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             A short history of the last Parliament
             Blackmore, Richard, Sir, d. 1729.
             Drake, James, 1667-1707.
          
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             A
             Short
             HISTORY
             OF
             THE
             Last
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             THE
             Honourable
             Conclusion
             of
             the
             late
             War
             with
             France
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             Mortification
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Enemys
             ,
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             his
             Friends
             ,
             and
             the
             Admiration
             of
             all
             Men
             ,
             must
             thankfully
             be
             acknowled'd
             as
             chiefly
             owing
             to
             His
             Majesty's
             great
             Wisdom
             ,
             invincible
             Courage
             ,
             and
             inflexible
             Resolution
             .
             By
             his
             Courage
             he
             rekindled
             the
             decaying
             Fire
             of
             this
             Warlike
             People
             ,
             taught
             them
             by
             his
             Conduct
             ,
             and
             provok'd
             them
             by
             his
             Example
             to
             equal
             the
             Atchievements
             of
             their
             Valiant
             Forefathers
             ,
             and
             thereby
             restor'd
             to
             England
             the
             ancient
             Reputation
             of
             her
             Arms.
             But
             by
             his
             Wisdom
             he
             procur'd
             us
             an
             Honour
             we
             never
             could
             before
             pretend
             to
             ;
             he
             made
             England
             a
             Match
             for
             France
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             the
             Cabinet
             ,
             
             as
             in
             the
             Camp
             ;
             and
             gain'd
             by
             a
             Wise
             Treaty
             more
             ,
             than
             by
             Arms
             had
             been
             won
             in
             the
             Field
             .
          
           
             For
             any
             Potentate
             to
             unite
             many
             States
             and
             Princes
             disagreeing
             in
             Interests
             ,
             Inclinations
             or
             Religion
             ,
             in
             a
             strict
             Confederacy
             against
             a
             Common
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             to
             preserve
             that
             Alliance
             unbroken
             for
             many
             years
             together
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             great
             Losses
             those
             Allies
             sustain'd
             ,
             and
             in
             despight
             of
             all
             the
             Attempts
             of
             Foreign
             and
             Domestic
             Enemys
             to
             dissolve
             their
             Union
             ,
             must
             be
             acknowledg'd
             by
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             the
             effect
             of
             a
             refin'd
             and
             masterly
             Judgment
             :
             Yet
             this
             Honour
             ,
             which
             perhaps
             has
             no
             Example
             ,
             is
             by
             the
             Confession
             of
             all
             ,
             due
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             only
             Center
             in
             which
             so
             many
             various
             Lines
             could
             meet
             ,
             the
             only
             Head
             which
             such
             differing
             Interests
             could
             confide
             in
             ,
             as
             capable
             to
             direct
             them
             in
             a
             Juncture
             of
             Time
             ,
             when
             the
             Libertys
             of
             all
             Europe
             lay
             at
             Stake
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             likewise
             greatly
             indebted
             to
             the
             Bravery
             and
             Fidelity
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Fleet
             and
             Army
             for
             our
             present
             Peace
             ,
             and
             the
             Blessings
             that
             attend
             it
             .
             It
             must
             be
             own'd
             to
             their
             great
             Honour
             ,
             that
             our
             Officers
             and
             Common
             Men
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             Land
             as
             by
             Sea
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             Disappointments
             they
             at
             any
             time
             met
             with
             ,
             did
             on
             all
             occasions
             show
             a
             Courage
             and
             Resolution
             equal
             to
             that
             of
             their
             Warlike
             Ancestors
             ;
             a
             Courage
             that
             became
             the
             Subjects
             of
             such
             a
             Prince
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             General
             ;
             a
             Courage
             
             worthy
             of
             the
             Noble
             Cause
             in
             which
             they
             were
             engag'd
             ;
             the
             Preservation
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
             and
             Libertys
             .
             And
             therefore
             no
             Praises
             can
             be
             too
             high
             ,
             nor
             can
             any
             Rewards
             consistent
             with
             the
             Publick
             Good
             for
             which
             they
             fought
             ,
             be
             look'd
             on
             as
             too
             great
             for
             Men
             who
             have
             merited
             so
             much
             of
             their
             Country
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             it
             must
             be
             confess'd
             that
             so
             great
             a
             Prince
             and
             so
             great
             a
             General
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             such
             Brave
             and
             Loyal
             Men
             ,
             could
             never
             have
             been
             able
             to
             have
             brought
             a
             War
             with
             such
             a
             Potent
             Adversary
             to
             a
             happy
             Issue
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Parliament
             of
             England
             concurr'd
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             stood
             by
             him
             with
             so
             much
             Constancy
             and
             unanimous
             Affection
             .
             'T
             is
             therefore
             to
             these
             worthy
             Patriots
             that
             we
             owe
             ,
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             ,
             our
             present
             Security
             ,
             and
             the
             Establishment
             of
             our
             Laws
             and
             Religion
             .
             The
             People
             of
             England
             ought
             to
             have
             a
             due
             Reverence
             and
             Affection
             for
             their
             Representatives
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             their
             Honour
             ,
             even
             when
             in
             distemper'd
             Times
             it
             might
             happen
             ,
             they
             should
             act
             some
             things
             against
             the
             Publick
             Good
             ,
             not
             only
             because
             they
             are
             a
             Part
             of
             our
             Constitution
             ,
             but
             likewise
             that
             particular
             Part
             which
             the
             People
             have
             entrusted
             to
             look
             after
             and
             manage
             their
             Interests
             ;
             for
             should
             the
             People
             desert
             their
             Representatives
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             
               Felo
               de
               se
            
             ,
             and
             one
             day
             run
             a
             hazard
             of
             losing
             that
             part
             of
             their
             Constitution
             .
          
           
           
             And
             if
             it
             be
             the
             Duty
             and
             Interest
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             not
             to
             despise
             ,
             or
             run
             down
             indifferent
             ,
             or
             bad
             Parliaments
             for
             the
             reasons
             mention'd
             ,
             what
             Applauses
             ,
             what
             Expressions
             of
             Affection
             and
             Gratitude
             are
             due
             to
             Good
             Ones
             ?
             And
             indeed
             if
             any
             of
             our
             Parliaments
             ever
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             and
             zealously
             pursu'd
             the
             true
             Interest
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             those
             that
             have
             been
             Call'd
             ,
             and
             Sate
             since
             the
             happy
             Revolution
             ,
             must
             be
             allow'd
             with
             the
             greatest
             Justice
             to
             have
             merited
             that
             Character
             .
             If
             to
             have
             stedfastly
             adher'd
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             Europe
             against
             a
             Common
             Enemy
             :
             If
             to
             have
             chearfully
             supply'd
             His
             Majesty
             with
             the
             Sinews
             of
             War
             ,
             to
             enable
             him
             to
             carry
             it
             on
             with
             Vigour
             ;
             and
             by
             such
             Ways
             and
             Means
             as
             were
             least
             Burdensom
             and
             uneasy
             to
             the
             People
             ;
             If
             to
             have
             discern'd
             and
             prevented
             the
             greatest
             Dangers
             that
             could
             threaten
             a
             Nation
             ;
             To
             have
             conquer'd
             Difficulties
             of
             State
             of
             the
             highest
             Nature
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             persever'd
             so
             many
             years
             ,
             thro'
             an
             obstinate
             Zeal
             for
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Country
             ;
             to
             Support
             His
             Majesty
             till
             his
             Arms
             had
             procur'd
             an
             Honourable
             Peace
             ,
             and
             thereby
             Establish'd
             our
             Government
             ,
             our
             Religion
             and
             our
             Property
             :
             If
             This
             be
             to
             have
             deserv'd
             well
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ,
             the
             Parliaments
             have
             been
             speaking
             of
             ,
             have
             at
             least
             equal'd
             the
             Glory
             of
             their
             greatest
             Ancestors
             .
          
           
           
             Their
             Love
             to
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             Capacity
             for
             Publick
             Business
             ,
             have
             appear'd
             in
             a
             very
             eminent
             manner
             :
             'T
             is
             easy
             and
             pleasant
             to
             Sail
             in
             good
             Weather
             before
             the
             Wind
             ;
             But
             to
             Steer
             true
             and
             steddy
             in
             a
             Storm
             ,
             to
             beat
             it
             against
             the
             Wind
             '
             midst
             Rocks
             and
             Shelves
             on
             either
             hand
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             the
             Port
             at
             last
             in
             Safety
             ,
             this
             must
             be
             allow'd
             to
             be
             a
             Master's
             work
             .
             These
             Parliaments
             therefore
             ,
             and
             particularly
             those
             among
             them
             who
             had
             the
             chief
             Direction
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             having
             like
             Wise
             and
             Careful
             Patriots
             ,
             done
             so
             much
             in
             their
             hard
             Station
             toward
             bringing
             Matters
             to
             this
             successful
             Issue
             ,
             must
             deserve
             all
             the
             grateful
             Returns
             that
             can
             be
             from
             their
             Country
             .
          
           
             Their
             Honour
             is
             the
             more
             particular
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             Men
             of
             great
             Capacity
             for
             Business
             of
             State
             ,
             are
             so
             very
             rare
             :
             For
             it
             may
             be
             truly
             said
             ,
             that
             a
             Thousand
             Men
             are
             Born
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             fit
             for
             Arms
             ,
             to
             one
             ,
             that
             has
             solidity
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             quickness
             of
             Apprehension
             ,
             compass
             of
             Thought
             ,
             and
             clearness
             of
             Sight
             ,
             proper
             for
             the
             management
             of
             Publick
             Affairs
             .
          
           
             What
             has
             been
             said
             of
             the
             several
             Parliaments
             assembled
             since
             his
             Majesty's
             Accession
             to
             the
             Throne
             is
             more
             eminently
             true
             of
             the
             last
             ;
             which
             pursu'd
             the
             Designs
             of
             the
             former
             with
             the
             greatest
             Skill
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             warmest
             Zeal
             .
             This
             August
             Assembly
             had
             the
             hardest
             Tasks
             imaginable
             upon
             their
             
             hands
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             an
             impartial
             and
             succinct
             Relation
             of
             their
             principal
             Proceedings
             ,
             of
             the
             Wise
             Measures
             they
             took
             to
             remove
             the
             Evils
             we
             felt
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             greater
             which
             we
             fear'd
             ;
             and
             to
             find
             sufficient
             Supplys
             for
             the
             carrying
             on
             the
             War
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             they
             had
             the
             satisfaction
             to
             see
             it
             issue
             in
             an
             Honourable
             Peace
             ,
             is
             the
             design
             of
             the
             following
             Papers
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             WHen
             this
             Parliament
             first
             came
             together
             ,
             they
             found
             themselves
             engag'd
             in
             variety
             of
             Business
             of
             great
             Nicety
             ,
             and
             most
             important
             Consequence
             .
          
           
             To
             maintain
             our
             new
             Settlement
             after
             the
             late
             happy
             Revolution
             ,
             we
             had
             a
             War
             upon
             our
             hands
             with
             a
             mighty
             Prince
             ;
             who
             by
             his
             Naval
             Strength
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             by
             the
             Number
             and
             Discipline
             of
             his
             Land
             Forces
             ,
             by
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             his
             Counsels
             ,
             and
             his
             constant
             Successes
             ,
             was
             grown
             the
             Terror
             of
             all
             Europe
             .
             This
             Potent
             Monarch
             protected
             the
             Person
             ,
             and
             espous'd
             the
             Quarrel
             of
             the
             late
             Abdicated
             King
             ;
             and
             looking
             on
             his
             Honour
             and
             Interest
             alike
             concern'd
             ,
             us'd
             his
             utmost
             Efforts
             by
             Arms
             to
             re-enthrone
             him
             .
             And
             notwithstanding
             England
             had
             hitherto
             with
             great
             Resolution
             and
             Alacrity
             born
             the
             weight
             of
             this
             heavy
             War
             to
             preserve
             all
             those
             Advantages
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             whatever
             is
             dear
             to
             an
             English
             Freeman
             and
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             which
             were
             procur'd
             by
             their
             late
             Deliverance
             ,
             yet
             some
             of
             the
             wisest
             and
             clearest-sighted
             among
             those
             who
             were
             hearty
             Friends
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             grew
             diffident
             of
             the
             Event
             .
             They
             question'd
             our
             Ability
             to
             support
             our selves
             under
             so
             Burdensom
             and
             Expensive
             a
             War
             ,
             while
             the
             Enemys
             of
             our
             Settlement
             were
             insolently
             
             sure
             of
             over-turning
             it
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             we
             had
             at
             the
             head
             of
             the
             Government
             One
             ,
             from
             whom
             we
             might
             expect
             all
             Things
             that
             with
             Reason
             could
             be
             hoped
             for
             ,
             from
             the
             Courage
             and
             Conduct
             of
             a
             Wise
             Prince
             ,
             and
             an
             Accomplish'd
             General
             ;
             One
             ,
             who
             to
             Protect
             a
             Nation
             which
             with
             so
             much
             Glory
             he
             had
             before
             delivered
             ,
             freely
             and
             frequently
             expos'd
             his
             Life
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             the
             Life
             of
             a
             Common
             Man
             ,
             to
             all
             the
             Dangers
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Hazards
             of
             Battle
             by
             Land
             ;
             and
             who
             the
             year
             before
             by
             his
             Reduction
             of
             the
             important
             Fortress
             of
             Namur
             ,
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             almost
             all
             the
             Power
             of
             France
             ,
             had
             struck
             a
             Damp
             upon
             our
             Enemys
             abroad
             ,
             and
             rebuk'd
             the
             Confidence
             of
             the
             Malecontents
             at
             home
             .
             But
             notwithstanding
             the
             Nation
             might
             with
             the
             fullest
             Assurance
             rely
             upon
             His
             Majesty
             for
             every
             Thing
             that
             could
             be
             ask'd
             ,
             or
             expected
             from
             the
             greatest
             Prince
             ,
             and
             most
             watchful
             Father
             of
             his
             Country
             ;
             yet
             the
             People
             could
             not
             be
             without
             their
             Fears
             ,
             lest
             he
             should
             one
             day
             Fall
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             Saul
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             be
             crush'd
             by
             the
             disproportion'd
             Power
             of
             our
             Enemys
             .
             They
             doubted
             whether
             the
             Nation
             ,
             tho'
             ever
             so
             willing
             ,
             would
             be
             able
             to
             grant
             to
             His
             Majesty
             the
             necessary
             Supplys
             ,
             for
             carrying
             on
             so
             necessary
             a
             War.
             
          
           
             But
             besides
             what
             we
             had
             to
             apprehend
             from
             so
             formidable
             a
             Foe
             abroad
             ,
             we
             had
             a
             great
             deal
             to
             fear
             from
             our
             treacherous
             Enemys
             at
             home
             .
             For
             tho'
             
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Nation
             was
             infinitely
             pleas'd
             with
             the
             late
             Revolution
             ,
             and
             thankfully
             acknowledg'd
             the
             unvaluable
             Benefits
             that
             attended
             it
             ,
             yet
             a
             considerable
             number
             were
             impatient
             of
             their
             Deliverance
             ,
             and
             rav'd
             at
             the
             restitution
             of
             our
             Libertys
             and
             Religion
             .
             Our
             Warlike
             David
             found
             his
             most
             dangerous
             Enemys
             were
             at
             home
             ,
             if
             not
             of
             his
             own
             Houshold
             .
             The
             whole
             Body
             of
             the
             Papists
             were
             his
             Enemys
             ,
             and
             the
             Reasons
             of
             their
             Enmity
             are
             too
             obvious
             to
             mention
             .
             Besides
             these
             ,
             a
             great
             number
             of
             moderate
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             the
             Creatures
             and
             Dependants
             of
             the
             late
             Government
             ,
             and
             had
             embark'd
             in
             ,
             or
             wish'd
             well
             to
             the
             glorious
             design
             of
             enslaving
             and
             ruining
             their
             Native
             Country
             ,
             Men
             of
             Arbitrary
             and
             Tyrannical
             Principles
             ,
             fixt
             and
             setled
             in
             their
             hatred
             to
             the
             Constitution
             of
             our
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Libertys
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ,
             these
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             that
             did
             not
             find
             their
             Account
             and
             particular
             Interest
             in
             the
             present
             Settlement
             ,
             became
             its
             Enemys
             ;
             and
             by
             open
             or
             clandestine
             ways
             ,
             endeavour'd
             to
             streighten
             or
             subvert
             it
             .
             These
             Men
             were
             very
             Zealous
             to
             deliver
             us
             from
             our
             Laws
             and
             Libertys
             ,
             and
             to
             restore
             us
             to
             the
             Privileges
             of
             our
             Egyptian
             Burdens
             .
             The
             ungrateful
             Murmurers
             spoke
             of
             Stoning
             the
             Moses
             that
             rescu'd
             them
             ;
             and
             unable
             to
             bear
             their
             happy
             Deliverance
             ,
             with
             Threats
             and
             Violence
             demanded
             their
             heavy
             Tasks
             ,
             and
             their
             old
             Oppressors
             .
             
