the prejudice of my Son according to all Laws the Fathers have no right to alienate the Estates of their Children whilst they are Minors and when these Estates are Maternal But says Luxemburgh the Marriage was only concluded upon this condition so that the renunciation your Majesty made upon all the present and future Right that you might have upon Spain or upon the depending States was consider'd as the Ground of Marriage without which the Ministers of Spain would have been guilty of a great deal of Folly on their side to have consented to an Allyance which would have produc'd nâ—w causes of Wars and Divisions instead of a Firm and Stable Peace whiâ—h was their chief design I add to all these proofs that the Circumstance of the Oath that your Majesty was obliged to take in swearing solemnly upon the Holy Evangelists that you would keep your Royal World that you then gave was as the Seal of all the promises of the engagements and of the good Faith of your Majesty In your opinion says the King I am then very ill grounded in my pretensions and I have no right according to the Civil Law No without doubt says Luxemburgh but a hundred thousand Men a hundred pieces of Cannon and a hundred Millions will make the Ballance incline much more to your side It was a custom to represent Justice blindfolded holding a Balance in one Hand but if the other had not been arm'd with a Sword and had a Lion plac'd by her side which is the badge of Force and Might she would have been but a ridiculous Maygame expos'd to the violence and rashness of Men. So we may say he that has the power in his Hand is the Master of Justice and whether she will or no must of necessity betake her self to his side and fight under his Standards against the weakest and this is your Majesty's Right But says his Majesty since things are in this condition and that I see my self Master of Force and of Justice shall I not do well to push my good fortune to the end and to render my self by my Armies always victorious and triumphant over all the States which shall be at my discretion and serve for my convenience having placed my self safe from the opposition of mine Enemies Very well says Luxemburgh there is no other obstacle which is capable to stop your Majesty but the Faith of Treaties But that is another Gospel for your Majesty for which you care but very little We say of King John the First one of your Ancestors descended from the first Branch of Valois that that Prince was so great an observer of his Word that they gave him the Title of Good He was accustomed to say that when Fidelity and good Faith should be banished the World they ought to be found in the person of a Prince This Prince answer'd his Majesty did not know Machiavel and you should have added at the same time that he was very unhappy during his Reign and I do not doubt but his too great Goodness was in part the cause of his Misfortunes For having lost the Battle of Poictiers against the English who were commanded by the Prince of Wales a great Captain the King was taken and carried Prisoner to London from whence he came not out but by the treaty of Bretigny by which he quitted the Sovereignty of some Provinces in France in f vour of the King of England But all these faults of John the First were gloriously repaired by Charles the Fifth his Successor who acquir'd to him self the name of Wife Sir answer'd Luxemburgh since your Majesty Laughs so at the good Faith of Treaties which other Princes look upon as Inviolable and adore as an Idol I am not surpriz'd that you have heap'd up Conquest upon Conquest There is never a little Prince in the World but may be in a condition to make himself great by this means and at last become the terror of his Enemies but it is not to be wished that such a like disorder should happen for if every Soveraign should do the like we should see a great number of Scepters overthrown to the ground become the Prey of the strongest But says his Majesty since it is not permitted to make ones self great what 's the reason that the Prince of Orange is Mounted even in our Days upon the Throne of his Father-in-Law Is not that an Usurpation Sir says Luxemburgh that is not singular Histories are full of such like instances and we see that Childerick the Third last King of the first Race was Dethron'd by Pepin the Short who before was but Mayor of the Palace which was a place almost like that of Grand Visirs and his deposing was also done by the Assembly of the States after the Pope had declar'd that the French were dispens'd with from owning that Prince So that the poor Dethroned Childerick had no other part to take but to shave himself and put himself into a Monastery And as this disgrace happen'd to him by reasons of State which would be too long to report so the Prince of Orange is not mounted upon the Throne but by the consent of the People which call'd him to it And the Parliament it self which being in England very near to what the States were formerly in France Crown'd him and confirm'd him nemine contradicente so the coming of the Prince of Orange to the Crown ought to be call'd an Acceptance and not an Vsurpation According to this sense says his Mâ—jesty you are then of opinion that the Prince of Orange is well grounded and that the poor King James has no shorter Course to take in the midst of his disgraces than to imitate Childeric that is to say to make a