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51 Father the then Bishop of Ofnaburg to the Battel of Confarbrugh, and to the Siege of Triers, where the Marefchal de Crequi was taken Prifoner by the late Duke of Zell, the King's Uncle. The Bishop of Ofnaburg had there a Body of Troops confifting of 5000 Men. Monfieur de Chauvet was General of the Troops of Zil, and the Duke of Holftein-Ploen commanded all the Forces of the House of Brunswick under the Prefence and Authority of the above-mention'd Princes; and the Honour of that Victory, which feveral Relations have erroneously attributed to the old Duke of Lorain (who was not there) was wholy due to them. Our prefent King, then Electoral Prince, accompanied his Father in the feveral Campaigns and Sieges of Mafricht and Charleroy, the Succefs whereof, tho' not fo happy as the former, did notwithstanding form Him to the Business of War. He affifted at the raifing the Siege of Vienna, and the Defeat of the Turks. In the Year 1684, he made three Campaigns in Auftria and Hungary, where he commanded a Body of 10000 Men of the Troops of the House of Brunswick, at the Siege of Newbaufel, having under him that experienced General, Monfieur de Chauvet. Then he affifted at the Battel of Hartzan, and at the Expedition of the Bridge of Effeck, accompanied by General Boifdavid, and feveral other Perfons of emi nent Parts and Diftinction. After which in the Year 1689, he commanded a Body of 8000 Men before Mentz and Bonne, which much contributed to the Reduction of these two important Garrifons. In the Year 1690, he commanded a Body of 11000 Men with the Spaniards; and in 1692, and 1693, another Body of the like Number, being all his Father's Troops, under King William. In the Holftein Campaign his Prefence, Counfel, and undaunted Refolutions contributed very much to the procuring the glorious Peace of Travendal. In brief, the Reputation our Monarch had acquired in the Empire, and the great Truft and Confidence the Emperor and all the German Princes repofed in him, procured him the joynt and unanimous Offer of the Authority of Generaliffimo over all their Forces, at a Time when the Empire ftood in need of a Commander of fo great a Reputation, to repair the Lofs of the Prince of Baden, The King's Voyages into France, Italy, and England, and his own Courts being vifited by Strangers of all Nations, have given him a great Knowledge of Men and Things, and of all the Affairs and Tranfactions of his own Time. The Filial Refpe&t and Duty he always fo religioufly paid to the Perfon and Commands of the late Elector his Father, and his remarkably tender Care and continued Affection for the late incomparable Electress his Mother, and his high Efteem and Regard for the Jate Queen Anne, have been all fo eminently juft and confiderable, as have brought down upon his Majefty the Bleffings of Heaven in great variety and abundance; infomuch that,

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Few Princes have met with fuch an uninterrupted Train of Profperities, and that in a small Number of Years. The Succeffion to the Crowns of Great-Britain and Ireland, declared and confirm'd by the finest Tyes imaginable: The Alliance with the Imperial Family by the Emprefs Amalia of Brunswick-Hanover, his Majefty's Coufin-German: The Succefs given to the Houfe of Holstein: The Accommodation with the Duke of Wolfenbuttle: The Re-union of the Dukedom of Zell: The Augmentation of his Majefty's Dominions by the County of Mansfield, and the quiet Poffeffion of Sax-Lauwenburg: By the Confirmati on of the Primo Geniture: The happy Marriage of the Prince of Wales his Son, and of the Princefs Sophia Dorothy his Daughter, to the prefent King of Pruffia, and the ftrengthning his Majefty s Royal Family by fo many Grand-Children: The Amity with thofe Sovereign Princes, who were fometimes Enemies of his Greatness, but now efteem it an Honour to be admitted to his Friendship, which the Czar of Muscovy in particular has cultivated by his Embaffies: Finally, the firft acknowledging him Elector of the Empire, and now K. of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, by the unanimous Voice of the whole Empire : All thofe remarkable Things, are the particular Bleffings of Providence, and the illuftrious Effects of his good Government in Time paft, and benign Prefages of what is to come; fo that his Enemies themselves, if fo Great and Wife a Prince can have any, are obliged to own the good Order and Management of his Revenues, his Clemency and Juftice to his Subjects, his ftrict Adherence to his Royal Word, his Perfeverance in his Alliances, and the good Difcipline of his Troops, which may be truly called Regular, because he never makes ufe of them through Ambition, Covetoufnefs, or the Defire of Oppreffing his Neighbours. Reafon and Equity are the Measure of all his Actions, and diftinguifh his Conduct from that of many other Sovereigns. In a Word, he is not only a great Prince, but alfo a good and a juft Man, Qualities that are rare enough, and which are feldom found amongst the Great. His Temper is free and easy in Converfation, and his Judgment folid, polite, and profound in Matters under Debate: His Equipage of all Sorts, and the Number of his Officers, Servants and Domefticks of all Ranks and Qualities, were ever proportionable to his Grandeur; and, tho' a very provident Prince, yet he fpares nothing when there is Occafion to make a Royal Figure. His Kindness to the Officers and Servants of the late Duke of Zel, dees Honour to the glorious Memory of fuch an Uncle, and to the Generofity of himself the Succeffor.

The Exactness of those concern'd in the Management of his Revenues in his former Sovereign Station, in paying ready Money, and at the appointed Time, all Sorts of Wages, Penfions and Affignments, without any Difcount or other Exacti

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ons, are fufficient Proofs of his wife Administration, the Vigi lance of his Officers, and what he will expect now of all that ferve him in the like Capacity here.

The Taxes upon his Trans-Marine Subjects have been always moderate, paid with Chearfulness, and fometimes he took lefs than his States granted him. The Farmers and Hufbandmen of that Country live in Plenty, or at leaft at their Ease; and none of his Subjects are fenfible of the Rigours of Slavery, nor any of his Servants made uneafy in the Discharge of their Duties. There is, perhaps, in the whole Empire, no Government more gentle and better regulated, nor in Proportion to the Extent of it, of greater Credit and Reputation, when the Prince had occafion to exert himself; nor has any Sovereign a Council better affected, more fecret, and more attach'd to the particular Intereft of their Mafter, and the common Good of their Country, than that his Majefty had at Hanover, which is a manifest Indication of his Wifdom and Knowledge of Men.

Nor muft we here forget the good Succefs of fo many Campaigns in Flanders and Germany, to which that warlike Body of 16 or 17000 Men, always maintain'd by his Electoral Highnefs, now King of Great-Britain, &c. have fo gloriously contributed; befides which, he maintain'd his Quota for the Army of the Upper Rhine; where he commanded three Campaigns at his own Charge: There he defeated and took Prifoner General Vivam; there he forc'd the Lines of Wetlingham, and fecured the Frontiers of the Empire, but defpairing of any farther Progrefs on that Side worthy his Conduct, he gave up his Command, and those that fucceeded him, have but too well juftified the Difficulties which he wifely forefaw.

Among the Profperities of his Reign, may be alfo reckon'd the Relation and Affinity with the prefent Emperor, by a Princefs of the House of Brunswick, with the Vote he gave at the Imperial Election, and the folemn Coronation celebrated at Francfort. He put an End to the Differences at Heldesheim, by a wife and juft Accommodation, in which he fhew'd that Ambition had no Share in it; and that he had no other Views, but fecuring the Rights and Liberties of that Country, which he had taken into his Protection.

His Majefty has likewife made an Acquifition of the County of Delmenhorst; and during the Troubles in the Neighbouring States round about him, his Wifdom procured a happy Tranquility to his own Subjects in Germany. Laftly, To crown all his Merits, the repeated Vows of three Kingdoms have call'd him to a Succeffion, the Acknowledgment of which, is a Fundamental Article in the General Peace.

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Of the rest of the Iffue of Her late Royal Highness the
Princess Sophia.

