disown the Affront put upon the French Ambassador at Rome and to give Satisfaction for the same p. 45 Cheo p. 171 Choiseul Claudius Count de Marshal of France p. 280 Christine Queen of Sweden comes into France to see the King p. 10 11 Circles of Germany declar against the King p. 207 Clergy The Assembly of the French Clergy in the Year 1682. p. 184 Constine Armond du Cambout Duke de Peer of France wounded at che Passage of the Rhine p. 91 Colbert John Baptist Minister and Secretary of State his Character p. 28 29 Colbert Charles Marquis de Croissi French Plenipotentiary at Nimhegen p. 166 Cologne Affairs of Cologne p. 199 Compte French Compte Conquer'd p. 68 Restored p. ib. Conquer'd a second time p. 114 Conde Lewis of Bourbou II. Prince of his Victories and Character p. 5 Commands the French Army in Holland p. 86 Beats the Allies near Senef p. 117 Forces them to raise the Siege of Hagenau p. 132 Conde Henry Julius Prince of besieges and takes Limburgh p. 128 Coni the Siege raised p. 230 Conti Lewis Francis Prince of signalizes himself at Steenkirk and Neerwinden p. 239 248 Is Elected King of Poland p. 299 Corsairs of Africa chastised p. 171 Crequy Duke of is insulted at Rome by the Pope's Guards p. 39 40 Crequy Francis de Marshal of France Commands a flying Body p. 65 Defeats Marlin p. 66 Is routed by the Dukes of Zell and Lorrain p. 133 Forces Prince Charles of Lorrain to repass the Rhine p. 151 Takes Friburgh p. ibid. D. Darmstadt Landgrave of signalizes himself in the defence of Barcelona p. 301 Dauphin Lewis Dauphin of France only Son to LEWIS the Great His Birth and Education p. 170 171 Besieges and takes Philipsburgh p. 203 Commands in Germany p 224 Commands in Flanders p. 255 Prevents the Enemy from forcing the French Lines p. 256 Dauphin Invasion of the Allies of that Province p. 241 Deinse opens its Gate p. 270 Denmark delares against France p. 111 Conquers many places from the Swedes p. 159 Obliged to restore them p. 166 Makes a defensive League with Holland p. 288 Descent made by the English in Cameret-Bay p. 261 By the Dutch in a small Island p. 122 Diepe see Bombardment Diet of Ratisbonne p. 175 176 Differences betwixt France and Spain about the Precedency p. 33 Betwixt the Duke of Crequy and the Nephews of Alexander VII p. 41 Betwixt two Religious Orders about the Doctrine of Grace p. 70 Betwixt the Empire and France concerning the Limits p. 175 176 Betwixt France and Spain about the Limits in Flanders p. 178 About the Succession in the Palatinate p. 194 About the Franchises of the Ambassador's Quarters at Rome p. 196 Dinant taken by the Marshal de Crequy p. 128 Dixmuyden surrendred p. 178 56 Doesburgh surrendred p. 92 Dole besieged and taken by the King p. 97 Doway taken after a Siege of two days p. 116 Duells severely chastised p. 65 Dunkirk taken p. 13 Delivered up to the English p. 47 48 Bought by the King p. ibid. Bombarded see Bombardment Duquesne Lieutenant General of the King 's Marine Forces his Off-spring p. 137 Defeats Admiral Ruiter ib. Burns eight Tripolin Vessels in the Port of Chio. p. 171 E. Edicts of Nantes and Nismes p. 190 191 Emperour see Leopold Electors of the Empire declare unanimously against France p. 207 England subject to great Revolutions p. 210 Entrance of the King and Queen in Paris p. 20 Estrades Count d' afterwards Marshal of France his Difference with the Spanish Ambassadour Batteville in London p. 33 Plenipotentiary and French Ambassadour at Nimhegen p. 166 Estrees Francis Hannibal II. Duke d' Peer of France Ambassadour at Rome the Pope does not abolish the Franchises of Quarters till after his Death p. 196 Estree John Count d' Marshal and Vice-Admiral of France p. 171 Estree Caesar Cardinal d' sent to Rome to endeavour an Accommodation with Pope Innocent XI p. 184 F. Fariau defends Mastrick p. 103 Fenelon Francis de Polignac Fenelon Preceptor of the Children of France p. 285 Fleets see Sea-Fights Formular against the five Propositions of Jansenius subscribed p. 77 Fortifications above 220 are Erected by the King's Order since 1660. p. 168 France its Pre-eminency p. 30 31 Its Fertitility p. 253 254 Franchises of the Ambassadour's Quarters abolished by Innocent XI p. 196 Frankendahl taken p. 204 Friburgh taken p. 151 Granted to the King by the Peace of Nimhegen p. 160 Fuente Marquis of Spanish Ambassadour declares that the Ministers of Spain shall not dispute about the Precedency with those of France p. 37 38 Furnes taken p. 244 Furstenbergh William Eugene is seised at Cologne and carried to Viena p. 112 Chosen Co-adjutor of Cologne Innocent XI refuses to confirm it p. 201 202 G. Gap abandoned p. 242 Genneses disoblige the King p. 172 Genoa bombarded see Bombardment They send their Doge with four Senators to make their Submission to the King p 173 Ghnet besiged and taken by the King p. 154 156 Gigery taken abandoned p. 56 Guesne Archbishop of Primate of Poland calls together a Diet for the Election of a King of Poland p. ib. Proclaims the Prince of Conty King of Poland p. 299 Grave besieged and surrendred to the Prince of Orange p. 120 121 122 Gray taken p. 114 Gregory VII the first who pretended to depose an Emperour