The history of the League. . of the League. 763 the means, of either continuing the ^^£^War, or of concluding a Peace, tothe advantage of his Country. There Heeded no more to perfwadea man fb knowing , and fb prudent,as was the Duke oiMty^nne : Tis tobe confefsd, that he was a Self lover,which is natural to all men ; but hewas alio a Lover of the CommonGood , which is the diftinguifhingcharacter of an Honefl: Man. Sincehe coud not himfelf pretend to theCrown, which he clearly faw it wasimpoffible for him to obtain, for ma-ny reafbns, he was refblvM no Fo*reigner (hould have it, nor even anyoth
The history of the League. . of the League. 763 the means, of either continuing the ^^£^War, or of concluding a Peace, tothe advantage of his Country. There Heeded no more to perfwadea man fb knowing , and fb prudent,as was the Duke oiMty^nne : Tis tobe confefsd, that he was a Self lover,which is natural to all men ; but hewas alio a Lover of the CommonGood , which is the diftinguifhingcharacter of an Honefl: Man. Sincehe coud not himfelf pretend to theCrown, which he clearly faw it wasimpoffible for him to obtain, for ma-ny reafbns, he was refblvM no Fo*reigner (hould have it, nor even anyother but that only Perfbn to whomit belonged rightfully, Religion beingfirft fecurd. He thereupon firmlypurposM from that time, both in re-gard of his particular intereft, andthat of the State, to oppofe whatfo-ever attempts fhould be made by theSpaniards, or by his own neareft Rela-tions, under any pretence or colour;which was undoubtedly one greatcaufe of the prefervation of which reafbn, that he mightC c c for. The Hifiory of the League. for ever cut off the Spaniards from allhope of procuring their Matter to bemade Prote&or of the Realm oftrance^ and confequently of havingin his hands the Government of theKingdom, and the concernments ofthe League, under this new Title, asthe Sixteen, who were already at hisDevotion, haddefignd; hepolitiek-ly told them in a full Affembly, thatfince the caufe of Religion was theonly thing, for which the Vnion wasingagdin this War which they hadundertaken, it wou d be injurious tothe Pope, to put themfelves under a-ny other prote&ion than that of hisHolinefs: Which Proposition was (ogladly receivd by all, excepting onlythe Faftion of Sixteen, that the Spa-niards were conftraind to defift, andto let their pretenfions Avh^lly fall. And to obviate the defign of cau~fing any other King to be Elected, be-fides the Old Cardinal of Bourbon^under whofe Name he govern d allthings; he procur d the Parliamentto verifie the Ordinance of the C
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