/|4 political pvognfs of Brit (nit. March 14* 



the second son of the dauphin of France, and grand-" 

 son of Lewis xiv. England determined, at all ha- 

 zards, to enforce the pretended right of the archduke 

 Charles, the second son of Leopold emperor of Ger- 

 many. The alleged reason was, lest Lewis fhould 

 itnite France and Spain under his own go vernment. 

 " We hastily engaged in a War," says Dr Swift, 

 " which hath cost us sixxr millioks; and after re- 

 " peated, as well as unexpected succefs in arms, hath 

 " put us and our posterity in a worse condition, not 

 " only than any of our allies, but than even our con^ 

 " quered enemies themselves*.''^ To complete the 

 farce, in the course of this war, the emperor him- 

 self died on the ist of May 1705, and about six 

 years after, his eldest son Joseph ; upon which, in 

 the year 1711, his second son Charles, who had been 

 our intended king of Spain, was declared emperor. 

 Hence, even upon our own 7nad principles ^ it became 

 Still more necefsary to oppose his succefsion than 

 that of the duke of Anjou. The war was, therefore, . 

 put to an end as fast as pofsible. By the peace, be- 

 sides Minorca and Gibraltar, we obtained a partial 

 right of trading to Spanifh America, which produced 

 the Spanifh war of 1739, and Nova Scotia, which 

 produced the French war in 1756. The v.'hole ori- 

 gin, progrefs and termination of this contest, displays 

 such a series of blunders as never, I hope, disgraced 

 any hiitory except our own. 



" Let tr-.ith employ tei thousand several to-giies, 



" And every torgae bring in a several talr, 



" And every tale condemn; us alitor nriad .tk'?." 



* The Conduct of' the AUie? . 



