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             Popish treaties not to be rely'd on in a letter / from a gentleman at York, to his friend in the Prince of Orange's camp ; addressed to all members of the next Parliament.
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           Popish
           Treaties
           not
           to
           be
           rely'd
           on
           :
           In
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           at
           
             York
             ,
          
           to
           his
           Friend
           in
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           ORANGE's
           Camp.
           
             Addressed
             to
             all
             Members
          
           of
           the
           next
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           THE
           Credulity
           and
           Superstition
           of
           Mankind
           hath
           given
           great
           Opportunities
           and
           Advantages
           to
           cunning
           
             Knaves
          
           to
           spread
           their
           Nets
           ,
           and
           lay
           their
           Traps
           in
           order
           to
           catch
           easie
           and
           unwary
           Creatures
           ;
           these
           being
           led
           on
           by
           Ignorance
           ,
           or
           Stupidity
           ,
           they
           by
           Pride
           or
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           else
           a
           Vile
           and
           Mercenary
           Principle
           ;
           Therefore
           seeing
           we
           are
           in
           this
           State
           of
           Corruption
           ,
           bred
           up
           to
           believe
           Contradictions
           and
           Impossibilities
           ,
           led
           by
           the
           Nose
           with
           every
           State
           
             Mountebank
             ,
          
           and
           
             Monkish
             Iugler
             ,
          
           moved
           like
           
             Puppets
          
           by
           Strings
           and
           Wires
           ;
           it
           seems
           high
           time
           to
           vindicate
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           to
           free
           her
           from
           these
           Shackles
           ,
           laid
           upon
           her
           in
           the
           very
           Cradle
           ;
           for
           
             Man
          
           (
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           Free
           and
           Rational
           
             Animal
          
           )
           in
           his
           present
           State
           is
           only
           an
           
             Engine
          
           and
           
             Machine
             ,
          
           contriv'd
           for
           the
           Vanity
           and
           Luxury
           of
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Tyrants
             ,
          
           who
           claim
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           seem
           to
           Monopolize
           the
           Divine
           
             Stamp
             ,
          
           tho'
           we
           are
           all
           made
           of
           the
           same
           Materials
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Tools
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           Mould
           ,
           equal
           by
           Nature
           ,
           met
           together
           and
           link'd
           in
           Societies
           by
           mutual
           Contracts
           ,
           plac'd
           by
           turns
           one
           above
           another
           ,
           and
           entrusted
           for
           some
           time
           with
           the
           Power
           of
           executing
           our
           own
           Laws
           ,
           and
           all
           by
           general
           consent
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Community
          
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           genuine
           Shape
           and
           Figure
           of
           Primitive
           and
           Sound
           Government
           ,
           not
           distemper'd
           and
           fatally
           infected
           with
           the
           monstruous
           
             Excrescencies
          
           of
           Arbitrary
           
             Power
          
           in
           one
           single
           
             Member
          
           above
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           
             whole
             ;
             Infallibility
             ,
          
           Divine
           
             Right
             ,
          
           &c.
           started
           by
           
             Knaves
          
           and
           
             Sycophants
             ,
          
           believ'd
           by
           
             Fools
             ,
          
           who
           scarce
           ever
           heard
           of
           the
           
             Greek
          
           and
           
             Roman
          
           Histories
           ,
           and
           never
           read
           their
           own
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           give
           some
           Examples
           (
           out
           of
           an
           infinite
           number
           )
           of
           People
           ruin'd
           and
           utterly
           destroy'd
           by
           their
           easie
           Credulity
           ,
           and
           good
           Nature
           ,
           matter
           of
           Fact
           being
           a
           stronger
           Proof
           ,
           and
           better
           Rule
           to
           steer
           Mankind
           ,
           than
           the
           empty
           Notions
           of
           the
           
             Schools
             ,
          
           invented
           only
           to
           perplex
           and
           confound
           our
           Ratiocination
           ,
           lest
           it
           should
           discover
           the
           naked
           Truth
           of
           things
           .
           The
           present
           Letter
           will
           confine
           it self
           only
           to
           Publick
           Promises
           ,
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           Solemn
           Contracts
           ,
           scandalously
           violated
           by
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ▪
           not
           with
           
             Heathens
          
           and
           
             Hereticks
          
           only
           ,
           but
           amongst
           themselves
           :
           We
           will
           begin
           with
           the
           more
           remote
           Countries
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Spaniards
          
           and
           
             Portugueses
          
           have
           acted
           so
           treacherously
           with
           the
           
             Africans
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Natives
           of
           both
           
