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           A
           Reply
           to
           the
           Answer
           Doctor
           Welwood
           has
           made
           to
           King
           
           Iames's
           Declaration
           ,
           which
           Declaration
           was
           dated
           at
           St.
           
             Germaines
             ,
             April
          
           17th
           .
           
             S.
             N.
          
           1693.
           and
           Published
           also
           in
           the
           Paris
           Gazett
           ,
           Iune
           20th
           .
           1693.
           
        
         
           
             
               Aetas
               parentum
               pejor
               avis
               ,
               tulit
               Nos
               nequiores
               .
               
                 Horat.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 People
                 endure
                 Oppression
                 with
                 more
                 Patience
                 from
                 an
              
               Usurper
               ,
               
                 then
                 one
                 ascending
                 through
                 a
                 long
                 Succession
                 ,
                 as
                 esteeming
                 it
              
               more
               Natural
               ,
               
                 and
                 no
                 less
                 then
                 they
                 look'd
                 for
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 acknowledging
                 to
                 have
              
               deserved
               
                 it
                 for
                 not
                 seeing
              
               when
               
                 they
                 were
                 well
              
               .
               
                 
                 Osborne's
                 Advice
                 to
                 his
                 Son
                 :
                 Second
                 Part.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             PREFACE
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             so
             far
             from
             triumphing
             over
             our
             Misfortunes
             ,
             that
             I
             call
             God
             to
             witness
             ,
             England
             can
             receive
             none
             that
             do
             not
             sensibly
             wound
             me
             ;
             but
             the
             Wise
             Man
             in
             the
             Scripture
             advising
             us
             ,
             To
             consider
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Adversity
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             not
             unseasonable
             at
             this
             time
             to
             recollect
             the
             present
             State
             of
             our
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             under
             a
             few
             short
             Heads
             expose
             the
             Calamitous
             Condition
             of
             our
             Country
             to
             the
             view
             and
             the
             consideration
             of
             all
             disinterested
             and
             honest
             People
             .
             Some
             of
             those
             things
             I
             shall
             offer
             here
             ,
             have
             been
             already
             mentioned
             in
             Print
             ,
             and
             others
             in
             private
             Conversation
             ,
             amongst
             such
             whose
             Judgments
             tho'
             in
             some
             particulars
             differed
             from
             mine
             ,
             yet
             who
             I
             have
             the
             Charity
             to
             believe
             are
             guided
             by
             Principles
             of
             Integrity
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             pursuit
             of
             the
             ends
             they
             drive
             at
             prefer
             the
             publick
             Good
             before
             any
             private
             Advantage
             of
             their
             own
             .
             But
             tho
             I
             have
             sometimes
             discoursed
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
             with
             men
             in
             Place
             and
             Power
             ,
             and
             such
             too
             as
             have
             the
             reputation
             of
             good
             Sence
             ,
             yet
             what
             I
             have
             delivered
             with
             all
             the
             Sincerity
             man
             is
             capable
             of
             ,
             has
             generally
             met
             with
             the
             Fortune
             incident
             to
             such
             meagre
             Doctrines
             as
             won't
             make
             the
             Pot
             boyl
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             been
             listened
             to
             
             as
             Sermons
             are
             ;
             more
             for
             decency
             than
             application
             .
             I
             have
             therefore
             restrained
             my self
             hitherto
             from
             publishing
             my
             thoughts
             so
             freely
             ,
             unwilling
             to
             oppose
             the
             rapid
             Tydes
             of
             Passion
             and
             Interest
             ,
             which
             for
             these
             last
             five
             Years
             have
             born
             down
             all
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             overflowing
             the
             defences
             of
             Law
             and
             Reason
             ,
             have
             brought
             a
             deluge
             of
             Miseries
             upon
             t●is
             distracted
             Nation
             .
             But
             now
             that
             the
             Fulness
             of
             time
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             and
             our
             Ruin
             almost
             quite
             accomplish't
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             am
             obliged
             to
             contain
             my self
             no
             longer
             within
             Table
             talk
             ,
             but
             to
             do
             my
             Country
             all
             the
             Service
             I
             am
             capable
             of
             from
             the
             Shade
             I
             live
             in
             ,
             by
             endeavouring
             to
             dispel
             those
             Mi●ts
             of
             Prejudice
             from
             before
             their
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             demonstrating
             tha●
             a
             Du●ch
             Government
             that
             never
             was
             founded
             in
             any
             Religion
             ,
             has
             been
             much
             more
             destructive
             to
             us
             ,
             then
             a
             Popish
             one
             could
             have
             been
             tho'
             seasoned
             with
             too
             m●ch
             .
             For
             I
             don
             't
             in
             the
             least
             doubt
             but
             that
             most
             of
             those
             who
             were
             the
             chief
             Incendiaries
             in
             the
             Late
             Revolution
             ,
             and
             who
             scattered
             the
             Fears
             and
             Jealousies
             of
             Popery
             most
             ,
             would
             now
             acknowledge
             ,
             if
             they
             du●st
             speak
             out
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Provocations
             of
             the
             last
             R●ign
             were
             in
             themselves
             as
             Impotent
             ,
             as
             Unjust
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             for
             so
             inconsiderable
             a
             Party
             to
             contrive
             any
             Mischiefs
             that
             required
             such
             violent
             Remedies
             as
             were
             pre●cribed
             .
             For
             whoever
             heard
             that
             a
             Country
             govern'd
             by
             Laws
             was
             enslaved
             by
             a
             Prince
             ,
             whom
             his
             Subjects
             had
             entertained
             inveterate
             apprehensions
             of
             ,
             even
             before
             his
             accession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             or
             would
             not
             laugh
             at
             the
             pretence
             of
             five
             or
             six
             thousand
             Papists
             endangering
             our
             Religion
             and
             Property
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             a
             Million
             of
             Protestants
             ,
             keepers
             of
             the
             Liberties
             of
             England
             .
             It
             was
             therefore
             a
             vain
             Phantome
             to
             imagine
             that
             a
             King
             whose
             Subjects
             were
             suspitious
             and
             watchful
             over
             ,
             could
             surprise
             us
             with
             any
             material
             Innovati●ns
             in
             Religion
             ,
             or
             undermine
             the
             Fundamentals
             of
             our
             Government
             ;
             for
             as
             no
             man
             can
             be
             dangerously
             betrayed
             but
             by
             a
             Friend
             ,
             so
             no
             Government
             can
             be
             subverted
             but
             by
             a
             Magistrate
             in
             whom
             a
             Trust
             and
             Confidence
             is
             reposed
             ;
             agreeable
             to
             which
             is
             a
             Maxim
             of
             our
             modern
             Polititians
             ,
             That
             the
             English
             Liberties
             were
             never
             so
             much
             endangered
             as
             under
             vertuous
             Princes
             ,
             the
             meaning
             of
             which
             is
             that
             our
             People
             charmed
             with
             an
             Opinion
             of
             their
             Justice
             ,
             have
             been
             too
             unwarily
             apt
             to
             submit
             to
             such
             extensions
             of
             the
             Prerogative
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             abuse
             of
             evil
             Successors
             have
             become
             Presidents
             for
             a
             too
             exorbitant
             exercise
             of
             their
             Power
             .
             This
             consequence
             is
             much
             worse
             because
             nearer
             at
             hand
             ,
             if
             the
             Prince
             be
             vertuous
             only
             in
             the
             giddy
             conceit
             of
             the
             Populace
             ,
             deluded
             by
             the
             fallacies
             of
             artificial
             men
             ,
             for
             such
             an
             one
             carries
             the
             secret
             Venom
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             is
             impatient
             of
             opportunities
             to
             profit
             himself
             upon
             the
             dupes
             of
             his
             own
             Reign
             .
             And
             this
             is
             just
             our
             case
             ;
             for
             by
             starting
             at
             a
             Shadow
             ,
             we
             have
             embraced
             the
             very
             Substance
             that
             we
             feared
             ,
             in
             deposing
             a
             Lawful
             home-born
             Monarch
             ,
             who
             could
             not
             ,
             nor
             had
             a
             thought
             to
             hurt
             us
             ,
             and
             exalting
             with
             a
             popular
             ,
             but
             blind
             Zeal
             a
             little
             Forreign
             Prince
             ,
             who
             has
             imbibed
             by
             his
             Education
             a
             dislike
             
             for
             English
             men
             ,
             and
             has
             so
             modell'd
             his
             Affairs
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             King
             truckled
             to
             the
             Statholder
             ,
             and
             in●ended
             these
             three
             Kingdoms
             should
             be
             Provinces
             subservient
             to
             the
             Seven
             from
             whence
             he
             comes
             .
          
           
             This
             may
             be
             deduced
             from
             every
             Act
             since
             the
             first
             Scene
             of
             this
             so
             fatal
             and
             expensive
             Reign
             ;
             but
             it
             not
             being
             the
             subject
             of
             this
             place
             to
             launch
             into
             a
             thorow
             Comentary
             ,
             I
             will
             only
             hint
             at
             what
             is
             freshest
             in
             our
             Memories
             ,
             and
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             the
             late
             admirable
             Caution
             in
             the
             Conduct
             of
             our
             Fleets
             and
             Army
             .
             Was
             it
             from
             his
             Love
             to
             England
             that
             he
             broke
             his
             Promise
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             to
             send
             a
             Squadron
             of
             men
             of
             War
             into
             the
             Mediteranean
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             be
             there
             before
             the
             beginning
             of
             last
             Spring
             ,
             to
             act
             in
             Conjunction
             with
             the
             Spanish
             Admiral
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             French
             attempted
             any
             thing
             in
             Naples
             ,
             or
             in
             Catalonia
             ?
             Was
             it
             from
             his
             love
             to
             our
             Merchants
             ,
             that
             he
             detained
             our
             Ships
             that
             had
             been
             a
             Year
             loaden
             at
             Spithead
             ,
             and
             might
             safely
             have
             ventured
             last
             November
             out
             without
             a
             Convoy
             ?
             But
             were
             kept
             in
             under
             an
             Embargo
             ,
             because
             the
             Dutch
             were
             not
             ready
             ,
             and
             and
             neither
             Sir
             
               G.
               Rook
            
             nor
             they
             permitted
             to
             sail
             until
             our
             Holland
             Friends
             were
             pleased
             to
             joyn
             them
             ,
             at
             such
             a
             time
             that
             it
             was
             true
             a
             Convoy
             became
             necessary
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             Convoy
             as
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             been
             less
             than
             the
             whole
             Na●al
             strength
             of
             England
             ?
             By
             this
             breach
             of
             Word
             with
             an
             Ally
             ,
             his
             Catholick
             Majesty
             owed
             the
             safety
             of
             his
             whole
             Fleet
             at
             Naples
             only
             to
             the
             Storm
             that
             dissipated
             Mr.
             
               d'
               Estrees
            
             Squadron
             ,
             but
             by
             it
             has
             since
             actually
             lost
             Roze
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             tender
             care
             of
             our
             Smirna
             Fleet
             in
             keeping
             them
             safe
             so
             long
             in
             Harbour
             and
             hugging
             them
             as
             Monkeys
             do
             their
             young
             ones
             to
             death
             ,
             our
             Turkey
             Trade
             ,
             nay
             and
             the
             whole
             Exchange
             of
             London
             ,
             were
             all
             at
             once
             upon
             the
             utmost
             precipice
             and
             brink
             of
             ruin
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             but
             admire
             the
             Courage
             of
             our
             Sanguine
             Citizens
             ,
             that
             still
             bears
             up
             against
             so
             many
             repeated
             Losses
             ,
             for
             tho'
             the
             richest
             of
             their
             Tu●ky
             Ships
             were
             sunk
             at
             Gib●altar
             and
             Malaga
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             escaped
             have
             lost
             a
             whole
             years
             Trade
             and
             Markets
             ,
             yet
             some
             of
             them
             have
             been
             prevailed
             upon
             to
             bring
             their
             Offerings
             to
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             content
             to
             hazard
             the
             Pyracies
             of
             the
             Court
             for
             seven
             
               per
               cent
            
             ,
             and
             to
             relieve
             the
             Seamens
             Wifes
             from
             Hunger
             ,
             Mutiny
             ,
             or
             sudden
             Death
             .
             I
             will
             not
             go
             about
             to
             compute
             the
             irreparable
             Loss
             we
             have
             suffered
             by
             this
             unheard
             of
             Conduct
             ;
             how
             much
             our
             Staple
             Manufactures
             are
             endamaged
             ,
             how
             many
             Merchants
             ,
             Insurers
             ,
             Packers
             ,
             Dyers
             ,
             Clothiers
             ,
             Silkmen
             ,
             and
             Weavers
             must
             starve
             or
             steal
             for
             want
             of
             business
             ,
             and
             the
             disappointment
             of
             those
             Goods
             the
             return
             of
             this
             Fleet
             would
             have
             imported
             .
             A
             little
             time
             will
             demonstrate
             these
             effects
             without
             a
             Calculation
             ;
             but
             I
             cannot
             pass
             over
             the
             industrious
             Sollicitations
             for
             Money
             ,
             and
             the
             engaging
             arts
             the
             Court
             made
             use
             of
             to
             〈◊〉
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             secure
             them
             of
             amendments
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             which
             indeed
             amounts
             to
             an
             assurance
             ,
             that
             my
             Lord
             Falkland
             shall
             prove
             an
             expert
             Admiral
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             and
             that
             Sir
             
               H.
               Goodrick
            
             shall
             plant
             a
             Battery
             at
             the
             
             Lands
             end
             ,
             which
             will
             reach
             to
             Brest
             ,
             and
             sink
             the
             Ships
             within
             that
             Harbour
             .
             Missionaries
             were
             daily
             employed
             to
             soften
             and
             restore
             their
             aking
             hearts
             ,
             and
             Letters
             from
             the
             Prince
             of
             Condy
             ,
             and
             others
             were
             forged
             ,
             and
             pretended
             to
             be
             intercepted
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             which
             diminished
             the
             late
             Victory
             ,
             and
             augmented
             the
             Losses
             on
             the
             French
             side
             :
             But
             when
             several
             of
             the
             Merchants
             had
             been
             invited
             to
             drown
             their
             Sorrows
             in
             the
             Cellars
             at
             Kensington
             ,
             the
             Queen
             thought
             it
             a
             proper
             Season
             to
             send
             a
             select
             Committee
             of
             the
             Council
             Board
             to
             Guildhall
             ,
             to
             whose
             august
             appearance●
             the
             Aldermen
             paid
             Reverence
             and
             submitted
             .
          
           
             These
             were
             some
             of
             the
             Delusions
             practised
             to
             lull
             poor
             men
             into
             a
             farther
             Confidence
             ;
             to
             palliate
             our
             losses
             at
             Sea
             ,
             and
             to
             disguise
             our
             disgrace
             at
             Land
             :
             But
             there
             is
             another
             Cheat
             that
             is
             still
             more
             offensive
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             more
             familiar
             ,
             and
             more
             vexatious
             then
             all
             the
             bare-faced
             Injuries
             of
             our
             Enemies
             abroad
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             Couzenage
             diffused
             all
             over
             England
             by
             A●thority
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             Falshoods
             that
             are
             twice
             a
             Week
             imposed
             upon
             us
             by
             that
             Domestick
             Animal
             the
             Gazetier
             .
             This
             worthy
             Author
             out-pitches
             the
             Fables
             of
             
               Tom
               Coriat
            
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Legends
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             
             Yard's
             almighty
             Pen
             has
             assumed
             the
             power
             of
             raising
             many
             hundreds
             that
             are
             dead
             to
             life
             ,
             and
             has
             killed
             many
             thousands
             who
             will
             survive
             himself
             .
             I
             will
             not
             stay
             to
             rake
             that
             Kennel
             ,
             and
             to
             insist
             upon
             the
             particular
             Lyes
             which
             every
             Gazettis
             stuffed
             with
             ,
             and
             am
             sorry
             that
             well-meaning
             people
             in
             the
             Country
             suck
             in
             so
             much
             Poyson
             with
             the
             divertisement
             of
             a
             News-Book
             ,
             and
             have
             such
             an
             alacrity
             in
             believing
             what
             ever
             is
             by
             Licence
             printed
             .
             But
             if
             any
             man
             with
             a
             little
             understanding
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             leisure
             ,
             will
             look
             over
             his
             accounts
             of
             Martinego
             ,
             of
             the
             Streights
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             his
             History
             of
             the
             Late
             Battel
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             mark
             his
             Contradictions
             ,
             he
             must
             needs
             own
             ,
             that
             if
             Sincerity
             and
             Truth
             have
             any
             pretence
             to
             the
             management
             of
             our
             Affairs
             ,
             no
             Government
             ever
             had
             such
             a
             Libeller
             as
             Mr.
             Yard
             .
             For
             my
             own
             part
             ,
             I
             take
             no
             pleasure
             in
             uncovering
             the
             nakedness
             of
             England
             ,
             or
             proclaiming
             our
             Misfortunes
             ;
             but
             since
             our
             Distempers
             are
             so
             industriously
             dissembled
             and
             concealed
             ,
             I
             think
             every
             man
             who
             has
             no
             share
             going
             in
             the
             Imposture
             ,
             ob●iged
             to
             explain
             our
             weakness
             ,
             and
             lay
             open
             the
             State
             of
             our
             Condition
             ,
             in
             hopes
             the
             Nation
             will
             unite
             to
             apply
             some
             Remedies
             to
             the
             Disease
             ;
             for
             what
             honest
             man
             can
             bear
             with
             the
             deceit
             of
             such
             unfaithful
             Relations
             as
             go
             stampt
             out
             of
             a
             Secretaries
             Office
             ,
             and
             passing
             upon
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             confirm
             and
             fool
             them
             into
             a
             perseverence
             ;
             of
             which
             tho'
             they
             who
             live
             in
             London
             may
             be
             disabused
             by
             forreign
             Prints
             and
             Letters
             from
             some
             Gentlemen
             in
             our
             own
             Army
             who
             scorn
             to
             lye
             ;
             yet
             by
             those
             artifices
             Truth
             is
             perhaps
             for
             ever
             shut
             〈◊〉
             remoter
             Countries
             .
             Thus
             they
             ply
             us
             with
             Contradictions
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             they
             confess
             the
             Victory
             was
             entire
             ,
             they
             disable
             the
             Conquerours
             with
             killing
             two
             to
             one
             ,
             forgetting
             the
             dishonour
             that
             attends
             our
             own
             Army
             ,
             which
             they
             say
             was
             routed
             by
             so
             small
             a
             slaughter
             .
          
