to former Treaties and in case of a refusal by an authentick and general Decree recall their Forces and with those very Troops that are so well Disciplin'd and those they have already go themselves and execute that which France refuses them and pull down those stone Tables which he has set up Besides let the Lords of that Republick consider that the more Souldiers they lend to France the more Men they lose whose hearts are insensibly alienated from their own Country by Death by Offices by Pensions by Mariages and some by the Change of Religion and these last are young Vipers which will one day gnaw their own Mothers bowels I know that the Switzers with divers others have some years since fear'd the Forces which France has to make it self dreaded allways kept in readiness after Peace and after the Truce also which Forces made it to speak with Confidence and required nothing but with threatnings being the only Prince in Europe that did see himself in a Condition to Undertake and to Act before others were in a Condition to Defend themselves which made him to be fear'd by his Neighbours and procur'd him Alliances but particularly that of King James with which he thought himself sufficiently strong to overcome all Europe beginning as I have already said by the United Provinces I doubt not but all these Considerations might have a great influence over the Cantons and oblige the Switzers to grant to France that which perhaps they had not done at any other time but now the storm is blown over the Cause of that Pride with which the King did threaten being vanish'd into smoak the fear ought to cease also and there ought not to remain any consideration capable to retain the Switzers under the Rod of Lewis the XIVth Let them return to their pristine Liberty and to their right Interest Let those Gentlemen know that Kings are Great no longer than they are happy and that they are fear'd no longer than their good fortune lasts I therefore maintain that that Imperiousness with which France was us'd to draw advantages from the Cantons is at an end now that it finds it self over-whelm'd from all sides that all its Alliances on which it founded all its new Usurpations are vanish'd and that at this present he has almost as many Enemies as there are Princes in Europe If they have not yet all declar'd they will not stay long they only wait to see the Dance begin to joyn themselves with the Allies as we have lately seen the Republick of Liege which has scorn'd its threatnings and embrac'd that Party which it apprehended to be the most advantageous and the most necessary for its State Which sufficiently shews the small regard that it had at present for the French King who is no longer in a Condition of doing any great Damage in an open War since England hâ—s turn'd the Muzzle of her Cannons against him and that the Prince on whose Alliance he so strongly built his hopes is no longer in a Condition to do any good or hurt to Europe for in lieu of succouring his Allie he himself stands in need of him he drains France the Calf in time will kill the Cow with drawing her too hard it is a new Charge to Lewis the XIV and that Unfortunate Prince sees himself on the brink of a Precipice which by a special Grace from Heaven he may yet avoid by retiring into some Convent The Laudable Cantons ought to make other Reflections and have other Considerations at present than they formerly had they should too lift up their Eyes towards England and behold Hiâ— Britanick Majesty William the IIId as their Friend and Allie professing the same Religion and who during His Reign will make it a point of Generosity and of Honour to Succour them against all the Assaults of the French King If they declare themselves both through â—â—e Tye of Communion and that of Esteem which that Great Prince has for them even His great and generous Designs ought to serve to make them reâ—urn to their ancient Rights and Liberties cause their aincent Limits â—o be made good again for greater â—ecurity but then they ought not â—o remain quiet all the while with â—heir arms folded but labour with â—ll their power and assist to bring â—bout so great a good and advanâ—ange which the Heavens offers â—hem To that purpose they â—ould Exemplarily punish all those â—ercinary Persons whose hands â—â—d their Honours have been defiled with the French Money Incessantly cause their Forces to return which are in the French Service in case of disobedience declare them Rebels and Confiscate their Means oblige those Fathers who have Children there to call them home on great Mulcts never to admit to any Employ nor Dignity either in Church or State all such as shall contradict these Orders and never cease 'till the Fortresses are demolish'd and Burgundy the French County Alsace and Lorain restor'd to their ancient Masters and Soveraigns that they may be as so many Bulwarks to the Cantons all which they can easily do in this Conjuncture which at this present so favourably offers it self and which they ought not to let slip seeing there is at this present between the Protestant and the Catholick Cantons so good a Harmony and firm Union that the Pope â—s wholly inclin'd to cause those of â—is Party to keep it strictly as a neâ—cessary good for the quiet of Chriâ—tendom and the safety of Europe â—s well as to abate the Pride of France All this will happen in â—eclaring for the Emperor and Empire I come now to Spain formerly â—heir Soveraigns Govern'd from â—ithin their Closets a good part â—f the World but since Philip the â—d