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             A letter to the Earl of Shaftsbury this 9th of July, 1680 from Tom Tell-Troth, a downright Englishman.
             Tel-Troth, Tom.
             Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683.
          
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           A
           LETTER
           TO
           THE
           Earl
           of
           SHAFTSBURY
           this
           9th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           1680.
           
           From
           TOM
           TELL-TROTH
           a
           Downright
           Englishman
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           lived
           to
           see
           your
           Lordship
           Great
           as
           well
           as
           Popular
           ,
           and
           a
           stout
           Assertor
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           and
           Interest
           .
           Wherefore
           to
           your
           Lordship
           have
           I
           thought
           fit
           ,
           in
           this
           time
           of
           danger
           to
           our
           native
           Countrey
           ,
           to
           lay
           before
           you
           the
           great
           Mischiefs
           that
           both
           the
           Monarchy
           and
           Protestant
           Religion
           do
           suffer
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           present
           Designs
           of
           Papist
           and
           Commonwealths-man
           :
           And
           when
           I
           have
           discover'd
           to
           your
           Lordship
           their
           Intrigues
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           my
           strict
           scrutiny
           and
           search
           into
           them
           (
           besides
           sufficient
           Testimonies
           from
           others
           truely
           informed
           )
           have
           satisfied
           me
           ,
           I
           hope
           we
           shall
           take
           such
           adequate
           Measures
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           both
           your
           Lordship
           and
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           Ruine
           and
           Desolation
           will
           come
           swift
           on
           us
           ,
           Confusion
           and
           every
           evil
           Work
           ,
           if
           some
           speedy
           Remedy
           be
           not
           instantly
           proposed
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           great
           Councel
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           Your
           Lordship
           will
           please
           to
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           make
           a
           Parallel
           ,
           between
           the
           past
           Actions
           of
           the
           designing
           men
           before
           and
           after
           1641.
           to
           the
           happy
           Restoration
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           it
           I
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           satisfie
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           what
           was
           then
           designed
           and
           effected
           upon
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           were
           the
           results
           of
           such
           pernicious
           Counsels
           and
           Designs
           ,
           as
           are
           now
           hatching
           by
           these
           Sons
           of
           Belial
           ,
           to
           the
           present
           disturbance
           ,
           if
           not
           ruine
           of
           our
           flourishing
           Church
           and
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           Now
           't
           is
           obvious
           to
           all
           that
           have
           had
           any
           knowledge
           of
           the
           late
           Transactions
           before
           1640.
           and
           after
           ,
           that
           the
           Papist
           seeing
           our
           Church
           so
           well
           guarded
           with
           purity
           of
           Doctrine
           and
           Faith
           ,
           with
           innocent
           Ceremonies
           ,
           to
           defend
           her
           from
           the
           Invasion
           of
           slovenly
           and
           dishonourable
           worshipping
           of
           the
           great
           God
           ;
           as
           well
           also
           to
           avoid
           the
           Superstition
           and
           Foppery
           of
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           Behold
           what
           Emissaries
           were
           there
           sent
           out
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           Cloathing
           to
           deceive
           ;
           the
           Puritan
           must
           be
           drawn
           in
           to
           make
           an
           outcry
           against
           Canons
           ,
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           whatever
           was
           enjoyned
           by
           Law
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           must
           be
           Antichristian
           ,
           at
           least
           it
           must
           be
           said
           unlawfully
           imposed
           on
           their
           tender
           Consciences
           .
           From
           sowing
           these
           Doctrines
           ,
           the
           poor
           and
           the
           ignorant
           were
           taught
           to
           believe
           Bishops
           to
           be
           the
           very
           Limbs
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           Superstition
           and
           Idolatry
           brought
           by
           them
           into
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           many
           worthy
           Patriots
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Pryn
             ,
             Bastwick
          
           ,
           and
           Burton
           ,
           &c.
           would
           smell
           Popery
           and
           Superstition
           in
           Gown
           ,
           Surplice
           ,
           Cross
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           worshipping
           God
           towards
           the
           East
           ,
           (
           a
           primitive
           Custom
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           )
           &c.
           then
           publish
           to
           the
           World
           the
           great
           care
           they
           had
           to
           bring
           things
           to
           a
           due
           Reformation
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           But
           behold
           the
           consequence
           of
           this
           Undertaking
           ;
           they
           had
           no
           sooner
           gone
           about
           to
           
           undermine
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           then
           't
           was
           fit
           time
           to
           call
           in
           question
           too
           the
           Miscarriages
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           sure
           Archbishop
           Laud
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           most
           eminent
           Assertor
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           as
           true
           a
           Protestant
           as
           ever
           lived
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           first
           man
           cryed
           down
           by
           the
           Teachers
           and
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           for
           being
           Popishly
           inclined
           ,
           or
           rather
           for
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           butcher'd
           too
           for
           that
           supposition
           ;
           by
           his
           death
           ended
           the
           Tranquillity
           of
           the
           once
           flourishing
           Church
           of
           England
           :
           Thus
           far
           had
           Papist
           hand
           in
           hand
           with
           Fanatick
           Rage
           and
           Zeal
           triumphed
           over
           us
           .
           But
           after
           this
           ,
           't
           was
           not
           enough
           to
           bring
           our
           Church
           low
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           yet
           go
           higher
           —
           well
           !
           What
           encouragement
           has
           the
           King
           given
           to
           Papists
           of
           late
           ,
           by
           preferring
           them
           to
           Places
           of
           great
           consequence
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           such
           as
           were
           Strafford
           ,
           &c.
           —
           These
           Persons
           ,
           ay
           those
           ,
           must
           be
           removed
           for
           evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           or
           we
           shall
           have
           no
           Peace
           in
           our
           Israel
           ;
           accordingly
           our
           zealous
           Teachers
           sent
           their
           Disciples
           abroad
           in
           all
           Avenues
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           cry
           down
           evil
           Counsellors
           ,
           for
           that
           their
           design
           was
           to
           bring
           in
           Popery
           ,
           and
           destroy
           Liberty
           ,
           ay
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           .
           And
           then
           forsooth
           Ship-money
           ,
           (
           a
           huge
           burden
           to
           what
           we
           have
           felt
           since
           )
           was
           (
           against
           
             Magna
             harta
          
           )
           indeed
           every
           thing
           in
           the
           Government
           found
           fault
           with
           ,
           as
           either
           Popishly
           or
           Arbitraily
           inclin'd
           ,
           then
           cry
           out
           for
           Reformation
           ,
           Reformation
           .
           And
           when
           for
           Peace-sake
           ,
           our
           good
           King
           had
           granted
           many
           of
           their
           unreasonable
           Demands
           ,
           and
           had
           deliver'd
           to
           their
           Fury
           innocent
           Bloud
           ,
           to
           prevent
           ,
           as
           he
           thought
           ,
           the
           shedding
           much
           more
           ,
           yet
           would
           not
           their
           Rage
           stop
           here
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           King
           ,
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           brought
           to
           destruction
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           horrid
           Rebellion
           and
           Villany
           ,
           as
           can
           scarce
           be
           paralell'd
           in
           any
           Kingdom
           in
           the
           World
           in
           all
           its
           circumstances
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           that
           this
           pretended
           glorious
           Reformation
           ,
           should
           have
           produced
           some
           Settlement
           by
           this
           time
           to
           the
           tottering
           Kingdom
           :
           No
           truly
           ;
           we
           found
           nothing
           but
           Sect
           springing
           out
           of
           Sect
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           once
           prayed
           and
           fought
           together
           against
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           one
           Body
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           under
           one
           denomination
           ,
           are
           presently
           dwindled
           into
           many
           little
           Parties
           and
           Saintships
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           crying
           to
           his
           Neighbour
           ,
           
             I
             am
             holyer
             than
             thou
             art
          
           ;
           so
           that
           from
           Papist
           sprung
           Puritan
           ,
           from
           
