ried his Arms into Luxemburg, under Colour of affifting Princess Elizabeth, and foon gain'd Poffeffion of all the Places: But he could not retain them without a fpecious Pretext. Louis of Luxemburg would not yield him his Rights, nor could he do it in Prejudice of the Princes of his Name: Neither would Elizabeth transfer to him any more than her Portion. This he oblig'd her to do, allowing her a Penfion of 10000 Livres; and this is the Title whereon his ufurpation was founded.

Duke Charles of Burgundy, his Son, not trufting to this Foundation, ftrengthen'd himfelf afterwards by a Ceffion of the Duchy, from the Part of the Duke of Saxony: But that Prince could not difpofe of a Fief belonging to the Males of the Houfe of Luxemburg; and that Ceffion not being of fufficient Validity, it was found neceffary that Louis of Luxemburg fhould be deftroy'd for the Security of the Ufurpation. This, the Duke of Burgundy refolving, and preferring his Intereft to the Honour of his Word and Safe-Conduct, facrific'd Louis of Luxemburg to the Revenge of King Louis XI. who put him to Death, though he was his own Brother-in-Law, and Uncle to the King of England. That Prince perceiving his Death concerted, declar'd to Chancellor Doriolle, that the Duke of Burgundy was his capital Enemy, and refolv'd to destroy him, that he might unjustly retain his Eftates.

Peter II. Son of Louis, Conftable of France, fucceeded him; but having only one Daughter, who was married to Francois de Bourbon, Count of l'endome, Grand-father of the Great and Incomparable King Louis XIV. at prefent reigning, that imprefcriptible Right was transferr'd to Charles of Luxemburg, Count de Brienne, de Ligni, and de Rouffi, only Son of Antony, younger Brother of Peter.

Antony II. Son of Charles, fucceeded to the fame Rights and faid Lands.

Francois I. Son of Antony and Margaret of Savoy, had the fame Pretenfions; and King Henry III. erecting his Eftate of Piney into a Peerage, was fo well appriz'd of them, that he was pleas'd to give a djtinct Explication of them, in the Terms following:

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"Obferving alfo, That if Alliances, Force, and "Vicin.tude of Times have wrefted from his Illu"ftrious House, the Empire, the Kingdoms of Bo

hemia and Hungary, and the Duchy of Luxemburg, "which is detain'd from him without any Juftice "or Title, and which fell to his Predeceffors by the "Deceafe of the Emperor Sigifmond, without Heirs "Male, the fame being ufurp'd by the Dukes of Burgundy, Philippes, and Charles, his Son, without any other Pretext, than that of a fimple Life"Rent, which had been granted to them, as our "moft dear and honour'd Lords, our Father, Grand"father, an Great Grand-father, the Great King "Francois, always maintain'd against the Emperor, "Charles V. For thefe Reafons, it is not reason"able, That our faid Coufin, who is of the Blood "of fo many Emperors, Kings, and Princes, fhould "be depriv'd of all his Predeceffors Titles of Honour, even of thofe, which they liberally conferr'd

during their Imperial Reigns, as did Vincefles of "Luxemburg, who erected the State of Milan into a "Duchy, and Sigifmond of Luxemburg, laft Emperor "of that Name, who erected the Countries of Savoy, "and of Cleves, &c.

Francois dying in 1613. Henry of Luxemburg, Prince de Tingry, his only Son, by Diana of Lorrain, remained the fole and laft Prince of the Houfe and Name of Luxemburg. He died in 1616 having married Magdelaine de Montmorency, by which Marriage is defcended from him, Madam Margaret Charlotte, Duchefs of Luxemburg, represented at prefent by Monfieur the Duke of Luxemburg, her Grand-fon, Heir to the Name and Eftates of the Houfe of Luxemburg, who, as fuch, demands Reftitution of the Duchy of Luxemburg, as the fame was formerly reftor'd to the Princefs Hermanzide,

The MEMORIAL explaining our Rights to the Duchy of Luxemburg, and its Dependencies, which is to be prefented to Meffieurs, the Plenipoentiaries affembled at Utrecht, by the Sieur Clode de Villiers, Chevalier, Lord de Villiers and de Gefolen, empower'd

empower'd by our Procuration to that Effect, which we have caus'd to be deliver'd to him. Done at Rouen, December 24. 1711.

Montmorency Luxemburg.

By Monfeigneur

CHAILLOU.

