pletely　under　grasp；　in　which　state　it　was　held　very　tight　indeed；　for　the　six　years　coming。　There　is　no　detailing　of　all　that；　details；　were　they　even　known　to　an　Editor　at　such　distance；　would　weary　every　reader。　Enough　to　understand　that　Friedrich　has　not　on　this　occasion；　as　he　did　in　1744；　omitted　to　disarm　Saxony；　to　hobble　it　in　every　limb；　and　have　it；　at　discretion；　tied　as　with　ropes　to　his　interests　and　him。　＇　Helden…Geschichte；　　iii。　945…956。＇　His　management　was　never　accounted　cruel；　and　it　was　studiously　the　reverse　of　violent　or　irregular：　but　it　had　to　be　rigorous　as　the　facts　were；nor　was　it　the　worst；　or　reckoned　the　worst；　of　Saxony's　miseries　in　this　time。
  Poor　Country；　suffering　for　its　Bruhl！　In　the　Country；　except　for　its　Bruhl；　there　was　no　sin　against　Prussia；　the　reverse　rather。　The　Saxon　population；　as　Protestants；　have　no　good…will　to　Austria　and　its　aims　of　aggrandizement。　In　Austrian　spy…letters；　now　and　afterwards；　they　are　described　to　us　as　〃GUT　PREUSSISCH；〃　〃strong　for　Prussia；　the　most　of　them；　even　in　Dresden　itself。〃
  Whether　Friedrich　could　have　had　much　real　hope　to　end　the　War　this　Year；　or　scare　it　off　from　beginning；　may　be　a　question。　If　he　had；　it　is　totally　disappointed。　The　Saxon　Government　has　brought　ruin　on　itself　and　Country；　but　it　has　been　of　great　damage　to　Friedrich。　Would　Polish　Majesty　have　consented　to　disband　his　soldiers；　and　receive　Friedrich　with　a　BONA…FIDE　〃Neutrality；〃　Friedrich　could　have　passed　the　Mountains　still　in　time　for　a　heavy　stroke　on　Bohemia；　which　was　totally　unprepared　for　such　a　visit；　And　he　mightfrom　the　Towers　of　Prag；　for　instancehave；　far　more　persuasively；　held　out　the　olive…branch　to　an　astonished　Empress…　Queen：　〃Leave　me　alone；　Madam；　will　you；　then！　Security　for　that；　I　wanted　and　want　nothing　more！〃　But　Polish　Majesty；　taking　on　him　the　character　of　Austrian　martyr；　and　flinging　himself　into　the　gulf；　has　prevented　all　that；　has　turned　all　that　the　other　way。
  Austria；　it　appears；　is　quite　ungrateful：　〃Was　n't　he　bound？〃　thinks　Austria；as　its　wont　rather　is。　Forgetful　of　the　great　deliverance　wrought　for　it　by　poor　Polish　Majesty；　whom　it　could　not　deliver…except　into　bottomless　wreck！　Austria；　grateful　or　not；　stands　unscathed；　has　time　to　prepare　its　Armaments；　its　vocal　Arguments：　Austria　is　in　higher　provocation　than　ever；　and　its　very　Arguments；　highly　vocal　to　the　Reich　and　the　world；　〃Is　not　this　man　a　robber；　and　enemy　of　mankind？〃　do　Friedrich　a　great　deal　of　ill。　Friedrich's　sudden　Campaign；　instead　of　landing　him　in　the　heart　of　the　Austrian　States；　there　to　propose　Peace；　has　kindled　nearly　all　Europe　into　flames　of　rage　against　him；which　will　not　consist　in　words　merely！　Never　was　misunderstanding　of　a　man　at　a　higher　pitch：　〃Such　treatment　of　a　peaceable　Neighbor　and　Crowned　Head；witness　it；　ye　Heavens　and　thou　Earth！〃　Dauphiness　falling　on　her　knees　to　Most　Christian　Majesty；　〃Princess　and　dearest　Sister〃　to　Most　Christian　Majesty's　Pompadour；　especially　no　end　of　Pleading　to　the　German　Reich；　in　a　furious；　Delphic…Pythoness　or　quasi…inspired　tone：　all　this　goes　on。
