made, and on the lofs of 7000 Men without any Fight, on the Divifion amongst them, their want of Difcipline, and the Fatality that has attended them ever fince: In fine, when you fee that they have loft more Men in a Month's time, than my Lord P ever had in all the Services he has done in Spain, you may well believe, that 'the World will eafily judge, which are thofe that have done their Duty, which not: And if any "Body thinks this to be unfufficient, I can affure you, That my Lord P is well provided with Papers, that may make it Evident to the whole Universe.

'I fhall only make a Reflection in this place, upon "what the En- G has faid, That my Lord P bad, at Valencia, an Army of 25000 Men "under his Command: Never did their Numbers exceed 4000; and thofe Troops as well as the Train of Artillery, unprovided with Mules or Horfes, or any of the Neceffaries to keep the Field: Which Wants my Lord P has fupply'd, in a very little time, by his indefatigable Care; befides a Regiment of Dragoons of 400 Men, whofe Horfes he bought with his own Money: A piece of Service which deferves Regard, and will be acknowledg'd by every Body, to the Confufion of thofe who have taken to much Pains to give an ill Turn to his Lordship's Actions.

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What is reported, about my Lord P's Infulting fome Grandees of Spain, is as falfe as malicious, and as diabolically invented, nothing be'ing better known, nor more remarkable than the great Credit and Intereft my Lord has with the Spaniards: For whereever he has been, he has had their Friendship and Efteem; and I may affirm, without Partiality, that he has a greater Afcendent over Them, than any of thofe that are near his Majefty. You will eafily believe this, when you "know that he has kept his Troops under the most fevere Difcipline, taking nothing from others himfelf, nor fuffering any Body to do it; and Chaftifing, with the utmoft Rigour, thofe who were Guilty of fuch Crimes. This Conduct, befides 'his affable Ways with all forts of Perfons, has, perhaps, had a more powerful Influence upon the Spa

nish Nation, than it would with any other People W
in the World; efpecially after he had been treated
Supercilioufly, thro' the Arrogance and starch'd
Ways of their Nobility.

As for the Stories about the Application of the Money,
we are already used to hear them; for fome time,
we have never been free from the Expoftulations of
the Court upon that Score, till the King himself law,
that it was impoffible to follow the Difpofitions my
Lord P-
had made for the Payment of the
King's Troops that attended him into Valencia; and
that the Paymaster-General retufed to obey my Lord
'P's pofitive Orders; alledging; That he could
6 not difpofe of one Penny of the publick Money, accor-
ding to the Directions of the Treasury, the Sums defign'd
for particular Ufes being limited in England, fo that
my Lord P was oblig'd to find Money
upon his own Credit, for the Publick Service: Judge
therefore, what Ground there was to raise fuch an
'Accufation against him?

"The Court has a long time been convinc'd of that Truth, and I'm fure they know too well in England, what Inftructions were given to Mr. Mead, Paymaster General of the Army, to give any Credit 'to fo malicious a Charge.

'I find by all thofe Stories that fome People would perfwade the World, That there have been great Differences between the King and my Lord. Tis 'true, that the Measures my Lord has been oblig'd to take, to oppofe the dangerous De...ns of his M's Minifters, have made him the Mark of their Envy, 'who could not but have fome Afcendant over the King; but affoon as Ln and C fhall be

remov'd from the Council, which is like to happen very foon, you fhall fee a good Harmony between 'the Court and Him; and, I am fure, he will never con

tend with any Body, but who fail moft promote the "Publick Good. But even in the Height of the King's 'Difpleafure, as fome People would have it, when my Lord was upon his Departure for Italy, the King gave him all the Marks of a most particular Efteem, with ample Powers to treat with the Genoefe for Money, at his Difcretion, and to mortgage, for that purpofe, all his Dominions in Spain

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and Italy; which, in my Opinion, is not a fmall Teftimony of the Truft he repofes in him. "Befides the Certificate above mentioned, I fend you herewith a Copy of the Refolution of the Council of War, in confequence whereof, my Lord ventured to march into Caftile, notwithstanding.the King's Orders. You may depend upon the Copies, the Originals whereof I can fhew at any time. This will fuffice to confound the malicious Reports 'that have been invented: For which End I have 'defired my Lord to give me leave to fend them to you. You may freely, and without fcruple, make ufe of them; and be perfwaded that I will very much refent any thing that can be advanc'd, if 1 reprefent Things to you otherwife, than as they really are.

