A letter from a nobleman in London, to his friend in the country written some months ago. Now published for the common good.
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             A letter from a nobleman in London, to his friend in the country written some months ago. Now published for the common good.
             Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.
          
           8 p.
           
             s.n.,
             [London? :
             1690]
          
           
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             By George Savile, Marquis of Halifax.
             Dated at end: "Dat. 8. of Feb. 1689."; imprint conjectured by Wing, which estimates 1689/1690 as publication date.
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           A
           Letter
           from
           a
           Nobleman
           in
           London
           ,
           to
           his
           Friend
           in
           the
           Country
           :
           Written
           some
           Months
           ago
           .
           Now
           Published
           for
           the
           Common
           Good.
           
        
         
           I
           Assure
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           whatever
           you
           have
           heard
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           my
           having
           been
           in
           and
           out
           in
           the
           present
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           two
           former
           Reigns
           ,
           proceeds
           not
           from
           any
           incompatibility
           or
           uncertainty
           of
           humour
           ,
           but
           from
           a
           true
           English
           Temper
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           cannot
           endure
           Slavery
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           abhors
           to
           be
           the
           Instrument
           of
           it
           in
           otherss
           .
           I
           ever
           exclaimed
           against
           the
           Court
           Maxime
           ,
           
             Live
             and
             let
             others
             Live
          
           ;
           and
           watch'd
           my
           fellow
           Ministers
           actions
           ;
           as
           I
           desired
           they
           would
           mine
           ,
           that
           our
           Master
           might
           not
           be
           defrauded
           ,
           nor
           his
           Subjects
           oppressed
           ;
           and
           believing
           nothing
           could
           make
           England
           unhappy
           ,
           but
           a
           change
           of
           our
           King
           's
           limited
           ,
           legal
           Authority
           ,
           into
           an
           unbounded
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           I
           always
           advised
           my
           Prince
           to
           a
           steddy
           conformity
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           to
           place
           his
           security
           on
           the
           affections
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           this
           would
           gain
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           on
           Guards
           or
           Army
           .
           These
           principles
           were
           not
           like
           to
           make
           me
           thrive
           in
           any
           Court.
           The
           apprehension
           I
           had
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           King's
           Religion
           would
           carry
           him
           to
           that
           extreme
           ,
           made
           me
           not
           only
           weary
           of
           his
           Service
           ,
           but
           uneasie
           under
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           desirous
           to
           change
           it
           for
           a
           better
           ;
           which
           my
           first
           heat
           of
           fancy
           suggested
           I
           could
           not
           miss
           in
           a
           Protestant
           ;
           but
           ,
           my
           cooler
           thoughts
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           already
           seen
           acted
           ,
           and
           my
           Knowledge
           of
           what
           is
           further
           design'd
           convince
           me
           of
           my
           own
           and
           the
           Nations
           folly
           .
           The
           reports
           of
           Char.
           II's
           Murder
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           
           Essex's
           Death
           ,
           and
           a
           supposititious
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           all
           Men
           of
           common
           sense
           knew
           to
           be
           false
           and
           malicious
           ;
           but
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           looked
           upon
           the
           noise
           of
           a
           League
           with
           France
           to
           be
           real
           ;
           (
           yet
           without
           the
           ridiculous
           and
           spiteful
           addition
           of
           cutting
           the
           Protestants
           throats
           ;
           )
           because
           the
           King's
           circumstances
           ,
           especially
           the
           proceedings
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           made
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           his
           own
           preservation
           .
           Yet
           now
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           this
           also
           was
           a
           pure
           invention
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           dull
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           have
           out-witted
           the
           English
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           trick
           drawn
           us
           into
           a
           War
           ,
           to
           defend
           them
           against
           France
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           less
           evident
           ,
           that
           Monsieur
           d'
           
           Avaux's
           Memorial
           of
           the
           9th
           .
           of
           September
           (
           88
           )
           to
           the
           States
           ,
           (
           impudently
           pretended
           by
           the
           Scribler
           of
           the
           Desertion
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           long
           before
           intended
           Invasion
           ,
           )
           was
           ,
           though
           a
           Gentiler
           ,
           as
           meer
           a
           Stratagem
           :
           The
           King
           ,
           his
           Master
           ,
           not
           more
           ascertained
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           against
           himself
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           
           Hollander's
           Preparations
           against
           K.
           I.
           hop'd
           by
           this
           flight
           of
           Generosity
           ,
           to
           have
           wrought
           into
           his
           Interests
           ,
           Him
           ,
           who
           before
           had
           rejected
           his
           repeated
           offers
           of
           succour
           .
           'T
           is
           no
           wonder
           each
           Party
           should
           labour
           to
           get
           England
           on
           their
           side
           ;
           the
           ballance
           of
           Europe
           put
           into
           either
           scale
           ,
           must
           of
           necessity
           have
           made
           that
           out-weigh
           the
           other
           :
           But
           now
           ,
           too
           late
           ,
           we
           find
           our
           King
           was
           too
           good
           a
           Christian
           ,
           to
           believe
           his
           Son
           and
           Nephew
           could
           gratifie
           his
           Ambition
           ,
           at
           so
           barbarous
           a
           rate
           ;
           and
           too
           much
           an
           English
           Man
           ,
           to
           engage
           with
           France
           ,
           against
           his
           Subjects
           Interests
           ;
           which
           certainly
           was
           to
           ingross
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           safely
           look
           on
           ,
           while
           the
           French
           and
           Dutch
           destroy'd
           each
           other
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           our
           want
           of
           wit
           ,
           and
           others
           cunning
           ,
           would
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           thus
           happy
           ;
           fear
           of
           Slavery
           ,
           artificially
           spred
           among
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           of
           Popery
           among
           the
           Commonalty
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           make
           way
           for
           our
           ruine
           ,
           but
           bewitched
           our selves
           to
           be
           the
           Instruments
           of
           it
           .
           We
           dreaded
           and
           roar'd
           against
           a
           standing
           Army
           of
           English
           ,
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           so
           zealous
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           loose
           their
           reputation
           ,
           rather
           than
           fight
           for
           their
           Popish
           King
           :
           Yet
           now
           we
           can
           kiss
           the
           rod
           that
           scourges
           us
           ,
           tamely
           suffer
           an
           Army
           of
           Forreigners
           ,
           of
           Popish
           ,
           or
           of
           no
           Religion
           ;
           who
           will
           execute
           ,
           with
           joy
           ,
           the
           Commands
           of
           our
           new
           K.
           their
           General
           ;
           whose
           will
           ,
           and
           whose
           interest
           it
           is
           to
           enslave
           us
           ,
           You
           have
           long
           known
           my
           Opinion
           about
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           force
           of
           it
           ,
           among
           Men
           of
           refined
           Understandings
           :
           I
           laugh
           at
           all
           sorts
           of
           bigotry
           ,
           and
           prefer
           our
           own
           Religion
           to
           Popery
           ,
           not
           as
           more
           agreable
           to
           Truth
           ,
           but
           as
           established
           by
           Law
           ;
           Disputes
           of
           this
           Nature
           ought
           ,
           in
           my
           Mind
           ,
           to
           be
           banished
           the
           Common-Wealth
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           confin'd
           to
           the
           Schools
           ;
           nor
           should
           I
           trouble
           my
           Head
           ,
           nor
           would
           any
           Man
           that
           wanted
           not
           Brains
           ,
           what
           Religion
           a
           lawful
           Parliament
           put
           down
           ,
           or
           set
           up
           ;
           provided
           we
           could
           but
           be
           secured
           against
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           Abby
           Lands
           .
           Nor
           need
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           who
           have
           as
           sensibly
           felt
           it
           ,
           that
           Slavery
           
           is
           not
           a
           more
           natural
           consequence
           of
           Popery
           ,
           than
           of
           Presbitery
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Sect.
           If
           from
           what
           I
           write
           ,
           you
           cannot
           gather
           why
           I
           make
           not
           the
           same
           Figure
           in
           the
           State
           I
           lately
           did
           ,
           read
           the
           inclosed
           advice
           to
           our
           new
           K.
           and
           communicate
           it
           ,
           but
           one
           by
           one
           ,
           to
           our
           Friends
           ,
           the
           Earls
           of
           K.
           and
           of
           E.
           the
           Bp.
           of
           —
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           knot
           ;
           't
           is
           ,
           Word
           for
           Word
           ,
           taken
           from
           the
           Original
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           what
           cleared
           my
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           gave
           me
           a
           full
           prospect
           into
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           design
           ;
           which
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           for
           some
           time
           laboured
           in
           vain
           to
           cross
           ,
           I
           made
           a
           Leg
           and
           withdrew
           ;
           concluding
           it
           base
           and
           ignoble
           ,
           for
           an
           English
           Peer
           ,
           to
           joyn
           in
           Council
           ,
           or
           act
           in
           Concert
           with
           a
           Dutch
           —
           ,
           a
           
             French
             Hugonot
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Scotch
             Presbyterian
          
           ,
           under
           a
           King
           without
           Title
           ,
           whose
           Religion
           is
           Policy
           ,
           and
           whose
           No-Title
           and
           Policy
           must
           be
           supported
           by
           a
           strong
           Army
           ,
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           Conquest
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   enclosed
                   Paper
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   following
                   Words
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     SIR
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   HItherto
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   your
                   Affairs
                   seem
                   to
                   have
                   succeeded
                   prosperously
                   ;
                   you
                   have
                   got
                   a
                   Crown
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   have
                   got
                   it
                   with
                   ease
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   cannot
                   be
                   preserv'd
                   ,
                   without
                   difficulty
                   .
                   Your
                   Interest
                   ,
                   as
                   P.
                   of
                   O.
                   Statholder
                   of
                   Holland
                   ,
                   is
                   very
                   different
                   from
                   your
                   Interest
                   ,
                   as
                   K.
                   of
                   England
                   ;
                   but
                   since
                   you
                   are
                   the
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   for
                   some
                   time
                   must
                   be
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   your
                   game
                   is
                   the
                   harder
                   ,
                   and
                   requires
                   double
                   the
                   skill
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   you
                   landed
                   was
                   necessary
                   .
                   The
                   Prince
                   of
                   Orange
                   ,
                   as
                   Head
                   of
                   the
                   Protestant
                   League
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   among
                   our selves
                   we
                   must
                   own
                   this
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   notwithstanding
                   that
                   the
                   Spaniards
                   natural
                   aversion
                   to
                   the
                   French
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   growing
                   Greatness
                   of
                   their
                   Monarchy
                   ,
                   have
                   drawn
                   in
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   whole
                   House
                   of
                   Austria
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   Popish
                   Princes
                   of
                   Germany
                   ,
                   )
                   is
                   engaged
                   in
                   an
                   Alliance
                   ,
                   the
                   K.
                   of
                   England
                   ought
                   ,
                   in
                   prudence
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   avoided
                   :
                   Charles
                   V.
                   and
                   Philip
                   II.
                   have
                   sufficiently
                   proved
                   the
                   Universal
                   Monarchy
                   a
                   fantastick
                   Dream
                   ,
                   impracticable
                   ,
                   impossible
                   ;
                   besides
                   the
                   Nature
                   and
                   Scituation
                   of
                   the
                   English
                   Dominion
                   ,
                   sufficiently
                   secure
                   it
                   against
                   French
                   Incroachments
                   .
                   England
                   therefore
                   ,
                   in
                   this
                   conjuncture
                   ,
                   should
                   have
                   stood
                   Neuter
                   ,
                   and
                   enjoyed
                   the
                   great
                   advantages
                   of
                   Commerce
                   ;
                   whilst
                   her
                   Neighbors
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   Dutch
                   ,
                   her
                   Rivals
                   ,
                   for
                   this
                   reason
                   ever
                   to
                   be
                   suspected
                   and
                   kept
                   under
                   ,
                   were
                   interrupted
                   by
                   War
                   ;
                   encreased
                   her
                   Naval
                   strength
                   ,
                   by
                   building
                   new
                   Ships
                   ,
                   repairing
                   the
                   old
                   ,
                   and
                   filling
                   her
                   Magazines
                   with
                   all
                   necessary
                   Stores
                   ,
                   and
                   erected
                   Forts
                   and
                   Block-houses
                   where
                   wanting
                   ,
                   to
                   secure
                   her
                   against
                   Invasion
                   .
                   The
                   Treaty
                   of
                   Nimeguen
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   could
                   at
                   all
                   affect
                   the
                   late
                   K.
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   obliged
                   him
                   to
                   act
                   otherwise
                   :
                   The
                   War
                   being
                   on
                   
                   France's
                   side
                   purely
                   defensive
                   ;
                   their
                   being
                   before-hand
                   in
                   declaring
                   ,
                   after
                   they
                   were
                   convinced
                   of
                   the
                   Confederacy
                   ,
                   makes
                   no
                   alteration
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   an
                   effect
                   of
                   the
                   nimbleness
                   natural
                   to
                   that
                   Nation
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   first
                   pass
                   when
                   they
                   see
                   their
                   Enemies
                   ready
                   to
                   fall
                   on
                   .
                   But
                   though
                   Neutrality
                   be
                   the
                   true
                   Interest
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   must
                   have
                   been
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   's
                   ,
                   supposing
                   him
                   a
                   Stranger
                   to
                   the
                   Invasion
                   ,
                   and
                   sure
                   of
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   yet
                   can
                   it
                   not
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   present
                   ,
                   be
                   yours
                   ;
                   who
                   have
                   and
                   must
                   carry
                   on
                   ,
                   an
                   Interest
                   directly
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   Peoples
                   ,
                   till
                   you
                   are
                   better
                   settled
                   in
                   the
                   Throne
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   forced
                   the
                   English
                   to
                   be
                   indeed
                   your
                   Subjects
                   .
                   This
                   done
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   (
                   as
                   the
                   Dutch
                   did
                   in
                   the
                   last
                   Confederacy
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   feared
                   ,
                   they
                   will
                   again
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   perceive
                   in
                   your
                   acceptance
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   the
                   ill
                   effect
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   Politicks
                   )
                   prevent
                   all
                   others
                   by
                   a
                   seperate
                   Peace
                   .
                   In
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   mind
                   your
                   own
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   the
                   Nation
                   's
                   Interest
                   ,
                   and
                   proceed
                   with
                   your
                   Confederates
                   ,
                   as
                   Prince
                   of
                   Orange
                   ;
                   they
                   will
                   ,
                   without
                   doubt
                   ,
                   desire
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   States
                   have
                   already
                   done
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   as
                   K
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   renew
                   and
                   confi●m
                   the
                   Alliance
                   ,
                   and
                   declare
                   War
                   against
                   France
                   ;
                   you
                   will
                   for
                   a
                   while
                   stand
                   in
                   need
                   of
                   their
                   help
                   ,
                   and
                   find
                   ,
                   though
                   they
                   think
                   otherwise
                   ,
                   much
                   greater
                   advantage
                   by
                   their
                   assistance
                   ,
                   than
                   they
                   can
                   have
                   by
                   yours
                   ;
                   a
                   Truth
                   they
                   cannot
                   but
                   discover
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   reflect
                   upon
                   the
                   three
                   principal
                   Causes
                   of
                   this
                   stupendious
                   Revolution
                   .
                   First
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     temper
                     of
                     the
                  
                   English
                   ,
                   
                     a
                     beady
                     ,
                     〈◊〉
                     ,
                     inconsiderate
                     ,
                     inconstant
                     People
                     .
                  
