d'être ravagés

of to-be ravaged

par Charles Douze, by Charles

Twelve,

of having their country laid waste by Charles the Twelfth,

justement outragé, ils ne formèrent qu'un cri

justly outraged, they not justly exasperated, they were unanimous in their outcry

formed

than one

cry

contre la guerre, qu'ils crurent déclarée à eux

which they believed declared to themwhich they believed to be declared against

against the war, against the war,

same

more than to the Sweden.

mêmes plus qu'à la Suède. Ils regardèrent les They regarded the themselves rather than against Sweden. They regarded the Saxons et les Moscovites comme les instrumens de

au cœur

As soon as they saw

s'avançoit avec une armée victorieuse

himself † advanced with an army

to-the heart

victorious

was advancing with

a

victorious army into the heart

of Lithuania, they burst out into open hostility to their

souverain, avec d'autant plus de liberté qu'il étoit

sovereign, with of so-much more of liberty that he † was

lières, lar,

rels, had been

Roi de Suède

King of Sweden King of Sweden

et Oginsky, mal and Oginsky, ill and Oginsky, ill

s'attacha les Princes Sapieha; to-himself attached the Princes Sapieha; attached the Princes Sapieha to his interests; secouru par les Saxons, vit son succoured by the Saxons, saw his supported by the Saxons, saw his parti presque anéanti. L'armée Lithuanienne, que party almost annihilated. The army Lithuanian, which party almost annihilated. The Lithuanian army, which

ces troubles et le défaut d'argent réduisoient à un these troubles and the defect of money † reduced to a these troubles and want of money had reduced to a

petit nombre, étoit en partie dispersée par le vain

little number, † was -in part dispersed by the vicsmall number, was partly dispersed by the con

queur. Le peu qui tenoit pour le Roi de Pologne The little which † held for the King of Poland quered. The few who adhered to the King of Poland

tor.

étoit séparé en petits separated into little were broken up into small

† was

corps de troupes fugitives, troops fugitive, fugitive troops,

bodies of

bands of

qui erroient dans la campagne, et subsistoient de who wandered in the country, and † subsisted who wandered over the

and subsisted country,

of on

rapines. Auguste ne voyoit en Lithuanie que de rapines. Augustus not † saw in plunder. Augustus found in Lithuania only

Lithuania than of

ses sujets, et une armée ennemie conduite par un

his subjects, and an army

hostile

conducted by

his subjects, and hostile a

by

a

jeune Roi outragé, victorieux, et implacable. young King outraged, victorious, and implacable. youthful King insulted, victorious, and implacable.

Il y avoit à la vérité en Pologne une armée; mais

It there had to the truth in Poland an army; but It is true there was an army in Poland; but

au lieu d'être de trente-six mille hommes, nomto-the place of to-be of thirty-six thousand instead of consisting of thirty-six thousand

men,

num

men, the num

bre prescrit par les lois, elle n'étoit pas de dix-huit

*

ber prescribed by the laws, she not † was of eighteen ber prescribed by law, it did not amount to eighteen

mille. Non-seulement elle étoit mal payée et mal

thousand. Not only she + was ill thousand. Not only was it ill

armée, mais ses généraux ne savoient armed, but her generals not † knew armed, but its generals knew not as

paid and ill paid and ill

encore quel

yet what yet what

but he

bility to follow him;

but he

à un refus qui

trop découvert, et par

to

a

to

a

eût

refusal which might-have too-much discovered, and by refusal which would have revealed too much, and con

conséquent augmenté sa foiblesse.

consequence augmented his weakness. sequently increased his weakness.

Dans cet état de trouble et d'incertitude, tous les In this state of trouble and of uncertainty, all the In this state of anxiety and uncertainty,

the

palatinats du royaume demandoient au Roi palatinates of-the kingdom

† demanded

to-the King

palatinates of the kingdom unanimously demanded of the King

une diète, de même qu'en Angleterre, dans les temps

a

diet, of same that in England, in the times

a

diet, just as in England in times of difficiles, tous les

difficult,

corps de l'état présentent des

all the bodies of the state

present of-the present

adresses au Roi pour le prier de convoquer un par

to-convoke

to assemble a par

addresses to-the King for him to-pray of addresses to the King, praying him

liament. Augustus + had more liament. Augustus was

want

of an army

lement. Auguste avoit plus besoin d'une armée

more in want of an army

que d'une diète, où les actions des rois sont diet, where the actions of-the kings are diet, in which the actions of the kings are

than of a than of a

fallut bien cependant qu'il la

that he her

pesées. Il weighed. It was-necessary well nevertheless discussed. It was, nevertheless, absolutely necessary for him to

convoquât, pour ne point aigrir la nation sans retour.

might-convoke, for not convoke it, if he would not irremediably disgust the nation.

Elle fut donc indiquée à Varsovie pour le

She was then

indicated

at Warsaw for the

It was therefore appointed to be held at Warsaw on the

second de Décembre, mille sept cent

un. Il

one. He

second of December, thousand seven hundred second of December, seventeen hundred and one. Au

s'apperçut bientôt que Charles Douze avoit pour

himself perceived well-soon that Charles

Twelve + had for

gustus soon perceived that Charles the Twelfth had

le moins autant de pouvoir que

semblée. Ceux qui tenoient pour les Sapieha, les

Lubomirskys and their friends, the palatine Lubomirskys and their friends, the palatine

Leckzinsky,

Leckzinsky,

trésorier de la couronne, et sur-tout les partisans

and over-all the partisans and, above all, the partisans

des Princes Sobiesky, étoient tous secrétement at

of-the Princes Sobiesky, of the Princes Sobiesky,

tachés au Roi de Suède. tached to-the King of Sweden. tached to the King of Sweden.

† were all secretly atat

were

all secretly

Le plus considérable de ses partisans, et le plus

The

most considerable of his partisans, and the most The most considerable of his partisans, and the most

dangereux ennemi qu'eût le Roi de Pologne,

dangerous enemy that might-have the King of Poland, dangerous enemy of the King of Poland,

étoit le Cardinal Radjowski, archevêque de Gnesne,

† was the Cardinal Radjowski, archbishop of Gnesna, Cardinal Radjowski, archbishop of Gnesna,

was

primat du royaume, et président de la diète.

primate of-the kingdom, and president of the diet. primate of the kingdom, and president of the diet.

rité dans sa conduite, entièrement gouverné par une

a

rity in his conduct, entirely governed by lation in his conduct, entirely governed by an

femme ambitieuse, que les Suédois appeloient Ma

woman ambitious, whom the Swedes

+ called

Ma

dame la Cardinale, laquelle ne cessoit de le pous

dam the Cardinaless,

the-which not † ceased of him to

dame la Cardinale, who incessantly urged him

ser à l'intrigue et à la faction.

push to the intrigue and to the faction.

into

intrigue and faction.

du primat

of-the primate

L'habileté

The ability for which

consistoit, dit-on, à profiter

+ consisted, says one, to to-profit

the primate was remarkable, is said to have consisted in taking

conjonctures, sans chercher à les faire conjunctures, without to-seek to them to-make

des

of-the

advantage of conjunctures, without seeking to give them

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