  From　the　time　when　Pirna　was　blockaded；　Kaiser　Franz；　his　high　Consort　and　sense　of　duty　urging　him；　has　been　busy　in　the　Reich's…　Hofrath　（kind　of　Privy…Council　or　Supreme　Court　of　the　Reich；　which　sits　at　Vienna）；　busy　there；　and　in　the　Reich's　Diet　at　Regensburg；　busy　everywhere；　with　utmost　diligence　over　Teutschland；forging　Reich　thunder。　Manifestoes；　HOF…DECRETS；　DEHORTATORIUMS；　EXCITATORIUMS；　so　goes　it；　exploding　like　Vesuvius；　shock　on　the　back　of　shock：20th　September　it　began；　and　lasts；　CRESCENDO；　through　Winter　and　onwards；　at　an　extraordinary　rate。　＇In　　Helden…Geschichte　　（iv。　163…174；　iii。　956；　and　indeed　PASSIM　through　those　Volumes）；　the　Originals　in　frightful　superabundance。＇　Of　all　which；　leaving　readers　to　imagine　it；　we　will　say　nothing；except　that　it　points　towards　〃Armed　Interference　by　the　Reich；〃　〃Reich's　Execution　Army；〃　nay　towards　〃Ban　of　the　Reich〃　（total　excommunication　of　this　Enemy　of　Mankind；　and　giving　of　him　up　to　Satan；　by　bell；　book　and　candle）；　which　is　a　kind　of　thunder…bolt　not　heard　of　for　a　good　few　ages　past！　Thunder…bolt　thought　to　be　gone　mainly　to　rust　by　the　judicious；　which；　however；　the　poor　old　Reich　did　grasp　again；　and　attempt　to　launch。　As　perhaps　we　shall　have　to　notice　by　and　by；　among　the　miracles　going。
  France　too；　urged　by　the　noblest　concern；　feels　itself　called　upon。　France　magnanimously　intimates　to　the　Reich's　Diet；　once　and　again；　〃That　Most　Christian　Majesty　is　guarantee　of　the　Treaty　of　Westphalia；　Most　Christian　Majesty　cannot　stand　such　procedures；〃　and　then　the　second　time；　〃That　Most　Christian　Majesty　will　interfere　practically；〃by　100；000　men　and　odd。　＇　Helden…Geschichte；　　iv。　340　（〃26th　March；　1757〃）。＇　In　short；　the　sleeping　world…whirlwinds　are　awakened　against　this　man。　General　Dance　of　the　Furies；　there　go　they；　in　the　dusky　element；　those　Eumenides；　〃giant…limbed；　serpent…haired；　slow…pacing；　circling；　torch　in　hand〃　（according　to　Schiller）；　scattering　terror　and　madness。　At　least；　in　the　Diplomatic　Circles　of　mankind；if　haply　the　Populations　will　follow　suit！
  Friedrich；　abundantly　contemptuous　of　Reich's…thunder　in　the　rusted　kind；　and　well　able　to　distinguish　sound　from　substance　in　the　Reich　or　elsewhere；　recognizes　in　all　this　sufficiently　portentous　prophecies　of　fact　withal；　and　understands；　none　better；　what　a　perilous　position　he　has　got　into。　But　he　cannot　mend　it；can　only；　as　usual；　do　his　own　utmost　in　it。　As　readers　will　believe　he　does；　and　that　his　vigilance　and　diligence　are　very　great。　Continual；　ubiquitous　and　at　the　top　of　his　bent；　one　fancies　his　effort　must　have　been；though　he　makes　no　noise　on　the　subject。　Considerable　work　he　has　with　Hanover；　this　Winter；　with　the　poor　English　Government；　and　their　〃Army　of　Observation；〃　which　is　to　appear　in　the　Hanover　parts；　VERSUS　those　100；000　French；　next　Spring。　