1712. MARLBOROUGH'S REPLY TO PECULATION CHARGE "_Acton Library Pamphlets_" 108 1712. TORIES AND THE WAR _Swift's "Conduct of the Allies"_ 112 THE VICAR OF BRAY _Old Song_ 119 A CONSTITUTION IN MAKING 1660-1714 DECLARATION OF BREDA (1660). +Source.+--_Parliamentary History._ London, 1810. Vol. iv., pp. 16-18. CHARLES R. Charles, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. To all our loving subjects, of what degree or quality soever, greeting. If the general distraction and confusion which is spread over the whole kingdom doth not awaken all men to a desire and longing that those wounds which have so many years together been kept bleeding, may be bound up, all we can say will be to no purpose; however, after this long silence, we have thought it our duty to declare how much we desire to contribute thereunto; and that as we can never give over the hope, in good time, to obtain the possession of that right which God and nature hath made our due, so we do make it our daily suit to the Divine Providence, that He will, in compassion to us and our subjects after so long misery and sufferings, remit and put us into a quiet and peaceable possession of that our right, with as little blood and damage to our people as is possible; nor do we desire more to enjoy what is ours, than that all our subjects may enjoy what by law is theirs, by a full and entire administration of justice throughout the land, and by extending our mercy where it is wanted and deserved.