             These
             Men
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             different
             Posts
             and
             Tempers
             ,
             in
             different
             ways
             ,
             assisted
             the
             Foreign
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             All
             Arts
             and
             Methods
             tho'
             ever
             so
             base
             and
             unworthy
             ,
             which
             Wit
             quicken'd
             with
             malice
             could
             invent
             ,
             were
             employ'd
             to
             weaken
             the
             Reputation
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             Sometimes
             they
             flew
             openly
             upon
             it
             with
             bitter
             Invectives
             ,
             sometimes
             they
             secretly
             stab'd
             it
             with
             malicious
             Suggestions
             and
             sly
             Insinuations
             .
             They
             traduc'd
             all
             that
             were
             in
             Publick
             Employ
             ,
             and
             expos'd
             them
             to
             Contempt
             ;
             they
             worried
             their
             Names
             with
             base
             and
             groundless
             Calumnys
             ,
             attributing
             many
             of
             our
             Misfortunes
             not
             to
             be
             foreseen
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             to
             be
             prevented
             ,
             to
             the
             Treachery
             or
             Negligence
             of
             our
             most
             faithful
             and
             vigilant
             Ministers
             .
             And
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             these
             fierce
             Creatures
             fasten'd
             so
             greedily
             on
             the
             Characters
             of
             our
             greatest
             Ministers
             ,
             when
             His
             Majesty
             himself
             ,
             who
             had
             merited
             as
             much
             as
             any
             Prince
             ever
             did
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             could
             not
             escape
             their
             disloyal
             Reflections
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             very
             fond
             of
             propagating
             any
             ill
             Tydings
             ,
             or
             false
             Reports
             ,
             that
             might
             any
             way
             lessen
             the
             Credit
             of
             our
             Administration
             ,
             increase
             the
             Fears
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             cool
             their
             Affection
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             what
             unnatural
             and
             salvage
             Joy
             did
             they
             express
             when
             they
             heard
             of
             any
             Losses
             that
             befell
             the
             Nation
             ,
             which
             they
             cruelly
             aggravated
             ,
             
             and
             with
             no
             less
             Zeal
             they
             diminished
             and
             slighted
             the
             Advantages
             we
             at
             any
             time
             obtain'd
             :
             They
             could
             by
             no
             means
             dissemble
             the
             secret
             Pleasures
             they
             felt
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             any
             fresh
             hopes
             of
             seeing
             their
             Country
             speedily
             undone
             .
          
           
             England
             ,
             as
             before
             mention'd
             ,
             being
             engag'd
             in
             a
             War
             with
             France
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             late
             happy
             Settlement
             ,
             great
             Supplys
             were
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             enable
             His
             Majesty
             to
             sustain
             the
             Force
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             by
             their
             own
             Wise
             Administration
             ,
             and
             the
             Supineness
             of
             England
             in
             the
             late
             inglorious
             Reigns
             ,
             was
             grown
             so
             Potent
             ,
             that
             now
             it
             requir'd
             a
             longer
             Sword
             to
             Resist
             ,
             than
             heretofore
             to
             Conquer
             it
             .
             And
             for
             this
             reason
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             Flattery
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             has
             acquir'd
             more
             Honour
             by
             Controuling
             the
             Power
             of
             France
             ,
             than
             any
             of
             his
             great
             Predecessors
             did
             by
             subduing
             it
             .
             The
             Parliaments
             therefore
             resolving
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             War
             with
             Vigour
             ,
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             lay
             great
             Taxes
             on
             the
             People
             ,
             tho'
             not
             greater
             than
             the
             necessity
             of
             Affairs
             requir'd
             ;
             and
             the
             War
             continuing
             so
             long
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             insensible
             of
             the
             Burden
             .
             Of
             this
             the
             Malecontents
             took
             the
             Advantage
             ,
             and
             represented
             in
             all
             Companys
             ,
             that
             the
             Government
             must
             of
             necessity
             sink
             under
             its
             own
             Weight
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             heavy
             Taxes
             ,
             by
             reducing
             us
             to
             extream
             Poverty
             ,
             would
             inevitably
             prove
             our
             Destruction
             .
             They
             never
             ceas'd
             declaiming
             on
             
             this
             popular
             Subject
             ,
             and
             galling
             the
             People
             in
             this
             tender
             Part
             ;
             hoping
             to
             make
             them
             weary
             of
             a
             Government
             which
             was
             represented
             so
             Burdensome
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             ,
             perswade
             them
             rather
             to
             let
             in
             the
             Deluge
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             at
             the
             Expence
             of
             maintaining
             their
             Banks
             .
          
           
             Besides
             these
             Adherents
             to
             the
             late
             King's
             Interest
             ,
             there
             were
             others
             ,
             who
             tho'
             great
             Asserters
             of
             the
             late
             Revolution
             ,
             and
             averse
             enough
             to
             a
             second
             ;
             yet
             ,
             from
             I
             know
             not
             what
             private
             disgusts
             ,
             personal
             Quarrels
             and
             Disappointments
             ,
             grew
             sowr
             and
             uneasy
             ;
             and
             to
             express
             their
             Resentments
             in
             all
             Conversation
             ,
             endeavour'd
             to
             bring
             our
             Administration
             into
             Contempt
             ;
             they
             were
             for
             breaking
             the
             Confederacy
             ,
             and
             against
             raising
             such
             large
             Sums
             of
             Mony
             for
             carrying
             on
             the
             War
             ;
             they
             were
             for
             distressing
             and
             streight'ning
             the
             Government
             ,
             but
             not
             for
             overturning
             it
             .
             They
             were
             willing
             it
             should
             continue
             ;
             but
             they
             were
             for
             Clogging
             its
             Wheels
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             move
             heavily
             ;
             in
             short
             ,
             they
             were
             against
             all
             things
             that
             the
             known
             Enemys
             of
             the
             Government
             were
             against
             ;
             and
             for
             all
             things
             which
             they
             were
             for
             ,
             unless
             the
             overthrowing
             of
             the
             present
             Settlement
             ,
             and
             the
             Restoration
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ;
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             were
             for
             all
             the
             means
             that
             would
             certainly
             bring
             about
             the
             End
             ,
             but
             not
             for
             the
             End
             it self
             .
             However
             ,
             under
             this
             plausible
             pretence
             of
             declaring
             against
             great
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             by
             
             other
             popular
             Oppositions
             ,
             they
             thought
             to
             recommend
             themselves
             to
             their
             Country
             ,
             as
             great
             Patriots
             ;
             tho'
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Enemys
             of
             the
             Government
             had
             in
             this
             respect
             ,
             as
             good
             a
             Title
             to
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             whom
             they
             would
             gladly
             have
             deliver'd
             from
             their
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             thereby
             have
             eas'd
             them
             of
             the
             means
             of
             their
             Preservation
             .
          
           
             The
             Proceedings
             of
             these
             Men
             were
             of
             all
             others
             the
             most
             absurd
             and
             unaccountable
             ;
             and
             the
             opposition
             they
             made
             ;
             seem'd
             to
             be
             the
             effect
             of
             some
             strange
             Infatuation
             .
             The
             best
             Apology
             that
             can
             be
             made
             for
             'em
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             guided
             by
             a
             false
             Notion
             of
             Popularity
             ;
             and
             suppos'd
             that
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             Patriot
             was
             without
             distinction
             of
             Times
             or
             Persons
             ,
             to
             be
             ever
             against
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             Cases
             whatsoever
             .
             Notwithstanding
             these
             Men
             could
             not
             but
             be
             sensible
             ,
             that
             the
             Preservation
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
             and
             Libertys
             ,
             was
             inseparably
             interwoven
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             that
             the
             Face
             of
             Affairs
             was
             so
             far
             alter'd
             by
             the
             late
             happy
             Revolution
             ,
             that
             the
             Interest
             of
             their
             Country
             was
             plainly
             the
             same
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Court
             ;
             which
             appear'd
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             the
             opposition
             that
             was
             made
             to
             it
             by
             all
             those
             whom
             these
             Men
             themselves
             ever
             look'd
             upon
             as
             the
             greatest
             Promoters
             of
             Popery
             and
             Arbitrary
             Power
             ;
             as
             by
             the
             Principles
             of
             Liberty
             by
             which
             the
             Government
             
             was
             brought
             about
             ,
             and
             on
             which
             it
             must
             always
             stand
             ;
             and
             notwithstanding
             this
             was
             a
             Government
             of
             their
             own
             seeking
             .
             and
             than
             which
             they
             could
             never
             expect
             any
             other
             more
             favourable
             to
             them
             ,
             either
             in
             their
             Civil
             or
             Religious
             Interests
             ;
             notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             such
             a
             satisfaction
             it
             was
             to
             thwart
             a
             Court
             ,
             such
             a
             pleasure
             to
             express
             a
             private
             Resentment
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             same
             act
             to
             be
             thought
             Popular
             ,
             that
             these
             Men
             to
             the
             admiration
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             secret
             Derision
             of
             their
             new
             Friends
             endeavour'd
             what
             they
             could
             to
             make
             the
             Government
             uneasy
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             another
             Difficulty
             lay
             heavy
             upon
             the
             Nation
             :
             Our
             Current
             Coin
             had
             many
             years
             before
             began
             to
             be
             Clip'd
             ,
             a
             mischief
             which
             of
             late
             had
             been
             secretly
             carry'd
             on
             ,
             and
             promoted
             by
             the
             Enemys
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             dangerous
             Consequences
             of
             it
             not
             being
             heeded
             or
             wilfully
             neglected
             ,
             and
             therefore
             no
             remedy
             being
             apply'd
             ,
             our
             Mony
             wgs
             now
             become
             so
             far
             diminish'd
             and
             debas'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Nation
             suffer'd
             unspeakably
             by
             it
             ,
             both
             in
             carrying
             on
             the
             War
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             our
             Commerce
             .
             The
             cure
             of
             this
             Evil
             could
             no
             longer
             be
             delay'd
             ,
             without
             apparent
             and
             inevitable
             Ruin.
             The
             Adherents
             to
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             disaffected
             to
             This
             ,
             observ'd
             it
             with
             unconceivable
             Joy.
             They
             were
             very
             confident
             the
             Government
             must
             unavoidably
             split
             on
             this
             Rock
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             
             single
             mischief
             was
             enough
             to
             sink
             it
             .
             And
             tho
             the
             Friends
             of
             the
             Government
             and
             their
             Country
             (
             I
             call
             them
             so
             ,
             because
             the
             Interest
             of
             both
             are
             now
             so
             inseparably
             united
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             be
             one
             without
             being
             the
             other
             )
             were
             fully
             convinc'd
             that
             this
             Grievance
             ought
             to
             be
             redress'd
             ;
             yet
             how
             to
             effect
             it
             in
             such
             a
             Conjuncture
             ,
             without
             bringing
             the
             Nation
             into
             the
             utmost
             Confusion
             ,
             was
             enough
             to
             puzzle
             Men
             of
             the
             deepest
             Reach
             ,
             and
             greatest
             Capacity
             .
          
           
             Our
             Enemys
             abroad
             ,
             after
             the
             glorious
             Success
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Arms
             the
             last
             Campaign
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             grew
             very
             diffidenr
             of
             the
             Issue
             of
             the
             War.
             After
             this
             Blow
             which
             wounded
             them
             in
             so
             sensible
             and
             tender
             a
             part
             ,
             they
             express'd
             by
             their
             Behaviour
             and
             Language
             ,
             how
             much
             their
             hopes
             of
             subduing
             us
             by
             Force
             were
             abated
             ;
             they
             could
             not
             but
             foresee
             ,
             that
             if
             His
             Majesty
             could
             appear
             in
             the
             Field
             the
             next
             Summer
             in
             the
             same
             Circumstances
             as
             he
             did
             the
             last
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             very
             hard
             ,
             if
             not
             impossible
             ,
             for
             them
             to
             oppose
             his
             Arms.
             To
             prevent
             this
             ,
             they
             had
             two
             things
             to
             wish
             and
             promote
             ;
             one
             was
             to
             Embroil
             our
             Affairs
             by
             creating
             Mutinys
             at
             home
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             ruin
             our
             Credit
             ,
             and
             thereby
             disable
             us
             from
             carrying
             on
             the
             War
             abroad
             .
             The
             first
             they
             hoped
             would
             be
             effected
             by
             the
             ill
             State
             of
             our
             Coin
             ;
             for
             to
             neglect
             that
             Disease
             ,
             or
             to
             attempt
             its
             Cure
             ,
             they
             judg'd
             would
             alike
             produce
             such
             intestine
             
             Disorders
             as
             would
             prove
             our
             Destruction
             :
             And
             as
             to
             our
             Credit
             they
             judg'd
             ,
             that
             if
             by
             any
             means
             That
             of
             the
             Bank
             of
             England
             could
             be
             destroy'd
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             the
             great
             Support
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             was
             by
             Experience
             found
             to
             be
             so
             the
             following
             Summer
             ,
             when
             it
             contributed
             so
             much
             to
             the
             Support
             of
             our
             Army
             ,
             at
             a
             time
             when
             the
             Bank
             it self
             labour'd
             under
             the
             greatest
             Streights
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             impossible
             for
             us
             to
             maintain
             our
             Army
             abroad
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             reason
             they
             engag'd
             their
             Friends
             in
             England
             to
             employ
             themselves
             with
             the
             utmost
             Diligence
             ,
             to
             aggravate
             the
             Inconveniencys
             of
             not
             recoining
             our
             Mony
             if
             that
             should
             be
             neglected
             ,
             or
             to
             Embarrass
             and
             Entangle
             as
             much
             as
             they
             were
             able
             ,
             the
             methods
             of
             recoining
             it
             ,
             in
             case
             that
             should
             be
             agreed
             on
             ,
             and
             thereby
             make
             it
             grievous
             and
             insupportable
             ;
             and
             in
             case
             any
             Miracle
             should
             happen
             ,
             that
             this
             great
             Business
             should
             be
             accomplish'd
             without
             the
             Confusion
             that
             was
             expected
             to
             follow
             ,
             they
             were
             instructed
             to
             leave
             no
             Stone
             unturn'd
             ,
             whereby
             they
             might
             hope
             to
             destroy
             the
             Publick
             Credit
             ,
             and
             particularly
             that
             Branch
             of
             it
             that
             remain'd
             most
             entire
             ,
             the
             Bank
             of
             England
             .
             If
             either
             of
             these
             Designs
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             if
             both
             succeeded
             ,
             they
             were
             well
             satisfy'd
             it
             would
             be
             impossible
             for
             the
             King
             to
             appear
             in
             Flanders
             the
             next
             Spring
             in
             that
             Formidable
             manner
             he
             did
             the
             year
             before
             .
             In
             this
             posture
             our
             Affairs
             stood
             ,
             and
             indeed
             
             this
             Business
             of
             the
             Coin
             was
             such
             a
             complicated
             ,
             and
             almost
             inextricable
             a
             mischief
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             will
             appear
             in
             the
             sequel
             of
             this
             History
             ,
             appear'd
             a
             most
             Wise
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             did
             Wonders
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             their
             Country
             ;
             yet
             it
             may
             be
             perhaps
             allow'd
             ,
             that
             some
             unfitting
             and
             unwary
             Steps
             were
             made
             ,
             when
             they
             first
             enter'd
             upon
             so
             delicate
             and
             intricate
             an
             Affair
             ;
             and
             indeed
             the
             Novelty
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Nicety
             of
             it
             was
             such
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             their
             Honour
             they
             made
             no
             more
             ,
             if
             indeed
             they
             made
             any
             .
             It
             is
             not
             certain
             ,
             that
             if
             according
             to
             some
             Resolutions
             ,
             the
             Silver
             Mony
             had
             been
             all
             call'd
             in
             at
             once
             ,
             and
             then
             paid
             out
             as
             fast
             as
             recoin'd
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             respective
             Appropriation
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             have
             run
             into
             the
             greatest
             Confusions
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             not
             easy
             to
             tell
             how
             the
             smaller
             Necessities
             of
             Life
             and
             Commerce
             among
             the
             People
             could
             have
             been
             maintain'd
             ,
             had
             the
             Mony
             been
             call'd
             in
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             or
             how
             the
             New
             Mony
             should
             have
             freely
             Circulated
             ,
             had
             it
             been
             all
             paid
             out
             as
             appropriated
             ;
             for
             it
             seems
             that
             the
             monied
             Usurers
             ,
             and
             the
             Goldsmiths
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             have
             receiv'd
             the
             far
             greatest
             part
             ,
             who
             were
             not
             likely
             to
             part
             with
             it
             without
             great
             Advantage
             :
             And
             if
             these
             had
             been
             the
             Consequences
             ,
             't
             is
             plain
             the
             Nation
             could
             by
             no
             means
             have
             subsisted
             ;
             and
             as
             some
             Men
             apprehended
             ,
             that
             had
             the
             Parliament
             proceeded
             in
             these
             Steps
             ,
             
             this
             Confusion
             would
             have
             follow'd
             ;
             so
             they
             were
             afraid
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Second
             Bank
             that
             was
             intended
             to
             be
             set
             up
             ,
             had
             been
             Establish'd
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             prov'd
             so
             great
             a
             diminution
             of
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             been
             impossible
             to
             have
             supported
             our
             Army
             in
             Flanders
             ;
             and
             if
             that
             had
             been
             the
             Consequence
             ,
             we
             must
             have
             been
             contented
             with
             what
             Terms
             of
             Peace
             our
             Enemys
             would
             have
             been
             pleas'd
             to
             give
             us
             .
          