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     incompatibility
                     and
                     natural
                     aversion
                     of
                     Protestant
                     Subjects
                     to
                     a
                     Popish
                     Prince
                     ;
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                  
                   England
                   ,
                   
                     in
                     vain
                     ,
                     endeavours
                     to
                     exempt
                     it self
                     from
                     this
                     Character
                     ;
                     their
                     Publick
                     Actions
                     in
                     the
                     three
                     last
                     Reigns
                     ,
                     their
                     Acts
                     of
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     Tests
                     ,
                     Bill
                     of
                     Exclusion
                     ,
                     and
                  
                   Rye
                   -
                   
                     house
                     Conspiracy
                     ,
                     make
                     them
                     p●st
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     stamp
                     with
                     the
                     rest
                     ;
                     and
                     they
                     cannot
                     ,
                     without
                     insufferable
                     impudence
                     ,
                     but
                     confess
                     ,
                     that
                     their
                     pretence
                     of
                     peculiar
                     contrary
                     principles
                     ,
                     is
                     an
                     empty
                  
                   
                   
                     or
                     else
                     ,
                     that
                     the
                     whole
                     People
                     of
                  
                   England
                   
                     are
                     ,
                     in
                     Practice
                     ,
                     become
                     Presbyterians
                     ,
                     irreconcileable
                     Enemies
                     to
                     a
                     Popish
                     Monarch
                     .
                     So
                     gross
                     an
                     artifice
                     ,
                     must
                     not
                     betray
                     you
                     ,
                     into
                     a
                     trust
                     and
                     confidence
                     of
                     their
                     Loyalty
                     ,
                     as
                     it
                     did
                     your
                     Predecessor
                     ,
                     (
                     who
                     seem'd
                     ,
                     at
                     least
                     ,
                     to
                     forget
                     the
                     voice
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     ,
                  
                   That
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   York
                   had
                   no
                   fault
                   but
                   his
                   being
                   a
                   Papist
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   him
                   unfit
                   to
                   Govern
                   and
                   Succeed
                   ,
                   )
                   
                     unless
                     you
                     will
                     be
                     content
                     to
                     run
                     his
                     Fortune
                     and
                     Reputation
                     .
                     The
                  
                   Third
                   
                     and
                     chiefest
                     was
                     ,
                     the
                     King's
                     want
                     of
                     an
                     Army
                     ;
                     which
                     ,
                     he
                     could
                     not
                     be
                     properly
                     said
                     to
                     have
                     ,
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     they
                     were
                     Protestants
                     ,
                     (
                     the
                     few
                     Papists
                     among
                     them
                     deserv'd
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     considered
                     under
                     a
                     Name
                     )
                     and
                     taught
                     ,
                     it
                     was
                     against
                     Conscience
                     to
                  
                   draw
                   
                     in
                     desence
                     of
                     a
                     Popish
                     K.
                     the
                     event
                     has
                     shewn
                     that
                     Religion
                     had
                     padlocked
                     their
                     Swords
                     ,
                     and
                     bound
                     up
                     their
                     Hands
                     ,
                     otherwise
                     he
                     could
                     never
                     have
                     picked
                     up
                     and
                     trained
                     such
                     a
                     number
                     of
                     Men
                     ,
                     all
                     resolved
                     either
                     to
                     fight
                     against
                     him
                     ,
                     or
                     run
                     away
                     from
                     him
                     .
                  
                   These
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   are
                   the
                   Shelves
                   on
                   which
                   he
                   was
                   shipwracked
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   likewise
                   must
                   be
                   ,
                   unless
                   you
                   steer
                   a
                   contrary
                   course
                   .
                   Your
                   new
                   Subjects
                   will
                   be
                   still
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   upon
                   second
                   thoughts
                   ,
                   cannot
                   but
                   repent
                   ,
                   what
                   inconsideration
                   made
                   them
                   Act
                   hand
                   over
                   head
                   ;
                   your
                   being
                   a
                   Protestant
                   Will
                   not
                   secure
                   you
                   :
                   the
                   odds
                   between
                   a
                   Dutch
                   Presbyterian
                   ,
                   and
                   an
                   English
                   Papist
                   ,
                   are
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   Men's
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   either
                   none
                   at
                   all
                   ,
                   or
                   so
                   very
                   inconsiderable
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   cannot
                   turn
                   the
                   Scales
                   ,
                   or
                   give
                   you
                   any
                   advantage
                   .
                   You
                   are
                   sensible
                   with
                   what
                   difficulty
                   your
                   Party
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   two
                   Houses
                   ,
                   got
                   the
                   better
                   of
                   those
                   who
                   were
                   for
                   calling
                   back
                   K.
                   I.
                   on
                   terms
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   those
                   who
                   were
                   for
                   setting
                   up
                   a
                   Common-Wealth
                   :
                   These
                   two
                   Parties
                   will
                   always
                   be
                   your
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   you
                   cannot
                   hope
                   to
                   make
                   them
                   Converts
                   ;
                   nor
                   that
                   the
                   third
                   will
                   be
                   long
                   ,
                   either
                   willing
                   ,
                   or
                   able
                   to
                   support
                   your
                   Cause
                   :
                   So
                   that
                   nothing
                   but
                   an
                   Army
                   can
                   do
                   your
                   business
                   :
                   an
                   Army
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   number
                   of
                   fifty
                   or
                   sixty
                   thousand
                   ,
                   not
                   of
                   English
                   ,
                   but
                   Outlandish
                   men
                   :
                   who
                   will
                   fight
                   to
                   make
                   you
                   great
                   ,
                   what
                   a
                   K.
                   ought
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   the
                   K.
                   of
                   England
                   needs
                   most
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   Master
                   of
                   his
                   Subjects
                   .
                   
                   Ireland's
                   standing
                   out
                   ,
                   which
                   seems
                   a
                   Cross
                   ,
                   is
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   a
                   Blessing
                   ,
                   an
                   opportunity
                   ,
                   that
                   well
                   managed
                   and
                   improved
                   ,
                   will
                   establish
                   your
                   Dominion
                   .
                   Till
                   you
                   haue
                   gained
                   this
                   point
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   not
                   only
                   keep
                   fair
                   ,
                   but
                   Court
                   and
                   Flatter
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   ,
                   till
                   you
                   have
                   engaged
                   them
                   in
                   a
                   War
                   with
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   reduction
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ;
                   which
                   you
                   must
                   so
                   contrive
                   ,
                   that
                   both
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   effect
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   advice
                   .
                   Your
                   seeming
                   to
                   share
                   the
                   Soveraignty
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   long
                   ambitioned
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   most
                   proper
                   bait
                   to
                   catch
                   your
                   Fish
                   ;
                   it
                   will
                   persuade
                   them
                   to
                   find
                   Money
                   for
                   the
                   expence
                   ,
                   and
                   hereafter
                   screen
                   you
                   from
                   the
                   Peoples
                   murmurings
                   .
                   You
                   have
                   already
                   given
                   orders
                   for
                   modelling
                   the
                   Fleet
                   and
                   Army
                   ,
                   and
                   wisely
                   resolved
                   to
                   imploy
                   in
                   neither
                   ,
                   nor
                   in
                   Civil
                   Offices
                   ,
                   any
                   English
                   ,
                   but
                   such
                   as
                   are
                   Men
                   of
                   no
                   Fortune
                   ,
                   or
                   irreconcileable
                   Enemies
                   to
                   your
                   Predecessor
                   .
                   Endeavour
                   to
                   keep
                   ,
                   if
                   possible
                   ,
                   all
                   the
                   Dutch
                   Troops
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   exchange
                   for
                   them
                   as
                   many
                   English
                   ;
                   the
                   Nimeguen
                   Treaty
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   ,
                   if
                   for
                   no
                   other
                   reason
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   pretend
                   the
                   Nation
                   engaged
                   ,
                   will
                   rid
                   you
                   of
                   8000
                   of
                   'em
                   ;
                   some
                   you
                   may
                   dispatch
                   towards
                   Chester
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   the
                   Irish
                   Expedition
                   ;
                   and
                   others
                   you
                   may
                   march
                   towards
                   the
                   borders
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   called
                   into
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   in
                   case
                   Makay
                   should
                   find
                   himself
                   too
                   weak
                   ,
                   to
                   aw
                   the
                   Convention
                   and
                   reduce
                   Edinburg
                   Castle
                   .
                   Scotland
                   is
                   too
                   dangerous
                   a
                   back
                   door
                   to
                   be
                   left
                   open
                   ;
                   you
                   ought
                   therefore
                   to
                   be
                   well
                   secured
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   before
                   you
                   think
                   of
                   carrying
                   your
                   Arms
                   further
                   ;
                   the
                   Nobility
                   and
                   Presbytery
                   govern
                   there
                   absolutely
                   ;
                   you
                   have
                   already
                   a
                   list
                   of
                   both
                   ,
                   with
                   convenient
                   remarks
                   ;
                   all
                   sorts
                   of
                   Coin
                   will
                   pass
                   among
                   them
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   very
                   necessary
                   you
                   prevent
                   ,
                   by
                   good
                   store
                   of
                   Guineas
                   ,
                   the
                   course
                   of
                   Luid
                   '
                   or
                   's
                   ,
                   in
                   a
                   Kingdom
                   long
                   allied
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   heretosore
                   useful
                   in
                   their
                   Wars
                   with
                   England
                   .
                   You
                   cannot
                   better
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Irish
                   in
                   the
                   Isle
                   of
                   Wight
                   ,
                   than
                   by
                   making
                   them
                   a
                   present
                   to
                   the
                   Emperor
                   ,
                   for
                   his
                   Wars
                   against
                   the
                   Turk
                   ,
                   to
                   prevent
                   desertion
                   ,
                   if
                   imployed
                   neerer
                   home
                   .
                   When
                   matters
                   are
                   thus
                   settled
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   safely
                   turn
                   your
                   Face
                   towards
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   where
                   ,
                   though
                   you
                   could
                   ,
                   you
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   make
                   an
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   War
                   in
                   one
                   Summer
                   :
                   though
                   of
                   this
                   caution
                   there
                   seems
                   little
                   need
                   :
                   considering
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   long
                   Parliament
                   was
                   not
                   able
                   ,
                   with
                   an
                   old
                   Army
                   of
                   36000.
                   and
                   a
                   treasure
                   of
                   several
                   Millions
                   ,
                   to
                   Master
                   it
                   ,
                   in
                   less
                   than
                   four
                   years
                   ,
                   from
                   I●ne
                   49
                   till
                   September
                   53.
                   when
                   destitute
                   of
                   Forreign
                   Assistance
                   ,
                   broken
                   into
                   Factions
                   ,
                   spent
                   and
                   impoverished
                   by
                   a
                   seven
                   years
                   Rebellion
                   and
                   Civil
                   War
                   ;
                   a
                   condition
                   very
                   different
                   from
                   their
                   present
                   .
                   They
                   have
                   enjoyed
                   the
                   fruits
                   of
                   a
                   long
                   Peace
                   ,
                   are
                   united
                   as
                   one
                   Man
                   ,
                   thousands
                   of
                   'em
                   have
                   learn'd
                   the
                   Art
                   of
                   War
                   abroad
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   not
                   reputed
                   to
                   want
                   courage
                   :
                   yet
                   ,
                   allowing
                   them
                   as
                   great
                   Cowards
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   now
                   represented
                   ,
                   being
                   driven
                   to
                   a
                   Wall
                   ,
                   by
                   such
                   a
                   concern
                   as
                   they
                   have
                   at
                   
