The Historical Register, Containing an Imperial Relation of All Transactions, Both Civil and Military, Foreign and Domestick, That Happen'd During the First Seventeen Months of the Reign of King George, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Historical Register, Containing an Imperial Relation of All Transactions, Both Civil and Military, Foreign and Domestick, That Happen'd During the First Seventeen Months of the Reign of King George, Vol. 2: Wherein Is Contain'd, Articles of Impeachment Against Henry Viscount Bolingbroke, Articles of Impeachment Against James Duke of Ormond, Articles of Impeachment Against Thomas Earl of StraffordArticles of that Treaty, by nihieh it was agreed, That when the Allies came once to open War, it [hall he lawful for neither of them afterwards to conte to any Ge¿'istion of Arms with him who [hall he deciaf' and proclaimed an Enemy, without it he done conjointly and with common Con/int, and that no Negocia tion of Peace [hall he fit on foot by one of the Allies, without the Concurrence of the other, and that each Ally ¿ail continu ally and from Time to Time impart t'o thr other every thing that pa¿'es in the [laid Negotiation. And in and by a Treaty en ter'd into and concluded, on or about the Month of from 1703, between her late Majelty Queen Anne of ever blefi' fed Memory, and the states-general, it was, among other Things, agreed, That all Treaties and Alliances then fuh¿¿é ing between them fhoald he returned and confirmed And whereas a long, bloody, and expenfive War, had been ry'd on by her late Maicay, in Conjuna'ion with her {aid Allies, and other Confederate Princes, again¿: France and Spain, as well in Refcntment of the Indignity Offered to thefe Kingdoms, by their having acknowledged the Pre tender King of thefie Realms, as for obtaining a jolt Satill faction, to his Imperial Majelty, and for the. Prelkrvatioh orthe Preteftant Religion and the Balla'nce and Liberties of Europe, and from the great Succefl'ei Jith which it had pleaf'ed Almighty God to blefs the Cbnfederate Arms, they had juft Reafon to hbpe for an honourable, fafe, and lalling Peace, and altho' the French Kingwas encouraged, in or about the Month of April 1111, to shake Propofiti 011s of Peace to her late Majelly, ligned by Monfieur cle 7img, hls Secretary of Stat'e, which her faid Majeliy ha ving pleal'ed to communicate to the Miniliers of the States General, ihe did, however, graciou¿y declare, by Henry Vifcount Boiinghrohe, then Henry St. Fohn Efg, and one of her principal Secretaries of State, her Sentiments to them, that the [kid Propo/c'tions were too general, and, at the fame Time, the faid Vil'count did, in her Majefiy's Name, and by her fpecial Command, give them her utmofi and molt folemn Allurances, that in making Peace, as in making War, fhe would ail in perfet'i Concert with them In which Senti4\ ments the States concurring with her Maiefty, reciproc g, Afl'urance's of mutual Confidence, fa necell'ary to prevent the Dcfigtls of the Enemy, were returned by them to her Maie¿y: Notwith¿anding which.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.