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 Charleroy, Courtray, and Aeth in the Spanih Provinces, to the King of Spain.

The Town of Dinant to the Bihop of Liege.

The Towns of Pignerol, Cazal, Sua, Montmelian, Nice, Villa Franca, all Savoy, and part of Piedmont to the Duke of Savoy.

The Cities of Treves, Germenheim, and the Palatinate; the County of Spanheim, Veldentz, and Dutchy of Deux-ponts; the County of Mombelliand, and ome Poeions of Burgundy; the Forts of Kiel, Fribourgh, St. Peterfort, Detoile, the Town of Philipsburgh, and mot of Alace, Eberenburg, and the Dutchy of Lorrain to the Empire: Has demolihed Hunningen, Montroyal, and Kernburg.

He has delivered up the Principality of Orange to the King of England.

Thee are vat Countries, and contain in bignes as much ground as the Kingdom of England, and maintain'd the King of France above 100000 Men; beides he had laid out vat Sums in the Fortifications he delivered up and demolihed. Add to this, his Kingdom is mierably impoverihed and depopulated by this War; his Manufactures much impaired; great Numbers of Offices have been erected, which like Leeches draw away the People's Blood; prodigious Debts contracted, and a mot beneficial Trade with England lot. Thee things being conidered, there can be litle danger of their hewing overmuch wantonnes, epecially for ome years; and yet till we mut be bullied by the name of France, and the Fear of it mut do what their Power could never yet effect: which is a little too gros, conidering they were enlaved by the ame mean. For in Lewis the XIth's Time, the French gave up their Liberties for fear of England, and now we mut give up ours for fear of France.

Secondly, Mot of King James's Englih and Irih forces which we have been o often threatned with, are dibanded; and he is aid to ubit upon his Majety's Charity, which will be ufficient Caution for his good behavionr.

Thirdly, The French Fleet, which was another Bugbear, exceeded not this year 20 Sail, nor attempted any Thing, though we had no Fleet out to oppoe them: