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Charles the Eleventh, and the minority of his son, which appeared to promisean easy and successful opportunity of attacking the country, would probablyeven then have interrupted it. During this interval of peace, no neglect hadtaken place in the Swedish navy, and when, toward the close of the century,the northern potentates, with the king of Denmark at their head, had endea-voured to take a paltry advantage of the king’s minority : the Swedish navy,aided by the appearance of an united squadron, sent.thither from England, andfrom Holland, put an instant period to the dispute, almost without the appear-ance of having used force. Thus it was that the young Charles, whose tur-bulent conduct subsequently proved him scarce worthy of 60 much patronage,was left in the most perfect and tranquil dominions by the treaty of Tra-vendahl.

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