                   stake
                   ,
                   their
                   All
                   ,
                   Life
                   ,
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   Fortune
                   ,
                   and
                   Religion
                   ,
                   they
                   cannot
                   but
                   fight
                   manfully
                   ,
                   especially
                   when
                   headed
                   by
                   their
                   own
                   Prince
                   ,
                   and
                   supported
                   by
                   France
                   .
                   K.
                   
                   Iames's
                   oversights
                   here
                   ,
                   will
                   instruct
                   him
                   how
                   to
                   act
                   there
                   ;
                   the
                   Protestants
                   he
                   will
                   disarm
                   ,
                   and
                   imprison
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   ,
                   the
                   Chief
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   seize
                   all
                   their
                   Corn
                   and
                   Cattel
                   :
                   Londonderry
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   do
                   not
                   take
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   starve
                   ,
                   before
                   you
                   can
                   succour
                   it
                   :
                   and
                   ,
                   the
                   Papists
                   being
                   reckoned
                   twenty
                   to
                   one
                   Protestant
                   ,
                   he
                   cannot
                   want
                   men
                   for
                   several
                   Armies
                   ;
                   nor
                   Arms
                   ,
                   Ammunition
                   ,
                   nor
                   Money
                   ,
                   while
                   the
                   French
                   K.
                   stands
                   his
                   Friend
                   ;
                   who
                   thereby
                   eludes
                   the
                   threatned
                   Invasion
                   from
                   England
                   ,
                   distracts
                   and
                   weakens
                   its
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   imploys
                   the
                   whole
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   without
                   the
                   least
                   service
                   or
                   advantage
                   to
                   the
                   Confederates
                   ;
                   and
                   who
                   ,
                   perhaps
                   ,
                   will
                   further
                   enable
                   him
                   to
                   land
                   some
                   thousands
                   in
                   Scotland
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   short
                   cut
                   to
                   the
                   Highlands
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   joyned
                   by
                   greater
                   Numbers
                   of
                   those
                   wild
                   People
                   ,
                   who
                   long
                   for
                   an
                   opportunity
                   to
                   enrich
                   themselves
                   by
                   the
                   spoils
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   Whence
                   it
                   is
                   plain
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   reduction
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   is
                   like
                   to
                   prove
                   a
                   Work
                   of
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   much
                   greater
                   difficulty
                   ,
                   than
                   the
                   Protestants
                   of
                   that
                   Kingdom
                   would
                   perswade
                   you
                   ;
                   and
                   you
                   will
                   find
                   that
                   a
                   compleat
                   Conquest
                   of
                   it
                   will
                   require
                   vast
                   numbers
                   of
                   Men
                   ,
                   divided
                   into
                   several
                   Armies
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   being
                   Master
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   at
                   Sea
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   your
                   imploying
                   ,
                   constantly
                   ,
                   a
                   second
                   Fleet
                   ,
                   to
                   transport
                   hence
                   Provisions
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   subsistence
                   of
                   those
                   Armies
                   .
                   The
                   fatigues
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   Campaign
                   ,
                   lying
                   in
                   the
                   Field
                   ,
                   scarcity
                   of
                   Victuals
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Flux
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   English
                   never
                   miss
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   call
                   it
                   that
                   Country
                   Disease
                   ▪
                   will
                   discourage
                   your
                   new
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   consume
                   their
                   best
                   Troops
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   Men
                   ,
                   already
                   effeminated
                   by
                   idleness
                   and
                   Luxury
                   ,
                   (
                   the
                   usual
                   Concomitants
                   of
                   Peace
                   and
                   Trade
                   ,
                   )
                   quite
                   weary
                   of
                   the
                   Service
                   .
                   However
                   ,
                   the
                   importance
                   of
                   Ireland
                   to
                   England
                   ,
                   the
                   Trade
                   ,
                   Strength
                   ,
                   and
                   Safety
                   of
                   this
                   ,
                   depending
                   upon
                   that
                   Kingdom
                   's
                   being
                   continued
                   a
                   Member
                   of
                   its
                   Dominion
                   ,
                   will
                   necessitate
                   the
                   Parliament
                   to
                   beg
                   your
                   regaining
                   it
                   on
                   any
                   terms
                   ,
                   and
                   consent
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   ,
                   to
                   your
                   bringing
                   in
                   