             Indies
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           the
           History
           would
           be
           incredible
           ,
           if
           it
           was
           not
           related
           by
           their
           own
           Historians
           ;
           their
           Leagues
           and
           Treaties
           (
           the
           most
           sacred
           Bonds
           under
           Heaven
           )
           were
           soon
           neglected
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirit
           of
           their
           Religion
           broke
           all
           before
           it
           ;
           how
           many
           Millions
           of
           those
           innocent
           Creatures
           were
           murder'd
           in
           cold
           Blood
           ,
           and
           for
           Pastime
           sake
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           variety
           of
           Torments
           that
           the
           Devil
           could
           inspire
           into
           them
           ;
           how
           soon
           were
           the
           vast
           Regions
           of
           
             Mexico
             ,
          
           New
           
             Spain
             ,
             Peru
             ,
             Hispaniola
             ,
             Brasel
             ,
          
           &c.
           depopulated
           ,
           above
           twenty
           Millions
           of
           the
           poor
           harmless
           Inhabitants
           being
           put
           to
           death
           in
           full
           Peace
           ,
           and
           they
           the
           best
           natur'd
           People
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           very
           Ingenious
           ;
           tho'
           they
           may
           seem
           Savages
           to
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           think
           all
           
             Barbarians
          
           that
           differ
           from
           them
           in
           Habits
           ,
           Manners
           ,
           Customes
           ,
           Diet
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           Language
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           not
           considering
           that
           all-wise
           Nature
           hath
           contriv'd
           a
           different
           Scene
           of
           things
           for
           various
           Climates
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           Inhumanity
           of
           these
           
             Catholick
          
           Nations
           here
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           frequently
           bring
           Strangers
           (
           settled
           amongst
           them
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           Commerce
           )
           and
           their
           own
           fellow
           Subjects
           into
           the
           
             Inquisition
          
           ▪
           especially
           if
           they
           are
           Rich
           ,
           upon
           a
           pretence
           of
           some
           Heretical
           opinion
           ,
           tho'
           they
           themselves
           at
           first
           protect
           and
           license
           the
           Opinion
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Molino
             ,
          
           whose
           Book
           had
           receiv'd
           an
           
             Imprimatur
          
           from
           most
           of
           the
           
             Inquisitors
          
           of
           
             Spain
          
           and
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           even
           from
           the
           Infallible
           
             Head
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           yet
           afterwards
           it
           was
           burnt
           ,
           and
           he
           himself
           together
           with
           many
           of
           his
           Followers
           miserably
           tortur'd
           ;
           the
           
             Pope
          
           scarce
           escaping
           the
           Punishment
           .
           The
           Generous
           
             Marshal
             Schomberg
          
           (
           driven
           out
           of
           
             France
          
           for
           his
           great
           Services
           )
           who
           had
           won
           many
           Battels
           for
           the
           
             Portugueses
             ,
          
           and
           sav'd
           their
           Country
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           suffer'd
           to
           end
           his
           Old
           Age
           amongst
           them
           ,
           but
           was
           forc'd
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Winter
           to
           commit
           himself
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           fly
           to
           an
           inhospitable
           Shoar
           .
        
         
           The
           present
           
             French
             King
          
           renounced
           all
           his
           Pretences
           on
           
             Flanders
             ,
          
           concluded
           the
           
             Pyrenean
          
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           swore
           at
           the
           Altar
           ,
           not
           to
           meddle
           with
           that
           Country
           ,
           but
           how
           well
           he
           observ'd
           that
           Sacred
           Covenant
           ,
           
             Baron
             D'
             Isola
          
           will
           best
           inform
           you
           in
           his
           
             Bouclier
             d'Etat
             ,
          
           for
           which
           he
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           poison'd
           ;
           neither
           hath
           the
           
             French
             Monarch
          
           been
           contented
           to
           break
           all
           Faith
           and
           Measures
           with
           the
           
             Spaniard
             ,
          
           but
           he
           hath
           gone
           about
           to
           deceive
           and
           ruine
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
             Emperour
             ,
          
           all
           the
           
             Princes
          
           and
           
             Electours
          
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
             ,
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Lorrain
          
           the
           
             Swizzes
             ,
          
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             English
             ,
          
           and
           not
           only
           these
           his
           Neighbours
           and
           Allies
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           had
           all
           the
           Security
           that
           Solemn
           
             Edicts
             ,
             Oaths
             ,
          
           and
           
             Promises
          
           could
           afford
           them
           ,
           besides
           many
           other
           obligations
           upon
           the
           Crown
           for
           bringing
           the
           King
           to
           the
           Throne
           ;
           
           yet
           all
           of
           a
           sudden
           they
           found
           themselves
           oppress'd
           and
           destroy'd
           by
           his
           Apostolical
           
             Dragoons
          
           ▪
           their
           Temples
           razed
           ,
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           taken
           away
           ,
           their
           Goods
           and
           Estates
           confiscated
           ,
           themselves
           cast
           into
           Prisons
           ,
           sent
           to
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           and
           often
           shot
           at
           like
           Birds
           :
           His
           seising
           of
           