rennuciation of the Crown shave himself and so put himself into a Convent Sir answer'd Luxemburgh I abuse perhaps the liberty your Majesty allows me speaking open hearted my Mind and what I think of the misfortune of this Prince But as in the beginning of this Conference your Majesty was pleased to say you put a great deal of Confidence in me I desire you also to give me leave to abstain from the language of certain Parasites who applaud your Majesty in every thing No Luxemburgh says his Majesty you do me a kindness to tell me the things as you think tâ—em that does not surprise me because I have always given you more liberty to speak your thoughts than any of my Courtiers and Counsellors Sir says Luxemburgh since your Majesty gives me leave to speak what I think of King James and of the War which has been kindled in Europe upon his occasion I do not now speak of a secret itching desire that your Majesty had from your Cradle to surpass your Ancestors in enlarging your Dominions and pushing on youâ— Conquests beyond the Rhine the Sambre and Meuse I speak not neither of the Rights of the deceased Queen I pass also in silence the Right of
Prince as we may say forcing nature in the Child did so harass him in mounting on Horse back and fencing before he was strong enough to bear these rude Exeâ—â—ises that he thereby lost one full Third of hiâ— Boâ—y In effect those that have seen him undress'd know that he is in a manner all Thighs and Leggs Nevertheless this last opinion is scarcely believ'd if we make Reflection upon his hump back which gives him so ridiculous an Air and which cannot be look'd upon otherwise than a natural defect and it is reasonable to believe he came into the World in this condition because we certainly see by experience that the exercise of Arms contributes rather to regulate and render the Body free than to cause such imperfections Let it be as it will he has improv'd it well We may say that he is at present a Man after the King 's own Heart so it is not to be wonder'd at if he leaves to him the Government of his Armies since he has been bold several times to say That he thank'd God that he had caus'd him to be born without pity and compassion to the end he might be more capable of serving the King his Master and executing his designs A very Christian like sentiment and worthy of Monsieur de Luxemburgh But as to the Hump in his Back it will not be amiss to give an account of a thought which he had the day after the Battle of Fleurns As he receiv'd the Complements of success from the Lieutenant Generals and other Officers of his Army shewing them his Hump he told them he had there a reserve of a Body of Forty Thousand Men of which his Enemies knew nothing which would always render him Victorious thereby remarking the Artifices which he made use of which without contradiction makes up a good part of the Necromancy of which he was accused and which he himself has begun to Communicate since he has been a Commander to the other French Generals The Marquess de Bouflers who was one of his principal Disciples did him most Honour for he it is that at present seems to have profited most by the Lessons of his Master So Monsieur de Luxemburgh chose him to be at the Head of this reserve of which he spoke and was very careful in all the Battles to place him so well that he was seen running up and down like a Mad-Man not to say fly upon the least signal that he gave him The King seeing him come in turn'd towards him and spoke in these Terms Luxemburgh you are the Person at this Day in whom France places her greatest hopes my People look upon you as their Turenne and I my self esteem you as my right Hand you see me engaged in an unhappy War which consumes my Treasure impoverishes my Subjects ruins the State and makes me apprehensive of unhappy Events It is a lingring Fever which undermines by little and little my Kingdom and I fear lest it should in the issue become like Spain that is to say a poor and impotent Desert Sir answer'd Luxemburgh I thank your Majesty for having forgot my pass'd faults and for honouring me with the preference of the Command of your Armies before the Marshal d' Humieres much Older and Wiser than my self I am at the same time very much Obliged to the deceased Marquess of Louvois my good Friend and to the good Madam de Maintenon who sollicited my release and employ'd all their credit with your Majesty to get me out of the Bastile where I had been shut up upon the Death of the Count de Soissons and several other small matters which I was branded withall I vow I did not expect to be received again into your Grace and Favour your Majesty having had since tâ—e War of 1672 a particular aversion to my Pâ—rson But on the other side I am glad to see that my Enemies have for their part shame and trouble by the Triumph of my Innocence after having imploy'd all their power to ruin me I shall remember all my Life time the reverend Father La Chaise and the jealous Madam de Montespan who have been the principal actors of this Tragedy and if it is natural to keep resentment I will reserve to my self a favourable occasion to let them know that I have not been either a Necromancer nor Madam Brinvilliers Disciple But answer'd his Majesty Let us not talk of pass'd Quarrels altho' what is said of you should be true and also that you had a familiar Spirit to win Battles to gain the Love of the Ladies