                     Danes
                     ,
                     Swedes
                     ,
                     Germans
                     ,
                     Dutch
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   Swissers
                   ;
                   who
                   ,
                   having
                   done
                   your
                   work
                   in
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   will
                   afterwards
                   with
                   ease
                   perfect
                   it
                   here
                   ,
                   make
                   you
                   the
                   most
                   absolute
                   Prince
                   ,
                   that
                   ever
                   sway'd
                   the
                   Sceptre
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   But
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   not
                   seem
                   to
                   affect
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   ,
                   but
                   rather
                   seem
                   content
                   with
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   leave
                   the
                   Power
                   to
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   chiefly
                   to
                   the
                   Commons
                   ,
                   who
                   holding
                   the
                   Purse-strings
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   ought
                   to
                   have
                   most
                   of
                   your
                   compliance
                   and
                   condescentions
                   :
                   As
                   for
                   the
                   Lords
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   enough
                   to
                   engage
                   in
                   your
                   Interests
                   ,
                   by
                   charges
                   of
                   Honour
                   ,
                   rather
                   than
                   profit
                   ,
                   as
                   many
                   as
                   you
                   can
                   of
                   the
                   rich
                   and
                   popular
                   :
                   their
                   Numbers
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   other
                   accidents
                   ,
                   have
                   made
                   their
                   House
                   the
                   less
                   considerable
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   for
                   your
                   service
                   to
                   treat
                   them
                   accordingly
                   .
                   After
                   all
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   presuppose
                   the
                   English
                   will
                   ,
                   ere
                   long
                   ,
                   grow
                   weary
                   of
                   your
                   Government
                   ;
                   and
                   also
                   that
                   the
                   Confederates
                   may
                   come
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   of
                   the
                   War
                   ,
                   before
                   you
                   are
                   able
                   to
                   stand
                   upon
                   your
                   own
                   Legs
                   :
                   the
                   extraordinary
                   charge
                   must
                   make
                   the
                   First
                   uneasie
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   others
                   ,
                   disappointed
                   of
                   your
                   promised
                   assistance
                   ,
                   may
                   possibly
                   give
                   credit
                   to
                   what
                   your
                   Enemies
                   will
                   suggest
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   out-witted
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   sollicited
                   a
                   League
                   more
                   to
                   gratifie
                   your
                   own
                   Ambition
                   ,
                   than
                   for
                   the
                   Common
                   Good
                   ,
                   to
                   humble
                   France
                   .
                   The
                   Parliament
                   having
                   once
                   advised
                   you
                   to
                   the
                   War
                   ,
                   will
                   be
                   too
                   far
                   engaged
                   to
                   draw
                   back
                   ,
                   or
                   think
                   of
                   a
                   change
                   ;
                   but
                   to
                   make
                   your self
                   sure
                   on
                   that
                   side
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   hasten
                   your
                   Army
                   to
                   hinder
                   it
                   ,
                   in
                   case
                   they
                   should
                   :
                   To
                   prevent
                   the
                   misfortune
                   from
                   abroad
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   speedily
                   possess
                   your
                   Allies
                   ,
                   by
                   Envoys
                   and
                   Ministers
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Crown
                   of
                   England
                   was
                   freely
                   offered
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   sought
                   by
                   you
                   ;
                   that
                   the
                   disposal
                   on
                   't
                   was
                   the
                   People's
                   Rights
                   and
                   that
                   their
                   assistance
                   to
                   confirm
                   you
                   in
                   the
                   Possession
                   is
                   necessary
                   ,
                   to
                   hinder
                   the
                   Common
                   Enemies
                   being
                   enabled
                   ,
                   as
                   otherwise
                   he
                   certainly
                   will
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   's
                   united
                   Power
                   ,
                   to
                   swallow
                   the
                   Spanish
                   Netherlands
                   ,
                   subdue
                   Holland
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   Law
                   to
                   the
                   Empire
                   and
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   Europe
                   .
                   Your
                   Protestant
                   Allies
                   you
                   must
                   perswade
                   ,
                   by
                   remonstrating
                   the
                   necessity
                   of
                   their
                   firm
                   adhesion
                   ,
                   on
                   a
                   double
                   account
                   ,
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Temporal
                     Interest
                  
                   .
                   The
                   States
                   you
                   must
                   sweeten
                   ,
                   more
                   particularly
                   by
                   repaying
                   their
                   600000
                   l.
                   and
                   farther
                   promising
                   what
                   advantages
                   they
                   please
                   in
                   the
                   Trade
                   of
                   both
                   the
                   Indies
                   .
                   Nor
                   must
                   you
                   spare
                   the
                   Wealth
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   to
                   draw
                   the
                   Dane
                   and
                   Swede
                   into
                   a
                   stricter
                   Alliance
                   :
                   the
                   first
                   may
                   probably
                   be
                   won
                   by
                   the
                   prospect
                   of
                   his
                   Brother's
                   Interest
                   in
                   the
                   Succession
                   :
                   and
                   the
                   latter
                   prevailed
                   upon
                   by
                   a
                   considerable
                   yearly
                   Pension
                   ,
                   unless
                   a
                   foresight
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   future
                   ruine
                   from
                   Denmark
                   ,
                   when
                   strengthned
                   by
                   Prince
                   
                   George's
                   Possession
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   should
                   make
                   him
                   deaf
                   to
                   your
                   Proposals
                   .
                   It
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   wished
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   were
                   not
                   before-hand
                   
                   with
                   you
                   ,
                   in
                   sending
                   abroad
                   his
                   Agents
                   ,
                   and
                   filling
                   all
                   Courts
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   profession
                   with
                   his
                   Manifesto's
                   ;
                   making
                   a
                   jest
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   and
                   its
                   Pretences
                   ,
                   his
                   own
                   Abdication
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Election
                   ;
                   justifying
                   all
                   his
                   Actions
                   ,
                   even
                   the
                   Dispensing
                   Power
                   ,
                   as
                   conformable
                   to
                   the
                   Laws
                   and
                   essential
                   to
                   the
                   nature
                   of
                   all
                   Government
                   ;
                   acquitting
                   himself
                   from
                   all
                   things
                   ,
                   but
                   his
                   being
                   a
                   Papist
                   ;
                   representing
                   the
                   League
                   to
                   be
                   all
                   over
                   Protestant
                   ,
                   and
                   design'd
                   ,
                   at
                   last
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   total
                   overthrow
                   of
                   the
                   Popish
                   Religion
                   :
                   You
                   know
                   how
                   much
                   this
                   Prince
                   is
                   the
                   Jesuits
                   Darling
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   influence
                   they
                   have
                   in
                   the
                   Emperor's
                   and
                   all
                   other
                   Courts
                   of
                   Europe
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   probable
                   it
                   is
                   that
                   upon
                   this
                   Pope's
                   Death
                   ,
                   which
                   cannot
                   be
                   far
                   off
                   ,
                   another
                   may
                   be
                   chosen
                   ,
                   more
                   zealous
                   for
                   the
                   promotion
                   of
                   his
                   Religion
                   ,
                   than
                   for
                   pulling
                   down
                   France
                   ,
                   its
                   chief
                   support
                   ;
                   which
                   considerations
                   cannot
                   but
                   quicken
                   you
                   in
                   this
                   point
                   .
                   Now
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   may
                   begin
                   your
                   Reign
                   ,
                   as
                   Princes
                   in
                   your
                   circumstances
                   used
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   by
                   some
                   Acts
                   of
                   Popularity
                   ,
                   recommend
                   to
                   the
                   Parliament
                   the
                   taking
                   off
                   the
                   Chimney-Money
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   seems
                   a
                   burden
                   on
                   the
                   poorer
                   sort
                   :
                   you
                   need
                   not
                   fear
                   but
                   what
                   they
                   thus
                   take
                   away
                   with
                   one
                   hand
                   ,
                   they
                   must
                   give
                   back
                   with
                   another
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   have
                   put
                   you
                   into
                   a
                   condition
                   to
                   carve
                   for
                   your self
                   :
                   )
                   and
                   also
                   a
                   Bill
                   of
                   Union
                   ,
                   or
                   Comprehension
                   ,
                   of
                   all
                   your
                   Protestant
                   Subjects
                   ;
                   and
                   though
                   it
                   is
                   possible
                   neither
                   may
                   succeed
                   ,
                   especially
                   the
                   last
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   the
                   Church
                   Party
                   are
                   not
                   like
                   to
                   consent
                   ;
                   the
                   Clergy
                   in
                   Possession
                   having
                   always
                   been
                   averse
                   to
                   any
                   change
                   in
                   their
                   Popish
                   Common
                   Prayer
                   Book
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   more
                   to
                   let
                   others
                   share
                   their
                   Titles
                   and
                   Benefices
                   ;
                   the
                   Propositions
                   nevertheless
                   will
                   be
                   very
                   advantageous
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   love
                   and
                   esteem
                   of
                   the
                   generality
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   .
                   As
                   for
                   Religion
                   ,
                   (
                   the
                   common
                   Cloak
                   for
                   Rebellion
                   ,
                   but
                   never
                   a
                   security
                   against
                   one
                   ,
                   )
                   you
                   ought
                   to
                   consider
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   several
                   Sects
                   into
                   which
                   it
                   is
                   divided
                   ,
                   no
                   farther
                   than
                   as
                   may
                   best
                   serve
                   and
                   promote
                   your
                   Interest
                   :
                   In
                   publick
                   seem
                   to
                   favour
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   because
                   the
                   Laws
                   ,
                   the
                   Nobility
                   ,
                   and
                   best
                   estated
                   Gentry
                   are
                   of
                   its
                   side
                   ;
                   underhand
                   ,
                   the
                   Presbyterians
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Nonconformists
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   caressed
                   ;
                   the
                   Numbers
                   ,
                   the
                   Trade
                   ,
                   the
                   Riches
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Protestant
                   Allies
                   are
                   of
                   their
                   side
                   ;
                   the
                   Romanists
                   you
                   must
                   likewise
                   study
                   to
                   oblige
                   ;
                   this
                   may
                   possibly
                   in
                   time
                   wean
                   them
                   from
                   K.
                   I.
                   and
                   will
                   please
                   a
                   considerable
                   part
                   of
                   your
                   Army
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Confederates
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Opinion
                   ;
                   who
                   must
                   be
                   taught
                   to
                   infer
                   from
                   your
                   Actions
                   ,
                   that
                   what
                   is
                   in
                   your
                   Declaration
                   against
                   Popery
                   ,
                   as
                   you●
                   Ministers
                   abroad
                   must
                   also
                   insinuate
                   ,
                   was
                   only
                   a
                   Blind
                   ,
                   a
                   necessary
                   Cant
                   to
                   perswade
                   the
                   English
                   to
                   receive
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Parliament
                   to
                   enable
                   you
                   to
                   invade
                   France
                   the
                   following
                   Spring
                   ,
                   by
                   obliging
                   their
                   King
                   to
                   joyn
                   in
                   the
                   War
                   ,
                   the
                   main
                   end
                   of
                   your
                   hazardous
                   Winter
                   Voyage
                   .
                   Thus
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   in
                   obedience
                   to
                   your
                   Commands
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   freely
                   and
                   briefly
                   given
                   your
                   Majesty
                   our
                   Opinion
                   ;
                   concluding
                   ,
                   that
                   Cowardize
                   ,
                   Treachery
                   ,
                   and
                   an
                   innate
                   desire
                   of
                   Change
                   having
                   given
                   you
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   nothing
                   can
                   secure
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   such
                   a
                   formidable
                   Army
                   as
                   we
                   have
                   described
                   ;
                   this
                   when
                   you
                   have
                   compassed
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   safely
                   assume
                   the
                   Title
                   of
                   Conqueror
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   Example
                   of
                   W.
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                   reserve
                   for
                   your Self
                   what
                   Land
                   you
                   please
                   ,
                   and
                   divide
                   the
                   rest
                   among
                   your
                   Followers
                   ;
                   settle
                   in
                   all
                   your
                   Dominions
                   ,
                   such
                   Religion
                   ,
                   Laws
                   ,
                   and
                   form
                   of
                   Government
                   ,
                   as
                   shall
                   best
                   suit
                   with
                   your
                   own
                   Grandeur
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   extent
                   of
                   your
                   Empire
                   :
                   But
                   if
                   you
                   trust
                   an
                   English
                   Army
                   ,
                   though
                   never
                   so
                   great
                   ,
                   and
                   despise
                   our
                   advice
                   ,
                   the
                   touchstone
                   of
                   sincere
                   Councellors
                   ,
                   your
                   Reign
                   will
                   be
                   short
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Ruine
                   inevitable
                   :
                   For
                   when
                   your
                   Subjects
                   reflect
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   changed
                   a
                   firm
                   Peace
                   for
                   a
                   lasting
                   War
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Flower
                   of
                   their
                   Youth
                   is
                   destroyed
                   ,
                   by
                   Land
                   and
                   Sea
                   ,
                   their
                   Freedom
                   from
                   Taxes
                   turned
                   into
                   a
                   Grievous
                   Load
                   of
                   endless
                   Impositions
                   ,
                   their
                   Trade
                   lost
                   ,
                   their
                   Rents
                   fallen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Nation
                   reduced
                   from
                   a
                   Rich
                   and
                   Glorious
                   ,
                   to
                   a
                   poor
                   contemptible
                   People
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   compleat
                   their
                   Misery
                   ,
                   next
                   door
                   to
                   be
                   enslaved
                   by
                   Foreigners
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   have
                   brought
                   all
                   these
                   Evils
                   upon
                   themselves
                   ,
                   to
                   secure
                   their
                   Religion
                   ,
                   now
                   really
                   exposed
                   to
                   Calvinism
                   or
                   