           
           
             But
             the
             greatest
             Charms
             they
             think
             to
             captivate
             us
             with
             ,
             are
             the
             swelling
             El●●ies
             of
             P●o●●es
             and
             Renown
             in
             War
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             adorn
             their
             King
             ,
             particularly
             his
             wond'rous
             Conduct
             and
             intrepid
             Valour
             in
             this
             Battle
             .
             I
             am
             l●ath
             to
             deny
             him
             so
             mean
             a
             qu●lity
             and
             a
             drug
             so
             common
             as
             Courage
             is
             ,
             which
             our
             late
             blind
             Cobler
             Colonel
             Huson
             ,
             and
             Millions
             of
             private
             Sentinals
             have
             had
             as
             great
             a
             portion
             of
             as
             any
             Flatterer
             can
             ascribe
             to
             him
             .
             B●t
             since
             we
             are
             stunn'd
             so
             much
             with
             this
             report
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             know
             it
             is
             chiefly
             transmitted
             to
             us
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             the
             ill
             favoured
             for
             eries
             of
             Mr.
             ●ard
             ,
             it
             has
             given
             inquisitive
             men
             the
             curiosity
             to
             inform
             th●mselves
             of
             naked
             Truth
             ,
             especially
             since
             the
             P●ince
             of
             Oran●e
             has
             so
             often
             valued
             himself
             in
             his
             Speeches
             upon
             having
             ventured
             his
             Life
             for
             us
             ;
             for
             which
             the
             World
             as
             often
             saw
             there
             was
             no
             ground
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             common
             sence
             are
             generally
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             Boasting
             proceeds
             from
             Impotence
             and
             Affectation
             from
             def●ct
             .
             I
             will
             not
             look
             back
             so
             far
             as
             to
             the
             Boyn
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             old
             Marshall's
             desperate
             and
             sullen
             Death
             ,
             nor
             insist
             upon
             the
             pleasant
             prospect
             which
             his
             Highness
             had
             of
             the
             Siege
             of
             Mons
             ,
             o●
             Namur
             ,
             a●d
             of
             Huy
             ;
             but
             I
             'le
             confine
             my self
             to
             London
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             notoriously
             known
             ,
             what
             early
             care
             he
             took
             to
             preserve
             to
             us
             the
             Blessings
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             safe
             but
             swift
             Retreat
             to
             a
             poor
             Curate's
             House
             ,
             where
             on
             a
             Wisp
             of
             Straw
             this
             mighty
             Monarch
             hid
             himself
             that
             Night
             with
             a
             ma●nific
             Train
             of
             four
             Attendants
             .
             If
             any
             man
             will
             answer
             that
             he
             foresa●
             the
             Event
             betimes
             ,
             and
             tha●
             it
             was
             not
             fit
             he
             should
             be
             so
             Prodigal
             of
             his
             Life
             as
             to
             stake
             it
             when
             the
             Game
             was
             loosing
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             contest
             it
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             make
             bold
             to
             add
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             vallued
             his
             own
             as
             little
             there
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             the
             Lives
             of
             those
             brave
             men
             he
             sacrificed
             last
             Year
             at
             Stinkirk
             ,
             his
             Courage
             now
             had
             made
             〈◊〉
             for
             his
             Conduct
             then
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             have
             been
             too
             long
             detained
             by
             the
             Army
             and
             the
             Turky
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             now
             time
             to
             look
             towards
             the
             Civil
             administration
             of
             this
             Reign
             ,
             which
             indeed
             is
             a
             consideration
             that
             ought
             to
             have
             had
             Priority
             in
             this
             Paper
             as
             it
             has
             in
             time
             ,
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             Camp
             depending
             usually
             upon
             the
             Council
             of
             the
             Cabinet
             .
             But
             here
             we
             find
             nothing
             but
             prodigious
             Sums
             of
             Money
             given
             ,
             and
             excessive
             Debts
             contracted
             ;
             the
             Treasury
             like
             a
             great
             Glutton
             devouring
             vastly
             and
             digesting
             all
             as
             fast
             :
             All
             their
             Consultations
             tend
             to
             nothing
             but
             to
             War
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             compassing
             the
             Sinews
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             told
             this
             War
             is
             made
             in
             order
             to
             a
             Peace
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             Feaver
             were
             a
             Receipt
             for
             Health
             ,
             and
             the
             Plague
             a
             Medicine
             for
             long
             Life
             .
             Had
             we
             not
             Peace
             before
             ?
             And
             did
             we
             not
             enjoy
             all
             the
             ease
             and
             plenty
             reasonable
             men
             could
             wish
             in
             the
             tranquility
             we
             lived
             ?
             Were
             the
             French
             the
             Aggressors
             ?
             Or
             have
             we
             entered
             into
             War
             for
             any
             other
             reason
             then
             to
             to
             please
             the
             humour
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             who
             we
             have
             treated
             like
             a
             fondling
             Boy
             that
             cryed
             for
             the
             nois●
             of
             Kettle-Drums
             and
             Trumpets
             ,
             and
             have
             presented
             him
             those
             Toys
             to
             play
             with
             ?
             Has
             he
             made
             one
             significant
             March
             since
             the
             beginning
             
             of
             it
             ?
             Have
             we
             taken
             e're
             a
             Town
             ?
             (
             I
             suppose
             they
             will
             be
             ashamed
             to
             answer
             with
             ●u●n
             and
             Dixmuyde
             )
             Have
             we
             won
             ever
             a
             Battle
             ?
             Or
             can
             we
             brag
             of●'re
             a
             Skirmish
             that
             was
             faught
             on
             any
             Ground
             but
             in
             the
             Closet
             of
             the
             G●zetier
             ?
             How
             long
             shall
             we
             bear
             with
             the
             vain
             Promises
             of
             a
             Descent
             into
             France
             ,
             which
             have
             twice
             ended
             in
             nothing
             but
             the
             empty
             ,
             tho'
             expensive
             preparations
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             sufferings
             of
             th●
             poor
             Owners
             ,
             whose
             Transport
             Ships
             they
             hired
             ?
             One
             would
             think
             that
             there
             were
             something
             more
             unintelligīble
             in
             this
             then
             in
             all
             their
             other
             motions
             ;
             and
             to
             spend
             six
             or
             seven
             hundred
             thousand
             pound
             in
             two
             Summers
             upon
             a
             Dream
             and
             a
             C●imera
             ,
             has
             something
             in
             it
             of
             a
             different
             complexion
             from
             Folly
             ;
             nor
             can
             one
             well
             imagin
             that
             any
             mans
             understanding
             is
             so
             vitiated
             and
             false
             .
             This
             looks
             rather
             as
             if
             he
             fished
             for
             all
             the
             Expedients
             that
             could
             be
             invented
             to
             beggar
             England
             ,
             and
             studied
             Projects
             to
             undo
             us
             ,
             and
             making
             an
             Experiment
             how
             high
             he
             can
             provoke
             ,
             and
             lowly
             we
             can
             submit
             ,
             he
             shews
             a
             kind
             of
             Wantonness
             in
             Offending
             ,
             and
             a
             Luxury
             in
             abusing
             the
             Patience
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             a
             sort
             of
             People
             often
             whipped
             upon
             the
             backs
             of
             Princes
             whom
             they
             serve
             ,
             are
             blamed
             for
             this
             ,
             and
             that
             these
             should
             be
             more
             then
             whipt
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             my
             consent
             ;
             but
             since
             the
             Talents
             of
             several
             of
             them
             are
             known
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             their
             Experience
             in
             the
             Government
             unquestionable
             ,
             I
             can
             no
             more
             believe
             them
             the
             Advisers
             of
             such
             bungling
             measures
             and
             oversights
             as
             are
             daily
             made
             ,
             then
             I
             can
             suppose
             a
             
             Dutch-man
             ever
             can
             wish
             well
             to
             England
             ,
             or
             a
             reasonable
             
             English-man
             fall
             in
             love
             with
             the
             High
             and
             mighty
             States
             .
             I
             have
             said
             before
             that
             I
             did
             not
             intend
             this
             Preface
             should
             be
             Comprehensive
             ,
             and
             should
             but
             hint
             the
             present
             Mischiefs
             operating
             ;
             I
             will
             therefore
             only
             challenge
             any
             man
             to
             instance
             that
             Office
             in
             the
             State
             where
             the
             duties
             of
             it
             have
             been
             executed
             with
             tollerable
             diligence
             or
             discretion
             ,
             and
             as
             if
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             had
             been
             half
             so
             much
             at
             their
             Hearts
             as
             the
             spoil
             and
             〈◊〉
             of
             their
             Employments
             .
             Have
             we
             ever
             had
             any
             intelligence
             to
             direct
             us
             since
             the
             Revolution
             ?
             Did
             we
             ever
             know
             when
             Monsieur
             Turville
             was
             to
             sail
             from
             Brest
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             number
             of
             Ships
             his
             Fleet
             consisted
             ?
             Did
             our
             own
             Fleet
             ever
             sail
             without
             such
             impertinent
             Orders
             as
             could
             have
             no
             effect
             but
             to
             be
             laught
             at
             ?
             And
             with
             such
             Provisions
             as
             did
             not
             serve
             a
             Month
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             such
             as
             poysoned
             the
             poor
             Seamen
             ?
             What
             happened
             the
             last
             Year
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             imputed
             to
             our
             Conduct
             ,
             or
             our
             Valour
             ,
             but
             to
             such
             an
             Errour
             in
             the
             French
             as
             never
             was
             before
             by
             them
             committed
             ,
             and
             is
             never
             to
             be
             hoped
             again
             .
             Whilst
             the
             Nation
             is
             reduced
             to
             the
             last
             degree
             of
             Poverty
             ,
             have
             not
             Pentions
             been
             profusely
             squandred
             to
             such
             as
             could
             pretend
             to
             neither
             Right
             ,
             nor
             want
             ,
             nor
             merit
             ?
             When
             the
             Souldiers
             were
             starving
             for
             the
             want
             of
             Pay
             ,
             and
             the
             Exchequer
             empty
             ,
             has
             not
             Money
             been
             taken
             up
             at
             immoderate
             Interest
             ,
             to
             pay
             the
             Portions
             of
             some
             Duech
             women
             who
             have
             been
             married
             here
             ?
             Have
             we
             not
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             happy
             Revolution
             ,
             fed
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             
             ●nd
             the
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             with
             English
             Money
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Indies
             were
             ours
             ,
             ●r
             Sir
             Carbery
             Pr●ce's
             Mine
             had
             been
             of
             Gold
             ?
             These
             are
             but
             a
             few
             blots
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             endless
             to
             enumerate
             the
             Miscarriages
             of
             these
             last
             five
             Years
             .
             And
             yet
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             I
             can
             never
             think
             either
             the
             Ministers
             or
             inferior
             Officers
             capable
             of
             all
             those
             extravagancies
             of
             themselves
             .
             For
             tho'
             I
             can
             very
             ea●●ly
             suppose
             them
             devoted
             chiefly
             to
             their
             own
             present
             Interest
             and
             advantage
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             remembrance
             of
             their
             native
             Soyl
             that
             would
             sometimes
             check
             the
             dissoluteness
             of
             these
             managements
             ,
             and
             a
             certain
             Pride
             ●hat
             people
             take
             in
             acting
             prudently
             ,
             and
             not
             exposing
             themselves
             to
             the
             derision
             of
             all
             mankind
             .
          
           
             This
             must
             therefore
             be
             what
             men
             call
             an
             Errour
             in
             the
             first
             Conjunction
             ,
             the
             fountain
             Head
             is
             foul
             and
             puddled
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             little
             Rivolets
             and
             Branches
             that
             flow
             from
             it
             are
             infected
             :
             When
             men
             dare
             do
             nothing
             but
             stud●
             the
             Taste
             and
             Passions
             of
             their
             Masters
             ,
             they
             must
             forget
             their
             own
             :
             No
             building
             can
             advance
             when
             either
             the
             chief
             Architect
             is
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             cannot
             ,
             or
             obsti●ate
             and
             will
             not
             inform
             the
             under
             work-men
             :
             When
             forreign
             Correspondencies
             and
             the
             Secrets
             of
             a
             Prince
             are
             wrapt
             up
             in
             mystery
             and
             clouds
             ,
             diligence
             in
             Ministers
             is
             groping
             and
             stumbling
             in
             the
             dark
             .
             Men
             in
             such
             cases
             must
             and
             will
             lie
             still
             ,
             intent
             on
             nothing
             but
             their
             Pleasures
             and
             their
             Profit
             .
             If
             when
             he
             rows
             to
             Whitehall
             he
             has
             his
             Sight
             and
             Heart
             fixt
             towards
             Loo
             ,
             we
             know
             the
             Obligations
             we
             have
             to
             him
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             his
             company
             .
             But
             Interests
             I
             hope
             cannot
             mingle
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             England
             should
             long
             continue
             a
             Factorage
             for
             the
             States
             of
             Holland
             ,
             for
             that
             ingrateful
             People
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             a
             Goad
             in
             English
             sides
             ever
             since
             we
             erected
             them
             to
             what
             they
             are
             :
             It
             is
             very
             well
             known
             how
             in
             the
             Year
             70.
             they
             pressed
             his
             Christian
             Majesty
             to
             turn
             his
             Forces
             against
             England
             ,
             and
             offered
             to
             serve
             him
             with
             all
             their
             Ships
             of
             Burthen
             and
             of
             War
             to
             Transport
             his
             Army
             hither
             .
             They
             are
             generally
             Enemies
             to
             all
             mankind
             ,
             and
             particular
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             have
             ever
             prospered
             by
             the
             misfortunes
             of
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             by
             breaking
             Leagues
             and
             Treaties
             with
             their
             Allyes
             through
             cowardice
             and
             a
             worse
             then
             punick
             Faith.
             We
             have
             baffled
             all
             their
             Treacheri●s
             until
             now
             that
             we
             conspired
             with
             them
             against
             our
             s●lves
             :
             But
             now
             the
             Ax
             is
             laid
             unto
             the
             very
             Root
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             dwindling
             into
             Ruin
             at
             Home
             by
             an
             ambitious
             and
             unskilful
             War
             ,
             and
             wasting
             in
             the
             extream
             parts
             by
             exposing
             of
             our
             naked
             Colonies
             ,
             and
             transfusing
             the
             Trade
             of
             London
             into
             the
             Veins
             and
             Sink
             of
             Ams●erdam
             .
          
           
             But
             yet
             by
             an
             old
             Maxim
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             is
             misapplyed
             at
             present
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             
               The
               King
               can
               do
               no
               wrong
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             the
             Ministers
             are
             arraign●d
             ,
             and
             an
             industrious
             Party
             goes
             about
             excusing
             him
             by
             implication
             ,
             because
             they
             load
             the
             others
             with
             all
             the
             miscarriages
             which
             have
             happen●d
             .
             This
             has
             long
             since
             produced
             Reports
             in
             Town
             ,
             which
             are
             spread
             into
             the
             Countries
             too
             ,
             that
             the
             present
             Ministers
             are
             to
             be
             dismist
             ,
             and
             other
             Doctors
             called
             
             to
             restore
             the
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Body
             politick
             .
             The
             late
             Congress
             a●
             A●●●op
             has
             confirmed
             this
             noise
             ,
             and
             most
             conclude
             the
             Hands
             ,
             tho'
             no●
             th●
             measures
             will
             be
             changed
             ;
             for
             the
             T●m●erament
             of
             our
             complying
             Patriots
             has
             discovered
             it self
             sufficiently
             long
             since
             ;
             and
             we
             know
             a
             
               Cat
               out
            
             of
             a
             hole
             is
             so
             like
             a
             
               Cat
               in
               one
            
             ,
             that
             they
             differ
             i●
             Scituation
             only
             ,
             not
             in
             Shape●
             But
             when
             I
             first
             heard
             the
             Earl
             of
             Sunderl●nd
             was
             coming
             ,
             as
             the
             phrase
             is
             ,
             into
             play
             again
             ;
             I
             thought
             it
             a
             merryment
             and
             raillery
             both
             upon
             this
             King
             and
             him
             ;
             for
             who
             could
             think
             that
             he
             who
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             all
             the
             unanswerable
             〈◊〉
             methods
             of
             King
             
             Iames's
             Reign
             ,
             should
             be
             enc●uraged
             and
             employed
             in
             this
             ,
             it
             being
             such
             a
             piece
             of
             Discretion
             as
             if
             a
             Sick
             man
             should
             send
             for
             the
             same
             Mountebanck
             to
             cure
             him
             that
             had
             ki●led
             his
             Father
             but
             a
             week
             before
             .
             But
             this
             it
             seems
             is
             not
             more
             strange
             then
             true
             ;
             yet
             by
             this
             we
             may
             be●old
             the
             steddiness
             of
             this
             worthy
             Monarch
             of
             our
             Isle
             to
             the
             Princi●les
             by
             which
             he
             came
             ,
             and
             the
             Professions
             he
             then
             made
             ,
             since
             that
             only
             man
             whom
             he
             excepted
             against
             in
             his
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             who
             now
             stands
             excepted
             from
             Indemnity
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             who
             for
             many
             years
             received
             a
             considerable
             Pension
             from
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             who
             in
             the
             space
             of
             six
             Months
             altered
             his
             Religion
             twice
             ;
             This
             very
             man
             in
             contempt
             of
             common
             Decency
             ,
             to
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             is
             coming
             in
             to
             be
             the
             Support
             and
             Pillar
             of
             our
             Church
             and
             State
             :
             What
             Effects
             this
             will
             have
             upon
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             we
             must
             expect
             to
             see
             ,
             and
             wait
             the
             operations
             of
             hi●
             Councils
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             we
             heartily
             congratulate
             this
             able
             Polititian
             with
             King
             William
             for
             an
             old
             Sayings
             sake
             ,
             
               That
               things
               must
               be
               worse
               before
               they
               will
               grow
               better
               .
            
          
           
             I
             have
             li●tle
             more
             to
             add
             but
             apply
             my self
             to
             the
             people
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             hope
             that
             they
             will
             now
             awake
             out
             of
             the
             Lethargick
             Fit
             in
             which
             they
             have
             lain
             so
             long
             ;
             that
             they
             will
             make
             use
             of
             the
             few
             moments
             that
             are
             given
             them
             to
             manage
             their
             last
             Stake
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             will
             think
             it
             high
             time
             to
             grow
             weary
             of
             the
             scandalous
             and
             destructive
             War
             ,
             and
             labouring
             in
             vain
             to
             fill
             a
             Sieve
             .
             When
             we
             consider
             the
             vast
             Treasure
             that
             has
             been
             given
             and
             mispent
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Returns
             we
             have
             are
             Beggary
             and
             disgrace
             ;
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             ashamed
             that
             we
             have
             deviated
             so
             long
             from
             the
             known
             Maxims
             of
             our
             Government
             ,
             which
             consists
             in
             Trade
             ,
             and
             keeping
             as
             even
             as
             the
             times
             will
             bear
             the
             Ballance
             of
             our
             Neighbouring
             States
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             runing
             blindly
             into
             a
             foolish
             and
             unprovoked
             War
             upon
             the
             Continent
             ,
             to
             please
             the
             humour
             of
             one
             man
             ,
             and
             to
             preserve
             a
             Barriar
             for
             the
             D●tch
             .
             I
             am
             amazed
             to
             hear
             men
             talk
             of
             the
             approaching
             Sessions
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             War
             were
             now
             but
             just
             begun
             ,
             or
             that
             a
             Tax
             had
             not
             (
             as
             in
             King
             
             Iames's
             days
             )
             been
             Levied
             in
             all
             this
             Reign
             .
             It
             is
             pitty
             our
             Ancestors
             had
             not
             provided
             effectually
             against
             corruption
             in
             our
             Parliaments
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             rendred
             them
             what
             they
             were
             designed
             ,
             the
             best
             form
             of
             Government
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             for
             we
             never
             had
             so
             much
             cause
             as
             now
             to
             lament
             
             the
             miscarriage
             of
             Sir
             William
             Coventry's
             ,
             and
             the
             late
             Self-denying
             Bill
             Without
             refle●●ing
             with
             any
             Conscience
             upon
             the
             monst●o●s
             Sum●
             which
             have
             im●●verisht
             us
             already
             ;
             the●
             threaten
             us
             with
             a
             General
             Excise
             ,
             and
             another
             Tax
             which
             must
             compl●at
             a
             modest
             reckoning
             of
             six
             Millions
             for
             the
             next
             Campagn●
             .
             How
             can
             Country
             Gentlemen
             ,
             or
             any
             who
             depend
             n●t
             on
             the
             Court
             ,
             subsist
             ?
             Tenants
             must
             throw
             up
             their
             Leases
             ,
             and
             Landlords
             quit
             their
             Houses
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             ready
             Cash
             our
             n●merou●
             Allies
             have
             left
             us
             ,
             m●st
             be
             engross't
             at
             last
             by
             those
             whose
             S●●ma●hs
             never
             rise
             ag●inst
             a
             Clo●●ting
             that
             Lists
             them
             in
             the
             Pay
             of
             secret
             Service
             .
             There
             is
             no
             man
             has
             a
             greater
             honour
             for
             Parliaments
             th●n
             I
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             excuse
             me
             from
             thinking
             any
             thing
             so
             very
             Sacred
             that
             I
             see
             so
             liable
             to
             be
             debaucht
             ,
             besides
             we
             know
             by
             our
             Histories
             and
             Records
             ,
             that
             several
             of
             them
             have
             been
             wholly
             repealed
             ,
             and
             many
             most
             irreverently
             nicknamed
             .
             That
             Parliament
             that
             will
             give
             away
             all
             we
             have
             ,
             is
             as
             much
             a
             Tyrant
             as
             a
             K●ng
             that
             will
             force
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             not
             being
             imaginable
             that
             the
             Electors
             ,
             who
             are
             their
             Principals
             ,
             have
             delegated
             a
             power
             to
             them
             for
             their
             own
             undoing
             ,
             since
             they
             grow
             so
             extravagant
             ,
             I
             hope
             the
             collected
             Body
             of
             the
             Nation
             w●ll
             vindicate
             it self
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             universal
             Remonstrance
             rescind
             their
             Acts
             ,
             or
             disobey
             them
             .
             It
             was
             extreamly
             well
             answered
             by
             a
             most
             inge●ious
             and
             a
             learned
             Writer
             of
             our
             own
             ,
             to
             those
             who
             said
             that
             Councils
             could
             not
             err
             ,
             tho'
             private
             Persons
             may
             ;
             
               That
               at
               first
               sight
               it
               is
               a
               merry
               Speech
               ,
               as
               if
               a
               man
               should
               say
               that
               every
               single
               Souldier
               indeed
               may
               run
               away
               ,
               but
               a
               whole
               Army
               cannot
               ,
               especially
               having
            
             Hanniball
             
               for
               their
               Captain
            
             :
             I
             must
             beg
             leave
             to
             think
             at
             least
             as
             ill
             of
             this
             our
             Civil
             Council
             as
             he
             did
             of
             an
             Ecclesiastical
             one
             ,
             for
             I
             suppose
             that
             no
             man
             will
             deny
             to
             me
             but
             that
             
               Sir
               Robert
               Howard
            
             and
             many
             more
             are
             capable
             not
             only
             of
             erring
             ,
             but
             of
             Acting
             something
             with
             a
             C●urser
             name
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             Pallace-Yard
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             and
             therefore
             since
             I
             am
             sure
             the
             Walls
             of
             St.
             Stephen's
             Chappel
             have
             not
             the
             vertue
             of
             inspiring
             any
             more
             Probity
             then
             Infallibility
             ▪
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             those
             who
             are
             equally
             prepossest
             against
             them
             both
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             so
             bold
             as
             to
             pronounce
             there
             never
             was
             a
             more
             Erring
             Council
             then
             our
             own●
             at
             present
             ,
             which
             ●o
             carry
             the
             allusion
             a
             little
             farther
             ,
             has
             neither
             Hanniball
             nor
             Pope
             at
             the
             Head
             on
             't
             ,
             but
             a
             false
             Anti-King
             himself
             chosen
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             called
             ,
             in
             direct
             opposition
             to
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             From
             what
             has
             been
             said
             I
             conceive
             that
             all
             intelligent
             and
             unbyassed
             People
             must
             conclude
             ,
             that
             our
             Safety
             and
             our
             Restoration
             to
             Peace
             ,
             to
             Trade
             and
             Plenty
             ,
             lies
             in
             our
             Return
             to
             our
             Duty
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             our
             Lawful
             King
             ,
             who
             has
             in
             his
             Declaration
             offered
             us
             those
             very
             Terms
             which
             we
             demand
             ,
             and
             think
             Essential
             to
             our
             Government
             .
             They
             who
             promote
             a
             diffidence
             and
             distrust
             of
             his
             performance
             ,
             do
             but
             persue
             the
             Imposture
             they
             set
             out
             with
             to
             this
             Revolution
             ,
             and
             continue
             those
             Arts
             by
             which
             they
             have
             enriched
             themselves
             with
             the
             Ruins
             of
             the
             Innocent
             and
             laborious
             Farmers
             of
             the
             Country
             .
             But
             I
             
             will
             prosecute
             this
             no
             farther
             here
             and
             hope
             all
             honest
             men
             will
             approve
             of
             these
             short
             ●nimadversions
             which
             I
             have
             laid
             down
             ,
             at
             least
             that
             they
             won't
             be
             ill
             received
             by
             such
             ,
             from
             one
             who
             neither
             h●s
             ,
             nor
             ever
             will
             have
             ,
             any
             thing
             else
             to
             do
             with
             so
             depraved
             a
             Generation
             as
             now
             governs
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             REPLY
             .
          
           
             THe
             new
             Secretary
             having
             always
             had
             the
             reputation
             of
             good
             Sence
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             smart
             Elocution
             ,
             his
             Licencing
             Doctor
             Welwood's
             Answer
             to
             the
             Declaration
             of
             King
             Iames
             ,
             made
             ever●body
             read
             it
             ,
             a●
             soon
             as
             it
             appeared
             ,
             but
             all
             that
             know
             the
             Secretary
             ,
             conclude
             he
             never
             took
             the
             pains
             to
             read
             it
             himself
             ,
             or
             he
             would
             so
             far
             have
             consul●ed
             his
             own
             credit
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             denyed
             his
             Pasport
             to
             so
             frivolous
             ,
             and
             so
             Scurril●us
             a
             Pamphlet
             .
             〈◊〉
             so
             remarkably
             both
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             still
             as
             much
             neglected
             by
             me
             ,
             as
             it
             has
             been
             despised
             by
             others
             ,
             had
             I
             not
             at
             present
             more
             then
             ordinary
             lei●ure
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             stuff●d
             with
             such
             ignorant
             Assertions
             ,
             such
             weak
             and
             quibling
             Sophi●try
             ,
             it
             so
             plainly
             prevaricates
             from
             the
             Genuine
             and
             clear
             Sence
             of
             the
             King's
             Words
             ,
             and
             it
             rails
             so
             very
             cour●ly
             ,
             that
             it
             can
             scarce
             im●ose
             upon
             the
             most
             unlettered
             men
             ;
             and
             tho'
             I
             have
             resolved
             to
             give
             it
             a
             Reply
             ,
             since
             it
             would
             be
             a
             tedious
             drudgery
             to
             follow
             the
             Author
             from
             page
             to
             page
             ,
             I
             shall
             chuse
             to
             reduce
             under
             Heads
             what
             is
             most
             material
             in
             that
             
             authorized
             ●ibel
             ,
             and
             after
             I
             have
             handled
             them
             at
             large
             ,
             I
             will
             more
             briefly
             take
             notice
             of
             what
             they
             don't
             comprise
             that
             deserves
             any
             Answer
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             The
             Doctor
             makes
             much
             use
             of
             the
             Declaration
             that
             was
             last
             Year
             published
             in
             King
             
             Iames's
             Name
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             He
             flourishes
             with
             the
             male-administrations
             ,
             during
             his
             Majesties
             abode
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             He
             tells
             us
             no
             King
             is
             to
             be
             trusted
             who
             has
             once
             broke
             his
             Word
             .
          
           
             And
             Lastly
             ,
             He
             acquaints
             us
             after
             all
             the
             pains
             he
             has
             taken
             to
             Answer
             it
             ,
             that
             
               he
               knows
            
             not
             whether
             it
             is
             King
             
             Iames's
             Declaration
             or
             no.
             
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Declaration
             ,
             that
             was
             printed
             last
             year
             ,
             besides
             that
             I
             can
             assure
             you
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             never
             yet
             saw
             it
             Signed
             with
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Hand
             ;
             I
             can
             also
             assure
             you
             that
             it
             was
             as
             much
             misliked
             by
             many
             ,
             almost
             all
             ,
             of
             the
             King's
             Friends
             ,
             as
             it
             can
             be
             exposed
             by
             his
             Enemies
             .
             If
             you
             won't
             take
             my
             Word
             for
             this
             ,
             be
             pleased
             to
             peruse
             the
             Letters
             Mr.
             Secretary
             Iohnson
             ordered
             to
             be
             printed
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             of
             those
             charged
             upon
             
               Nevill
               Payne●
            
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             I
             am
             in
             the
             right
             .
             If
             I
             would
             take
             the
             Liberty
             you
             make
             use
             of
             ,
             I
             might
             falsify
             ,
             and
             utterly
             deny
             ,
             that
             ever
             King
             Iames
             so
             much
             as
             
             saw
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             think
             my self
             obliged
             in
             Honour
             and
             Conscience
             to
             deal
             ingeniously
             in
             every
             thing
             I
             publish
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             t●ink
             the
             faithful
             relation
             of
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             now
             make
             ,
             will
             vindicate
             both
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             ●ober
             part
             of
             those
             in
             his
             Interest
             from
             those
             dr●adful
             I●puta●ions
             ,
             wherewith
             ,
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             you
             are
             pleased
             to
             charge
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             matter
             of
             Fact
             then
             is
             thus
             .
             King
             Iames
             designing
             last
             Year
             to
             come
             over
             ,
             sent
             to
             several
             of
             his
             Friends
             to
             give
             him
             an
             account
             of
             what
             they
             tho●ght
             p●●p●r
             for
             him
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             ought
             to
             express
             his
             Intentions
             in
             a
             Declaration
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             thereby
             make
             his
             reaccession
             more
             easie
             ;
             but
             thinking
             it
             proper
             to
             keep
             his
             coming
             over
             as
             much
             ,
             and
             as
             long
             a
             secret
             as
             he
             could
             ,
             he
             so
             very
             darkly
             intimated
             for
             what
             Reasons
             he
             desired
             his
             Friends
             to
             consider
             of
             such
             a
             draught
             that
             the
             most
             solid
             and
             considerate
             of
             them
             did
             not
             believe
             there
             was
             any
             necessity
             to
             h●sten
             over
             their
             Notions
             ;
             but
             some
             who
             are
             not
             so
             well
             able
             to
             give
             materials
             for
             things
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             &
             yet
             were
             very
             glad
             the
             King
             had
             been
             pleased
             to
             ask
             their
             Opinions
             ,
             were
             more
             forward
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             King
             not
             having
             heard
             from
             others
             ,
             upon
             whose
             Judgmen●s
             he
             could
             have
             depended
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             order
             a
             Declaration
             to
             be
             drawn
             up
             according
             to
             the
             accounts
             that
             these
             men
             had
             sent
             ;
             but
             tho●
             he
             had
             been
             so
             long
             from
             England
             (
             which
             might
             excuse
             his
             mistakes
             )
             he
             was
             himself
             so
             little
             satisfied
             with
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             that
             he
             ordered
             him
             who
             had
             the
             custody
             of
             all
             the
             Printed
             Copies
             ,
             that
             were
             at
             
               La
               Hogue
            
             ,
             not
             to
             give
             out
             one
             there
             ,
             and
             he
             sent
             express
             Commands
             with
             the
             draught
             that
             he
             sent
             over
             to
             be
             printed
             h●re
             ,
             that
             not
             one
             of
             them
             should
             be
             dispersed
             amongst
             us
             ,
             till
             he
             was
             actually
             Landed
             ,
             and
             had
             advised
             with
             his
             Friends
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             what
             was
             fit
             for
             him
             to
             resolve
             ,
             and
             particularly
             whether
             that
             Declaration
             was
             agreeable
             to
             the
             sence
             of
             these
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             he
             had
             designed
             to
             have
             brought
             with
             him
             a
             Press
             and
             Printers
             ,
             that
             if
             his
             Friends
             disapproved
             of
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             he
             might
             put
             forth
             another
             ,
             and
             wholly
             suppress
             that
             .
             Had
             he
             come
             over
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             been
             before
             his
             Landing
             convinced
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             agreeable
             ;
             for
             just
             about
             that
             time
             the
             
               French
               Fleet
            
             was
             beaten
             (
             and
             which
             was
             before
             the
             King
             could
             have
             come
             hither
             )
             there
             arrived
             at
             
               La
               Hogue
               Declarations
            
             drawn
             in
             Form
             with
             universal
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             did
             engage
             the
             King
             to
             give
             us
             ●ull
             Securities
             both
             for
             our
             Reli●ion
             ,
             and
             for
             our
             Liberties
             ;
             and
             there
             were
             sent
             likewise
             by
             the
             Penners
             of
             those
             Declarations
             more
             severe
             Animadversions
             upon
             that
             Declaration
             (
             which
             was
             indeed
             printed
             by
             ,
             but
             published
             ,
             both
             on
             this
             and
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             King
             's
             express
             Order
             )
             then
             any
             that
             were
             here
             authorized
             by
             my
             Lord
             
             Nottingham's
             Imprimatur
             .
             The
             King
             indeed
             ordered
             that
             Declaration
             to
             be
             drawn
             ,
             but
             neither
             was
             the
             King
             ,
             nor
             the
             Penner
             of
             it
             to
             blame
             that
             they
             were
             not
             furnished
             with
             more
             suitable
             ●otions
             ,
             since
             they
             sent
             for
             Instructions
             :
             Nor
             
             can
             I
             so
             much
             blame
             those
             Persons
             ,
             t●at
             sent
             those
             materials
             ;
             because
             that
             ,
             altho'
             their
             thoughts
             h●d
             not
             been
             conversant
             with
             things
             of
             that
             so●t
             ,
             yet
             men
             must
             have
             vast
             degrees
             of
             Modesty
             in
             their
             o●n
             ●empers
             who
             would
             not
             ●e●●mpted
             to
             wade
             out
             of
             their
             d●pth
             by
             such
             a
             Complement
             as
             the
             King
             justly
             enough
             thought
             was
             then
             even
             necessary
             for
             his
             Affai●s
             to
             make
             them
             :
             Nor
             were
             those
             others
             who
             upon
             Captain
             
             S●ow's
             Landing
             immediately
             ●ate
             themselves
             to
             collect
             the
             s●nce
             of
             the
             Na●ion
             u●pa●●onably
             to
             blame
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             not
             upon
             first
             no●ice
             transmit
             their
             Sc●emes
             ;
             ●or
             the
             more
             solid
             men
             are
             ,
             the
             more
             diffident
             they
             will
             be
             of
             themselves
             ,
             especially
             where
             t●e
             Advice
             is
             to
             be
             prop●rtioned
             to
             such
             a
             vari●ty
             of
             Se●ts
             and
             Interests
             ,
             as
             are
             upon
             this
             Island
             .
             ●ince
             the
             extream
             goodn●ss
             of
             the
             King
             has
             p●rdoned
             their
             having
             been
             too
             dila●ory
             (
             which
             they
             must
             and
             do
             acknowledge
             as
             a
             fault
             )
             it
             is
             hoped
             ,
             their
             follow
             Subjects
             will
             not
             too
             severely
             censure
             such
             who
             would
             hazard
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             for
             the
             good
             of
             England
             .
             That
             they
             would
             risk
             even
             the
             good
             opinion
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             I
             think
             may
             be
             made
             evident
             by
             an
             account
             of
             〈◊〉
             that
             were
             sent
             from
             hence
             .
             They
             not
             only
             wrote
             very
             frankly
             against
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             but
             upon
             their
             seei●g●i●
             ,
             they
             also
             probed
             the
             inclinations
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             his
             then
             sole
             Secretary
             there
             ,
             the
             
               Earl
               of
               Melfort
            
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             exacting
             their
             fence
             of
             many
             particulars
             which
             are
             not
             proper
             to
             be
             mentioned
             in
             this
             Paper
             ,
             but
             fitter
             to
             be
             referr'd
             to
             the
             debates
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             the
             Answers
             they
             had
             were
             so
             satisfactory
             ,
             t●at
             they
             were
             thereby
             encouraged
             to
             pursue
             their
             duty
             with
             all
             imaginable
             and
             renewed
             diligence
             .
             Some
             of
             those
             things
             in●illed
             u●on
             by
             them
             have
             been
             published
             in
             ●ormer
             Pamphlets
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             King's
             friends
             here
             ,
             and
             since
             that
             you
             have
             had
             some
             of
             them
             published
             in
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Declaration
             .
             When
             these
             Pamphlets
             came
             out
             ,
             you
             thought
             the
             good
             things
             they
             mentioned
             were
             but
             the
             Wishes
             of
             the
             Writers
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Inclinations
             ,
             either
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             his
             Party
             ;
             ●ut
             now
             you
             see
             by
             his
             own
             Declaration
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             agreeable
             to
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Sentiments
             ,
             and
             the
             advice
             of
             his
             Friends
             .
             Those
             things
             were
             not
             then
             said
             without
             Book
             .
             When
             the
             first
             Declaration
             first
             came
             out
             ,
             and
             before
             there
             were
             returns
             to
             those
             Letters
             which
             were
             sent
             against
             it
             ,
             there
             was
             written
             by
             one
             in
             the
             King's
             Interest
             ,
             a
             Paper
             called
             
               Honesty
               is
               the
               best
               Policy
            
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Author
             avers
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             his
             own
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             ,
             that
             Declaration
             was
             contrary
             to
             the
             King
             's
             own
             sence
             of
             things
             ,
             as
             he
             inferred
             from
             discourses
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             the
             honour
             to
             have
             personally
             had
             with
             the
             King
             at
             
               St.
               Germaines
            
             .
             I
             believe
             was
             the
             Author
             known
             ,
             no
             body
             could
             justly
             accuse
             him
             ,
             for
             want
             either
             of
             Probity
             ,
             or
             Love
             to
             England
             .
             After
             the
             Answers
             of
             these
             Letters
             came
             over
             ,
             the
             
               Iacobite
               Principles
            
             was
             written
             ,
             which
             contained
             notions
             which
             are
             plainly
             hinted
             at
             in
             this
             ●ast
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             Publication
             of
             this
             last
             Declaration
             ,
             came
             forth
             the
             
               French
               Conquest
               neither
               desireable
               nor
               Practicable
            
             ;
             and
             now
             it
             is
             evident
             by
             this
             Declaration
             that
             
             the
             good
             things
             asserted
             in
             those
             Pamplets
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             were
             not
             the
             private
             Su●mises
             of
             the
             Author
             ,
             but
             founded
             upon
             ●ood
             authorities
             from
             
               St.
               Germaines
            
             ,
             and
             since
             th●s
             Government
             has
             printed
             in
             Scotland
             some
             Letters
             that
             they
             have
             either
             intercepted
             or
             made
             ,
             I
             will
             venture
             so
             far
             to
             betray
             the
             Secrets
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             to
             transcribe
             some
             passages
             out
             of
             Letters
             that
             have
             been
             sent
             me
             from
             the
             Earl
             of
             Melfort
             ;
             and
             many
             others
             have
             had
             Letters
             of
             the
             same
             purport
             .
             I
             have
             mine
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Parliament
             will
             obtain
             a
             safe
             con●uct
             for
             us
             ,
             I
             will
             produce
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             don't
             question
             but
             many
             others
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Friends
             wi●●
             produce
             such
             other
             Letters
             ,
             either
             written
             by
             the
             King
             ;
             or
             his
             command
             ,
             as
             would
             abundantly
             satisfie
             the
             Nation
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             is
             ready
             to
             do
             all
             things
             necessa●y
             to
             secure
             them
             from
             all
             those
             dismal
             Hobgoblins
             ,
             which
             some
             ,
             through
             Malice
             ,
             and
             others
             through
             Folly
             ,
             have
             bug-●eared
             us
             withal
             .
             The
             passages
             I
             shall
             transcribe
             out
             of
             my
             Letters
             are
             as
             follow
             .
          
           
             3
             
               d.
               Iuly
            
             ,
             1692.
             
          
           
             I
             had
             Yours
             of
             the
             last
             Month
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             one
             I
             have
             had
             this
             considerable
             time
             .
             In
             it
             I
             find
             your
             objections
             to
             the
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             find
             that
             most
             of
             them
             are
             Just
             ,
             and
             what
             shall
             be
             help'd
             in
             the
             next
             ;
             There
             was
             not
             one
             Topick
             sent
             but
             was
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             and
             if
             we
             have
             failed
             ,
             it
             has
             been
             the
             fault
             of
             those
             that
             have
             not
             informed
             aright
             what
             would
             please
             ,
             and
             not
             ou●s
             ,
             and
             as
             for
             that
             draught
             you
             sent
             me
             ,
             I
             had
             it
             at
             the
             Sea-side
             ,
             when
             we
             were
             past
             thinking
             of
             Declarations
             .
             As
             to
             our
             Intentions
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             resolved
             to
             Govern
             by
             the
             
               known
               Laws
               of
               the
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             to
             consult
             with
             his
             Parliament
             in
             all
             things
             relating
             to
             the
             establishment
             of
             Peace
             and
             quiet
             in
             his
             Kingdoms
             ,
             to
             maintain
             the
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             of
             all
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             protect
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             obtain
             
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               for
               all
               Dissenters
               .
            
             He
             designed
             to
             except
             none
             from
             his
             mercy
             ,
             excepting
             those
             who
             opposed
             his
             Restoration
             ,
             and
             to
             Govern
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             might
             gain
             him
             the
             Love
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             as
             fond
             of
             him
             as
             they
             had
             been
             violent
             against
             him
             ;
             and
             tho'
             he
             could
             not
             
               at
               this
               distance
            
             tell
             how
             this
             was
             to
             be
             attained
             to
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             resolved
             if
             once
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             to
             have
             persued
             the
             true
             methods
             of
             doing
             it
             .
             
               Withal
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               no
               Declaration
               was
               ever
               published
               by
               the
               King's
               authority
               ;
               for
               tho'
               it
               was
               printed
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               to
               have
               been
               dispersed
               till
               the
               King
               's
               Landing
               ,
               and
               having
               met
               with
               some
               of
               his
               Friends
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               had
               disliked
               it
               ,
               even
               then
               it
               had
               not
               been
               Published
               .
            
          
           
             11
             
               th
               .
               Iuly
            
             ,
             1692.
             
          
           
             No
             man
             in
             the
             world
             wishes
             more
             heartily
             then
             my self
             to
             see
             Bounds
             and
             Limits
             fairly
             cleared
             betwixt
             the
             People
             and
             
               Monarchy
               of
               England
            
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             may
             not
             oppose
             the
             Prerogative
             ignorantly
             ,
             nor
             unknowingly
             ru●
             into
             Arbitrary
             Notions
             against
             the
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ;
             if
             these
             Limits
             
             were
             once
             fixt
             ,
             one
             who
             meant
             well
             might
             tread
             s●cure
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             impossible
             ;
             for
             both
             Parties
             pretending
             to
             have
             right
             ,
             and
             
               it
               may
               be
            
             in
             some
             things
             without
             reason
             ,
             one
             may
             design
             well
             ,
             and
             yet
             displease
             both
             ,
             which
             could
             never
             occur
             if
             
               Prerogative
               and
               Property
            
             were
             once
             
               clearly
               defined
               and
               stated
            
             .
             What
             all
             this
             may
             end
             in
             is
             hard
             to
             foretell
             ,
             and
             whether
             ever
             we
             shall
             be
             so
             happy
             to
             see
             things
             cleared
             on
             just
             and
             equal
             terms
             ;
             
               but
               of
               this
               I
               can
               assure
               you
               it
               is
               the
               King's
               desire
               that
               it
               should
               be
               so
               .
            
          
           
             Aug.
             29
             th
             .
             1692.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             for
             large
             measures
             ,
             and
             having
             the
             Crown
             established
             upon
             the
             Love
             and
             Affections
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             our
             days
             we
             may
             see
             the
             King
             and
             People
             in
             mutual
             confidence
             of
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             all
             Jealousies
             and
             Fears
             ,
             and
             the
             grounds
             of
             them
             rooted
             out
             ,
             that
             the
             design
             of
             the
             Court
             may
             be
             the
             Happiness
             and
             Prosperity
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             the
             design
             of
             the
             People
             to
             encrease
             the
             Glory
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             the
             legal
             rightful
             Succession
             thereof
             ,
             that
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             might
             be
             secured
             ,
             and
             that
             Prerogative
             which
             justly
             belongs
             to
             the
             Crown
             Established
             for
             their
             protection
             .
             
               All
               this
               might
               be
               now
               ,
               were
            
             England
             
               so
               happy
               to
               lay
               h●ld
               on
               the
               Conjuncture
               .
            
          
           
             22d
             .
             Septem
             .
             1692.
             
          
           
             The
             French
             
               King
               did
               not
               so
               much
               as
               pretend
               the
               Forces
               he
               sent
               should
               have
               English
               Pay
               ,
               but
               his
               own
               ,
               which
               looks
               far
               from
               de●●nding
               great
               Sums
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               and
               I
               can
               assure
               you
               he
               was
               as
               frank
               as
               any
               English
               man
               whatever
               for
               securing
               the
               people
               in
               the
               possession
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               Liberty
               and
               Property
               :
               Let
               not
            
             England
             
               stand
               in
               its
               own
               way
               ,
               and
               oppose
               its
               own
               happiness
               ,
               and
               I
               'le
               answer
            
             France
             
               shall
               not
               meddle
               ,
               nay
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               to
               meddle
               betwixt
               the
               King
               and
               his
               People
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               to
               gain
               the
               People
               more
               of
               their
               Will
               ,
               to
               humour
               them
               more
               ,
               not
               to
               complement
               the
               Crown
               ,
            
             AND
             ANY
             MAN
             OF
             GOOD
             SENCE
             WILL
             FIND
             REASONS
             OF
             STATE
             FOR
             THEIR
             SO
             DOING
             .
             In
             another
             place
             of
             the
             same
             Letter
             ,
             he
             says
             that
             
               The
               King
               of
               France
               when
               the
               King
               was
               to
               come
               last
               Year
               to
               us
               ,
               said
               all
               he
               had
               to
               pretend
               to
               ,
               was
               to
               wish
               the
               King
               happy
               in
               the
               possession
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               serving
               his
               Friend
               he
               had
               all
               he
               aimed
               at
               .
            
          
           
             October
             6
             th
             .
             1692.
             
          
           
             Things
             shall
             be
             established
             upon
             the
             antient
             English
             bottom
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             Property
             and
             Liberty
             shall
             be
             as
             in
             the
             freest
             of
             times
             ,
             no
             man
             shall
             suffer
             for
             his
             Opinion
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             .
             The
             King
             will
             have
             a
             
               free
               Parliament
            
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             will
             consult
             the
             settling
             of
             all
             these
             upon
             the
             most
             lasting
             Foundations
             ,
             and
             differences
             once
             cleared
             ,
             
               he
               will
               govern
               according
               to
               Law
               ,
            
             he
             will
             have
             
               no
               different
               Interest
               from
               that
               of
               England
               ,
            
             and
             will
             make
             it
             his
             chief
             Study
             to
             gain
             the
             Love
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             more
             Lord
             of
             their
             Affections
             then
             of
             their
             Persons
             ,
             he
             will
             avoid
             all
             Jealousies
             ,
             and
             the
             occasion
             
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             will
             look
             upon
             him
             as
             the
             worst
             of
             Traytors
             ,
             who
             would
             advise
             him
             to
             do
             a●y
             thing
             might
             give
             his
             People
             any
             Iealousie
             ,
             or
             Fear
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             govern
             so
             as
             
               honest
               English
            
             men
             would
             have
             him
             ,
             mind
             the
             Interest●●rade
             ,
             and
             Honour
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             
               and
               that
               against
               all
               its
               Rivals
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             performed
             ,
             and
             being
             meant
             in
             the
             full
             extent
             comprehends
             
               Liberty
               ,
               Property
            
             ,
             and
             Religion
             —
             In
             the
             same
             Letter
             '
             ●is
             said
             Parliaments
             shall
             be
             free
             ,
             so
             free
             ,
             that
             the
             Court
             shall
             not
             br●gu●
             ,
             so
             the
             People
             may
             rest
             assured
             of
             
               a
               free
               Parliament
            
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             inclinations
             to
             compose
             all
             Differences
             ,
             and
             heal
             all
             Breaches
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
             October
             24
             th
             .
             1692.
             
          
           
             I
             assure
             you
             that
             I
             fall
             most
             naturally
             in
             with
             such
             measures
             ,
             measures
             that
             if
             embraced
             would
             secure
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             entirely
             ,
             give
             reasonable
             ease
             to
             all
             Dissenters
             ,
             secure
             fully
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             ,
             and
             make
             every
             English
             man
             happy
             in
             the
             free
             and
             full
             possession
             of
             his
             Birthright
             ,
             s●cure
             Elections
             to
             Parliaments
             against
             tricks
             and
             frauds
             ,
             and
             do
             all
             things
             for
             the
             People
             which
             they
             
               with
               Iustice
            
             can
             expect
             .
          
           
             December
             12
             th
             .
             1692.
             
          
           
             A
             Letter
             of
             that
             date
             speaking
             of
             our
             House
             of
             Commons
             here
             ,
             says
             ,
             that
             by
             restoring
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             might
             have
             Condui●ns
             to
             secure
             all
             that
             ever
             they
             were
             afraid
             of
             ,
             they
             〈…〉
             ●●ace
             ,
             be
             free
             from
             Taxes
             have
             Trade
             ,
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             Plenty
             ,
             and
             may
             shew
             themselves
             the
             
               true
               Ballance
               of
               Europe
            
             ,
             since
             on
             that
             occasion
             there
             is
             no
             reasonable
             Peace
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             would
             not
             subscribe
             to
             .
          
           
             You
             see
             I
             have
             sate
             down
             some
             passages
             out
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Melfort's
             Letters
             to
             my self
             ,
             which
             I
             believe
             give
             another
             Idea
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             than
             we
             have
             been
             generally
             possessed
             with
             .
             There
             are
             in
             the
             same
             Letters
             many
             particulars
             ,
             in
             which
             as
             I
             said
             it
             would
             not
             be
             decent
             to
             anticipate
             the
             debates
             of
             an
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             ,
             tho'
             they
             are
             such
             as
             infinitly
             confirm
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             was
             then
             ,
             and
             is
             now
             ready
             to
             make
             it
             next
             to
             impossible
             ,
             that
             the
             boundaries
             of
             our
             Rights
             should
             be
             again
             broken
             down
             .
             There
             are
             
               many
               other
               Iacobites
            
             that
             are
             as
             Zealous
             as
             I
             can
             be
             for
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             who
             have
             by
             them
             very
             explanatory
             Accounts
             ,
             which
             may
             well
             justifie
             the
             King
             's
             saying
             ,
             That
             he
             has
             been
             ,
             and
             still
             is
             willing
             to
             condescend
             to
             such
             things
             as
             are
             most
             likely
             to
             give
             the
             fullest
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             clearest
             prospect
             of
             the
             greatest
             Security
             ,
             to
             all
             ranks
             and
             degrees
             of
             his
             People
             ;
             And
             we
             may
             be
             satisfied
             the
             King
             will
             continue
             in
             that
             temper
             ,
             since
             every
             thing
             has
             been
             la●ely
             so
             fa●thfully
             and
             impartially
             laid
             before
             him
             ,
             by
             an
             excellent
             Person
             ,
             who
             I
             believe
             ,
             Dr.
             you
             suppose
             to
             be
             the
             continuer
             of
             this
             last
             Declaration
             ,
             〈◊〉
             for
             whose
             parts
             you
             your self
             say
             you
             have
             a
             just
             esteem
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             
               Earl
               
               of
               MIDDLETON
            
             ,
             who
             I
             esteem
             as
             much
             for
             his
             parts
             as
             
               Doctor
               Welwood
            
             or
             any
             body
             else
             can
             ,
             and
             yet
             more
             for
             his
             Integrity
             then
             for
             his
             Par●s
             .
             I
             don
             't
             at
             all
             doubt
             but
             that
             ●his
             last
             Decla●ation
             was
             grou●d●d
             upon
             the
             true
             relation
             that
             
               that
               noble
               Earl
            
             gave
             of
             the
             State
             and
             Interests
             of
             the●e
             Kingdoms
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             sure
             he
             will
             think
             it
             no
             disreputation
             to
             him
             ,
             no
             dimunition
             of
             his
             Merit
             ,
             to
             say
             that
             he
             found
             in
             ●he
             King
             a
             p●eparation
             to
             close
             with
             every
             thing
             he
             laid
             be●ore
             him
             as
             his
             own
             Interest
             ,
             the
             Interest
             of
             his
             Royal
             Issue
             ,
             and
             ●hese
             his
             affli●●●●
             Kingdoms
             .
          
           
             Since
             I
             have
             mentioned
             the
             
               Earl
               of
               Middleton
            
             ,
             I
             think
             my self
             obliged
             in
             th●s
             place
             to
             do
             him
             a
             piece
             of
             Justice
             .
             I
             had
             the
             honour
             to
             be
             with
             him
             several
             times
             ,
             when
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             whi●h
             is
             so
             much
             exclaimed
             against
             first
             came
             abroad
             ,
             and
             I
             positively
             aver
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             no
             one
             man
             in
             England
             thought
             it
             worse
             calculated
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             our
             Interest
             then
             he
             did
             ,
             and
             I
             perceived
             him
             to
             have
             those
             wise
             ,
             those
             honest
             ,
             and
             honourable
             resentments
             upon
             that
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             occasions
             ,
             that
             I
             must
             loose
             all
             sence
             of
             Virtue
             and
             English
             Liberty
             ,
             before
             I
             cease
             acknowledging
             that
             he
             is
             a
             true
             Patriot
             as
             well
             as
             a
             most
             faithful
             and
             able
             Minister
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             neither
             trouble
             my self
             ,
             nor
             the
             Reader
             with
             remarks
             upon
             the
             foregoing
             Letters
             ,
             but
             leave
             them
             to
             speak
             for
             themselves
             ,
             after
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             written
             with
             that
             careless
             freedom
             of
             Style
             which
             men
             make
             use
             of
             when
             they
             have
             no
             manner
             of
             design
             that
             their
             Letters
             should
             be
             made
             publick
             .
             This
             I
             say
             to
             obviate
             the
             〈◊〉
             of
             shallow
             and
             superficial
             Criticks
             ,
             who
             always
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
             expect
             Essays
             of
             Rhetorick
             ,
             which
             i●
             not
             the
             language
             of
             business
             ,
             whilst
             it
             passes
             through
             private
             hands
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             have
             said
             enough
             to
             the
             first
             topick
             .
             You
             may
             if
             you
             please
             occasionally
             refer
             to
             the
             Letters
             themselves
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             now
             hasten
             to
             consider
             Male-administrations
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             not
             go
             about
             to
             extenuate
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             justifie
             any
             ill
             thing
             done
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             I
             was
             not
             concerned
             in
             any
             one
             of
             those
             ill
             things
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             here
             ,
             I
             always
             called
             a
             Spade
             a
             Spade
             .
             I
             censured
             and
             spoke
             against
             those
             ill
             things
             then
             ,
             and
             I
             never
             excuse
             them
             now
             ;
             and
             yet
             if
             the
             
               Law-Bo●ks
               of
               England
            
             are
             to
             be
             credited
             ,
             let
             our
             Government
             be
             as
             much
             an
             Original
             Contract
             as
             you
             will
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             charged
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             nor
             is
             he
             to
             be
             punished
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             for
             our
             future
             Security
             ,
             we
             have
             the
             Age
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Infancy
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             besides
             both
             which
             he
             has
             been
             taught
             in
             the
             School
             of
             Affliction
             ,
             never
             more
             to
             be
             so
             seduced
             by
             his
             Ministers
             :
             that
             the
             Nation
             will
             not
             bear
             such
             measures
             ;
             and
             farther
             the
             concessions
             of
             this
             Declaration
             and
             all
             the
             promises
             of
             it
             are
             not
             only
             big
             with
             Provisions
             ,
             but
             also
             are
             a
             Royal
             way●
             of
             owning
             that
             he
             was
             formerly
             misled
             .
             And
             what
             ever
             were
             the
             faults
             of
             the
             last
             Reign
             ,
             there
             are
             several
             Reasons
             for
             which
             a
             man
             would
             think
             that
             the
             authorized
             Writers
             for
             this
             Government
             should
             not
             so
             eternally
             recite
             them
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             was
             not
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             himself
             so
             well
             informed
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             La●s
             and
             Constitution
             of
             
               England
               ,
               the
               King
               of
               it
               is
               unacc●u●table
               ,
               can
               do
               no
               Wrong
               ,
               can
               be
               answerab●e
               for
               no
               Male-administration
               ,
            
             that
             al
             ●o
             '
             in
             his
             own
             Declaration
             nothing
             was
             left
             unsaid
             that
             Malice
             could
             think
             of
             and
             where●n
             every
             thing
             was
             a●gravated
             with
             all
             the
             Spightful
             C●lours
             that
             a
             fruitful
             invention
             and
             Libellous
             Pen
             c●uld
             give
             them
             ,
             yet
             even
             in
             that
             he
             levelled
             no
             accusation
             agai●st
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             against
             his
             evil
             C●uns●llors
             ?
          
           
             Again
             ,
             tho'
             the
             re●son
             of
             that
             Maxim
             is
             to
             preserve
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Government
             safe
             ,
             ●h●st
             t●e
             Peoples
             safety
             co●sists
             in
             having
             Justice
             and
             R●paration
             upon
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             have
             those
             ●inisters
             nevertheles●
             been
             f●und
             out
             ?
             Have
             any
             of
             those
             who
             were
             in
             your
             hands
             been
             punished
             ?
             O●
             have
             they
             not
             rather
             been
             employed
             ?
             It
             was
             a
             sign
             that
             
               Ie
               ff●ries
            
             was
             naturally
             pusillanim●us
             ,
             that
             he
             despaired
             of
             rem●ining
             C●anc●l●●u●
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             that
             
               P●otestant
               ,
               Merciful
            
             Major
             General
             Kirk
             ,
             so
             well
             with
             our
             Reformer
             .
             Had
             he
             lived
             till
             now
             in
             despite
             of
             
               T●unton
               Dean
            
             ,
             he
             as
             well
             as
             
               Sir
               Iohn
               Trevor
            
             had
             had
             his
             Place
             .
             I
             am
             serious
             ,
             Doctor
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             may
             not
             believe
             what
             I
             say
             to
             be
             chimerical
             ,
             I
             will
             bring
             you
             acquainted
             with
             some
             of
             those
             men
             that
             are
             now
             in
             Play.
             
          
           
             Will
             you
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             introduce
             you
             to
             that
             good
             old
             Treasurer
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               D
               --
               by
            
             ?
             If
             you
             please
             we
             will
             forget
             his
             qua●dum
             Nego●iations
             with
             that
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             the
             lewd
             Whiggs
             ,
             many
             of
             whom
             are
             your
             intimate
             Friends
             ,
             called
             Pentionary
             ,
             but
             I
             protest
             I
             can't
             help
             remembring
             that
             my
             Lord
             Montague
             told
             odd
             tales
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             held
             some
             unfit
             Correspondencies
             with
             that
             
               Tyrant
               of
               France
            
             .
             Good
             God
             ●
             that
             a
             man
             who
             stands
             Impeached
             by
             a
             House
             of
             Commons
             for
             such
             transactions
             with
             a
             Crown
             ,
             with
             whom
             we
             now
             wage
             War
             ,
             should
             be
             made
             the
             President
             of
             all
             our
             Councils
             !
             Is
             i●
             not
             more
             wild
             ,
             and
             a
             greater
             protonation
             in
             our
             Politicks
             to
             place
             an
             Impeached
             man
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             all
             our
             Affairs
             ,
             than
             even
             to
             make
             a
             I●s●ite
             a
             Privy
             Councellour
             ?
          
