Poland, vanquished, divided, had to pay the whole of them.

"I shall not enter upon the portion that Russia marks out for herself," wrote Frederick to Count Solms, his ambassador at St.Petersburg.

"I have expressly left all that blank in order that she may settle it according to her interests and her own good pleasure.

When the negotiations for peace have advanced to a certain stage of consistency, it will no longer depend upon the Austrians to break them off if we declare our views unanimously as to Poland.

She cannot rely any further upon France, which happens to be in such a fearful state of exhaustion that it could not give any help to Spain, which was on the point of declaring war against England.