           
             Whether
             these
             Resolutions
             would
             have
             produc'd
             these
             Effects
             which
             many
             apprehended
             ,
             is
             not
             certain
             ,
             they
             being
             never
             put
             into
             Execution
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             if
             these
             Measures
             were
             wrong
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             soon
             after
             recover'd
             themselves
             ,
             to
             their
             great
             Honour
             ;
             for
             even
             then
             when
             they
             found
             themselves
             perplex'd
             ,
             and
             almost
             opprest
             with
             their
             hard
             Affairs
             ,
             yet
             such
             was
             their
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             such
             their
             Courage
             and
             Resolution
             ,
             that
             they
             broke
             thro'
             all
             their
             amazing
             Difficultys
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             way
             to
             a
             prosp'rous
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             tho'
             't
             is
             plain
             by
             the
             Event
             ,
             that
             the
             Nation
             had
             Treasure
             enough
             to
             support
             the
             War
             ,
             yet
             the
             ways
             of
             coming
             at
             it
             were
             grown
             very
             difficult
             .
             The
             former
             Parliaments
             chose
             rather
             to
             Establish
             Funds
             for
             Publick
             Supplys
             ,
             than
             to
             use
             any
             Methods
             of
             raising
             them
             within
             the
             year
             ;
             divers
             Branches
             of
             the
             King's
             Revenue
             were
             by
             His
             Majestys
             own
             consent
             ,
             subjected
             to
             great
             Anticipations
             ,
             
             and
             the
             most
             easy
             and
             obvious
             Funds
             were
             already
             setled
             ,
             and
             sufficiently
             loaded
             ;
             so
             that
             by
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             it
             became
             much
             harder
             for
             this
             ,
             than
             for
             the
             preceding
             Parliaments
             ,
             to
             find
             out
             ways
             to
             defray
             the
             Charge
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             posture
             of
             Affairs
             when
             this
             memorable
             Parliament
             first
             sate
             down
             .
             These
             were
             the
             complicated
             Diseases
             under
             which
             the
             Nation
             labour'd
             ,
             when
             these
             Physitians
             of
             State
             met
             together
             to
             Consult
             about
             proper
             Remedys
             .
             Now
             to
             judge
             right
             in
             such
             nice
             and
             perplex'd
             Cases
             ,
             and
             to
             extricate
             a
             Kingdom
             from
             such
             various
             and
             pressing
             Difficultys
             ,
             is
             a
             Task
             worthy
             of
             Wise
             and
             Great
             Men
             ;
             and
             when
             't
             is
             duly
             consider'd
             what
             Condition
             this
             Parliament
             found
             the
             Nation
             in
             ,
             what
             hard
             work
             lay
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             surmounted
             the
             frightful
             difficultys
             they
             had
             to
             contend
             with
             ,
             whereby
             they
             defeated
             the
             hopes
             and
             expectations
             of
             their
             Enemys
             ,
             and
             setled
             the
             Nation
             in
             Peace
             and
             Tranquility
             ,
             it
             can't
             but
             raise
             in
             us
             a
             mighty
             esteem
             of
             their
             Love
             to
             their
             Country
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Courage
             and
             great
             Capacity
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             having
             finish'd
             the
             Campaign
             in
             Flanders
             Ninety
             Five
             ,
             no
             less
             to
             his
             own
             Honour
             than
             the
             general
             Satisfaction
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             arriv'd
             in
             England
             the
             Fourteenth
             of
             November
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             receiv'd
             with
             as
             loud
             Applauses
             ,
             and
             as
             great
             demonstration
             of
             publick
             Joy
             and
             Affection
             ,
             as
             have
             been
             
             express'd
             on
             any
             occasion
             .
             He
             met
             the
             Parliament
             on
             the
             two
             and
             twentieth
             day
             of
             November
             following
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             Sessions
             ,
             both
             Houses
             with
             great
             Zeal
             and
             Unanimity
             ,
             in
             a
             very
             Loyal
             Address
             to
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             Congratulated
             the
             Success
             of
             his
             Arms
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             his
             safe
             Return
             to
             his
             People
             :
             in
             which
             they
             likewise
             assur'd
             him
             of
             their
             stedfast
             Resolution
             to
             support
             His
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Government
             ,
             against
             all
             his
             Enemys
             at
             home
             and
             abroad
             ;
             and
             effectually
             to
             Assist
             Him
             in
             the
             Prosecution
             of
             the
             present
             War.
             
          
           
             The
             great
             Thing
             this
             Parliament
             had
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             undertook
             with
             great
             Alacrity
             ,
             was
             to
             find
             out
             Ways
             to
             discharge
             the
             Expence
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             to
             carry
             it
             on
             with
             Vigour
             ,
             till
             they
             could
             bring
             it
             to
             a
             safe
             and
             honourable
             Conclusion
             ;
             this
             they
             were
             resolv'd
             to
             do
             with
             the
             utmost
             Care
             and
             Application
             .
             But
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             to
             shew
             their
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Ease
             of
             the
             People
             who
             chose
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Security
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             ,
             before
             they
             so
             much
             as
             enter'd
             upon
             any
             Publick
             Business
             ,
             a
             Bill
             was
             brought
             into
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             read
             the
             first
             time
             ,
             for
             regulating
             Trials
             in
             Cases
             of
             Treason
             and
             Misprision
             of
             Treason
             ;
             where
             many
             Things
             which
             the
             People
             complain'd
             of
             as
             grievous
             ,
             were
             remov'd
             or
             mitigated
             .
             This
             Bill
             in
             a
             short
             time
             past
             both
             Houses
             ,
             and
             was
             one
             of
             the
             first
             that
             receiv'd
             the
             Royal
             Assent
             this
             Session
             :
             By
             which
             gracious
             Condescension
             
             His
             Majesty
             was
             pleas'd
             to
             let
             his
             People
             see
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             as
             ready
             to
             contribute
             every
             thing
             in
             his
             Power
             ,
             for
             the
             Ease
             and
             Safety
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             every
             thing
             in
             theirs
             ,
             for
             the
             Support
             of
             His
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Government
             .
             About
             the
             Second
             of
             December
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             Voted
             a
             Supply
             for
             carrying
             on
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             proceeded
             to
             proportion
             it
             according
             to
             the
             Estimates
             relating
             to
             the
             Navy
             ,
             Army
             ,
             and
             our
             Allies
             .
             They
             endeavour'd
             all
             that
             was
             possible
             to
             raise
             the
             Supplys
             they
             had
             Voted
             ,
             by
             such
             Ways
             and
             Means
             as
             might
             keep
             the
             People
             from
             being
             querulous
             and
             uneasie
             .
             And
             notwithstanding
             the
             Lands
             of
             England
             had
             all
             along
             born
             so
             great
             a
             share
             of
             the
             Publick
             Charge
             ,
             and
             that
             now
             there
             might
             be
             a
             greater
             Pretence
             than
             in
             former
             Parliaments
             ,
             to
             ease
             the
             Landlord
             ;
             yet
             the
             House
             resolv'd
             not
             to
             spare
             Themselves
             ,
             but
             Tax'd
             Land
             Four
             Shillings
             in
             the
             Pound
             .
             They
             were
             contented
             to
             share
             the
             Expence
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             chose
             rather
             to
             burden
             themselves
             than
             their
             Tenants
             ,
             acting
             in
             this
             like
             Wise
             Generals
             ,
             who
             to
             encourage
             their
             Troops
             ,
             and
             engage
             their
             Affection
             ,
             put
             them
             upon
             no
             other
             Hardships
             than
             what
             themselves
             are
             most
             forward
             to
             undergo
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             time
             the
             Parliament
             enter'd
             upon
             the
             great
             Affair
             of
             the
             Coin
             ;
             and
             whether
             it
             was
             necessary
             or
             expedient
             to
             recoin
             the
             Silver
             Mony
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             Question
             .
             The
             Arguments
             were
             indeed
             
             weighty
             on
             either
             side
             .
             The
             Reasons
             against
             calling
             in
             and
             recoining
             our
             Mony
             were
             ,
             That
             this
             was
             no
             fit
             Conjuncture
             for
             it
             .
             That
             the
             Nation
             was
             engag'd
             in
             a
             burdensome
             and
             doubtful
             War
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Kingdom
             had
             already
             greatly
             suffer'd
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             it
             grew
             every
             day
             more
             sensible
             .
             That
             therefore
             the
             People
             on
             whose
             good
             Affection
             the
             Government
             so
             much
             depended
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             provok'd
             by
             fresh
             superadded
             Grievances
             ,
             greater
             than
             any
             they
             had
             yet
             felt
             ,
             as
             those
             would
             certainly
             be
             ,
             that
             must
             arise
             from
             calling
             in
             our
             Coin.
             That
             if
             this
             was
             done
             ,
             however
             things
             might
             be
             manag'd
             and
             accommodated
             at
             home
             ,
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             maintain
             either
             our
             Foreign
             Commerce
             ,
             or
             our
             Foreign
             War
             ;
             for
             neither
             the
             Merchant
             could
             be
             paid
             his
             Bills
             of
             Exchange
             ,
             nor
             the
             Soldier
             receive
             his
             Subsistence
             .
             That
             this
             therefore
             was
             to
             lay
             the
             Axe
             to
             the
             Root
             ,
             and
             to
             dig
             up
             the
             Foundations
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             That
             if
             this
             design
             was
             prosecuted
             ,
             Trade
             must
             stand
             still
             for
             want
             of
             mutual
             Payments
             ,
             whence
             such
             great
             Disorders
             and
             Confusion
             would
             certainly
             follow
             ,
             as
             would
             discourage
             and
             dishearten
             the
             People
             in
             the
             highest
             measure
             ,
             if
             not
             drive
             them
             to
             a
             perfect
             Despair
             .
             That
             therefore
             the
             recoining
             our
             Mony
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             was
             by
             no
             means
             to
             be
             attempted
             without
             hazarding
             all
             .
          
           
             'T
             was
             alledg'd
             by
             those
             of
             the
             contrary
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             Mischief
             would
             be
             fatal
             ,
             if
             a
             present
             Remedy
             
             was
             not
             found
             out
             and
             apply'd
             .
             That
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             ill
             State
             of
             our
             Coin
             ,
             the
             Change
             abroad
             was
             infinitely
             to
             our
             prejudice
             .
             That
             the
             Supplys
             that
             were
             rais'd
             to
             maintain
             our
             Army
             would
             never
             attain
             their
             End
             ,
             being
             so
             much
             diminish'd
             and
             devour'd
             by
             the
             unequal
             Change
             and
             exorbitant
             Premiums
             before
             they
             reach'd
             the
             Camp.
             That
             this
             was
             the
             unhappy
             Cause
             that
             our
             Guineas
             were
             mounted
             to
             Thirty
             Shillings
             ,
             that
             therefore
             to
             our
             great
             loss
             ,
             all
             Europe
             sent
             that
             Commodity
             to
             this
             profitable
             Market
             ;
             and
             would
             continue
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             till
             we
             should
             be
             impoverish'd
             and
             undone
             by
             our
             Plenty
             of
             Gold.
             That
             we
             must
             Exchange
             for
             their
             Gold
             ,
             our
             Goods
             or
             our
             Silver
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             we
             should
             have
             only
             Guineas
             to
             Trade
             withall
             ;
             which
             no
             Body
             could
             think
             our
             Neighbours
             would
             be
             so
             kind
             to
             receive
             back
             at
             the
             Value
             they
             were
             at
             here
             .
             That
             therefore
             this
             Disease
             would
             every
             day
             take
             deeper
             Root
             ,
             infect
             the
             very
             Vitals
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             and
             if
             not
             remedy'd
             ,
             would
             soon
             become
             deplorable
             .
             That
             our
             Enemys
             would
             sooner
             be
             induc'd
             to
             agree
             to
             honorable
             Terms
             of
             Peace
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             saw
             us
             able
             to
             surmount
             this
             difficulty
             by
             the
             retrieving
             the
             ill
             State
             of
             our
             Coin
             ,
             on
             which
             their
             hopes
             of
             our
             speedy
             Ruin
             so
             much
             depended
             .
             That
             it
             would
             justly
             create
             a
             mighty
             Esteem
             abroad
             of
             the
             Greatness
             and
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Parliament
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             was
             able
             to
             Conquer
             such
             an
             obstinate
             and
             almost
             insuperable
             
             Evil
             in
             such
             a
             Juncture
             of
             Affairs
             .
             That
             our
             Enemys
             must
             be
             mightily
             intimidated
             by
             so
             great
             an
             Action
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             would
             be
             Natural
             for
             them
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             nothing
             would
             be
             impossible
             for
             a
             People
             ,
             who
             were
             able
             to
             disengage
             themselves
             from
             such
             an
             intricate
             Mischief
             ,
             and
             get
             above
             Difficultys
             that
             were
             look'd
             on
             as
             invincible
             .
          
           
             This
             Matter
             being
             fully
             debated
             ,
             after
             all
             their
             Deliberations
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             resolv'd
             to
             call
             in
             and
             recoin
             our
             Mony
             ,
             looking
             on
             it
             as
             an
             Essential
             and
             Capital
             Point
             that
             requir'd
             ,
             as
             certainly
             it
             did
             ,
             their
             immediate
             Application
             ,
             and
             utmost
             Care.
             They
             resolv'd
             to
             do
             it
             at
             any
             Rate
             ;
             and
             to
             use
             all
             imaginable
             Endeavours
             to
             make
             it
             as
             easy
             to
             the
             People
             as
             it
             was
             possible
             for
             such
             a
             Remedy
             to
             be
             .
             They
             chose
             rather
             to
             run
             the
             hazard
             of
             some
             great
             Inconveniencys
             ,
             by
             attempting
             the
             Cure
             ,
             than
             by
             their
             longer
             neglect
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             expose
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             apparent
             Ruin.
             
          
           
             This
             Step
             being
             made
             ,
             the
             next
             was
             to
             consider
             whether
             the
             several
             Denominations
             of
             our
             New
             Mony
             should
             have
             the
             same
             Weight
             and
             Fineness
             as
             the
             Old
             ,
             or
             whether
             the
             Establish'd
             Standard
             should
             be
             rais'd
             ;
             and
             this
             Question
             produc'd
             many
             Debates
             .
          
           
             Those
             who
             were
             for
             raising
             the
             Standard
             argu'd
             thus
             :
             That
             the
             Standard
             of
             our
             Coin'd
             Silver
             ought
             to
             bear
             Proportion
             to
             Silver
             in
             Bullion
             .
             That
             the
             Price
             of
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Silver
             Bullion
             was
             advanc'd
             
             to
             Six
             Shillings
             and
             Three
             Pence
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Standard
             ought
             to
             be
             rais'd
             to
             an
             Equality
             .
             That
             the
             raising
             our
             Standard
             would
             prevent
             the
             Exportation
             of
             our
             Coin
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             much
             practis'd
             to
             the
             great
             Prejudice
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ;
             that
             it
             would
             prevent
             its
             being
             melted
             down
             ;
             and
             Men
             would
             be
             much
             encourag'd
             to
             bring
             in
             their
             Plate
             and
             Bullion
             to
             the
             Mint
             .
          