             Lorrain
             ,
             Franch
             Compte
             ,
             Alsace
             ,
             Strasburgh
             ,
             Luxemburgh
             ,
          
           the
           Principality
           of
           
             Orange
             ,
          
           the
           County
           of
           
             Avignon
             ,
             Philipsbourg
             ,
          
           the
           whole
           
             Palatinate
             ,
          
           the
           Electorates
           of
           
             Mentz
             ,
             Treves
             ,
          
           and
           
             Cologn
             ,
          
           his
           building
           of
           Cittadels
           in
           the
           
             Empire
          
           and
           in
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           &c.
           are
           so
           contradictory
           to
           National
           Agreements
           ,
           and
           Publick
           Treaties
           ,
           that
           scarce
           a
           
             Iesuit
          
           or
           a
           
             Frenchman
          
           can
           have
           Impudence
           enough
           to
           defend
           them
           ;
           a
           
             Banditto
             ,
          
           a
           
             Pyrate
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Pick-pocket
          
           would
           be
           asham'd
           of
           such
           Actions
           ;
           and
           an
           ordinary
           Man
           would
           be
           hang'd
           for
           a
           Crime
           a
           Million
           times
           less
           .
           His
           seising
           upon
           
           Hudson's
           Bay
           ,
           and
           leading
           the
           
             English
          
           into
           Slavery
           ;
           the
           
             French
          
           Treachery
           in
           the
           Engagement
           at
           Sea
           between
           us
           and
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           their
           frequent
           seizing
           of
           our
           Ships
           ,
           are
           light
           things
           ,
           not
           worthy
           our
           Resentment
           ,
           being
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           
             Monsieur
          
           whom
           the
           World
           so
           justly
           vilifies
           and
           despises
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Emperour
          
           can
           have
           no
           good
           Pretence
           to
           condemn
           the
           
             King
          
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           
             Catholick
          
           Prince
           for
           breach
           of
           Common
           Faith
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           since
           he
           himself
           hath
           plaid
           the
           same
           Game
           with
           his
           
             Protestant
          
           Subjects
           ,
           inviting
           some
           of
           the
           Chief
           of
           the
           
             Hungarian
          
           Nobility
           to
           
             Vienna
             ,
          
           under
           the
           colour
           of
           Treaty
           and
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           then
           cutting
           off
           their
           Heads
           ,
           seizing
           their
           Estates
           and
           Properties
           ,
           destroying
           their
           Pastors
           and
           Churches
           ,
           and
           extirpating
           the
           whole
           Reform'd
           Religion
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           promis'd
           and
           stipulated
           to
           protect
           and
           give
           them
           the
           liberty
           of
           their
           Consciences
           .
           The
           
             Parisian
             Masacres
          
           were
           carried
           on
           and
           executed
           under
           a
           Mask
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           all
           the
           Principal
           
             Protestants
          
           of
           
             France
          
           being
           invited
           to
           the
           healing
           Marriage
           ,
           to
           Revel
           and
           Caress
           ,
           were
           Barbarously
           Butcher'd
           at
           the
           Toll
           of
           a
           Bell
           in
           their
           Beds
           ,
           when
           they
           dream'd
           they
           slept
           securely
           .
           The
           
             Irish
             Massacre
          
           of
           above
           200000
           
             Protestants
          
           was
           no
           less
           Treacherous
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           Copy
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Cruelty
           in
           the
           West
           
             Indies
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           the
           
             Irish
          
           are
           compar'd
           by
           Historians
           for
           their
           Idleness
           and
           Inhumanity
           ,
           tho'
           not
           for
           their
           Wit.
           
        
         
           The
           Persecutions
           of
           the
           
             Protestants
          
           in
           the
           Valleys
           of
           
             Piedmont
             ,
          
           are
           another
           instance
           of
           Popish
           Immanity
           and
           baseness
           ;
           they
           were
           under
           the
           common
           shelter
           of
           publick
           Pactions
           and
           Treaties
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           solemnly
           own'd
           by
           the
           
             Dukes
          
           of
           
             Savoy
             ,
          
           to
           be
           the
           most
           Loyal
           and
           the
           most
           Couragious
           of
           their
           Subjects
           .
           The
           present
           
             Duke
             ,
          
           who
           undertook
           this
           last
           Persecution
           ,
           was
           not
           content
           to
           destroy
           them
           with
           his
           own
           Troops
           ,
           but
           call'd
           in
           the
           
             French
          
           to
           assist
           at
           the
           Comedy
           ,
           to
           shoot
           them
           off
           the
           Rocks
           ▪
           to
           hunt
           them
           over
           the
           
             Alps
             ,
          
           and
           to
           sell
           the
           strongest
           of
           them
           to
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           
             Turkish
          
           Slaves
           themselves
           might
           deride
           and
           insult
           over
           them
           ▪
           
