FRIEDRICH，THESEASONANDFORAGEBEINGDONE，MAKES
FORSILESIA。
ThereoccurredatFrankfurt——theclearmajority，sevenofthenineElectors，Bavariaitself（nayBohemiathistime，\"distaff\"ornot），andalltheothersbutFriedrichandKur—Pfalz，beingsodisposedorsodisposable，Traunbeingmasteroftheground——nodifficultyaboutelectingGrand—DukeFranzStephanofTuscany？Joint—KingofBohemia，tobeKaiseroftheHolyRomishReich。Friedrich’senvoyprotested；——asdidKur—Pfalz’s，withstillmorevehemence，andthenwithdrewtoHanau:theotherSevenvotedSeptember13th1745:anditwasdone。AnewKaiser，FranzStephan，orFranzI。，——withourblessingonhim，ifthatcanavailmuch。ButIfearitcannot。UponsuchmendaciousEmpty—CaseofKaiserhood，withoutevenmoneytofeeditself，nottospeakofgoverning，ofdefendingandcoercing；
uponsuchentitiestheblessingsofmanavaillittle；thegods，havingwarnedthemtogo，donotblessthemforstaying！——However，tar—barrelsburn，thefountainsplay（wineinsomeofthem，I
hope）；Franzistobecrownedinafortnighthence，withextraordinarymagnificence。AtthislastpartofitMariaTheresawill，inherownhighperson，attend；andproceedsaccordinglytowardsFrankfurt，intheendofSeptember（saytheoldBooks），sosoonastheElectionisover。