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A Letter to Her Majesty from Junta of the Military
Arm of Catalonia.
Sacred Royal Majesty,
THE Principality of Catalonia being free from the heavy Yoke suffered by the violent Oppression of France, and restor'd to the Center of its Felicity, under the easy and desired Dominion of our adored Monarch Charles III. (who God protect) wherennto your Majesty has been pleas'd to contribute so powerfully by the Forces of your Crown, is indispensably obliged, prostrate at the Royal Feet of your Majesty, to an Eternal Acknowledgment of so soveraign a Favour, with repeated Thanks to your Majesty for the Quality, Number, and Goodness of the Troops which have acted with singular Regularity, punctual Obedience, and inimitable Valour; as also for the Choice of the General, my Lord the Earl of Peterborough, who commands them, since there is none that can exceed him in Valour, and few who can equal him in understanding the Art of War: His Discretion, Affability, and Gentleness, are the attractive Loadstone of the Hearts of the Catalonians, who love and respect him for his Person, and for his Character of your Majesty's General; and hope from your Majefty's Goodnefs, and the generous Strength of the English Nation, a Continuation, with the
greatest Efficacy of effectual Succours, for maintaining the Principality under the gentle Dominion
of our King and Lord, and for promoting the great Work of restoring him to the Throne of his Ancestors.
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