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of Denmark with the clays of Christian the Sixth, who erected the Palace of Christians- borg without burthening his people with the expence j they studiously infer the inequality of our means, and loudly tell the world our state is on the decline. Nothing, however, but German sagacity could devise so empty a conjecture, and to their solicitude our country is indebted for many an assertion equally vague and unfounded. To shew on whom these gen­ tlemen let fall their panegyrics, I shall exhibit the character of that king. When the question of Spanish succession agitated Europe, in the life time of his father, Frederick the Fourth, 12000 Danish troops were taken into the pay of England and Hol­ land, and 6000 into that of the Emperor. These men, animated by the glorious example of their sovereign, fought bravely, and gained the admiration not only of their allies, but of the world, to the immortal honor of their country. “ I rely on the Danes,” said Prince Eugene, at the siege of Tournai ■, “ they are brave men, e 2