p. 186 Groll a strong Place taken p. 93 Guillestre in Dauphine p. 242 Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden p. 10 H. Hageneu besieged by Count Montecuculi raises the Siege p. 132 Harlay Nicolas Augustus de Count of Celi French Plenipotentiary at the Conferences of Frankfurt p. 175 And at the General Peace p. 291 Haw Don Lewis de Premier Minister of Spain p. 18 Havre de Grace see Bombardment Heidelbergh the Capital of the Palatinate taken by the Marshal de Lorge p. 246 Hesse Landgrave of raises the Siege of Eberenburgh p. 243 Holland the Commonwealth of its Origin Progress Reputation Varity p. 82 83 Loses above forty Places in one Campaign p. 84 Hollanders assisted by the King against the Bishop of Munster and the King of England p. 58 59 The Chief Promoters of all the Alliances against France see Leagues Humiers Marshal d' takes Aire p. 135 Is repulsed at Walecourt p. 214 Huy taken by the French p. 128 Retaken by the Allies p. 258 I. JAMES II. King of England retires into France p. 211 212 Passes over into Ireland p. 214 Returns to France after the Battle of the Boyne p. 225 Goes to the Sea-side in hopes of making a Descent in England p. 231 Jansenisme its Origin Progress and Condemnation p. 70 71 72 Janson Toussain Cardinal d' Bishop of Beauvais p. 294 Imperial Cardinal Governour of Rome comes into France to justifie himself p. 45 46 Innocent XI the Pope his Character writes three Briefs to the King about the Regale p. 182 Annuls the Acts of the Assembly of the French Clergy p. 185 Refuses his Bulls to the
Leopold I. demanding Succours from our King he sent him six thousand chosen Men. These Troops had signaliz'd themselves in many Encounters but more particularly in the Battle fought near St. Goddard Seven or eight thousand of the bravest among the Infidels having pass'd unperceiv'd by the Christians a River which parted both their Camps charged the right Wing of the last with such incredible fury that they made them give way without much opposition In all human appearance the whole Christian Army must have been put to an entire rout if the French who were in the left Wing had not come up very opportunely with the Turks and like lightning charged thro' them with so much bravery that they put them in confusion and made such a slaughter among them that five or six thousand remained dead upon the spot To be short the Victory was compleat they brought off a great many Standards and Colours and sixteen pieces of Cannon most of the abovementioned Turks being either slain or drown'd in the River Those few that escaped by flight put the whole Turkish Camp into such a consternation that the Grand Visier notwithstanding he had yet remaining with him an Army of above forty thousand Men in few days after concluded a Truce with the Imperialists As the French succors had been of great consequence to the Emperor The King's protection of the Dutch against the Bishop of Munster 1665. so the protection which the King was pleased to afford to the Hollanders stood them in no less stead against Bernard Van Galen then Bishop of Munster a Man of a turbulent Spirit better qualifi'd for a General than a Prelate For the King of England having declar'd War against them had at the same time stir'd up the Bishop who being a troublesome Neighbour to the Dutch never wanted pretensions but only an opportunity to quarrel with them being a Man aspiring and bold to undertake any thing and at that time when he was so well provided with good Forces and other things requisite for such an undertaking The Hollanders had all the reason in the World to be surprized at this unexpected rupture as having liv'd for five Years in perfect Tranquility and consequently disbanded their Troops except such as serv'd in Garrisons on their Frontier places The Bishop taking advantage from the ill State of their Troops made an irruption into their Territories and over-run entirely one of their Provinces where he made himself Master of their Cities and ravaged the Countrywhere-ever he came which struck such a consternation into the adjacent Provinces that it was feared they would scarce have Courage enough to resist his Victorious Arms. In this perplexity having made their Addresses to our King he order'd six thousand Foot and two thousand Horse instantly to march to their relief Hitherto nothing had been able to put a stop to the Current of the Conquests of the Bishop but the terrour of the Force of France had such a Powerful influence over him that he began to abate immediately of his fierceness and in less than three Months time matters were brought to a composition by Virtue of which he was obliged to disband his Troops to Surrender to the States all that he had taken and restore to them their former Tranquillity The Hollanders being by the Treaty of Cleves delivered from the fear of this troublesome Enemy The Dutch protected against the English 1666. they now apply'd themselves with all their might to the prosecution of the War against the English The States-General had at the first beginning of the War sollicited the King for succours against the English or at least his Mediation for the composing