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             A dialogue between a modern courtier and an honest English gentleman to which is added the author's dedication to both Houses of Parliament, to whom he appeals for justice / by Samuel Baston.
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           A
           DIALOGUE
           BETWEEN
           A
           
             Modern
             Courtier
          
           ,
           AND
           AN
           Honest
           English
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           The
           AUTHOR's
           Dedication
           TO
           Both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           To
           whom
           he
           Appeals
           for
           Justice
           .
        
         
           By
           
             SAMVEL
             BASTON
          
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCXCVII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Commons
           
             in
             Parliament
             Assembled
          
           :
        
         
           AGainst
           the
           Opening
           the
           present
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           my
           Duty
           ,
           (
           considering
           the
           Nation
           's
           great
           Distress
           )
           to
           point
           out
           to
           your
           Honours
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           principal
           Causers
           and
           Continuers
           of
           its
           Miseries
           ;
           which
           I
           did
           in
           the
           following
           Dialogue
           ;
           Containing
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           Bare
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           already
           prov'd
           against
           the
           
             Lords
             of
             the
             Admiralty
             ,
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Navy
             ,
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Post-Office
             ,
          
           and
           
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Sick
             and
             Wounded
             Seamen
             ,
          
           &c.
           with
           the
           foul
           Practices
           of
           the
           
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Publick
             Accounts
          
           ,
           for
           Concealing
           and
           Justifying
           the
           said
           Crimes
           .
           2
           dly
           ,
           Natural
           Consequences
           and
           Arguments
           drawn
           from
           the
           said
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           in
           Reference
           to
           Religion
           ,
           Law
           ,
           Policy
           and
           the
           true
           
           Interest
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           The
           Book
           being
           out
           ,
           it
           was
           seiz'd
           by
           Messengers
           ,
           divers
           reporting
           it
           was
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Crosfeild
           ,
           and
           a
           Poor
           Woman
           ,
           were
           Committed
           to
           the
           
             Poultrey
             Compter
          
           about
           it
           ,
           by
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           ,
           at
           the
           bare
           Instance
           of
           a
           Messenger
           :
           The
           said
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           often
           professing
           he
           was
           sorry
           the
           matter
           came
           before
           him
           ,
           for
           that
           by
           his
           own
           Losses
           he
           could
           speak
           deeply
           to
           the
           Truth
           and
           Honesty
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           but
           was
           afraid
           of
           being
           chid
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           if
           he
           neglected
           to
           do
           what
           the
           Messenger
           bid
           him
           ,
           with
           Divers
           other
           Expressions
           of
           like
           Nature
           ;
           which
           shews
           the
           great
           Force
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           Confess'd
           ,
           tho
           from
           the
           mouths
           of
           its
           very
           Opposers
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           also
           inform'd
           ,
           that
           the
           aforesaid
           Messenger
           had
           given
           direction
           to
           the
           said
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           to
           Commit
           me
           the
           first
           time
           he
           saw
           me
           ;
           for
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Warrant
           out
           against
           me
           for
           
             High
             Treason
          
           (
           which
           Trouble
           they
           need
           not
           have
           given
           the
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           ,
           for
           they
           knew
           where
           to
           have
           found
           me
           themselves
           )
           .
           But
           I
           being
           very
           infirm
           and
           weak
           of
           body
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           long
           sickness
           (
           occasion'd
           by
           my
           ill
           usage
           )
           was
           unwilling
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           
           Newgate
           ,
           in
           this
           smugling
           manner
           ,
           to
           destroy
           my
           Health
           (
           which
           I
           knew
           was
           the
           Design
           against
           me
           )
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           ,
           thro'
           Ignorance
           and
           Timerousness
           ,
           wou'd
           certainly
           have
           done
           it
           ,
           (
           had
           he
           seen
           me
           )
           tho
           the
           book
           I
           had
           printed
           had
           been
           
           David's
           Psalms
           .
        
         
           This
           Report
           was
           on
           Saturday
           ,
           and
           the
           Monday
           following
           I
           went
           to
           the
           Secretaries
           Office
           to
           surrender
           my self
           to
           this
           Warrant
           of
           
             High
             Treason
          
           :
           but
           ,
           upon
           Enquiry
           ,
           found
           there
           was
           no
           Warrant
           against
           me
           for
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ;
           Sir
           William
           Trumball's
           Secretary
           making
           a
           Jest
           of
           it
           ,
           told
           me
           ,
           't
           was
           only
           the
           Messenger's
           mistake
           (
           but
           I
           could
           not
           get
           him
           to
           examine
           the
           Messenger
           about
           it
           )
           ;
           and
           that
           what
           was
           against
           me
           in
           that
           Office
           ,
           was
           only
           upon
           Suspicion
           of
           being
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Dialogue
           (
           so
           the
           
             High
             Treason
          
           was
           fallen
           only
           to
           Suspicion
           of
           a
           Misdemeanour
           )
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           must
           submit
           to
           be
           confin'd
           in
           a
           Messenger's
           Custody
           ,
           which
           was
           accordingly
           done
           .
           After
           some
           days
           I
           got
           a
           sight
           of
           the
           Warrant
           for
           my
           Commitment
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           upon
           Suspicion
           of
           my
           being
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Dialogue
           (
           as
           I
           was
           told
           at
           the
           Office
           )
           ,
           but
           for
           
             Publishing
             and
             Dispersing
             a
             Seditious
             and
             Scandalous
             Libel
             against
             His
          
           
           
             Majesty
             and
             Government
          
           ;
           without
           Naming
           what
           Libel
           ,
           or
           mentioning
           its
           Title
           in
           the
           Warrant
           .
           The
           Warrant
           also
           shews
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           drawn
           after
           I
           surrender'd
           my self
           ;
           for
           it
           begins
           thus
           ,
           
             These
             are
             in
             His
             Majesties
             Name
             to
             require
             you
             to
             keep
             in
             safe
             Custody
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Whereas
           another
           Warrant
           directed
           to
           a
           Messenger
           ,
           to
           apprehend
           any
           Person
           ,
           commands
           him
           to
           go
           and
           take
           a
           Constable
           to
           his
           assistance
           ,
           and
           seize
           or
           attach
           the
           Body
           of
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           and
           bring
           him
           and
           his
           Papers
           before
           the
           Secretary
           to
           be
           Examined
           ,
           &c.
           
           By
           which
           it
           appears
           what
           Drudgery
           was
           design'd
           for
           this
           Timerous
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           to
           commit
           me
           to
           Newgate
           for
           High
           Treason
           ,
           to
           Ruin
           my
           Health
           without
           Warrant
           ,
           Law
           ,
           or
           Sence
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           continued
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           a
           
           Messenger's
           Custody
           from
           the
           26
           
             th
             October
          
           1696.
           to
           the
           29
           
             th
             January
          
           following
           ,
           being
           3
           months
           and
           3
           days
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           endangering
           of
           my
           Life
           by
           bad
           Diet
           ,
           and
           was
           then
           discharg'd
           ,
           giving
           a
           Recognizance
           of
           500
           l.
           to
           appear
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           next
           Term.
           So
           I
           ,
           that
           have
           serv'd
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           discover'd
           ,
           and
           detected
           many
           of
           the
           Utter
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Majesty
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           am
           now
           Cited
           to
           answer
           as
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           for
           pointing
           out
           the
           Destroyers
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           the
           Parliament
           .
           
           And
           those
           Notorious
           Criminals
           I
           write
           of
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           ,
           are
           brought
           to
           no
           Tryal
           ,
           but
           protected
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           was
           no
           Law
           to
           take
           Cognizance
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           further
           ,
           the
           matters
           of
           Fact
           related
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           (
           the
           Post-Office
           excepted
           )
           are
           no
           more
           than
           what
           are
           contain'd
           in
           a
           Petition
           and
           Articles
           Exhibited
           by
           
             Mr.
             Crosfeild
          
           and
           others
           ,
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           about
           two
           years
           since
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           now
           depending
           :
           The
           late
           
             Commissioners
             of
             Accounts
          
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           Referr'd
           to
           Examine
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           Report
           ,
           having
           hitherto
           by
           Evasions
           ,
           and
           False
           Allegations
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Criminals
           ,
           delay'd
           and
           stopt
           the
           laying
           open
           these
           Grievances
           ,
           and
           have
           to
           this
           day
           disappointed
           your
           Honours
           of
           a
           true
           Knowledge
           of
           them
           ;
           whereby
           the
           said
           Grievances
           have
           been
           supported
           and
           increased
           ;
           for
           which
           the
           Nation
           has
           severely
           suffer'd
           ;
           But
           has
           reason
           now
           to
           give
           thanks
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Commission
           is
           so
           happily
           Dissolv'd
           ,
           
             which
             was
             so
             great
             a
             Bulwork
             of
             Iniquity
          
           ;
           And
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           a
           good
           Omen
           ,
           or
           Presage
           of
           a
           General
           Overthrow
           of
           Fraud
           and
           Wickedness
           .
        
         
         
           So
           now
           because
           the
           Facts
           contain'd
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           ,
           are
           not
           yet
           Examin'd
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           by
           means
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Commissioners
           of
           Accounts
           )
           the
           Printing
           them
           again
           ,
           to
           re-mind
           the
           Parliament
           of
           the
           present
           miseries
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           be
           honour'd
           by
           the
           Punishment
           and
           Suppression
           of
           Wickedness
           ,
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdoms
           Enemies
           remov'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           put
           in
           Execution
           for
           the
           publick
           safety
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           is
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           become
           
             A
             Seditious
             and
             Scandalous
             Libel
             ,
             against
             his
             Majesty
             and
             Government
             .
          
           I
           ▪
           m
           sure
           ,
           this
           Dialogue
           chiefly
           depends
           but
           upon
           three
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           Truth
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           related
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Gospel
           in
           reference
           to
           Gods
           Judgments
           ,
           for
           Imorallity
           and
           Tollerated
           Wickedness
           .
           And
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           being
           Invaded
           ,
           and
           Perverted
           ,
           and
           not
           put
           in
           Execution
           :
           And
           if
           this
           Dialogue
           will
           endure
           a
           Tryal
           by
           these
           three
           Touch-Stones
           ,
           and
           yet
           continue
           still
           to
           be
           a
           
             Seditious
             and
             Scandalous
             Libel
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Why
           ,
           then
           ,
           Truth
           must
           be
           Scandalous
           ,
           and
           the
           Scripture
           and
           Statutes
           of
           England
           Seditious
           Libels
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           Writes
           for
           the
           safety
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           is
           an
           Enemy
           to
           his
           Majesty
           and
           Government
           .
           This
           shews
           how
           
           Exceedingly
           Wickedness
           abounds
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           Cabal
           of
           Men
           there
           are
           in
           Power
           ,
           ready
           to
           turn
           the
           King's
           Authority
           against
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           subvert
           
             Gospel
             ,
             Law
             ,
             Loyalty
             ,
             Justice
             ,
          
           and
           all
           things
           tending
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           benefit
           of
           the
           King
           and
           State.
           
        
         
           This
           Dialogue
           is
           call'd
           
             a
             seditious
             Libel
          
           :
           Whereas
           it
           speaks
           for
           the
           
             Execution
             of
             the
             Law
          
           with
           as
           much
           Force
           as
           words
           can
           express
           .
           Now
           where
           the
           Law
           is
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Sedition
           ;
           but
           where
           the
           
             Laws
             and
             Constitutions
             of
             a
             Kingdom
          
           are
           
             invaded
             and
             perverted
          
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
             of
             Evil
             Ministers
          
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           which
           introduces
           Sedition
           ;
           and
           as
           Sedition
           is
           a
           dangerous
           Distemper
           in
           a
           Nation
           ,
           so
           the
           Impartial
           Execution
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           a
           Sovereign
           and
           Certain
           Cure.
           And
           whereas
           it
           is
           call'd
           
             a
             scandalous
             Libel
          
           ,
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           if
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           't
           is
           
             not
             scandalous
          
           ,
           and
           every
           Subject
           of
           England
           has
           an
           undoubted
           Priviledg
           to
           Complain
           of
           ,
           and
           discover
           
             Injuries
             done
             to
             the
             King
          
           ,
           and
           also
           lay
           open
           
             the
             Grievances
             of
             his
             People
          
           :
           And
           if
           all
           the
           Subjects
           of
           England
           ,
           tho
           in
           never
           so
           high
           a
           Station
           ,
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           answerable
           for
           their
           Actions
           (
           which
           I
           hope
           is
           not
           in
           the
           least
           question'd
           )
           ,
           then
           this
           Dialogue
           will
           not
           deserve
           these
           Characters
           ,
           nor
           the
           Author
           deserve
           to
           be
           Arraign'd
           as
           a
           Criminal
           for
           writing
           it
           (
           while
           
             the
             real
             Criminals
          
           he
           writes
           of
           are
           protected
           )
           :
           For
           certainly
           
             the
             pure
             and
             undefiled
             Law
             of
             England
          
           
           does
           not
           provide
           any
           punishment
           for
           its
           Advocates
           .
           'T
           was
           a
           Noble
           saying
           of
           that
           Glorious
           Prince
           Edw.
           3.
           of
           Famous
           Memory
           (
           when
           he
           hang'd
           his
           Chief
           Justice
           
             [
             Thorp
          
           ]
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Bench
          
           ,
           for
           taking
           a
           Bribe
           of
           100
           
             l.
             )
             That
             he
             being
             intrusted
             as
             the
             King's
             Deputy
             ,
             to
             administer
             Justice
             in
             that
             Court
             ,
             had
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             in
             him
             lay
             ,
             broken
             that
             solemn
             Oath
             that
             his
             Majesty
             made
             to
             his
             People
             at
             his
             Coronation
             .
          
