The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . far advancedbefore the new Governor of the Netherlands entered on his functions.^ William had saved the coalition from the danger of perishing bydisunion. I5ut by no remonstrance, by no entreat)-, by no bribe, couldLewis takes he prevail on his allies to be early in the field. They ought^ ^ to have profited by the severe lesson which had been given them in the preceding year. But again every one of them lingered, andwondered why the rest were lingering ; and again he who singly wieldedthe whole power of France was found, as his h
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . far advancedbefore the new Governor of the Netherlands entered on his functions.^ William had saved the coalition from the danger of perishing bydisunion. I5ut by no remonstrance, by no entreat)-, by no bribe, couldLewis takes he prevail on his allies to be early in the field. They ought^ ^ to have profited by the severe lesson which had been given them in the preceding year. But again every one of them lingered, andwondered why the rest were lingering ; and again he who singly wieldedthe whole power of France was found, as his haughty motto had longboasted, a match for a multitude of adversaries.^ His enemies, while ^ Narcissus Luttrells Diary. -Monthly Mercuries of Januaiy and April 1693; Burnet, ii. 84. In the Burnet MS. , is a warm eulogy on the Elector of Bavaria. When the MS. was written, he was alliedwith England against France. In the History, which was prepared for publication when hewas allied with France against England, the eulogy is omitted. ^ Nee pluribus i-i Iruliil . tl Urrnl , scriiit / friviuiltjiic /ilontiilijiir i.\cllioiouc , nuitiii / Jliidiij; vietririhiis ^/itris/Hvi >in-ocwuni., CasarU, attfiie Suis. Mtiii^if ^ iutuie\uti MifMiVi^ :ff »«r. MAXIMILIAN EMMANUEL, ELECTOR OF BAVARIAFrom an engraving by C. G. Amiing 2Z11 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xix still unready, learned with dismay that he had taken the field in personat the head i)f his nobilit\-. (^ii no oecasion had that i,^dlant aristocracyappeared with niore splendour in his train. .A sin^^le circumstance maysuOice to s^ive a notion of the pomp and luxury of his camp. Amongthe musketeers of his household rode, for the first time, a stripling Lof seventeen, who soon afterwards succeeded to the title of Duke ofSaint Siilion, and to w iiom we owe those inestimable memoirs whichha\e preserved, for the delight and instruction of maiiy lands and ofmany generations, the \i\i(l picture of a I^^
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