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s._n letter_n xxviii_o of_o the_o french_a resolution_n to_o elude_v any_o advantage_n the_o english_a may_v receive_v by_o the_o war._n my_o lord_n have_v already_o give_v your_o lordship_n a_o account_n how_o our_o king_n be_v bring_v into_o the_o alliance_n with_o france_n and_o to_o engage_v in_o a_o second_o dutch_a war_n i_o shall_v now_o proceed_v to_o set_v forth_o the_o insincerity_n of_o the_o french_a friendship_n and_o how_o little_a benefit_n our_o king_n be_v to_o reap_v thereby_o in_o case_n of_o success_n and_o the_o method_n they_o have_v to_o elude_v he_o though_o their_o chief_a design_n be_v to_o destroy_v holland_n yet_o they_o intend_v england_n shall_v reap_v no_o benefit_n thereby_o but_o rather_o decrease_v and_o truckle_n under_o they_o for_o that_o they_o mean_v nothing_o less_o than_o the_o real_a performance_n to_o our_o king_n of_o his_o share_n in_o the_o project_v division_n of_o the_o enemy_n country_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v their_o motto_n 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