             Puritan
             Presbyterian
          
           ,
           from
           
             Presbyterian
             Independent
          
           ,
           from
           thence
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Antinomians
             ,
             Fifth-Monarchists
             ,
             Sweet
             Singers
             in
             Israel
             ,
             Quakers
             ,
             Muggletonians
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           knows
           what
           ,
           till
           by
           and
           through
           the
           Inconstancy
           of
           their
           Persons
           and
           Judgements
           ,
           and
           the
           various
           Frekes
           of
           the
           several
           Humours
           ,
           all
           was
           reduced
           to
           a
           Chaos
           ;
           so
           that
           neither
           a
           single
           Usurper
           ,
           nor
           a
           Parliament
           without
           a
           King
           ,
           nor
           Committee
           of
           Safety
           ,
           nor
           Keepers
           of
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           or
           Councels
           of
           Officers
           ,
           and
           Strength
           of
           Arms
           ,
           could
           produce
           any
           Quiet
           ,
           till
           God
           wonderfully
           restored
           Him
           ,
           whose
           undoubted
           Right
           it
           was
           to
           sway
           the
           Sceptre
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           And
           thus
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           in
           short
           given
           your
           Lordship
           an
           Account
           of
           what
           has
           been
           acted
           in
           those
           Times
           :
           Let
           me
           now
           crave
           leave
           further
           to
           make
           the
           Parallel
           with
           the
           present
           Times
           ;
           and
           therein
           if
           I
           reflect
           on
           some
           of
           the
           busie
           and
           designing
           men
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           not
           break
           the
           Laws
           of
           Decorum
           ,
           because
           things
           are
           brought
           to
           that
           Crisis
           ,
           that
           if
           an
           honest
           English
           Heart
           will
           not
           now
           speak
           home
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           can
           see
           )
           he
           may
           evermore
           hold
           his
           peace
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           Do
           we
           not
           now
           perceive
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           Sun
           at
           Noon
           day
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Men
           ,
           or
           Men
           of
           the
           same
           Principles
           are
           again
           hard
           at
           work
           to
           undermine
           ,
           and
           destroy
           both
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           too
           ?
           What
           divided
           Interests
           and
           Factions
           have
           there
           been
           for
           Seven
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           King
           and
           Governours
           into
           disgrace
           ,
           by
           frequent
           Clubs
           at
           Coffee-houses
           and
           Taverns
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           break
           the
           Bonds
           of
           Unity
           among
           us
           .
           From
           these
           Places
           ,
           and
           Sinks
           of
           Sedition
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           have
           there
           not
           been
           many
           of
           a
           higher
           form
           ,
           who
           through
           Discontent
           ,
           or
           love
           of
           Faction
           ,
           and
           change
           of
           Government
           ,
           or
           for
           not
           being
           continued
           or
           preferr'd
           to
           the
           Highest
           and
           most
           Honourable
           Places
           therein
           ,
           have
           endeavoured
           all
           they
           can
           to
           breed
           Differences
           between
           the
           Two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
           by
           throwing
           in
           some
           little
           matter
           with
           a
           Ball
           of
           Contention
           at
           the
           end
           on
           't
           ,
           purposely
           to
           hinder
           the
           prosecution
           of
           what
           should
           tend
           to
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Publick
           Weal
           ;
           And
           what
           can
           be
           more
           plain
           ,
           than
           that
           such
           Designs
           were
           like
           those
           of
           1641.
           
           Since
           ,
           because
           the
           Bishops
           would
           not
           herd
           with
           Common-wealth-mens
           Interests
           ,
           (
           Yet
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           do
           believe
           the
           Bishops
           are
           as
           prudent
           Men
           ,
           and
           can
           as
           well
           tell
           the
           nature
           of
           an
           Oath
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Design
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Consequence
           thereof
           ,
           )
           as
           any
           States-man
           I
           know
           of
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           let
           them
           pretend
           to
           what
           they
           will
           ;
           And
           besides
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           their
           Interest
           is
           so
           interwoven
           in
           the
           Monarchy
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           neither
           Popery
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Interest
           besides
           that
           of
           their
           own
           Church
           as
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           can
           any
           ways
           preserve
           them
           ,
           unless
           they
           will
           all
           as
           one
           Man
           fall
           down
           and
           Worship
           the
           great
           Image
           ,
           and
           be
           all
           things
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           sure
           to
           get
           something
           ,
           as
           many
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           pretended
           Famous
           Statesmen
           have
           done
           in
           the
           several
           Changes
           of
           Government
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           ;
           (
           but
           that
           is
           not
           to
           be
           supposed
           of
           them
           ,
           )
           since
           they
           would
           not
           ,
           or
           did
           ever
           joyn
           with
           any
           such
           Interest
           as
           oppos'd
           Church
           or
           State
           ;
           and
           thus
           how
           did
           both
           City
           and
           Country
           ,
           Clubs
           ,
           and
           Coffee-houses
           ring
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           were
           the
           only
           opposers
           of
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           occasion
           why
           Justice
           could
           not
           be
           done
           on
           Capital
           and
           Notorious
           Offenders
           .
           This
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           is
           a
           true
           spice
           of
           old
           1641.
           and
           Your
           Lordship
           cannot
           but
           observe
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           brought
           the
           Bishops
           into
           suspition
           with
           the
           Vulgar
           sort
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           driving
           on
           the
           