and to please me I will in acknowledgment of the Services that you have done me in the Wars of Holland and that you may do me in the present War order the Courts of Justice to burn the Informations and the Tryal and to forbid any upon pain of Death throughout my whole Kingdom to talk directly or indirectly of it Sir answered Luxemburg I most humbly thank your Majesty for the care that you will take of my reputation and I do engage upon my word that in remembrance of so great a Favour I will do for my part all that lies in my power to ruin your Enemies and advance your Conquests You know answer'd his Majesty That the first Campaign which was that of 1689. I gave the Command of my Army to the Marshal d' Humieres and that this General who is a good Man did really do me good service For it was him that I sent Ambassador to the Court of England immediately after the Death of King Charles and he executed my Orders very punctually For King James who came to be Crown'd King of three Kingdoms received him with open Arms and very generously accepted all the offers of Alliance and Friendship that Humieres made him on my behalf But this unfortunate Prince afterwards not having followed my Orders found himself all of a sudden overwhelm'd with great troubles and has engag'd me in a War which has Arm'd all Europe against me But to come to my purpose Having then chose him to Command in Flanders against Prince Waldeck a General of good Conduct and well instructed in what concern'd the Order that an Army in her Marches and Incampments ought to be kept in but on the other hand very unlucky to hazard a Battle I remark'd that in this first year the Marshal d' Humieres suffer'd himself to be Coop'd up as we say by Prince Waldeck and that he had during the whole Campaign the disadvantage I remember also very well the Battle of Walcourt which was on the Great St. Louis day Patron and Protector of my Kingdom where all my House-hold was Cut in pieces but I pardon him with all my heart because he did it with a good intention and belief of doing me Service that day The little Genius of d' Humieres was not only the cause of this check but we may also say that he favour'd by the little motion he made the Enterprizes
of the Duke of Lorrain and of the Electors who took Three good Cities from me that year The deceased Marquess de Louvois whom I now very much lament foretold it me the good Man was a very good Physiognomist and as he knew his People extremely well so he was observed not to be mistaken in the choice he made of Persons of merit to fill the vacant places which has been the cause that during my Reign I have always had the choicest Persons It was he that presented Monsieur Catinat to me to Command in Italy being a Man he said who had experience and the good Fortune to have pass'd through all the inferiour degrees in the War having been formerly a common Soldier I was also willing to imploy the Duke of Duras to Command in Germany but Louvois advis'd me rather to send the Marshal de Lorge his Brother as a Man who had more of Softness and execution which agrees better with the natural slowness of the Germans I had also made choice of Monsieur Lauzun for Ireland at the Sollicitation of Madamoiselle de Monpensier my Cousin but the poor Man is no more what he was and the affairs of that Kingdom were quite changed after the loss of the Battle of the Boyn where he commanded joyntly with King James Louvois advis'd me to call him back as soon as possibly and to send the brave St. Ruth of happy memory whom I much lament because he was the Man that Purg'd my Kingdom of the Huguenot Heresie He was naturally hasty but brave as his Sword Be it as it will I found him very serviceable to me and if he had not been unfortunately kill'd by a Cannon Bullet I am persuaded that the War would have lasted still in Ireland and that the Prince of Orange would not have come off so cheap in Flanders It is also the deceased Marquis of Louvois who presented Tourville to me to Command my Fleet as an Admiral of a gallant Person And I vow that I have had till this very time a great deal of trouble to stop the Torrent of his Courage He talks to me in all my undertakings of nothing but giving Battle to the Enemy Hitherto I have always hindred him because I was not altogether satisfied with the Engagement of 1690. where the Hollanders alone with 20. or 22. Men of War dar'd to attack him at the head of my Fleet which was composed of more than 80. great Ships whilst the English contented themselves to be Spectators and that which caused astonishment was that after a Fight of more than Six hours not one of the Enemies Ships was taken having retreated after the Fight in very good order tho' in truth disabled and unmasted So the last Expedition I order'd him to shun all Engageing and when the Enemies should be on the one side to go on the other which he observ'd very well 'T is also from the same hand that the Marquiss de Bouflers was presented to me tho' in truth Madam de Maintenon also contributed for she wearied me Night and Day and I never saw her but she spoke to me of him But I have not been deceiv'd in him He is one of the bravest Officers that I have at this Day in my Armies and from whom I reap the greatest benefit by the Contributions which he takes care to gather together and to make my Enemies pay in ready mony which makes a considerable Sum design'd to buy