The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford; Containing I. an Account of the Chancellor's Life from His Birth to the Restoration in 1660, II. a Continuation Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1759 edition. Excerpt: ...it: " And so bade the other to propose it. He, with some short Apology which He did not use to make, said, " that He perceived there would be little " less Difficulty in agreeing upon a Place for the " Treaty than upon any Doubts which might arise in " it; for if the King of France was to be gratified in " the Exclusion of Flanders, it would be very incon venient so oblige the King to send into Germany, " which by the great Delay would deprive the King of " the greatest Benefit He expected from the Treaty; "the " the speedy Dispatch whereof woyld be attended " with the greatest Conveniences: Therefore He had " proposed to the King, that He would immediately " write to the States-General without acquainting France with it, and offer to send his Ambajsadours to " treat the Peace at the Hague, that it might he fpee" dily concluded, which would otherwise take up much " Time in sending for any Resolution to the States upon " what should arise. If They consented to it, it would " probably be attended with Success, the general Affection " of the People being well known to desire Peace: And " // They refused it, the World would conclude that They " would have no Peace, when They would not treat about " it; and that his Majesty would never have done them " the Honour to have sent his Ambajsadours Home to " them, if He had intended to deny any Thing that was " reasonable to them" It was very new, and thought of by Nobody but the Lord Arlington and Sir William Coventry, who had communicated it together; and the Objection of the Condescension that it would seem to most Men, as if the King sent to beg a Peace at their own Doors, was obvious to all Men: But that would have been an Objection against admitting it to have been at Paris. But the States not being...