An act being formed on these resolutions, they brought in a bill for preserving the trade with Portugal: then they considered the state of the war in Spain.
INQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE WAR IN SPAIN.
When the queen passed these bills, she recommended an augmentation in the aids and auxiliaries granted to the king of Spain and the duke of Savoy.

This intimation produced a debate in the house of lords on the affairs of Spain.

The services of the earl of Peterborough were extolled by the earl of Rochester and lord Haver-sham, who levelled some oblique reflections on the earl of Galway.

Several lords enlarged upon the necessity of carrying on the war until king Charles should be fully established upon the throne of Spain.

The earl of Peterborough said they ought to contribute nine shillings in the pound rather than make peace on any other terms: he declared himself ready to return to Spain, and serve even under the earl of Galway.