           
             Those
             who
             were
             for
             preserving
             the
             Old
             Standard
             in
             our
             Coin
             ,
             urg'd
             that
             the
             Worth
             of
             Mony
             was
             Relative
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             rated
             by
             the
             measure
             of
             such
             Goods
             ,
             Labour
             ,
             and
             Advice
             ,
             Skill
             or
             other
             Assistances
             ,
             as
             could
             be
             purchas'd
             from
             another
             by
             our
             parting
             with
             it
             .
             That
             the
             Value
             of
             Mony
             among
             People
             that
             liv'd
             under
             different
             Municipal
             Laws
             was
             intrinsick
             ,
             and
             consisted
             in
             its
             Weight
             and
             Fineness
             .
             That
             common
             Consent
             had
             given
             it
             this
             Value
             for
             the
             common
             Conveniency
             of
             supplying
             one
             anothers
             Wants
             .
             That
             the
             Weight
             and
             Fineness
             was
             the
             only
             Worth
             that
             other
             Nations
             regarded
             in
             our
             Coin
             ,
             or
             we
             in
             theirs
             .
             All
             Mony
             being
             between
             Subjects
             of
             different
             Governments
             ,
             of
             no
             greater
             Value
             ,
             excepting
             the
             Workmanship
             ,
             than
             so
             many
             pieces
             of
             uncoin'd
             Bullion
             .
             That
             therefore
             should
             our
             Standard
             be
             alter'd
             ,
             we
             should
             still
             be
             upon
             the
             same
             Foot
             with
             our
             Neighbours
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             were
             to
             pay
             them
             for
             their
             Goods
             ,
             or
             exchange
             our
             Mony
             with
             theirs
             ,
             whatever
             Denomination
             we
             gave
             our
             
             Mony
             ,
             they
             would
             in
             their
             Change
             ever
             reduce
             it
             to
             an
             Equality
             with
             theirs
             ,
             and
             proportion
             the
             Quantity
             and
             Goodness
             of
             their
             Commoditys
             to
             the
             Weight
             and
             Fineness
             of
             the
             Mony
             they
             were
             to
             receive
             for
             them
             .
             That
             therefore
             in
             respect
             of
             our
             Foreign
             Commerce
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             reason
             to
             alter
             our
             Standard
             .
             And
             at
             home
             they
             said
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Standard
             was
             rais'd
             ,
             great
             Confusions
             would
             attend
             it
             ,
             the
             Landlord
             would
             be
             defrauded
             of
             a
             great
             part
             of
             his
             Rents
             ,
             and
             the
             Creditor
             of
             his
             Debts
             .
             That
             the
             Seaman
             and
             the
             Soldier
             would
             be
             wrong'd
             in
             their
             Pay
             ,
             &c.
             and
             many
             the
             like
             Injurys
             and
             Inconveniencys
             would
             happen
             :
             That
             it
             was
             no
             Answer
             to
             say
             ,
             they
             might
             buy
             as
             much
             Goods
             and
             Conveniencys
             of
             Life
             with
             this
             Coin
             rais'd
             above
             its
             Standard
             ,
             as
             they
             could
             before
             ;
             because
             by
             degrees
             ,
             the
             Seller
             would
             infallibly
             raise
             the
             Price
             of
             his
             Goods
             in
             proportion
             to
             the
             new
             rais'd
             Standard
             ;
             and
             that
             of
             this
             there
             was
             an
             instance
             before
             them
             ,
             all
             Commoditys
             being
             greatly
             rais'd
             in
             their
             Price
             ,
             while
             Guineas
             were
             paid
             for
             Thirty
             Shillings
             .
             That
             whereas
             it
             was
             alledg'd
             that
             the
             Price
             of
             Bullion
             was
             risen
             to
             Six
             Shillings
             and
             Three
             Pence
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Standard
             of
             our
             Silver
             Coin
             ought
             to
             be
             rais'd
             likewise
             :
             It
             was
             reply'd
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             thing
             impossible
             that
             the
             Price
             of
             Silver
             could
             ever
             rise
             and
             fall
             in
             respect
             of
             it self
             ;
             That
             it
             was
             an
             unchangeable
             Truth
             ,
             than
             which
             no
             Mathematical
             Demonstration
             could
             
             be
             clearer
             ,
             that
             one
             Ounce
             of
             Silver
             would
             be
             ever
             worth
             another
             Ounce
             of
             the
             same
             Fineness
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             ,
             allowing
             some
             inconsiderable
             disparity
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             the
             Coin
             ,
             if
             one
             Ounce
             be
             in
             Mony
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Ounce
             in
             Bullion
             .
             That
             't
             was
             true
             indeed
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             commonly
             gave
             Six
             Shillings
             and
             Three
             Pence
             for
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Bullion
             ;
             but
             they
             gave
             only
             Clipt
             Pieces
             ,
             that
             had
             no
             more
             than
             the
             Name
             or
             Sound
             of
             Shillings
             and
             Pence
             ,
             but
             were
             by
             no
             means
             the
             Things
             themselves
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             the
             Standard
             Shillings
             of
             due
             Weight
             and
             Fineness
             ,
             and
             so
             were
             no
             more
             Shillings
             in
             the
             just
             sense
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             than
             an
             Ell
             is
             an
             Ell
             when
             the
             third
             part
             of
             it
             is
             cut
             off
             ,
             or
             two
             halfs
             of
             a
             broken
             Yard
             are
             each
             of
             them
             a
             whole
             one
             .
             That
             the
             Case
             was
             so
             plain
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             demanded
             of
             those
             that
             affirm'd
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Bullion
             was
             worth
             six
             shillings
             and
             three
             pence
             ,
             whether
             they
             meant
             six
             Mill'd
             Shillings
             and
             three
             pence
             ,
             they
             knew
             not
             what
             to
             reply
             ;
             for
             this
             alteration
             of
             the
             Value
             of
             Bullion
             was
             merely
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             diminish'd
             Mony.
             And
             to
             make
             it
             yet
             more
             evident
             ,
             they
             urg'd
             that
             it
             was
             then
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             that
             with
             Five
             Shillings
             and
             two
             pence
             of
             new
             Mill'd
             Mony
             ,
             they
             could
             buy
             as
             much
             Bullion
             as
             they
             pleas'd
             ,
             while
             those
             who
             bought
             it
             with
             Clipt
             Pieces
             paid
             six
             shillings
             and
             three
             pence
             .
             That
             whereas
             it
             was
             urg'd
             that
             the
             raising
             the
             Standard
             would
             prevent
             the
             Exportation
             of
             our
             Mony
             ,
             
             it
             was
             reply'd
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             other
             way
             possible
             to
             keep
             our
             Mony
             at
             home
             than
             by
             out-trading
             our
             Neighbours
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             sending
             them
             more
             Commoditys
             ,
             or
             of
             greater
             Value
             ,
             than
             those
             we
             receiv'd
             from
             them
             ;
             for
             if
             so
             be
             upon
             the
             Ballance
             of
             Trade
             we
             were
             found
             in
             their
             Debt
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             way
             left
             but
             to
             pay
             it
             in
             Coin
             or
             Bullion
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             whatever
             Denomination
             we
             gave
             our
             Coin
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             necessitated
             to
             send
             it
             abroad
             ,
             if
             the
             Commoditys
             we
             Exported
             could
             not
             pay
             our
             Debts
             .
             That
             all
             the
             other
             Arguments
             for
             raising
             the
             Standard
             would
             sink
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             in
             case
             these
             Two
             on
             which
             the
             rest
             were
             built
             ,
             had
             no
             reasonable
             Foundation
             .
             After
             the
             Debates
             on
             this
             Subject
             ,
             the
             House
             came
             to
             a
             Resolution
             ,
             to
             recoin
             the
             Mony
             according
             to
             the
             Old
             Standard
             ,
             both
             as
             to
             Weight
             and
             Fineness
             .
             And
             to
             make
             it
             more
             easy
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             they
             Voted
             a
             Recompence
             for
             the
             Deficiency
             of
             the
             Clipt
             Mony.
             
          
           
             When
             the
             Parliament
             undertook
             this
             sowr
             and
             knotty
             piece
             of
             work
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             insensible
             of
             the
             inconveniencys
             that
             would
             arise
             from
             it
             ;
             the
             Principal
             of
             which
             ,
             and
             the
             Spring
             of
             most
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             would
             be
             a
             Cessation
             of
             Payments
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             an
             interruption
             of
             Commerce
             for
             want
             of
             the
             Circulation
             of
             our
             Mony
             during
             its
             recoining
             .
             This
             Trading
             Nation
             could
             not
             live
             ,
             unless
             this
             Vital
             Current
             was
             constantly
             maintain'd
             ;
             and
             our
             Gold
             
             alone
             was
             not
             sufficient
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
             To
             obviate
             this
             Evil
             ,
             which
             must
             have
             been
             fatal
             had
             it
             not
             been
             prevented
             ,
             was
             enough
             to
             try
             the
             Skill
             ,
             and
             stretch
             the
             Imagination
             of
             the
             ablest
             Statesmen
             .
             'T
             was
             plain
             ,
             England
             could
             not
             subsist
             unless
             some
             Expedient
             was
             found
             out
             to
             support
             its
             Trade
             ,
             till
             the
             New
             Mony
             return'd
             from
             the
             Mint
             ;
             and
             to
             hit
             of
             such
             an
             Expedient
             ,
             was
             indeed
             a
             very
             difficult
             Task
             .
             They
             therefore
             agreed
             to
             call
             in
             the
             Mony
             by
             degrees
             ;
             that
             while
             some
             Denominations
             of
             Coin
             were
             suppress'd
             ,
             others
             might
             be
             Current
             ,
             hoping
             that
             before
             the
             last
             Old
             Mony
             should
             come
             in
             to
             be
             recoin'd
             ,
             so
             much
             of
             the
             New
             might
             Circulate
             from
             the
             Mint
             ,
             as
             might
             sufficiently
             answer
             the
             Necessitys
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             But
             this
             expectation
             was
             partly
             defeated
             by
             the
             backwardness
             of
             the
             People
             to
             receive
             any
             Old
             Mony
             ,
             tho'
             allow'd
             at
             present
             to
             pass
             ,
             apprehended
             at
             last
             it
             should
             be
             left
             upon
             their
             hands
             at
             a
             great
             Loss
             ,
             partly
             from
             the
             slowness
             of
             recoining
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Peoples
             Wants
             ,
             tho'
             otherwise
             dispatcht
             with
             all
             the
             Expedition
             imaginable
             in
             so
             great
             an
             Affair
             ,
             and
             partly
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             unequal
             intrinsick
             Value
             between
             the
             New
             Mill'd
             Mony
             and
             those
             Pieces
             or
             Denominations
             of
             the
             Old
             which
             were
             allow'd
             to
             be
             Current
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             Payments
             were
             usually
             made
             ;
             for
             while
             the
             Hammer'd
             Mony
             ,
             and
             Pieces
             not
             Clipt
             within
             the
             Ring
             ,
             were
             permitted
             to
             pass
             for
             the
             present
             necessity
             of
             Trade
             ,
             no
             
             body
             was
             willing
             to
             make
             Payments
             in
             New
             Mony
             ,
             which
             so
             much
             exceeded
             the
             Old
             in
             its
             intrinsick
             Worth.
             And
             therefore
             the
             New
             Silver
             Mony
             as
             fast
             as
             it
             issued
             from
             the
             Mints
             and
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             was
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             stopt
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             first
             Receivers
             ;
             for
             none
             were
             dispos'd
             to
             make
             Payments
             in
             the
             New
             Silver
             Coin
             at
             the
             Old
             Standard
             ,
             when
             they
             could
             do
             it
             in
             Clipt
             Pieces
             so
             much
             below
             it
             .
             And
             those
             who
             had
             no
             Payments
             to
             make
             ,
             kept
             their
             New
             Mony
             as
             Medals
             and
             Raritys
             in
             their
             Chests
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             too
             much
             reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             at
             first
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             the
             New
             Mony
             by
             help
             of
             the
             Melting
             Pot
             ,
             went
             abroad
             in
             Ingots
             to
             purchase
             Gold
             ,
             which
             at
             that
             Juncture
             was
             a
             very
             profitable
             Commodity
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             And
             tho'
             the
             Parliament
             lower'd
             the
             Value
             of
             Guineas
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             afterwards
             mention'd
             ,
             hoping
             by
             that
             means
             to
             bring
             out
             the
             New
             Mony
             into
             Circulation
             ,
             yet
             by
             the
             Artifice
             and
             Managery
             of
             some
             Men
             ,
             the
             People
             were
             made
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             Value
             of
             Guineas
             would
             be
             rais'd
             at
             the
             next
             Session
             ,
             upon
             which
             abundance
             of
             Men
             that
             had
             great
             Sums
             of
             Guineas
             in
             their
             Chests
             ,
             kept
             them
             close
             there
             ,
             in
             expectation
             of
             their
             being
             rais'd
             in
             Value
             when
             the
             Parliament
             should
             come
             next
             together
             .
             By
             this
             means
             tho'
             the
             Circulation
             of
             the
             New
             Mony
             was
             a
             little
             promoted
             ,
             yet
             that
             of
             Guineas
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             then
             chiefly
             subsisted
             ,
             was
             quite
             
             obstructed
             this
             Golden
             Coin
             ,
             which
             was
             before
             incredibly
             frequent
             vanish'd
             on
             a
             suddain
             ;
             and
             the
             New
             Silver
             Mony
             too
             ,
             the
             Value
             of
             which
             the
             People
             were
             likewise
             perswaded
             to
             believe
             ,
             would
             be
             advanc'd
             the
             next
             Session
             ,
             was
             for
             that
             reason
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             hoarded
             up
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             damage
             of
             our
             Commerce
             ;
             for
             by
             this
             means
             the
             Nation
             was
             reduc'd
             to
             very
             great
             Straits
             ,
             especially
             in
             their
             Payments
             of
             Foreign
             Bills
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             about
             this
             time
             took
             into
             Consideration
             the
             lowering
             the
             Value
             of
             Guineas
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             People
             had
             rais'd
             them
             .
             The
             Reasons
             against
             sinking
             their
             Value
             were
             ,
             That
             the
             People
             were
             easy
             and
             pleas'd
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             would
             raise
             great
             Disturbance
             and
             Clamour
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             fix
             them
             at
             a
             lower
             Price
             .
             That
             abundance
             of
             People
             would
             be
             Losers
             in
             whose
             hands
             the
             Guineas
             should
             be
             at
             last
             found
             .
             That
             the
             Farmer
             and
             Common
             Tradesman
             ,
             who
             now
             all
             abounded
             with
             Guineas
             which
             they
             receiv'd
             at
             Thirty
             Shillings
             ,
             would
             not
             bear
             such
             a
             loss
             .
             That
             therefore
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             consider'd
             ,
             how
             far
             it
             was
             fit
             to
             incense
             the
             Common
             People
             in
             this
             Juncture
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             who
             had
             already
             suffer'd
             so
             much
             by
             the
             War.
             
          
           
             Those
             who
             were
             for
             reducing
             the
             Price
             of
             Guineas
             ,
             argu'd
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             as
             great
             reason
             to
             bring
             down
             Guineas
             ,
             as
             there
             was
             to
             recoin
             the
             Silver
             Mony
             at
             the
             Old
             Standard
             ;
             and
             here
             they
             reckon'd
             up
             the
             Mischiefs
             mention'd
             before
             on
             that
             Head
             :
             That
             however
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             manage
             by
             the
             necessity
             of
             
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             to
             suffer
             for
             a
             time
             the
             Guineas
             to
             pass
             at
             that
             excessive
             rate
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             measure
             there
             might
             be
             a
             currency
             of
             Mony
             ,
             while
             the
             Mints
             were
             employ'd
             in
             new
             Coining
             the
             Silver
             ;
             yet
             now
             they
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             sink
             the
             Price
             nearer
             the
             Old
             Standard
             ,
             that
             the
             Silver
             Mony
             might
             not
             be
             stopt
             and
             hoarded
             up
             as
             fast
             as
             issued
             out
             from
             the
             Mints
             .
             And
             whatever
             Losses
             and
             Inconveniencys
             the
             People
             might
             suffer
             by
             the
             reducing
             of
             Guineas
             ,
             yet
             the
             Mischiefs
             that
             arose
             ,
             and
             would
             dayly
             increase
             from
             not
             doing
             it
             ,
             did
             infinitely
             over-balance
             those
             on
             the
             other
             side
             .
             Upon
             this
             the
             House
             resolv'd
             to
             lower
             the
             Price
             of
             Guineas
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             might
             do
             it
             with
             less
             Grievance
             and
             Disquiet
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             they
             chose
             to
             sink
             them
             by
             degrees
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             they
             reduc'd
             them
             to
             the
             State
             they
             are
             now
             in
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             pass
             in
             Payments
             for
             above
             Twenty
             two
             shillings
             ;
             that
             by
             this
             means
             Guineas
             being
             brought
             near
             to
             an
             Equality
             with
             our
             new
             Silver
             Mony
             ,
             the
             Circulation
             of
             the
             last
             might
             not
             be
             obstructed
             ;
             and
             the
             Event
             answer'd
             the
             Expectation
             .
          
           
             But
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             Care
             which
             the
             Parliament
             us'd
             to
             provide
             against
             the
             Mischiefs
             they
             foresaw
             were
             likely
             to
             follow
             ,
             yet
             many
             great
             Inconveniencys
             were
             unavoidable
             :
             And
             ,
             one
             Evil
             arose
             during
             recoining
             the
             Mony
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             general
             loss
             of
             Credit
             ,
             which
             indeed
             shook
             the
             State
             ;
             but
             this
             likewise
             was
             Cur'd
             by
             a
             most
             seasonable
             and
             wise
             Remedy
             ,
             which
             the
             Parliament
             apply'd
             in
             their
             second
             Session
             .
             So
             that
             
             at
             last
             this
             great
             undertaking
             of
             the
             highest
             Difficulty
             ,
             yet
             of
             absolute
             Necessity
             ,
             was
             happily
             acomplish'd
             .
             In
             this
             Affair
             the
             Parliament
             shew'd
             such
             Wisdom
             ,
             such
             Care
             of
             the
             Publick
             ,
             such
             unbroken
             Courage
             and
             Resolution
             in
             undertaking
             and
             carrying
             on
             a
             Business
             of
             this
             Importance
             ,
             and
             encomber'd
             with
             so
             many
             and
             such
             great
             Obstructions
             ,
             that
             no
             Patriots
             ever
             merited
             more
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             none
             having
             ever
             rescu'd
             it
             form
             greater
             ,
             and
             more
             apparent
             Danger
             .
             By
             restoring
             our
             Coin
             ,
             they
             restor'd
             Health
             and
             Strength
             to
             a
             Nation
             under
             the
             worst
             Symptoms
             in
             the
             World.
             They
             restor'd
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             English
             ,
             confirm'd
             the
             Shaking
             Government
             ,
             and
             laid
             the
             Foundation
             of
             that
             Honourable
             Peace
             ,
             which
             after
             ensued
             ,
             and
             which
             we
             now
             enjoy
             .
          
