I don't find it denied, that, when a treaty is entered into for peace, a demand will be made on the Regicides to surrender a great part of their conquests on the Continent. 'Will they, in the present state of the war, make that surrender without an equivalent?
Burke questions whether the Regicides will surrender their conquests without receiving something in return during peace negotiations.
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