4J4 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1758.
The court of France faw very well that fhe could not clai -- the xight of refufing the capiiuiution of the treaty of Clofter-feven, with- out giving the fame right to his Britannic majefty. In order, there- fore, to throw a falfe glofs upon the explanation of the treaty, it pretends 'That theKingof France,
- out of his zeal for his allies and
- the empire, approved of the con-
- dudl of Marflial Richelieu ; and
- to render the capitulation more
- folid, his majefty propofed to add
- to it fome explanations, to fix the
- fenfe of it in fo clear a manner,
- as to obviate every falfe interpre-
- tation ; explanations which the
- court of Copenhagen and Count
- Lynar had found conformable to
- the true fenfe of the capitulation.'
But this tale is abfolutely con- trary to the true ftate of things. The court of France declared, that it would not acknowledge the vali- dity of the convention, unlefs the
new terms which it intended to add were agreed to, and the auxiliary troops were difarmed. This cir- cumltance, which is moft clearly related in Count de Lynar's letter, which is known to the court of Co- penhagen, and which was the caufe that the guaranty of that court was not fought, is alfo mentioned in Marfhal Richelieu's own letter, an- nexed to the Parallel. His words are as follow: * His Danifh ma-
- jedy having offered to guaranty
- them (the articles of the coiiven-
- lion) the king'my mailer thinks,
- that before he figns his accept-
- ance of them, it will be proper
- to obviate fome obfcurities which
- might occafion difficulties in the
- execution, which has been fuf-
' pended reciprocally uponwordsof
- honour, to make no alteration in
- their fubftance, and always to ex-
- ecute them, when both fides have
- cometoanunderftandingrelating
- to any doubts that may arife.'
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