a6o A Sketch of the H i s t o k y Let. 8.

according to the scheme of the allies; or whilfì,the latter íubmitting likewise, Philip had evacuatedSpaín , the hìgh allies might hâve gone togetherby the ears about dividing the spoil, and disposingof the crown of Spain . To theíe issues were thingsbrought by protracting the war; by refuíìng tomake peace, on the principles of the grand allianceat worst, in one thousand seven hundred and fix;and by refusing to grant it, evën on those of thenew plan, in one thousand seven hundred and ten.Such contingent events as I hâve meruioned stoodin prospect before us. The end of the war wasremoved out of light; and they, who clamoredrather than argued for the continuation of it, con-tented themfelves to affirm, that France was notenough reduced, and that no peace ought to bemade as long as a prince of the h ou se of Bourbonremained on the Spaniíh throne. When they wouldthink France enough reduced, it was impossibleto gueís. Whether they intended to join the Im-périal and Spanish crowns on the head of Charles,who had declared his irrévocable résolution to con-tinue the war till the conditions infìíìed upon atGertrudenberg were obtained : whether they in-tended to bestow Spain and the Indies on fomeother prince: and how this gréât alternation in theirown plan íliould be effected by common consent:how possession fliould be given to Charles, orto any other prince, not only of Spain but of ailthe Spaniíh dominions out of Europe , where theattachaient to Philip was at least as strong as inCafìile, and where it would not be fo eafy, the