        
         
           If
           such
           strict
           Scrutinies
           shou'd
           be
           made
           in
           these
           Days
           ,
           (
           which
           no
           doubt
           God
           Requires
           )
           what
           a
           multitudewould
           there
           be
           found
           Guilty
           of
           this
           
             Chief
             Justice's
             Crime
          
           ,
           who
           continue
           to
           practice
           it
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           their
           Master's
           
             Safety
             ,
             Honour
          
           or
           Coronation-Oath
           ,
           or
           Safety
           of
           their
           Country
           ?
           nay
           ,
           so
           far
           are
           they
           from
           thinking
           it
           a
           Crime
           ,
           that
           a
           Learned
           Lawyer
           not
           long
           since
           (
           as
           I
           was
           inform'd
           )
           brought
           it
           as
           a
           mighty
           Objection
           to
           the
           Bill
           against
           buying
           and
           selling
           Offices
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Perquisites
             of
             his
             Employment
             came
             to
             about
          
           3000
           
             l.
             per
             an
          
           .
           and
           pray'd
           a
           Clause
           in
           the
           Bill
           to
           secure
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           shews
           how
           strong
           a
           desire
           he
           had
           still
           to
           be
           able
           to
           Expose
           the
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           People
           to
           Sale
           to
           the
           highest
           Bidder
           :
           So
           Religious
           a
           Regard
           had
           that
           Gentleman
           to
           his
           Master's
           Coronation-Oath
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           such
           Corrupt
           Men
           as
           these
           ,
           who
           so
           openly
           oppose
           Justice
           ,
           do
           generally
           pretend
           to
           have
           a
           great
           Love
           for
           their
           Sovereign
           ,
           
           and
           how
           they
           'll
           stand
           by
           him
           with
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           when
           alas
           ,
           their
           Love
           has
           no
           more
           reallity
           than
           the
           pretended
           Love
           of
           a
           Common
           Harlot
           :
           For
           Certainly
           ,
           a
           Corrupt
           and
           Unfaithful
           Servant
           ,
           can
           no
           more
           Love
           his
           Master
           ,
           than
           an
           Adulterous
           Wife
           can
           Love
           her
           Husband
           :
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           Improbable
           ,
           but
           this
           Dialogue
           may
           by
           a
           Tryal
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           be
           made
           (
           as
           't
           is
           call'd
           )
           
             A
             Seditious
             and
             Scandalous
             Libel
             against
             his
             Majesty
             and
             Government
          
           ;
           And
           so
           the
           Tables
           shall
           be
           turn'd
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           be
           try'd
           as
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           for
           laying
           open
           the
           Nations
           Grievances
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Criminals
           acquited
           of
           the
           Crimes
           they
           are
           accus'd
           of
           ,
           without
           any
           Tryal
           at
           all
           ;
           It
           cannot
           be
           suppos'd
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           have
           free
           Liberty
           in
           the
           Kings
           
             Bench
             Court
          
           ,
           to
           bring
           such
           Numbers
           of
           Witnesses
           ,
           as
           are
           necessary
           to
           prove
           the
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           contain'd
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           ;
           For
           the
           Court
           is
           ty'd
           to
           one
           single
           Ishue
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           Enquire
           into
           the
           bottom
           of
           Grievances
           in
           the
           State
           :
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           rarely
           seen
           that
           any
           Man
           escapes
           the
           Censure
           of
           the
           Courts
           of
           Westminster
           ,
           who
           runs
           Counter
           to
           the
           Predominant
           Party
           at
           White-Hall
           ,
           let
           his
           Cause
           be
           ever
           so
           just
           ;
           Instances
           enough
           may
           be
           given
           of
           it
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           ,
           when
           the
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           have
           (
           under
           pretence
           of
           Law
           )
           been
           made
           perfect
           Slaughter-Houses
           to
           Punish
           ,
           Imprison
           ,
           Fine
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           the
           Lives
           of
           Divers
           Noble
           Patriots
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           for
           doing
           that
           which
           we
           now
           call
           their
           Duty
           ,
           whose
           memories
           we
           Commemorate
           ,
           and
           the
           Judgments
           against
           them
           have
           been
           Revers'd
           in
           Parliament
           .
           But
           Certainly
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           much
           more
           Honourable
           (
           if
           it
           cou'd
           have
           been
           done
           )
           to
           have
           sav'd
           their
           Lives
           ,
           by
           putting
           a
           stop
           to
           their
           Illegal
           Tryals
           ,
           than
           now
           to
           say
           ,
           we
           are
           sorry
           for
           their
           Deaths
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           I
           most
           humbly
           appeal
           to
           this
           most
           August
           Assembly
           ,
           who
           in
           these
           Cases
           are
           ty'd
           to
           no
           single
           Is●ue
           ,
           but
           
           may
           throughly
           enquire
           and
           search
           into
           the
           Nations
           Grievances
           ,
           (
           which
           my
           Designs
           has
           been
           only
           Loyally
           and
           Faithfully
           to
           lay
           open
           )
           humbly
           Conceiving
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           produce
           Witnesses
           to
           prove
           the
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           Contain'd
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           ;
           That
           then
           it
           will
           not
           deserve
           the
           Title
           ,
           given
           it
           in
           the
           Warrant
           for
           my
           Commitment
           ,
           
             Viz.
             A
             Seditious
             and
             Scandalous
             Libel
             ,
             against
             His
             Majesty
             and
             Government
             .
          
           Neither
           ,
           shall
           I
           deserve
           to
           be
           Arraign'd
           at
           the
           Kings
           
             Bench
             Bar
          
           as
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           the
           next
           Term
           ,
           where
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           appear
           by
           Recognizance
           of
           500
           l.
           after
           above
           three
           Months
           Imprisonment
           ,
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           my
           Life
           .
        
         
           And
           being
           thus
           ready
           and
           able
           to
           produce
           Witnesses
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           said
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           Contain'd
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           (
           to
           the
           great
           Advantage
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           )
           whenever
           your
           Honours
           shall
           please
           to
           Command
           ;
           I
           humbly
           Cast
           my self
           upon
           your
           Honours
           Justice
           and
           Protection
           ,
           that
           no
           such
           Prosecution
           may
           be
           made
           against
           me
           ,
           as
           is
           intended
           ,
           till
           I
           be
           first
           heard
           ,
           and
           have
           liberty
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           have
           Written
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           is
           Truth
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdoms
           true
           Interest
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Safety
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           shall
           be
           willing
           to
           stand
           a
           Tryal
           at
           the
           Kings
           
             Bench
             Bar
          
           ;
           And
           submit
           to
           what
           Law
           my
           Adversaries
           can
           find
           ,
           to
           punish
           me
           ,
           for
           Writing
           this
           Dialogue
           .
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             
               With
               all
               Dutiful
               Respect
               ,
               Your
               Lordships
               ,
               and
               Honours
               ,
               Most
               Obedient
               Servant
               ,
            
             SAMVEL
             BASTON
             .
          
           
             London
             ,
             
               the
               16
               
                 th
                 of
              
               March
               ,
               169●
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           DIALOGUE
           BETWEEN
           A
           Modern
           Courtier
           ,
           and
           an
           Honest
           English
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           
             Courtier
             .
          
           
             DEAR
             Sir
             ,
             Your
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             you
             are
             Welcome
             to
             Town
             ;
             Pray
             how
             long
             have
             you
             been
             arrived
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gentleman
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             came
             but
             last
             Night
             ,
             and
             thought
             my self
             oblig'd
             to
             pay
             my
             Respects
             to
             you
             in
             the
             first
             place
             :
             I
             hope
             all
             your
             Noble
             Family
             is
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             thank
             you
             Sir
             ,
             they
             are
             very
             well
             ;
             But
             pray
             how
             does
             your
             good
             Lady
             ?
             And
             how
             do
             Matters
             go
             in
             the
             Country
             ?
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             we
             are
             all
             reasonable
             well
             in
             Health
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             Order
             every
             way
             else
             ;
             For
             the
             Taxes
             are
             so
             high
             ,
             Money
             so
             scarce
             ,
             Trade
             so
             dead
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             I
             Protest
             my
             Estate
             is
             so
             Cultivated
             ,
             't
             will
             hardly
             maintain
             my
             Family
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             are
             my
             Worthy
             Friend
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             find
             Fault
             with
             any
             thing
             ;
             for
             ,
             if
             you
             are
             willing
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             you
             may
             soon
             have
             such
             an
             Employment
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             not
             feel
             the
             weight
             of
             the
             Taxes
             ;
             
             nay
             ,
             you
             may
             be
             a
             Great
             Gainer
             by
             the
             War
             ;
             and
             I
             would
             fain
             have
             you
             in
             the
             Government
             .
             What
             say
             you
             ,
             Will
             you
             Advance
             a
             small
             Summ.
             
          
        
         
           
             G
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             give
             you
             many
             Thanks
             for
             your
             kind
             Offers
             which
             at
             this
             time-a-day
             I
             can
             by
             no
             means
             accept
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             desirous
             to
             be
             plain
             with
             you
             in
             my
             Reasons
             for
             Refusal
             :
             but
             you
             being
             a
             Privy-Councellor
             ,
             and
             Member
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             't
             will
             be
             Convenient
             to
             use
             Freedom
             of
             Speech
             ;
             for
             ,
             you
             may
             Interpret
             some
             things
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             as
             Reflections
             on
             your Self
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             assure
             you
             ,
             what
             I
             Offer
             is
             design'd
             for
             your
             Interest
             ;
             but
             ,
             if
             you
             don't
             approve
             on
             't
             ,
             you
             may
             use
             what
             Freedom
             of
             Speech
             you
             please
             ;
             for
             ,
             though
             I
             am
             Honour'd
             with
             those
             Offices
             you
             mention
             ,
             yet
             that
             shall
             not
             ,
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             be
             any
             barr
             to
             the
             freedom
             of
             our
             Discourse
             ,
             neither
             shall
             I
             take
             any
             thing
             Ill
             ,
             for
             I
             perceive
             you
             have
             a
             desire
             to
             Talk
             about
             Publick
             Affairs
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             heartily
             Thank
             you
             for
             the
             Liberty
             you
             have
             given
             me
             ;
             And
             now
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             there
             is
             such
             a
             Caball
             of
             Corrupt
             Men
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             impossible
             for
             an
             Honest
             Man
             to
             live
             and
             act
             amongst
             them
             ,
             unless
             he
             will
             renounce
             his
             Duty
             to
             God
             and
             his
             Country
             ;
             For
             (
             as
             one
             well
             observes
             )
             
               Good
               and
               Bad
               Men
               Joyn'd
               in
               a
               Government
               ,
               are
               like
               the
               Iron
               and
               Clay
               in
               the
               Toes
               of
            
             Nebuchadnezar's
             
               Image
               ,
               they
               may
               Cleave
               ,
               but
               they
               will
               never
               Incorporate
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Why
             truly
             ,
             what
             you
             Alledge
             ▪
             is
             a
             good
             Reason
             for
             not
             taking
             an
             Employment
             ,
             provided
             there
             be
             any
             Just
             Grounds
             for
             your
             Opinion
             about
             the
             Corruption
             in
             the
             Government
             .
             —
             I
             Confess
             there
             is
             ,
             and
             has
             been
             a
             Great
             Noise
             and
             Clamour
             about
             Corruption
             and
             Mismanagement
             and
             I
             have
             always
             endeavoured
             ,
             as
             narrowly
             as
             I
             could
             to
             search
             out
             the
             Truth
             of
             Matters
             ,
             but
             cou●d
             never
             yet
             find
             any
             thing
             so
             Material
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             worthy
             the
             Cogninance
             of
             either
             King
             or
             Parliament
             .
             
             However
             ,
             Great
             Clamours
             have
             been
             made
             by
             some
             Private-Men
             ,
             who
             (
             I
             suppose
             )
             were
             Male
             ▪
             Contents
             ,
             they
             have
             Promis'd
             Vast
             Discoveries
             of
             Treachery
             and
             Fraud
             ,
             but
             when
             it
             has
             come
             to
             Examination
             ,
             I
             never
             found
             that
             the
             Accusers
             could
             make
             out
             their
             Allegations
             ,
             but
             Mountains
             dwindled
             away
             into
             Mole-hills
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             nothing
             appear'd
             that
             was
             thought
             worthy
             of
             Cognizance
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             I
             find
             ,
             by
             your
             Discourse
             ,
             you
             endeavour
             not
             only
             to
             Evade
             ,
             but
             Cover
             those
             Gross
             and
             Monstrous
             Evils
             that
             have
             been
             the
             Causes
             of
             the
             Length
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             Present
             Distress
             :
             Sir
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             kind
             of
             Miscarriages
             you
             think
             are
             worthy
             of
             Cognisance
             ,
             but
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             upon
             Examination
             ,
             't
             will
             be
             found
             ,
             that
             the
             Crimes
             already
             prov'd
             in
             the
             Faces
             of
             our
             Rulers
             ,
             will
             Amount
             to
             the
             Degree
             of
             ROBBERY
             and
             MVRDER
             ;
             and
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             more
             Hainous
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             been
             done
             in
             a
             
               Hostile
               Manner
            
             ,
             in
             Open
             Defiance
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             as
             the
             High-way-man
             takes
             away
             your
             Money
             on
             the
             Road
             ,
             But
             with
             the
             Audacious
             Face
             of
             Authority
             ,
             under
             the
             Sacrilegious
             Mask
             of
             Law
             ,
             Justice
             and
             State-Pollicy
             :
             The
             Authors
             and
             Upholders
             of
             these
             Mischiefs
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             blowing
             the
             Trumpet
             of
             Fame
             in
             each
             others
             Praise
             ,
             as
             Long-headed
             Councellors
             ,
             &c
             So
             that
             I
             do
             not
             wonder
             these
             matters
             should
             be
             Rejected
             ,
             and
             not
             thought
             worthy
             of
             Cognizance
             ,
             when
             I
             consider
             that
             Infallible
             
               Maxim
               ,
               That
               the
               Inferiours
               cannot
               be
               Knaves
               ,
               and
               be
               Protected
               by
               the
               Superintendants
               ,
               unless
               those
               Superintendants
               be
               as
               bad
               .
            
             And
             thus
             it
             appears
             almost
             Impossible
             any
             Fault
             could
             be
             Punished
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             Criminals
             must
             be
             Protected
             ,
             and
             their
             Crimes
             hid
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             when
             
               Corrupt
               Men
            
             sat
             Judges
             of
             each
             others
             Actions
             —
             Therefore
             't
             was
             not
             likely
             they
             wou'd
             hurt
             one
             another
             ;
             For
             the
             very
             Scripture
             tells
             you
             ,
             
               That
               Satan
               cannot
               cast
               out
               Satan
               ,
            
             if
             he
             should
             his
             Kingdom
             would
             fall
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             you
             have
             Charg'd
             the
             Court
             with
             a
             〈◊〉
             yet
             't
             is
             
             but
             a
             General
             and
             bare
             Assertion
             ;
             and
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             (
             being
             something
             Concern'd
             )
             there
             's
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             Asserting
             and
             Proving
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             'd
             fain
             have
             you
             (
             if
             you
             can
             )
             branch
             out
             your
             General
             Charge
             into
             some
             particular
             Instances
             ,
             as
             for
             what
             may
             seem
             to
             Reflect
             upon
             me
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             before
             ,
             please
             to
             use
             your
             Freedome
             ,
             for
             I
             shall
             not
             Resent
             any
             thing
             that
             shall
             happen
             in
             Discourse
             at
             this
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             for
             your
             Satisfaction
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             some
             Instances
             ,
             that
             have
             accidentally
             fallen
             under
             my
             Observation
             ,
             which
             I
             fear
             ,
             in
             Reference
             to
             the
             Mighty
             Mass
             of
             Corruption
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             will
             be
             found
             only
             as
             a
             small
             Pattern
             or
             Sample
             of
             a
             vast
             quantity
             of
             Goods
             ,
             that
             the
             Whole
             Parcel
             is
             of
             the
             same
             Sort
             ,
             otherwise
             there
             cou'd
             never
             be
             such
             an
             agreeable
             sweet
             harmony
             among
             all
             the
             Offices
             ,
             in
             Crying
             up
             the
             Parts
             ,
             and
             hiding
             the
             Crimes
             of
             each
             other
             from
             King
             and
             People
             :
             But
             having
             more
             than
             one
             Office
             to
             speak
             of
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             shall
             begin
             first
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Navy
             .
          