           
             And
             those
             worthy
             Gentlemen
             who
             made
             the
             greatest
             Figure
             in
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             had
             the
             chief
             Direction
             of
             this
             particular
             Affair
             ,
             must
             be
             allow'd
             to
             have
             shown
             a
             great
             Capacity
             and
             a
             Mastery
             Judgment
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             just
             regard
             to
             the
             Good
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             therefore
             no
             Votes
             in
             their
             Favour
             ,
             no
             Praises
             and
             Thanks
             from
             their
             Country
             ,
             can
             be
             thought
             too
             much
             for
             those
             who
             have
             so
             well
             deserv'd
             them
             .
          
           
             No
             part
             of
             the
             Roman
             History
             gives
             a
             Man
             a
             greater
             Image
             of
             that
             noble
             People
             ,
             than
             that
             which
             relates
             the
             Presence
             of
             Mind
             ,
             the
             unshaken
             Constancy
             ,
             and
             the
             wise
             Conduct
             which
             the
             Senate
             show'd
             after
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             Battel
             of
             Cannae
             ,
             to
             be
             uncapable
             of
             
             desponding
             even
             in
             Extremity
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             to
             wind
             themselves
             out
             of
             such
             intricate
             and
             pinching
             Straits
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             to
             weather
             Difficulties
             which
             seem'd
             insuperable
             ,
             this
             can't
             but
             create
             a
             great
             Opinion
             of
             their
             Wisdom
             and
             Resolution
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             his
             Majesties
             implacable
             Enemys
             finding
             themselves
             disappointed
             the
             last
             Year
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             being
             impatient
             to
             wait
             the
             event
             of
             another
             Campaign
             ,
             betook
             themselves
             to
             the
             most
             wicked
             and
             most
             dishonourable
             means
             of
             accomplishing
             their
             Designs
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             twenty
             fourth
             of
             February
             ,
             the
             King
             came
             to
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             sent
             for
             the
             Commons
             ,
             and
             having
             pass'd
             what
             Acts
             lay
             ready
             for
             the
             Royal
             Assent
             ,
             in
             a
             gracious
             Speech
             he
             acquainted
             both
             Houses
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             receiv'd
             several
             concurring
             Informations
             of
             a
             Design
             to
             Assassinate
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Enemy
             was
             very
             forward
             in
             his
             Preparations
             for
             an
             Invasion
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             That
             he
             had
             given
             Orders
             about
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             sent
             for
             such
             a
             Number
             of
             Troops
             as
             might
             secure
             the
             Kingdom
             from
             any
             Attempt
             ;
             that
             some
             of
             the
             Conspirators
             against
             his
             Person
             were
             in
             Custody
             ,
             and
             that
             care
             was
             taken
             for
             apprehending
             the
             rest
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             necessary
             to
             give
             a
             long
             Relation
             of
             this
             Conspiracy
             ,
             a
             short
             account
             is
             thus
             .
          
           
             Several
             of
             the
             late
             Kings
             Adherents
             not
             without
             the
             Consent
             ,
             Encouragement
             and
             Direction
             of
             the
             late
             King
             and
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             had
             form'd
             a
             hellish
             Conspiracy
             against
             the
             Life
             of
             his
             Majesty
             .
             The
             Conduct
             and
             Execution
             
             of
             this
             horrid
             Villany
             was
             comitted
             to
             Sir
             
               George
               Barclay
            
             ,
             who
             had
             formerly
             been
             a
             General
             Officer
             ,
             and
             was
             then
             in
             France
             an
             Officer
             in
             the
             late
             King's
             Guards
             .
             This
             Gentleman
             Ruffian
             undertakes
             the
             barbarous
             Business
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             accomplishing
             of
             it
             ,
             departs
             from
             St.
             Germains
             about
             the
             tenth
             day
             of
             December
             for
             England
             ,
             where
             he
             arriv'd
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             Ianuary
             .
             Before
             him
             ,
             with
             him
             ,
             or
             after
             him
             ,
             about
             twenty
             more
             of
             the
             late
             King's
             Guards
             ,
             who
             were
             Embark'd
             in
             the
             same
             Bloody
             Design
             ,
             and
             who
             had
             all
             Instructions
             to
             obey
             the
             Orders
             of
             Sir
             
               George
               ▪
            
             came
             into
             England
             ,
             where
             in
             a
             short
             time
             they
             Engag'd
             about
             as
             many
             more
             in
             the
             Conspiracy
             .
             Several
             Consultations
             were
             held
             ,
             and
             several
             ways
             were
             propos'd
             ,
             where
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             Assassinate
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             it
             was
             agreed
             that
             they
             should
             Execute
             their
             Design
             on
             a
             Saturday
             as
             his
             Majesty
             return'd
             from
             Richmond
             ,
             whither
             he
             us'd
             to
             go
             on
             that
             day
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             diversion
             of
             Hunting
             .
          
           
             The
             Place
             agreed
             on
             was
             the
             Lane
             between
             Turnham-Green
             ,
             and
             Brentford
             ,
             thro'
             which
             the
             King
             was
             to
             pass
             after
             his
             Landing
             at
             Que-ferry
             ,
             and
             to
             avoid
             Suspicion
             they
             were
             to
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             in
             small
             Numbers
             to
             the
             Inns
             in
             Turnham-Green
             ,
             there
             to
             stay
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             notice
             that
             his
             Majesties
             Guards
             appear'd
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             were
             to
             Mount
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             Body
             to
             march
             to
             the
             Lane
             ,
             where
             some
             were
             to
             Attack
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             were
             to
             Engage
             
             the
             Guards
             .
             The
             day
             for
             Executing
             this
             horrid
             Deed
             was
             at
             hand
             ,
             when
             Mr.
             Pendergrass
             who
             had
             been
             newly
             made
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Design
             ,
             and
             seem'd
             to
             consent
             to
             it
             ,
             tho'
             indeed
             he
             only
             comply'd
             with
             it
             ,
             till
             he
             could
             gain
             the
             fittest
             Opportunity
             to
             discover
             it
             ,
             went
             to
             my
             Lord
             Portland
             ,
             and
             disclos'd
             to
             him
             this
             important
             Secret.
             By
             whose
             means
             his
             Majesty's
             Life
             was
             preserv'd
             from
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             Conspirators
             ,
             and
             that
             fatal
             Stroke
             most
             happily
             prevented
             ;
             which
             must
             have
             been
             attended
             with
             all
             the
             terrible
             Calamitys
             ,
             that
             Fear
             it self
             is
             able
             to
             represent
             .
          
           
             Both
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             were
             greatly
             alarm'd
             at
             the
             news
             of
             this
             Barbarous
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             being
             satisfi'd
             that
             the
             welfare
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             entirely
             depended
             on
             the
             Safety
             of
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             they
             joyn'd
             in
             an
             Address
             to
             his
             Majesty
             full
             of
             Loyalty
             and
             the
             warmest
             Affection
             ;
             wherein
             they
             Congratulated
             the
             happy
             Deliverance
             of
             his
             Royal
             Person
             ,
             gave
             him
             thanks
             for
             imparting
             to
             them
             the
             horrid
             Design
             of
             Assassinating
             his
             Majesty
             by
             Papists
             ,
             and
             other
             disaffected
             Persons
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             intended
             Invasion
             from
             France
             .
             Humbly
             desir'd
             his
             Majesty
             to
             take
             more
             then
             ordinary
             Care
             of
             his
             Person
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             assur'd
             him
             that
             they
             would
             stand
             by
             ,
             assist
             and
             defend
             his
             Majesty
             with
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             against
             all
             his
             Enemys
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             case
             he
             should
             come
             to
             any
             violent
             Death
             (
             which
             they
             beg'd
             God
             to
             prevent
             )
             they
             would
             revenge
             the
             same
             upon
             all
             his
             Majesty's
             Enemys
             and
             their
             
             Adherents
             ;
             told
             his
             Majesty
             they
             would
             give
             all
             possible
             dispatch
             to
             publick
             Business
             ,
             and
             desir'd
             him
             to
             seize
             and
             secure
             all
             Persons
             ,
             Horses
             and
             Arms
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             think
             fit
             to
             apprehend
             .
          
           
             On
             this
             Occasion
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             for
             the
             Security
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Person
             ,
             enter'd
             into
             an
             Association
             in
             these
             Words
             .
             
               Whereas
               there
               has
               been
               a
               horrid
               and
               detestable
               Conspiracy
               form'd
               and
               carry'd
               on
               by
               the
               Papists
               ,
               and
               other
               Wicked
               and
               Traiterous
               Persons
               ,
               for
               Assassinating
               his
               Majesty's
               Royal
               Person
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               encourage
               an
               Invasion
               from
            
             France
             ,
             
               to
               subvert
               our
               Religion
               ,
               Laws
               and
               Libertys
               ,
               We
               whose
               Names
               are
               hereunto
               Subscrib'd
               ,
               do
               heartily
               ,
               sincerely
               ,
               and
               solemnly
               profess
               ,
               testify
               and
               declare
               ,
               that
               his
               present
               Majesty
               King
            
             William
             ,
             
               is
               Rightful
               and
               Lawful
               King
               of
               these
               Realms
               ,
               and
               we
               do
               mutually
               promise
               and
               engage
               to
               stand
               by
               and
               Assist
               each
               other
               to
               the
               utmost
               of
               our
               Power
               ,
               in
               the
               Support
               and
               Defence
               of
               his
               Majestys
               most
               scacred
               Person
               and
               Government
               ,
               against
               the
               late
               King
            
             James
             
               and
               all
               his
               Adherents
               ;
               and
               in
               case
               his
               Majesty
               come
               to
               a
               violent
               or
               untimely
               Death
               (
               which
               God
               forbid
               )
               we
               do
               hereby
               farther
               ,
               freely
               and
               unanimously
               oblige
               our selves
               to
               Unite
               ,
               Associate
               and
               stand
               by
               each
               other
               ,
               in
               revenging
               the
               same
               upon
               his
               Enemys
               and
               their
               Adherents
               ,
               and
               in
               supporting
               and
               defending
               the
               Succession
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               according
               to
               an
               Act
               made
               in
               the
               first
               Year
               of
               King
            
             William
             
               and
               Queen
            
             Mary
             :
             
               Intituled
               ,
               an
               Act
               declaring
               the
               Rights
               and
               Libertys
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
               and
               setling
               the
               Succession
               of
               the
               Crown
               .
            
          
           
           
             They
             order'd
             at
             the
             same
             time
             a
             Bill
             to
             be
             brought
             in
             ,
             that
             when
             it
             should
             please
             God
             to
             afflict
             these
             Realms
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             present
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             then
             in
             being
             should
             not
             be
             dissolv'd
             thereby
             ,
             till
             the
             next
             Heir
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Act
             of
             Setlement
             should
             dissolve
             it
             .
             And
             if
             there
             is
             no
             Parliament
             then
             in
             being
             ,
             the
             last
             preceding
             Parliament
             shall
             immediately
             convene
             and
             sit
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             done
             accordingly
             .
             By
             this
             wise
             Act
             ,
             as
             the
             Parliament
             provided
             against
             that
             Confusion
             and
             Disorder
             that
             might
             happen
             by
             the
             Cessation
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             all
             Commissions
             on
             his
             Majesty's
             Decease
             ,
             so
             nothing
             could
             have
             been
             imagin'd
             more
             effectual
             for
             the
             Security
             of
             the
             King
             's
             unvaluable
             Life
             ,
             against
             the
             implacable
             Malice
             and
             Violence
             of
             his
             Enemys
             ;
             seeing
             by
             this
             means
             all
             hopes
             of
             Escape
             and
             Impunity
             were
             cut
             off
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             should
             succeed
             in
             ▪
             their
             hellish
             Attempt
             .
             They
             likewise
             Address'd
             his
             Majesty
             to
             issue
             out
             his
             Royal
             Proclamation
             ,
             to
             Banish
             all
             Papists
             from
             the
             Citys
             of
             London
             and
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             ten
             Miles
             from
             the
             same
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             made
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             and
             likewise
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             please
             to
             give
             Instructions
             to
             the
             Judges
             going
             the
             Circuits
             ,
             to
             put
             the
             Laws
             in
             Execution
             against
             Papists
             and
             Non-Jurors
             .
          
           
             By
             these
             Proceedings
             and
             prudent
             Provisions
             for
             the
             King's
             Safety
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             equally
             express'd
             their
             unshaken
             Loyalty
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             their
             tender
             
             Care
             and
             Vigilance
             for
             the
             Happiness
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             it
             being
             as
             clear
             as
             Noon-day
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             his
             Majesty
             by
             the
             gracious
             Providence
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             been
             deliver'd
             from
             this
             Hellish
             Design
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Calamitys
             and
             Desolation
             must
             have
             overwhelm'd
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             that
             ever
             befel
             a
             miserable
             People
             :
             And
             't
             is
             very
             observable
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             amidst
             all
             their
             Zeal
             for
             securing
             his
             Majesty's
             Life
             ,
             on
             which
             all
             our
             Happiness
             depended
             ,
             they
             express'd
             that
             Lenity
             and
             Memorable
             Regard
             to
             the
             Libertys
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             they
             pass'd
             no
             new
             and
             extraordinary
             Law
             for
             the
             Conviction
             of
             the
             Conspirators
             ,
             as
             Men
             in
             such
             amazing
             Dangers
             might
             have
             been
             provoked
             to
             do
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             but
             they
             mercifully
             left
             them
             to
             stand
             or
             fall
             by
             the
             known
             Laws
             which
             were
             then
             in
             being
             .
             And
             't
             is
             very
             remarkable
             ,
             that
             Charnock
             who
             was
             the
             first
             Person
             try'd
             for
             this
             Conspiracy
             ▪
             was
             the
             first
             too
             that
             had
             the
             Benefit
             of
             the
             Law
             that
             was
             beformention'd
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             this
             very
             Session
             to
             regulate
             Tryals
             in
             Cases
             of
             Treason
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             but
             one
             single
             Instance
             that
             seems
             to
             contradict
             the
             universal
             Extent
             of
             this
             Observation
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Case
             of
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Fenwick
            
             ,
             which
             happen'd
             in
             the
             Second
             Session
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ;
             yet
             neither
             in
             that
             Case
             was
             any
             new
             Law
             made
             for
             the
             Trial
             of
             the
             Criminal
             by
             the
             Judges
             in
             Inferiour
             Courts
             :
             But
             the
             Parliament
             thought
             fit
             to
             make
             use
             of
             the
             Legislative
             Authority
             ,
             and
             to
             proceed
             aginst
             him
             by
             Bill
             
             of
             Attainder
             ,
             which
             no
             Body
             question'd
             their
             Power
             to
             do
             .
             That
             Government
             would
             be
             defective
             in
             its
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             uncapable
             of
             defending
             it self
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             a
             Power
             lodg'd
             in
             it
             to
             reach
             a
             Criminal
             in
             an
             Extraordinary
             Case
             ,
             by
             an
             extraordinary
             Manner
             .
             Neither
             could
             the
             Legislative
             Power
             be
             look'd
             on
             as
             under
             the
             same
             Restraints
             ,
             Limitations
             and
             Forms
             of
             Proceeding
             ,
             which
             the
             Judges
             who
             are
             entrusted
             only
             with
             the
             executive
             part
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             are
             oblig'd
             to
             observe
             in
             the
             ordinary
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             .
             The
             Questions
             therefore
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             seem'd
             to
             be
             only
             these
             two
             ,
             Whether
             the
             Parliament
             had
             sufficient
             convincing
             Grounds
             to
             believe
             the
             Prisoner
             Guilty
             of
             the
             Treason
             he
             stood
             accus'd
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             second
             Place
             ,
             whether
             this
             was
             a
             Case
             of
             that
             extraordinary
             Nature
             ,
             and
             that
             Importance
             ,
             as
             required
             this
             uncommon
             way
             of
             proceeding
             by
             Bill
             of
             Attainder
             .
             As
             to
             the
             first
             Question
             ,
             All
             the
             World
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             thought
             there
             was
             sufficient
             Reason
             to
             believe
             the
             Prisoner
             Guilty
             .
             But
             whether
             the
             Evidence
             was
             in
             all
             Forms
             and
             Limitations
             such
             as
             the
             Law
             required
             for
             convicting
             the
             Prisoner
             before
             the
             Judges
             in
             Inferiour
             Courts
             ,
             was
             out
             of
             the
             Question
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             as
             was
             said
             before
             ,
             being
             not
             ty'd
             up
             in
             their
             Legislative
             Capacity
             to
             the
             Rules
             and
             Restraints
             by
             which
             the
             Inferiour
             Courts
             were
             oblig'd
             to
             Act.
             And
             as
             to
             the
             second
             Question
             ,
             Seeing
             the
             Prisoner
             had
             so
             notoriously
             prevaricated
             with
             the
             Government
             ,
             seeing
             there
             was
             such
             a
             vehement
             Presumption
             that
             one
             of
             the
             Evidences
             
             was
             drawn
             off
             ,
             and
             absented
             himself
             by
             the
             management
             of
             the
             Prisoner's
             Friends
             ,
             to
             elude
             the
             Law
             in
             the
             common
             course
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             seeing
             the
             Crime
             wherewith
             he
             was
             Charg'd
             ,
             was
             of
             no
             lower
             Nature
             than
             the
             dethroning
             of
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             believ'd
             it
             a
             Case
             so
             Extraordinary
             and
             of
             such
             Consequence
             ,
             as
             sufficiently
             warranted
             this
             uncommon
             ,
             tho'
             not
             unexampled
             way
             of
             Proceeding
             .
          
