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of Juftice. And yet the Chief amongft them, Co-lonel Danvers , who in Spite of all the Vigilance thatcould be ufed had been always fearched for and al-ways concealed from the Time of the King’s Return,being at this Time apprehended and brought beforethe General, and by him fent with a Lieutenant anda Guard of Soldiers to the Tower, was refcued inCheapjide , and fo efcaped, all the Citizens lookingon without aiding the Officer,

This was the Profped that the King had of hisCondition and Affairs in this Confultation: Andtherefore if any Thing could have occurred thatmight probably have diverted this Storm, it wouldno Doubt have been embraced. But then the ex-ceeding Breach of Faith in entering into that Treaty ,the denying it afterwards, and concealing his En-gagement by it fo long after the War was enteredinto (which if He had not done the King couldnever have looked upon him as a fit Mediator), andthe Impoffibility of depending upon any Thing thatfhould be promifed for the future, were convincingArguments againft any fuch Reference of the Con-ditions to his Determination as was propofed, and■was the only Expedient that was propofed towardsthe making a Peace. It was well known that thechief Counfels of France , fince Mon/ieur Colbert en-tered upon the Miniflry, had been directed towardsthe Advancement of Manufactures at Home, bywhich They might have lefs Need of Commercewith their Neighbours; and for the ere&ing a Tradeabroad, with which They had been very little ac-quainted in former Times. And it was juftly to be