                     Luther
                     anism
                  
                   ,
                   extreams
                   ,
                   in
                   their
                   Opinions
                   ,
                   equally
                   pernicious
                   with
                   Popery
                   ;
                   of
                   which
                   ,
                   before
                   ,
                   the
                   danger
                   was
                   indeeed
                   but
                   imaginary
                   ;
                   they
                   will
                   ,
                   without
                   doubt
                   ,
                   repent
                   ,
                   and
                   contrive
                   such
                   a
                   general
                   Revolution
                   ,
                   as
                   happen'd
                   in
                   1660.
                   when
                   both
                   the
                   Fleet
                   and
                   the
                   numerous
                   Army
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   three
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   conspired
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   English
                   to
                   call
                   back
                   their
                   exil'd
                   Prince
                   .
                   The
                   same
                   causes
                   cannot
                   but
                   produce
                   the
                   same
                   effects
                   ;
                   you
                   will
                   therefore
                   live
                   to
                   see
                   your self
                   more
                   shamefully
                   fly
                   out
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   than
                   you
                   came
                   into
                   it
                   triumphantly
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   desire
                   of
                   
                   Fame
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   sense
                   of
                   your
                   own
                   safety
                   ,
                   make
                   you
                   not
                   betimes
                   provide
                   against
                   the
                   Storm
                   ,
                   and
                   imprint
                   on
                   your
                   Mind
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   more
                   Great
                   and
                   Glorious
                   ,
                   to
                   owe
                   a
                   Crown
                   to
                   Merit
                   ,
                   than
                   to
                   Chance
                   ;
                   to
                   get
                   a
                   Kingdom
                   by
                   Conquest
                   ,
                   rather
                   than
                   by
                   Birth
                   :
                
                 
                   Which
                   is
                   humbly
                   submitted
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           ,
           at
           last
           ,
           after
           above
           four
           Months
           irresolution
           ,
           concluded
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           better
           serve
           my
           Friend
           ,
           or
           my
           Country
           ,
           than
           by
           publishing
           his
           Letter
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Advice
           given
           our
           new
           King
           ;
           every
           Body
           will
           see
           a
           Plot
           is
           laid
           for
           the
           ruine
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           none
           can
           wonder
           ,
           a
           Lord
           ,
           of
           his
           great
           Sense
           and
           great
           Estate
           ,
           should
           refuse
           to
           be
           an
           Actor
           in
           the
           Tragedy
           ;
           wherein
           he
           would
           not
           have
           seem'd
           ,
           so
           long
           ,
           to
           have
           born
           a
           part
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           since
           often
           vow'd
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           had
           the
           vanity
           ,
           to
           have
           hoped
           he
           could
           have
           perswaded
           his
           Master
           to
           have
           been
           an
           English
           K.
           to
           have
           made
           good
           his
           Declarations
           ,
           his
           Promises
           ,
           and
           his
           Oaths
           ,
           to
           have
           sent
           back
           his
           Forreign
           Troops
           ,
           and
           called
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           reform
           and
           settle
           all
           our
           Disorders
           :
           But
           had
           not
           he
           had
           a
           large
           share
           in
           our
           common
           infatuation
           ,
           one
           so
           renown'd
           could
           not
           have
           expected
           this
           from
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           who
           could
           not
           be
           well
           supposed
           to
           have
           made
           them
           ,
           but
           with
           purpose
           to
           break
           them
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           had
           smooth'd
           his
           way
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           no
           Man
           in
           his
           Wits
           could
           imagine
           ,
           he
           meant
           to
           be
           a
           Slave
           to
           his
           Word
           ,
           or
           
             trust
             the
             Loyalty
             of
             Men
             ,
             become
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             by
             Treachery
             to
             their
             own
             Prince
          
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           more
           ridiculous
           to
           believe
           ,
           That
           ,
           after
           he
           got
           to
           be
           K.
           
             he
             would
             make
             good
             the
             obligations
             he
             had
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             it
             ,
             put
             himself
             under
             ,
          
           than
           it
           would
           be
           for
           a
           Wife
           ,
           to
           hope
           from
           her
           Husband
           ,
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           Vows
           he
           made
           her
           when
           a
           Lover
           .
           
             He
             that
             ,
             without
             regard
             to
             Humane
             or
             Divine
             Laws
             ,
             had
             Usurped
             upon
             the
             Rights
             of
             an
             Uncle
             ,
             Brother
             ,
             Father
             ,
             and
             Wife
             ,
             was
             not
             like
             to
             be
             restrained
             by
             Rules
             of
             his
             own
             prescribing
             .
          