of the differences betwixt them The King at their request sent a Solemn Embassy to London to offer his Mediation which being accepted of by the King of England the Conferences were began in London But King Charles II. having happily suppress'd some tumultuous Assemblies of the Fanatick Party which hitherto had kept matters in suspense without expecting the issue of this Negotiation order'd his Fleet to put out to Sea in quest of the Dutch even in their Ports Our King having all the reason in the World to be dissatisfied with the King of England enter'd into to a League offensive with the States-General Thus the War being kindled 1665 1666. it broke out into so violent a Flame that for two Summers successively the Seas betwixt the English and Flanders Coast seem'd to be all on Fire there being nothing to be heard of but slaughter and the thundering of Cannons In these several most bloody Engagements neither party could boast of any real advantage over the other the Victory inclining one time on one and at another on the other side both parties at the same time claiming the Honour of the Victory and dissembling their losses The Hollanders notwithstanding they much flatter'd themselves with the Honour they believed to have gain'd against their Enemies yet were very desirous of Peace these Demi-triumphs and the loss of so many brave Seamen being but a slender recompence for the damage they receiv'd in the interruption of their Commerce The English irritated more by shame than the consideration of their losses left no Stone unturn'd to break this Alliance and to draw our King from the Dutch Interest but in vain for the King protesting he would not abandon his Allies a Peace was soon after concluded at Breda July 31 1667. which was very advantageous to the States About two Months before the conclusion of this Treaty the King was enter'd Flanders with a considerable Force to do himself Justice on the just Pretensions of the Queen Her right was so unquestionable on the Dutchy of Brabant and its Dependencies upon part of Gueldres upon Luxemburgh the Franchè Comtè Mons Antwerp Cambray Malines Limbourg Namur and some other places on the Meuse that the King having taken the Advice of the most Famous Lawyers of the Low-Countries upon the point in question under borrow'd Names they were unanimously of opinion that her Right was indisputable According to the Custom of these Provinces it is an Establish'd Law that the Children begotten in the first Marriage become Heirs to the Possessions of their Parents immediately after the Decease of one of them the Survivor enjoying only the benefit of them during Life Philip IV. King of Spain had by Isabella his first Spouse only two Children to wit Prince Balthasar one Son and one Daughter since Queen of France who surviving the Prince these Provinces by right of Succession pursuant to the Custom of the Country which regulates as well the right of Succession in respect to Soveraigns as private Persons were devolved to her It must be confess'd that at the time of her Marriage they had taken this precaution to make her renounce all her Rights and Pretensions to those Provinces but besides the Act it self was so defective in Form and full of Nullities that according to the
Prince so they left no Stone unturn'd to thwart his Design and to stop the career of his good Fortune Among others Charles IV. then Duke of Lorrain was one of the most active against him Conduct of the Duke of Lorrain He was a Person equally dexterous in advising and executing a brave Soldier and great Captain but the most unquiet and inconstant of all Men living whose delight being to fish in troubled Waters was always in motion always raising Soldiers always in the Field making a Trade of Soldiery choosing one side to Day and another to Morrow pillaging without distinction his Subjects his Friends and Foes a Character more suitable to a Cham of Tartary than to a Soveraign of a small Principality whose Interest is to be gentle and live peaceably and to observe either an exact Neutrality or to shelter himself under the Protection of the most Potent of his Neighbouring Princes Lewis XIII having seized upon Lorrain to chastise the Duke for his many malicious Intrigues he marched with his Troops into Flanders where he gather'd vast Riches by selling their Service at an excessive rate at the beginning of each Campaign putting his Soldiers Pay into his own Pocket and affording them no other Subsistence than full liberty to live at Discretion where-ever they came and to Pillage the Country at pleasure The loud Complaints of the People the little account the Duke made of the Spanish Ministers with whom he would frequently make his Sport having at last occasioned great Jealousies against him he was secured and not set at liberty till after the Conclusion of the General Peace By vertue of this Treaty he was restored to his Dominions but refusing to accept of these Conditions some more favourable were agreed on in a particular Treaty concluded not above two or three Days before the Death of Cardinal Mazarine The next following Year the said Duke having a Disgust at his Family