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there was a plain force to imply the Emperor's consent to it. I shall have no more to say to this, but to observe One or Two of the Articles which make a little to the Purpose.
«As soon as the Evacuation shall be begun, there shall be granted and published, in favour of all the Inhabitants of Catalonia, and of the Isles, Clergy and Laity, of what Rank soever, a general Amnesty and perpetual Oblivion of all that has been done by them during this War, and upon that Account, in any Place or Manner whatsoever, against the Parties in War, &c. Nor shall any be given on these accounts to the Catalans and the inhabitants of the isles.
»And forasmuch as the Plenipotentiaries of the Power which withdraws his Troops out of Catalonia and the said Isles, have farther insisted to obtain before the Evacuation, the enjoyment of the Privileges of the Catalans, &c; and since on the part of France and her Allies, that Affair has been referred entire to the Conclusion of the Peace her Britannick Majesty has made reiterated Declarations, That she will use her belt Offices where ever they shall be necessary, to the end, that hereafter the Catalans, &c. may enjoy their Priviledges, with which the said Plenipotentiary acquiesced, in as much as the most Christian King, has declared by his Plenipotentiaries, that he would concur with to the same end on which Condition her Majesty made her self Guarrantee.»
Now, if her Majesty did insist on these Proviso's, in stipulating for the Priviledges of the Catalans, it must certainly be acknowledg'd that her Sollicitations could no way have failed but for want of weight, and that her Demands became much less