             Catholicks
             ,
          
           who
           have
           not
           Power
           or
           Opportunity
           to
           execute
           the
           same
           things
           ▪
           seem
           to
           condemn
           the
           Conduct
           in
           Publick
           ,
           but
           sing
           
             te
             Deum
          
           in
           Private
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           they
           have
           got
           a
           sufficient
           Force
           ,
           commit
           the
           like
           Barbarities
           ,
           so
           essential
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           instinct
           of
           Nature
           cannot
           separate
           them
           .
           The
           Holy
           
             Father
          
           at
           
             Rome
          
           (
           tho'
           he
           sets
           up
           for
           a
           moderate
           and
           merciful
           
             Pontificate
          
           )
           order'd
           
             te
             Deum
          
           to
           be
           Sung
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           for
           the
           extirpation
           of
           Heresy
           out
           of
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Piedmont
          
           ;
           and
           our
           English
           
             Catholicks
          
           have
           given
           us
           (
           as
           their
           Army
           and
           Interest
           encreas'd
           )
           several
           proofs
           ,
           how
           well
           they
           can
           juggle
           and
           disguise
           themselves
           ;
           setting
           up
           Courts
           of
           
             Inquisition
             ,
          
           turning
           
             Protestants
          
           out
           of
           all
           Employs
           ▪
           and
           even
           out
           of
           their
           Freeholds
           ,
           dispensing
           with
           Laws
           ,
           Ravishing
           Charters
           ,
           packing
           Corporations
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           and
           all
           under
           a
           notion
           of
           Liberty
           or
           a
           Divine
           Right
           ;
           they
           with
           their
           
             Accomplices
          
           defended
           illegal
           Declarations
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           an
           Authority
           above
           all
           our
           Laws
           ,
           under
           the
           Cloak
           of
           a
           sham
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ▪
           racking
           at
           the
           very
           same
           time
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           Men
           ,
           and
           undermining
           the
           Foundation
           of
           our
           State
           :
           If
           Mr.
           
             Pen
          
           and
           his
           
             Disciples
             ,
          
           had
           condemn'd
           the
           unlawfulness
           of
           the
           
             Declarations
          
           and
           the
           Dispensing
           Power
           ,
           when
           they
           wrote
           so
           fast
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           they
           had
           then
           shew'd
           a
           generous
           zeal
           for
           a
           just
           Freedome
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           due
           veneration
           to
           the
           
             Legislative
          
           Power
           ▪
           
             (
             Kings
             ,
             Lords
             ,
          
           and
           
             Commons
             )
          
           but
           the
           secret
           of
           the
           
             Machine
             ,
          
           was
           to
           Maintain
           and
           Erect
           a
           
             Prerogative
          
           above
           all
           Acts
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           to
           introduce
           upon
           that
           bottom
           
             Tyranny
          
           and
           
             Popery
          
           ;
           yet
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           uncontroulable
           Power
           ,
           and
           shew
           of
           Grandeur
           ,
           an
           Easterly
           Wind
           ,
           and
           a
           Fleet
           of
           Fly-Boats
           ,
           would
           cancel
           and
           undo
           all
           again
           .
           Our
           
             Monkish
          
           Historians
           relate
           of
           
             King
             Iohn
             ,
          
           that
           being
           in
           some
           distress
           ,
           he
           sent
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Hardington
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Ralph
             Fitz-Nichols
             ,
          
           Ambassadours
           to
           
             Mirammumalim
          
           the
           great
           Emperour
           of
           
             Morocco
             ,
          
           with
           offers
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           to
           him
           ,
           upon
           Condition
           he
           would
           come
           and
           aid
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           he
           prevail'd
           ,
           he
           would
           himself
           turn
           
             Mahometan
          
           and
           renounce
           
             Popery
             .
          
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           insist
           upon
           the
           violations
           of
           Laws
           and
           Treaties
           in
           the
           Low
           
             Countries
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Tyranny
           over
           them
           ▪
           because
           the
           
             Spaniards
          
           have
           got
           so
           much
           by
           that
           Persecution
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           tempted
           to
           practise
           the
           like
           again
           ;
           for
           by
           forcing
           the
           
             Netherlanders
          
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           for
           their
           defence
           ,
           and
           by
           necessitating
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           to
           assist
           and
           preserve
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           set
           up
           a
           Free
           and
           Glorious
           
             State
          
           (
           as
           they
           themselves
           have
           call'd
           them
           in
           some
           Treaties
           )
           that
           hath
           preserv'd
           the
           languishing
           Monarchy
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Liberty
           of
           
             Christendome
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Base
           and
           Cowardly
           
             Massacre
          
           of
           that
           great
           
             Hero
             William
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Renowned
           Admiral
           
