- 
 preffed Turfy by diverting our Arms, as 'tis faid He has 
 promifed them. Or Laftly, That through<oo greedy a 
 defire, not only of alluring to Himfelf for perpetuity, 
 what He has got for a time by the Articles of the Truce, 
 but alfb of Conquering the whole T^oman Empire, He 
 thinks Himfelf not oblig'd by any Pafts or Covenants, 
 but that He may break them at any time at His Pleafure. 
 Whatever it is, the Moft Glorious King of France (hall 
 not efcape the Infamous Mark of a Perfidious Prince that 
 violates His Faith. And therefore His Moft Sacred Im- 
 perial Majefty does proteft before God and the whole 
 Chriftian World, that the (aid King is free to ftretch forth 
 His Hands either to the Fire or the Water, and either to 
 
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 abufe the felicity of His prefent Power, or in time to 
 fl-ar tho& Adverfities which he provokes the Omnipo- 
 tent God in Anger to (end upon Him. But as for Him- 
 felF, being driven to the necedary Defence as well of His 
 Provinces, as of the Sacred ROWJH Empire, the Electors, 
 Princes and States thereof, He (hall be blamelefs ,and free 
 from all the guilt as well of the calamities like to follow 
 from the War, and the etfudon of Chriftian Blood, as 
 of the ^Mahometan Superftition continuing ftiil in forope, 
 and of the deftrudtion of fo many Chriftian Souls mile- 
 rablv groaning under the Yoke of the lurk? 
 
 The Author indeed of this Print bo.ifts and glories 
 that His Moft Chriftian Maj-c-fties Arms are proved juft 
 from Heaven by their fuccels wheretbever He moves 'era 5 
 but with what Truth let him (hew if he can. His Impe- 
 rial Majefty being fully fatisfied of the goodnefs of His 
 Caule, isixfolved if it (lull pleafe God in this occafion 
 to give profperous fuccels to the Trench Arms, He will 
 never the Ids Adore and Magnifie the fecret Counfcls of 
 God, who has fometimes Chaftized and Corrected even 
 thole whom He Loved, by fuch as Atti!#$ : But He is 
 gbd that H^ has caufe to hope better in this World. 
 V fhe Moft H'gh has thrown down and humbled the Tnrk^ 
 that broke bis League but a little before it was ready to 
 txpire : And He will alfo throw down and humble the 
 Drench Violater of a League, which Ihould have held 
 &m-en Years longer, 
 
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