           We
           are
           well
           enough
           serv'd
           ,
           and
           can
           justly
           blame
           none
           but
           our selves
           ,
           He
           understands
           his
           Interest
           and
           pursues
           it
           ,
           though
           we
           did
           ,
           and
           still
           do
           ,
           grossly
           mistake
           ours
           .
           Our
           Treasons
           have
           been
           useful
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           rewards
           us
           with
           hatred
           and
           contempt
           ,
           and
           cannot
           believe
           himself
           safe
           ,
           unless
           he
           make
           us
           Slaves
           .
           He
           will
           force
           us
           ,
           with
           the
           Ass
           in
           the
           Apologue
           ,
           dearly
           to
           repent
           our
           change
           of
           Masters
           .
           And
           if
           we
           do
           not
           account
           a
           lasting
           War
           ,
           both
           at
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           insupportable
           Taxes
           ,
           loss
           of
           Trade
           ,
           hundreds
           of
           our
           Ships
           (
           and
           among
           them
           not
           a
           few
           Royal
           ones
           )
           lost
           by
           Storm
           ,
           and
           made
           Prize
           by
           France
           ;
           14000
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           that
           was
           to
           have
           Conquered
           Ireland
           before
           last
           Michaelmas
           ,
           destroyed
           without
           fighting
           ,
           eaten
           up
           by
           Lice
           ,
           Flux
           ,
           and
           Famine
           ;
           and
           above
           5000
           of
           that
           in
           Flanders
           lost
           by
           Hunger
           ,
           Disease
           ,
           and
           Desertion
           ;
           7000
           of
           our
           ill
           man'd
           Fleet
           Dead
           ,
           and
           above
           4000
           more
           Sick
           ;
           most
           poyson'd
           by
           stinking
           rotten
           Victuals
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           French
           Salt
           ;
           an
           evil
           like
           to
           continue
           next
           year
           also
           ;
           unless
           we
           ,
           who
           are
           far
           from
           being
           Masters
           at
           Sea
           ,
           can
           take
           it
           by
           force
           ;
           frequent
           Robberies
           ,
           barbarous
           Murders
           ,
           and
           licentious
           Extravagancies
           ,
           of
           Danes
           and
           Germans
           ,
           tokens
           of
           the
           Wrath
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           punishments
           for
           our
           crime
           ,
           We
           shall
           be
           concluded
           to
           have
           as
           little
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           had
           Honour
           for
           the
           K.
           But
           all
           this
           we
           suffer
           ,
           and
           
             more
             we
             are
             yet
             like
             to
             suffer
             ,
          
           to
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           frightful
           Bugbears
           of
           Popery
           ;
           from
           Fire
           and
           Fagot
           ,
           broiling
           and
           burning
           in
           Smithfield
           and
           St.
           
           Iohns's
           ;
           dangers
           ,
           only
           of
           our
           own
           devising
           ,
           whispered
           about
           by
           Knaves
           ,
           and
           swallowed
           by
           Fools
           :
           To
           avoid
           being
           consumed
           by
           these
           painted
           Flames
           ,
           we
           have
           plunged
           our selves
           into
           a
           real
           Sea
           of
           Misery
           ,
           and
           without
           a
           Miracle
           (
           which
           we
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           believe
           them
           ceased
           ,
           must
           not
           hope
           for
           )
           cannot
           scape
           drowning
           .
           We
           have
           long
           complained
           of
           a
           Design
           ,
           in
           the
           three
           last
           Reigns
           ,
           to
           introduce
           the
           French
           Form
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           subvert
           our
           own
           ;
           make
           the
           Parliament
           a
           Cypher
           ,
           serve
           for
           nothing
           but
           to
           burthen
           the
           Nation
           with
           Taxes
           ,
           to
           support
           a
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           and
           make
           our
           Kings
           Absolute
           .
           If
           ever
           there
           was
           ground
           for
           this
           Outcry
           ,
           there
           is
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           when
           the
           Name
           of
           Parliament
           is
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           unhinge
           the
           very
           Fundamentals
           ,
           undermining
           in
           few
           Hours
           ,
           by
           a
           servile
           compliance
           with
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           our
           Laws
           ,
           our
           beloved
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           what
           our
           Ancestors
           were
           a
           building
           up
           ,
           hundreds
           of
           years
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Toil
           and
           Blood
           ,
           to
           enable
           their
           new
           Master
           by
           excessive
           Impositions
           ,
           four
           Millions
           ,
           and
           800000
           
             l.
             Sterl
          
           .
           over
           and
           above
           the
           ordinary
           Revenue
           ,
           in
           loss
           than
           one
           years
           time
           ,
           to
           raise
           an
           Army
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           un-necessary
           and
           destructive
           Wars
           ,
           not
           of
           English
           ,
           but
           of
           Strangers
           ;
           not
           
           to
           
             conquer
             others
          
           ,
           but
           to
           
             enslave
             our selves
          
           ;
           so
           bare
           faced
           a
           violation
           of
           our
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           was
           never
           before
           attempted
           by
           any
           of
           our
           Lawful
           Kings
           ,
           or
           their
           reputed
           Pensioners
           :
           But
           is
           not
           this
           the
           Summ
           Total
           of
           our
           Convention
           ,
           nick-named
           Parliament
           ,
           proceedings
           ?
           What
           good
           this
           immense
           profusion
           of
           our
           Treasure
           has
           produced
           ,
           is
           but
           too
           well
           known
           :
           Nor
           can
           it
           but
           Stomack
           every
           true
           English-Man
           ,
           that
           600000
           l.
           of
           it
           should
           be
           given
           to
           the
           States
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
             for
             contributing
             to
             our
             Ruine
             ,
          
           to
           serve
           themselves
           ;
           their
           Manifesto
           of
           the
           28th
           .
           of
           October
           ,
           has
           told
           us
           plainly
           ,
           but
           falsly
           ,
           
             That
             having
             understood
             the
             Kings
             of
          
           France
           and
           England
           ,
           
             had
             entred
             into
             a
             League
             ,
             to
             subvert
             their
             State
             ,
             they
             had
             therefore
             assisted
             the
          
           P.
           of
           O.
           
             in
             his
             enterprise
          
           .
           Had
           there
           been
           any
           such
           League
           ,
           our
           K.
           would
           not
           have
           refused
           the
           French
           King
           's
           offered
           Succours
           ;
           which
           were
           sufficient
           to
           have
           prevented
           our
           Calamities
           ,
           and
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           Crown
           :
           But
           from
           a
           Common-Wealth
           of
           Merchants
           and
           Hucksters
           ,
           whose
           Policy
           and
           Religion
           is
           Interest
           and
           Gain
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           expect
           Truth
           ,
           or
           Integrity
           ,
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           Honour
           .
           Our
           Parliament
           had
           no
           sooner
           perfected
           the
           Money
           Bills
           ,
           and
           resolved
           ,
           with
           a
           true
           zeal
           ,
           and
           the
           wonted
           courage
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           ,
           to
           rouse
           themselves
           up
           from
           their
           shameful
           slumbers
           ,
           and
           enter
           in
           good
           earnest
           upon
           methods
           of
           redressing
           the
           mismanagement
           of
           the
           Revenue
           ,
           the
           
             ill
             conduct
             of
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             non-payment
             of
             Seamens
             wages
             ,
             ●●●●●ing
             the
             Armies
             in
          
           Flanders
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           
             the
             false
             Musters
             in
             all
          
           ,
           the
           
             Navy
             Commanders
             pirating
             upon
             our
             Merchants
             ,
          
           the
           
             Dutch
             and
             Danish
             Insolencies
          
           ,
           the
           
             illegal
             free-quartering
             of
             Soldiers
          
           ,
           our
           other
           
             many
             Publick
             Grievances
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             ill
             state
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           ,
           than
           they
           were
           kicked
           out
           of
           Doors
           ,
           as
           impertinent
           Medlers
           in
           what
           was
           not
           their
           proper
           business
           ,
           with
           a
           
             surprizing
             Prorogation
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             ridiculous
             harangue
          
           ;
           deserving
           the
           credit
           ,
           the
           exact
           performance
           of
           his
           former
           Declarations
           and
           Speeches
           have
           taught
           us
           to
           give
           ;
           