           
             The
             Commissioners
             of
             that
             Office
             have
             been
             accus'd
             of
             making
             most
             horrible
             Wast
             of
             the
             Publick
             Treasure
             ,
             by
             a
             long
             Practice
             of
             Fraudulent
             Contracts
             for
             Naval-Stores
             ,
             and
             driving
             Trades
             in
             Embezelling
             all
             sorts
             of
             Stores
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Foul
             and
             Shameful
             Extravagance
             in
             Building
             and
             Repairing
             the
             King's
             Ships
             :
             These
             things
             have
             been
             Fully
             Prov'd
             against
             them
             before
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Admiralty
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             openly
             set
             forth
             in
             Print
             to
             both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             Delinquents
             are
             still
             Continu'd
             in
             their
             Employments
             .
             So
             that
             by
             this
             Open
             Villany
             ,
             the
             Necessary
             Charge
             of
             the
             Navy
             is
             more
             than
             doubled
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             Shamefully
             Betray'd
             and
             Cheated
             ,
             and
             His
             Subjects
             made
             Beggars
             by
             Heavy
             Taxes
             .
             But
             there
             is
             one
             thing
             more
             that
             is
             a
             most
             Dangerous
             and
             Cursed
             Evil
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Usage
             of
             the
             Poor
             Saylors
             ,
             whose
             Number
             is
             about
             Forty
             Thousand
             Employed
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             their
             King
             and
             
             Countrey
             :
             Their
             
               DEPLORABLE
               CASE
            
             has
             been
             often
             at
             Large
             set
             forth
             in
             Print
             ,
             and
             made
             known
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             Council
             ,
             Admiralty
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             to
             Relate
             all
             their
             Grievances
             ,
             and
             the
             Cursed
             Arts
             us'd
             to
             Ruin
             and
             Destroy
             them
             and
             their
             Families
             would
             be
             Endless
             :
             Therefore
             to
             avoid
             being
             Tedious
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             give
             you
             a
             short
             Account
             of
             their
             MISERIES
             ,
             as
             I
             find
             it
             Inserted
             in
             a
             BOOK
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             
               Justice
               Perverted
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Printed
             and
             Published
             last
             Year
             by
             Mr.
             Crosfeild
             ,
             and
             Dedicated
             to
             
               Both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
            
             .
             The
             BOOK
             contains
             besides
             this
             a
             Great
             Mass
             of
             Flat
             Down-right
             Knavery
             ;
             and
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Navy
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             are
             Named
             therein
             to
             the
             particular
             Facts
             :
             But
             I
             find
             ,
             it
             has
             all
             been
             pass'd
             over
             and
             Stifled
             .
             However
             ,
             I
             shall
             Relate
             it
             as
             follows
             ,
             in
             his
             Own
             Words
             ,
             having
             ,
             by
             Good
             Luck
             ,
             the
             BOOK
             in
             my
             Pocket
             to
             Assist
             me
             .
          
           
             
               The
               poor
               Saylors
               (
               Says
               he
               )
               that
               Venture
               their
               Lives
               and
               Limbs
               to
               Serve
               their
               King
               and
               Country
               ,
               and
               who
               are
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Bulworks
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               have
               been
               all
               along
               most
               Inhumanely
               and
               Barbarously
               Treated
               ;
               and
               they
               and
               their
               Families
               reduc'd
               to
               a
               Miserable
               and
               Deplorable
               State
               ,
               particularly
               by
               the
               wicked
               practices
               of
               putting
               QVERY's
               and
               RVNS
               upon
               their
               Pay
               ,
               For
               amongst
               those
               great
               Numbers
               that
               are
               Set
               on
               Shoar
               Sick
               ;
               those
               that
               Dye
               and
               others
               that
               Continue
               Sick
               above
               Thirty
               Days
               ,
               and
               those
               sent
               to
               the
               London
               Hospitals
               who
               are
               thereby
               disabled
               to
               return
               to
               their
               Ships
               ,
               are
               for
               the
               most
               part
               made
               Run
               .
               Others
               whose
               Ships
               are
               Sayl'd
               before
               recovery
               having
               gone
               aboard
               other
               Ships
               ,
               are
               prick'd
               Run
               in
               that
               Ship
               from
               which
               they
               were
               Sent
               :
               And
               if
               a
               Seaman
               is
               Turned
               over
               from
               Ship
               to
               Ship
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               means
               has
               Serv'd
               on
               board
               four
               or
               five
               Ships
               in
               the
               Navy
               ,
               Yet
               if
               he
               happens
               to
               be
               prick'd
               Run
               in
               the
               last
               Ship
               he
               served
               in
               ,
               he
               shall
               of
               Consequence
               be
               prick'd
               Run
               in
               all
               the
               preceding
               Ships
               .
               By
               this
               Means
               a
               Query
               or
               Run
               takes
               away
               a
               Mans
               pay
               worse
               than
               an
               Execution
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               present
               practice
               〈◊〉
               Seaman
               ▪
               or
               〈◊〉
               ●oor
               
               Family
               is
               at
               any
               Certainty
               of
               having
               the
               benefit
               of
               the
               Kings
               pay
               ,
               For
               it
               is
               in
               the
               power
               of
               the
               
                 Captain
                 ,
                 Captain
                 's
                 Clerk
                 ,
                 Purser
                 ,
                 Clerk
              
               of
               the
               
                 Checque
                 ,
                 Muster-Master
              
               ,
               or
               Clerks
               in
               the
               Navy-Office
               ,
               wherever
               they
               please
               to
               put
               a
               Run
               or
               Query
               upon
               any
               Seamans
               pay
               without
               Inserting
               the
               Reason
               for
               so
               doing
               ,
               or
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               person
               that
               put
               it
               ,
               so
               that
               for
               these
               Black
               pieces
               of
               Robbery
               ,
               No
               one
               is
               lyable
               to
               be
               Call'd
               to
               Account
               ,
               but
               the
               poor
               Saylor
               is
               kept
               wholly
               in
               the
               Dark
               ,
               and
               he
               or
               his
               Wife
               may
               wait
               at
               the
               Navy-Office
               Month
               after
               Month
               with
               Petitions
               to
               no
               purpose
               ,
               till
               he
               has
               Spent
               all
               his
               Substance
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               begins
               to
               talk
               of
               his
               being
               thus
               Cheated
               and
               Robb'd
               ,
               he
               is
               Threatned
               to
               be
               Try'd
               for
               his
               Life
               as
               a
               Mutineer
               :
               So
               that
               the
               Barbarity
               the
               poor
               Saylors
               do
               and
               have
               Suffer'd
               this
               War
               is
               unexpressible
               ,
               For
               the
               Blood
               of
               Thousands
               of
               Familys
               are
               pour'd
               out
               as
               Sacrifices
               to
               the
               Covetousness
               of
               those
               whose
               Duty
               and
               place
               it
               is
               to
               be
               their
               Guardians
               and
               Protectors
               .
               By
               all
               which
               it
               's
               plain
               ,
               That
               whatever
               Good-Laws
               may
               be
               made
               for
               the
               Increase
               and
               Incouragement
               of
               Seamen
               ,
               will
               prove
               Ineffectual
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               these
               Practices
               Continue
               .
            
             
               These
               Grievances
               have
               been
               at
               large
               set
               forth
               in
               Print
               by
               one
               Mr.
               Hodges
               ,
               and
               a
               Scheme
               of
               their
               true
               Cause
               laid
               bare-fac'd
               before
               the
               Admiralty
               by
               Mr.
               Trevor
               in
               a
               Letter
               ,
               and
               a
               remedy
               for
               them
               proposed
               in
               Writing
               ,
               to
               the
               Admiralty
               by
               Mr.
               Gibson
               ,
               by
               order
               of
               a
               Committee
               of
               Council
               ;
               and
               why
               there
               's
               nothing
               done
               but
               this
               Fraud
               and
               Robbery
               still
               practic'd
               and
               supported
               ,
               is
               ,
               what
               no
               reason
               can
               be
               given
               for
               ,
               since
               neither
               Mr.
               
               Hodges's
               ,
               Mr.
               Trevors
               ,
               nor
               Mr.
               Gibsons
               Papers
               beforemention'd
               ;
               have
               ever
               been
               exploded
               .
            
             
               The
               Lords
               of
               the
               Treasury
               were
               so
               fully
               Convinc'd
               of
               these
               Cheats
               ,
               that
               their
               Lordships
               did
               by
               Warrant
               under
               their
               hands
               in
               December
               last
               ,
               appoint
               Mr.
               Gibson
               to
               receive
               all
               Informations
               of
               abuses
               in
               Payment
               of
               Seamens
               Tickets
               ;
               which
               doubtless
               ,
               would
               have
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               these
               wicked
               Practices
               ,
               Notwithstanding
               which
               ,
               the
               said
               Mr.
               Gibson
               has
               never
               been
               suffer'd
               to
               
               Act
               ,
               and
               so
               their
               Lordships
               good
               Intentions
               have
               been
               wholly
               defeated
               :
               But
               why
               their
               Lordships
               have
               not
               been
               able
               to
               put
               their
               own
               orders
               in
               Execution
               ,
               is
               another
               strange
               thing
               to
               me
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Account
             he
             gives
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             certainly
             very
             amazing
             to
             consider
             that
             the
             Government
             should
             be
             so
             wretchedly
             Corrupt
             ,
             as
             to
             pass
             over
             Crimes
             of
             such
             fatal
             Consequence
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             may
             see
             that
             by
             this
             Cheating
             and
             Robbing
             there
             are
             vast
             Summs
             of
             Mony
             gotten
             for
             some
             body
             ,
             and
             certainly
             the
             Actors
             in
             it
             cannot
             have
             the
             whole
             profit
             to
             themselves
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             be
             distributed
             elsewhere
             ,
             to
             persons
             of
             higher
             Rank
             ;
             Because
             their
             Interest
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             even
             after
             Conviction
             ,
             they
             have
             power
             enough
             to
             Chain
             up
             Law
             and
             Justice
             from
             doing
             their
             proper
             Offices
             .
             And
             now
             Sir
             ,
             what
             think
             you
             ,
             are
             these
             Crimes
             worthy
             of
             Cognizance
             or
             not
             ?
             but
             I
             have
             many
             more
             to
             add
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             Pray
             Sir
             proceed
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             something
             more
             than
             I
             knew
             before
             ;
             I
             confess
             ,
             one
             of
             Crosfeilds
             Books
             was
             given
             me
             at
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             it
             lies
             somewhere
             about
             the
             House
             ,
             but
             I
             had
             never
             time
             to
             read
             it
             over
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Indeed
             I
             thought
             as
             much
             ,
             for
             it
             appears
             all
             things
             of
             that
             kind
             have
             hitherto
             been
             shamefully
             thrown
             aside
             as
             wast
             Paper
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             persons
             to
             whom
             they
             were
             Dedicated
             did
             not
             desire
             to
             be
             Informed
             :
             But
             I
             shall
             go
             on
             and
             give
             you
             some
             Account
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             Admiralty
             .
          
           
             Their
             Lordships
             have
             been
             accus'd
             of
             Concealing
             and
             Advocating
             the
             Crimes
             of
             the
             Navy-Board
             ,
             and
             Discouraging
             and
             Ruining
             such
             of
             the
             Kings
             faithful
             Officers
             and
             Subjects
             ,
             that
             laid
             them
             open
             ▪
             this
             has
             been
             prov'd
             against
             them
             before
             the
             Council
             ,
             but
             all
             things
             lie
             dormant
             and
             unregarded
             :
             So
             that
             here
             is
             three
             degrees
             of
             such
             fatal
             Corruption
             ,
             from
             the
             Navy
             to
             the
             Adm●raity
             and
             from
             them
             to
             the
             Council
             ,
             that
             alone
             is
             sufficient
             to
             shake
             the
             very
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
           
             It
             were
             endless
             ,
             to
             tell
             you
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Admiralties
             Crimes
             ,
             who
             thro'
             Corruption
             and
             Ignorance
             ,
             have
             not
             been
             able
             with
             about
             two
             hundred
             Sail
             of
             Ships
             to
             Guard
             our
             Navigation
             ;
             whereby
             Trade
             has
             been
             destroy'd
             ,
             and
             our
             Merchants
             undergone
             Infinite
             Losses
             ,
             which
             our
             Enemies
             have
             had
             the
             Benefit
             of
             ;
             and
             then
             further
             ,
             the
             Admiralty
             have
             all
             along
             plac'd
             Commanders
             in
             the
             Fleet
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             Merit
             .
             So
             that
             this
             War
             we
             have
             lost
             above
             a
             hundred
             Ships
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             which
             have
             been
             fool'd
             away
             ,
             by
             the
             Ignorance
             of
             the
             Commanders
             ;
             and
             some
             by
             Cowardice
             without
             fighting
             ,
             besides
             the
             horrid
             Miscarriages
             in
             Expeditions
             against
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             as
             the
             shameful
             Expedition
             to
             Brest
             ,
             &c.
             