Horses to re-mount my Cavalry For his pains I have lately made him Captain of my Guards besides several other good Offices which he possesses further more I have reserv'd a Marshals Staff for him if the War last two Campaigns more 'T is Louvois also who presented to me Monsieur Amelott formerly my Ambassador at Venice to go and reside with the Laudable Swiss Cantons during this War I have been deceiv'd in him no more than in Monsieur Bouflers for if this knows how to use a Pistol and is able in the handling of a Sword the other is no less in that of the Pen. It is also to his good conduct that I attribute all the good intelligence which reigns at present amongst my Cousins the Suissers Let him but make a Speech with Words well plac'd back'd with a good Purse of my Louisses distributed underhand and behind the Curtain I obtain immediately all I would have They granted me the last Campaign the raising of ten thousand Men of new Troops I hope they will grant me this Campaign at least fifteen thousand to fill up the number of the forty thousand that I have in my service with whom I am very well satisfied for they are the best Foot of my Army I ought not to forget to speak one word by the way of their General Stouppa with whom I am very well contented who seems to have chang'd his Country in changing his Religion that is to say become a good French-Man He takes so strongly to Heart my interests that we see him boldly march at the Head of the Swisser's Troops every where and in all places laughing at certain old and pretended Treaties which say that the Swissers that are in my Service shall not act against the Emperour and his Allies 'T is Louvois also who presented to me the Count of Bethune that I lately sent to the King of Sweedland to feel the pulse of that Prince and to see if there was no way to engage him to a Rupture Bidall writ to me that he could no longer retain his Resentment and that the English and Dutch Capers might make him become one of the French Interest I have given order to the Count de Beâ—hune to say at his arrival at Stockholme That he was arriv'd by chance and that a Tempest had cast him there that he may conceal so much the better his Negotiation I hear thanks to God that he is happily arriv'd I have also in Holland one of the Disciples of Bethune which doth me very good service and who has well succeeded the Count d' Avaux The Count de Bethune had considerable Summs to pay to Madam Morean's Father a rich Merchant at Paris but finding himself disabl'd to serve him he engag'd himself to obtain of the King of Poland by my recommendation Letters of credit for Monsieur Moreau her Husband and that by this means he might as we say kill two Birds with one Stone and be as Janus with two Faces in calling himself Envoy of the King of Poland and keeping in effect the place of the Count d' Avaux in his absence I am very well satisfied with him and I esteem him as one of my best Correspondents in Holland When the Count de Bethune shall have made the first motion to the Northern Princes I have then the Count d' Avaux and Bonrepos ready to set sail for that Coast to go and finish what Bethune shall have begun I have made choice of these two Ministers d' Avaux for Sweedland and Bonrepos
given the Government of Languedoc to his keeping and that even till one of the three young Princes should be of age to fill it he was willing also to give him the command of the Army in Catalonia as well by reason of the nearness of the place as also of the knowledge which he hath of the Spanish Tongue and Manners But he had so small a number in Catalonia that it was not worth while to talk of it that at most we might reckon upon three thousand Men of eight that were there the five thousand remaining being design'd to make the Campaign and to act against the Miquelets His Majesty added that it was true that he had advice by the means of his Spies at the Court of Spain that the Catholick King caus'd a Fleet to be Arm'd of 14 or 15 Men of War which were to be jointly commanded with the Gallies by Admiral Papichini to cruise in the Medditerranean from the moment that the Count d' Estrees should be put to Sea and that they seem'd to have a mind to attempt something upon the Coast of Provence to favour the Duke of Savoy But that he gave so little Faith to all those discourses that he made no difficulty to say that since they had undertaken nothing like it the two last Campaigns it was a proof of their weakness and that he had by consequence nothing to fear on that side From the affairs of Catalonia his Majesty came to those of Germany and order'd immediately that Catinat should go out of the Chamber and that the Mareschal de Lorge should come in who commanded his Army upon the Rhine and said to him de Lorge I pray you tell me a word of the condition in which you left 〈◊〉 Troops Sir aâ—â—wer'd de Lorge your Army upon the Rhine has suffer'd much by the diseases which have Reign'd all this Campaign and also it finds its self much weaken'd by the Death of so great a number of brave Officers and Souldiers not to speak of the desertion which has been also very great notwithstanding any thing we could do to hinder it Nevertheless by the care that the Marquess d' Vxelles Monsieur de Melac and I have taken your Majesties Army is at present in an incomparable better condition than it was We have given it good Winter Quarters which