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as he was now termed by the French arrived at Dunkirk that the English Minestry had certain intellegence of the destenation of the Fleet-- which when communicated to the parliament all opposition to the measures of government ceased and in conciquence the Pretender and his adherents were proclaimed traitors and rebels-- The Duke of Marlborough defeated the French near Odenarde raised the siege of Brussels retook Ghent and Bruges which bid fair to make his power and the Earl of Godolphin permanent by the expulsion of Harley from the council The death of Prince George of Denmark took place the 28th of Oct --1708-- previous to his death the Queen had the mortification of loosing all her Children-- From the period of the revolution it had been the common practice of government to run the Nation in debt, that is for the Parliament to grant more money to the Crown than they could raise within the Year-- The necessities of the State increasing every Year every probable measure was pursued to--
