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A79405 His Majesty the King of Sweden's letter to the States Generall of the United Provinces Sweden. Sovereign (1660-1697 : Charles XI); Charles XI, King of Sweden, 1655-1697. 1675 (1675) Wing C3657B; ESTC R231360 4,476 10

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hath obliged Us to this Preparation For there is no War intened upon You which even then for Your Safty sake We declined when the bad condition of Your Affairs and the just confidence of Our Success might have invited Us thereunto Nor besides that can there be any damage or danger apprehended by You form Our Preparations which might divert the Assistance of Your Confederates and that may hasten Your destruction or obstruct the Recovery of what You have Lost For it hath pleased the Divine Bounty so to dispose of You that standing now upon Your own legs again the accession of other helps will not be needfull for the recovery or preservation of Your Commonwealth much less those helps which must bring danger to the Treaty of Westphalia which will be likewise Your own Intrest to preserve inviolable in the subvertion of so many States of the Empire whose Houses lye buried in the ruines of the War and in the sighs and tears of so many miserable and perishing persons In contemplation wherefore of all these things We cannot doubt but your selves will determine that to imploy your Armes against Us cannot be just because not neccessary and therefore the more unexcusable since all hopes of Peace being taken away which began now to appear again without any present enforcing danger a door is opened for a new War whereof no man living can foretell the end But above all other mischiefs that will probably ensue upon this War how dreadfull will the consideration be of those terrible Assaults of the Ott●man Fury upon that ancient Bulwark of Christendom the Kingdom of Poland and the forsaken State of the Christian Intrest while the Christian Princes and Commonwealths are engaged in mutal rage and destruction then which nothing can be more welcome to Turkish Tyranny or more conducing to the Imposition of that Yoak upon the Christian Name But it is now in Your power to provide for the divisions of Christendom the concerns of Your Confederate by a remedy more gentle and safe then can be found in the continuation of the present Ware or the addition of a fresh one which is no other then your Resolution to perswade him by a Friendly Admonition not to pursue his present designe but to incline to better Counsels and by a speedy Peace to out off and remove all impediments and arising difficulties And that you may be the better assured of our peacefull intentions we most solemnly protest unto you that as it is a matter of great grief unto us that the Elector of Brandenburgh should have too hastily imbraced such Counsels as are neither consistent with the Treaty made with us not the sincere affection we have allwayes borne unto him to the Peace and the care of the promotion thereof which he pretended to undertake in a common concerne with us so likewise as soon as the Elector either of his own accord or by perswasion and the interposition of your good Offices shall be moved to retire with his Army and shall proceed to such Counsels as shall not obstruct but saciliate the publik quiate and that we shall perceive a sufficient provision to be made for the Peace of Westphalia and for our own Safety which depends upon its true and faithfull observance and warranty that we will then meet him withall the readyness imaginable in recorning to our former mutual confidence and will immediately withdraw our Forces out of all such the Elector's Territories as they have had Orders to march into we will take care so to act as that it may be visible to the whole World that in the imploying of our Armies we are not govern'd by any desires of bringing on one Ware by another or of asisting such endeavours to oppose the Peace and designe the oppression of others much less to intend by the seizure and possession of any place belonging to the Elector the Empire or any other whatsoever but do purely look to the promotion of Peace and the defence of our own just Rights and Alliances We hope also that this assurance and Faith which we give you for the truth and fidelity of our Zeal to the Peace may be sufficient for your reliance and satisfaction and may produce such effects as shall let You see Your selves that there is no just cause for the drawing Your Forces upon Us but that You will apply Your selves to such considerations and measures as may evidence those generous and frequen● Protestations of Your good inclinations to Peace and confirm Our hopes of finding Your proceedings eaqual and proportionable to the good affections We have for your selves and all Your concerns But if it should happen otherwise which God forbid We shall bear Our selves upon the Justice that is on Our side being most confident that Our Cause and good intentions will have together with the Divine Assistance all the Success that can be desired and the favour and encouragement of all the Lovers of Peace and Justice In the mean time We have not receded in the least from the Resolution We have always owned of living amicably with You nor shall We be found to have remitted any thing of the desire We have always entertained of preserving the Publick and Common Tranquility and of contending with You only by such arguments of Friendship and good will that it may be a question whether We are more ready or You more inclined to such endeavours and methods as may prove effectual for the lengthning and preserving of Our mutual Frindship and the continuation of it to posterity All which Our Extraordinary Ambassador and Chancellor of Our Court the Noble and Right-trusty Edward Ehrensteen Hereditary Lord of Forsbygard c. having Orders to express more at large We refur our selves to him and so concluding these presents We most heartily recommend You to Almighty God the Author of Peace wishing You all happiness and prosperity Dated c. the 5th of December 1674. Your good Friend and Confederate CHARLES H. HOGHUSEN