             Which
             serves
             only
             to
             dispirit
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             Increase
             their
             Taxes
             .
             Certainly
             a
             Man
             would
             think
             ,
             that
             these
             Gentlemen
             have
             a
             design
             Totally
             to
             destroy
             the
             Navigation
             of
             England
             ,
             for
             tho
             the
             Crimes
             of
             the
             Sea
             Commanders
             are
             so
             Hanious
             and
             Numerous
             ;
             yet
             has
             not
             one
             of
             their
             Sea
             Journals
             been
             Examin'd
             all
             this
             War
             ,
             to
             see
             how
             they
             have
             perform'd
             their
             Duty
             ,
             tho
             there
             is
             no
             other
             way
             to
             Judge
             of
             their
             Fidelity
             and
             Ability
             in
             their
             Stations
             but
             by
             Traceing
             their
             Journals
             ;
             and
             thus
             Ignorance
             and
             Negligence
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             horrible
             Profaneness
             and
             Debauchery
             has
             generally
             over-spread
             the
             Sea
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Land.
             But
             what
             should
             I
             speak
             any
             more
             of
             this
             Admiralty
             ,
             for
             every
             one
             knows
             their
             Wickedness
             and
             Ignorance
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             often
             wonder'd
             there
             has
             not
             been
             more
             Complaints
             against
             them
             ,
             from
             the
             
               East
               ▪
               India
            
             and
             Guinea
             Company
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             are
             almost
             Ruin'd
             with
             Losses
             :
             Certainly
             our
             Merchants
             are
             like
             the
             Fools
             spoken
             of
             by
             Aesop
             ,
             that
             none
             would
             meddle
             to
             remove
             the
             Stone
             from
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Bath
             ,
             tho
             every
             Man
             stumbled
             ,
             and
             broke
             his
             shins
             over
             it
             at
             going
             in
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             a
             Wise
             Man
             came
             and
             Roll
             d
             it
             away
             ;
             God
             grant
             we
             may
             have
             some
             VVise
             Men
             by
             the
             next
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             will
             stand
             up
             for
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             or
             else
             in
             short
             we
             must
             prepare
             for
             foul
             VVeather
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             C.
             
          
           
             But
             Sir
             ,
             what
             needs
             all
             this
             Complaint
             ,
             why
             most
             of
             these
             sores
             are
             heal'd
             ,
             for
             here
             's
             a
             Council
             of
             Trade
             now
             setled
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Merchants
             Grievances
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             things
             will
             be
             rectify'd
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             I
             confess
             ,
             the
             Council
             of
             Trade
             was
             excellently
             propos'd
             at
             first
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             But
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Court
             quickly
             
               beat
               out
               it's
               Brains
            
             ,
             and
             from
             this
             Establishment
             I
             doubt
             little
             good
             will
             arise
             ,
             my
             reasons
             for
             it
             are
             these
             .
             First
             ,
             They
             do
             not
             understand
             Trade
             ,
             't
             is
             Forreign
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             their
             sphere
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             observe
             ,
             that
             the
             Major
             part
             of
             these
             persons
             are
             the
             same
             that
             sit
             in
             Council
             ;
             and
             from
             time
             to
             time
             have
             heard
             the
             Crimes
             of
             the
             Admiralty
             and
             Navy
             ▪
             and
             wanted
             no
             Power
             to
             redress
             those
             Grievances
             there
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Regulation
             is
             no
             more
             than
             removing
             these
             Gentlemen
             from
             one
             Room
             to
             another
             ,
             as
             the
             Barons
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             pass
             from
             the
             Law
             to
             the
             
               Chancery
               side
            
             ,
             now
             certainly
             if
             I
             am
             a
             Corrupt
             or
             Ignorant
             Man
             in
             the
             Parlour
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             same
             in
             the
             Dineing
             Room
             .
          
           
             Put
             Sir
             ,
             there
             you
             flatly
             Arraign
             the
             very
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             certainly
             and
             their
             honesty
             too
             (
             if
             by
             the
             Government
             you
             mean
             the
             Court
             or
             else
             what
             d'
             think
             I
             have
             been
             talking
             of
             all
             this
             while
             or
             how
             is
             it
             possible
             I
             could
             speak
             at
             all
             of
             any
             publick
             Grievances
             ,
             unless
             I
             Arraign'd
             both
             ,
             without
             you
             would
             have
             me
             say
             we
             are
             all
             Ruin'd
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             affirm
             ,
             that
             no
             body
             did
             it
             :
             But
             I
             must
             beg
             your
             patience
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             because
             you
             did
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             Challenge
             me
             to
             give
             you
             some
             Instances
             of
             Corruption
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Then
             you
             may
             proceed
             if
             you
             please
             ;
             I
             am
             sorry
             to
             hear
             so
             much
             ,
             tho
             I
             think
             none
             of
             it
             do's
             Actually
             relate
             to
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             'm
             sure
             ,
             I
             always
             did
             what
             I
             cou'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             some
             Account
             
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             for
             taking
             Care
             of
             Sick
             and
             Wounded
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             Exchanging
             Prisoners
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             these
             you
             will
             also
             find
             to
             be
             a
             wretched
             Pack
             :
             For
             one
             of
             their
             Clerks
             who
             laid
             down
             his
             Employment
             ,
             has
             prov'd
             Notorious
             Crimes
             against
             them
             .
             ;
             as
             holding
             a
             Pernitious
             and
             Unlawful
             Correspondence
             with
             the
             French
             all
             this
             War
             ,
             So
             that
             there
             has
             been
             an
             open
             and
             quick
             passage
             to
             give
             Intelligence
             to
             the
             Enemy
             of
             all
             our
             Affairs
             and
             Designs
             ,
             and
             to
             betray
             the
             Kings
             Councils
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             also
             he
             has
             prov'd
             that
             they
             have
             Cheated
             the
             King
             in
             their
             Accounts
             ;
             and
             Cheated
             the
             poor
             Sick
             and
             Wounded
             Seamen
             in
             Plymouth
             Hospital
             out
             of
             their
             Provisions
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             all
             along
             Cheated
             the
             Poor
             French
             Prisoners
             under
             their
             Care
             ,
             out
             of
             part
             of
             their
             Allowance
             ,
             and
             treated
             them
             in
             a
             very
             Barbarous
             manner
             .
             For
             it
             seems
             their
             whole
             Allowance
             was
             but
             four
             pence
             each
             Man
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             they
             deducted
             three
             farthings
             out
             of
             that
             four
             pence
             :
             It
             was
             also
             prov'd
             that
             the
             French
             Intendant
             General
             Marine
             ,
             writ
             diverse
             doleful
             Letters
             of
             Complaint
             to
             these
             Commissioners
             ,
             telling
             them
             how
             Barbarously
             and
             inhumanely
             the
             poor
             French
             Prisoners
             were
             us'd
             ,
             whereby
             many
             of
             them
             Perished
             ;
             And
             that
             he
             had
             Orders
             from
             the
             French
             King
             to
             use
             our
             English
             Prisoners
             in
             like
             manner
             if
             it
             was
             not
             rectify'd
             ;
             But
             no
             Regulation
             being
             made
             ,
             but
             the
             Evil
             rather
             Increasing
             ▪
             was
             the
             true
             Cause
             that
             the
             French
             have
             all
             along
             us'd
             our
             poor
             English
             Captives
             in
             such
             a
             dreadful
             and
             Barbarous
             Manner
             :
             For
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             Miserable
             short
             allowance
             and
             lying
             diverse
             Months
             in
             Filthy
             and
             Loathsome
             Prisons
             ,
             and
             others
             by
             being
             driven
             like
             Gally
             Slaves
             several
             hundred
             Miles
             Naked
             through
             the
             Country
             ,
             I
             say
             from
             these
             Causes
             many
             hundreds
             of
             them
             have
             Perished
             ,
             and
             many
             Familys
             have
             thereby
             been
             brought
             to
             utter
             Ruin
             :
             Nay
             these
             Men
             have
             Committed
             Murther
             on
             both
             sides
             of
             the
             Water
             ;
             For
             ,
             besides
             the
             English
             ,
             they
             have
             basely
             and
             Cruelly
             destroy'd
             many
             of
             
             the
             poor
             French
             prisoners
             ,
             which
             doubtless
             is
             no
             less
             Murther
             in
             the
             Sight
             of
             God
             notwithstanding
             the
             War.
             
          
           
             These
             and
             Diverse
             other
             Crimes
             were
             Examin'd
             and
             prov'd
             before
             the
             Admiralty
             by
             the
             Kings
             Special
             Order
             above
             two
             years
             since
             ,
             and
             a
             Report
             thereof
             was
             made
             to
             his
             Majesty
             and
             Carry'd
             by
             the
             Admiralty
             to
             the
             Cabinet-Council
             ,
             but
             the
             Matter
             was
             so
             manag'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Report
             was
             Stifled
             and
             not
             Read
             to
             the
             King
             :
             so
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             upon
             their
             Petition
             ,
             were
             granted
             a
             Re-hearing
             before
             the
             Council
             in
             Publick
             ,
             where
             these
             Matters
             were
             Fully
             Prov'd
             over
             again
             ;
             but
             the
             business
             was
             delay'd
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             till
             the
             King
             was
             gone
             for
             Flanders
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Report
             of
             the
             Council
             was
             also
             kept
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             how
             that
             Report
             was
             afterwards
             curry'd
             in
             his
             Majestys
             absence
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             but
             this
             I
             know
             ,
             the
             Commissions
             are
             still
             in
             their
             places
             with
             power
             to
             pursue
             their
             Villainy
             ▪
             so
             that
             what
             I
             told
             you
             just
             now
             appears
             again
             to
             be
             true
             .
             
               That
               Satan
               cannot
               Cast
               out
               Satan
               .
            
          
           
             There
             may
             many
             things
             more
             be
             said
             of
             these
             Mens
             horrid
             Wickedness
             ,
             as
             their
             destroying
             the
             poor
             Sick
             and
             Wounded
             Seamen
             with
             bad
             Medicines
             for
             the
             Lucre
             of
             gain
             ,
             which
             with
             many
             other
             Crimes
             were
             fully
             prov'd
             against
             them
             before
             the
             Comissioners
             for
             Stateing
             the
             publick
             Accounts
             ,
             where
             some
             Witnesses
             they
             brought
             appear'd
             most
             
               Willfully
               and
               Notoriously
               perjur'd
            
             ,
             and
             Escap'd
             punishment
             .
             But
             for
             a
             more
             plain
             and
             particular
             Information
             herein
             ,
             I
             shall
             refer
             you
             to
             a
             Book
             Printed
             and
             Publish'd
             last
             year
             ,
             by
             the
             Person
             that
             brought
             the
             Complaint
             against
             these
             Men
             ,
             and
             Dedicated
             to
             the
             house
             of
             Peers
             ,
             It
             is
             Entituled
             
               Bastons
               Case
            
             (
             for
             so
             was
             the
             Clerks
             Name
             )
             
               or
               a
               Brief
               Account
               of
               the
               Evil
               Practices
               of
               the
               present
               Commissioners
               for
               Sick
               and
               Wounded
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               prov
               d.
            
             1
             
               st
               ▪
               Before
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               .
            
             2
             
               ly
               .
               Before
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Council
               ,
               and
            
             3
             
               ly
               .
               Before
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Stateing
               the
               publick
               ●counts
               .
            
             For
             there
             is
             Contain
             d
             the
             Admiraltys
             and
             Councills
             Report
             ,
             
             and
             there
             the
             Crimes
             of
             these
             Commissioners
             for
             Sick
             and
             Wounded
             lye
             barefac'd
             to
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             And
             now
             Certainly
             it
             would
             Stir
             up
             a
             Mans
             Zeal
             for
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             but
             Consider
             in
             what
             Jeopardy
             and
             peril
             the
             poor
             Saylor
             Serves
             his
             King
             and
             Country
             ;
             For
             besides
             the
             hazard
             of
             his
             Life
             in
             open
             Fight
             )
             if
             he
             continues
             in
             the
             Kings
             Service
             without
             being
             Sick
             or
             Wounded
             or
             Taken
             by
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             why
             then
             he
             's
             lyable
             to
             be
             Query'd
             ,
             or
             Run'd
             out
             of
             his
             pay
             ,
             or
             oblig'd
             for
             Necessity
             to
             sell
             his
             Ticket
             for
             half
             loss
             (
             or
             more
             )
             to
             some
             of
             those
             Cursed
             Monsters
             ,
             call'd
             Ticket-buyers
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             it
             has
             appear'd
             too
             plain
             )
             are
             but
             
               Deputy's
               or
               Journy-men
               to
               the
               Navy-Board
               .
            
             If
             he
             is
             set
             on
             Shoar
             Sick
             and
             Fresh
             dyet
             and
             Broath
             will
             not
             Cure
             him
             ,
             why
             then
             he
             runs
             a
             great
             hazard
             of
             being
             Poyson'd
             with
             his
             Physick
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             recovers
             't
             is
             ten
             to
             one
             but
             he
             's
             prick'd
             Run
             ;
             And
             if
             he
             's
             taken
             by
             the
             Enemy
             't
             is
             a
             great
             Chance
             if
             ever
             he
             returns
             to
             his
             Native
             Country
             .
          
           
             Certainly
             it
             must
             ere
             long
             be
             Counted
             hard
             Measure
             ,
             that
             for
             such
             petty
             Retail
             Robbery
             and
             Murther
             ,
             as
             taking
             away
             a
             small
             Matter
             upon
             the
             Road
             ,
             or
             for
             killing
             another
             in
             a
             Duel
             for
             an
             Injury
             receiv'd
             that
             a
             Man
             shou'd
             be
             hang'd
             like
             a
             Dog
             ;
             When
             such
             wholesale
             Murtherers
             and
             Robbers
             as
             these
             are
             protected
             and
             Flourish
             in
             their
             Villainy
             ,
             though
             their
             Actions
             tend
             to
             the
             utter
             Subversion
             and
             overthrow
             of
             a
             State
             :
             But
             this
             is
             an
             Age
             full
             of
             Wonders
             ;
             
               For
               from
               the
               Court
               proceeds
               Abundance
               of
               Praying
               and
               Preaching
               and
               Fasting
               ,
               but
               hardly
               a
               Grain
               of
               Integrity
               ,
               Honesty
               ,
               Justice
               or
               Humanity
               ,
               as
               if
               these
               were
               Accounted
               Needless
               Ingredients
               in
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             am
             unwilling
             to
             try
             your
             patience
             any
             further
             with
             these
             unpleasing
             Relations
             ,
             otherwise
             I
             could
             add
             several
             other
             things
             and
             particularly
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             
               Post
               Office
            
