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Excerpt from The Dutch Better Friends Than the French, to the Monarchy, Church, and Trade of England: In a Letter From a Citizen to a Country Gentleman
King, while he maintains h1s D1gnity, and is able to raife thole to Honour and Preferment who can inlinuate them felves into his affectionsp But certainly, he belt delerves the Name of Friend, who fa1thfully adheres unto him in his Di firefs, and efpoufes the Royal lnterel't when at the lowell: ebb. Now, 'twas nor many Years ago that the Englz'jh Monarchy was overthrown by Cromwel and his Fac'iion, the Royal Fami ly banilh'd, and K. Charles the Second forc'd to wander up and down the World in an uncomfortable Exile: And if in thele Circumf'tances he was treated with more Civility and Refpe�'t in Holland than in France, ihope you will allow thati have fairly prov'd my Affertion. The Witnefs which I produce to this Purpofe is above all Exception 5 'tis the renowned Lord Clarendon, a Perlon who attended his Royal Malier in all his Morions beyond the Seas, and writes of thole things which he faw With his own Eyes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
