Note 25 — LETTER XXXVI.
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’Tis said, that the real Motive of this Abdication was his Perplexity on Account of the Succession of Parma and Tuscany, and the Introduction of the Infante Don Carlos into Italy. They say he had enter’d into Engagements relating to this Affair, first with the Court of Vienna, and afterwards with Spain; and it not being possible for him to satisfy either of those Courts without exposing himself to the Resentment of the other, he resolved to abdicate, at least for a Time, because he knew of no other Way to extricate himself from the Dilemma.