             That
             he
             is
             sorry
             the
             Taxes
             are
             so
             heavy
             on
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             intends
             to
             free
             them
             from
             the
             charge
             ,
             by
             a
             speedy
             reduction
             of
          
           Ireland
           ;
           against
           his
           Interest
           and
           his
           Practice
           ,
           pursuant
           to
           the
           
             excellent
             advice
          
           given
           him
           ;
           all
           which
           plainly
           prove
           ,
           the
           spinning
           out
           this
           War
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           certain
           way
           to
           his
           End
           ,
           
             a
             Despotick
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           :
           The
           Demonstrations
           of
           this
           Truth
           ,
           and
           our
           Misery
           ,
           are
           but
           too
           many
           ,
           and
           too
           evident
           .
           His
           now
           summoning
           another
           
             Convention
             of
             Lords
             and
             Commons
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           remove
           ,
           or
           lessen
           our
           burden
           ,
           not
           to
           satisfie
           ,
           but
           amuse
           ;
           by
           Coaxing
           and
           Cajoleries
           ,
           the
           City
           and
           Country
           enraged
           at
           their
           Oppressions
           and
           the
           unexpected
           dissolution
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           to
           gain
           time
           ,
           for
           bringing
           in
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Body
           of
           Foreigners
           ,
           the
           intended
           Instruments
           of
           our
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           to
           try
           ,
           whethen
           the
           Church
           of
           
           England-Men
           ,
           whom
           he
           inwardly
           hates
           and
           fears
           ,
           will
           be
           catched
           with
           chaff
           ,
           prove
           kinder
           ,
           greater
           fools
           than
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           grant
           him
           more
           Money
           ,
           more
           than
           the
           already
           impoverish'd
           Nation
           can
           bear
           ,
           enough
           to
           enable
           him
           to
           compass
           his
           
             End
             ,
             an
             Absolute
             boundless
             Power
             ,
          
           under
           the
           plausible
           pretence
           of
           reducing
           Ireland
           ;
           which
           ,
           reduced
           his
           way
           ,
           would
           indeed
           put
           an
           end
           to
           
             Parliament
             Taxes
          
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           his
           more
           Grievous
           Impositions
           .
           He
           thinks
           it
           mean
           to
           cringe
           ,
           and
           court
           ,
           and
           ask
           for
           Money
           ,
           and
           longs
           to
           throw
           oft
           his
           Vizard
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           take
           it
           as
           his
           own
           ,
           when
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           proportion
           he
           shall
           please
           .
           If
           his
           common
           Cant
           ,
           and
           empty
           Word●
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           been
           always
           used
           to
           give
           ,
           prevail
           with
           his
           new
           Parliament
           ,
           he
           will
           soon
           despise
           his
           equally
           b●b●led
           Conformist
           and
           
             Nonconformist
             Friends
          
           ;
           laugh
           at
           all
           our
           Constitutions
           ,
           and
           know
           no
           Law
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           Will
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           stile
           of
           Our
           ,
           by
           him
           much
           envied
           ,
           Neighbor
           ,
           enforce
           his
           Edicts
           ,
           to
           which
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           must
           give
           place
           ,
           with
           a
           
             For
             such
             is
             our
             pleasure
          
           ;
           the
           only
           reason
           he
           would
           fain
           give
           of
           all
           his
           Actions
           .
           His
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           his
           Procecedings
           here
           ,
           and
           in
           Holland
           ,
           sufficiently
           speak
           his
           Imperious
           Humor
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           his
           ultimate
           design
           .
           If
           he
           would
           give
           the
           World
           the
           lye
           ,
           and
           be
           gloriously
           just
           to
           himself
           ,
           to
           his
           Word
           ,
           to
           his
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           he
           pretends
           so
           much
           to
           affect
           ,
           let
           him
           send
           back
           his
           Troops
           of
           Strangers
           ,
           lay
           aside
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           propose
           to
           both
           Houses
           at
           their
           Meeting
           ,
           in
           March
           ,
           the
           
             rewarding
             his
             extraordinary
             zeal
             for
             the
             Protestant
             Cause
             ,
          
           the
           
             calling
             a
             Legal
             Free
             Parliament
          
           ,
           to
           compose
           all
           our
           Disorders
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           settle
           our
           Government
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           no
           possibility
           of
           overturning
           our
           Laws
           ,
           or
           our
           Religion
           ,
           whether
           the
           Sovereign
           happen
           to
           be
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           or
           a
           Papist
           ,
           (
           he
           must
           be
           a
           stranger
           to
           Germany
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Power
             of
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           that
           thinks
           such
           a
           contrivance
           impossible
           ,
           
           or
           impracticable
           ,
           )
           his
           desire
           that
           what
           is
           past
           may
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           the
           Succession
           continued
           and
           provided
           for
           in
           the
           right
           Line
           ,
           beyond
           the
           hazard
           of
           any
           illegal
           interuption
           .
           Such
           a
           generous
           proposition
           would
           quickly
           regain
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           establish
           our
           Peace
           and
           Trade
           ,
           restore
           the
           distracted
           People
           to
           their
           Wits
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           love
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           prove
           no
           small
           argument
           to
           convince
           the
           many
           Gainsayers
           ,
           that
           the
           P.
           of
           O
           —
           's
           Dominion
           ,
           though
           short
           ,
           was
           
             founded
             in
             Grace
          
           :
           But
           if
           ,
           instead
           of
           this
           Heroick
           God-like
           temper
           ,
           he
           should
           still
           insist
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           cause
           to
           fear
           ,
           upon
           his
           no-right
           of
           Possession
           ,
           and
           playing
           the
           K.
           press
           for
           more
           Subsidies
           ,
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           tantamount
           ,
           a
           fond
           to
           enable
           him
           to
           raise
           his
           projected
           Army
           ,
           for
           other
           ends
           than
           that
           specious
           one
           of
           Ireland
           :
           I
           hope
           the
           H.
           of
           Commons
           will
           be
           so
           sharp
           sighted
           ,
           so
           honest
           and
           so
           wise
           ,
           as
           to
           observe
           the
           Snake
           hid
           under
           this
           Grass
           ,
           hold
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           not
           do
           his
           business
           ,
           before
           their
           own
           and
           the
           Nations
           ▪
           ;
           not
           part
           with
           a
           Shilling
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           first
           secur'd
           us
           against
           Conquest
           and
           Slavery
           .
           They
           ,
           who
           represent
           the
           People
           ,
           need
           not
           be
           told
           ,
           the
           generality
           of
           England
           wait
           but
           for
           the
           word
           ,
           to
           shew
           they
           are
           yet
           able
           and
           ready
           to
           back
           ,
           them
           with
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           Properties
           and
           Religion
           ,
           when
           ,
           and
           however
           they
           in
           Christian
           Politicks
           shall
           prescribe
           .
           The
           Armed
           strangers
           ,
           which
           we
           ,
           forgetful
           of
           Danish
           cruelties
           ,
           have
           suffered
           to
           Land
           ,
           are
           yet
           too
           few
           ,
           to
           master
           our
           Women
           ;
           but
           if
           there
           be
           not
           an
           immediate
           stop
           put
           to
           their
           Inundation
           ,
           they
           will
           soon
           be
           an
           unequal
           Match
           ,
           even
           for
           our
           Men.
           Upon
           the
           whole
           Matter
           ,
           
             Instead
             of
             a
          
           Moses
           ,
           
             a
             Deliverer
             ,
             as
             we
             were
             made
             believe
             ,
             we
             have
             found
             a
          
           Pharoah
           ,
           
             a
             heavy
             Task-Master
             ;
             and
             ,
             like
             true
             Northern
             Heroes
             ,
             have
             caught
             a
          
           Tartar
           
             with
             a
             Witness
             ;
             and
             unless
             we
             resolve
             to
             shew
             our selves
             Men
             ,
          
           English-Men
           ,
           
             alike
             zealous
             for
             Glory
             ,
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             Lif●
             ▪
             and
             speedily
             call
             for
             Succour
             ,
             a
             Free
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             our
             old
             King
             ,
             which
             alone
             can
             make
             one
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             devoured
             by
             Foreigners
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             become
             the
             scorn
             of
             all
             the
             World
             abroad
             .
          
        
         
           
             Dat.
             
               8.
               of
               Feb.
               1689.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .