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*' county of JCent, are to compose a frontier in the 

 *' liands of his most christian mejestj. The isles (f 

 *' Wight, Anglesea, and Man, must be delivered up 

 *' to their High Mightinefses for the convenience cf 

 '" importing gin, and you must likewise permit tlieni 

 ■*' to catch and cure pilchards on the coast of Corn- 

 *' wall. To Ireland jou never had anj title but 

 ■" that of a robber, and as you are detested by the 

 *' whole nation, to the very last man, it is necef- 

 *' sary, for preserving the balance of power, to de- 

 *' clare them independent. As for the rest of 

 ■*' your dominions, we have brought you a German 

 *' master, born at the distance of a thousand 

 •' miles, a stranger to your country, your laws, 

 *' your manners, and your language. In defence of 

 *' his ri^ht, we have disembarked on the coast of 

 *' Yorkfliire two hundred thousand araied ruffians ; 

 " and unlefs you instantly acknowledge him as src- 

 " cefsory we ihall spread desolation from Caithnefs 

 " to the land's end. If his Danifli majesty declines 

 " to afsist us in opposing his son-in-law, our adnii- 

 •*' rak have orders to beat Copenhagen about his 

 "" ears. We are perfectly determined ; and before 

 " we give up the point, we fliall spend the last drop 

 " of our blood, and the last farthing of our money ; 

 " besides diving into more debt than our j>oster)ty 

 *' can pay off in an hundred generations," Pcrliap* 

 you may fancy this stile a burlesque ; but the di- 

 vision of the territories of a great nation was 

 denounced in a tone of more outrageous inso- 

 lence. On the news of this projected partition, 

 Charles, to disappoint such harpies, transferred his 

 dominions, b}' a testament, to Philip Duke of Anjou, 