To　Hanover　he　has　sent　Schmettau　（the　Younger　Schmettau；　Elder　is　now　dead）　in　regard　to　said　Army；　has　made　a　new　and　closer　Treaty　with　England　（impossible　to　be　fulfilled　on　poor　England's　part）；and　laments；　as　Mitchell　often　does；　the　tragically　embroiled　condition　of　that　Country；　struggling　so　vehemently；　to　no　purpose；　to　get　out　of　bed；　and　not　unlike　strangling　or　smothering　itself　in　its　own　blankets；　at　present！　With　and　in　regard　to　Saxony；　his　work　is　of　course　extremely　considerable；　and　in　regard　to　his　own　Army；　and　its　coming　Business；　considerablest　of　all。　Counter…Manifesto　work；　to　state　his　case　in　a　distinct　manner；　and　leave　it　with　the　Populations　if　the　Diplomacies　are　deaf：　this　too；　is　copiously　proceeding；　under　Artists　who　probably　do　not　require　much　supervision。　In　fact；　no　King　living　has　such　servants；　in　the　Civil　or　the　Military　part；　to　execute　his　will。　And　no　King　so　little　wastes　himself　in　noises；　a　King　who　has　good　command　of　himself；　first　of　all；　not　to　be　thrown　off　his　balance　by　any　terror；　any　provocation　even；　though　his　temper　is　very　sharp。
  Friedrich　in　person　is　mainly　at　Dresden；　lodged　in　the　Bruhl　Palace；endless　wardrobes　and　magnificences　there；　three　hundred　and　sixty…FOUR　Pairs　of　Breeches　hanging　melancholy；　in　a　widowed　manner：　C'EST　ASSEZ　DE　CULOTTES；　MONTREZ…MOI　DES　VERTUS！　Bruhl　is　far　away；　in　Poland；　Madam　Bruhl　has　still　her　Apartments　in　this　Palace；a　frugal　King　needs　only　the　necessary　spaces。　Madam　Bruhl　is　very　busy　here；　and　not　to　good　purpose；　being　well　seen　into。　〃She　had　a　cask　of　wine　sent　her　from　Warsaw；〃　says　Friedrich；　〃orders　were　given　to　decant　for　her　every　drop　of　the　wine；　but　to　be　sure　and　bring　us　the　cask。〃　Cask　was　found　to　have　two　bottoms；　intermediate　space　filled　with　spy…correspondence。　Madam　Bruhl　protests　and　pleads；　Friedrich　not　unpolite　in　reply；　his　last　Letter　to　her　says；　〃Madam；　it　is　better　that　you　go　and　join　your　Husband。〃
  Another　high　Dame　gets　sausages　from　Bohemia；some　of　Friedrich's　light　troops　have　an　appetite；　beyond　strict　law　for　sausages；　break　in；　find　Letters　along　with　the　other　stuffing。　＇　OEuvres　de　Frederic；　　iv。　108；　Mitchell；　〃27th　March；　1757〃　（Raumer　p。　321）。＇　Friedrich　has　a　good　deal　of　watching　and　coercing　to　do　in　that　kind；some　arresting；　conveyance　even　to　Custrin　for　a　time；　though　nothing　crueler　proved　needful。　To　the　poor　Queen　he　keeps　up　civilities；　but　is　obliged　to　be　strict　as　Argus；she　made　him　a　Gift　too；　the　NIGHT　of　Correggio；　admired　NOTTE　of　Correggio；　having　heard　that　he　sat　before　it　silent　for　half　an　hour；　on　entering　that　fine　Gallery；　which　is　due　to　our　Sovereign　Lord　and　his　Bruhl；　alas！　On　the　other　hand；　Friedrich　had　to　take　from　her　Majesty's　Royal　Abode　those　Hundred　Swiss　of　Body…guard；　to　discharge　the　same；　and　put　Prussians　in　their　stead。　Nay；　at　one　time；　on　loud　outcry　from　her　Majesty；　and　great　private　cause　of　complaint　against　her；　there　was　talk　of　sending　the　poor　Royal　lady　to　Warsaw；　after　her　Husband；　but　her　objection　being　violent；　nothing　came　of　that：　Winter　following；　her　poor　Majesty　died；　＇27th　November；　1757。＇　and　gave　nobody　any　farther　trouble。
  Friedrich's　outposts；　especially　in　the　Lau