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 finding so much business on his hands, was utterly unable to attack George.

The Duke of Devonshire had no sooner passed the Appenines, than he broke into Catalonia, and over-running the whole province, sat down before Barcelona. All Spain was alarmed: terrified at the attack, the haughty minister himself saw the immediate necessity of appeasing George. He sent Ambassadors to Paris, to sue for peace, who met with no very favourable reception; they made many proposals which the King rejected; at last, George in a memorial, informed their court, that he would make peace on no other terms than the following,. That the King of Spain shall cede all the conquests of the English in the East and West-Indies to Great-Britain, as an indemnification for the expences of the war. . That the King of Spain shall acknowledge the