The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

THE

HISTORY

MODERN EUROPE:

WITH AN

ACCOUNT OF THE DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE;

AND A

VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY,

FROM THE

RISE OF THE MODERN KINGDOMS TO THE PEACE

OF PARIS, IN 1763;

IN A

SERIES OF LETTERS FROM A NOBLEMAN TO HIS SON.

NEW EDITION,

CONTINUED TO THE DEATH OF WILLIAM IV. OF ENGLAND.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

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V. 2

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

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VOLUME II.

PART I.-(continued.)

FROM THE RISE OF THE MODERN KINGDOMS TO THE PEACE OF

WESTPHALIA, IN 1648.

LETTER LXVI.