Excerpt from A Letter to the Craftsmen, Upon the Change of Affairs in Europe by the War That Is Begun Against the Emperour 4 On theft Oceafio ns the Cmfifmm ldom fail to be brought in, from the Charafiter they have long afi'u med to themfelves, of true Patriots, and able Politicians. And fo it hap pen'd now Upon my faying fome thing I had learned from you, whom they knew I was a great Admirer of, they asked me, What was the Mean ing that my Friends the Craflfmn were fo filent upon this great Occa fion? Why, if they were fueh Pa triors as they pretended to - be, they didnot aflifi their Country with forne good Advi'ce, when it would he fo feafonable il Why, if they were fuch able Politicians, they did not {hew'it upon fo critical a' Conjunfiure, when they might do it with R) muc vantage to the Publick, and lb much epuration to themfelves. 9 That While Negociatmns on fome late Occafions hung in Sufpence, they pretended 'to treat the Minifiers as mere Blunderers in Politicks; that during the Negociations, as the Face of Things feemed to alter, they had changed Sides, and had taken the(s the Part of Frame; or Spain, or the Emperor as they thought would fmoft emharra'fs Affairs that when the Treaty of Seville was at. Length concluded, . By which our Commerce Was refiot'e'd and leaned, then they pretended;the 'minilters had begun at the wrong End, and fhould have treated With the Emperor hritz And when that Difficulty. Was got over, andfriendfliip was refiored With the Court of Vienna (which the Minifiry knew'th'ey always had in their Pow they could once feparate the Court from them, and for eafon very wifely began there, and attempted that firfh) when the ifiry had happil extricated them-3 felyes out of theft ljifliculties, Which their Enemies had flattered them felves they would not be able to do, what Part, fay they, did' the Orgy-1 then? 1h;r trnl 'ey modefilyjafl'umed the whole redit of it to themfelves they told the World, ' that the Miniflets had at lat! Blundered into what was right, by firbmitting. To follow their Directions and Advice. Now, fiy thefe Gen. 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.