THE

ADDRESS

OF THE

HOUSE of LORDS to the QUEEN.

[Drawn up by Dr. SWIFT, at the Command of the LORD TREASURER, and delivered by the DUKE of GRAFTON.]

WE

'E your Majefty's most dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in parliament affembled, do, with the greatest joy and fatisfaction, return our humble thanks to your Majefty for your most gracious fpeech from the throne, and for communicating to this House that peace is agreed on, so honourable to your Majesty, and safe and advantageous to your kingdoms; by which we hope, with the bleffing of God, that your people will, in a few years, recover themfelves, after fo long and expenfive a war. We likewife beg leave to congratulate with your Majesty upon the fuccefs of your en deavours for a general peace; whereby the tranquillity and welfare of Europe will be owing (next to the Divine Providence) to

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your Majefty's wifdom and goodness. We never had the leaft doubt but that your Majefty, who is the greateft ornament and protector of the Proteftant Religion, would do every thing for fecuring the Proteftant Succeffion; towards which nothing can be more neceffary than the perfect harmony there is between your Majefty and the Houfe of Hanover. And we do humbly affure your Majefty, that, as you are pleafed to exprefs your dependence (next under God) upon the duty and affection of your people; we think ourselves bound, by the greateft ties of religion, loyalty, and gratitude, to make all returns that can be due, from the moft obedient fubjects, to the moft indulgent Sovereign.

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ANECDOTE

RELATIVE TO THE

PEACE OF UTRECHT.

NE Dr. Helvetius was fent from Pa

ris, by Torcy to Devenwordt at the Hague, with the first proposals for a peace feparate with Holland; a year after which the preliminaries, at Gertrudenberg, were tranfacted by the Mar. D'Uxelles and Polignac, and afterwards Menager was privately dispatched to the fame effect.

My Lord Strafford had the firft intimation of these feparate tranfactions of France and Holland, from the Duke of Marlborough, (as a thing a good while before in agitation) and afterwards from Devenwordt himself, who told him that he fent to Paris for Dr. Helvetius to cure him of a rheumatifm, which opportunity Torcy took to negotiate by him.

Helvetius fince confirmed the fame flory to my Lord Strafford, in the year 1720.

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Dr. SWIFT'S MEMORIAL to the QUEEN.

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APRIL 15, 1714.

HE change of miniftry about four years ago, the fall of the Duke of Marlborough, and the proceedings fince, in relation to the peace and treaties, are all capable of being very maliciously reprefented to pofterity, if they should fall under the pen of fome writer of the oppofite party, as they probably may.

Upon these reasons, it is neceffary, for the honour of the Queen and in justice to her fervants, that fome able hand fhould be immediately employed to write the hiftory of her Majefty's reign; that the truth of things may be tranfmitted to future ages, and bear down the falfehood of malicious pens.

The Dean of St. Patrick's is ready to undertake this work, humbly defiring her Majefty will please to appoint him her hiftoriographer, not from any view of the

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profit, (which is fo inconfiderable that it will hardly ferve to pay the expence fearching offices) but from an earnest defire to serve his Queen and country; for which that employment will qualify him, by an opportunity of accefs to those places where papers and records are kept, which will be neceffary to any who undertake fuch an hiftory.

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