its great Power has began to â—ecay and that of the Kings of â—rance to increase at the same time â—hat that of the Catholick Kings â—ecreased I shall not seek after â—e Causes of it because that is beâ—de my Subject I shall only say â—y the by that the Liberty of â—onscience in France has much â—â—ntributed to its Elevation and â—â—at contrary-wise the privation 〈◊〉 it in Spain has caus'd there â—â—eat Evils and the loss of Trade â—hich is the Soul of States and â—â—ngdoms The Marriages which the Kings of Spain have Contracted with France have been so many Levens of Discord and of War which have always prov'd very hurtful to Spain and not to go back any further than to the late Queen who was a French Woman as much by inclination as she was by Birth who by the subtle and dextrous Counsel of the King her Uncle'â— Ambassadors had always some new business to propose to thâ— King her Husband who most tenderly lov'd her By those meanâ— that Princess had acquir'd a greaâ— ascendent over the King's minâ— sometimes prejudicial to the goâ—â— of his Kingdom for whose prospâ—rity she had not all the Considerâ—tion she ought to have had sâ—â— having no Children to Succeed 〈◊〉 it and still in fears
cannot do well without a Trade with Holland it seems that it would be a good piece of Policy to make him expound himself for it would be a breach which his Danish Majesty would make to the Alliances and he would be falling in his Faith in the Treaties to conâ—ent that Officers should be drawn out of the Troops of his Allies besides it seems as if the Affairs of Europe could not permit at this time any Neutrality to any Prince under what pretence soever that being granted Denmark ought to make his Choice and in his Choice to consider well the advantage he draws from the United Provinces the Trade and Profit that results from it to his Subjects and the advantage that the King's Treasure receives by the Entries and Exportations and let them take care not to fall again in the same Consternation in which they were the last year for scarce would the Affairs settle again a second time on the contrary he can draw no Succour from France in the present Condition it is and though it promises to keep it in the possession of Holstein that can be but a Chymerical Promise seeing Lewis the XIVth can no longer preserve his own Provinces nor keep his Cities part of which he undermines through a foresight he has to be oblig'd to abandon them at the approach of so many Enemies Thus ought Denmark Inviolaâ—ly to joyn it self to that whiâ—h is soâ—â—id which is Uniting with the United Provinces have never any thing to unravel which may br ak â—he Alliance nor give occâ—sâ—on to come to a Rupture and follow their Interest as the Shadow follows the Body and generously contemn some pitiful Pension ill pay'd at the best which France â—ffers it is a broken Reed which will hurt his hand and a Will ' o th' Wisp which leads to a Precipice Lâ—t his Danish Majesty but represent to himself the advantage of being free and that a King ought to depend but of God and of his own Sword it is good being in a Condition of making Choice and of following ones true Interest without being tied by Pensionâ— which are but gilded Shackles that are not the lighter for it Sweed which the King of Denmark has continually at his heels and who has no Cause no more than many others of praising Lewis the XIVth not to have any Consideraâ—ion for those Powers that shall Allie themselves with that Monarch who detâ— ns from him the Dutchy of Deux-Pont and considerable Sums of Arrears due to him which he would never pay in spight because his Sweedish Majesty would not continue with him the Alliances which had been Contracted The same will happen to Denmark if they take not care beforehand But when it once finds it self deceiv'd then will it have recourse to the States of the Unired Provinces and to the Emperor but perhaps a little too latâ— mean time it cannot be thought that the Emperor and the Princes of the Empire will look with a quiet temper on the Alliances of the King of Denmark with their commou Enemies nor even that he should remain Neuter for still that is the way to serve him indirectly and to give the People the means to carry into France all the Provision that it will stand in want of their Merchants growing Rich by the Spoll of those that Fight I would gladly see how the King of Denmark would defend himself when his Allie Lewis the XIVth shall ask him for Powder and Salt-peter for his Money which is that he has most need of at present Mean time it is easie to judge that that would be a great prejudice to the Enemies of France and that it would deprive them from a great advantage which it is likely they might obtain by their Enemies want of Ammunitions wherefore in such a favourable juncture the Allies will not endure any thing to their prejudice nor that can impead their Enterprizes It is much better for Denmark immediately to embrace that party as being its true Interest than to deferr doing so 'till France has had a blow The Most Christian King reckons much on the King of Poland his Allie there is betwixt them a very great Commerce of Money and of Letters that is no News every body knows it though one should not make it ones business to prye into it those Messengers which so frequently pass to and fro shews it sufficiently and no body is ignorant that the French Interest is entirely predominant in that Court That King Employs for the most part French Men for his Ministers in the Foreign Courts The