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electorquotes · 5 years ago

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House of Commons, A Report from the Committee of Secrecy, 1715

Page 16: The Cession of the Catholic Low Countries was made by the King of Spain to the Elector of Bavaria, only with a design to indemnize him, for the losses he suffered during the course of this present war; but his Majesty, and the King his grandson, are further engaged by treaties with that Elector, to restore him, by the peace, to the possession of his dominions, of his rank, and of his dignities, whereof he was dearived by the war, so his Majesty will demand, that this Prince resume in the Electoral College the first rank, which was transferred to the Elector Palatine; that the Upper Palatinate given to the said Elector Palatine, be restored to the Elector of Bavaria, and in short that the dismemberments made from the chief parts of the same Electorate, be annulled, and thins restored to their former order.

Even these demands are not repugnant to the interest of the Dutch, supposing that they will consent to leave the Low Countries to the Elector of Bavaria; for it is consistent with their maxims, that these provinces should be possessed by a Prince, whose power secures their barrier.

However, if they have different thoughts with respect to the Elector of Bavaria, and that forgetting the first engagements of that Prince with the House of Austria, they are persuaded that his ties with France will never be weakened, if upon this foundation, they think that his power might at any time be dangerous to their State, and that therefore it is necessary to diminish the same; regard may be had to this fear, altho’ ill grounded, by proposing for the good of the peace, to engage the Elector of Bavaria, to yield Bavaria, and the Electoral dignity to the Prince his eldest son; whereof it would be necessary to include at the same time the marriage with the Arch-Duchess, eldest daughter of the late Emperor Joseph. In this case it should be stipulated, that the Elector would be satisfied to possess the Low Countries instead of Bavaria, with the condition that has been mentioned, of putting Dutch garrisons into the places, to be paid, and maintained at the charge of the country.

If these proposals should be rejected, the King being engaged by his treaties, to take care of the interests of a Prince his ally, demands that at least, the Elector of Bavaria may keep the provinces of Luxembourg and Namer, and that his Electorate, his dignity, and his rank may be restored to him; but it would not be just, that being reduced to two strong places in the Low Countries, he should be obliged to receive a Dutch garrison therein, which the revenue of those two provinces would not be able to maintain. This condition must be struck out; which the King only proposes in case all the Low Countries be entirely given to the Elector of Bavaria.

As the King doubts not; but the Queen of Great Britain thinks it just, that the Elector Palatine should restore the Upper Palatinate, his Majesty thinks, that the Duchy of Limburg might be separated from the Low Countries, and given to the Elector Palatine, to indemnify him for the Upper Palatinate, which he should restore; this his Majesty leaves to the prudence and justice of the Queen of Great Britain. However it be, it might be agreed, that the Elector Palatinate should enjoy, during his life, the Upper Palatinate, and the first rank in the Electoral College, and that after his death, both should return to the Elector of Bavaria, and his successor.

This second proposal, with respect to the Elector of Bavaria, would bring no alteration to the offer already made, of yielding to the Dutch for a barrier, Menin, Ipres, Furn, and Furn Ambach, on the conditions beforementioned.

Page 17: The Dutch, and their Allies, by refusing the Low Countries to the Elector of Bavaria, would probably have the same yielded to the Arch-Duke: The King will consent thereto, and moreover, his Majesty will dispose that Elector to yield the whole Electorate of Bavaria to the House of Austria, provided the Kingdom of Naples be given to that Prince.

The proportion is not equal between that Kingdom of the one, and the Spanish Netherlands on the other part, with a country like that of Bavaria, and so convenient to the House of Austria; but the King undertakes to supply the losses of the Elector of Bavaria, and to make, but he indemnization, England a considerable gainer.

The means his Majesty proposes to succeed therein, is by engaging the King of Spain, to yield Sicily to that Elector, so by possessing both Kingdoms, he would be indemnified for what he should forsake otherwise, and the English would find their particular advantage in the Conventions England might make with him for the commerce int he Mediterranean. It is not indifferent to the nation to be secure of the Prince who shall be master of Messina, and the Dutch would easily prevent England, if ever Sicily should fall into the hands of the Arch-Duke. This reflection will not have escaped the wisdom of the Queen of Great Britain, who shows likewise her regard to the affairs of Italy, by the Article which concerns the Duke of Savoy. …….. Besides these explanations, the King will give, with an entire confidence, to the Queen of Great Britain, all the explanations she will be pleased to ask him, for the good of the peace; and since she desires to know, what are the King’s dispositions with respect to the Elector of Brandenburg, and the Duke of Hanover; his Majesty assures her, that he will make no difficulty to acknowledge the first, as King of Prussia, and the second, as Elector, when the Peace is signed. The Queen of Great Britain, may even make use of this confidence, as she shall think most fitting for advancing the Peace, and be sure that the King will not disown her.

Page 60: The King and the King of Spain not only engaged to the Elector of Bavaria to reestablish him in his dominions, but also to make him an amends for the losses he has sustained during the course of this present war.

It is on this account that the Catholic King has yielded to him the Spanish Netherlands; if it must be that the Elector must desist from them for the good of the peace, the King and the King of Spain are obliged to make him some other amends; the Kingdom of Sicily is the only State which Spain can give to this Prince, and to satisfy the engagements entered into with him.

It is the more necessary to stipulate this condition, being it appears that the Empire oppose his being reestablished in his rank of First Elector; and that it is demanded that the Upper Palatinate should be kept by the Elector Palatine, and after him by Prince Charles of Neubourg, his brother; not to return to the Elector of Bavaria or his children, but after the death of these Princes. …….. They will not be against the Duchy of Bavaria’s being returned to the Elector of that name, and that he shall be the ninth and last Elector, on condition that he shall give up his pretensions to the Upper Palatinate, and the dignity of the First Elector, without hopes of enjoying it, but after the death of the Elector Palatine, and of Prince Charles of Neubourg, his brother.

And as to the Elector of Cologne, when he shall be reinstated in his dominions, it shall be in the choice of the Allies whether they will garrison the town of Bonn or not.

Tho’ this condition be prejudicial to the Elector of Bavaria, the King is willing to consent to it, allowing the amends of the Kingdom of Sicily, because the title of King will wipe off what is shocking, in being the last Elector, which they will give him instead of the first place he had in the Elector College.

His Majesty proposes that the fortifications of Bonn should be demolished, and this expedient seems more suitable to him, than to put a garrison in that place, which does not depend on the Elector of Cologne.

Page 61: The Barrier shall be formed out of the Spanish Netherlands, as they are now possessed by the Allies, to which Luxembourg shall be added, reserving the Principality of 30,000 crowns per annum given by the King of Spain to Madam the Princess des Ursini, Namur, Charleroy, Newport, Ypres and its Chatelaine Furnes and Furnambac, Knocque, Menin and its district; on condition that Lille, in the state it now is in, with its dependencies, shall be returned to France as an equivalent for the demolition of Dunkirk, and Tournay with the District of Tournay, Douay, Berbuns, Aire, St. Tenant, and Bouchain, in the condition they are in, with what belongs to them, as likewise all the guns and stores of war, which shall be found in them, in exchange for the places which France adds to fortify the Barrier, and those which will be yielded by the Elector of Bavaria, who is actually in possession of them.

Page 71: The last point, and that on which we had the warmest debates, was concerning the Elector of Bavaria. As soon as I arrived at Paris I heard that he was one to Chaillos in the neighborhood, and Monsieur de Torcy either was, or affected to be, under some uneasiness at the reproaches which this Prince would, he said, with reason give them, unless they provided better for him than the Queen had hitherto seemed inclined to allow.

He turned this matter several ways, and made variety of propositions, which it was plain enough were not extempore, tho’ he appeared desirous I should look upon them as sudden thoughts which occurred to him in treating. At last he rested on this, that the Queen should engage to procure for the Elector the Duchy and Electorate of Bavaria, exclusive of the Upper Palatinate, and the rank in the Electoral college, which I had from the first peremptorily rejected; and that she should further promise to maintain him in the possession of the Duchies and Towns of Luxembourg and Namur, and in the possession of Charleroy and Nieuport, until such an equivalent for these countries and places was given him as he should be satisfied with. This proposition I positively refused to assent to, and told Monsieur de Torcy very plainly, that leaving these towns and places in the Elector’s possession till he had such an equivalent as he should be satisfied with, was really giving them absolutely to him, which I knew her Majesty neither could or would admit; further, that her Majesty would enter into no engagements to procure anything for the Elector, or even to use her offices in his behalf; that the towns and places which this Prince is in possession of, would very probably be an inducement to the allies to give him something in lieu of them; that her Majesty would not oppose his having Sardinia, which equivalent had been proposed first from hence. This I let him know was the sum of all he was to expect from the Queen, and your Lordship will find the minutes drawn accordingly.

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fwoosheye · 3 years ago

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Master post. Sorta. Of my doodles and side blogs.

This is not an art blog, but I've started to upload more and more of my sketches etc so I figured it might be nice to collect them in one spot so here we are :)

Side Blogs:

My site of prompts and writing advice. Mostly fanfiction prompts but it has some other stuff too. All prompts are tagged with trigger warnings in case people need it. See it's own Master Post to see which fandoms and such

Art I like and want to save. Literally just a side blog with art reblogs for when I want to look at art and nothing else. None of my own stuff there. Lots of fanart.

My fanfictions can be found on AO3 and FFN (the ones on ffn are slowly being cross-posted to ao3)

The art:

Aithne being possessed by Majora's Mask. Fanart for the LoZ AU Limited Hero. Pen and colour pencils.

Angel and Djævel - about who's sexier. Fanart for the LoZ AU Linked Maze. Pen.

Berbunny (Bunny Mermaid Legend). A "what if Legend's mermaid curse would still affect him as a bunny". LU. Pencil drawing, colour

Berbunny fic concept with doodles. LU. Pencil drawing, colour.

Berbun creature doodles as concept for my personal wip. With handwritten notes of things I'm considering to use for them. Pencil drawings, colour.

Concept doodles with the Linked Universe chain as covers for amiibo cards. Pencil sketches.

Crazy Tracy. LoZ - Link's Awakening. Pencil drawing, colour + sepia filter version

Fierce deity baking, fishing and collecting laundry. Zelda HW. Pencil doodles.

Fierce Deity having a harp lesson. Very silly phone-doodle. I don't know why I even have a art app on my phone.

Flowey being angry in a shoe (with a derpy Wall-E with Mettaton legs in the background). Undertale + Wall-E crossover. Digital lineart, colour.

Four Wild Ones. Doodles of a fanfic concept where BotW-Link found the Four Sword. Pencil sketch. And here's a digital drawing from the first chapter where FWO-Link is running through the Forgotten Temple and having half a flashback.

Granny Orc. Character from my original wip (current working title: Music and Murder). Pen lineart, not yet coloured.

Kittenlad, Catboy, Lionking. Reply to Gaud's post. Pencil sketch.

Kris Dreemurr as a Shujin student (with Ren/Akira, Ryuji, Ann and Morgana in the background). Deltarune + Persona 5 crossover. Pen and pencils, colour.

Laria and Ravio. Fanart for telemna-hyelle's Lorian Linked Universe AU: Saga of Hilda, where Laria is the Lorian version of Marin. Pen and colour pencils.

Little Yiga who is allergic to bananas. Breath of the Wild. Phone doodle.

LM Bunny as a berbun/zora-bunny. Linked Maze. Digital lineart, colour.

LU Legend and Twilight in the 1920's. Generated prompt. Pencil doodle.

LU Legend cuddling the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. Linked Universe + Monty Python crossover. Pen and colour pencils

LU Twilight in beast form but it’s a goat instead of a wolf (based of the fanfic The Sacred Beast (for a farmer) by Wisetypewriter on ao3). Zelda TP + LU. Watercolours

Mermaid Legend. Linked Universe for mermay, pencil, both grayscale and colour

Mettaton EX wearing his blue dress + him meeting Ghirahim. Undertale + LoZ Skyward Sword. Colour pencil doodles.

Mettaton wearing the Cece Hat. Undertale + TotK crossover. Colour pencil doodle.

Papyrus and Murray (with Sans and Guybrush as well + a Frisk wanted poster). Undertale + Monkey Island crossover. Pencil sketch.

Papyrus and the Riddler (alas, the master piece before it with Batman and Papyrus in swapped outfits is not mine, I just wish it was). Undertale + Batman crossover. Reply to Insanelyadd's post. Pen lineart.

Poison Ivy vs. Crowley. Good Omens + Batman crossover. Digital sketch, colour

Ravio with a sleeping Sheerow on his head. Zelda ALBW + Mina's Linkverse. Digital art, colour

Redead Vio. From the Forgotten Fourth AU by Social1Climb. Digital art, colour

Shadow Link from my BotW AU fic. Colour pencils

The Ghost Hero. Cursed Link generator. Possibly up-coming story. Both digital and pencil doodles. And here are some additional digital doodles for this AU! And here's a pen drawing for it!

The Islander. LU roleswap AU, fanart of Link and Marin. Colour pencils

TotK Link's new arm but with a twist. A what-if-concept. No real spoilers if you have at least started the tutorial area and spoken with this game's "wise old man". Though one later sidequest is hinted at in tags. Pencil doodles and a bit of fine liners on one of them

Underfell doodles from my own AU crossover comic. Undertale AU:s (Underfell and [still a secret]). Pencil sketches.

The profile header: Berbuns, aka mermaid bunnies or bunnyseals. Coloured pencil.

Fics from others' writing prompts:

The Forgotten Prisoner

The Book of Custom Lies

A Human Neighbour

The Mirror of Truths

The Demon and I

#masterpost #sorta #art #sketches #doodles #digital #traditional #pencils #pens #some are replies to others'posts #some are linked to art on my sideblogs #fanart

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