A MEMORIAL on the Part of his moft Serene Highness, William Hyacinthe, Prince of Orange and Naffau-Siegen, for the Prefervation of his incontested Rights, and thofe of the Houfe of Naffau, Catzenellenbogen, as well to the Principality and Sovereignty of Orange, and the Eftates lying in Franche-Conté, as to the other Rights and Actions of the House of Chalon, incorporated into that of Naflau.

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IS very furprizing, That Monfieur the Landgrave of Hefe-Caffel has prefented to Meffieurs, the Plenipotentiaries at Utrecht, Memorials and Proteftations by which he pretends, that the Succeffion to the Eftates of the King of England, belongs without Referve, to the Prince de Neau-Dietz, his Pupil.

No doubt is made, that he is Heir to the King of England: But he is Heir fimply of what the faid King could make Difpofition of

Is it juft, That the King of England fhould difpofe, at Pleasure, of Fitates, limited to the House of NaTau, and particularly to the Elf by Wills, Pactions, onerating and reciprocal, and Wills which have been executed, and have hitherto taken Effect? His Highness, the Landgrave himfelf fays in his Memorials, that they are Feoffments of Truft ly Masculine and Gradual.

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How then does that agree with the King's Power of freely difpofing the fame, who did not fucceed to the faid Eftates, but on Condition of holding them as Feoffments of Truft, as he himself, when alive, did plead before the Parliament of Malines, and elfe where.

It would follow then, That the Prince of Nassau Dietz ought to have the fame Privilege, to the Exclufion of all those who are in Tail before him, contrary to the Order establish'd: This were an unprecedented Cafe.

This is meer Inconfiftency, and we need only to ufe his own Arguments, to invalidate all he has publish'd; and what Man in the Univerfe can allow, that the King of England could difpofe of the Principality of Orange, and the other Eftates belonging to the Portion of Prince Philip-William. This is fhocking to common Sense.

If they are Feoffments of Truft, we are not to begin at the youngest of the Houfe: We must then follow the Order of the Wills; and what fignify then the Partitions which were made by the Intervention of the Ambaffadors of France, England, and of the States themselves, and all the Treaties of the Family fucceffively fworn to, and fucceffively observed by our Ancestors?

If the Cafe is to be decided only by Force, 'twere better to fay nothing about it: But to alledge Reafons against one's felf, and to appropriate to himself the fineft Eftates limited to the Houfe of Naffau, according to the Order of Intail, will not convince the Publick that to prove the Rights of an Adverfary, by endeavouring to obfcure them, proceeds from any thing but meer Force and Covetousness.

But what means that Article, wherein the Counfellor of Monfieur the Landgrave afferts, That Prince William Hyacinthe neither has mov'd, nor will move in this Affair, when the faid Counfellor himfelf quotes the Anfwers of the Universities, which the faid Prince of Orange publish'd under the Title of, Vis non Fus.

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Could he be ignorant of the Memorials prefented concerning the Principality of Orange, and other Dependant Eftates, as well to the Congrefs, as to the States General, which he never yet thought fit to contradict? Has he forgot the Actions enter'd in the Courts of Brabant, and of Holland, and formerly difputed?

Can he be ignorant of the Juridical Acts, pafs'd in Orange it felf? This is far from doing Nothing, unlefs he thinks, that getting one's felf into Poffeffion, by Favour of the Conjuncture, and the Regard had for him, ought not to be call'd Moving.

He must be an able Difputant, no doubt, who pretends to prove by Argument, that the Prince de Siegen can neither pretend remotely or proximately. to be Prince of Orange by the Will of the King, which fpecifying nothing, has not constituted the Prince of Dietz his Heir, but to what belong'd to him exclusively of all others; and altho' he fhould refuse to confirm by Qath, the Pactions of the Family, he is neverthelfs bound to observe them, and the Acts of his Predeceffors.

Did not the faid Counsellor alledge against the King of Pruffia, that Frederic Henry could not alter the Order establish'd in the Houfe, by the Wills of Philippe-William and of Maurice, his Teftamentary Heir, which contain'd an Intail gradual, real, and mafculine, by which Deeds he was bound?

How can he then attribute to the King of England, more Power than to Fredreic-Henry, who fucceeded only by Vertue of the faid Wills, and who could not have been Prince of Orange, without the fame Title, by which the Succeffion of Philippe-William pertains at prefent to the Eldeft of the Houfe.

This is fufficient to fhew the Publick how Things are at prefent tranfacted, with Regard to that Succeflion, and that our Adverfaries ftick at nothing to get an Estate.

'Tis likewife very furprizing, That in fpight of Truth, Reafon and Genealogies, and all the antecedent Treaties of Peace, they fhould now introduce a new Method of transferring Sovereignties, how

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