             Coligny
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Conde
          
           ;
           the
           many
           Bloody
           Conspiracies
           for
           the
           Extirpation
           of
           the
           whole
           Race
           
           of
           the
           House
           of
           
             Orange
          
           ;
           the
           Murders
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           3
           
             d
          
           ▪
           and
           
             Henry
          
           the
           4
           
             th
             ,
          
           are
           all
           Records
           and
           everlasting
           Monuments
           of
           Popish
           Barbarity
           ▪
           what
           incredible
           Effusions
           of
           Blood
           hath
           been
           occasion'd
           by
           the
           frequent
           revolts
           of
           the
           
             Popes
          
           against
           the
           Emperours
           ▪
           by
           the
           Image-Worship
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Wars
           ?
           What
           Treachery
           in
           the
           
             Bohemian
          
           Transactions
           and
           Treaties
           ?
           What
           Inhumanity
           in
           burning
           
             Ierome
          
           of
           
             Prague
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             Hus
          
           ?
           when
           they
           had
           the
           Emperours
           Pass
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           publick
           securities
           from
           the
           Council
           it self
           ,
           that
           put
           to
           Death
           those
           two
           Good
           Men.
           
        
         
           The
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           is
           another
           Scene
           of
           the
           Infidelity
           and
           Treachery
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           what
           Oaths
           did
           she
           take
           ,
           what
           Promises
           and
           Protestations
           did
           she
           make
           to
           the
           
             Suffolk
          
           Men
           who
           had
           set
           the
           Crown
           upon
           her
           Head
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           were
           the
           first
           that
           felt
           the
           strokes
           of
           a
           Persecution
           from
           
             Her.
          
           Read
           her
           History
           in
           
           Fox's
           
             Martyrs
             ,
          
           and
           Doctor
           
           Burnet's
           History
           of
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           The
           many
           Conspiracies
           to
           destroy
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           and
           King
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           the
           
             Gunpowder-Plot
             ,
          
           the
           Counsels
           carried
           on
           in
           Popish
           Countries
           to
           take
           off
           King
           
             Charles
          
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           late
           Popish
           Plots
           are
           a
           continued
           Series
           and
           Thred
           ,
           carried
           on
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           to
           break
           thro
           all
           Laws
           both
           of
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Man
             ,
          
           to
           erect
           an
           Universal
           
             Monarchy
          
           of
           
             Priest-Craft
             ,
          
           and
           to
           bring
           the
           whole
           World
           under
           their
           Yoke
           .
           The
           
             Sweeds
          
           have
           taken
           an
           effectual
           and
           commendable
           way
           ,
           to
           keep
           Popish
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Iesuits
          
           (
           those
           
             Boutefeus
          
           and
           disturbers
           of
           Societies
           ,
           the
           declared
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Welfare
           of
           Mankind
           )
           out
           of
           their
           Countries
           ,
           by
           Gelding
           them
           ,
           and
           consequently
           rendring
           them
           incapable
           of
           Sacerdotal
           Functions
           ,
           tho
           the
           
             Priests
          
           have
           found
           out
           a
           
             Salvo
             ,
          
           and
           will
           say
           Mass
           and
           Confess
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           procure
           their
           
             Testicles
          
           again
           ,
           and
           carry
           them
           in
           their
           Pockets
           either
           preserv'd
           or
           in
           Powder
           :
           In
           
             Aethiopia
             ,
             China
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iapan
             ,
          
           the
           Roman
           
             Priests
          
           have
           been
           so
           intollerably
           turbulent
           ,
           and
           such
           extravagant
           Incendiaries
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           often
           Banished
           and
           put
           to
           Death
           ;
           so
           that
           now
           they
           disguise
           themselves
           all
           over
           the
           
             Eastern
          
           Nations
           ,
           under
           the
           Names
           and
           Characters
           of
           
             Mathematicians
             ,
             Mechanics
             ,
             Physitians
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           dare
           not
           own
           their
           Mission
           to
           propagate
           a
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           which
           is
           grown
           ridiculous
           all
           over
           
             Asia
             .
          
        
         
           The
           long
           and
           dreadful
           Civil
           Wars
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           the
           many
           
             Massacres
          
           and
           
             Persecutions
             ,
          
           and
           lastly
           the
           Siege
           of
           
             Rochel
             ,
          
           are
           living
           Instances
           how
           far
           we
           may
           rely
           upon
           Engagements
           and
           Laws
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           taking
           of
           that
           
             Bulwark
             ,
          
           and
           the
           promised
           relief
           from
           hence
           ,
           The
           
             Protestant
          
           Defenders
           of
           it
           ,
           refusing
           to
           rely
           any
           longer
           upon
           Paper
           Edicts
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           of
           a
           Most
           
             Christian
             King
             ,
          
           had
           this
           
             City
          
           granted
           them
           as
           a
           cautionary
           Town
           for
           their
           Security
           ,
           for
           before
           they
           had
           alwaies
           been
           deluded
           out
           of
           their
           Advantages
           by
           fair
           Promises
           ,
           insignificant
           Treaties
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           ;
           yet
           
