The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . - in finding such a jewel among the hoardsof gorgeous trinkets which had been left by Charles the Fifth andShrewsbury to William, June If. 1694. William to Shrewsbury, July i.; Shrewsburx to TTi*ii* Tune 22. \Villiam, -=-.— July ANNE JULES, DUKE DE NOAILLES, MARSHAL OF FRANCEFrom an engraving by (>. Edelinck, after a painting by H. Rigaud 2454 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xx rhilip the Second to a des^enerate race, l^iit, in all that constitutesthe true wealth of states, Spain was poor indeed. Her treasury wasenipt\ : her arse
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . - in finding such a jewel among the hoardsof gorgeous trinkets which had been left by Charles the Fifth andShrewsbury to William, June If. 1694. William to Shrewsbury, July i.; Shrewsburx to TTi*ii* Tune 22. \Villiam, -=-.— July ANNE JULES, DUKE DE NOAILLES, MARSHAL OF FRANCEFrom an engraving by (>. Edelinck, after a painting by H. Rigaud 2454 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xx rhilip the Second to a des^enerate race, l^iit, in all that constitutesthe true wealth of states, Spain was poor indeed. Her treasury wasenipt\ : her arsenals were unfurnished : her ships were so rotten thatthey seemed likel)* to fl} asunder at the discharge of their own ragged and starving soldiers often mingled with the crowd ofbeggars at the doors of convents, and battled there for a mess ofpottage and a crust of bread. Russell underwent those trials which noEnglish commander whose hard fate it has been to cooperate withSpaniards has escaped. The Viceroy of Catalonia promised much, didnothing, and expected every thing. He declared that three hundred andfifty thousand rations were ready to be served out to the fleet atCarthagena. It turned out that there were not in all the stores ofthat port provisions sufficient to victual a s
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