             Popish
             Design
          
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           not
           above
           Two
           Protestant
           Bishops
           amongst
           them
           all
           ,
           as
           they
           give
           out
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           this
           will
           not
           do
           yet
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           so
           long
           since
           Laud
           was
           murder'd
           ,
           and
           Strafford
           :
           People
           sufficiently
           smarted
           under
           Covenanting
           Reformers
           ,
           and
           Army-Saints
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           play
           the
           same
           Game
           over
           again
           the
           same
           way
           ;
           and
           this
           the
           Designing
           Men
           see
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           said
           to
           have
           other
           Artifices
           to
           rend
           the
           Government
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           reduce
           it
           to
           its
           former
           Chaos
           or
           Designed
           Commonwealth
           ;
           So
           that
           if
           neither
           disquieting
           or
           dividing
           Parliaments
           ,
           nor
           secret
           combining
           Clubs
           against
           Great
           Ministers
           of
           State
           ,
           nor
           a
           seeming
           weariness
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           of
           England
           ,
           nor
           disgracing
           the
           Governours
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           nor
           suspition
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           introducing
           thereof
           ,
           will
           do
           the
           business
           to
           exasperate
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           in
           1641.
           why
           truly
           then
           comes
           forth
           a
           PLOT
           full
           of
           Treason
           and
           Popery
           ;
           then
           forsooth
           the
           D.
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           Foundation
           of
           this
           
             Damnable
             Plot
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Discoverers
           (
           who
           no
           doubt
           have
           been
           blessed
           Instruments
           to
           save
           us
           at
           this
           time
           from
           the
           Paw
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           )
           must
           be
           revered
           as
           Demy-Gods
           among
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           but
           more
           especially
           among
           the
           Precious
           Independant
           and
           Anabaptist
           Faction
           ;
           But
           not
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Kings
           Evidence
           ,
           for
           no
           doubt
           deservedly
           did
           those
           suffer
           who
           were
           condemned
           by
           the
           Justice
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           deservedly
           may
           that
           have
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           that
           pernicious
           and
           Bloody
           Design
           against
           His
           Majesties
           Sacred
           Person
           and
           Government
           .
           In
           this
           Hurly
           Burly
           what
           a
           Confusion
           did
           it
           bring
           the
           Kingdom
           into
           ?
           How
           did
           it
           necessitate
           the
           King
           to
           Prorogue
           and
           Adjourn
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           Dissolve
           Parliaments
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ?
           when
           he
           could
           not
           but
           so
           do
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           defeating
           the
           Designs
           both
           of
           Popish
           and
           Self-designing
           Men
           who
           sought
           to
           disturb
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           apparent
           this
           was
           ,
           that
           no
           Loyal
           Heart
           but
           trembled
           at
           it
           .
           Then
           again
           forsooth
           all
           miscarriages
           of
           this
           nature
           must
           be
           attributed
           to
           the
           D.
           and
           his
           Party
           ,
           and
           given
           out
           by
           the
           Designing
           Men
           ,
           that
           no
           Parliaments
           should
           ever
           sit
           again
           ,
           but
           all
           would
           be
           Arbitrary
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           Guards
           must
           be
           doubled
           to
           defend
           us
           from
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           Popery
           ,
           and
           this
           Bugbear
           of
           
             Arbitrary
             Government
          
           .
           Now
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Machiavel
           where
           are
           we
           going
           next
           ?
           Oh!
           cries
           the
           first
           and
           deepest
           among
           the
           Designers
           ,
           Let
           us
           but
           keep
           off
           the
           King
           from
           Parliaments
           till
           his
           Revenue
           will
           not
           answer
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           into
           the
           condition
           his
           Father
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           be
           necessitated
           to
           call
           one
           ,
           then
           he
           shall
           be
           obliged
           to
           redress
           all
           the
           Grievances
           ,
           hang
           all
           Plotters
           ,
           (
           provided
           they
           be
           
           none
           but
           such
           as
           are
           Popishly
           inclin'd
           ,
           )
           punish
           Church
           Offenders
           ,
           and
           Saint
           Persecutors
           ;
           then
           shall
           he
           be
           obliged
           to
           hearken
           to
           every
           thing
           we
           shall
           propose
           about
           the
           Succession
           ;
           Then
           we
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           make
           our
           own
           terms
           with
           him
           ,
           either
           we
           will
           have
           M.
           or
           we
           will
           know
           why
           ;
           We
           will
           have
           one
           
             Black
             Box
          
           or
           other
           found
           wherein
           the
           Writing
           is
           that
           will
           prove
           what
           we
           would
           have
           Legitimate
           ,
           and
           Successor
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           
             Royal
             Word
          
           ,
           and
           whatever
           Demonstrations
           shall
           be
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           provided
           it
           effectually
           hinders
           ,
           and
           deprives
           the
           known
           ,
           true
           and
           
