Let, 7.
17g
»ê'iàEdsi^it!»[ec1 thimsìtion,e oíhe selestheyàpeftiyeinm h
UW
lot K
S N
Sw
!, E
)fere, :
Fta
* 3 i
F 3
iii 2
toc
EiÌim**
&
on the upper and lower Rhine , in Denmark , inSweden , and in the provinces oí Germany belong-ing tho these two crowns ; on the l'vfediterranean,the Océan, and the Baltic. France íupported thisvvar with advantage on every hde : and when yourlordíhip considérs in vvhat manner it was carriedon against her, you will not be surpriíed that ihedid íó. Spain -had ípirit, but to !ìttle strengthto maintain her power in Siciîy, where Meílìuahad revolted ; to defend her frontier 011 that hdeoí the Pyrenees ; and to resist the gréât efforts ofthe French in the Low Countries. 1 he empirewas divided ; and, even among the princes whoacted against France , there was neither union intheir councils, nor concert in their projects, nororder in préparations, nor vigor in exécution : and,to say the truth, there was not, in the whole con-íederacy, a man whole abilities could make hima match for the prince of Conde or the maríhalof Turenne; nor many who were in any degreeequal to Luxemuurg, Grequi, Schomberg, andother générais of inferior note, who commandedthe armies of France . The emperor took this verytime to make new invasions on the liberties ofHungary , and to opprefs his protestant fubjects.The prince of Orange alone acted with invinciblefirmnefs, like a patriot, and a hero. Neither theséductions of F rance nor thofe of England, neitherthé temptations of ambition nor thofe of privâteinterest could make him fvverve from the trueinterest of his country, nor from the commoninterest of Europe . Fie had raiied more sièges,
N «
»