has much contributed to it's refreshment and cause the Diseases to abate After that we have set our selves to work with heat and success to make the necessary recruits to render the Regiments compleat and that by the means of Mony which we are to consider in that Country as the Materia prima and the second cause which makes that it is ador'd among the Germans and that by this means your Majesty will never want Souldiers The King seeing Monsieur de Melac who followed the Mareschal de Lorge address'd himself to him and said to him Melac have you brought a List of the Villages that you have burnt in Germany and particularly in the Palatinate and along the Rhine Melac answer'd Sir I have not yet made it but if your Majesty desires it I will make one immediately His Majesty answer'd him you will do me a kindness and you must take care at the same time to mark those that remain to be burnt Afterwards his Majesty address'd himself to the Marquess d' Vxelles who had likewise follow'd the Duke de Lorge and said to him d' Vxelles I am not altogether satisfied with the way of your living and I have heard many disadvantagious things to your Reputation for I am inform'd every day that you plunge your self into the dirty Debaucheries of the Duke de Vendosme altho' on the other side I do not dislike your Services and I have given you sufficient marks by conferring upon you the charge of Lieutenant General in memory of the Siege of Mayence that you defended seven weeks together against an Army of one hundred thousand Men which had at their Head the Duke of Lorrain and all the Electors of the Empire The Marquess d' Vxelles answer'd Sir I very well see that I have great Enemies at Court But I pray your Majesty to be persuaded that all these false reports that have come to your Ears do owe their Birth only to the jealousy and misunderstanding of some Generals whom I shall name in time and place in order to clear my self when your Majesty shall please to order me His Majesty answered the time is too short to enter into such a discussion greater affairs call me into Flanders so I reserve to inform my self of all these matters at my return from the Campaign After which his Majesty turning himself towards Monsieur the Duke de Lorge said to him de Lorge I have call'd you to assist in this Council of War to reveal to you a great design I have resolv'd to march into Flanders at the Head of an Army of one hundred and fifty thousand Men the time presses and the undertaking is important so I shall have occasion for all my Forces I have already given orders to make all the regulate Troops to come that I have in Italy except nine thousand Men for according to the report that Catinat has just now made me I judge that my Enemies will undertake nothing on that side Besides that I have let the Duke de Nouailles know that my will was that he should make a Detachment of three thousand Men of his best Troops and that he should make them march apace to the end they might be in the nick of time at the Rendevouse The business in Hand then is to know the number of the Troops of my Army in Germany the Detachment that you are in a condition to make and those you have occasion for to cover my Conquests with on that side Sir answer'd the Mareschal de Lorge your Majesties Army in Germany may amount to about fifty thousand Men reckoning the Garrisons of Strasbourg of Philipsbourg and the other places so you may depend upon a Detachment of twenty or twenty five thousand Men the other twenty five thousand which remain shall be order'd for the preservation of the Country of which I can at any time form an Army of ten thousand Men which will be more than sufficient to observe the Enemy and the rest shall be distributed in the Garrisons of the Frontier places But answer'd his Majesty could not the Germans during that time make use of your weakness and undertake the Siege of Philipsbourg or Landaw or else Mont Royal that the deceased Duke of Lorrain look'd upon as the Flower of all my Fortresses and insomuch that he was resolv'd to have it at any rate Or at least can they not make some considerable ravage in the Country and oblige me to quit a great undertaking half begun As I do not march unprofitably but to gather Lawrels and that Victory may follow me wherever I go I should have an inconceivable trouble if a Reverse
That he was the only one left of so many brave Captains who had Commanded in the former Wars and who having serv'd under Turenne and Conde had learnt by these great Men many fine qualities necessary for the Government and Conduct of an Army which will not be found in the Person of another General Madam de Maintenon who is a true Siren near the King and who sees her self Mistress of the Heart and Will of this Monarch by her flattering Amours was so lively perswaded by the Discourse of Monsieur de Lovois that she immediately espoused the cause and the interest of Monsieur de Luxemburgh and promis'd the Marquis de Louvois to speak to the King the very first visit she made adding withal that she did not doubt but she should obtain the pardon of this unhappy Man and draw him out of his disgrace unless that the Instances and the Intrigues of Father La Chaize and of the Arch-Bishop of Paris should prevail over hers that for him who was the chief of the Clergy of France she had the means in her Hands to appease him but that Father La Chaize would give