           
             These
             were
             the
             chief
             Transactions
             of
             this
             Parliament
             in
             their
             First
             Session
             ,
             those
             of
             the
             Second
             come
             now
             to
             be
             related
             .
          
           
             The
             great
             Deficiencys
             of
             the
             Funds
             settled
             by
             Parliament
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Year
             Ninety
             Six
             ,
             and
             particularly
             the
             unhappy
             Project
             of
             the
             Land-Bank
             proving
             wholly
             Abortive
             ,
             and
             not
             producing
             one
             Penny
             ,
             of
             above
             two
             Millions
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             with
             which
             it
             was
             charg'd
             ,
             were
             likely
             to
             have
             prov'd
             fatal
             to
             our
             Affairs
             the
             following
             Summer
             .
             This
             Disappointment
             involv'd
             the
             King
             in
             so
             many
             great
             Difficulties
             abroad
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             at
             Home
             ,
             that
             no
             clearer
             Demonstration
             could
             be
             given
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Wise
             Conduct
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Fidelity
             and
             Affection
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             than
             his
             finishing
             this
             Campaign
             with
             so
             little
             disadvantage
             .
             His
             Majestys
             more
             discerning
             Friends
             could
             not
             but
             tremble
             ,
             to
             think
             on
             the
             hard
             Circumstances
             our
             Army
             was
             in
             ;
             and
             how
             dangerous
             the
             Issue
             was
             like
             to
             prove
             ;
             while
             the
             Enemys
             of
             the
             Government
             were
             all
             overjoy'd
             at
             the
             hopeful
             Prospect
             of
             our
             suddain
             
             Ruin.
             But
             to
             their
             great
             Mortification
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             whose
             Spirit
             was
             never
             broken
             by
             the
             greatest
             Difficulty
             ;
             who
             never
             wanted
             Presence
             of
             Mind
             in
             the
             most
             surprizing
             and
             pinching
             Exigencys
             ,
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             Divine
             Providence
             weather'd
             this
             Storm
             ;
             and
             having
             put
             his
             Army
             into
             Quarters
             ,
             return'd
             in
             Safety
             to
             meet
             his
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             came
             together
             the
             twentieth
             day
             of
             October
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             had
             in
             a
             Loyal
             and
             most
             affectionate
             Address
             assur'd
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             tho
             they
             had
             born
             so
             many
             years
             the
             great
             Burden
             of
             the
             present
             War
             ,
             yet
             they
             were
             most
             stedfastly
             resolv'd
             never
             to
             desert
             his
             Interests
             ,
             or
             be
             wanting
             to
             their
             Country
             ,
             till
             by
             His
             Majesty's
             Arms
             they
             should
             obtain
             a
             safe
             and
             honourable
             Peace
             .
             They
             enter'd
             with
             great
             Alacrity
             upon
             the
             Business
             that
             lay
             before
             them
             ,
             which
             indeed
             was
             very
             great
             .
          
           
             The
             principal
             Evil
             which
             this
             Parliament
             had
             to
             remove
             ,
             was
             the
             loss
             of
             Publick
             Credit
             .
             For
             the
             Tallys
             struck
             on
             Funds
             setled
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             especially
             such
             as
             were
             remote
             ,
             were
             Exchang'd
             for
             ready
             Mony
             at
             a
             mighty
             loss
             ;
             and
             the
             Government
             was
             oblig'd
             to
             make
             excessive
             Discounts
             and
             Allowances
             ,
             to
             bring
             Treasure
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             .
             This
             great
             and
             almost
             fatal
             loss
             of
             Credit
             ,
             arose
             chiefly
             from
             two
             Springs
             ,
             the
             Deficiencvs
             of
             Parliamentary
             Funds
             ,
             and
             the
             Recoining
             our
             Silver
             .
             The
             First
             made
             Trust
             and
             Confidence
             ,
             as
             the
             Last
             made
             Mony
             to
             be
             very
             scarce
             .
          
           
           
             This
             loss
             of
             Credit
             was
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             unless
             it
             were
             restor'd
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             possible
             for
             the
             Government
             to
             continue
             much
             longer
             ;
             The
             Notes
             of
             the
             Bank
             of
             England
             which
             had
             been
             a
             mighty
             help
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             were
             discounted
             at
             Twenty
             ,
             Tallys
             at
             Forty
             ,
             Fifty
             ,
             or
             Sixty
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             The
             Government
             had
             contracted
             a
             mighty
             Debt
             ;
             and
             some
             Funds
             were
             wholly
             taken
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             prov'd
             Deficient
             ;
             great
             Numbers
             of
             Tallys
             had
             no
             Fund
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             were
             on
             Funds
             very
             remote
             .
             Hereby
             the
             Trust
             and
             good
             Opinion
             of
             the
             People
             was
             so
             far
             lost
             ,
             that
             those
             few
             who
             had
             any
             Mony
             to
             Lend
             ,
             shew'd
             the
             greatest
             backwardness
             imaginable
             to
             advance
             it
             for
             the
             Publick
             Service
             ;
             and
             therefore
             all
             Loans
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             before
             ,
             were
             procur'd
             on
             most
             immoderate
             Premiums
             ,
             and
             exorbitant
             Discounts
             .
          
           
             This
             decay
             of
             Publick
             Credit
             created
             the
             greatest
             Confusion
             and
             Disorder
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             our
             Affairs
             seem'd
             reduc'd
             to
             Extremity
             ,
             and
             the
             Government
             was
             look'd
             on
             to
             be
             at
             a
             stand
             .
             All
             Men
             were
             at
             a
             Gaze
             ,
             and
             stood
             wondering
             what
             the
             Parliament
             would
             do
             ;
             what
             Measures
             they
             would
             take
             in
             such
             perplexing
             Difficultys
             ,
             scarce
             believing
             that
             the
             Wit
             of
             Man
             was
             able
             to
             find
             out
             any
             Remedy
             ,
             or
             propose
             any
             Expedient
             that
             could
             be
             effectual
             in
             removing
             so
             great
             a
             Mischief
             .
             Those
             who
             were
             for
             galling
             and
             streightning
             the
             Government
             ;
             had
             now
             the
             Wicked
             Satisfaction
             of
             seeing
             it
             sufficiently
             distress'd
             ;
             it
             not
             being
             possible
             that
             our
             Affairs
             could
             be
             more
             embarass'd
             than
             they
             were
             in
             this
             Conjuncture
             .
          
           
           
             To
             revive
             Publick
             Credit
             was
             therefore
             a
             thing
             of
             the
             last
             necessity
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             but
             as
             the
             Wisest
             Men
             without
             Door
             were
             at
             their
             Wits
             end
             how
             to
             accomplish
             it
             ,
             so
             the
             Malecontents
             were
             certain
             that
             this
             Evil
             was
             never
             to
             be
             cur'd
             ;
             and
             therefore
             look'd
             upon
             the
             Government
             as
             near
             its
             End
             ;
             gave
             it
             up
             as
             desperate
             ;
             and
             triumph'd
             in
             the
             Expectation
             of
             a
             suddain
             Revolution
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             great
             Parliament
             being
             fully
             sensible
             that
             the
             Restoration
             of
             our
             Credit
             was
             a
             point
             of
             Capital
             Importance
             ,
             instead
             of
             being
             discourag'd
             by
             the
             Difficulty
             of
             effecting
             it
             ,
             they
             were
             rather
             animated
             to
             undertake
             the
             Work
             with
             greater
             Zeal
             and
             Application
             ;
             as
             if
             they
             look'd
             on
             nothing
             which
             was
             necessary
             to
             be
             impossible
             ;
             and
             resolv'd
             at
             any
             Rate
             to
             find
             out
             Means
             to
             preserve
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             to
             break
             thro'
             all
             Opposition
             how
             great
             soever
             it
             should
             appear
             ,
             to
             confirm
             and
             secure
             our
             Happy
             Establishment
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             was
             very
             sensible
             ,
             that
             one
             great
             Spring
             of
             this
             Mischief
             was
             that
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             the
             Deficiencys
             of
             several
             Aids
             and
             Dutys
             which
             neither
             had
             been
             ,
             nor
             ever
             would
             be
             sufficient
             to
             answer
             the
             Principal
             and
             Interest
             charg'd
             upon
             '
             em
             .
             That
             these
             Deficiencys
             ,
             and
             the
             remoteness
             of
             the
             course
             of
             Payment
             of
             the
             Tallys
             ,
             were
             the
             true
             Reasons
             why
             the
             Owners
             of
             such
             Tallys
             were
             frequently
             necessitated
             for
             the
             procuring
             of
             ready
             Mony
             ,
             to
             dispose
             of
             and
             exchange
             them
             at
             a
             great
             Loss
             .
             By
             which
             means
             the
             Publick
             Credit
             was
             extreamly
             weaken'd
             ,
             our
             Commerce
             
             interrupted
             ,
             and
             other
             Publick
             and
             Private
             Affairs
             exceedingly
             perplex'd
             .
             The
             Parliament
             therefore
             took
             this
             great
             Affair
             into
             their
             serious
             Consideration
             ,
             and
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Cure
             of
             this
             grievous
             Wound
             ,
             which
             began
             to
             Ulcerate
             and
             Eat
             into
             the
             very
             Heart
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             they
             resolv'd
             to
             search
             it
             and
             lay
             it
             open
             to
             the
             Bottom
             .
          
           
             This
             they
             did
             by
             ordering
             an
             Estimate
             or
             Computation
             to
             be
             laid
             before
             them
             of
             what
             Summs
             were
             ,
             or
             would
             be
             wanting
             to
             satisfy
             and
             discharge
             all
             Principal
             and
             Interest
             due
             ,
             or
             to
             become
             due
             on
             the
             several
             Aids
             ,
             Dutys
             or
             Funds
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             all
             Arrears
             standing
             out
             upon
             them
             which
             were
             determin'd
             ,
             and
             over
             and
             above
             all
             Monys
             to
             be
             rais'd
             by
             such
             as
             were
             then
             unexpir'd
             ;
             and
             the
             Computation
             of
             all
             the
             particular
             Summs
             that
             were
             wanting
             to
             make
             good
             all
             the
             deficient
             Funds
             being
             made
             ,
             the
             whole
             amounted
             to
             five
             Millions
             one
             Hundred
             and
             sixty
             Thousand
             four
             Hundred
             Pounds
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Parliament
             now
             having
             got
             to
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             Disease
             ,
             resolv'd
             on
             a
             through
             Cure
             ,
             by
             making
             Provision
             for
             the
             Payment
             of
             the
             whole
             Debt
             .
             They
             were
             perfectly
             convinc'd
             that
             to
             cure
             a
             part
             ,
             was
             no
             way
             to
             cure
             the
             Disease
             ,
             and
             restore
             Strength
             to
             the
             Whole
             .
             Had
             some
             Deficiencys
             been
             taken
             Care
             of
             and
             others
             neglected
             ,
             Publick
             Credit
             must
             have
             continued
             Lame
             ;
             and
             the
             Government
             must
             still
             have
             Halted
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
             fall'n
             to
             the
             Ground
             .
             That
             therefore
             the
             Remedy
             might
             be
             Adequate
             and
             Commensurate
             to
             the
             Evil
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             
             found
             out
             a
             general
             Fund
             which
             might
             secure
             the
             Payment
             of
             the
             whole
             five
             Millions
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             so
             there
             should
             remain
             no
             Tally
             without
             a
             Fund
             ,
             nor
             any
             Tally
             on
             a
             deficient
             Fund
             ,
             but
             what
             in
             its
             course
             of
             Payment
             should
             be
             satisfy'd
             and
             discharg'd
             .
             For
             this
             End
             they
             continued
             divers
             Taxes
             and
             Dutys
             after
             the
             Day
             on
             which
             they
             would
             otherwise
             have
             Expir'd
             to
             the
             first
             Day
             of
             August
             seventeen
             Hundred
             and
             six
             ,
             and
             appointed
             all
             the
             Monys
             which
             should
             arise
             and
             be
             brought
             into
             his
             Majesty's
             Exchequer
             from
             any
             of
             these
             Taxes
             or
             Dutys
             from
             the
             Day
             on
             which
             they
             were
             otherwise
             to
             Expire
             ,
             to
             the
             said
             first
             Day
             of
             August
             one
             Thousand
             seven
             Hundred
             and
             six
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             general
             Fund
             for
             making
             good
             all
             the
             deficient
             ones
             ,
             by
             the
             Satisfaction
             and
             Payment
             of
             the
             Principal
             and
             Interest
             due
             ,
             or
             to
             become
             due
             thereupon
             .
             And
             that
             all
             occasion
             of
             Complaint
             might
             be
             remov'd
             ,
             and
             equal
             Provision
             might
             be
             made
             for
             all
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             directed
             that
             all
             Monys
             arising
             from
             the
             Dutys
             so
             as
             before
             continued
             and
             appropriated
             for
             a
             general
             Fund
             ,
             should
             be
             distributed
             and
             apply'd
             to
             pay
             Principal
             and
             Interests
             upon
             every
             one
             of
             the
             deficient
             Funds
             ,
             in
             just
             Proportion
             to
             the
             Summ
             of
             which
             they
             were
             deficient
             .
             And
             that
             all
             the
             Mony
             which
             should
             be
             in
             such
             a
             due
             proportion
             distributed
             or
             plac'd
             to
             the
             Account
             of
             each
             deficient
             Tax
             and
             Fund
             for
             the
             discharge
             of
             Principal
             and
             Interest
             ,
             should
             be
             Issu'd
             or
             Paid
             out
             to
             all
             who
             were
             entitled
             to
             receive
             the
             same
             ,
             in
             such
             Course
             and
             Order
             as
             if
             the
             same
             were
             Monys
             
             really
             arising
             by
             the
             respective
             and
             deficient
             Funds
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             being
             diverted
             ,
             misapply'd
             or
             postpon'd
             ;
             and
             the
             Officers
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Treasury
             were
             to
             incur
             great
             Penaltys
             in
             case
             this
             Method
             or
             Order
             were
             not
             observ'd
             .
             And
             to
             remove
             all
             Doubts
             about
             the
             Security
             intended
             to
             be
             given
             ,
             in
             case
             on
             the
             first
             of
             August
             seventeen
             Hundred
             and
             six
             ,
             or
             within
             three
             Months
             then
             next
             ensuing
             ,
             the
             whole
             Produce
             of
             the
             several
             Funds
             and
             Revenues
             appropriated
             for
             a
             general
             Fund
             ,
             together
             with
             other
             Grants
             then
             in
             being
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             sufficient
             to
             discharge
             the
             Sum
             of
             five
             Millions
             ,
             &c.
             intended
             to
             be
             discharg'd
             ,
             that
             then
             what
             was
             deficient
             should
             be
             made
             good
             out
             of
             such
             Aids
             or
             Revenues
             as
             should
             be
             granted
             in
             the
             next
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Parliament
             found
             out
             a
             Security
             sufficient
             to
             discharge
             this
             great
             Debt
             that
             lay
             so
             heavy
             on
             the
             Nation
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             only
             a
             stroke
             of
             admirable
             Wisdom
             ,
             but
             likewise
             such
             a
             noble
             Act
             of
             Publick
             Justice
             ,
             as
             perhaps
             can't
             be
             equal'd
             in
             the
             Story
             of
             any
             Nation
             .
             Mony
             at
             that
             time
             not
             in
             being
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             to
             be
             had
             ;
             and
             a
             sufficient
             Security
             was
             all
             that
             could
             be
             Demanded
             or
             Expected
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             very
             happily
             provided
             for
             ,
             wherein
             a
             due
             Regard
             was
             had
             to
             the
             particular
             Interest
             of
             every
             Man
             concern'd
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             as
             much
             as
             all
             the
             Branches
             of
             Publick
             Credit
             did
             plainly
             depend
             on
             ,
             and
             mutually
             support
             one
             another
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             took
             into
             consideration
             ,
             by
             what
             means
             they
             might
             restore
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             Bank
             of
             England
             which
             was
             then
             at
             a
             low
             Ebb.
             