Queen is still French in her inclinations and heart as well as by Birth that is a quality which all the Princesses of France carry along with them when they are Married out of the Kingdom they meddle with Affairs and that which she understands not well how to mannage she is inform'd in by Monsieur the Marquess of Bethune her Brother The Grand Seignior has been infinitely oblig'd to him during the late Campaigns and though that War would not produce any great advantage to the King of Poland yet he is for no Truce he has his particular Reasons which he is not oblig'd to tell If that Prince after the deliverance of Vienna had gone forwards with his Victories long since had the important Fortress of Caminieck been in his hands France flatters him with words that are but wind assuring him that it shall be put into his hands by agreement but who knows whether it will in a little time be in a Condition of keeping that promise It is an unhappiness for Christendom that Lewis the XIVth has found so much Credit in that Court and that the French Coin is so well known in those parts It were well for Prince Jacob if the King his Father did cleave more closely to the Emperor than he has done since Vienna and that preferring the General interest of Christendom to that of France he should give his helping hand towards a Truce to prevent by that means Europe from falling into a greater Mischief than it is lately got out of But let us turn our selves towards its Deliverer Though the English are a Nation which is naturally War-like Undaunted and whose Courage frequently runs even to rashness they loving that Liberty in which they are Born yet it may be said that England during the Reign of its two last Kings has Conrributed to the downfal of Europe into Slavery when it could have prevented it with one word through a deceitful hope that it could save it self from ruine either by the Situation of the Country and by its Forces or by the Illusory promises of France All the Princes of Europe have always pris'd very highly the Alliance with England even in the time of the Emperor Charles the Fifth as we have seen before those Kings have held the Ballance in Europe so long as they have not swerv'd from their true interests and that they have not sold their freedom to
he should deferr his March but a few days and the better conceal his wicked Design and that then the pretence would not only be plausible but just also to all appearance because it had been to prevent the Turks from entring any further but at the same time to render himself Master of the rest of Germany and of all the Ernpire also which should have been his share towards the defraying of the Wars so he had divided with Mahomet the IVth all the Territories both Catholick and Protestant of Germany If after all these Contrivances one may stile ones self a Zealot to the Catholick Religion I referr it to the Judgment of the Pope let us then say rather that he is a Wolf in Sheeps Cloathings cover'd with a false Piety to devour the Christian Princes one after another That was Cardinal Richlieu's Maxime Not to value what he Promised nor his Faith in the observation of Treaties so he but serv'd the French Interest And doubtless it is from those rare Lessons that this Zealous French King has so well improv'd and which he endeavours to imitate so exactly before those of the Gospel which forbid us to do to others that which we would not have done to our selves But if we look on Businesses nearer at hand we shall not wonder at the King 's pressing for the Re-establishment of James the Second and that he leaves no stone unmov'd to reseat him on the Throne We shall find at last that it is not so much Religion as Interest that moves him to it and that the return of that Prince to his Kingdom is most necessary for him much more than the Establishment of the Cardinal of Fustemberg in the Arch-Bishoprick of Colen It cannot be believ'd that it is the natural affection which he has for those two Princes that make him act or the Zeal to Religion as he publishes but his Ambition and the Preservation of his Kingdom For if Prince Joseph Clement and the present King of England would but embrace the Party of France and Unite themselves with that Monarch he would send the Cardinal to Strasbourg and King James where he was in Cromwel's time or into some corner of the State of Modena and if the Town of Algier wouâ—â—â—â—w send Ships into the Câ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 he would not only haâ—bâ—â—◠〈◊〉 with their Prizes in hâ—â— Pâ—rts but would give them Liberty also to build a Mosqâ—â—â— tâ—ere if that Town should require it I see no greater diffâ—â—ulty nor Crime in that than in lending his Forces to Re-build some in Hungary and to pull down the Christian Churches These are then the fruits of this great Zeal of which the French boasted in Rome and at Madrid Now let us turn our faces towards Truth It is not Religion that pushes the French King but he has the Shepherd at his heels the Nets are spread on all parts for him and he has no prospect of escaping and in that dread he is he would embrace the Alcoran if he saw it would shelter him from the new King of England's Resentments whom he has reason to fear as the most dreadful and most powerful Enemy that he has at present or ever had with whom there is no Composition to be made though Lewis the XIVth should return four times as much as he has Usurped from him when he was yet but Prince of Orange Perceiving then that by the means of William the Third he has all Europe on his hands and that he must leave some Fleeces behind him no wonder he extends his hands though in vain towards the one and the other to find out a Mediator to draw him out of that Danger in which he finds himself But he having taken his Eternal farewel of all Faith and Honesty and it having abandon'd him every body does the same daring no longer to trust to him 'till first he has been depriv'd of his Savageness of his Ambition of his Pride and of his insatiable desire of Usurping the Goods of his Neighbours and that is what will not happen 'till he has first been humbled by Losses either in his Armies or of some of his Provinces and that he has been oblig'd to restore to every one that which he has stoln from them and that is what may be advantageous and necessary for his poor People and to all Europe In vain he Flatters himself with an accommodation with some of the Allies whom he pretends to divide from the Union in which we see them at present and by that means to draw himself out of the Briers This King has been inexorable to the Cries of the Poor whom he has Ruin'd and Tormented of the Widdows and Orphans whom he has stript Naked the Heavens will return it upon him as well as all his Enemies who will return him double the Evil which he has done and will force him to swallow down the bitter Fruits of his Ambition and breach of Faith and to Disgorge all his Usurpations which he has Baptis'd with the specious Title of Conquests and return to his Subjects that Liberty of Conscience and places of Hostages which he has forc'd from them against the Faith of Edicts under the pretence of Conversions restore to all his People in general the General States for the surety of their Persons and Means whereas they now groan under the heavy pressure of the Intendants these are Monsters which our new Hercules must vanquish which God has given to free Europe from that slavery in which part of it was already reduc'd and wherein the rest was going to fall the Irons being already set in the Fire for it by the means of James the II. who abandoning his own Interest and that of his Nation had given his Consent and Assistance to the ruine of Europe and had enter'd into a League with the Usurper to make it to fall under the slavery with more ease and greater expedition But the Heavens who have granted the Vows and Petions of all Europe has broken those Chains by the means of a Republick of which he had made his Prey for it may be said without exâ—geration that the States of the United Provinces have given the first blow to break those Shackles through the Assistance they have given of Money of Forces and of Ships to the King of England when he was yet but Prince of Orange Wherefore Europe ought to consider them as â—he Cause of its Deliverance and the Restorer of its Liberty the Refuge of all the Afflâ—cted the â—â—etrâ—at of those whom Lewiâ— the XIVth had Persecuted and stripp'â— and the Azilum of all good People who ought in gratitude to hazard their Lives for the Support of a State who has free'd â—hem from the Lyon's jaws and has receiv'd them with so much Humanity and Charity which doubtless shall be the Cannons with which they shall destroy their Enemies and the Heavens will render them Victorious and their Names shall last to the last of Ages FINIS
that remainiâ—â— Barren after some consideraâ—â—â—â— time she might be Divorc'd aâ—cording to the Laws and Statutâ—â— of that Kingdom All the study of the said Queen was but most particularly a little before her death to labour hard for the advantage of France and at the last her greatest business was to intercede with the King for that Money which was come to Cadiz on the French Account in the last Fleet that was come from the Indies And we have seen that contrary to the right Policy and the true Interest of Spain the Queen succeded in it for that Money ought to have been sequestred under the King's Seal 'till the Council had seen what Course the Affairs of Europe had taken in these present Conjunctures Spain had no want of pretences it had just cause to have kept back without blame those 14 Millions which of truth were Counterbands seeing that no strangers have the liberty to negotiate in the Spanish Indies under pain of Confiscation 'till his Catholick Majesty had seen what satisfaction he should receive from France on all his other Demands and Pretensions and in case he receiv'd none he then might have been his own Pay-Master as it is frequently practis'd even amongst private Persons but what I say here is after Death the Physician seeing the Birds are flown there is no remedy for this time but for the future the Persons concern'd will consider better Another of the late Queens application was to bring the Catholick King to accept of a Neutrality which France offer'd him that joyn'd to the recovering of the Money we lastly mention'd was the only business of the Ambassador Rebenac But while they were thus acting against the Interests of Spain God has taken that Queen away in the prime of her Age before she could render that last piece of service to her Uncle the French King which was so necessary to him at this present How can it be help'd I confess that it is a very great loss for France but it must comfort it self as Spâ—in has done for parting with the 14 Millions France ever slye and cunning made use of a specious pretence to oblige the King of Spain to accept of the Neutrality endeavouring to perswadâ— him that by that means he should become a Mediator betwixt France and the Empire as if the Most Christian King did not know the strict Union there is betwixt those two Monarchs which make but one House and Family Thus their interest being but one and that of the Emperor being the same with that of the King of Spain which is well known to his Christian Majesty let any judge whether France being certain of that Truth which is not to be doubted had a desire to referr her Concerns into the hands of the Catholick King except she were at the very last gasp not knowing what Saint to Pray to But the most probable and the most receiv'd Opinion is that the French King makes his last Efforts to diminish the number of its Enemies and though Spain should be so weak as the French Partisans would make us believe it is and that at most it could but stand on the Defensive part The French must have two Armies on foot to prevent the Spaniards from advancing The one in Catalonia and the other in Flanders and peradventure a third in Navarre which might take him up at least Fifty Thousand Men which he might have employ'd elsewhere If Spain had accepted of that Neutrality and if Lewis the Great mean time had overcame the Empire what would have become of Spain afterwards after all what assurance has it that France would more religiously observe the Neutrality than it has the Peace and the Truce and who had been its Caution that when the French King had had an opportunity he had not fallen on some place of the Netherlands and it may be on Navarre and Mentz all at one time when the Governours were fallen asleep in the arms of a Neutrality as in a deep Lethargy as they did presently after the Peace of Nimeguen in which the Marquess of Grana was reposing at ease filling his Purse by sparing the entertaining of a number of Forces which were so necessary to him while he had to do with so dangerous a Neighbour who no longer remember'd Treaties than while he Sign'd them because they were at that time of use to him he never wanting afterwards Pretences when he would break them A Neutrality in this juncture of time is very hurtful to Spain and to its Allies but above all to the Emperor and to the Empire Spain would do as if when Two Brothers were Attack'd one should look on his Companion with foulded Armes while he was divested of all expecting his turn to be next whereas if they both defended themselves at once they might either overcome their Enemy or drive him away What assurances has Spain that if the French King could overcome the Empire he would not Attack it next as he would doubtless do Wherefore his Catholick Majesty ought to make a last Effort in this present Conjuncture he ought to consider thâ—t France has taken from him Lisle Valiencienne Cambray St. Omer Erre and many other places in the Provinces of Flanders Namur Hainau Luxembourg and in fine the City of Luxembourg which was as a Bull work to the rest of Flanders and of Brabant as well as to the other Provinces while England remain'd with folded Arms against its own proper Interest having been brib'd to let France do what it pleas'd King James as zealous a Catholick as he was did consent that Lewis the XIV should seize on the remainder of the Netherlands while he should sit himself with the Spanish Indies as his Ally had promised him he should thus did they without any scruple divest their Catholick Neighbours of their Rights and shar'd them amongst them without casting of Lots If that Prince had not abandon'd the Throne that Neutrality might have been very considerable but now the Case is alter'd in quitting of the Crown he has Disarm'd himself he is now but like a Wasp without a Sting which buzzes about but cannot sting Spain has lost in him a conceal'd Enemy and a false Ally who sold to France that which belong'd not to him and that consented to the seizing on Goods wherein he had no share but God who laughs at the design of Men would not permit that those of James the II. should come to perfection Providence for the safety of Europe has bestow'd his place to another Prince and has conducted as 't were by the hand William the III. to the Throne he according to all appearance is to be the Instrument through which God will give rest to Christendom Thus Spain in lieu of an Enemy which it had in James the II. late King of England recovers in his Successor a good Friend and Ally faithful to his Word and who being join'd to his Allies may all together labour effectually to establish the King of
Spain in his ancient Rights and Dominions and cause France to Restore what it had Usurped from it This Foundation being as firm as it is certain Spain ought to join with those who labour for its rest and quiet by that of all Europe to put in a readiness all its Forces in Catalonia Navarre and above all in the Netherlands where the People must copiously bleed their Purses towards the Entertainment of an Army capable to defend it self against the French Assaults let them consider the barbarousness and inhumanity with which they have Treated those Towns that have submitted to them under good Capitulations and such Conditions as had been made by the Dauphin himself let them make Reflections on the cruelty with which the French King has treated his own Subjects against the promis'd Faith and if after that the humour takes them to submit to the French Yoke it may then be said of them as it is said of certain People that they are born to slavery Let Spain further consider the great pretensions the Dauphin thinks to have on the Netherlands on a material Right notwithstanding all the Oaths and Renunciations which the King his Father made of them at the Pirenean Peace and at the time of his Marriage with the Infanta on the Isâ—â—â—f the Phesants at the foot of the Altar communicating at the greatest and sublimest Mistery that is in the Catholick Church which he has afterwards slighted and if he defers taking Possession of what he pretends to it is not that he renounces it time deprives him of none of his Rights it is only for want of an opportunity which has not yet been favourable enough to him and that his Neighbours the States of the United Provinces are a stumbling block to him and a perpetual Obstacle which he could never so well mannage as he did Jâ—â—es the II. because those Lords know better their Interest than that poor Prince ever did We know that Flanders has always been a â—one to pick for the Frâ—râ—â— Kingâ— and so long as they will find sâ—mething to gnaw on they â—â—ll not think of going to Spâ—in but if they had once made an â—nd of that bit and well digested it if that which employs them on that side was over what would hinder them from pouring all their Forces into Catalenia and Navarr and from entring with a powerful Army into Spain and even March to Madrid wherefore the Spanish Interest is to strongly unite it self at this present with the Empire with England and with the United Provinces to solicite them not to lay down their Arms till they have recover'd Burgundy the French County all the Usurped Cities in Flanders Hainan Namur and Luxembourg without which it will in success of time relapse again into the same Straits as it hath been in the Reigns of Charles the II. and James the II. of Great Britain if once for all it delivers not it self at this present from that danger whence it seems already to revive and recover by the sudden change of Affairs in England Mean time let the Spanish Council be wary not to be deceiv'd by the French Illusions who promises all when troubled and stands in need of help who ruines it self with Promises but restores it self again with performing none of them more abounding in Crafts than in Integrity the danger pass'd a Fig for the Saint let the same Council hold for certain that when ever the French King has any regard for Spain it is a sign he is at the last gasp and that he knows not whither else to go If that Council can be fully perswaded of this Truth it will not fail to advise his Catholick Majesty to make all his Efforts and to send all the Money he can possible to the Governour of the Netherlands to put themselves in a condition to sustain the first fury of the French after which there is nothing more to fear for the Allies will give it so much Diversion even in France it self that its King will no longer think of going to attack others for so soon as the Germans and the Hollanders shall have clear'd the Countries of Colen Juliers and Treves the Governour of the Netherlands shall not want Men as he has already experienc'd by that Succour which has been sent him But the Marquiss of Guastanaga ought not to grow supine upon this he ought to put himself in a condition to help himself he may by that acquire a great deal of Glory in the condition those Provinces which depend of his Government are in above all he ought very well to supply the Town of Namur its Neighbour has Courted it long because it opens to him a fair and large way all along the River Meuse I add to what I have said before concerning the Death of the Queen of Spain that seeing she has left no Successor through her Barrenness to the Crown of Spain so necessary for the good of the Kingdom and for the quiet of Christendom it appear'd as a kind of necessity for the one and the other that the King should forthwith think of entring into a second Marriage with some Princess of a fruitful Family I know that policy to endeavour to recover Portugal would advise to look on that Infanta but the sterility of the Queen of England her Aunt has made the Council of Spain to fear falling into the same accident again if France had had more Princesses to Marry that had been worthy of his Catholick Majesty's Choice as Spain may thank God it had not it had not fail'd to propose them to make up a match in the hopes thereby to have obtain'd a Neutrality because all those Marriages have always produc'd some advantages to France But having nothing to fear that way Spain has been oblig'd to turn towards Germany and to fix in the Family of the Prince Palatin Nienbourg there was still remaining there a beautiful Princess Sister to the Empress and to the Queen of Portugal though elder than this last she had no mind to go to Portugal by some certain foreknowledge she had such a Marriage would have contracted a more strict Allianee betwixt those Powers and Portugal the German Ladies are usually fruitful that Princess comes not from a House whose Interest should make them to desire Barrenness there being therefore nothing to sear on that side there is no question but that the Queen-Mother has us'd all her Power as well as the Empeperor to accomplish it and that on the contrary the French Emissaries have labour'd with all their subtleties to prevent it but their ill fortune has been such that their Credit has been very inconsiderable in those Courts they are like those petty Saints who no longer work Miracles and whose Feasts are over their falsehood is but too well known already all over Europe wherefore now they begin to take their March into the new World to the Kingdoms of China and of Siam where those good People believe that all