His savage nature, however, broke out upon this occasion; he ordered some hundreds to be hanged all round his capital; and a good number were beheaded, he himself with his own hands performing the office of executioner.
CONGRESS AT RYSWICK.
The negotiations at Ryswick proceeded very slowly for some time.

The Imperial minister demanded, that Franco should make restitution of all the places and dominions she had wrested from the empire since the peace of Munster, whether by force of arms or pretence of right.

The Spaniards claimed all they could demand by virtue of the peace of Nimeguen and the treaty of the Pyrenees.

The French affirmed, that if the preliminaries offered by Callieres were accepted, these propositions could not be taken into consideration.

The Imperialists persisted in demanding a circumstantial answer, article by article.