             ,
             how
             they
             have
             been
             lately
             prov'd
             Horribly
             Corrupt
             and
             unfaithful
             before
             the
             Lords
             Justices
             ;
             likewise
             more
             might
             be
             said
             
             of
             other
             Offices
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             the
             great
             Corruption
             in
             the
             Army
             and
             abuse
             of
             the
             poor
             Soldiers
             ,
             by
             the
             Agents
             and
             others
             ,
             which
             was
             also
             plainly
             prov'd
             ;
             But
             I
             think
             this
             is
             Enough
             at
             present
             to
             shew
             you
             what
             a
             Condition
             the
             Nation
             is
             in
             :
             For
             any
             one
             may
             Judge
             by
             these
             what
             the
             other
             Offices
             are
             ,
             They
             being
             all
             Streams
             that
             proceed
             from
             the
             same
             Fountain
             (
             I
             mean
             the
             Court
             )
             and
             must
             consequently
             afford
             the
             same
             Bitter
             Water
             .
             And
             now
             I
             hope
             you
             are
             throughly
             convinc'd
             that
             the
             Complaints
             of
             Grievances
             have
             not
             been
             meer
             Clamour
             ,
             as
             you
             were
             pleased
             to
             say
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             our
             discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             Confess
             Sir
             these
             things
             do
             look
             with
             an
             Ill
             face
             :
             Yet
             't
             is
             the
             greatest
             Riddle
             in
             the
             World
             to
             me
             ,
             how
             such
             Miscarryages
             as
             these
             cou'd
             be
             carry`d
             on
             ,
             when
             we
             have
             had
             for
             some
             years
             past
             
               a
               Commission
               Establish`d
               by
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               to
               Take
               ,
               State
               and
               Examine
               the
               publick
               Accounts
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             and
             they
             have
             Power
             by
             the
             Act
             to
             Administer
             Oaths
             and
             to
             Call
             all
             Persons
             to
             an
             Account
             that
             have
             the
             Receipts
             or
             Issues
             of
             the
             Publick
             Revenue
             and
             that
             Commission
             consists
             only
             of
             Members
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Commons
             ,
             who
             are
             utterly
             unqualifyd
             for
             any
             Employments
             at
             Court
             ▪
             and
             consequently
             unbyas`d
             Men
             ;
             And
             therefore
             I
             wonder
             how
             these
             things
             can
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             I
             Confess
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             
               Mystery
               of
               Iniquity
            
             that
             has
             darken'd
             the
             understandings
             of
             some
             ,
             however
             't
             is
             a
             matter
             easily
             unriddled
             ,
             for
             't
             will
             be
             found
             that
             these
             are
             also
             a
             pack
             of
             Gentlemen
             ,
             nothing
             Inferiour
             to
             the
             worst
             of
             those
             already
             spoken
             of
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             Court
             have
             hid
             the
             Grievances
             of
             the
             People
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             so
             these
             have
             kept
             them
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             have
             us'd
             such
             Arbitrary
             Arts
             ,
             Tricks
             ,
             and
             Devices
             to
             acquit
             and
             Justifie
             the
             worst
             of
             Villains
             that
             have
             come
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             blacken
             the
             Reputations
             of
             Honest
             Men
             ,
             that
             certainly
             the
             like
             has
             not
             been
             known
             ,
             for
             an
             Instance
             of
             which
             I
             refer
             you
             to
             the
             Printed
             Book
             I
             spoke
             of
             just
             now
             ▪
             about
             the
             Crimes
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             Sick
             and
             Wounded
             ,
             
             Entituled
             
               Bastons
               Case
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             There
             you
             will
             see
             in
             what
             an
             Arbitrary
             manner
             they
             heard
             that
             business
             ,
             and
             Endeavoured
             by
             all
             the
             shameful
             ways
             Imaginable
             ,
             to
             acquit
             those
             Commissioners
             of
             Crimes
             they
             had
             been
             prov'd
             Guilty
             of
             twice
             before
             ,
             Viz.
             At
             the
             Admiratly
             and
             Council
             .
             They
             allow'd
             Criminals
             to
             swear
             in
             their
             own
             behalf
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ,
             and
             when
             Baston
             made
             them
             appear
             Notoriously
             perjur'd
             ,
             they
             Barbarously
             Encourag'd
             one
             of
             them
             to
             swear
             on
             ,
             (
             whose
             Name
             was
             
               Nicholas
               Sharrack
            
             )
             which
             he
             did
             ,
             and
             was
             perjur'd
             again
             ,
             and
             again
             ,
             as
             plain
             as
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             as
             black
             as
             Hell
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             discharg'd
             him
             any
             further
             Attendance
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             Commendation
             and
             Applause
             as
             if
             he
             had
             Sworn
             right
             ,
             but
             I
             refer
             you
             to
             the
             Book
             for
             that
             and
             much
             more
             ,
             for
             by
             this
             
               Illegal
               and
               Ungodly
               Method
            
             of
             Swearing
             Criminals
             in
             their
             own
             behalf
             ;
             with
             diverse
             other
             new
             Invented
             Arbitrary
             ways
             in
             hearing
             the
             Peoples
             Grievances
             ,
             these
             Gentlemen
             can
             at
             pleasure
             make
             the
             Devil
             white
             .
             However
             ,
             it
             seems
             this
             business
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             for
             Sick
             and
             Wounded
             was
             so
             plain
             being
             twice
             before
             both
             prov'd
             and
             Reported
             )
             that
             they
             were
             not
             able
             to
             wipe
             off
             their
             Guilt
             and
             Infamy
             :
             But
             this
             they
             were
             able
             to
             do
             for
             them
             ,
             to
             bury
             it
             in
             their
             Office
             and
             keep
             it
             from
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             accordingly
             done
             :
             And
             when
             it
             was
             afterwards
             brought
             into
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             to
             be
             heard
             ,
             they
             prevented
             it
             there
             also
             by
             a
             Trick
             ,
             and
             got
             it
             out
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             for
             they
             Acquainted
             their
             Lordships
             that
             the
             matter
             was
             then
             depending
             before
             their
             Board
             ;
             and
             pray'd
             it
             might
             be
             Recommitted
             to
             them
             to
             finish
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             Report
             ,
             which
             the
             House
             accordingly
             did
             ;
             but
             the
             Report
             is
             not
             made
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             neither
             will
             be
             I
             suppose
             till
             the
             day
             of
             Judgment
             :
             And
             as
             to
             what
             they
             told
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             that
             the
             matter
             was
             then
             depending
             before
             them
             ,
             't
             was
             a
             great
             falsity
             ,
             and
             design'd
             only
             as
             an
             Excuse
             to
             disappoint
             the
             hearing
             
             of
             the
             matter
             in
             Parliament
             .
             Much
             more
             might
             be
             said
             of
             these
             Men
             concerning
             the
             Navy
             and
             Army
             ,
             how
             they
             have
             brow-beat
             and
             discourag'd
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             Incourag'd
             Knaves
             and
             Villains
             ,
             stifled
             ,
             Complaints
             ,
             &c.
             
             So
             that
             these
             Men
             instead
             of
             being
             a
             Checque
             to
             Corruption
             ;
             have
             been
             the
             
               Props
               and
               Pillars
               to
               support
               it
               ,
            
             as
             true
             Servants
             and
             Vassals
             to
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             Certainly
             such
             a
             Commission
             might
             have
             been
             of
             exceeding
             use
             to
             the
             publick
             ,
             had
             it
             consisted
             of
             true
             Englishmen
             ,
             and
             been
             Wisely
             and
             Honestly
             manag'd
             ;
             for
             't
             wou'd
             have
             been
             a
             place
             to
             Punish
             and
             reform
             Knavery
             and
             Villany
             ,
             and
             Rogues
             and
             Cheats
             ,
             with
             Tears
             in
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             might
             have
             call'd
             it
             the
             terrible
             Office
             of
             Inquisition
             ,
             but
             now
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             they
             may
             Rejoyce
             ,
             and
             truly
             say
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             Office
             of
             Absolution
             ;
             For
             they
             have
             Examin'd
             no
             Accounts
             ,
             nor
             sav`d
             the
             Nation
             a
             penny
             of
             Mony
             this
             War
             ,
             but
             Knaves
             ,
             Knavery
             and
             Taxes
             have
             constantly
             Increas`d
             ;
             all
             that
             they
             do
             ,
             as
             I
             know
             of
             ,
             is
             ,
             they
             receive
             the
             Accounts
             of
             the
             Receipts
             and
             Issues
             of
             the
             Kings
             Revenue
             from
             all
             Offices
             and
             Persons
             ,
             and
             them
             they
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             Transcribe
             in
             Books
             and
             Methods
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             Answer
             any
             Question
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             Receipts
             of
             the
             Revenue
             or
             Charge
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             but
             to
             detect
             Frauds
             ,
             is
             so
             small
             a
             part
             of
             their
             work
             that
             they
             hardly
             Regard
             it
             .
             Sure
             ,
             in
             this
             mighty
             Mass
             of
             Corruption
             the
             parties
             concern`d
             ,
             could
             not
             have
             subsisted
             without
             the
             help
             of
             this
             Office
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             Receptacle
             for
             all
             their
             Knavish
             Accounts
             ,
             where
             being
             New-Moulded
             (
             without
             Alteration
             )
             they
             receive
             a
             Vizard
             of
             Honesty
             ;
             In
             short
             ,
             this
             Office
             ,
             as
             t
             is
             manag`d
             ,
             has
             been
             a
             great
             
               Blind
               to
               the
               Nation
            
             ,
             and
             may
             (
             for
             its
             Abominable
             foulness
             )
             be
             fitly
             compar`d
             to
             a
             Capital
             Common-shoar
             ,
             into
             which
             abundance
             of
             other
             Common-shoars
             and
             little
             petty
             Sinks
             do
             Empty
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             But
             Sir
             ,
             I
             tell
             you
             again
             ,
             They
             are
             Men
             utterly
             unqualify`d
             
             for
             any
             Employments
             at
             Court
             ,
             to
             what
             end
             therefore
             can
             this
             Corruptien
             be
             among
             them
             ?
             really
             't
             is
             still
             a
             Riddle
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             Sir
             ,
             to
             the
             same
             End
             that
             all
             other
             Corruption
             is
             ,
             Namely
             
               to
               get
               Mony
            
             and
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             they
             are
             in
             a
             most
             Excellent
             way
             for
             〈◊〉
             because
             they
             have
             it
             in
             their
             power
             to
             Crush
             or
             Protect
             such
             a
             great
             Number
             of
             Knaves
             of
             all
             sorts
             and
             sizes
             :
             And
             I
             hope
             Sir
             ,
             you
             don't
             question
             ▪
             but
             that
             they
             have
             Pockets
             and
             Coffers
             enough
             to
             put
             their
             Mony
             in
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Courtiers
             .
             Therefore
             pray
             where
             the
             Riddle
             on
             't
             ,
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             see
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             For
             it
             plainly
             appears
             ,
             these
             Gentlemen
             have
             been
             so
             far
             from
             obstructing
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             afforded
             great
             help
             ,
             and
             performed
             their
             part
             towards
             the
             Destruction
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             rest
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             admit
             all
             you
             say
             is
             true
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             General
             Corruption
             as
             you
             speak
             of
             ;
             How
             can
             you
             help
             it
             at
             present
             ,
             pray
             would
             ▪
             you
             have
             the
             King
             at
             this
             juncture
             Immediately
             go
             to
             Turning
             out
             ▪
             and
             Punishing
             such
             a
             great
             Number
             of
             Men
             ?
             Certainly
             ,
             〈◊〉
             make
             such
             Disorder
             and
             Confusion
             ,
             as
             would
             soon
             〈◊〉
             up
             the
             very
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             than
             would
             be
             a
             Remedy
             with
             a
             Witness
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             I
             find
             you
             have
             Changed
             your
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             own
             at
             last
             that
             the
             Nation
             is
             Sick
             ,
             But
             now
             to
             save
             the
             Court
             ,
             you
             would
             have
             the
             Distemper
             so
             far
             gone
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             strength
             left
             to
             undergo
             a
             Course
             of
             Physick
             ,
             without
             Imminent
             hazard
             of
             Life
             :
             I
             confess
             the
             Court
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Physick
             ,
             ever
             hated
             Purges
             .
             They
             will
             take
             Gold
             Cordials
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             great
             Admirers
             of
             Quieting
             Pills
             ,
             but
             Purging
             they
             mortally
             hate
             ,
             and
             will
             have
             it
             to
             be
             a
             Vile
             and
             Dangerous
             way
             of
             Practice
             But
             ,
             to
             speak
             in
             your
             own
             words
             —
             Admit
             what
             you
             say
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             Government
             is
             brought
             to
             this
             degree
             of
             Feebleness
             ,
             Pray
             how
             highly
             
             then
             is
             the
             King
             and
             Nation
             Oblig'd
             to
             these
             ▪
             Long-headed
             STATES-MEN
             and
             COVNCELLORS
             (
             whose
             Parts
             and
             Honesty
             ,
             for
             some
             Years
             past
             ,
             it
             has
             been
             almost
             Treason
             to
             Question
             )
             Or
             what
             Satisfaction
             can
             they
             render
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             for
             bringing
             upon
             them
             this
             Incurable
             Disease
             ?
          
           
             But
             now
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             pardon
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             differ
             a
             little
             from
             you
             in
             Opinion
             :
             I
             do
             not
             believe
             the
             Government
             is
             so
             weak
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             Fit
             Remedy
             might
             be
             apply'd
             for
             all
             these
             Evils
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             Turn
             Out
             in
             the
             first
             place
             some
             of
             those
             that
             have
             been
             most
             Obnexious
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             their
             Rooms
             Men
             of
             Publick
             Spirits
             ,
             Fearing
             God
             ,
             and
             Hating
             Covetousness
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             have
             Courage
             sufficient
             to
             Ballance
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Wicked
             Party
             ,
             till
             the
             Law
             is
             let
             loose
             to
             do
             its
             Proper
             Office
             upon
             them
             that
             are
             Turn'd
             Out
             ,
             whose
             Punishment
             will
             strike
             others
             with
             Great
             Terror
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             fearful
             how
             they
             Offend
             :
             But
             if
             they
             escape
             ,
             't
             will
             be
             a
             most
             Pernicious
             Example
             to
             Encourage
             and
             Excite
             all
             Men
             to
             become
             as
             Corrupt
             〈◊〉
             they
             ;
             't
             will
             also
             be
             highly
             Displeasing
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             't
             will
             greatly
             Incense
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             indeed
             none
             has
             any
             Rightful
             Power
             to
             Pardon
             them
             ,
             because
             their
             Crimes
             have
             been
             Universal
             ,
             and
             committed
             not
             only
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             Whole
             Body
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             .
             In
             this
             manner
             the
             Court
             may
             be
             soon
             Gradually
             Purg'd
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Inferiours
             will
             of
             consequence
             be
             purg'd
             also
             .
             The
             Scripture
             says
             ,
             
               Resist
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               flee
               from
               you
               :
            
             and
             no
             doubt
             the
             same
             Rule
             holds
             for
             those
             that
             have
             Acted
             like
             his
             Children
             ;
             Therefore
             why
             shou'd
             we
             fear
             to
             Execute
             JUSTICE
             upon
             them
             ?
             Alas
             ,
             they
             are
             but
             poor
             Feeble
             Creatures
             ,
             not
             worth
             mentioning
             ,
             in
             Comparison
             of
             the
             Force
             of
             the
             Law
             :
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             they
             have
             Power
             to
             do
             great
             Mischief
             in
             their
             Stations
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             found
             to
             our
             Cost
             ,
             but
             when
             the
             Law
             lays
             hold
             on
             them
             ,
             their
             Power
             ceases
             like
             the
             