Genoa, Nov. 21, 1706.

I am,

SIR,

Your, &c.

Numb.

Numb. IX.

The Capitulation upon which the Island of Majorca fubmitted to the Obedience of King Charles M.

Capitulations which are defir'd of his Excellenc Admiral Leake, why Commands the Fleet of Fler Britannick Majesty, by the Illuftrious Earl of Alcudia, Vice-Roy and Captain-General of the City and Kingdom of Majorca, in Order to the Surrender of the faid City and Island.

Art. 1. THAT the Place and Hand, with the Cafles, Forts and Towers, fhall be furrendred to the Forces of Her Britannick Majefty two Days after the Signing of the Capitulations; and that immediately after Signing fhall be deliver'd up the Field Gate, with the Baftion of the Prince; and in the Interim there fhall be no Hoftilities committed, either on the one Part, or the other, and ftrict Orders fhall be given to any of his People that enter, that they hinder all Confufions, Encounters, and Disorders: Which fhall be inviolably complied with.

Anfw. That the Place and Ifland of Majorca, with all their Caftles, Forts and Towers, fhall be "deliver'd to the Forces of his Catholick Majefty, and of his High Allies, Twelve Hours after Signing the propos'd Capitulations; and that immedi ately, after Signing, the City of Majorca fhall take care to appoint fuch a number of Men, the most proper to that end, that may immediately poffels for King Charles III, the Field Gate, and the Baftion of the Prince, and in the Interim there fhall be no "Hoftilities committed,either on the one Part, or the other; the faid City undertaking to give pofitive and ftrict Orders to the Body of Militia appointed for that purpofe, that they hinder all Confufionis, "Encounters and Disorders; which the Admiral for his Part engages carefully to do.

Art. 2. That the Illuftrious Earl of Alcudia, ViceRoy, fhall freely go out to embark; as alfo the Minifters, as well of the Royal Audience as of the Royal

Patrimony, and of the Tribunals, Magiftrates, and any other Officers, as well Royal as Univerfal, of any Degree, Preheminence or Condition foever; and that any other Perfons, Natives of this City and Iland, or Strangers, as well Ecclefiafticks as Seculars, that will depart with their Families, Cloaths, Goods and Moveables, may embark with the Illuftrious Viceroy, if they pleafe, without fuffering any Hoftilities or Vexation by the Force of the Admiral, or by the Peafants or Citizens, in their own Perlons or Families; as alfo, that the Baggage and Effects which they defire to carry with them to the Place appointed, fhall not be detain'd, upon any pretext for what they may have acted in the new Reign, fince the Death of his Majefty King Charles II. of bleffed Memory; and the Peafants and Citizens fhall exactly and punctually obferve the Contents of this, and the other Capitulations, on the Penalty of being fe verely Chaftiz'd.

Anf. All this Article is agreed to, except only that none of the French Nation fhall carry away any Part of their Effects.

Art. 3. That the faid Illuftrious Vice-Roy, Minifters, and other Perfons mentioned in the foregoing Article, may have free Liberty to embark, and go out of this City and Ifland, with any Imbarkations, as well French, as others, that are to be found in this Port or Ifland, as foon as the Place is deliver'd, to any Port of Spain, France or Italy, as they shall ap point or think fit, and that the Admiral fhall give them fufficient Convoys.

Anf. This Article is agreed to, with the fame "Limitations as the Second.

Art. 4. That in cafe the laid Illuftrious Vice Roy, Minifters, and other Perfons abovemention'd, defire immediately to be going, and can't find fufficient Imbarkations to carry them to the faid Ports, the Admiral fhall give neceffary Orders that they may be provided with what neceffary Imbarkations they may have Occafion for."

Anfw. Agreed.

Art. That in Cafe any of the Inhabitants of this City or land abovemention'd, defire to imbark, and go to other Dominions, they may, and fhall be admitted to ftay in the Place fix Months, with their