her a great deal more trouble because this good Father was an Enemy to be fear'd and it was by no means good to have him a party against one that she would endeavour nevertheless to perswade both the one and the other which she also did and Monsieur de Luxemburgh was no less beholding for his liberty to Madam de Maintenon than to Monsieur de Louvois since they equally labour'd for his preservation The King having been thus prepossess'd and the Storm rais'd against him entirely appeas'd the Duke began to hope in Prison to have some more Liberty and to tast some comfort He was no more kept so close up and his Guards began to become more negligent in observing him He was nevertheless kept in the Bastille a long time afâ—erwards by which the Court thought to become Guiltless in the Eyes of the World to the end it might not seem altogether a Connivance and an Authorizing of the Crime by granting liberty to a Criminal whom all the Laws condemn'd to death This was done only to dispose by degrees the People and his Inquisitors to receive with less noise the news of his Release The time being then come that France had occasion for him as the Marquess de Louvois had foretold and the King having experienc'd the first Campaign which was that of 1689. that his Armies were ill govern'd and that they did not Act conformab y to his intention and as he had well enough laid the Scheam that if on the other side his Arms had not had success that year it was not for want of Forces and being seconded and supported by great Armies but rather the fault of the General who was neither undertaking enough nor cunning enough His Majesty having caus'd the Duke of Luemburgh to be call'd would in granting him grace and pardon take occasion from thence to engage him by new favours to be more mindful than ever of his Interests and make that his acknowledment should be a potent inducement to this General to excel above all what he had done well and glorious for the service of his Prince in the former Wars and particularly in that of Holland where he had signaliz'd himself by his Cruelties And as the matter in hand was to give him the Command of the Army in Flanders because it was there where he had the best succeeded if we except the Battle of St. Denis the King wisely thought that he would not fail to make himself quickly talk'd of the Spaniards and the Hollanders to feel new marks of his inhumanity which France wanted above all things to oblige yet tottering Fortune to declare her self for her Arms. It was resolv'd upon utterly to ruin the rest of Spanish Netherlands to the end that he might become Master of them with more ease thereby to force the Hollanders to hearken to new propositions of Peace which is the aim of his Majesty and the design of the Court. Experience shews us then at this day that the Marquess de Lovois was in the right For Monsieur de Luxemburgh strives on his side fully to answer all the expectations of his Benefactor and the hopes he had conceiv'd of him by the signal Services which he renders his Majesty not only in helping him to support the heavy burden of the present War but also in discovering to him a short and abridg'd way to come quickly to a glorious Peace and as he is a Man that abounds in malice and knows sufficiently what is Good and Evil yet he strives to forget that little of Humanity and Christianity which is left him goes on in a full Career with his Sword in his Hand into that Cabal which seeks how to find out Kings and then to assassinate them Here is enough for Monsieur de Luxemburgh let us finish his Chapter and bid him adieu for altogether with putting him in mind that 't is high time for him to set about his Conversion unless he will dye as he has liv'd Let us go on to Monsieur de Chanlais Fourth Actor of this Cabal he keeps himself behind the Hangings feigning as if he had hid himself He does like those that throw a Stone and hide their Arm. But methinks he would do better to acquit himself well of the Charge which he possess in the Army that would be more honourable and more glorious for him than to make here the sorrowful Figure of the Valet of a Hangman in lending his hand to the Assassinates Behold Monsieur Rabenac who walks a pace let us see what he will have to say to justifie himself for having had also a part in so black of an Action He will not fail to say that the overgreat Zeal he had for the Interests of the King his Master did engage him therein What slavery is this That a Minister should engage to commit a detestable Crime before God and Men for nothing but to please his Prince But it may be he will perform his Repentance whilst he is at Rome and ask pardon of God and of the Holy Father for so great a Sin For Messieurs Bidal and Paparal we will put them together to make the balance even because they are truly of the same Metal and the same Weight And if for curiosity one should weigh their malice I do not believe they would either of them want many Scruples to make the Scale even So it is no very strange thing that they have plaid the same part in this Tragedy Good God then have mercy on them As to Mr. Parker an English Offiâ—er we may justly say he follow'd the Councils of his Prince King James who engag'd him to the Party by fair promises of advancing his Fortunes and we may say of him that the Man was not better than the Master so let God give him Peace as the rest But hold