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 Lorrain out of his Country for his greater ſecurity: Thus widen'd my Dominions, and got the laſting Name of Lewis le Grand.

Q. What did your Majeſty deſign, when you drew down your Forces against Saſs Ghent?

A. To force the Dutch to a Neutaility, to their utter deſtruction, that when I have ſettled the Peace of Spain, I might have fallen on them with the greater Fury, and reduc'd them to their ancient Obedience, but the Cunning toads, ſmok'd my deſign, put their Country under Water, and ſhamm'd me of till they rais'd an Army.

Q. What has your Majeſty got by the war in Flanders?

-A. As little as I got by the EngliſſiEngliſh [sic] and Dutch Fleets; the loſs of a whole Province, my Newfoundland Fleet, and my Men of War at Vigo, laid me under ſtrange apprehenſion; of Fear; however to conſole my Subjects, I gave out we had deſtroy'd Ten Engliſh Ships and Five Dutch; Landed all the Plate; Beat the Germans in Italy; and Sung Te Deum for it, as I at all other times when I was bear: And and [sic] to encreaſe their BellefBelief [sic] of it, I gave out I would have a ſwinging Fleet out next year, and Pepper the Engliſh for it, but the Devil abit a know where to have them. In ſhort, if I make ſuch another Summeas Wo kon't, adieu dear Flanders, and Spanish Weſt Indies.

Q. Which is the greateſt check to your Majeſties Ambition.

A. Thoſe Termagant Engliſh, that fought ſo like Devils at Liege and Vigo, Damn'd ſower Fellows, that ſwallow Gun Powder like Beef and Pudding, and Fight as they Eat, without Fear or Grace; Poor Chaterenault complain'd plaguely of their want of Ceremony. Then there's that Deviliſh Fellow Prince Eugene, was certainly begot by a clap of Thunder, born with a Sword in his Hand, and Rid upon a Cannon in ſtead of a Hobby Horſe; I dread his coming into Italy again, as much as I do a by the Engliſh and