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 ¬antipathies have been exasperated and confirmed. You will not, therefore, be surprized, that when Capetia saw this domestic quarrel she should seize the opportunity of turning it to her own advantage. — In the cause of it she could take no other interest than mischief, as the colonies of Armata were contending for their liberties; whereas the Capetians had been for ages the de- voted subjects of a monarchy nearly despotic, and seemed to glory in their degradation.— The apologists of Capetia have said that her king was advised to assist the revolted subjects of Armata at a distance, to turn the thoughts of his people from disturbing their own government at home: but be that as it may, a large army was sent by him beyond the seas, was encamped with the insurgents, and fought side by side with them in Hesperia — became enthusiasts in their cause, and was schooled for the first time in the princi- ples of a free government, to which the Capetian people had before been strangers. — To maintain this auxiliary army, and to support the war which was of course declared against her for ¬this ¬