The reft of the Iffue of the Princefs Sophia, by his moft Serene Highness Erneft Auguftus, Elector of Brunswick Lunenburgh, were Frederick Auguftus, their fecond Son, born October 3d, 1661, and flain in Transilvania, valiantly fighting against the Turks, Anno 1690, unmarried. The third Son, Maximilian William, born December 23d, 1666, now living and in the Service of his Imperial Majefty, unmarried. The fourth Son Charles Philip, born October 13th. 1669, and kill'd at the Battel of Coffaneck in Tranfilvania, fighting against the Turks, Anno 1690. The fifth Son, born September 29, 1671, was fhot in the very Heat of the A&tion, and unfortunately drown'd in the Danube, in the Battle of Munderkingen, between the Imperial and French, and Bavarian Forces, Anno 1703, unmarried. The fixth Son, Erneft Auguftus, born Sept. 17, 1672, and is yet living unmarried at Ofnabrugh of which which he is Lay-Bifhop, or Sovereign. So that the First, Third, and Sixth, are only furviving.

Sophia Charlotta their only Daughter was born Offober the 12th, 1668, and in the Year 1684, became the fecond Wife of Frederick III. Marquifs of Brandenburgh, Great Chamberlain, and Prince Elector of the Sacred Roman Empire; and Anno 1700, with the Confent of the late Emperor Leopald, affumed the Title of King of Pruffia, and died in the Year 1712. This beautiful and excellent Princefs dy'd at Hanover Feb. 170, having had Iffue by his late Pruffian Majefty, Two Sons, Frederick Auguftus, born Anno 1685, who died in the Year following. FrederickWilliam, now King of Pruffia, born Auguft 4. 1688. whofe Marriage with his Coufin-German Sophia-Dorothea of Brunswick Lunenburgh, as is mention'd before, and by whom the had Iffue Frederick-Lewis, entituled Prince of Orange, born 1707, and died the next Year. Frederick-William, born in January 17; and Anne born in May 1713.

CHAP. V.

Of the Queen of England, when she is Confort only, not Regent.

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"HE Word Queen comes from the Saxon Cwen, fignifying a Woman, as alfo a Wife, and seems to be applied, in procefs of Time, by our Ancestors, to the King's Wife, (as Hlafdig, or Lady) afterwards was, and as Madam, or Madamoiselle, are used

now in France to fignifie the Wife and Daughter of the Duke of Orleans, where the one is the first Lady, and the other the first Gentlewoman, because fhe was the chiefeft Woman or Wife in the Kingdom. Juft as we now fay, the Town, or the City, for London, &c. She hath as High Prerogatives, Dignity, and State, during the Life of the King, as any Queen in Europe.

Pierogative.] From the Saxon Times, the Queen-Confort of England, tho' fhe be an Alien born, and tho' during the Life of the King the be Feme Covert, (as our Law fpeaks) yet without any Act of Parliament for Naturalization, or Letters-Patents for Denization, the may purchase Lands in Fee-Simple, make Leafes and Grants in her own Name, without the King; hath Power to Give, to Sue, to Contract, as a Feme-Sole, may receive by Gift from her Husband, which no other Feme-Covert may do.

She may Prefent by her felf, to a Spiritual Benefice; and in a Quare Impedit brought by her, Plenarty by the Presentation of another, is no more a Bar against her, than it is against the King.

She fhall not be Amerced if the be Nonfuited in any Action, &c. Of latter Times the hath had as large Dower as any Queen in Christendom; hath her Royal Court apart, and Officers, &c. The Queen may not be Impleaded till first Petitioned; if the be Plaintiff, the Summons in the Process need not to have the Solemnity of fifteen Days, &c.

She is reputed the Second Perfon in the Kingdom.

The Law fetteth fo high a Value upon her, as to make it High-Treafon to confpire her Death, or to violate her Chastity. Her Officers, as Attorney and Solicitor, have Respect above others, and Place within the Bar with the King's Council.

The like Honour, Reverence and Respect that is due to the King, is exhibited to the Queen, both by Subjects and Foreigners, and also to the Queen Dowager, or Widow-Queen, who alfo, above other Subjects, lofeth not her Dignity, tho' fhe fhould marry a private Gentleman: So Queen Katharine, Widow to King Henry the Fifth, being married to Owen ap Theodoret Efq; did maintain her Action as Queen of England; much lefs doth a Queen by Inheritance, or a Queen Sovereign of England, follow her Husband's Condition, or is fubject as other Queens, but is Sovereign to her own Husband, as Queen Mary was to King Philip, unless it be otherwife mutually agreed on in Parliament.

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