          
           
           
             In
             order
             to
             this
             the
             Parliament
             agreed
             ,
             to
             augment
             and
             enlarge
             the
             Common
             Capital
             Stock
             of
             the
             Bank
             of
             England
             by
             admitting
             new
             Subscriptions
             ,
             which
             new
             Subscriptions
             should
             be
             made
             good
             in
             Tallys
             and
             Bank
             Notes
             .
             The
             Proportion
             was
             four
             fifths
             of
             the
             First
             and
             one
             fifth
             of
             the
             Last
             ,
             and
             an
             Interest
             of
             eight
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             was
             allow'd
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             all
             such
             Tallys
             as
             should
             be
             brought
             in
             to
             enlarge
             their
             Stock
             by
             new
             Subscriptions
             ,
             as
             for
             those
             Tallys
             which
             the
             Company
             was
             then
             possess'd
             of
             ,
             provided
             they
             did
             not
             exceed
             the
             Value
             of
             those
             Bank
             Notes
             which
             should
             be
             paid
             in
             upon
             this
             Enlargement
             of
             their
             Stock
             ;
             and
             for
             securing
             the
             Payment
             of
             this
             Interest
             of
             eight
             
               per
               Cent
            
             ,
             the
             additional
             Duty
             on
             Salt
             was
             granted
             and
             appropriated
             .
             The
             Time
             likewise
             of
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             Bank
             of
             England
             they
             thought
             fit
             to
             extend
             to
             the
             Year
             seventeen
             Hundred
             and
             ten
             ;
             and
             upon
             this
             Encouragement
             a
             Million
             was
             Subscribed
             and
             Paid
             in
             Tallys
             and
             Bank
             Notes
             ,
             as
             the
             Parliament
             had
             directed
             .
             This
             Expedient
             was
             projected
             with
             all
             the
             Prudence
             imaginable
             ;
             and
             tho'
             many
             Persons
             who
             were
             Interested
             in
             it
             ,
             could
             not
             presently
             apprehend
             the
             Reasonableness
             of
             it
             ,
             yet
             the
             Advantages
             they
             have
             since
             receiv'd
             ,
             have
             fully
             convinc'd
             them
             that
             no
             other
             Way
             could
             have
             been
             found
             out
             to
             have
             retriev'd
             their
             sinking
             Credit
             .
             For
             the
             Value
             of
             two
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pounds
             in
             Bank
             Notes
             being
             sunk
             by
             the
             new
             Subscriptions
             ,
             the
             rest
             as
             it
             was
             reasonable
             to
             believe
             they
             would
             ,
             began
             presently
             to
             rise
             in
             Worth
             ;
             and
             so
             likewise
             did
             
             the
             Tallys
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             as
             amounted
             to
             eight
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pounds
             were
             Paid
             in
             to
             augment
             the
             Bank.
             And
             the
             Owners
             of
             the
             rest
             have
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Reason
             to
             wish
             that
             they
             had
             sunk
             the
             remainder
             also
             the
             same
             way
             ;
             for
             had
             that
             been
             done
             ,
             this
             great
             Work
             had
             been
             accomplish'd
             at
             one
             happy
             Stroke
             .
             The
             whole
             five
             Millions
             had
             in
             a
             Moment
             been
             taken
             off
             from
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             thereby
             a
             Disease
             that
             was
             judg'd
             Incurable
             had
             been
             entirely
             remov'd
             by
             a
             single
             Application
             .
             For
             upon
             this
             ,
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             Bank
             began
             to
             recover
             apace
             ,
             till
             in
             a
             short
             time
             their
             Notes
             were
             all
             equal
             with
             ,
             and
             their
             Bills
             that
             bore
             Interest
             ,
             better
             than
             Mony.
             By
             this
             means
             the
             Face
             of
             Affairs
             was
             in
             a
             short
             time
             much
             chang'd
             for
             the
             better
             ,
             Credit
             began
             to
             revive
             ,
             Mony
             to
             Circulate
             on
             more
             moderate
             Terms
             .
             Foreign
             Exchange
             was
             less
             to
             our
             Disadvantage
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             at
             an
             equality
             .
             The
             People
             began
             to
             think
             better
             of
             our
             Condition
             ,
             and
             were
             more
             convinc'd
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             our
             Administration
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Care
             that
             was
             taken
             of
             'em
             ;
             and
             whatever
             Hardships
             they
             had
             undergone
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             long
             War
             and
             the
             recoining
             our
             Mony
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             but
             occasion
             many
             Complaints
             ,
             yet
             the
             greatest
             part
             attributed
             this
             to
             the
             necessity
             of
             our
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             Hope
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Care
             and
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Government
             they
             should
             enjoy
             more
             favourable
             Times
             .
          
           
             Besides
             this
             of
             the
             great
             loss
             of
             Credit
             ,
             another
             Evil
             of
             no
             less
             Difficulty
             or
             Importance
             remain'd
             still
             
             to
             be
             remov'd
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             the
             great
             scarcity
             of
             Mony
             .
             The
             Porliament
             to
             prevent
             Disappointments
             by
             setling
             Funds
             which
             might
             be
             deficient
             came
             to
             a
             Resolution
             ,
             that
             the
             Supplys
             for
             the
             service
             of
             the
             Year
             following
             ,
             should
             be
             rais'd
             within
             the
             Year
             ;
             and
             they
             Voted
             those
             Supplys
             in
             proportion
             to
             the
             Estimates
             laid
             before
             them
             .
             But
             this
             Resolution
             of
             Parliament
             seem'd
             a
             Thing
             quite
             Impracticable
             .
             How
             could
             five
             Millions
             be
             rais'd
             within
             the
             Year
             ,
             while
             the
             Silver
             Mony
             was
             call'd
             in
             and
             recoining
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             not
             Current
             Coin
             enough
             in
             the
             Nation
             to
             answer
             the
             Occasions
             of
             Trade
             ,
             and
             scarcely
             the
             Conveniencys
             and
             Necessitys
             of
             Life
             ?
             The
             Enemys
             of
             the
             Government
             made
             themselves
             Merry
             with
             this
             Vote
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             being
             the
             occasion
             of
             their
             Anger
             't
             was
             the
             common
             Subject
             of
             their
             Raillery
             ,
             and
             the
             Entertainment
             of
             their
             pleasant
             Humour
             .
             And
             many
             even
             of
             the
             best
             Friends
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             imagin'd
             that
             the
             Parliament
             by
             this
             ,
             rather
             express'd
             their
             Zeal
             and
             Willingness
             ,
             than
             their
             Ability
             to
             support
             the
             State.
             They
             had
             no
             way
             to
             satisfy
             themselves
             in
             this
             Point
             ,
             but
             by
             relying
             upon
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             great
             Capacity
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             whom
             they
             believ'd
             nothing
             was
             too
             hard
             ,
             and
             who
             they
             hoped
             would
             Conquer
             this
             Difficulty
             because
             they
             had
             master'd
             so
             many
             others
             before
             ;
             which
             were
             look'd
             on
             as
             no
             less
             Invincible
             .
             Neither
             were
             their
             Hopes
             in
             this
             Matter
             disappointed
             ,
             for
             the
             Parliament
             had
             recourse
             to
             an
             admirable
             Expedient
             in
             this
             pressing
             Exigency
             ,
             and
             
             found
             out
             a
             way
             of
             raising
             Mony
             ,
             in
             a
             Juncture
             when
             no
             Mony
             was
             to
             be
             had
             .
             Other
             Parliaments
             have
             been
             able
             to
             raise
             great
             Sums
             of
             Mony
             when
             the
             defence
             of
             their
             Country
             requir'd
             it
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             the
             particular
             Honour
             of
             this
             ,
             to
             have
             been
             able
             to
             make
             it
             .
             They
             created
             Mony
             without
             Bullion
             ,
             and
             distributed
             great
             quantity
             of
             Coin
             without
             help
             of
             the
             Mint
             .
             This
             they
             did
             by
             authorising
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Treasury
             to
             issue
             out
             Bills
             from
             the
             Exchequer
             to
             the
             value
             first
             and
             last
             ,
             of
             above
             two
             Millions
             ;
             which
             Bills
             were
             first
             appointed
             to
             be
             brought
             in
             and
             sunk
             upon
             the
             Duty
             commonly
             call'd
             the
             Capitation
             Tax
             ;
             but
             before
             the
             Session
             ended
             the
             Parliament
             was
             convinc'd
             by
             the
             first
             Collection
             of
             that
             Duty
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             prove
             very
             deficient
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             appointed
             the
             Exchequer
             Bills
             to
             be
             brought
             in
             on
             any
             other
             of
             the
             King's
             Dutys
             or
             Revenues
             ,
             excepting
             the
             Land
             Tax
             ;
             and
             allow'd
             an
             Interest
             of
             seven
             pound
             twelve
             shillings
             
               per
               annum
            
             upon
             the
             said
             Bills
             ,
             which
             at
             first
             was
             not
             given
             .
             The
             Parliament
             by
             this
             laid
             a
             good
             foundation
             for
             Paper
             Mony
             to
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             our
             Silver
             Coin
             ,
             which
             was
             call'd
             in
             to
             be
             new
             made
             ;
             for
             so
             many
             Payments
             were
             at
             this
             time
             to
             be
             made
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             People
             had
             Assurance
             given
             them
             that
             the
             Exchequer
             Notes
             should
             be
             receiv'd
             back
             again
             in
             Payment
             for
             the
             King's
             Dutys
             ,
             they
             were
             very
             well
             satisfy'd
             to
             take
             them
             ,
             at
             first
             indeed
             at
             a
             small
             discount
             ,
             but
             not
             long
             after
             at
             an
             Equality
             .
             A
             great
             number
             of
             these
             Notes
             were
             only
             
             for
             five
             or
             ten
             Pounds
             ,
             which
             answer'd
             the
             necessitys
             of
             Commerce
             among
             the
             meaner
             People
             ,
             for
             the
             common
             Conveniencys
             of
             Life
             .
             And
             that
             those
             who
             had
             advanc'd
             Mony
             in
             Loans
             on
             any
             Part
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Revenue
             ,
             might
             not
             be
             oblig'd
             to
             receive
             it
             back
             in
             Notes
             that
             were
             under
             the
             Value
             of
             Mony
             ,
             to
             strengthen
             the
             Reputation
             of
             these
             Bills
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             authoriz'd
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Treasury
             to
             Contract
             with
             any
             Corporations
             or
             Numbers
             of
             Private
             Men
             ,
             and
             to
             allow
             them
             a
             competent
             Premium
             ,
             provided
             they
             oblig'd
             themselves
             to
             exchange
             these
             Notes
             for
             ready
             Mony
             when
             tender'd
             to
             them
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             which
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Treasury
             did
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             means
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Notes
             was
             mightily
             secur'd
             ,
             and
             dayly
             arose
             nearer
             to
             Par
             ;
             till
             as
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             they
             exceeded
             the
             Value
             of
             Mony
             ;
             and
             whereas
             the
             Trustees
             contracted
             with
             to
             exchange
             them
             for
             Mony
             ,
             were
             before
             as
             a
             Premium
             allow'd
             Ten
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             they
             have
             been
             since
             contented
             to
             do
             it
             for
             Four.
             By
             this
             means
             Trade
             and
             Commerce
             were
             maintain'd
             ;
             and
             without
             Silver
             we
             had
             an
             Artificial
             Treasure
             Circulating
             thro'
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             so
             well
             answer'd
             the
             design
             of
             the
             Wise
             Projectors
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Confession
             of
             those
             very
             Men
             who
             at
             first
             inveigh'd
             sharply
             against
             it
             ,
             it
             prov'd
             an
             effectual
             ,
             tho'
             a
             Paper
             ,
             Prop
             to
             support
             the
             State
             ,
             when
             its
             Silver
             Pillars
             were
             for
             a
             time
             remov'd
             .
             We
             were
             Sailing
             in
             bad
             Weather
             ,
             and
             our
             main
             Mast
             was
             brought
             by
             the
             Board
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             very
             plain
             ,
             that
             unless
             this
             Jury-Masts
             of
             Exchequer
             
             Notes
             had
             been
             presently
             made
             and
             set
             up
             in
             this
             stress
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             we
             must
             unavoidably
             have
             sunk
             and
             perish'd
             .
          
           
             These
             Bills
             past
             in
             Payments
             as
             so
             many
             Counters
             ,
             which
             the
             People
             were
             satisfy'd
             to
             receive
             ,
             because
             they
             knew
             the
             Exchequer
             would
             receive
             them
             again
             as
             so
             much
             ready
             Mony.
             These
             State-Counters
             so
             well
             supply'd
             the
             place
             of
             Mony
             till
             new
             Coin
             was
             issued
             from
             the
             Mint
             ,
             that
             Trade
             was
             preserv'd
             ,
             and
             mutual
             Payments
             well
             enough
             made
             to
             answer
             the
             Necessitys
             of
             the
             Goverment
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             by
             this
             means
             the
             Parliament
             had
             the
             Honour
             to
             Accomplish
             another
             Work
             that
             was
             judg'd
             impossible
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             likewise
             this
             Session
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             took
             care
             to
             Remedy
             a
             Publick
             Grievance
             of
             long
             standing
             .
             Several
             Places
             in
             and
             about
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             which
             in
             Times
             of
             the
             Romish
             Superstition
             were
             allow'd
             as
             Sanctuarys
             to
             Criminals
             and
             Debtors
             ,
             had
             ever
             since
             the
             Reformation
             pretended
             a
             Privilege
             to
             protect
             the
             last
             ;
             and
             one
             of
             these
             was
             a
             notorious
             Nest
             of
             broken
             and
             desperate
             Men
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             heart
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Capitol
             City
             ,
             whither
             they
             resorted
             in
             great
             Numbers
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             dishonour
             of
             the
             Government
             and
             grievance
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             defended
             themselves
             with
             Force
             and
             Violence
             against
             the
             Law
             and
             Publick
             Authority
             .
             The
             Parliament
             took
             care
             to
             redress
             this
             inveterate
             Mischief
             ;
             and
             what
             was
             long
             expected
             from
             others
             ,
             was
             effected
             by
             this
             ,
             in
             an
             Act
             intituled
             ,
             
               For
               the
               more
               Effectual
               Relief
               of
               Creditors
               in
               cases
               of
               Escapes
               ,
               and
               for
               preventing
            
             
             
               Abuses
               in
               Prisons
               ,
               and
               pretended
               Privileged
               Places
               .
            
             Wherein
             such
             effectual
             Provision
             was
             made
             to
             reduce
             these
             Garisons
             of
             Out-Laws
             ,
             that
             immediately
             after
             the
             Act
             was
             publish'd
             ,
             they
             abandon'd
             their
             Posts
             ,
             and
             deserted
             in
             such
             Numbers
             ,
             that
             their
             old
             Haunts
             became
             a
             Desolation
             ,
             and
             lay
             open
             to
             receive
             better
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             The
             Summer
             after
             this
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             being
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             his
             Enemys
             even
             after
             they
             had
             open'd
             the
             Campaign
             with
             the
             taking
             of
             Aeth
             ,
             thought
             fit
             to
             enter
             upon
             a
             Negotiation
             of
             Peace
             ,
             which
             was
             begun
             and
             carry'd
             on
             at
             Ryswick
             by
             the
             Plenipotentiarys
             of
             all
             the
             Princes
             and
             States
             concern'd
             ,
             and
             thro'
             the
             good
             Disposition
             of
             the
             principal
             Partys
             to
             so
             great
             a
             Work
             ,
             the
             Treaty
             was
             concluded
             ,
             and
             a
             Peace
             ratify'd
             the
             Autumn
             following
             ;
             to
             the
             accomplishing
             of
             which
             ,
             his
             Majesty's
             Presence
             in
             Flanders
             mightily
             contributed
             .
             The
             management
             of
             this
             famous
             Negotiation
             ,
             and
             the
             favourable
             Terms
             on
             which
             it
             were
             concluded
             ,
             were
             no
             less
             to
             the
             Peoples
             Satisfaction
             ,
             than
             to
             His
             Majesty's
             Glory
             .
             For
             the
             Malecontents
             never
             believ'd
             that
             it
             was
             possible
             for
             the
             King
             to
             make
             Peace
             upon
             any
             ,
             much
             less
             upon
             Terms
             so
             very
             Honourable
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             look'd
             on
             this
             Transaction
             at
             Ryswick
             ,
             as
             a
             pure
             Amusement
             either
             to
             break
             the
             Confederacy
             ,
             or
             to
             cover
             some
             notable
             Design
             which
             was
             not
             yet
             ripe
             for
             Execution
             .
             And
             when
             at
             last
             they
             saw
             the
             Treaty
             far
             advanc'd
             ,
             they
             began
             indeed
             to
             believe
             that
             a
             Peace
             might
             be
             concluded
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Allys
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             certain
             England
             
             would
             never
             be
             included
             :
             For
             they
             judg'd
             this
             so
             incredible
             a
             Story
             ,
             that
             they
             scarcely
             believ'd
             it
             when
             the
             Peace
             was
             publickly
             and
             solemnly
             Proclaim'd
             .
          
