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ruined by contribution and pillage, found it
prudent to present an appearance of the most
squalid wretchedness, as their only security
against further exactions. Leaving these forlorn
borderers, like corn between the upper and
nether mill-stones, to be ground and crushed by
the collision of the two nations, they pushed
forward for Paris, at which capital they duly
arrived. The Baronet had provided himself
with letters to Sir Richard Browne, an envoy of
the King's, who still resided at that city, though
not recognised as such by the French govern-
ment. In obedience to the dictates of Cromwell
in the late treaty, they had ordered the English
monarch out of the French territories, giving
him a small supply of money, which was quickly
wasted; and making him large promises for the
future, which had never been performed. In
this emergency, the Spaniards, then at war with
the Protector, invited the wandering court into
Flanders; where the Duke of York, at the head

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