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LIFE OF TOLAND. 27
Be that as it may, when on the death of the
duke of Gloucester, an act was passed in June,
1701, for the better securing the protestant succession
to the crown, Mr. Toland published his
Anglia Libera; or. The Limitation and Succession
of the Crown of England Explained and Asserted;
as grounded on his majesty's speech ;
the proceedings
of parliament; the desires of the people;
the
safety of our religion; the nature of our constitution;
the balance of Europe; and, the rights of
Mankind.
This treatise he dedicated to his patron,
the duke of Newcastle.
The king having sent the earl of Macclesfield to
HainOver, with the act of succession, Mr. Toland
accompanied him, and presented his Anglia Libera
to her electoral highness the Princess Sophia;
and was the first who had the honour of kneeling
and kissing^ her hand, on account of the act of
succession. The earl of Macclesfield recommended
him warmly to her highness.
Mr. Toland staid
there five or six weeks, and at his departure, their
highnesses the electress dowager, and the elector,
presented him with several gold medals, as a
princely remuneration for
the book he had written
about the succession, in defence of their title
and family. Her highness condescended to give
him likewise portraits of herself, the elector, the
young prince, and of her majesty the queen of
Prussia, done in oil colours. The earl of Mac-
,clesfield, on his return, waited on the king at I^onc2