           
             This
             important
             Work
             being
             thus
             happily
             effected
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             return'd
             to
             England
             ;
             where
             the
             People
             every
             where
             receiv'd
             him
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             the
             greatest
             Reason
             in
             the
             World
             to
             do
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Applause
             and
             Demonstration
             of
             Joy
             that
             can
             be
             imagin'd
             .
             He
             met
             his
             Parliament
             the
             third
             day
             of
             December
             .
          
           
             The
             War
             being
             ended
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             for
             the
             Ease
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             Voted
             the
             Army
             to
             be
             Disbanded
             ,
             and
             resolv'd
             to
             raise
             a
             Supply
             sufficient
             to
             pay
             off
             the
             Troops
             .
             But
             at
             the
             same
             time
             when
             they
             took
             off
             so
             great
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Burden
             from
             the
             Country
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             due
             regard
             to
             our
             future
             Safety
             ,
             they
             pass'd
             a
             Vote
             to
             enable
             His
             Majesty
             to
             keep
             such
             a
             number
             of
             Troops
             on
             Foot
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             such
             Naval
             Force
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             Opinion
             the
             Security
             of
             the
             Government
             and
             the
             publick
             Tranquility
             requir'd
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             House
             had
             Voted
             a
             Supply
             for
             the
             Disbanding
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             they
             took
             into
             Consideration
             the
             Services
             of
             the
             Officers
             and
             Common
             Men
             ,
             who
             had
             amidst
             so
             many
             Hardships
             ,
             Dangers
             and
             Disappointments
             in
             Nine
             successive
             Campaigns
             ,
             shewn
             so
             much
             Bravery
             and
             Fidelity
             in
             the
             Defence
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             as
             recover'd
             the
             declining
             Reputation
             of
             the
             English
             Valour
             ,
             and
             preserv'd
             the
             Kingdom
             from
             the
             terrible
             Assaults
             of
             the
             most
             Potent
             Empire
             that
             perhaps
             was
             ever
             Erected
             in
             the
             World.
             
             It
             was
             thought
             hard
             that
             such
             gallant
             Men
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Kingdom
             ow'd
             so
             much
             ,
             should
             be
             discharg'd
             without
             any
             Provision
             made
             for
             them
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             therefore
             pass'd
             a
             Vote
             in
             their
             Favour
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Officers
               should
               be
               continued
               in
               half
               Pay
               till
               they
               should
               otherwise
               be
               provided
               for
            
             ;
             and
             
               that
               the
               Common
               Centinels
               should
               have
               a
               Donative
               at
               their
               Disbanding
            
             ;
             and
             for
             their
             further
             encouragement
             ,
             
               should
               be
               free
               to
               set
               up
               and
               exercise
               their
               Trades
               in
               any
               Town
               or
               Corporation
               throughout
               the
               Country
               .
            
          
           
             This
             being
             done
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             took
             into
             Consideration
             two
             great
             Branches
             of
             our
             Foreign
             Trade
             ,
             which
             had
             long
             wanted
             a
             due
             Regulation
             ;
             and
             they
             enter'd
             first
             upon
             that
             of
             the
             Company
             Trading
             to
             Africa
             ;
             and
             in
             consideration
             of
             the
             necessity
             of
             keeping
             up
             Forts
             and
             Castles
             for
             the
             Defence
             of
             our
             Factorys
             on
             the
             Coast
             of
             Guinea
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             Regular
             Government
             among
             those
             Barbarous
             People
             on
             whose
             Protection
             they
             might
             safely
             rely
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             thought
             it
             necessary
             to
             Establish
             the
             African
             Company
             for
             the
             better
             carrying
             our
             Commerce
             to
             those
             Parts
             .
             Yet
             the
             Free
             Traders
             or
             Interlopers
             ,
             were
             likewise
             permitted
             to
             Trade
             to
             the
             same
             Coasts
             ,
             provided
             they
             paid
             to
             the
             Establish'd
             Company
             Ten
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             of
             the
             Value
             of
             Goods
             exported
             ,
             towards
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Forts
             and
             Settlements
             .
          
           
             Next
             they
             enter'd
             on
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             
               East
               India
            
             Trade
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             depending
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             was
             look'd
             on
             as
             so
             nice
             and
             difficult
             that
             it
             had
             been
             
             referr'd
             to
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Council
             ,
             and
             back
             again
             by
             them
             to
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             This
             Affair
             being
             brought
             into
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             and
             the
             Old
             Company
             having
             offer'd
             to
             advance
             seven
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             at
             four
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Government
             in
             case
             the
             Trade
             to
             India
             might
             be
             setled
             on
             them
             Exclusive
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             the
             House
             seem'd
             inclin'd
             to
             embrace
             their
             Proposal
             ,
             when
             a
             Number
             of
             eminent
             Merchants
             propos'd
             to
             the
             House
             to
             raise
             Two
             Millions
             at
             eight
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             on
             Condition
             the
             Trade
             to
             India
             might
             be
             setled
             on
             the
             Subscribers
             exclusive
             of
             all
             others
             .
             They
             propos'd
             that
             these
             Subscribers
             should
             not
             be
             oblig'd
             to
             Trade
             in
             a
             Joynt
             Stock
             ,
             but
             if
             any
             Members
             of
             them
             should
             afterwards
             desire
             to
             be
             incorporated
             ,
             a
             Charter
             should
             be
             granted
             to
             them
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           
             The
             House
             judg'd
             this
             Overture
             not
             only
             to
             be
             more
             advantageous
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             but
             likewise
             more
             likely
             to
             settle
             this
             controverted
             Trade
             on
             a
             better
             Foundation
             than
             it
             was
             on
             before
             ;
             a
             Bill
             therefore
             was
             brought
             into
             the
             House
             ,
             for
             setling
             the
             Trade
             to
             the
             
               East
               Indies
            
             on
             those
             who
             should
             subscribe
             the
             Two
             Millions
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Limitations
             beforemention'd
             .
             But
             so
             great
             a
             regard
             was
             had
             to
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             Old
             Company
             ,
             that
             till
             they
             had
             refus'd
             and
             rejected
             the
             Offer
             made
             them
             of
             setling
             this
             Trade
             upon
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             accept
             it
             on
             the
             same
             Terms
             and
             Limitations
             on
             which
             the
             others
             were
             contented
             to
             take
             it
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             Parliament
             judg'd
             most
             advantageous
             
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             Bill
             did
             pass
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             New
             Adventures
             .
          
           
             The
             Bill
             being
             pass'd
             ,
             and
             the
             Books
             laid
             open
             to
             take
             Subscriptions
             ,
             the
             whole
             Two
             Millions
             were
             subscrib'd
             in
             less
             time
             than
             four
             Days
             ,
             the
             People
             shew'd
             so
             much
             Zeal
             to
             assist
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             promote
             the
             Trade
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             very
             probable
             a
             Million
             more
             had
             been
             subscrib'd
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Books
             been
             shut
             up
             before
             the
             distant
             Corporations
             ,
             and
             private
             Men
             in
             remote
             Countys
             ,
             could
             remit
             their
             Commissions
             for
             the
             great
             Sums
             they
             intended
             to
             Subscribe
             .
             The
             dispatch
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Work
             in
             so
             short
             a
             Time
             ,
             after
             the
             Nation
             had
             born
             so
             chargeable
             a
             War
             for
             so
             many
             years
             ,
             surpriz'd
             and
             amaz'd
             all
             the
             World.
             And
             as
             it
             greatly
             mortify'd
             all
             those
             who
             were
             joyfully
             assur'd
             that
             His
             Majesty
             would
             be
             disappointed
             of
             this
             Supply
             ,
             so
             it
             gave
             our
             Neighbouring
             Nations
             an
             astonishing
             Image
             both
             of
             the
             Opulence
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             the
             Strength
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             This
             Transaction
             view'd
             in
             all
             its
             Circumstances
             ,
             is
             in
             deed
             so
             very
             strange
             and
             wonderful
             ,
             that
             't
             will
             be
             a
             hard
             matter
             for
             Posterity
             to
             believe
             it
             .
             How
             will
             they
             be
             able
             to
             perswade
             themselves
             ,
             that
             a
             Nation
             whose
             Wealth
             might
             with
             great
             Reason
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             be
             exhausted
             after
             they
             had
             contended
             so
             many
             years
             with
             such
             a
             mighty
             Enemy
             ,
             should
             be
             capable
             of
             furnishing
             such
             a
             vast
             Supply
             in
             Four
             Days
             ?
             Yet
             this
             Wise
             Parliament
             had
             so
             much
             Skill
             in
             touching
             the
             Springs
             of
             the
             Peoples
             Affection
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             
             Losses
             they
             had
             suffer'd
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Expence
             they
             had
             been
             at
             ,
             they
             were
             prevail'd
             with
             to
             advance
             this
             great
             Supply
             with
             such
             incredible
             Expedition
             .
             And
             by
             this
             means
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             only
             by
             doubling
             the
             Duty
             on
             Proceedings
             at
             Law
             and
             that
             on
             Salt
             ,
             rais'd
             a
             Supply
             of
             two
             Millions
             ;
             which
             to
             have
             done
             by
             any
             other
             Ways
             ,
             was
             at
             that
             time
             a
             matter
             of
             the
             highest
             Difficulty
             .
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             likewise
             this
             Session
             ,
             apply'd
             themselves
             with
             great
             Diligence
             to
             discover
             such
             Offenders
             ,
             who
             by
             fraudulent
             and
             surreptitious
             Ways
             had
             carry'd
             on
             a
             secret
             Commerce
             with
             France
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             great
             Damage
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             had
             brought
             in
             for
             divers
             Years
             past
             ,
             great
             quantitys
             of
             Alamodes
             and
             Lutestrings
             .
             Many
             of
             these
             Criminals
             they
             detected
             and
             punish'd
             :
             And
             to
             prevent
             the
             continuance
             of
             this
             clandestine
             and
             most
             prejudicial
             Trade
             ,
             and
             to
             encourage
             our
             own
             Manufacture
             ,
             they
             brought
             in
             a
             Bill
             which
             after
             past
             into
             an
             Act
             ,
             Intitled
             ,
             
               An
               Act
               for
               the
               better
               encouragement
               of
               the
               Royal
               Lustring
               Company
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               effectual
               preventing
               the
               fraudulent
               Importation
               of
               Lustrings
               and
               Alamodes
               .
            
          
           
             And
             for
             as
             much
             as
             many
             ill
             Men
             continued
             to
             export
             English
             Wool
             &c.
             to
             foreign
             Parts
             ,
             to
             the
             unspeakable
             detriment
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             severe
             Laws
             that
             were
             in
             Force
             against
             such
             Offenders
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             the
             more
             effectually
             to
             obviate
             that
             stubborn
             Mischief
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             made
             many
             prudent
             Provisions
             ,
             in
             an
             Act
             Intituled
             ,
             
               An
               Act
               for
               the
            
             
             
               Explanation
               and
               better
               Execution
               of
               former
               Acts
               made
               against
               Transportation
               of
               Wool
               ,
               Fullers-Earth
               ,
               and
               Scouring-Clay
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Session
             likewise
             upon
             complaints
             made
             ,
             that
             the
             Woollen
             Manufacture
             was
             carry'd
             on
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             Prejudice
             of
             that
             Staple
             Trade
             in
             England
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             took
             care
             to
             stop
             the
             Progress
             of
             that
             growing
             Evil.
             They
             enter'd
             upon
             a
             Bill
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             but
             it
             terminated
             at
             last
             in
             an
             Address
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             
               That
               his
               Majesty
               would
               be
               pleas'd
               to
               use
               the
               most
               effectual
               means
               to
               discourage
               his
               Subjects
               of
            
             Ireland
             
               from
               prosecuting
               the
               Woolen
               ,
               and
               encourage
               them
               to
               apply
               themselves
               to
               the
               Linnen
               Manufacture
               in
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
               whereby
               they
               might
               carry
               on
               a
               gainful
               Trade
               to
               themselves
               ,
               without
               interfering
               with
               an
               Interest
               of
               which
               his
               Subjects
               in
            
             England
             
               were
               so
               very
               tender
            
             .
          
           
             These
             were
             the
             principal
             Transactions
             of
             these
             worthy
             Patriots
             in
             their
             three
             Sessions
             ;
             and
             those
             who
             seriously
             reflect
             on
             the
             mighty
             Difficultys
             which
             with
             unexampled
             Resolution
             they
             encounter'd
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             Master'd
             ,
             on
             the
             Wise
             and
             Effectual
             Remedys
             which
             they
             apply'd
             to
             the
             sharpest
             and
             most
             obstinate
             Distempers
             under
             which
             any
             Nation
             ever
             languish'd
             ,
             on
             their
             Constancy
             and
             unwearied
             Diligence
             ,
             either
             in
             obviating
             new
             Dangers
             ,
             or
             removing
             fresh
             Mischiefs
             that
             embroil'd
             their
             Affairs
             ,
             with
             what
             Vigour
             they
             ply'd
             the
             Helm
             ,
             and
             how
             steddily
             they
             Steer'd
             on
             very
             treacherous
             and
             boistrous
             Waters
             ,
             how
             oft
             they
             Row'd
             against
             Wind
             and
             Tide
             ,
             and
             
             tho'
             often
             carry'd
             back
             by
             the
             Violence
             of
             the
             Current
             ,
             or
             diverted
             by
             rapid
             Turns
             or
             Eddys
             of
             State
             ,
             yet
             still
             return'd
             with
             invincible
             Courage
             ,
             stem'd
             the
             Tide
             and
             forc'd
             their
             Way
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             in
             spite
             of
             all
             Opposition
             they
             gain'd
             their
             intended
             Port
             ,
             those
             I
             say
             ,
             who
             impartially
             and
             seriously
             make
             these
             Reflections
             ,
             can't
             but
             entertain
             a
             great
             Veneration
             of
             their
             Ability
             and
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Publick
             Good.
             If
             there
             be
             any
             Man
             that
             does
             not
             yet
             admire
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             the
             greatness
             of
             this
             Parliament
             ,
             let
             him
             but
             consider
             what
             an
             amazing
             Undertaking
             it
             was
             to
             recoin
             all
             the
             Silver
             Mony
             of
             the
             Nation
             when
             it
             was
             ready
             to
             sink
             under
             the
             weight
             of
             a
             long
             expensive
             War
             ;
             which
             attempt
             was
             so
             hazardous
             ,
             that
             the
             Enemy
             was
             made
             to
             believe
             it
             would
             certainly
             be
             fatal
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             under
             that
             Confidence
             was
             perswaded
             to
             continue
             the
             War
             ;
             as
             they
             made
             Peace
             when
             that
             Presumption
             was
             disappointed
             .
             Let
             him
             consider
             what
             a
             Task
             it
             was
             to
             recover
             the
             lost
             Credit
             of
             the
             Nation
             both
             Publick
             and
             Private
             ,
             in
             those
             low
             Circumstances
             ,
             to
             which
             we
             were
             then
             reduc'd
             .
             Let
             him
             consider
             how
             great
             a
             Work
             it
             was
             to
             raise
             ,
             or
             rather
             to
             make
             Mony
             for
             the
             Publick
             Service
             which
             requir'd
             extraordinary
             Supplys
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             very
             little
             Mony
             in
             Being
             ;
             Let
             him
             consider
             this
             well
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             take
             righter
             Measures
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             this
             great
             Assembly
             .
             These
             were
             the
             Work
             's
             of
             refin'd
             Understanding
             ,
             of
             the
             most
             extensive
             Capacity
             and
             inflexible
             Perseverance
             ;
             And
             these
             were
             the
             Works
             of
             this
             Parliament
             .
             A
             Parliament
             that
             had
             
             the
             Honour
             to
             be
             Hated
             and
             Revil'd
             as
             much
             as
             any
             ever
             was
             by
             the
             Enemys
             of
             our
             Government
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             convincing
             Proof
             that
             they
             took
             the
             best
             Measures
             in
             the
             World
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             it
             .
             For
             had
             they
             betray'd
             it
             ,
             these
             Gentlemen
             would
             have
             thanked
             them
             for
             it
             ;
             had
             they
             out
             of
             Supineness
             or
             Ignorance
             run
             it
             a
             ground
             ,
             our
             Enemys
             perhaps
             might
             have
             derided
             their
             Weakness
             and
             Unskilfulness
             ,
             but
             they
             could
             never
             have
             express'd
             so
             much
             Choler
             and
             Resentment
             .
             The
             Slanders
             therefore
             and
             Invectives
             of
             these
             Men
             who
             heartily
             wish'd
             the
             Ruin
             of
             our
             Establishment
             ,
             is
             an
             honourable
             and
             lasting
             Encomium
             on
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             this
             Assembly
             .
             And
             as
             the
             Adherents
             of
             the
             late
             King
             openly
             declair'd
             their
             Anger
             and
             Enmity
             against
             the
             last
             Parliament
             ,
             so
             't
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             but
             that
             all
             the
             Friends
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             that
             is
             every
             true
             Englishman
             ,
             has
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             Hand
             ,
             an
             great
             Affection
             and
             Reverence
             for
             their
             Memory
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .