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Ep. 309. p. 845. Henry Dupuis. Grotii manes, p. 299. Niceron. Ep. Vossii, 257. p. 150. Ruari Ep. 36. p. 186. Ep. 326. p. 849. Ep. 326. p. 849. Ep. 163. p. 801. Ep. 170. p. 805. Ep. 173. p. 805. Ep. 184. p. 809. 212. p. 819. Ep. 215. p. 820. ep. 229. p. 824. & ep. 242. p. 829. Prefacio Man. Grotii Vir. Grot. p. 300. At Lutsen. Ep. Grotii, 87. p. 384. Ep. 344. p. 123. & 346. p. 124.
It is certain his heart was set on establishing Stanislaus on the throne, and he knew no better way of preventing Augustus from molesting him, than by calling off all communication between his electorate and Poland: accordingly he bent his course to Saxony, marched thro' Silesia and Lusatia, plundered the open country, laid the rich city of Leipsic, and other towns, under contribution, and at length encamped at Alranstadt, near the plains of Lutsen, whence he sent to the estates of Saxony, to give him an estimate of what they could supply, and obliged them to levy whatever sums he had occasion for: not that he had the least spark of avarice in his nature, but his hatred to Augustus, who had by his injustice made him become his enemy, was so great, that it extended to all those of his country, so far, as to humble and impoverish the once opulent inhabitants, making them not only support his numerous army, but laid on them besides many unnecessary imposts, which he divided among his soldiers, so that they were all cloathed in gold and silver, and every private man had the appearance of a general, the king himself still preferring his usual plainness; but he loved, he said, to see the Saxon riches upon Swedish backs.
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