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to reprefent the part the empirfs takes in this war as a ni;itter quite foreign to the common caufc, and no way coiineflfd witJi it, to tlie end that the allies may lei's niinJ it, and in return, that his party may appear the Jirongcr for it.. But befvJes that this artifice can- not impofe upon any body ;. the emprefs hopes that, with the help of God, her troops will foon enter the provinces of the king of Pruflia that make part of the Gerraaa em- pire.
And as on this occafion one muft expeul to meet with all the falfe imputations, which the em- prefs's allies are obliged to bear, as if the empire was invaded, its li- berties infringed,, and the protellant religion menaced ; her xajelly de- clares in the moft folemn manner, that.having taken part in the p:e- fent war only by virtue of her an- terior engagements, and after her reiterated declarations, that (he would not look with indifference on any invafion that Oiould be made by the king of Fruffia in the do- minions of her allies, but would afiift, with all her power, the party attacked,, did not produce the eifed; that was hoped from them ; and Gonfidering the firm refolution tak- en by the enemies of her allies to continue an unjull war, Ihe alio becomes more and more Heady in her def)gns„ as well as in her fincere delire to a-ft unanimoufly with them, aad to aiTift them ef- ficacioufly and vigoroufly, in order to procure juH faiisfadion to the parties aggrieved, and to fettle the ■general peace on terms that may be produdive of a folid and lading tranquillity. That, towards at- taining fo falutary an end,, the
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troops of her imperial majelly wilt endeavour to penetrate into the King of Prufiia's German domi- nions as far as poffiblc. That every one may periuade themfelves be- forehand, that on this occafion there will be no violation of the laws and liberties of Germany .3 bur, on the contrary, that even the inhabitants of the enemy's coun- tries Ihall cxpeiience, each in their Ration, as far as circumftunccs may permit, the effcds of her imperial majelly's benignity,, as appears already by. the permiffion Oie ha» given for carrying on a free trade- even in the places that may become- the feat of war: ;That as on the cccafion of the new motions the Ruflian troops are going to make in favour of the emprels's alliej,, they will be indifpenfably obliged to pafa through the territories of the republic of Poland, her impe- rial m?je.1y renews the affurances fhe has more than once given, that neither in this cccafional paffage,. nor in any other circumftance, will they ever dream of violating the rights and liberties of the republic,, whofe tranquillity will ever be dear to the emprefs: in fine, that what- ever may be the always uncertain events of war, her imperial majelly can beforehand affirm,.that her for- titude fh.ill not be Ihaken by them : that fhe never will recede from the eng;igennents Ihe has entered into with her allies,, not to treat fepa- rately about a truce or peace ; but that her majelly will faithfully and punftually perform whatever fhe has once promifed and de- clared.'*
Tranilation of the brief,, v.hick. the pope addrclfed to the emprefs qt'.een, when l\c conferred upo*
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