             Power
             of
             a
             Witch
             ,
             when
             She●
             Seiz'd
             by
             a
             Constable
             :
             Certainly
             he
             that
             knows
             their
             Actions
             ,
             and
             Contributes
             to
             Save
             them
             from
             the
             Just
             Censure
             and
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             makes
             himself
             an
             Approver
             ,
             before
             God
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             Ruin
             and
             Destruction
             they
             have
             brought
             upon
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             the
             Innocent
             Families
             they
             have
             Destroy'd
             and
             Blood
             they
             have
             Spilt
             ▪
             Therefore
             ,
             unless
             the
             Law
             is
             put
             in
             Execution
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             but
             a
             Half
             fac'd
             Regulation
             ,
             or
             a
             Palliative
             Cure
             ,
             that
             will
             soon
             Relapse
             ,
             and
             become
             Incurable
             .
             For
             ,
             let
             none
             Absurdly
             and
             Foolishly
             Dream
             ,
             that
             God
             will-suffer
             us
             to
             Prosper
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             those
             Oppressions
             ,
             Frauds
             ,
             and
             most
             Hainous
             Immorallities
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             ▪
             Bound
             in
             Duty
             ,
             and
             Able
             by
             Authority
             to
             Punish
             and
             Hinder
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             False
             and
             Villanous
             Saying
             ,
             to
             Whisper
             in
             the
             Ears
             of
             Princes
             ,
             That
             VVholesome
             Laws
             have
             any
             Antipathy
             to
             True
             Policy
             :
             The
             Law
             ,
             when
             't
             is
             Upheld
             ,
             is
             the
             Princes
             best
             Friend
             ,
             it
             cannot
             Dissemble
             ,
             but
             always
             faithfully
             stands
             by
             Him
             ,
             ready
             to
             Oppose
             His
             Enemies
             :
             It
             gives
             Him
             His
             RIGHT
             ,
             and
             His
             Subjects
             theirs
             ,
             and
             so
             makes
             a
             powerfull
             prince
             ,
             and
             a
             Vertuous
             VVealthy
             and
             peaceable
             Government
             .
             But
             't
             is
             Natural
             for
             Corrupt
             Men
             to
             Hate
             Good
             Laws
             ,
             and
             that
             makes
             it
             and
             the
             Nation
             have
             so
             many
             Enemies
             at
             Court.
             And
             now
             ,
             after
             all
             ,
             when
             these
             
               Long-headed
               Men
            
             have
             brought
             the
             Nation
             to
             this
             Pitch
             of
             Ruin
             ,
             for
             them
             Cunningly
             to
             Insinuate
             ,
             That
             't
             will
             be
             Dangerous
             to
             Call
             them
             to
             an
             Actount
             for
             their
             CRIMES
             ,
             and
             Administer
             Help
             to
             our selves
             ,
             pursuant
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             and
             the
             Nation
             ;
             is
             an
             Unparallel'd
             Audacious
             Absurdity
             :
             But
             I
             confess
             ,
             we
             can
             expect
             no
             better
             Advice
             from
             that
             Party
             ,
             because
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             Kingdoms
             Safety
             ,
             seems
             Opposite
             to
             Theirs
             ;
             For
             hitherto
             they
             have
             Pernitiously
             and
             Pittifully
             made
             Themselves
             the
             Center
             of
             all
             Their
             Actions
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             believe
             things
             are
             bad
             enough
             ;
             but
             ,
             methinks
             you
             'r
             too
             Furious
             for
             a
             Regulation
             ;
             really
             't
             will
             put
             things
             into
             Great
             Disorder
             :
             therefore
             I
             am
             of
             Opinion
             't
             is
             better
             to
             see
             the
             Success
             of
             One
             Year
             more
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             As
             for
             Staying
             a
             Year
             longer
             't
             will
             be
             highly
             dangerous
             ;
             
               Why
               should
               God
               be
               Provok'd
               ,
               and
               the
               Nation
               Oppress'd
               a
               Year
               Longer
               ?
            
             perhaps
             a
             Year
             hence
             we
             shall
             not
             have
             ability
             to
             help
             our selves
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             
               Moses
               ,
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               delay
               Justice
               ,
            
             as
             if
             the
             Legislator
             had
             said
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             put
             it
             off
             to
             a
             further
             time
             .
             The
             poor
             Mans
             Cause
             shall
             not
             be
             delay'd
             an
             hour
             .
             God
             knows
             by
             willful
             and
             Needless
             delays
             Multitudes
             of
             private
             persons
             are
             Barbarously
             Robb'd
             of
             their
             Right
             and
             utterly
             Ruin'd
             by
             the
             horrid
             ,
             delaytory
             ,
             Expensive
             unrighteous
             practice
             in
             our
             Courts
             of
             Law
             and
             Equity
             ;
             therefore
             let
             that
             Suffice
             ,
             and
             let
             not
             the
             ,
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             People
             have
             a
             General
             Ruin
             ,
             by
             a
             Delay
             in
             the
             State
             ;
             Certainly
             't
             will
             be
             very
             Dangerous
             to
             delay
             the
             Cause
             of
             this
             drooping
             Nation
             any
             longer
             .
             A
             Learned
             States-man
             Speaking
             of
             foreruners
             of
             Troubles
             ,
             says
             ,
             
               That
               when
               any
               of
               the
               four
               Pillars
               of
               Government
               are
               Shaken
               or
               Weaken'd
               (
               which
               are
               Religion
               ,
               Justice
               ,
               Council
               ,
               and
               Treasure
               )
               Men
               had
               need
               pray
               for
               fair
               Weather
               :
            
             Now
             certainly
             with
             us
             not
             only
             some
             ,
             but
             all
             these
             Pillars
             are
             Shaking
             and
             Ready
             to
             fall
             ;
             As
             for
             Religion
             we
             have
             none
             ,
             though
             we
             have
             much
             
               Preaching
               ,
               Praying
            
             ,
             &c.
             for
             had
             we
             any
             Real
             Religion
             ,
             we
             should
             have
             
               Justice
               and
               Morallity
            
             .
             Justice
             it
             plainly
             appears
             has
             almost
             quite
             left
             us
             .
             And
             as
             for
             
               Council
               or
               Pollicy
            
             ,
             I
             Confess
             we
             have
             abundance
             of
             that
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             of
             a
             VVretched
             Stamp
             ,
             being
             such
             as
             is
             opposite
             to
             Divine
             and
             Humane
             Law.
             And
             for
             our
             
               Money
               on
               Treasure
            
             ,
             we
             may
             Reckon
             that
             gone
             also
             ;
             For
             though
             there
             may
             still
             be
             a
             great
             Stock
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             yet
             the
             people
             may
             Starve
             ,
             because
             by
             a
             long
             devouring
             Corruption
             it
             's
             almost
             all
             gather'd
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             few
             Court-huxters
             ,
             that
             neither
             do
             nor
             will
             use
             it
             .
          
           
           
             'T
             is
             no
             hard
             Conjecture
             to
             say
             that
             a
             
               General
               Poverty
               ,
               Oppression
               ,
               Breaking
               of
               Laws
               ,
               and
               Advancement
               of
               Vnworthy
               Persons
               to
               Great
               Offices
               ,
            
             are
             Common
             Motives
             to
             ,
             and
             Forerunners
             of
             Seditions
             and
             Troubles
             ;
             and
             the
             ▪
             certain
             way
             to
             prevent
             these
             Evils
             ,
             is
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Cause
             and
             Matter
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             the
             Administration
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Suppressing
             of
             Vice
             and
             Wickedness
             will
             Effectually
             do
             ;
             For
             God
             will
             surely
             give
             Success
             to
             all
             such
             Remedies
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             Sincerely
             and
             Faithfully
             apply'd
             ,
             and
             all
             contrary
             Policy
             ,
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             must
             certainly
             prove
             very
             Foolish
             ,
             if
             not
             Fatal
             .
          
           
             How
             Ridiculous
             is
             it
             to
             Delay
             this
             Matter
             ,
             and
             to
             think
             that
             these
             Persons
             now
             upon
             the
             Stage
             ,
             can
             ever
             make
             this
             a
             Flourishing
             Nation
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             neither
             Parts
             nor
             
               Moral
               Vertues
            
             equal
             to
             other
             Men●
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             they
             are
             Gifted
             with
             a
             little
             Cunning
             ,
             which
             a
             Learned
             Statesman
             (
             truly
             )
             says
             ,
             
               Is
               only
               a
               Crooked
               sort
               of
               Wisdom
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             it
             does
             appear
             by
             above
             Seven
             Years
             Experience
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             Talent
             of
             these
             Gentlemen
             lies
             not
             to
             Enrich
             or
             Increase
             ,
             but
             to
             Impoverish
             ,
             and
             bring
             a
             Flourishing
             State
             to
             Ruin
             and
             Decay
             ,
             
               and
               to
               Trample
               upon
               Law
               and
               Justice
               ▪
               and
               all
               Good
               Men
               ,
               and
            
             (
             as
             one
             excellently
             observes
             )
             
               to
               make
               Magistracy
               ,
               which
               was
               Intended
               for
               the
               Benefit
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               prove
               a
               Plague
               and
               Destruction
               to
               it
               .
            
             But
             the
             Honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Good
             of
             their
             Prince
             and
             Country
             is
             the
             least
             of
             their
             Care.
             They
             Level
             their
             Councils
             and
             Polliticks
             to
             their
             own
             Advantage
             ,
             and
             Slyly
             Study
             
               rather
               be
               throughly
               acquainted
               with
               their
            
             Master's
             
               Temper
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               Skilful
               in
               His
               Business
               .
            
             I
             Pray
             God
             that
             all
             the
             Enemies
             of
             our
             King
             and
             Nations
             Happiness
             may
             be
             Plentifully
             Stock'd
             with
             Statesmen
             of
             such
             Parts
             and
             Honesty
             ,
             and
             be
             so
             ▪
             effectually
             blinded
             as
             not
             to
             perceive
             them
             .
          
           
             Certainly
             at
             this
             time
             a
             Day
             ,
             when
             Poverty
             ,
             and
             consequently
             Discontentment
             is
             so
             Universal
             ,
             't
             is
             Highly
             Dangerous
             to
             make
             any
             Delay
             in
             Justice
             ;
             For
             ,
             of
             this
             you
             may
             rest
             
             Assur'd
             ,
             
               That
               as
               many
               as
               are
               Ruin'd
               ,
               or
               Impoverish'd
               in
               their
               Substance
               ,
               by
               Injustice
               ,
               or
               Male-Administration
               ,
               so
               many
               VOTES
               there
               is
               for
               TROVBLES
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Why
             really
             I
             know
             not
             well
             what
             to
             say
             to
             't
             ;
             I
             wish
             all
             things
             were
             done
             for
             the
             Best
             :
             But
             yet
             methinks
             't
             is
             strange
             to
             Observe
             ,
             That
             all
             these
             Complaints
             have
             been
             brought
             upon
             the
             Stage
             ,
             by
             a
             few
             Inconsiderable
             Men
             ,
             such
             as
             had
             generally
             Bad
             Characters
             ,
             and
             were
             Reported
             to
             be
             veey
             Ill
             Men
             in
             themselves
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             did
             these
             things
             with
             Ill
             Designs
             ,
             and
             I
             believe
             that
             was
             one
             Reason
             why
             they
             were
             no
             more
             taken
             Notice
             of
             ,
             as
             likewise
             because
             none
             of
             any
             Great
             Figure
             appear'd
             with
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             that
             's
             no
             Wonder
             at
             all
             :
             For
             it
             may
             be
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Generality
             of
             the
             World
             is
             so
             Foolish
             ,
             that
             they
             regard
             more
             the
             Outward
             Manner
             of
             things
             ,
             than
             the
             Inward
             Matter
             of
             them
             .
             It
             is
             so
             in
             Religion
             it self
             (
             to
             our
             Eternal
             Shame
             be
             it
             spoken
             )
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Vast
             Troops
             of
             Pious
             Hypocrites
             ,
             
               Overseers
               ,
               Pastors
               ,
               and
               Members
               of
               all
               Churches
               ,
            
             who
             take
             Great
             Pains
             by
             abundance
             of
             Praying
             and
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             Fasting
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             Outward
             Gaudy
             Shew
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             but
             use
             no
             Hearty
             ,
             nor
             Sincere
             Endeavours
             really
             to
             Suppress
             Vice
             and
             Wickedness
             :
             
               As
               if
               Religion
               was
               a
               Noun
               Substantive
               ,
               that
               cou'd
               stand
               by
               it self
               ,
               without
               requiring
               Morallity
               to
               be
               joyn'd
               with
               it
               .
            
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             
               Ill
               Characters
            
             these
             Persons
             generally
             have
             ,
             that
             's
             no
             wonder
             neither
             ;
             For
             ,
             't
             is
             one
             great
             Master-piece
             of
             this
             Corrupt
             Party's
             Policy
             ,
             
               in
               their
               Fencing
               with
               Law
               and
               Justice
               ,
            
             to
             serve
             all
             those
             that
             Complain
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             as
             the
             Persecuting
             Pagans
             did
             the
             Primitive
             
               Christians
               ,
               who
               put
               them
               into
               Lyons
               and
               Bears
               Skins
               ,
               that
               the
               Dogs
               might
               seize
               on
               them
               ,
               and
               Bait
               them
               to
               Death
            
             ;
             So
             these
             Monsters
             ,
             after
             they
             have
             Perverted
             ,
             Delay'd
             ,
             Deny'd
             ,
             or
             otherways
             Baffled
             Justice
             ,
             give
             an
             Honest
             Man
             a
             Cursed
             Character
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             Masquerade
             
             turn
             him
             loose
             to
             the
             Mercy
             of
             
               a
               Mistaken
               Multitnde
            
             :
             But
             certainly
             't
             is
             a
             high
             degree
             of
             Presumption
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Deceiving
             and
             Wronging
             the
             Publick
             ,
             thus
             falsely
             to
             Brand
             those
             (
             that
             stand
             up
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             to
             preserve
             their
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             )
             with
             such
             Base
             Characters
             ,
             as
             persons
             Disaffected
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Government
             ,
             as
             tho'
             by
             such
             Complaints
             they
             only
             design'd
             to
             stir
             up
             the
             Minds
             of
             the
             People
             to
             Sedition
             and
             Rebellion
             ;
             when
             ,
             in
             Truth
             ,
             't
             is
             themselves
             that
             only
             
               Bid
               Fair
               for
               REBELLION
            
             ,
             by
             their
             Corrupt
             and
             VVicked
             practices
             :
             For
             he
             that
             Endeavours
             to
             Inform
             King
             and
             People
             of
             such
             Dangerous
             Distempers
             in
             the
             STATE
             ,
             certainly
             does
             nothing
             but
             his
             Duty
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             deserve
             such
             an
             Odious
             Character
             ,
             for
             endeavouring
             to
             Preserve
             ,
             Support
             and
             Defend
             
               the
               King
               ,
               Government
               and
               Laws
               he
               lives
               under
               .
            
