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I need not inform you, Sir, of our well concerted plan, which is, to keep New-England, South-Carolina and Georgia fully engaged to defend their own territories, in order to prevent their aſſiſling the intervening provinces, which will fall an easy prey, as their ports will be block’d up by our ſhips, and thoſe of his Catholic majeſty’s, who have alo a ſufficient number to divert the Engliſh ſquadrons, and keep them at home; at which time, with our numerous Indian allies, we ſhall enter the Engliſh provinces of New-York, Pennlylvania, Virginia, &c. Our Indian allies eaſtward, are to attack the eaſtward ſettlements; and his Catholic majeſty to tranſport a number of regulars from the Havanna, who are to attack Georgia and South-Carolina, which will be added to his other dominions of New-Spain; and his moſt Chriſlian majeſty to poſſeſ all the land from South-Carolina to Newfoundland.
I need not caution you, Sir, to conceal the contents of this letter, which you muſt be ſenſible ſhould remain an entire ſecret, left the Engliſh ſhould diſcover the meaſures we have concerted: and while they are amuſing themſelves with idle diſputes and debates, and one province contending, and promoting jealouſies, and raiſing groundleſs ſuſpicions of each other, without making any preparations for defence, let us unite as one body, as loyal ſubjects and good catholics, then ſhall we accompliſh our glorious undertaking, and ſing Te Deum, and celebrate mafs in thofe places which