             Lewis
          
           the
           13.
           following
           the
           vitious
           Examples
           of
           Treacherous
           Princes
           ,
           fell
           upon
           this
           Glorious
           
             City
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Laws
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           made
           a
           resistance
           and
           brave
           defence
           ,
           (
           having
           never
           heard
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           amongst
           their
           Pastors
           )
           thinking
           it
           more
           lawful
           to
           defend
           their
           Rights
           ,
           than
           it
           was
           for
           
             Lewis
          
           to
           invade
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           late
           and
           present
           
             Reign
          
           here
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           they
           are
           too
           nice
           and
           tender
           things
           for
           me
           to
           touch
           ;
           whether
           the
           
             Transactions
          
           of
           them
           are
           consistant
           with
           the
           
             Coronation
             Oaths
             ,
          
           the
           many
           
             Declarations
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
          
           publick
           and
           solemn
           Promises
           ,
           I
           am
           no
           fit
           Judge
           ;
           they
           are
           more
           proper
           for
           the
           Gravity
           of
           an
           Historian
           ,
           or
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           
             Parliament
          
           to
           handle
           ,
           than
           for
           a
           private
           Gentleman
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           his
           Friend
           :
           The
           Bishops
           Papers
           ,
           and
           the
           P.
           of
           
           Orange's
           
             Declarations
          
           are
           the
           best
           
             Memoirs
          
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           only
           begin
           ,
           where
           the
           two
           parts
           of
           the
           History
           of
           the
           growth
           of
           
             Popery
          
           and
           
             Arbitrary
          
           Government
           left
           off
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           we
           may
           trust
           to
           
             Catholick
          
           Stipulations
           ,
           Oaths
           and
           Treaties
           ,
           the
           facts
           of
           past
           and
           the
           present
           Age
           are
           the
           best
           
             Criterions
          
           and
           Rules
           to
           guide
           and
           determine
           us
           ;
           for
           what
           happens
           every
           day
           ▪
           will
           in
           all
           probability
           happen
           to
           morrow
           ,
           the
           same
           Causes
           alwaies
           produce
           the
           same
           Effects
           ;
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           is
           still
           the
           same
           Church
           it
           was
           a
           hundred
           years
           ago
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Mass
           of
           Treachery
           ,
           Barbarity
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Superstition
           ;
           a
           
             Machine
          
           without
           any
           principle
           or
           setled
           Law
           of
           Motion
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           mov'd
           or
           stopt
           with
           the
           weights
           of
           any
           private
           or
           publick
           
             Obligations
          
           ;
           a
           
             Monster
          
           that
           destroys
           all
           that
           is
           sacred
           both
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ▪
           so
           Ravenous
           that
           it
           is
           never
           content
           ,
           unless
           it
           gets
           the
           whole
           World
           into
           its
           Claws
           ,
           and
           tears
           all
           to
           pieces
           in
           order
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           a
           
             Proteus
          
           that
           turns
           it self
           into
           all
           shapes
           ,
           a
           
             Chameleon
          
           that
           puts
           on
           all
           Colours
           according
           to
           its
           present
           circumstances
           ,
           this
           day
           an
           
             Angel
          
           of
           Light
           ,
           to
           morrow
           a
           
             Belzebub
             .
          
           Amongst
           all
           the
           
             Courts
          
           of
           
             Christendome
          
           where
           I
           have
           Conversed
           ,
           that
           of
           
             Holland
          
           is
           the
           freest
           from
           Tricks
           and
           Falsehood
           ;
           and
           tho'
           I
           am
           naturally
           jealous
           and
           suspitious
           of
           the
           Conduct
           of
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           could
           never
           discover
           the
           least
           Knavery
           within
           those
           Walls
           ,
           it
           appear'd
           to
           me
           another
           
             Athens
          
           of
           
             Philosophers
             ,
          
           and
           the
           only
           Seat
           of
           
             Iustice
          
           and
           
             Vertue
          
           now
           left
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           
             Prince
          
           of
           
             Orange
             ,
          
           it
           is
           so
           faithfully
           drawn
           by
           Sir
           
             Will.
             Temple
             ,
          
           Doctor
           
             Burnet
             ,
          
           and
           in
           a
           half
           sheet
           lately
           Printed
           ,
           that
           I
           ,
           who
           am
           so
           averse
           from
           Flattery
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           scarce
           speak
           a
           good
           word
           of
           any
           Body
           ,
           or
           think
           one
           good
           thought
           of
           my self
           ,
           will
           not
           write
           any
           further
           
             Panegyrick
          
           upon
           his
           
             Highness
             ,
          
           only
           that
           he
           is
           a
           very
           Honest
           
             Man
             ,
          
           a
           Great
           
             Souldier
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Wise
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           upon
           whose
           Word
           the
           World
           may
           safely
           rely
           .
           A
           late
           
             Pamphleteer
          
           reviles
           the
           
             Prince
          
           with
           breaking
           his
           Oath
           when
           he
           took
           the
           
           Statholder's
           Office
           upon
           him
           ,
           not
           considering
           that
           the
           Oath
           was
           impos'd
           upon
           his
           
             Highness
          
           in
           his
           
             Minority
          
           by
           a
           
             French
             Faction
             ,
          
           then
           jealous
           of
           the
           
           aspiring
           and
           true
           Grandeur
           of
           his
           
             Young
             Soul
          
           ;
           that
           the
           
             States
          
           themselves
           (
           to
           whom
           the
           Obligation
           was
           made
           )
           freed
           his
           
             Highness
          
           from
           the
           Bond
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           necessity
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           the
           Importunities
           of
           the
           
             People
          
           forced
           that
           Dignity
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           his
           
             Ancestors
          
           had
           enjoy'd
           ,
           and
           
             he
          
           so
           well
           deserv'd
           ,
           that
           
             he
          
           sav'd
           the
           sinking
           Commonwealth
           (
           their
           
             Provinces
          
           being
           almost
           all
           Surpriz'd
           and
           Enslav'd
           by
           the
           
             French
          
           )
           compared
           to
           the
           gasping
           State
           of
           
             Rome
          
           after
           the
           loss
           at
           
             Cannae
          
           ;
           His
           
             Highness
          
           was
           no
           more
           puft
           up
           with
           this
           Success
           ,
           than
           he
           had
           been
           daunted
           with
           Hardships
           and
           Misfortunes
           ;
           alwaies
           the
           same
           
             Hero
             ,
          
           Just
           ,
           Serene
           ,
           and
           Unchang'd
           under
           all
           Events
           ,
           an
           Argument
           of
           the
           vastness
           of
           his
           Mind
           ;
           whereas
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Mutability
           ,
           (
           sometimes
           
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           sometimes
           
             Father
          
           of
           a
           Country
           ,
           sometimes
           Huffing
           ,
           other
           times
           Sneaking
           )
           is
           oftentime
           a
           Symptome
           of
           a
           Mean
           and
           Cowardly
           
             Soul
             ,
          
           vile
           and
           dissolute
           ,
           born
           for
           Rapine
           and
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           
             Princess
             ,
          
           she
           may
           without
           any
           flattery
           be
           stiled
           the
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           of
           her
           Sex
           ;
           the
           most
           Knowing
           ,
           the
           most
           Virtuous
           ,
           the
           Fairest
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           best
           Natur'd
           
             Princess
          
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           Belov'd
           and
           Admir'd
           by
           her
           Enemies
           ,
           never
           seen
           in
           any
           Passion
           ,
           always
           under
           a
           peculiar
           Sweetness
           of
           Temper
           ,
           extremely
           moderate
           in
           her
           Pleasures
           ,
           taking
           delight
           in
           Working
           and
           in
           Study
           ,
           Humble
           and
           Affable
           in
           her
           Conversation
           ,
           very
           pertinent
           in
           all
           Questions
           ,
           Charitable
           to
           all
           
             Protestants
             ,
          
           and
           frequenting
           their
           Churches
           :
           The
           
             Prince
          
           is
           often
           seen
           with
           her
           at
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           she
           with
           the
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Devotion
           of
           his
           
             Church
          
           ;
           she
           dispenses
           with
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Surplice
           ,
           Bowing
           to
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Iesus
             ,
          
           out
           of
           Compliance
           to
           a
           
             Country
          
           that
           adores
           her
           ;
           being
           more
           intent
           upon
           the
           Intrinsick
           and
           Substantial
           Parts
           of
           Religion
           ,
           
             Prayer
          
           and
           Good
           
             Works
             :
          
           She
           speaks
           several
           Languages
           even
           to
           Perfection
           ,
           is
           entirely
           Obedient
           to
           the
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           and
           
             he
          
           extremely
           dear
           to
           her
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           
             She
          
           is
           a
           
             Princess
          
           of
           many
           extraordinary
           Virtues
           and
           Excellencies
           ,
           without
           any
           appearance
           of
           Vanity
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           mixture
           of
           Vice
           ;
           and
           upon
           whose
           Promise
           the
           World
           may
           safely
           depend
           :
           As
           for
           the
           many
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           against
           this
           
             Royal
             Couple
          
           a
           short
           time
           may
           bring
           them
           all
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           faithful
           Historians
           publish
           them
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           may
           observe
           that
           whereas
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           Maxim
           of
           several
           Kings
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           of
           late
           years
           ,
           to
           contend
           and
           ourvie
           each
           other
           in
           Preying
           upon
           ,
           and
           Destroying
           not
           only
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           
             Protestant
          
           Subjects
           ,
           by
           all
           methods
           of
           Perfidiousness
           and
           Cruelty
           ;
           the
           only
           way
           to
           establish
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           to
           enslave
           the
           natural
           Freedom
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           being
           to
           introduce
           a
           general
           Ignorance
           ,
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           Idolatry
           ;
           for
           if
           once
           People
           can
           be
           perswaded
           that
           Statues
           and
           Idols
           are
           
             Divinities
          
           and
           adorable
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Wafer
           is
           the
           
             Infinite
             God
             ,
          
           after
           two
           or
           three
           Ridiculous
           Words
           ,
           utter'd
           by
           a
           vile
           Impostor
           and
           Impudent
           Cheat
           ,
           then
           they
           may
           easily
           be
           brought
           to
           submit
           their
           necks
           to
           all
           the
           Yokes
           that
           a
           Tyrant
           and
           a
           Priest
           can
           invent
           and
           put
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           once
           they
           part
           with
           their
           Reason
           ,
           their
           Liberty
           will
           soon
           follow
           ;
           as
           we
           behold
           every
           day
           in
           the
           miserable
           enslav'd
           Countries
           where
           
             Popery
          
           domineers
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           it
           hath
           always
           been
           the
           steddy
           and
           immutable
           Principle
           of
           the
           House
           of
           
             Orange
          
           to
           rescue
           
             Europe
          
           from
           its
           Oppressours
           ,
           and
           to
           resettle
           Governments
           upon
           the
           Primitive
           and
           Immortal
           Foundation
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           and
           
             Property
          
           ;
           a
           Glorious
           Maxim
           ,
           taken
           from
           the
           Old
           
             Roman
             Commonwealth
             ,
          
           that
           Fought
           and
           Conquer'd
           so
           many
           Nations
           ,
           only
           to
           set
           them
           Free
           ,
           to
           Restore
           them
           wholsome
           Laws
           ,
           their
           Natural
           and
           Civil
           Liberties
           ;
           a
           Design
           so
           Generous
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           Great
           ,
           that
           the
           
             East
          
           groaning
           under
           the
           Fetters
           and
           Oppressions
           of
           their
           Tyrants
           ,
           flew
           in
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Eagles
          
           for
           Shelter
           and
           Protection
           ,
           under
           whose
           Wings
           the
           several
           Nations
           liv'd
           Free
           ,
           Safe
           and
           Happy
           ,
           till
           Traitours
           and
           Usurpers
           began
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           the
           Sacred
           Laws
           of
           that
           vertuous
           
             Constitution
             ,
          
           and
           to
           keep
           up
           Armies
           to
           defend
           that
           by
           Blood
           and
           Rapine
           ,
           which
           
             Iustice
          
           would
           have
           thrown
           in
           their
           Face
           ,
           and
           Punished
           them
           as
           they
           deserved
           ;
           the
           Preservation
           and
           Welfare
           of
           the
           
             People
          
           being
           in
           all
           Ages
           call'd
           the
           Supreme
           
             Law
             ,
          
           to
           which
           all
           the
           rest
           ought
           to
           tend
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           foregoing
           Relation
           of
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           it
           appears
           most
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           are
           not
           to
           be
           ty'd
           by
           Laws
           ,
           Treaties
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           Oaths
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           bonds
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ;
           the
           sad
           experience
           of
           this
           and
           other
           
             Kingdoms
             ,
          
           declares
           to
           all
           Mankind
           the
           invalidity
           and
           insignificancy
           of
           all
           
             Contracts
          
           and
           
             Agreements
          
           with
           the
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           who
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           Solemn
           
             Covenants
          
           with
           
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           do
           watch
           for
           all
           Advantages
           and
           Opportunities
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           being
           commanded
           thereunto
           by
           their
           
             Councils
          
           and
           the
           principles
           of
           their
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           instigated
           by
           their
           
             Priests
             .
          
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           several
           Wars
           of
           the
           
             Barons
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Reigns
           of
           King
           
             Iohn
             ,
             Henry
          
           the
           Third
           ,
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           
             Richard
          
           the
           Second
           ,
           in
           Defence
           of
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           for
           redressing
           the
           many
           Grievances
           (
           under
           which
           the
           Kingdome
           groan'd
           )
           is
           a
           full
           representation
           of
           the
           Infidelity
           and
           Treachery
           of
           those
           Kings
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Invalidity
           of
           Treaties
           with
           them
           ;
           how
           many
           Grants
           ,
           Amendments
           ▪
           and
           fair
           Promises
           had
           they
           from
           those
           Princes
           ▪
           and
           yet
           afterwards
           how
           many
           Ambuscades
           ,
           and
           Snares
           were
           laid
           to
           destroy
           those
           glorious
           
             Patriots
          
           of
           
             Liberty
          
           ;
           what
           Violations
           of
           Compacts
           and
           Agreements
           ,
           and
           what
           havock
           was
           made
           upon
           all
           Advantages
           and
           Opportunities
           ,
           that
           those
           false
           Kings
           could
           take
           :
           Read
           their
           Histories
           in
           our
           several
           
             Chronicles
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .