Spain . For among all the parties into which thatcourt was divided in one thoufand fix hundredand ninety eight, when this treaty was made,that of Auftria was grown the weakeft, by thedifguft taken at a German queen, and at therapacity and infolence of her favorites. TheFrench were looked upon with efteem and kind-nefs at Madrid; but the Germans were become,or growing to be, objects of contempt to theminifiers, and of averfion to the people. Theelectoral prince died in one thoufand fix hundredand ninety-nine. The ftar of Auftria, fo fatal toall thofe who were Obftacles to the ambition ofthat houfe, prevailed; as the elector exprelfedhimfelf in the firft pangs of his grief. The flateof things changed very much by his death. Thearchduke was to have Spain and the Indies,according to a fecond partition: and the Spaniards,who had exprelfed great refentment at the firft,were pufhed beyond their bearing by this. Theyfoon appeared to be fo; for the fecond treaty ofpartition was figned in March one thoufand feven:hundred; and the will was made, to the beft ofmy remembrance, in the Odober following. Ifhall not enter here into many particulars concern-ing thefe great events. They will be relatedfaithfully, and I hope fully explained, in a workwhich your lofdlhip may take the trouble veryprobably of perufmg fome time or other, andwhich I fhall rather leave, than give to thepublic. Something however mull be faid more*

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