proposed his two Dutchies as a Gift to the King and as a Pledge of his sincere Intentions offered to surrender Marsal into his Hands In Febr. 1652. The Treaty was no sooner concluded and signed but the Duke according to his wonted custom began to make many Evasions and by several Delays fifteen or sixteen Months passed without the least probability of performing his Promise till finding the place invested by the King's Troops who were ready to Besiege it he was constrained to deliver it up During the Wars in Flanders 1663. it was much against his Will that he assisted the King with four or five Regiments as it plainly appear'd the Year following when he left nothing unattempted to debauch them After the Conclusion of the Peace at Aix la Chapelle it was the Wonder of all the World to see him augment his Troops to make new Levies and enter into new Alliances The King was not wanting on his side to give him timely notice that he was not ignorant of those Transactions but his ill Stars having made him insensible of his true Interest and incapable of receiving good Council he continued his former course till the King found himself under an absolute Necessity to drive him out of his Dominions The Duke was so generally hated The King seises upon Lorrain 1670. that there appear'd not any Body that shew'd the least inclination to espouse his Interest much less to lend a helping hand towards his Restauration He himself seem'd not much concerned at his Loss it being more suitable to his Inclinations to march from place to place at the Head of a good Body of his Troops than to lie idle at Mirecourt his ordinary Residence in the Dukedom of Lorrain Living in expectation of the next War he imployed most of his time in making Cabals against France being chiefly encouraged by the Hollanders who at that time made it their Business to embroil Europe and consequently were extreamly glad to have met with a Prince of his Character who might be very serviceable to them in spreading about fears and jealousies thereby to raise against the King so many Enemies as might under pretence of protecting this Prince serve as a Check to the Greatness of France A fatal Maxim of State which had almost proved the Destruction of the United Provinces and in effect brought them to the very brink of ruine This Commonwealth Causes of the Dutch War which in the last Age was no more than a handful of Men confined to a small corner of the World penn'd in betwixt the Fenns and Waters was since become so rich by its Commerce so famous by several Victories so dreadful for its Power and prudent Management that they were the admiration of the World But for four or five Years past they had been so much blinded with Vain-glory and their Affluence of Fortune that by their Vanities they had drawn upon themselves the hatred of all their Neighbours They had been so insolent as to cause several Medals to be made containing very injurious Reflections against Crowned Heads among the rest there was one representing Hollandia leaning upon many Trophies with this Inscription That she had restored vigour to the Law reformed Religion protected maintain'd and reconcil'd Kings clear'd the Seas and secured the Common Tranquillity by the force of her Arms. After the Conclusion of the Peace of Aix la Chapelle they made it their Boast that it was by their means that the Spanish Netherlands had been preserved and that they had stop'd the Career of the King's Conquests and Victories They did without intermission form Cabals in all Courts of Europe being very prodigal of their Money to set on foot new Alliances against him and that with so little respect to his Person that they did not make any Secret of the matter adjuging it to be of such a nature as to be pass'd all Dissimulation The King to make a suitable return and to prevent their Designs against him resolved to attack them with vigour and to try whether he could humble these proud People and revive among them the Modesty and Moderation of their Ancestors and put them in mind what Obligations they had received from the French Kings his Predecessors as also from him in particular Who can be so ignorant as not to know that without the Assistance of France they would have been so far from being able to make such a Figure in the World that on the contrary it would have been impossible for them to defend themselves against the Power of Spain It is to Henry IV. and Lewis XIII they stand indebted for vast Sums and a considerable Body of their best Troops expended and maintained for their Defence and by the Confession of the Hollanders themselves they scarce ever obtain'd a considerable Victory but these Troops had some share in the Action it was but lately that the King had espoused their Interest against the Bishop of Munster and engaged himself in their Quarrel against the Crown of England and upon all