             But
             he
             ,
             that
             by
             his
             horrible
             Male-Administration
             ,
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             endeavours
             to
             overthrow
             all
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             in
             ever
             so
             great
             a
             Place
             to
             pass
             his
             
               Crafty
               Censures
            
             on
             others
             ,
             does
             certainly
             himself
             deserve
             the
             Name
             and
             punishment
             of
             a
             Rebel
             and
             Traytor
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             Answer
             me
             one
             thing
             ,
             How
             can
             the
             Government
             be
             so
             corrupt
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             and
             so
             regardless
             of
             Justice
             ,
             when
             there
             has
             been
             divers
             Great
             Men
             turn'd
             out
             this
             Reign
             for
             Mismanagement
             ?
             These
             must
             be
             Acts
             of
             Justice
             ,
             unless
             you
             'l
             say
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             Turn'd
             out
             only
             for
             their
             Honesty
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Not
             I
             indeed
             Sir
             ,
             If
             I
             should
             say
             so
             ,
             I
             should
             wrong
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             But
             I
             believe
             I
             can
             unfold
             the
             Mistery
             ,
             which
             generally
             I
             take
             to
             be
             only
             this
             ;
             all
             Men
             know
             the
             Court
             is
             divided
             into
             Factions
             ,
             which
             sometimes
             have
             a
             difference
             ,
             either
             about
             their
             Profit
             or
             Preferment
             or
             something
             of
             like
             Nature
             ,
             when
             the
             Quarrel
             is
             broach'd
             one
             must
             overcome
             and
             perhaps
             the
             others
             fall
             into
             disgarce
             ;
             But
             they
             are
             not
             turn'd
             out
             for
             any
             of
             their
             Crimes
             ,
             or
             through
             any
             principle
             of
             Justice
             
             in
             their
             Adversarys
             ,
             but
             only
             through
             a
             private
             peake
             and
             Quarrel
             ,
             
               wherein
               Vertue
               ,
               Honesty
               ,
               and
               the
               Publick
               Good
               has
               no
               Concern
            
             ;
             For
             you
             may
             observe
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             this
             War
             that
             though
             there
             has
             been
             great
             Crimes
             alleag'd
             against
             some
             of
             those
             that
             were
             turn'd
             out
             :
             Yet
             after
             they
             were
             dismiss'd
             their
             Adversarys
             made
             no
             prosecution
             against
             them
             ,
             Not
             for
             want
             of
             Malice
             or
             Proof
             ,
             but
             as
             if
             both
             partys
             were
             alike
             Concern'd
             and
             so
             Equally
             afraid
             of
             the
             Law.
             Just
             as
             two
             Harlots
             (
             Pardon
             the
             Comparison
             )
             that
             live
             together
             ,
             and
             falling
             out
             about
             their
             Profit
             ,
             the
             Strongest
             turns
             the
             Weakest
             out
             of
             doors
             ;
             Why
             this
             is
             no
             Argument
             that
             she
             's
             Vertuous
             that
             Remains
             in
             the
             House
             :
             For
             both
             of
             them
             were
             Harlots
             before
             they
             met
             ,
             Harlots
             while
             they
             liv'd
             together
             ,
             and
             Harlots
             after
             they
             parted
             ;
             Neither
             does
             the
             
               Prevailing
               Harlot
            
             follow
             the
             other
             with
             Warrants
             to
             send
             her
             to
             the
             house
             of
             Correction
             ,
             because
             't
             will
             also
             bring
             her self
             into
             Jeopardy
             :
             
               For
               the
               same
               Law
               will
               Whip
               them
               both
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             could
             wish
             with
             all
             my
             Heart
             that
             things
             were
             better
             ,
             yet
             sure
             they
             cannot
             be
             so
             very
             bad
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             because
             there
             are
             in
             Office
             persons
             of
             different
             Opinions
             ,
             part
             Church-men
             and
             part
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             it
             has
             been
             Wisdome
             so
             to
             do
             :
             For
             they
             wou'd
             be
             forward
             ,
             and
             glad
             of
             an
             Opportunity
             to
             tell
             each
             others
             Faults
             ,
             to
             Weaken
             the
             Contrary
             party
             ,
             and
             Strengthen
             their
             own
             ;
             So
             that
             there
             's
             Cause
             to
             believe
             they
             have
             hitherto
             been
             a
             perfect
             Checque
             upon
             each
             others
             Actions
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             do's
             not
             stand
             to
             reason
             there
             can
             be
             such
             a
             United
             Cabal
             as
             you
             speak
             off
             .
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             Sir
             ,
             this
             is
             only
             another
             
               Court
               Riddle
            
             much
             like
             the
             former
             ,
             which
             has
             also
             Confounded
             the
             Judgments
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             yet
             if
             a
             Man
             will
             but
             Consult
             Reason
             't
             is
             Easily
             unfolded
             .
             I
             believe
             there
             is
             at
             Court
             the
             Church-party
             and
             the
             Dissenting-party
             (
             as
             they
             call
             themselves
             )
             and
             I
             Confess
             the
             
             Argument
             that
             you
             bring
             from
             it
             seems
             something
             plausible
             ,
             though
             I
             can
             by
             no
             means
             allow
             it
             to
             be
             true
             .
          
           
             The
             Philosophers
             say
             ,
             
               That
               one
               Experiment
               will
               knock
               a
               hundred
               Arguments
               in
               the
               head
               :
            
             Then
             Certainly
             your
             Argument
             cannot
             stand
             ,
             For
             we
             have
             seen
             by
             long
             and
             Woful
             Experience
             that
             these
             partys
             have
             had
             no
             differences
             in
             the
             State
             for
             promoting
             the
             Honour
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Prince
             and
             Country
             ,
             and
             Suppressing
             Vice
             and
             Wickedness
             ;
             
               For
               these
               indeed
               wou'd
               have
               been
               glorious
               Quarrels
               ,
            
             But
             all
             their
             differences
             have
             been
             Independant
             of
             this
             only
             to
             promote
             
               Private
               Interest
            
             .
          
           
             What
             though
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             at
             Variance
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             It
             has
             hitherto
             been
             found
             ,
             If
             any
             Man
             offers
             to
             do
             his
             Duty
             ,
             and
             Stand
             up
             for
             the
             Publick
             Good
             ,
             he
             finds
             no
             difference
             in
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             all
             his
             Mortal
             Enemys
             :
             Church
             and
             Dissenters
             all
             alike
             ,
             all
             stand
             firm
             for
             the
             
               Profitable
               Cause
               of
               Corruption
            
             ,
             to
             Betray
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             Ruin
             their
             Country
             ;
             This
             I
             say
             we
             have
             found
             by
             Experience
             ,
             and
             therefore
             all
             the
             Arguments
             in
             the
             VVorld
             will
             never
             Refute
             it
             .
          
           
             VVhat
             though
             they
             pretend
             to
             diverse
             Opinions
             in
             Religion
             ,
             VVhat
             then
             ?
             Do
             not
             Harlots
             do
             the
             same
             ?
             Yes
             Certainly
             ,
             there
             are
             
               Church
               of
               England
               Harlots
               ,
               Dissenting
               Harlots
               ,
               Roman
               Catholick
               Harlots
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Though
             these
             pretend
             to
             different
             Religions
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             all
             of
             one
             Trade
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             wou'd
             Unanimously
             agree
             in
             the
             Main
             that
             all
             
               Justices
               of
               Peace
               ,
               Constables
               ,
               Houses
               of
               Correction
               ,
            
             &c.
             should
             be
             Suppress'd
             ,
             because
             by
             them
             their
             
               Trade
               is
               Obstructed
            
             :
             So
             in
             like
             manner
             these
             Men
             notwithstanding
             any
             petty
             Differences
             ,
             Stand
             together
             in
             a
             body
             against
             
               Law
               and
               Justice
            
             ,
             because
             it
             tends
             to
             Mortify
             their
             Ambition
             and
             Lusts
             ,
             and
             to
             hinder
             their
             Profit
             .
          
           
             But
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             afraid
             after
             all
             that
             you
             and
             I
             are
             Mistaken
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Court
             do's
             not
             Consist
             so
             much
             of
             a
             Real
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             and
             Dissenting-party
             as
             of
             a
             
               Predominant
               Atheistical
            
             
             Party
             ,
             for
             so
             indeed
             they
             appear
             to
             be
             by
             their
             Actions
             ,
             and
             it
             also
             agrees
             with
             our
             Saviours
             Rule
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Tree
               is
               known
               by
               its
               Fruit
            
             ;
             For
             't
             is
             Certainly
             very
             foolish
             ,
             and
             Contradictory
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               a
               Corrupt
               and
               Wicked
               Man
               has
               any
               real
               Religion
               ,
            
             let
             him
             pretend
             to
             what
             he
             will
             ;
             so
             that
             these
             that
             Divide
             themselves
             into
             two
             divisions
             ,
             under
             the
             Masquerade
             of
             Church
             and
             Dissenters
             ,
             do
             plainly
             appear
             to
             be
             but
             one
             and
             the
             same
             party
             ,
             whose
             Moralls
             and
             Practice
             is
             such
             that
             they
             can
             truly
             be
             of
             no
             
               Religion
               or
               Church
            
             ,
             unless
             they
             be
             of
             the
             
               Synagogue
               of
               Satan
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Why
             Sir
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             to
             say
             to
             it
             ,
             you
             have
             such
             an
             odd
             way
             of
             Arguing
             ;
             yet
             methinks
             't
             is
             Strange
             the
             Nations
             Grievances
             shou'd
             arrive
             to
             so
             great
             a
             pitch
             (
             as
             you
             say
             they
             are
             at
             )
             with
             so
             little
             Opposition
             ;
             Why
             't
             is
             in
             Effect
             Charging
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             People
             to
             be
             a
             Company
             of
             
               Sleepy
               ,
               Senceless
               ,
               Sotts
               and
               Fools
               ,
            
             that
             haveing
             Laws
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             make
             more
             Powerful
             and
             
               Formidable
               Complaints
            
             to
             the
             Parliament
             :
             Therefore
             I
             must
             still
             tell
             you
             't
             is
             very
             unintelligible
             to
             me
             to
             believe
             that
             Matters
             can
             be
             so
             bad
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             so
             quiet
             ,
             
               Who
               so
               bravely
               like
               Englishmen
               Stood
               up
               for
               their
               Laws
               and
               Priviledges
               in
               the
               late
               Reign
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             Certainly
             Sir
             ,
             the
             Peoples
             Patience
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             us'd
             as
             an
             Argument
             to
             Continue
             their
             Grievances
             ,
             I
             'm
             sure
             that
             is
             an
             odd
             way
             of
             Arguing
             :
             However
             I
             Wave
             it
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             Satisfaction
             shall
             give
             you
             some
             Reasons
             why
             they
             have
             hitherto
             been
             so
             quiet
             under
             their
             Burdens
             .
          
           
             The
             Revolution
             (
             you
             know
             )
             was
             wrought
             by
             the
             General
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
             who
             for
             many
             Years
             past
             have
             had
             great
             and
             Just
             Apprehensions
             ,
             and
             fears
             ,
             of
             
               Popery
               and
               Slavery
            
             :
             The
             War
             was
             also
             Engag'd
             in
             by
             our
             general
             Approbation
             ,
             so
             that
             having
             a
             King
             after
             our
             
             own
             Heart
             ,
             so
             generally
             Belov'd
             ,
             a
             known
             Protestant
             ,
             and
             Engag'd
             in
             a
             War
             that
             we
             so
             long
             wish'd
             for
             ,
             every
             Man
             then
             slept
             Secure
             ,
             thinking
             all
             things
             were
             safe
             ,
             
               because
               the
               Head
               was
               Sound
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Court
             likewise
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             
               vast
               Troops
               of
               their
               Dependants
            
             Cry'd
             up
             the
             same
             thing
             (
             as
             indeed
             they
             had
             good
             Reason
             )
             
               for
               Matter
               's
               went
               well
               wish
               them
            
             ;
             So
             that
             the
             generallity
             of
             the
             People
             being
             Voyd
             of
             Mistrust
             never
             Troubled
             themselves
             about
             
               State
               Matters
            
             ,
             but
             minded
             their
             Private
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             Willingness
             paid
             the
             Taxes
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             in
             the
             late
             Reign
             ,
             the
             King
             being
             a
             known
             Papist
             ,
             all
             the
             People
             in
             general
             were
             possest
             with
             Jealousy
             ,
             and
             even
             the
             very
             Cobler
             in
             his
             Stall
             wou'd
             Eagerly
             Enquire
             after
             News
             ,
             and
             thought
             himself
             Concern'd
             to
             know
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Court
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Actions
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             the
             Peoples
             Knowledge
             of
             it
             ,
             went
             hand
             in
             hand
             ,
             For
             we
             see
             they
             were
             forewarn'd
             to
             make
             such
             provision
             as
             they
             did
             to
             disappoint
             their
             designs
             ;
             For
             then
             
               the
               King
               Acted
               openly
               with
               his
               Court
               ,
            
             but
             now
             
               the
               Court
               Acts
               privately
               without
               the
               King
               ,
            
             by
             hiding
             each
             others
             Crimes
             ,
             and
             the
             Peoples
             Grievances
             from
             him
             ,
             
               having
               had
               the
               great
               advantage
               of
               His
               Majesty's
               Absence
               about
               Six
               Months
               in
               every
               Year
               during
               the
               Course
               of
               this
               War.
            
             And
             this
             I
             take
             to
             be
             a
             Principal
             reason
             why
             the
             generallity
             of
             the
             People
             have
             been
             so
             quiet
             from
             making
             any
             
               Publick
               complaints
            
             .
          