             Lawful
             Successor
          
           that
           's
           Popishly
           affected
           ;
           and
           we
           will
           never
           leave
           Clubbing
           nor
           Meeting
           ,
           till
           we
           have
           effected
           this
           ,
           maugre
           all
           former
           Designs
           by
           
             Popish
             Councels
          
           ,
           or
           Protestants
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           my
           Lord
           ,
           it
           were
           to
           be
           wisht
           for
           the
           quiet
           and
           welfare
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           these
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           Designs
           were
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           study
           to
           do
           his
           own
           business
           ,
           to
           obey
           wholsom
           Laws
           ,
           then
           to
           trust
           again
           to
           new
           Law-makers
           :
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           wonder
           what
           it
           is
           these
           Men
           would
           have
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           that
           ever
           Popery
           or
           
             Arbitrary
             Government
          
           can
           govern
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           then
           they
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           thus
           concern'd
           :
           But
           my
           Lord
           ,
           though
           I
           am
           a
           plain
           old
           English-man
           ,
           I
           can
           see
           as
           far
           it
           may
           be
           as
           one
           that
           sees
           less
           ;
           and
           I
           protest
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           that
           after
           having
           read
           over
           abundance
           of
           such
           ware
           as
           little
           
             Andrew
             Marvel's
          
           Unhoopable
           
             Wit
             and
             Polity
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Independent
             Comment
          
           amongst
           it
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           
             Growth
             of
             Popery
          
           ,
           &c.
           as
           also
           the
           
             Naked
             Truth
             ,
             Treatises
             about
             French
             Interests
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Succession
             of
             the
             Crown
          
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           bustle
           they
           have
           made
           amongst
           us
           .
           To
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           am
           
             Tom
             tell
             Troth
          
           ,
           and
           between
           your
           Lordship
           and
           I
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           there
           's
           any
           need
           of
           such
           Books
           ,
           or
           any
           such
           Jealousies
           ;
           for
           in
           Gods
           Name
           ,
           what
           can
           preserve
           us
           ,
           but
           being
           zealous
           for
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           obedient
           to
           our
           Superiors
           ?
           and
           what
           can
           preserve
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           Love
           of
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           governing
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           they
           have
           made
           ,
           and
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           maintain
           ?
           and
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           don't
           see
           any
           Invasion
           of
           Liberty
           &
           Property
           as
           they
           term
           it
           ;
           I
           see
           indeed
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           will
           be
           always
           restless
           and
           buzzing
           the
           vulgar
           Ear
           with
           strange
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           which
           tends
           to
           nothing
           but
           destruction
           both
           of
           Prince
           and
           People
           .
           Truly
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           (
           your
           Lordship
           being
           a
           Person
           of
           such
           eminent
           Parts
           ,
           and
           having
           known
           most
           of
           the
           publick
           Humours
           of
           this
           Land
           and
           People
           this
           40
           years
           )
           I
           think
           your
           Lordship
           would
           do
           well
           to
           find
           out
           some
           of
           these
           Underminers
           of
           the
           publick
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           meet
           in
           Taverns
           ,
           and
           other
           publick
           Houses
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           strong
           Arguments
           convince
           them
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           bring
           about
           their
           Designs
           ,
           whatsoever
           mixture
           of
           Councels
           they
           may
           have
           ;
           And
           since
           your
           Lordship
           lives
           in
           that
           great
           City
           wherein
           these
           Persons
           are
           said
           to
           reside
           ,
           Your
           Lordship
           would
           send
           them
           such
           unquestionable
           Rules
           to
           walk
           by
           ,
           as
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           securing
           of
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           rooting
           out
           all
           Jealousies
           and
           Fears
           of
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Government
          
           ,
           As
           also
           to
           endeavour
           to
           fix
           them
           to
           the
           old
           ways
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Obdedience
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           only
           paths
           of
           Peace
           to
           dwell
           in
           :
           Then
           shall
           we
           see
           that
           't
           will
           be
           our
           Interests
           (
           whatever
           we
           imagine
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           to
           be
           ,
           )
           to
           promote
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Religion
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           as
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           to
           Honour
           and
           obey
           the
           King
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           to
           love
           one
           another
           as
           Men
           and
           Christians
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           all
           our
           Heads
           ,
           Hearts
           and
           Hands
           together
           to
           support
           the
           same
           .
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           conclude
           this
           long
           Epistle
           without
           any
           other
           Complement
           ,
           than
           that
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             Most
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             Tom
             Tell-troth
             .
          
           
             Wilts
             .
             
               the
               9th
               .
               of
               July
               1680.