p. 77 Vessels fifteen of the King's Vessels burnt p. 232 Villa Franca taken p. 230 Villeroy Commands the Grand Army in Flanders see Campaign of 1695. Bombards Brussels see Bombardment Vironne Lewis Victor de Rochechovard Duke of Peer and Marshal of France beats the Confederate Fleet. p. 136 Relieves Messina ibid. Vxelles Marquiss de defends Mayence with great Bravery p. 215 216 217 W. Walecourt the French repulsed near that place p. 214 Waldeck Count of General of the Confederate Army p. 219 Routed near Flerus see Battles War Civil War and its Origin p. 3 p. 4 5 Wesel surrendred p. 87 William III. 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LEWIS the XIIIth had for a considerable time after his Marriage no Issue by Ann of Austria his spouse till in the Year 1638 on the 5th day of December at eleven of the Clock 22 Minutes before Noon His Birth she was happily delivered of a Son The Imperialists vanquish'd near Rhinefels aâ—d the Spaniards at Sea With what an universal satisfaction this welcome News was received all over the Kingdom is easier to be imagined than exprest The rejoycings made upon this occasion did in a great measure obliterate the glory of famous Victories obtained about the same time by the French over their Enemies the people of France looking upon them all at that juncture as scarce worth taking notice of and of little consequence in comparison of the advantages they promised themselves from the happy birth of a Dauphin The barrenness of the Queen and the ill state of the King's health had given occasion to several Cabals and Factions and no sooner was one head of this pernicious Hydra cut off but another appeared in its stead the divisions of the Great ones being risen to that pitch as to threaten the ruine of the whole Kingdom if by the auspicious Birth of this Prince these dreadful Clouds had not been dispersed Troubles during his Minority But the Death of Lewis the XIIIth which happened when the young Prince was but four Years and nine Months old occasioned no small apprehensions of future troubles in the State great discontents reigned among the Nobility the Parliaments were exasperated by many provocations and the People exhausted by heavy Impositions all which it was feared would have broke out into an open Rebellion during the young King's Minority Cardinal Julius Mazarin The Queen Regent being absolutely satisfied in the ability of the Cardinal Mazarin had made him Chief Minister of State to the great dissatisfaction of such of the Great ones as proposed to themselves to fish in troubled Waters and to find their account in fomenting Divisions in the Kingdom They alledged that the Cardinal being a Foreigner they did not question but that he would tread the footsteps of Cardinal Richlieu and in this high station revived the same haughty Maxims his Predecessor had made use of during his Ministry But this great Minister of State managed matters with so much dexterity that by bestowing ample favours and larger promises upon those of the discontented Party he brought many of them over to his side so that beyond all expectation his Ministry was very quiet for the first five years and the present condition of the Kingdom appear'd to be more flourishing at that time Victories near Rocroy near Rotewil Friburg Nortlingen and Leantz Nâ—ar Cartagena and Castellamara than it had been for many Years before The French gained 5 Victories by Land and 2 at Sea and besides they made themselves Masters of 10 or 12 places of no small Importance But this prosperity was of no long continuance The excessive Ambition and Covetousness the Envy and Jealousies which reigned among the Nobility the pretended Zeal of some of the French Parliaments encouraged by the Favour and Acclamations of the common People which being inveigled with the hopes of an abatement of the heavy Taxes they
passable by the Bridges made by the dead Carcasses of Men and Horses This vast Army was dispersed in such a manner that they could not get together in a Body again till six days after when being reinforced with fresh Troops and especially with the Detachment commanded by the Prince of Wirtembergh they appear'd again in the Field It is to be taken notice of here that since the beginning of this War our King had ordered certain Lines or Entrenchments to be made from Mabeuge to the Sea-side to serve as a Barricado to cover his Conquests on that side The Duke of Wirtembergh having been detached from the main Army with a Body three times stronger than the French that guarded these Lines to attack them had forced these Entrenchments and was just then preparing to ravage the Country when receiving the News of this Defeat he was forced to turn back in order to join with all speed the Prince of Orange King William III. Within two Months after Victory of Marsaglia the 4 October the Marshal de Catinat obtained another no less compleat but less bloody Victory over the Confederate Army in Italy under the Command of the Duke of Savoy The said Marshal's Army had hitherto been much inferior in Number to the Allies which was the Reason that he had not undertaken any thing of moment but only to observe the Enemies Motions and to harress them with Marches and Countermarches The Duke and Spaniards willing to improve this Opportunity resolved to besiege Pignerol but being discouraged by the Resistance they met with in the Taking of St. Brigitt which being built but a Year before at some