           
             But
             then
             it
             may
             be
             further
             observ'd
             there
             's
             a
             great
             Difference
             between
             the
             Grievances
             of
             the
             la
             〈◊〉
             e
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             this
             Regin
             ;
             The
             one
             was
             the
             Endeavouring
             to
             take
             away
             our
             Laws
             ,
             to
             bring
             in
             Papery
             ,
             which
             all
             the
             Nation
             were
             Enemies
             to
             :
             Rich
             and
             Poor
             ,
             Good
             and
             Bad
             ,
             Vertuous
             and
             Vitious
             ,
             Saint
             and
             Sinner
             ,
             all
             were
             ●ti●●
             Enemys
             to
             Popery
             :
             Besides
             it
             would
             take
             away
             abundance
             of
             
               Estates
               of
               Abbey-lands
            
             which
             was
             so
             great
             and
             general
             an
             
             Allarm
             to
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             but
             Especially
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             That
             
               those
               Celebrated
               ,
               Simple
               ,
               Threadbare
               Doctrines
               of
               Passive-Obedience
               ,
               Non-Resistance
               ,
               &c.
               were
               Instantly
               frighted
               out
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               never
               heard
               of
               since
               :
            
             Nay
             ,
             I
             dare
             Affirm
             ,
             the
             very
             Papists
             themselves
             (
             tho
             't
             was
             to
             Introduce
             their
             own
             Religion
             )
             wou'd
             ha
             been
             very
             unwilling
             to
             part
             with
             any
             of
             these
             Estates
             .
          
           
             
               But
               what
               are
               our
               Grievances
               now
               !
               VVhy
               not
               about
            
             Popery
             ;
             
               They
               only
               consist
               of
            
             Pure
             Downright
             Cheating
             the
             Publick
             ;
             
               And
               ,
               Sir
            
             ,
             to
             our
             Eternal
             Shame
             and
             Infamy
             ,
             
               I
               must
               tell
               you
            
             ,
             That
             multitudes
             of
             Poperies
             Zealous
             and
             Mortal
             Enemies
             ,
             are
             Dear
             and
             Intimate
             Friends
             to
             this
             .
             
               Nay
               ,
               to
               speak
               in
               General
               ,
               there
               are
               few
               Men
               but
               what
               will
               much
               rather
               chuse
               to
               take
               Part
               in
               it
               ,
               than
               make
               Complaint
               against
               it
            
             ;
             for
             indeed
             the
             Nation
             is
             miserably
             Debauch'd
             by
             the
             horrid
             Nasty
             Fogs
             and
             Fumes
             of
             the
             Courts
             unsavoury
             Noysome
             Lusts
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             ,
             after
             all
             this
             Mighty
             
               Hate
               to
               Popery
            
             ,
             and
             
               Love
               to
               Cheating
            
             ,
             the
             Consequence
             of
             both
             is
             much
             alike
             ;
             For
             if
             our
             Present
             Grievances
             ,
             viz.
             
               Cheating
               the
               Puhlick
            
             ,
             be
             well
             follow'd
             ,
             
               the
               People
               will
               soon
               be
               made
               Beggars
               and
               Bankrupts
               ,
            
             and
             then
             
               Poverty
               and
               Slavery
            
             will
             be
             found
             as
             True
             and
             Proper
             a
             Saying
             ,
             as
             
               Popery
               and
               Slavery
            
             :
             And
             therefore
             ,
             (
             to
             Speak
             in
             your
             own
             Stile
             )
             I
             think
             there
             's
             many
             that
             do
             well
             deserve
             the
             Character
             of
             
               Sleepy
               ,
               Senceless
               Sots
            
             and
             Fools
             ;
             But
             especially
             those
             Great
             Ones
             that
             have
             got
             Vast
             Estates
             by
             Fraud
             ,
             Treachery
             ,
             &c.
             
             Sure
             they
             are
             Besotted
             with
             a
             WITNESS
             ,
             Fondly
             to
             Fancy
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             hold
             their
             Ill-got-Goods
             by
             Vertue
             of
             those
             Wholesome
             Laws
             that
             they
             have
             Constantly
             broke
             to
             Get
             them
             ,
             
               This
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               is
               a
               strange
               Paradox
               .
            
          
           
           
             And
             now
             ,
             pray
             ,
             Who
             wou'd
             you
             have
             to
             omplain
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             and
             especially
             of
             these
             sort
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             that
             are
             so
             generally
             Belov'd
             by
             those
             that
             shou'd
             Redress
             them
             :
             You
             see
             a
             very
             considerable
             part
             of
             the
             Nation
             are
             Silent
             ,
             for
             Reasons
             I
             spoke
             of
             just
             now
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             the
             Popularity
             ,
             or
             Middle
             sort
             ,
             viz.
             Traders
             ,
             Husbandmen
             ,
             &c.
             who
             are
             the
             Main
             Body
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             they
             know
             their
             Grievances
             in
             General
             ,
             but
             can
             tell
             nothing
             in
             Particular
             ,
             where
             to
             fix
             the
             Fault
             ;
             and
             so
             cannot
             Complain
             ,
             but
             only
             
               Grumble
               ,
               Mutter
            
             and
             Murmur
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             if
             a
             
               Self-interested
               Man
            
             won't
             Complain
             ,
             and
             if
             an
             
               Ignorant
               Man
            
             can't
             Complain
             ,
             and
             if
             a
             Wise
             and
             
               Honest
               Man
            
             (
             that
             knows
             the
             Strength
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Corrupt
             Party
             )
             dare
             not
             Complain
             ;
             Pray
             ,
             Who
             wou'd
             you
             have
             to
             Complain
             at
             all
             ?
             Certainly
             ,
             't
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             strange
             (
             as
             you
             say
             )
             that
             so
             few
             have
             Complain'd
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             a
             great
             wonder
             to
             me
             ,
             how
             any
             have
             had
             so
             much
             GRACE
             or
             COVRAGE
             to
             open
             their
             Mouths
             against
             Corruption
             .
          
           
             For
             who
             d'think
             shou'd
             Complain
             of
             a
             
               Vniversal
               and
               Gainful
               Grievance
            
             ?
             You
             see
             the
             
               Destruction
               of
               our
               Coyn
            
             went
             forward
             all
             this
             Reign
             ,
             and
             had
             even
             just
             
               destroy'd
               the
               Government
            
             before
             our
             Long-Headed-Statesmen
             did
             take
             the
             Pains
             to
             put
             
               King
               or
               Parliament
            
             in
             Mind
             to
             Redress
             it
             ;
             This
             cou'd
             not
             possibly
             be
             through
             Ignorance
             :
             no
             ,
             there
             was
             too
             much
             Money
             got
             by
             the
             Evil
             :
             and
             when
             the
             Trade
             cou'd
             be
             carried
             on
             no
             longer
             ,
             
               Then
               they
               all
               Cry'd
               out
               ,
               like
               Patriots
               of
               their
               Countrey
               ,
               to
               have
               it
               Redress'd
               .
            
             So
             that
             for
             this
             
               Branch
               of
               the
               Nations
               Ruin
            
             ,
             we
             may
             also
             Thank
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             Pray
             God
             we
             get
             well
             over
             it
             .
          
           
           
             These
             are
             all
             Miserable
             and
             Destructive
             Evils
             ,
             that
             this
             Poor
             Nation
             at
             present
             Staggers
             under
             ,
             only
             for
             want
             of
             the
             Early
             ,
             Constant
             and
             Impartial
             
               Execution
               of
               Justice
            
             to
             Encourage
             Virtue
             ,
             and
             Suppress
             Vice.
             
               But
               it
               seems
               this
               has
               been
               contrary
               to
               the
               deep
               Maxims
               of
               our
               Pollicy
               ,
               and
               so
               has
               hitherto
               been
               omitted
               :
            
             And
             thus
             I
             think
             I
             have
             shew'd
             you
             ,
             why
             so
             few
             have
             Publickly
             Complain'd
             ,
             tho'
             the
             Nation
             is
             so
             Loaded
             with
             Grievances
             .
             But
             I
             had
             almost
             forgot
             one
             Party
             ▪
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Jacobites
             ;
             and
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             you
             wou
             ▪
             d
             not
             have
             them
             Complain
             against
             these
             Grievances
             :
             no
             ,
             they
             had
             much
             rather
             forward
             them
             .
             For
             ,
             't
             is
             upon
             these
             
               Shameful
               Corruptions
            
             they
             build
             their
             Hopes
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             they
             Contemn
             and
             Scoff
             at
             the
             Government
             in
             all
             Publick
             Places
             ,
             and
             Encrease
             their
             Party
             by
             many
             Proselytes
             :
             For
             no
             Honest
             Man
             is
             capable
             to
             Contradict
             them
             ,
             being
             able
             to
             say
             nothing
             that
             is
             Good
             of
             the
             Court
             :
             Whereas
             ,
             had
             Justice
             been
             duly
             Administred
             ,
             and
             Vice
             and
             Wickedness
             Punished
             and
             Suppress'd
             (
             which
             we
             had
             ,
             and
             have
             Power
             enough
             to
             do
             )
             there
             cou'd
             not
             have
             been
             at
             this
             day
             a
             
               Protestant
               Jacobite
            
             left
             in
             the
             Nation
             ;
             For
             ,
             the
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             of
             the
             Government
             must
             needs
             long
             before
             this
             ,
             have
             Brought
             them
             all
             over
             from
             
               Stubborn
               Folly
            
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             
               Proselytes
               to
               their
               own
               Interest
               ,
               and
               to
               Common
               Sence
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             Loving
             and
             Loyal
             Subjects
             to
             His
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             since
             you
             have
             Ask'd
             me
             several
             Questions
             ,
             I
             shall
             beg
             leave
             Calmly
             to
             Ask
             you
             one
             ,
             and
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Pray
             to
             what
             end
             were
             your
             Honours
             and
             Employments
             Conserr'd
             upon
             you
             ?
             
               Were
               they
               ,
               d'think
               only
               to
               get
               a
               Great
               Estate
               to
               leave
               to
               your
               Posterity
               ?
            
             Certainly
             the
             Duty
             's
             Incumbent
             on
             such
             Offices
             cannot
             have
             so
             
             poor
             a
             Center
             ,
             but
             must
             aim
             at
             much
             Higher
             and
             Nobler
             Objects
             ,
             if
             a
             Man
             wou'd
             rightly
             consider
             them
             ;
             But
             I
             shall
             not
             detain
             you
             at
             present
             with
             an
             Account
             how
             Great
             and
             Extensive
             they
             are
             ,
             not
             doubting
             your
             Knowledge
             therein
             ;
             however
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             Friendship
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             put
             you
             in
             Mind
             ▪
          
           
             That
             (
             as
             a
             Privy-Councellor
             )
             you
             have
             Power
             to
             
               Administer
               Justice
            
             ,
             but
             no
             Power
             to
             Obstruct
             it
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             Power
             to
             put
             the
             
               Law
               in
               Execution
            
             ,
             but
             you
             have
             no
             Power
             to
             
               Pervert
               it
               ,
               or
               render
               it
               useless
               .
            
          
           
             You
             have
             power
             to
             punish
             any
             
               Capital
               Publick
               Offender
            
             ,
             but
             you
             have
             no
             Power
             to
             
               Conceal
               his
               Crimes
               ,
               Protect
               him
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               Escaps
               Punishment
               :
            
             For
             ,
             in
             doing
             it
             ,
             you
             betray
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             take
             from
             Him
             ▪
             His
             
               Regal
               ▪
               Power
            
             ,
             and
             Rob
             the
             People
             of
             their
             
               Laws
               and
               Liberties
            
             .
             For
             you
             are
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             in
             hearing
             the
             Crimes
             of
             a
             
               Publick
               Offender
            
             ,
             your
             Power
             only
             extends
             to
             Hear
             and
             Examine
             that
             Cause
             in
             Trust
             for
             your
             
               King
               and
               Country
            
             ,
             that
             Law
             and
             Justice
             may
             take
             place
             ;
             
               and
               a
               Lord
               Chief
               Justice
               may
               as
               lawfully
               presume
               to
               Pardon
            
             MURDER
             ,
             
               or
               Forgive
               one
               of
               my
               Debtors
               ,
               or
               a
               Justice
               of
               Peace
               to
               Compound
               that
               Fellony
               whereby
               I
               am
               Robb'd
               ,
               as
               you
               to
               Protect
               ,
               or
               Acquit
               any
               Publick
               Offender
               .
            
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             In
             all
             your
             publick
             Stations
             ,
             you
             'r
             only
             a
             
               Trustee
               for
               your
               Prince
               and
               Country
               ,
            
             to
             promote
             the
             Interest
             of
             both
             ;
             and
             you
             are
             Answerable
             to
             both
             ,
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             God
             in
             the
             next
             ,
             how
             you
             Discharge
             these
             Trusts
             ;
             
               and
               ▪
               I
               fear
               many
            
             MEN
             
               have
               most
               Dreadful
               Reckonings
               to
               make
               on
               this
               Account
               .
            
          
           
           
             Therefore
             Sir
             ,
             I
             do
             Earnestly
             Advise
             you
             to
             take
             a
             Resolution
             to
             Save
             your Self
             from
             the
             Terrible
             Burden
             of
             this
             Guilt
             ,
             and
             
               Rouse
               a
               Noble
               English
               Genius
               ,
               and
               stand
               up
               for
               the
               Honour
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Good
               of
               your
               Prince
               and
               Country
            
             (
             whose
             true
             Interests
             are
             Inseparable
             )
             
               that
               Justice
               may
               be
               Administred
               ,
               Vertue
               Incourag'd
               ,
               and
               Vice
               and
               Wickedness
               Punish`d
               and
               Suppress`d
               :
            
             For
             if
             you
             Sincerely
             Study
             True
             Pollicy
             ;
             God
             will
             surely
             Instruct
             ,
             and
             put
             you
             in
             the
             Right
             Way
             ;
             Otherwise
             ,
             you
             may
             still
             Continue
             to
             Wander
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             Hitherto
             done
             :
             But
             after
             all
             ,
             do
             not
             Entertain
             any
             fond
             opinion
             ,
             that
             a
             Private
             Company
             of
             Men
             
               can
               possibly
               hold
               their
               Riches
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               a
               Ruin'd
               Nation
            
             ;
             No
             ,
             Certainly
             they
             must
             be
             Ruin'd
             also
             :
             For
             if
             there
             's
             any
             Law
             ,
             that
             will
             do
             their
             business
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             They
             'l
             only
             have
             the
             pleasure
             of
             being
             Plunder'd
             last
             ,
             by
             an
             Inrag'd
             and
             Furious
             Popularity
             :
             For
             (
             as
             't
             is
             said
             in
             Job
             ,
             )
             
               Fire
               shall
               Consume
               the
               Tabernacles
               of
               Bribery
               .
            
             If
             God
             has
             said
             it
             ,
             We
             may
             affirm
             it
             ;
             and
             Pawn
             our
             Lives
             and
             Souls
             ,
             't
             will
             be
             done
             if
             Attonement
             be
             not
             made
             .
          
        
         
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           1696.