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had paíTed the Dyle — the depnties of the Statesonce more tied up his hands, took from him anopportunity too fair to be lost; for these, I think,were semé of the terms of his complaint: and inshort the confederacy received an affront at least,where vve might hâve obtained a victory. Let thisthat has been said serve as a fpecimen of the inde-pendency on the Queen, her councils, and hergénérais, vvith winch these povvers acted in thecourse of the war; who were not aíhamed to fìndfault that the Queen, once, and at the latter endof it, presumed to suspend the opérations of hertroops till farther order. But bè it that tlieyforesavv what this farther order would be; theyforesaw then, that as foon as Dunkirk íhould beput into the Queen’s hands, íhe would consent toa suspension of arms for two months, and invitethem to do the faîne. Neither this foresight, northe strong déclaration which thé biíhop of Bristolmade by the Queen’s order at Utrecht , and whichíhowed them that her résolution was not taken tosubmit to the league into which they had entefedagainft her, could prevail on them to make aright use of these two months, by endeavouringto renew their union and good understanding vviththe Queen ; though I can say vvith the greatesttruth, and they could not doubt of it at the time,that fhe would hâve gone more than half-way tomeet them, and that her ministers would hâvedoue their utmost to bring it about. Even thenwe might hâve resumed the superiority we beganto lofe in the congress; for, the Queen and the