distance from the Town commanded the chief Avenues leading to it and had held out fifteen days before it was taken they altered their Resolutions contenting themselves with throwing a vast number of Bombs and red hot Bullets into the Place Whilst they were flattering themselves with the hopes of either reducing or destroying the City of Pignerol by Fire Messengers after Messengers came to bring the sad News to the Duke of Savoy that not only the French had burnt one of his Country Houses but that also the Marshal de Catinat having received a Considerable Reinforcement had made himself Master of the Plains The Duke immediately directing his March towards those Plains he was met by the Marshal The Battle began about nine a Clock in the Forenoon the right Wing of the Enemy was brought into confusion at the first Encounter the left follow'd not long after the Example of the right Wing yet they Rallyed and return'd to the Charge twice or thrice but without any great Effect for their Cavalry being entirely routed the rest were cut to pieces except those who saved themselves by flight and to fly with the less Inconveniency threw away their Arms enough to Arm sixteen thousand Men. The flying Enemy were pursued to the very Gates of Turin the whole Plain being covered with dead Carcasses and in some places with entire Battallions especially of the Spaniards and Hugonots The Enemies lost nine thousand Men in this Engagement besides two thousand taken Prisoners a hundred Colours forty five Standards and thirty four pieces of Cannon We had twelve or fifteen hundred killed and wounded on our side The Gens d'Arms behaved themselves to a miracle Our Infantry fought with their Bayonets in their Fuszees and Sword in hand After the Loss of this Battle the Duke being reinforced with the German Troops that block'd up Casal yet durst not appear in the Field so that the Marshal de Catinat without opposition over-run all the flat Country and carried away a prodigious quantity of Provision The King received the News of this Victory and of the Surrender of Charleroy in one day This place is situate betwixt Mons and Namur and was besieged in November when the Prince of Orange K. William III. was just ready to pass over into England Siege of Charleroy but upon the News of this Siege return'd into Flanders and advanced with an Army as far as Brussels but did not attempt the Relief of the Place which tho' considerable for its strength was forced to surrender in six and twenty days About the end of the same Month English Expedition against St. Malo an English Squadron was sent towards St. Malo to attempt the destruction of that Place not so much by their Bombs as a certain Engine by which they hoped to blow up that City or to lay it in Ashes This Engine was a three Deck'd-Ship of about four hundred Tuns lined and vaulted within with Brick-Work Betwixt each of these Decks there were placed many Barrels with Gun-powder mixt with a certain Composition of Tarr Pitch and Rosin a great number of Bombs Carcasses and other Casks fill'd with all sorts of Combustible Matter It was a fair and clear Night very calm and Spring-tide when this infernal Engine came swimming up with the Tide but by good Fortune was forced upon a Rock within Pistol-shot of the Walls of the City The Engineer who had the management of this Vessel perceiving that she took Water was so over-hasty in setting her on Fire that both He and his Attendants were blown up in the same moment before they had time to get out of reach The springing of this Engine made a most dreadful Noise and shook all the circumjacent Ground for three or four Leagues The whole City felt a most violent Confusion and in a moment all the Streets were covered with Slates and Tyles which like a Shower of Hail powred down from the tops of the Houses This was the whole Loss sustained by this dreadful Engine which carried along with it more Terror than Damage there being not one House in the whole City that receiv'd any further Damage neither was there one single Person kill'd or wounded For the Powder having taken vent and being besides that spoil'd by the Water did not answer the pretended Effect in throwing the Bombs and Barrels full of Combustible Matter into the Air. At low Water near seven hundred Bombs were taken up from the Sands and abundance of Powder out of the Wrack of the Vessel We could scarce have wish'd for a more prosperous Campaign on our side than the last Campaign in 1694. but as there is no human Felicity without some mixture of Adversity so when the State suffers within all its outward Prosperity appears to be but superficial I say we could not have wished for a more glorious Campaign if a general Scarcity had not almost ruined several Provinces in the Kingdom but especially the City of Paris with the circumjacent Parts France is a very fertile Country abounding especially in Wheat so as to be able to furnish its Neighbours with a considerable Quantity of this useful Commodity which for several years before had been so cheap that the common People liv'd easie enough tho' by reason of the long War and the decay of Trade there was but slender Gain