THE
French
King's
REASONS
For
Owning
the
Pretended
Prince
of
Wales
,
King
of
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
.
Communicated
in
a
Letter
from
Paris
,
to
a
Gentleman
in
London
.
Paris
the
18th
of
September
,
1701.
SIR
,
IT
is
no
wonder
you
are
Inquisitive
in
England
,
how
His
Maiesty
wou'd
Act
towards
the
Prince
of
Wales
,
when
it
pleas'd
God
to
take
the
King
his
Father
to
his
Mercy
.
I
suppose
't
is
no
News
to
you
,
that
the
Prince
Assum'd
the
Stile
and
Dignity
of
King
of
England
;
as
soon
as
his
Father
the
Late
King
Dy'd
,
being
a
Title
Devolv'd
to
him
as
his
Son
and
Heir
.
Nor
has
there
been
any
Difficulty
made
in
France
,
to
Own
him
in
that
Quality
,
his
most
Christian
Majesty
,
having
declar'd
his
Intentions
of
doing
so
sometimes
before
his
Father's
Death
,
for
Treating
him
as
Prince
of
Wales
in
his
Father's
Life
time
;
't
was
a
Natural
Consequence
,
that
after
his
Decease
,
he
wou'd
call
him
King
of
England
.
Neither
do
we
conceive
that
any
Umbrage
can
be
taken
at
this
,
since
we
don't
Apprehend
that
there
lies
on
Us
any
Engagement
or
Obligation
to
the
contrary
;
That
there
can
none
arise
from
the
Treaty
of
Reswick
is
Obvious
enough
,
since
the
4th
Article
of
that
Treaty
,
Imports
only
his
most
Christian
Majesty
shall
not
Trouble
the
King
of
England
in
the
Possession
of
his
Dominions
;
and
that
he
should
not
either
with
Troops
,
Ships
,
nor
any
other
Supplies
,
Assist
such
as
would
give
him
a
Disturbance
.
His
Majesty
will
Punctually
Observe
this
Article
,
and
the
Character
of
King
of
England
,
which
the
Prince
of
Wales
thought
himself
Indispensably
Oblig'd
to
take
after
his
Father's
Death
,
do's
not
Entile
him
to
any
Succors
from
France
,
besides
such
as
his
Father
receiv'd
since
the
Treaty
of
Reswick
,
and
are
design'd
only
for
his
Subsistance
,
and
to
Condole
him
under
his
Misfortunes
.
His
Majesty's
Generosity
wou'd
not
permit
him
to
Abandon
either
the
Prince
,
or
his
Family
;
and
his
Majesty
(
being
no
Arbiter
between
the
King
of
Great
Britain
,
and
the
Prince
of
Wales
)
could
not
do
so
Decisive
a
thing
against
the
latter
,
as
to
decline
Owning
him
,
by
a
Title
which
is
Deriv'd
to
him
from
his
Birth
.
It
's
no
New
thing
to
Continue
to
the
Children
,
the
Titles
of
Kingdoms
which
their
Fathers
have
Lost
;
it
has
been
done
without
Scruple
by
Princes
,
who
at
the
same
time
were
in
Peace
with
the
present
Possessors
.
History
Furnishs
one
with
frequent
Examples
among
the
King
of
Naples
and
Narvar
,
and
not
to
enlarge
on
this
head
:
We
know
that
the
Kings
of
Poland
,
of
the
House
of
Vasa
,
retain'd
the
Stile
of
Kings
of
Sweden
,
eve
till
the
Peace
of
Oliva
,
tho'
that
Treaty
was
made
long
astheir
Expulsion
,
and
they
had
Engag'd
in
streight
Alliances
,
both
with
King
Gustavus
,
and
Queen
Christina
,
in
the
Interim
.
His
Majesty
has
Declar'd
,
that
his
Intention
is
only
to
Treat
the
Prince
of
Wales
,
with
the
same
Regard
he
has
Express'd
towards
the
Late
King
his
Father
,
since
the
Peace
of
Reswick
;
and
that
he
has
no
Thoughts
of
Disturbing
the
Repose
of
England
,
on
any
Pretext
whatsoever
.
And
certainly
the
measures
His
Majesty
has
Observ'd
at
this
Conjuncture
,
are
both
Just
,
and
Exactly
Pursuant
to
his
Treaties
,
as
well
as
to
what
his
Honour
requires
from
him
,
tho'
at
the
same
time
it
may
be
Urg'd
,
that
his
Neighbours
have
not
always
Acted
with
a
suitable
Tenderness
,
in
making
such
Movements
,
as
might
be
agreeable
to
His
Majesty
.
I
am
,
&c
.