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and for that very realbn hateful to the Popifh 

 Cleri^y and Laity, they are under a moral Im- 

 poffibility of having fo much Influence to with- 

 draw iht American Settlements from the Obe- 

 dience of Spain : and befides, being under an 

 obligation by the principles of their Religion, 

 and their fundamental Conftitution, not to in- 

 vade the Property of another, the Spamards 

 have no caufe to fear any thing from them, pro- 

 vided they forbear Hoftilities on their part ; 

 but on the contrary may find them true and 

 faithful Allies, and ufeful to affifl: them in the 

 defence of their Country, if attacked by the 

 trench as in the late War : it being theintereft 

 of the icots as well as of the Spaniards^ to pre- 

 vent the acceffioa of the Crown of Spain to that 

 of France, 



Thefe things, together with the known En- 

 deavours of the fr^W:? to procure an Intereft a- 

 mongft the Natives of that Country, and e(pe>- 

 cially with Don Pedro and Corbet^ in order to a 

 Settlement, make ic evident enough that it is 

 the Intereft of Spain the Scots fhould rather 

 have it than the French^ who have already been 

 tampering with th^Spaniards as well as with 

 the Indians^ and doubt not to have a large (hare 

 of America whenever the King of Spain dies. 



But admitting that the Spaniards lliould fo far 

 miftake their Intereft, as to accept of the Prof- 

 fers of the french to expel the Scots, it is not im- 

 poffible for the latter to find ether Allies than the 

 £»^///Jtoaffift them witha naval Force to main- 

 tain their Poifeffion. E2 The 