           
             But
             let
             the
             Marquess
             of
             
               Car
               --
               then
            
             make
             room
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Sun
               --
               land
            
             .
             The
             Preface
             has
             given
             some
             account
             of
             that
             eminent
             States-man
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             a
             Secret
             ,
             upon
             condition
             that
             you
             will
             not
             tell
             that
             you
             have
             it
             from
             me
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Sun
               --
               land
            
             ,
             this
             very
             Earl
             of
             
               Sun
               --
               land
            
             ,
             tho'
             he
             has
             been
             out
             of
             Office
             ,
             has
             not
             for
             a
             great
             while
             been
             out
             of
             business
             .
             
               I
               am
               sure
               for
               above
               these
               two
               Years
               he
               has
               not
               been
               out
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Are
             you
             at
             leisure
             ,
             worthy
             Sir
             ,
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Secretaries
             Office
             where
             Mr.
             
               Br
               --
               n
            
             is
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             who
             must
             be
             a
             very
             adroit
             and
             experienced
             person
             ,
             and
             well
             worth
             your
             acquaintance
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             World
             knows
             he
             has
             run
             through
             all
             sorts
             of
             business
             .
             He
             was
             Secretary
             to
             that
             Offensive
             High
             Commission
             Court.
             The
             four
             Popish
             Bishops
             found
             him
             very
             useful
             .
             He
             could
             instruct
             Regulators
             ,
             and
             at
             Tryals
             lend
             an
             Oath
             .
             Heavens
             bless
             me
             !
             No
             body
             but
             
               Sun
               —
               land
            
             could
             have
             recommended
             such
             a
             Tooll
             to
             
               F●
               —
               rd
            
             who
             must
             certainly
             
             think
             himself
             overstocked
             with
             Reputation
             (
             of
             which
             deservedly
             he
             ha●
             a
             great
             share
             )
             or
             he
             could
             never
             have
             ventured
             so
             much
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             p●tting
             the
             Secrets
             ,
             and
             business
             o●
             his
             Office
             into
             such
             hands
             .
             I
             am
             really
             sorry
             he
             made
             such
             a
             choi●e
             ;
             for
             there
             are
             some
             men
             in
             this
             Government
             ,
             whom
             I
             would
             not
             have
             disgrace
             themselves
             .
             He
             is
             one
             of
             those
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             he
             might
             have
             chosen
             out
             of
             his
             old
             acquaintance
             ,
             men
             that
             would
             not
             have
             been
             a
             reproach
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             Had
             Nature
             pleaded
             as
             strongly
             for
             his
             Father
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             forgiven
             the
             
               Princes
               of
               Orange
            
             ,
             tho'
             she
             had
             overlooked
             all
             the
             faults
             of
             her
             Uncle
             
               R
               —
               r
            
             and
             recommended
             him
             to
             the
             Cabi●et
             .
          
           
             I
             believe
             ,
             you
             a●e
             well
             known
             to
             Sir
             
               R
               —
               r●
               R
               —
               h
               ,
            
             and
             I
             think
             I
             ought
             not
             to
             name
             him
             upon
             the
             accoun●
             of
             Regulation
             ,
             because
             he
             ●out
             started
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             all
             those
             ,
             that
             laid
             it
             to
             his
             charge
             as
             a
             Crime
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             this
             Government
             could
             not
             have
             found
             out
             a
             ●i●ter
             man
             ●o
             be
             a
             Secretary
             of
             War
             than
             handsom
             formal
             Mr.
             
               Bl
               —
               te
            
             ;
             for
             〈◊〉
             Speech
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             did
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             his
             power
             demonstrate
             ,
             that
             a
             standing
             Army
             was
             cheaper
             then
             the
             Militia
             .
             He
             talked
             himself
             out
             of
             Breath
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             House
             out
             of
             Patience
             ,
             upon
             that
             subject
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             been
             told
             by
             those
             that
             were
             by
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             any
             meaning
             what
             I
             have
             set
             down
             ,
             was
             what
             he
             d●ove
             at
             .
             He
             is
             ind●ed
             a
             profound
             man
             ,
             and
             therefore
             our
             Senates
             was
             not
             so
             much
             to
             blame
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             not
             understand
             all
             he
             said
             ,
             but
             so
             much
             is
             certain
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             a
             standing
             Army
             ,
             and
             that
             propensity
             is
             a
             good
             qualifica●ion
             for
             a
             Secretary
             of
             War
             ;
             and
             we
             shall
             comprehend
             his
             Reasons
             for
             what
             he
             would
             have
             maintained
             ,
             when
             he
             thinks
             fit
             to
             publish
             his
             Notes
             .
          
           
             I
             believe
             you
             will
             be
             weary
             before
             you
             have
             made
             these
             Visits
             ,
             therefore
             we
             must
             let
             alone
             the
             Right
             Honoura●le
             〈◊〉
             Lord
             C●nningsby
             ,
             Sir
             
               R●bert
               Howard
            
             ,
             Si●
             
               R.
               T●mple
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               I.
               W●rd●n
            
             ,
             and
             a
             mul●itude
             of
             other
             such
             excellent
             Persons
             (
             who
             are
             very
             well
             with
             the
             Government
             )
             till
             another
             opp●rtunity
             .
          
           
             Another
             reason
             why
             the
             authorised
             Writers
             for
             this
             Government
             should
             not
             so
             eternally
             insist
             upon
             Male-administrations
             of
             the
             last
             ,
             i●
             because
             we
             have
             
               so
               many
            
             Instances
             of
             misgovernment
             under
             our
             Reformer
             ,
             and
             I
             asure
             you
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             his
             Title
             will
             totter
             if
             he
             may
             not
             discharge
             himself
             upon
             evil
             Ministers●
             from
             which
             〈◊〉
             such
             Writers
             as
             you
             ,
             by
             the
             doctrines
             of
             your
             own
             Pamphlets
             ,
             shut
             him
             out
             .
          
           
             In
             speaking
             to
             the
             Male-administrations
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
             I
             must
             make
             use
             of
             a
             division
             ,
             that
             some
             will
             think
             new
             ;
             for
             I
             must
             speak
             of
             L●gislative
             Errours
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Execu●ive
             Male-administrations
             .
             Amongst
             the
             first
             I
             reckon
             the
             suspention
             of
             the
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             ,
             the
             gratification
             of
             the
             Articles
             of
             Limerick
             ,
             and
             the
             Enacting
             of
             Marital
             Law
             ,
             without
             punishing
             those
             that
             had
             exercised
             it
             before
             it
             was
             enacted
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             numerous
             Pardons
             they
             
             have
             bestowed
             upon
             the
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             broken
             tho●ow
             the
             most
             valuable
             of
             our
             Rights
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             broken
             in
             upon
             the
             L●berty
             of
             our
             Persons
             .
             Thes●
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             such
             exorbitan●
             measures
             which
             have
             passed
             both
             our
             Houses
             ,
             may
             be
             reckoned
             Legislative
             Errours
             .
          
           
             I
             don't
             question
             but
             s●me
             will
             think
             it
             very
             strange
             that
             I
             impeach
             a
             Parliam●●t
             ,
             but
             what
             man
             that
             has
             common
             sence
             ,
             can
             believe
             that
             the
             Nation
             ever
             intru●ed
             a
             
               H●use
               of
               Commons
            
             with
             a
             Power
             to
             destroy
             them
             ,
             with
             a
             Power
             to
             surrender
             up
             all
             our
             Liberties
             ,
             to
             ensl●ve
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             sell
             our
             Rights
             to
             a
             ●orreign
             (
             tho'
             ●
             Dutch
             )
             P●●●ce
             ,
             to
             sink
             our
             Ships
             ,
             or
             to
             burn
             our
             Cities
             .
             They
             may
             as
             well
             make
             any
             of
             these
             ,
             and
             Murder
             it self
             ●egal
             ,
             as
             long
             Imprisonments
             without
             assigned
             Crimes
             .
             Extravagant
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             are
             no
             Laws
             ;
             and
             it
             our
             Senate
             House
             is
             delivous
             ,
             we
             can
             be
             s●pposed
             to
             render
             obedience
             (
             tho'
             a
             Lawful
             King
             were
             at
             the
             H●ad
             of
             them
             )
             upon
             no
             other
             reason
             ,
             but
             because
             we
             are
             not
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             deny
             ,
             or
             dispute
             it
             .
             OUR
             ORACLE
             COOK
             has
             some
             where
             in
             his
             Institutes
             an
             expres●on
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             Laws
             made
             against
             right
             Reason
             ,
             and
             the
             ●a●
             of
             N●tur●
             ,
             are
             N●ll
             in
             themselves●
             Can
             it
             be
             reasonable
             that
             the
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             should
             be
             three
             tim●s
             one
             after
             another
             suspended
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             no
             better
             pretence
             than
             a
             Minister's
             shewing
             some
             Letters
             that
             he
             said
             came
             from
             Sco●land
             ,
             and
             which
             were
             stuff●d
             with
             palpable
             Falshoods
             ,
             such
             as
             King
             
             Iames's
             being
             Landed
             there
             with
             a
             gre●t
             Force
             ;
             and
             of
             which
             Letters
             we
             n●ver
             heard
             more
             after
             the
             first
             su●pention
             of
             the
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             ?
             The
             Liberty
             of
             our
             Persons
             is
             a
             Native
             Night
             .
             Our
             Common
             Law
             originally
             provided
             for
             it
             by
             Wr●●
             ,
             before
             it
             was
             provided
             for
             by
             S●atute
             ,
             and
             the
             Act
             of
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             was
             only
             to
             make
             u●
             ,
             as
             safe
             in
             the
             Vocation
             as
             in
             the
             Term
             ,
             and
             to
             provide
             a
             Pu●ishment
             for
             the
             Judges
             ,
             that
             denyed
             to
             obey
             that
             Writ
             ;
             Those
             Judges
             that
             had
             before
             that
             Penalty
             was
             ascertained
             deny●d
             to
             obey
             the
             Wr●t
             ,
             were
             punished
             severely
             in
             the
             Late
             times
             (
             when
             they
             went
             upon
             Principles
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             tho'
             they
             went
             too
             far
             )
             and
             the
             Persons
             injured
             had
             Reparation
             made
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Estates
             of
             those
             Ar●itra●y
             Judges
             .
             C●sless
             Imprisonme●s
             was
             one
             of
             the
             most
             clamarous
             and
             best
             warran●ed
             G●ievances
             in
             the
             days
             of
             King
             
               Charles
               the
               first
            
             ,
             yet
             the
             present
             Conservators
             of
             our
             Liber●y
             ,
             have
             transmitted
             to
             after
             Ages
             a
             president
             for
             Parliame●ta●ily
             taking
             away
             that
             Liberty
             ,
             whensoever
             the
             caprice
             of
             a
             fearful
             ,
             or
             fool●sh
             Minister
             se●s
             up
             pretences
             of
             State
             for
             doing
             it
             .
             Certainly
             
             Pa●liaments
             ●
             begin
             to
             ●orget
             the
             design
             of
             their
             first
             Institu●●on
             ,
             begin
             to
             forget
             they
             w●re
             to
             assist
             us
             against
             Arbitrary
             Ministers
             ,
             to
             secure
             our
             Rights
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             sacrifice
             them
             .
             I
             believe
             had
             the
             old
             Custom
             o●
             instructing
             t●em
             been
             revived
             ,
             few
             Flectors
             would
             have
             given
             a
             power
             to
             their
             R●presentatives●●o
             Imprison
             their
             peaceable
             Neighbours
             ,
             without
             proof
             ,
             for
             nothing
             .
             ●
             no'
             ●t
             can
             admit
             of
             no
             good
             excuse
             ,
             yet
             something
             more
             like
             one
             might
             have
             ●een
             offered
             ,
             if
             that
             Act
             had
             been
             suspended
             only
             whilst
             they
             could
             examine
             
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             pannick
             fear
             ,
             but
             to
             repeat
             it
             ,
             to
             reiterate
             such
             a
             prostitution
             of
             what
             wi●h
             all
             due
             Reverence
             to
             that
             Assemb●y
             ●e
             it
             spoken
             )
             t●ey
             have
             so
             li●tle
             to
             do
             withal
             ,
             unless
             to
             secure
             it
             by
             more
             express
             Laws
             ,
             is
             of
             ●●●amous
             example
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             almost
             as
             soon
             have
             been
             o●e
             of
             the
             Regicides
             of
             
               King
               Charles
               the
               first
            
             ,
             as
             such
             a
             murderer
             ,
             such
             a
             sta●er
             o●
             our
             ●u●d●men●al
             Rights
             .
             Was
             any
             of
             the
             men
             that
             were
             by
             vertue
             ,
             I
             mean
             by
             the
             Villany
             ,
             of
             that
             Suspenti●n
             committed
             ,
             ever
             tryed
             to
             this
             day
             ?
             N●y
             did
             the
             G●vernme●t
             e●er
             pretend
             to
             try
             any
             one
             man
             for
             Crimes
             committed
             before
             ,
             o●
             during
             that
             Susp●ntion
             ?
             The
             Nation
             remembers
             how
             many
             the
             M●ss●●gers
             then
             locked
             up
             ,
             how
             many
             were
             then
             Imprisoned
             in
             l●athsome
             Goals
             ,
             how
             many
             were
             sent
             to
             the
             expensive
             Tower.
             〈◊〉
             a
             Member
             of
             that
             Parl●am●n●
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             think
             a
             private
             Repentance
             would
             obliterate
             my
             ●a●lt
             ;
             I
             would
             print
             my
             Recantation
             of
             so
             destructive
             a
             Vote
             .
             I
             call
             it
             d●st●uc●i●e
             ,
             because
             it
             has
             given
             an
             Inlet
             to
             Prerogative
             ,
             that
             our
             Forefathers
             never
             knew
             ;
             that
             no
             King
             ever
             once
             imagined
             ,
             that
             a
             
               Parliament
               of
               England
            
             would
             countenance
             ,
             tho'
             it
             were
             but
             for
             the
             least
             point
             of
             time
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             us
             come
             to
             the
             Articles
             of
             Limerick
             ,
             does
             not
             
               King
               William
            
             plainly
             act
             by
             that
             
               devouring
               Monster
            
             (
             as
             
               Doctor
               Welwood
            
             calls
             it
             )
             the
             Dispensing
             P●●e●
             ?
             Does
             he
             not
             grant
             them
             Indulgence
             for
             their
             Religion
             ,
             allow
             them
             Arms
             ,
             and
             a
             freedom
             from
             Oaths
             ,
             and
             Securi●y
             against
             prosecutions
             for
             ●●eir
             Plundering
             ?
             and
             does
             not
             he
             do
             all
             this
             by
             his
             own
             single
             authori●y
             ,
             tho'
             it
             was
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             the
             Rights
             and
             Privile●g●s
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Safety
             too
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Subjects
             of
             Ireland
             ?
             Did
             ou●
             Parliament
             take
             any
             notice
             of
             the
             Illegality
             of
             this
             Act
             ,
             nay
             ,
             did
             they
             not
             ratifie
             it
             ?
             I
             suppose
             the
             
               Parliament
               of
               Ireland
            
             was
             not
             so
             cram'd
             with
             men
             in
             Places
             ,
             nor
             had
             the
             Members
             of
             it
             been
             so
             much
             softned
             by
             Pentions
             as
             the
             Members
             of
             our
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             are
             ;
             for
             when
             an
             Act
             for
             confirming
             those
             Articles
             was
             proposed
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             could
             find
             that
             the
             first
             Article
             of
             that
             Treaty
             ,
             if
             confirmed
             ,
             would
             make
             
               an
               Established
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             the
             sixth
             would
             deprive
             all
             Protestants
             of
             their
             Actions
             against
             the
             Papists
             ▪
             by
             w●om
             they
             were
             pl●ndered
             ,
             even
             whilst
             they
             lived
             in
             Peace
             with
             them
             .
             This
             you
             may
             find
             in
             a
             little
             Pamphlet
             ,
             called
             an
             
               Account
               of
               the
               Sessions
               of
               Parliament
               in
               Ireland
               ,
            
             1692.
             
             Which
             Pamphlet
             was
             put
             forth
             by
             some
             Members
             of
             that
             Parliament
             ,
             who
             are
             very
             fond
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
             tho'
             they
             are
             willing
             that
             the
             Settlement
             in
             Ireland
             may
             be
             
               Religiously
               observed
            
             ▪
             and
             that
             the
             
               Pro●estant
               and
               Britt●sh
               Interest
               there
               may
               be
               secured
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             worded
             it
             and
             promised
             in
             the
             last
             paragraph
             of
             his
             own
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             Did
             we
             pay
             so
             many
             men
             to
             make
             War
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             make
             at
             last
             such
             Conditions
             ?
             Could
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             to
             Reduce
             one
             Town
             ,
             when
             h●
             had
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             these
             three
             Kingdoms
             assisting
             him
             to
             Reduce
             it
             ,
             promis●
             to
             enervate
             the
             Act
             of
             Settlement
             ,
             and
             yet
             must
             
               King
               Iames
            
             ,
             when
             he
             wa●
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Irish
             ,
             when
             very
             few
             others
             of
             his
             Subjects
             appeared
             fo●
             
             him
             ,
             when
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             
               Protestants
               in
               Ireland
            
             were
             actually
             in
             Arms
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             combining
             with
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             forever
             stand
             confounded
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             prevailed
             upon
             ,
             contrary
             to
             his
             own
             Inclinations
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             sort
             of
             fatal
             necessity
             ,
             
               to
               Repeal
               that
               Act
               of
               Settlement
            
             ?
             I
             believe
             if
             the
             Doctor
             will
             read
             
               Great
               Brittain's
               Iust
               Complaint
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Answer
             to
             
               Doctor
               King's
               Book
            
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             have
             Forehead
             enough
             to
             assert
             any
             more
             ,
             as
             he
             does
             page
             the
             36
             th
             .
             that
             the
             King
             was
             Master
             ,
             and
             without
             controul
             when
             he
             passed
             that
             Act
             of
             Repeal
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             promises
             to
             consent
             to
             every
             thing
             that
             an
             
               English
               Parliament
            
             shall
             think
             necessary
             to
             re●establish
             that
             Act
             ,
             now
             he
             is
             really
             and
             proper●y
             Master
             of
             his
             own
             Actions
             ,
             and
             tho'
             the
             King
             has
             good
             reason
             ,
             and
             is
             obliged
             in
             honour
             to
             recommend
             to
             the
             
               Parliament
               of
               England
            
             those
             Irish
             that
             have
             followed
             him
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             yet
             the
             rascally
             Irish
             (
             as
             this
             mannerly
             Pupill
             of
             
               Titus
               Oates
               ,
               Doctor
               Welw●od
            
             calls
             them
             )
             do
             not
             appear
             dearer
             to
             
               King
               Iames
            
             then
             to
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             ;
             for
             
               King
               Iames
            
             will
             leave
             the
             method
             of
             recompensing
             those
             that
             have
             been
             Loyal
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             an
             
               English
               Parliament
            
             .
             But
             
               King
               William
               falls
               out
            
             with
             the
             
               Parliament
               of
               Ireland
            
             ▪
             because
             they
             are
             not
             willing
             those
             
               Irish
               Papists
            
             who
             plundered
             even
             while
             they
             lived
             in
             Peace
             with
             them
             ,
             should
             go
             unpunished
             ;
             which
             in
             plain
             English
             shews
             that
             
               King
               VVilliam
            
             to
             endear
             himself
             to
             the
             
               Nati●e
               Irish
            
             ,
             is
             willing
             to
             give
             an
             Instance
             that
             he
             thinks
             
               Robbery
               is
               no
               Crime
            
             ;
             but
             perhaps
             he
             remembred
             what
             the
             Pyrate
             said
             to
             Alexander
             ,
             &
             may
             think
             that
             〈◊〉
             an
             
               Irish
               Popish
            
             Rapparee
             has
             no
             more
             natural
             conviction
             of
             the
             hainiousness
             of
             such
             a
             transgression
             then
             his
             
               Protestant
               Dutch
               Highness
            
             has
             shewn
             to
             his
             own
             Actions
             .
             I
             am
             past
             Wondering
             at
             any
             thing
             
               King
               William
            
             does
             ,
             but
             Posterity
             will
             be
             astonished
             ,
             that
             a
             
               Parliament
               of
               England
            
             could
             ratifie
             such
             Articles
             .
          
           
             To
             proceed
             to
             another
             Head
             ,
             it
             is
             notoriously
             known
             that
             several
             men
             were
             Executed
             by
             Martial
             Law
             before
             it
             was
             Enacted
             .
             When
             an
             Army
             is
             no
             better
             paid
             ,
             then
             ours
             has
             been
             ,
             either
             in
             
               England
               ,
               Ireland
            
             ,
             or
             Flanders
             ,
             to
             empower
             a
             Commander
             
               to
               Shoot
               a
               man
               to
               Death
               ,
               because
               he
               demands
               the
               Money
            
             he
             has
             earned
             for
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Family
             ,
             with
             his
             Sweat
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Blood
             ,
             is
             a
             Law
             that
             requires
             great
             subtilty
             and
             argumentation
             ,
             to
             prove
             it
             equal
             or
             just
             ;
             but
             to
             give
             this
             power
             to
             imperious
             and
             cholerick
             Officers
             ,
             without
             examining
             how
             many
             men
             had
             been
             before
             the
             settling
             of
             it
             ,
             murdered
             in
             their
             rage
             ,
             and
             to
             gratifie
             their
             own
             violence
             .
             I
             say
             to
             enact
             this
             Law
             without
             such
             a
             retrospection
             ,
             and
             without
             guarding
             〈◊〉
             against
             a
             too
             vigorous
             execution
             of
             it
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             is
             what
             little
             becomes
             an
             
               English
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             have
             a
             tender
             regard
             to
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             meanest
             Subject
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             come
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             numerous
             Parliamentary
             Pardons
             bestowed
             upon
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             have
             falen
             foul
             upon
             our
             Laws
             ;
             have
             not
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             even
             the
             Peers
             of
             England
             been
             hunted
             by
             Proclamations
             ,
             clapt
             into
             Prisons
             for
             High
             Treason
             ,
             and
             refused
             the
             benefit
             of
             their
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             ,
             and
             this
             
             when
             there
             was
             no
             Information
             
               upon
               Oath
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Law
             appoints
             to
             justifie
             such
             a
             proceedure
             ?
             And
             have
             not
             the
             Ministers
             had
             all
             this
             pardon'd
             by
             a
             
               Parliament
               ?
               Doctor
               Welwood
            
             does
             make
             so
             many
             Repetitions
             himself
             ,
             that
             I
             hope
             he
             will
             not
             redicule
             me
             if
             I
             now
             and
             then
             repeat
             the
             same
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             set
             down
             here
             ,
             that
             Parliaments
             heretofore
             thought
             fit
             to
             punish
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             skreen
             such
             Arbitrary
             Ministers
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             reparation
             of
             the
             Subject
             more
             easie
             ,
             more
             certain
             ;
             but
             now
             they
             
               take
               part
            
             with
             the
             Ministers
             to
             oppress
             the
             Subject
             .
          
           
             Another
             Parliamentary
             Errour
             under
             this
             Government
             is
             ,
             that
             our
             Legislators
             don't
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             every
             Sessions
             read
             the
             
               Prince
               of
            
             Orange's
             own
             Declaration
             ;
             for
             there
             are
             in
             it
             some
             things
             that
             deserve
             their
             Reflections
             .
             These
             are
             the
             Words
             of
             one
             Paragraph
             .
          
           
             
               And
               we
               for
               our
               part
               will
               concur
               in
               every
               thing
               that
               may
               procure
               the
               Peace
               and
               Happiness
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               which
               a
               Free
               and
               Lawful
               Parliament
               shall
               determine
               ;
               Since
               we
               have
               nothing
               before
               our
               Eyes
               in
               this
               our
               undertaking
               ,
               but
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               the
               covering
               of
               all
               men
               from
               Persecution
               for
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               and
               the
               Securing
               to
               the
               whole
               Nation
               the
               
                 FREE
                 ENJOYMENT
              
               of
               all
               their
               Laws
               ,
               Rights
               ,
               and
               Liberties
               under
               a
               Iust
               and
               Legal
               Government
               .
            
          
           
             I
             don't
             know
             ,
             whether
             the
             present
             Gentlemen
             that
             meet
             at
             VVestminster
             ,
             take
             themselves
             to
             be
             a
             
               free
               Parliament
            
             ,
             but
             if
             they
             do
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             very
             fair
             Invitation
             ,
             which
             is
             also
             in
             other
             places
             expressed
             by
             declaring
             ,
             that
             the
             design
             of
             his
             coming
             should
             be
             
               to
               rescue
               the
               English
               Government
               from
               the
               Violencies
               and
               Disorders
               which
               had
               overturned
               the
               whole
               Constitution
               .
            
             Really
             if
             this
             was
             true
             ,
             our
             Civil
             Fabrick
             wants
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Reparation
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             was
             in
             earnest
             you
             are
             to
             blame
             that
             you
             don't
             propose
             solid
             Securities
             against
             Arbitrary
             Government
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             
               the
               possibility
               of
               Slavery
               for
               the
               future
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Declaration
             has
             it
             in
             another
             place
             .
             But
             in
             troth
             after
             all
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             takes
             the
             present
             for
             a
             
               free
               Parliament
            
             ,
             because
             that
             I
             can
             name
             his
             Highness
             some
             Bills
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             determined
             very
             unanimously
             to
             be
             for
             the
             happiness
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             which
             nevertheless
             
               King
               VVilliam
            
             has
             not
             thought
             fit
             to
             give
             his
             assent
             ,
             no
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             think
             fit
             to
             concur
             ,
             tho'
             some
             men
             absolutely
             attached
             to
             his
             Interest
             ,
             have
             honestly
             (
             according
             to
             their
             Principles
             )
             told
             him
             that
             a
             Prince
             who
             comes
             in
             for
             the
             sake
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Foot
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             can
             never
             stand
             long
             unless
             he
             really
             perform
             the
             business
             ,
             and
             design
             of
             his
             exaltation
             .
             He
             has
             been
             so
             far
             from
             concurring
             ,
             that
             it
             has
             been
             observed
             that
             every
             Session
             
               he
               has
               taken
               all
               our
               Money
               ,
               but
               followed
               none
               of
               the
               Advice
               ,
            
             either
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             of
             such
             ,
             whose
             avowed
             Principles
             make
             them
             capable
             to
             go
             in
             heartily
             with
             his
             Government
             ;
             nay
             he
             has
             rejected
             one
             Bill
             *
             that
             the
             
               whole
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             passed
             
               Nemine
               Contradicente
            
             ;
             Mr.
             Finch
             excepted
             ;
             
             ●nd
             which
             was
             not
             opposed
             by
             any
             body
             ,
             
               but
               my
               Lord
               Nottingham
            
             in
             th
             
             e
             ●ouse
             of
             Lords
             .
             He
             hath
             been
             pleased
             to
             refuse
             some
             ●ther
             Bills
             *
             that
             were
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             pains
             ●e
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Portland
             took
             to
             hinder
             them
             ,
             Voted
             ●y
             a
             great
             majority
             of
             both
             Houses
             .
             Methinks
             the
             pre●ent
             Parliament
             should
             enquire
             what
             are
             his
             thoughts
             concerning
             them
             ,
             since
             〈◊〉
             seems
             it
             is
             not
             to
             them
             that
             he
             refers
             the
             accomplishments
             of
             the
             ends
             of
             ●is
             Declaration
             .
             I
             believe
             there
             are
             some
             that
             sit
             now
             in
             
               Saint
               Stephen's
               Chappel
            
             ,
             that
             have
             thought
             no
             
               King
               of
               England
            
             ,
             no
             
               Hereditary
               King
               of
               Eng●and
            
             ,
             ought
             to
             have
             a
             Negative
             Voice
             ,
             and
             I
             wonder
             that
             no
             Person
             of
             ●hat
             perswasion
             disputes
             the
             Title
             that
             their
             
               Elective
               King
            
             has
             to
             it
             ;
             but
             in●tead
             of
             this
             (
             now
             these
             men
             are
             in
             Places
             )
             they
             can
             as
             well
             as
             other
             throw
             ●ut
             the
             Judges
             Bill
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             lets
             them
             know
             his
             Will
             ●nd
             Pleasure
             .
             They
             let
             him
             carry
             Absolute
             Monarchy
             to
             a
             higher
             pitch
             then
             ●hat
             in
             which
             the
             imagination
             of
             Xenophon
             placed
             his
             Cyrus
             ;
             for
             Cyrus
             had
             ●bout
             him
             many
             great
             men
             whom
             he
             consulted
             ,
             who
             were
             called
             his
             Eyes
             ●nd
             Ears
             ,
             and
             who
             were
             in
             a
             sort
             the
             Representatives
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             ●ur
             
               present
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             are
             content
             that
             our
             
               All-sufficient
               Monarch
            
             should
             ●o
             every
             thing
             by
             the
             advice
             only
             of
             that
             Stranger
             ,
             that
             Gaveston
             ,
             his
             
               Mon●●eur
               Bentinck
            
             ,
             who
             has
             the
             reputation
             of
             too
             good
             a
             Courtier
             ,
             to
             expostulate
             ●is
             Masters
             Will.
             
          
           
             Will
             you
             give
             me
             leave
             ,
             Dr.
             to
             repeat
             another
             Paragraph
             of
             the
             
               Prince
               ●f
            
             Orange's
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             
               But
               to
               Crown
               all
               ,
               there
               are
               Great
               and
               Violent
               Presumptions
               ,
               inducing
               us
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               those
               evil
               Counsellours
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               carrying
               on
               of
               their
               ill
               designs
               ,
               and
               the
               gaining
               to
               themselves
               the
               more
               time
               for
               the
               effecting
               of
               them
               ,
               for
               the
               encouraging
               their
               Complices
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               discouraging
               of
               all
               good
               Subjects
               ,
               have
               published
               that
               the
               Queen
               hath
               brought
               forth
               a
               Son
               ,
               tho'
               there
               have
               appeared
               both
               during
               the
               Queen's
               PRETENDED
               Bigness
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               manner
               in
               which
               the
               Birth
               was
               managed
               ,
               so
               many
               just
               and
               visible
               grounds
               of
               suspition
               ,
               that
               not
               only
               
                 WE
                 OUR SELVES
              
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               good
               Subjects
               of
               those
               Kingdoms
               ,
               do
               vehemently
               suspect
               ,
               that
               the
               pretended
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               was
               not
               born
               by
               the
               Queen
               .
               And
               it
               is
               notoriously
               known
               to
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               many
               both
               doubted
               of
               the
               Queen's
               bigness
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Birth
               of
               the
               Child
               ,
               and
               yet
               there
               was
               not
               any
               one
               thing
               done
               to
               satisfie
               them
               ,
               or
               to
               put
               an
               end
               to
               their
               doubts
               .
            
          
           
             
               Doctor
               Welwood
            
             ,
             you
             must
             forgive
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             think
             ,
             that
             it
             has
             been
             at
             least
             a
             great
             oversight
             in
             our
             Legislators
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             not
             charged
             this
             
               Crowning
               Male-administration
            
             home
             upon
             King
             Iames.
             This
             was
             a
             Male-administra●ion
             that
             was
             not
             only
             to
             confirm
             at
             present
             ,
             but
             to
             Crown
             and
             perpetuate
             ●ll
             the
             Male-administrations
             of
             King
             
             Iames's
             Reign
             .
             The
             proof
             of
             it
             would
             ●ave
             effectually
             silenced
             almost
             all
             mankind
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             that
             King.
             It
             ●s
             such
             an
             unnatural
             Male-administration
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             have
             thought
             him
             
             worse
             then
             an
             I●fidel
             ,
             that
             had
             so
             destroyed
             the
             Provisions
             our
             Law
             〈◊〉
             made
             for
             his
             Family
             ,
             for
             his
             Daughters
             .
             I
             would
             not
             only
             have
             allowe●
             him
             insane
             ,
             but
             a
             Monster
             ,
             if
             this
             had
             been
             proved
             upon
             him
             .
             The
             not
             pro●ving
             this
             upon
             King
             Iames
             ,
             has
             laid
             a
             Foundation
             for
             Lancastrian
             〈◊〉
             on
             s
             ,
             and
             for
             eternal
             Standing
             Armies
             ,
             which
             must
             remain
             for
             a
             Guard
             t●
             our
             Elective
             Crown
             .
             Had
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             intended
             to
             have
             requite●
             that
             
               most
               particular
               Affection
            
             and
             esteem
             which
             he
             says
             
               we
               had
            
             formerly
             
               testified
               to
               him
               and
               his
               dearest
               Consort
               the
               Princess
               ,
            
             he
             should
             not
             have
             been
             willing
             we
             should
             have
             been
             left
             in
             the
             dark
             in
             this
             matter
             .
             Had
             the
             Parliament
             too●
             any
             care
             for
             our
             future
             Security
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             cleared
             this
             point
             .
             Th●
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             was
             very
             particularly
             concerned
             to
             cl●ar
             it
             ,
             since
             it
             was
             th●
             most
             Justifiable
             part
             of
             hi●
             Errand
             hither
             ;
             the
             Parliament
             can
             never
             have
             〈◊〉
             better
             opportunity
             to
             be
             satisfied
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             matter
             ,
             since
             now
             they
             and
             the
             Witnesses
             cannot
             be
             supposed
             to
             be
             constrained
             by
             an
             Exiled
             Prince
             ▪
             They
             have
             been
             challenged
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             provoked
             to
             search
             to
             the
             very
             bottom
             of
             that
             Mystry
             of
             Iniquity
             .
             I
             will
             not
             use
             so
             rough
             Language
             ,
             but
             I
             humbly
             recommend
             that
             inquiry
             to
             them
             this
             Sessions
             .
          
           
             Certainly
             it
             was
             an
             Errour
             in
             our
             Legislators
             ,
             that
             no
             Member
             of
             i●
             took
             any
             Oaths
             at
             the
             meeting
             of
             the
             Convention
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             laid
             asid●
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Test
             ,
             at
             a
             Juncture
             ,
             when
             the
             whole
             Nation
             was
             allarum'd
             a●
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             dispensing
             Power
             .
             I
             have
             heard
             a
             Jolly
             Papist
             say
             ;
             tha●
             if
             the
             Priests
             can
             dispense
             with
             him
             for
             eating
             a
             Shoulder
             of
             Mutton
             upon
             a
             Fryday
             ,
             he
             would
             even
             dispense
             with
             himself
             for
             that
             small
             matter
             ,
             le●
             him
             be
             thought
             as
             Hetrodox
             by
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Catholicks
             as
             they
             pleased
             .
             Upon
             my
             Faith
             a
             man
             would
             think
             if
             the
             Test
             and
             the
             Oaths
             can
             be
             dispensed
             withal
             by
             one
             of
             our
             three
             Estates
             (
             as
             some
             phrase
             it
             )
             they
             may
             be
             a●
             well
             dispensed
             withal
             by
             either
             of
             the
             other
             .
             I
             don't
             say
             this
             as
             being
             fond
             either
             of
             Oaths
             or
             of
             the
             Test.
             I
             have
             always
             thought
             ,
             and
             have
             lately
             seen
             ,
             that
             Oaths
             are
             no
             great
             Security
             to
             Governments
             ,
             and
             I
             never
             had
             ,
             nor
             will
             ▪
             have
             any
             hand
             in
             Test-making
             ,
             tho'
             I
             can
             take
             twenty
             against
             Popery
             .
             All
             that
             I
             mean
             by
             this
             ,
             is
             that
             methinks
             the
             Conventioners
             ,
             our
             Senate
             ,
             should
             not
             have
             fallen
             into
             that
             Dispensing
             Power
             the
             Nation
             had
             so
             lately
             cryed
             out
             upon
             with
             open
             Mouth
             .
          
           
             The
             Convention's
             choosing
             a
             Speaker
             upon
             a
             Corporation
             bottom
             ;
             and
             a
             disputed
             Election
             possibly
             cannot
             in
             strictness
             of
             language
             be
             called
             a
             Legislative
             Errour
             ,
             but
             yet
             it
             was
             such
             an
             one
             as
             made
             the
             Convention
             it self
             unfit
             to
             be
             termed
             any
             part
             of
             our
             Legislative
             Authority
             ,
             and
             invalidated
             ;
             if
             there
             had
             been
             no
             other
             exceptions
             against
             them
             ,
             all
             the
             acts
             of
             that
             Convention
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             made
             them
             at
             least
             disputable
             .
          
           
             I
             think
             we
             may
             reckon
             amongst
             Parliamentary
             Errours
             ,
             that
             our
             Convention
             draw
             no
             better
             
               a
               Bill
               of
               Rights
            
             ,
             did
             not
             qualifie
             ,
             explain
             and
             limit
             the
             Dispensing
             Power
             that
             the
             threats
             that
             were
             used
             to
             
               B●scowen
               ;
               Hampden●
               
               Powel
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             their
             being
             promised
             good
             Preferments
             ,
             should
             be
             able
             to
             ●●fle
             all
             provisi●ns
             against
             Arbitrary
             Power
             ,
             and
             leave
             our
             Constitution
             as
             doubt●●
             and
             preca●ious
             as
             the
             Sycophants
             of
             both
             Robes
             have
             pretended
             it
             to
             be
             in
             the
             worst
             of
             times
             .
          
           
             Whatever
             these
             two
             last
             particulars
             mentioned
             will
             be
             reckoned
             now
             ,
             I
             b●lieve
             Posterity
             will
             allow
             them
             to
             be
             Legislative
             Errou●s
             ,
             amongst
             which
             also
             will
             be
             reckoned
             their
             Scandalous
             throwing
             out
             of
             the
             
               Iudges
               hill
            
             ,
             and
             the
             opposition
             that
             many
             of
             the
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             have
             made
             to
             a
             Bill
             for
             
               Regulating
               Tryals
            
             in
             
               Cases
               of
               ●igh
               T●eason
            
             ,
             and
             I
             averr
             that
             neither
             the
             future
             will
             ,
             nor
             can
             the
             present
             Age
             assign
             any
             other
             reasonable
             cause
             for
             the
             treatment
             those
             Bills
             have
             met
             with
             ,
             but
             the
             multitude
             of
             Officers
             and
             Pentioners
             that
             corrupt
             all
             the
             debates
             of
             our
             Senate
             House
             .
          
           
             I
             don't
             intend
             to
             run
             ●hrough
             every
             Errour
             committed
             by
             our
             Legislators
             .
             I
             will
             omit
             the
             admission
             of
             Out
             Laws
             ▪
             such
             as
             
               Major
               Wildman
               ,
               Manley
            
             ,
             &c.
             into
             the
             Convention
             to
             make
             Laws
             for
             us
             ,
             before
             they
             had
             r●versed
             their
             own
             own
             Out-Lawries
             .
             I
             will
             not
             mention
             that
             the
             Houses
             suffered
             themselves
             to
             be
             thr●atned
             by
             the
             Mobb
             ,
             sometimes
             by
             Members
             within
             ,
             and
             s●metimes
             by
             People
             without
             doors
             ,
             and
             have
             given
             for
             excuse
             of
             what
             they
             have
             done
             those
             threats
             ,
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             &c.
             and
             yet
             have
             looked
             and
             acted
             ,
             and
             expect
             to
             be
             considered
             as
             a
             free
             Parliament
             .
             I
             will
             omit
             the
             non-prohibition
             the
             last
             Sessions
             of
             the
             exportation
             of
             our
             Money
             in
             Specie
             .
             These
             and
             many
             other
             Parliamentary
             errours
             I
             will
             omit
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             as
             curso●ily
             look
             into
             the
             Executive
             Male-administrations
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             these
             which
             I
             have
             called
             ,
             and
             which
             became
             at
             length
             Legisla●ive
             ▪
             Errours
             were
             originally
             ,
             and
             at
             their
             first
             setting
             out
             ,
             executive
             male-administrations
             ;
             and
             since
             I
             have
             spoke
             to
             them
             under
             the
             one
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             repeat
             them
             under
             the
             other
             Head
             of
             my
             division
             .
             I
             will
             talk
             no
             more
             of
             
               Imprisoning
               without
               Oath
            
             ,
             nor
             executing
             b●
             
               martial
               Law
            
             before
             it
             was
             in
             Be●ng
             .
             I
             will
             not
             repeat
             the
             
               Articles
               of
               Lymerick
            
             .
             But
             did
             not
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             m●ke
             his
             first
             Steps
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             ●his
             Government
             in
             both
             Kingdoms
             upon
             the
             Dispensing
             Power
             ?
             Did
             he
             not
             before
             he
             was
             King
             ,
             send
             Letters
             to
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             to
             choose
             
               unqualified
               Persons
            
             into
             Places
             of
             Trust
             ?
             Did
             he
             not
             also
             ,
             and
             that
             before
             he
             was
             King
             ,
             send
             a
             Proclamation
             into
             Scotland
             that
             authorized
             and
             impowered
             Magistrates
             to
             officiate
             in
             Corporation
             who
             were
             not
             elected
             according
             to
             their
             Charter
             ?
             Has
             not
             every
             Term
             excessive
             Bail
             been
             required
             ,
             
               three
               thousand
               pounds
            
             for
             men
             that
             have
             not
             b●en
             worth
             
               th●ee
               hundred
               Shillings
            
             ?
             Excessive
             Fines
             imposed
             (
             besides
             setting
             in
             the
             Pillory
             )
             a
             hundred
             Marks
             upon
             a
             Boy
             that
             was
             not
             worth
             so
             m●ny
             Pence
             ,
             and
             now
             five
             hundred
             Marks
             api●ce
             (
             besides
             setting
             them
             three
             times
             in
             the
             Pillory
             )
             upon
             two
             that
             dispersed
             this
             Declaration
             ,
             tho'
             one
             of
             them
             is
             not
             worth
             so
             many
             Gr●●ts
             ?
             Where
             is
             that
             
               Salvo
               continemento
            
             that
             we
             used
             to
             talk
             of
             ?
             Have
             not
             Illegal
             and
             cruel
             Punishments
             been
             
             Inflict●d
             ?
             one
             of
             the
             Female
             Sex
             set
             in
             the
             Pillory
             and
             Fined
             ▪
             severely
             for
             a
             foolish
             Song
             ?
             Have
             not
             the
             Armies
             taken
             and
             forced
             free
             qua●t●r
             in
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             and
             Ireland
             ?
             Have
             they
             not
             been
             coun●enanced
             in
             doing
             it
             by
             those
             that
             sit
             at
             the
             H●lm
             ?
             Are
             our
             Elections
             of
             Parliament
             men
             according
             to
             our
             old
             Constitution
             ?
             Were
             not
             my
             Lord
             Nottingham
             ,
             and
             the
             
               booted
               Apostle
            
             sent
             down
             to
             solicite
             against
             Colonel
             
             Mildmay's
             Election
             in
             Ess●x
             ?
             Have
             there
             not
             been
             many
             bare-faced
             Sollicitations
             ,
             Threats
             and
             Promises
             sent
             to
             Countries
             ,
             Corpora●ions
             ,
             and
             p●rticular
             Electors
             ?
             Were
             th●re
             ●ot
             grea●
             Sums
             of
             Money
             expended
             by
             the
             Court
             to
             hinder
             the
             Elections
             of
             Wildman
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             great
             authors
             of
             the
             Change
             ,
             meerly
             because
             it
             was
             plain
             they
             made
             this
             Change
             with
             a
             design
             to
             secure
             their
             Country
             from
             the
             abuse
             of
             future
             Ministers
             ?
             Have
             not
             Governours
             been
             imposed
             upon
             the
             Plantations
             abroad
             upon
             the
             
               quo
               Warranto
            
             Foot
             ,
             and
             contrary
             ●o
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Privy
             Council
             ,
             and
             meerly
             by
             the
             Arbitrary
             Command
             of
             King
             William
             ?
             Are
             not
             such
             Judges
             out
             of
             favour
             ,
             and
             their
             Salla●ies
             ill
             paid
             who
             will
             not
             do
             all
             Jobbs
             for
             the
             Court
             ?
             I
             appeal
             to
             my
             
               Lord
               Chief
               Baron
               Atkins
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             Judges
             ,
             whether
             or
             no
             I
             am
             a
             Slanderer
             .
             Has
             not
             an
             Order
             been
             sent
             down
             to
             the
             Custom-House
             at
             
               Dover
               ,
               dispensing
            
             with
             the
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             which
             prohibits
             French
             Wines
             ?
             Was
             not
             that
             Act
             which
             prohibits
             the
             bringing
             in
             of
             Silk
             for
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Limerick
            
             Furnace's
             sake
             dispensed
             with
             the
             other
             day
             by
             a
             formal
             Act
             of
             Council
             ?
             In
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             not
             all
             the
             world
             satisfied
             ,
             that
             my
             Lord
             Bellamount
             was
             Closeted
             during
             the
             last
             Sessions
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             others
             were
             so
             before
             the
             Parliament
             met
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             as
             in
             England
             ?
             Was
             not
             the
             
               witty
               Iack
               How
            
             turned
             off
             because
             he
             would
             not
             hold
             his
             tongue
             when
             the
             Inter●st
             of
             the
             Nation
             called
             upon
             him
             to
             speak
             in
             the
             House
             ?
             And
             when
             he
             had
             the
             misfortune
             to
             beat
             a
             Foot-man
             just
             before
             the
             last
             Sessions
             within
             the
             verge
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             Court
             Animals
             tell
             about
             in
             triumph
             their
             Masters
             Sentiments
             ;
             and
             how
             many
             good
             Speeches
             were
             spoiled
             by
             having
             
               Iack
               How
            
             upon
             that
             hank
             ?
             When
             King
             William
             returned
             from
             that
             Skirmish
             of
             the
             Boyne
             (
             which
             is
             the
             only
             time
             he
             ever
             faught
             successfully
             )
             did
             not
             he
             threaten
             the
             
               whole
               Parliament
            
             in
             a
             Speech
             ?
             But
             I
             must
             confess
             a
             man
             that
             Pays
             them
             
               so
               well
            
             may
             take
             the
             Liberty
             to
             use
             those
             Gentlemen
             a
             little
             Scurvily
             ;
             but
             the
             Figure
             they
             should
             make
             and
             the
             treatment
             they
             then
             had
             ,
             would
             have
             taught
             Barbarians
             how
             little
             they
             ought
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             to
             have
             wished
             success
             to
             King
             
             William's
             Arms.
             All
             that
             I
             have
             reckoned
             up
             ,
             except
             this
             last
             instance
             ,
             are
             the
             measures
             of
             Adversity
             ;
             but
             who
             can
             guess
             what
             would
             be
             the
             Maxims
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             do
             those
             mighty
             things
             that
             he
             sometimes
             promises
             in
             his
             Speeches
             ,
             and
             weak
             Men
             ,
             and
             silly
             Women
             ,
             expect
             at
             his
             hands
             ?
             But
             I
             must
             return
             to
             what
             he
             does
             ,
             as
             things
             are
             with
             him
             at
             present
             ;
             Was
             not
             Mr.
             Ashton
             murdered
             by
             
               presumptive
               Treason
            
             ,
             and
             Anderton
             against
             the
             
               plain
               sence
            
             of
             many
             Statutes
             ,
             
             and
             without
             the
             least
             shadow
             or
             proof
             ,
             and
             in
             despite
             of
             the
             conviction
             and
             repentance
             of
             several
             of
             his
             Jury
             ;
             particularly
             the
             Foreman
             ?
             have
             not
             many
             of
             the
             Judges
             hectored
             the
             Juries
             in
             their
             Circuits
             ?
             But
             why
             should
             I
             go
             on
             to
             enumerate
             all
             the
             effects
             of
             the
             
               Prince
               of
            
             Orange's
             most
             Despo●ick
             Rule
             ?
             Th●se
             Instances
             are
             enough
             to
             demonstrate
             the
             Imprudence
             ,
             I
             had
             l●ke
             to
             have
             said
             Im●udence
             ,
             of
             these
             Pamphleteers
             ,
             and
             are
             enough
             ●o
             verifie
             
             Osbo●ne's
             Aphorism
             which
             I
             have
             put
             upon
             the
             Title
             page
             ;
             and
             to
             convince
             us
             that
             what
             he
             says
             is
             the
             true
             reason
             why
             we
             at
             present
             bear
             such
             infractions
             of
             our
             Antient
             Constitution
             .
             The
             Aphorism
             is
             so
             pat
             here
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             scarce
             be
             lost
             time
             to
             read
             it
             over
             again
             ,
             
               People
               endure
               Oppression
               with
               more
               patience
               from
               an
               Vsurper
               ,
               then
               one
               ascending
               through
               a
               long
               Succession
               ,
               as
               esteeming
               it
            
             MORE
             NATURAL
             ,
             
               and
               no
               less
               then
               looked
               for
               ,
               or
               as
               acknowledging
               to
               have
               deserved
               it
            
             FOR
             NOT
             SEEING
             WHEN
             THEY
             WERE
             WELL.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             not
             be
             so
             particular
             as
             to
             shew
             how
             especially
             of
             all
             their
             Scriblers
             ,
             ●t
             little
             becomes
             Doctor
             Welwood
             to
             exaggarate
             matters
             against
             
               King
               Iames
            
             ,
             since
             his
             discourse●
             about
             a
             Dictatorial
             Power
             ,
             &c.
             brought
             him
             for
             his
             Arbitrary
             Doctrines
             under
             the
             censure
             of
             the
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             .
             A
             House
             of
             Commons
             wherein
             some
             Members
             have
             been
             so
             notoriously
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             sudden
             ,
             so
             debauched
             ,
             that
             when
             some
             of
             them
             have
             stood
             up
             to
             speak
             ,
             those
             that
             sate
             next
             ,
             have
             (
             as
             I
             am
             told
             )
             instead
             of
             crying
             hear
             ,
             called
             out
             
               hyre
               him
            
             .
             ●f
             I
             may
             believe
             a
             Person
             that
             I
             think
             of
             credit
             ,
             this
             is
             true
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             cau●ious
             of
             laying
             down
             any
             thing
             for
             matter
             of
             Fact
             that
             is
             not
             minutely
             true
             ,
             ●hat
             I
             will
             not
             vouch
             for
             this
             Report
             ,
             tho'
             it
             is
             well
             handed
             to
             me
             .
             How●ver
             I
             must
             confess
             since
             Pentions
             have
             been
             so
             much
             talked
             of
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             ●nown
             ,
             I
             think
             the
             promotion
             of
             no
             Test
             will
             ever
             so
             honourably
             carry
             down
             ●he
             names
             of
             the
             Authors
             of
             i●
             to
             our
             Childrens
             Children
             ,
             as
             the
             late
             
               self
               ●enying
               Ordinance
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             that
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             carryed
             a
             little
             farther
             ;
             ●or
             it
             were
             to
             be
             wished
             that
             every
             Member
             should
             make
             Oath
             he
             received
             
               ●o
               Pay
            
             ,
             either
             directly
             ,
             or
             indirectly
             ,
             from
             King
             William
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             rea●onable
             man
             might
             know
             what
             to
             say
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             how
             much
             soever
             they
             ●ould
             oppose
             King
             Iames
             ,
             yet
             they
             would
             certainly
             take
             some
             care
             of
             their
             ●iserable
             Native
             Land.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             coming
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             to
             my
             third
             Head
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             Answer
             to
             a
             Maxim
             ●ou
             lay
             down
             and
             build
             very
             much
             upon
             ,
             page
             the
             4
             th
             .
             Your
             Maxim
             is
             ,
             
               Ne●er
               to
               trust
               the
               Promises
               of
               one
               that
               has
               broke
               with
               us
               before
               ,
            
             especially
             if
             those
             ●ormer
             were
             
               backed
               with
               the
               Religious
            
             Sanction
             of
             an
             Oath
             .
             Doctor
             ,
             don't
             you
             ●mell
             a
             Rat
             ?
             In
             good
             earnest
             ,
             as
             ill
             as
             the
             Convention
             provided
             for
             our
             ●ecurity
             ,
             I
             suppose
             what
             I
             have
             mentioned
             may
             be
             either
             found
             in
             our
             new
             
               ●ill
               of
               Rights
            
             ,
             or
             plainly
             ,
             and
             without
             straining
             a
             point
             be
             deduced
             from
             it
             ,
             ●nd
             tell
             me
             frankly
             was
             it
             not
             designed
             that
             the
             Coronation
             Oath
             should
             ob●ge
             King
             William
             to
             observe
             that
             
               paultry
               Bill
               of
               Rights
            
             ,
             and
             also
             all
             our
             Laws
             ?
             have
             observed
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             you
             have
             an
             ill
             memory
             ,
             and
             a
             worse
             observation
             ,
             
             and
             for
             that
             reason
             I
             must
             remind
             you
             that
             
               the
               Male-administrations
            
             in
             th●
             Reign
             of
             King
             Iames
             are
             by
             your
             Libel
             ,
             made
             breaches
             of
             his
             Co●onatio●
             Oath
             .
             I
             fancy
             upon
             reading
             it
             ,
             that
             you
             reckon
             that
             noti●n
             the
             very
             hing●
             of
             our
             Constitution
             ,
             because
             else
             ,
             sure
             you
             can't
             but
             know
             that
             your
             whole●
             Treatise
             is
             impertinent
             ,
             what
             hole
             then
             have
             you
             for
             King
             William
             to
             creep●
             out
             at
             ?
             How
             shall
             he
             go
             Scot-free
             ▪
             But
             to
             proceed
             ●radatim
             ,
             did
             not
             the●
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             break
             his
             Oath
             to
             his
             own
             Country-men
             ,
             by
             taking
             up●●
             him
             the
             Statholdership
             ,
             and
             this
             too
             when
             he
             was
             of
             years
             to
             be
             obliged
             by
             an
             Oath
             ;
             for
             when
             they
             first
             made
             him
             Captain
             Gene●al
             ▪
             he
             took
             an
             Oath
             never
             to
             take
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Statholde●
             upon
             him
             ?
             Well
             but
             I
             will
             not
             ramble
             into
             the
             
               Vnited
               Provinces
            
             ,
             I
             will
             let
             him
             ,
             the
             People
             of
             Amsterdam
             and
             Tergous
             alone
             .
             But
             did
             not
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               break
            
             his
             Word
             ,
             hi●
             Declaration
             with
             us
             ,
             when
             by
             advancing
             his
             Troops
             he
             mad
             it
             impracticable
             ,
             for
             
               King
               Iames
            
             ,
             when
             a
             Treaty
             was
             on
             F●ot
             betwixt
             him
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             summon
             such
             a
             Parliament
             as
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             said
             he
             would
             refer
             every
             thing
             to
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             the
             King
             had
             issued
             out
             several
             Writs●
             Nay
             ▪
             was
             the
             threatening
             ,
             not
             to
             say
             insolent
             ,
             inhumane
             ,
             and
             unna●ural●
             M●ssage
             ,
             he
             sent
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             command
             his
             removal
             from
             Whitehall
             a●s●
             unseason●ble
             a
             time
             of
             the
             Night
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             by
             conveyance
             ,
             that
             co●sid●ring
             the
             coldness
             of
             the
             Weather
             ,
             must
             be
             so
             dangerous
             to
             his
             Health
             agr●eable
             to
             what
             he
             promised
             to
             those
             of
             the
             Gentry
             and
             Nobil●ty
             ,
             who
             invited
             him
             over
             without
             design
             of
             carrying
             things
             so
             ●ar
             ,
             without
             design
             to
             carry
             them
             to
             any
             extremity
             ,
             either
             against
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             or
             the
             Just
             Rights
             and
             necessary
             P●erogatives
             of
             his
             Crown
             ?
             Nay
             farther
             ,
             has
             King
             William
             since
             he
             was
             Crowned
             ,
             kept
             his
             Oath
             with
             any
             of
             th●se
             Kin●doms
             ?
             I
             think
             it
             is
             plain
             he
             has
             not
             .
             I
             dare
             appeal
             to
             his
             Friends
             of
             both
             the
             Ros●s
             ,
             
               The
               Rose
               Tavern
               at
               Temple-Barr
            
             ,
             and
             in
             Covent-Garde●
             .
             〈◊〉
             dare
             appeal
             to
             his
             Advocates
             at
             
             Richard's
             Coffee-House
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             activ●
             Friend
             Paschall
             ,
             who
             delivered
             his
             Declaration
             at
             the
             Door
             of
             the
             House
             o●
             Commons
             :
             Nay
             I
             dare
             appeal
             to
             any
             man
             livi●g
             ,
             that
             has
             Sence
             and
             Memory
             ,
             whether
             he
             has
             always
             kept
             his
             Word
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             
               England
               ,
               Sco●land
               ,
               an●
               Ireland
            
             complain
             of
             the
             breach
             of
             it
             .
             I
             know
             no
             body
             indeed
             that
             he
             ha●
             kept
             it
             with
             but
             the
             
               Irish
               P●pists
            
             ;
             He
             has
             broke
             it
             with
             both
             Parties
             in
             Scotland
             .
             I
             will
             give
             an
             account
             how
             he
             has
             broke
             it
             with
             the
             Episcopal
             part●
             there
             ,
             when
             I
             come
             to
             shew
             in
             what
             an
             admirable
             ,
             in
             how
             much
             a
             more
             setled
             ,
             condition
             Secretary
             Iohnson
             has
             left
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             at
             present
             I
             wil●
             observe
             how
             he
             has
             kept
             it
             with
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             heretofore
             ,
             how
             he
             has
             kept
             it
             with
             the
             People
             of
             England
             .
             It
             is
             sufficiently
             known
             that
             those
             who
             delivered
             him
             the
             Crown
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             took
             a
             most
             par●ticular
             care
             to
             make
             the
             Redress
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             and
             the
             
               assertion
               of
               their
               o●
               Rights
               ,
               the
               conditions
               of
               taking
               it
               .
            
             And
             the
             Conditions
             upon
             which
             only
             the●
             gave
             that
             Crown
             .
             I
             must
             allow
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             miti●gation
             
             of
             what
             they
             did
             ,
             that
             had
             they
             had
             a
             Right
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             they
             acted
             like
             wise
             and
             serious
             men
             ;
             they
             provided
             Substantial
             Securities
             by
             their
             claim
             of
             Rights
             ,
             and
             they
             ordered
             those
             who
             presented
             their
             Crown
             ,
             to
             secure
             their
             Liberties
             ,
             by
             reading
             first
             their
             Claim
             of
             Rights
             ,
             then
             their
             Grievances
             (
             both
             which
             went
             to
             the
             bottom
             of
             things
             )
             and
             then
             to
             insist
             upon
             the
             exacting
             of
             a
             Promise
             from
             him
             to
             govern
             according
             to
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             to
             Redress
             the
             other
             ,
             before
             they
             administred
             the
             Oath
             unto
             him
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             designed
             ,
             and
             evidently
             implyed
             his
             being
             sworn
             to
             the
             performance
             ,
             which
             Instructions
             were
             punctually
             observed
             by
             those
             that
             delivered
             that
             Crown
             ;
             but
             within
             a
             very
             short
             time
             after
             that
             Crown
             was
             given
             ,
             tho'
             it
             was
             upon
             this
             promise
             ,
             yet
             notwithstanding
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             that
             Parliament
             which
             placed
             the
             Crown
             upon
             his
             Head
             ,
             humbly
             petitioned
             the
             present
             King
             (
             for
             which
             priviledge
             of
             Petitioning
             they
             had
             provided
             by
             their
             Claim
             of
             Rights
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             had
             in
             his
             own
             Declaration
             declared
             the
             slighting
             and
             rejecting
             Petitions
             delivered
             by
             Subjects
             ,
             with
             respect
             and
             submission
             to
             be
             a
             high
             strain
             of
             Absolute
             Power
             )
             I
             say
             altho'
             that
             Parliament
             humbly
             Addressed
             to
             the
             present
             King
             for
             his
             Assent
             to
             some
             Votes
             which
             they
             had
             passed
             for
             Establishing
             their
             ●i●erties
             ,
             and
             which
             were
             agreeable
             to
             their
             Antient
             Laws
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             pursuant
             to
             their
             Claim
             of
             Rights
             ,
             they
             were
             scornfully
             and
             disdainfully
             refused
             and
             rejected
             .
          
           
             Will
             you
             gi●e
             me
             leave
             to
             mention
             some
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             Scotland
             ;
             such
             as
             were
             set
             down
             in
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange's
               Declaration
            
             to
             that
             Kingdom
             ?
          
           
             According
             to
             the
             
               Scotch
               Declaration
            
             ,
             the
             appointing
             of
             Judges
             in
             an
             unusual
             manner
             ,
             and
             giving
             them
             Commissions
             ,
             which
             were
             not
             to
             continue
             during
             Life
             ,
             or
             good
             behaviour
             ,
             was
             highly
             Illegal
             ;
             yet
             King
             William
             after
             he
             got
             the
             Crown
             ,
             found
             he
             was
             mistaken
             in
             that
             Paragraph
             ,
             and
             nominated
             the
             whole
             Bench
             without
             subj●●ting
             them
             to
             a
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             the
             approbation
             of
             Parliament
             according
             as
             Law
             and
             Custom
             required
             ,
             did
             not
             think
             fit
             to
             continue
             their
             Commissions
             during
             Life
             or
             good
             behaviour
             ,
             and
             appointed
             them
             a
             Lord
             Pres●●●nt
             ,
             tho'
             by
             express
             and
             antient
             Statutes
             he
             was
             to
             be
             Elected
             by
             the
             Bench.
             
          
           
             By
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             Declaration
             ,
             the
             Imposing
             
               of
               Bonds
               without
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               ,
            
             and
             the
             permiting
             of
             free
             quarters
             to
             the
             Souldiers
             ,
             are
             declared
             to
             be
             
               high
               and
               intollerable
               Stretches
            
             of
             Government
             (
             as
             indeed
             they
             are
             by
             the
             municipal
             Laws
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             )
             but
             yet
             under
             this
             Government
             with
             
               greater
               Confidence
               ,
               and
               less
               Compassion
            
             then
             ever
             ,
             Bonds
             have
             been
             in
             Scotland
             imposed
             by
             authority
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             may
             appear
             from
             their
             publick
             Proclamations
             ,
             and
             many
             thousands
             of
             Souldiers
             have
             been
             maintained
             upon
             
               free
               quarter
            
             for
             many
             Months
             together
             ,
             countenanced
             and
             abetted
             in
             it
             by
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Funds
             for
             the
             reimbursing
             the
             Country
             ,
             which
             were
             appointed
             by
             Parliament
             ▪
             have
             been
             otherwise
             diverted
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Commissionating
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             to
             sit
             as
             Judges
             upon
             the
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             of
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             the
             ●u●ing
             People
             to
             death
             without
             
               a
               L●gal
               Tryal
               ,
               Iury
            
             and
             Record
             were
             complained
             of
             in
             the
             D●cla●ation
             ,
             w●re
             thought
             good
             reasons
             for
             Forefa●●●ing
             of
             King
             Iames
             ,
             and
             were
             provided
             against
             upon
             this
             last
             settlement
             of
             the
             Crown
             :
             and
             yet
             both
             the
             caution
             given
             against
             them
             by
             the
             sentence
             of
             Forefaulture
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             King
             Iames
             ,
             and
             the
             
               future
               provision
            
             made
             by
             the
             Estates
             prove
             
               too
               weak
            
             to
             restrain
             this
             Government
             from
             practising
             the
             same
             things
             ;
             for
             Colonel
             Hill
             and
             Lieutenant
             Colonel
             Hamilton
             were
             ordered
             and
             empowered
             
               to
               pu●
               Glencoa
               and
               all
               the
               Males
               of
               his
               Clan
               under
               seventy
               to
               death
            
             ;
             which
             was
             partly
             executed
             upon
             them
             without
             any
             
               Legal
               Tryal
               ,
               Iury
            
             ,
             or
             Record
             .
             Neither
             can
             their
             former
             enmity
             and
             opposition
             to
             the
             Government
             furnish
             any
             appology
             for
             so
             barbarous
             a
             Murder
             ,
             since
             they
             had
             all
             ,
             either
             actually
             taken
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Indemnity
             ,
             then
             granted
             ,
             and
             so
             were
             pardoned
             ,
             or
             had
             
               Protections
               in
               their
               Pockets
            
             ,
             which
             put
             them
             under
             the
             immediate
             care
             and
             safeguard
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             Will
             you
             give
             me
             leave
             now
             to
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             a
             matter
             that
             concerns
             both
             Kingdoms
             ?
             The
             frequencies
             of
             Parliament
             for
             redressing
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             the
             amending
             ,
             strenthening
             ,
             and
             preserving
             of
             the
             Laws
             with
             all
             freedom
             of
             Speech
             and
             Debates
             in
             them
             was
             insisted
             upon
             ,
             and
             fundamentally
             established
             by
             the
             States
             of
             both
             Kingdoms
             ,
             when
             they
             Elected
             their
             present
             Majesties
             to
             the
             Throne
             .
             How
             well
             this
             is
             observed
             and
             made
             good
             to
             both
             Kingdoms
             ,
             is
             obvious
             enough
             .
             I
             believe
             it
             would
             puzzle
             
               Doctor
               Welwood
            
             to
             give
             any
             considerable
             Catalogue
             of
             Grievances
             Redressed
             .
             No
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             for
             
               Redressing
               of
               Grievances
               ,
               amending
               or
               preserving
               the
               Laws
            
             they
             are
             assembled
             ,
             but
             for
             giving
             of
             Money
             .
             The
             craving
             Necessities
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             the
             pressing
             circumstances
             of
             the
             Confederates
             and
             Forreign
             Affairs
             ,
             the
             early
             Preparations
             of
             the
             
               French
               King
            
             an●
             honourable
             Peace
             ,
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Fears
             of
             
               King
               Iames
            
             ;
             are
             become
             the
             cruel
             and
             
               everlasting
               Topicks
            
             ,
             the
             common
             and
             ordinary
             Stale
             whereby
             the
             
               true
               intent
            
             of
             Parliaments
             is
             baffled
             ,
             and
             the
             Money-business
             quickned
             and
             finished
             .
             The
             last
             is
             now
             so
             much
             the
             business
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             so
             little
             ,
             that
             is
             is
             an
             equal
             Wager
             that
             this
             Court
             may
             come
             at
             last
             to
             plead
             Prescription
             against
             Parliaments
             as
             to
             any
             other
             business
             but
             Money
             Bills
             .
          
           
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             am
             afraid
             you
             will
             be
             put
             hard
             to
             assign
             many
             redressed
             Grievances
             ,
             but
             I
             can
             present
             you
             with
             an
             account
             of
             at
             least
             
               six
               or
               seven
               and
               twenty
               Millions
            
             that
             we
             have
             paid
             King
             William
             ,
             a
             prodigious
             Sum
             for
             five
             Years
             (
             besides
             the
             Money
             that
             we
             have
             in
             that
             time
             lost
             by
             his
             management
             and
             the
             vast
             Sums
             he
             owes
             )
             Methinks
             our
             bounty
             should
             have
             made
             him
             kee●
             better
             touch
             with
             us
             ,
             have
             made
             him
             perform
             his
             Promises
             .
          
           
             I
             begin
             to
             pitty
             you
             Doctor
             ,
             for
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             discount
             for
             the●
             things
             by
             laying
             the
             blame
             upon
             the
             advices
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             thereby
             to
             eas●
             
             the
             Prince
             ;
             because
             every
             Branch
             of
             Law
             ,
             is
             
               a
               Breach
               of
               Promise
            
             by
             your
             own
             Doctrine
             ,
             if
             such
             a
             poor
             Animal
             as
             I
             can
             pick
             out
             the
             sence
             of
             what
             you
             write
             .
             Methinks
             you
             are
             a
             little
             abashed
             ,
             we
             have
             been
             a
             long
             time
             ●very
             serious
             :
             Have
             you
             a
             mind
             to
             be
             merry
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             by
             repeating
             a
             Jest
             ,
             shew
             you
             how
             in
             a
             very
             few
             Lines
             you
             might
             have
             given
             a
             more
             effectual
             answer
             to
             th●s
             Declaration
             ?
             The
             Story
             is
             worth
             your
             hearing
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             told
             of
             a
             Witty
             Wagg
             ,
             of
             King
             
             William's
             own
             party
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             saw
             this
             Declaration
             at
             first
             ,
             looked
             a
             liltle
             solmn
             ,
             and
             cryed
             out
             ,
             
               Pox
               take
               it
               ,
               this
               may
               do
               mischief
               ,
               but
               after
               he
               had
               recollected
               himself
               ,
               he
               said
               ,
               Now
               I
               think
               of
               it
               ,
               it
               will
               signifie
               little
               ,
               for
            
             King
             William
             
               has
               taken
               the
               best
               way
               to
               make
               this
               ,
               and
               all
               Declarations
               of
               no
               effect
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               no
               body
               can
               name
               any
               one
               Paragraph
               of
               his
               own
               that
               he
               has
               kept
               to
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Nation
               I
               hope
               will
               never
               mind
               Declarations
               more
               .
            
             It
             was
             a
             severe
             Jest
             upon
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             ,
             because
             the
             best
             Friends
             he
             has
             must
             own
             it
             a
             true
             one
             ,
             nor
             can
             King
             William
             plead
             ignorance
             in
             excuse
             of
             what
             he
             does
             ,
             since
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             could
             so
             nicely
             and
             so
             Libellously
             anatomize
             in
             his
             own
             Declaration
             every
             breach
             of
             our
             Laws
             made
             in
             King
             Iames's
             Reign
             ,
             and
             also
             since
             the
             doctrines
             of
             this
             Revolution
             and
             Doctor
             Welwood's
             Libell
             make
             the
             King
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             the
             author
             of
             all
             that
             is
             done
             it
             .
          
           
             Good
             Doctor
             ,
             what
             shall
             we
             do
             ?
             Shall
             we
             ever
             trust
             to
             the
             Promis
             of
             one
             that
             has
             broke
             his
             Word
             with
             us
             before
             ?
             Shall
             we
             trust
             a
             man
             that
             has
             broke
             Promises
             that
             were
             backed
             with
             the
             Religious
             Sanction
             of
             an
             Oath
             ?
             Come
             Doctor
             ,
             be
             good
             na●ured
             :
             Advise
             the
             World
             to
             be
             good
             natured
             ,
             to
             be
             forgiving
             ,
             and
             forgetting
             ,
             or
             King
             
             William's
             Government
             will
             be
             in
             a
             dangerous
             condition
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             us
             not
             entertain
             our selves
             any
             longer
             with
             such
             dismal
             Prospects
             ▪
             Let
             us
             make
             to
             the
             last
             Head.
             
          
           
             I
             perceive
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             tho'
             not
             only
             the
             Hawkers
             have
             carryed
             Six
             penny-worth
             ,
             forty
             pages
             ,
             of
             you●
             Works
             through
             all
             the
             City
             ,
             but
             the
             Government
             has
             industriously
             spread
             them
             through
             all
             the
             Villages
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             diligence
             ,
             as
             the
             Ordinaries
             do
             the
             F●●st-Prayers
             ;
             yet
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             are
             not
             satisfied
             that
             it
             is
             King
             
             Iames's
             Declaration
             .
             Really
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             am
             forty
             that
             a
             man
             of
             your
             Fi●ure
             and
             Talents
             ventured
             to
             spend
             so
             much
             of
             your
             time
             upon
             an
             uncertainty
             ;
             but
             that
             you
             may
             not
             too
             much
             repent
             of
             your
             labour
             ,
             I
             will
             asure
             you
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             seen
             this
             Declaration
             Signed
             with
             King
             
             Iames's
             
               own
               Hand
            
             ,
             which
             I
             will
             Swear
             to
             as
             much
             as
             I
             will
             to
             any
             Similitude
             of
             Hands
             ,
             and
             belief
             may
             serve
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             tho'
             I
             think
             it
             no
             evidence
             in
             Criminal
             Causes
             ,
             notwithstanding
             its
             being
             used
             as
             such
             at
             some
             Tryals
             since
             the
             Reversal
             of
             
             Sydney's
             Attainder
             ,
             in
             which
             Reversal
             to
             do
             them
             Justice
             ,
             the
             Convention
             was
             in
             the
             Right
             ;
             But
             to
             proceed
             ,
             I
             don't
             desire
             the
             World
             should
             take
             my
             Word
             for
             this
             matter
             .
             I
             believe
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             Members
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             know
             his
             hand
             as
             well
             as
             I
             ,
             
             and
             if
             they
             will
             become
             Security
             for
             my
             Person
             on
             this
             occasion
             too
             ,
             I
             will
             produce
             it
             ,
             either
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             Member
             of
             it
             whose
             Honour
             I
             can
             trust
             .
             Upon
             my
             word
             Doctor
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             Town
             Signed
             with
             his
             
               own
               hand
            
             ,
             if
             I
             may
             trust
             my
             own
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             assure
             you
             too
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             ●
             never
             saw
             the
             King's
             hand
             to
             that
             former
             Declaration
             ,
             which
             you
             are
             so●
             very
             willing
             should
             pass
             for
             an
             authentick
             one
             .
             Where
             have
             you
             lived
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             of
             late
             ?
             You
             used
             to
             be
             a
             man
             of
             good
             Intelligence
             .
             I
             wonder
             you
             have
             not
             heard
             that
             this
             last
             Declaration
             was
             in
             the
             
               French
               Gazette
            
             ,
             which
             the
             other
             Declaration
             would
             questionless
             have
             been
             too
             ,
             had
             it
             been
             more
             then
             an
             
               unfinished
               undetermined
            
             Scrole
             .
             If
             you
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             enquire
             the
             
               French
               Gazette
            
             of
             Iune
             the
             20
             th
             .
             1693.
             
             I
             believe
             you
             need
             not
             put
             your self
             to
             any
             farther
             trouble
             about
             the
             reallity
             of
             this
             being
             King
             
             Iames's
             Declaration
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             are
             still
             in
             doubt
             ,
             there
             is
             an
             Astrologer
             who
             is
             a
             Prisoner
             in
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             who
             was
             formerly
             of
             another
             Profession
             ,
             to
             whom
             you
             may
             apply
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             is
             a
             Master
             in
             his
             Art
             ,
             he
             will
             easily
             by
             casting
             a
             Figure
             ,
             find
             that
             this
             Declaration
             has
             
               passed
               the
               Great
               Seal
               at
               St.
               Germaines
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             the
             approbation
             of
             many
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Friends
             here
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             who
             studies
             the
             Stars
             can
             spell
             his
             own
             Name
             out
             of
             this
             little
             hint
             ,
             but
             altho'
             he
             fawned
             upon
             King
             Iames
             in
             his
             Prosperity
             ,
             and
             has
             been
             a
             busie
             little
             stickler
             against
             him
             since
             his
             Misfortunes
             ,
             and
             has
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             have
             a
             flirt
             at
             this
             Declaration
             ,
             yet
             I
             pitty
             the
             hardships
             that
             Gentleman
             has
             brought
             upon
             himself
             ,
             and
             wish
             at
             last
             he
             would
             mind
             his
             own
             proper
             Function
             ,
             and
             not
             trouble
             himself
             any
             more
             with
             Politicks
             ,
             which
             God
             and
             Nature
             never
             designed
             for
             his
             Province
             ,
             He
             will
             know
             I
             ken
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             not
             expose
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             more
             miserable
             already
             then
             I
             wish
             him
             ,
             were
             it
             in
             my
             power
             to
             make
             him
             otherwayes
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             said
             all
             I
             think
             necessary
             to
             the
             general
             Heads
             ,
             and
             now
             shall
             proceed
             to
             those
             things
             that
             have
             not
             fallen
             under
             them
             .
          
           
             In
             looking
             over
             page
             the
             6
             th
             .
             I
             perceive
             Doctor
             ,
             you
             have
             a
             wonderful
             good
             opinion
             of
             the
             Face
             of
             Affairs
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             therefore
             if
             you
             please
             I
             will
             compare
             Notes
             with
             you
             .
          
           
             My
             Correspondents
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             assure
             me
             that
             your
             Country-men
             are
             less
             affected
             then
             they
             were
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             which
             they
             say
             appears
             by
             the
             general
             obstinacy
             against
             taking
             the
             Oathes
             ,
             the
             Episcopal
             Party
             generally
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Ministers
             themselves
             refusing
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             have
             taken
             the
             Oaths
             ,
             even
             amongst
             the
             Presbyterian
             Clergy
             ,
             have
             taken
             them
             with
             such
             a
             Reservation
             and
             Explication
             as
             plainly
             shews
             that
             they
             have
             King
             William
             in
             suspition
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             don't
             desire
             to
             place
             a
             Dictatorial
             Power
             in
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             .
             I
             think
             I
             had
             best
             send
             the
             explanation
             it self
             .
             
               We
               do
               take
               the
               Oath
               of
               Allegiance
               to
               King
            
             William
             
               and
               Queen
            
             Mary
             ,
             
               in
               so
               far
               as
               they
               defend
               our
               Religion
               ,
               and
               our
               Liberties
               according
               to
               the
               Claim
               of
               Right
               and
               their
               Coronation
               Oaths
               .
            
             I
             suppose
             you
             have
             heard
             of
             Mr.
             Windram
             
             Professor
             in
             Divinity
             at
             Glascoe
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Ballendine
            
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Linnin
            
             ,
             These
             men
             repeated
             these
             Words
             in
             the
             name
             of
             themselves
             and
             the
             
               Kirk
               of
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             they
             demanded
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             be
             satisfied
             till
             they
             had
             got
             Instruments
             from
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Commission
             ,
             who
             was
             empowered
             to
             adminster
             the
             Oaths
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             upon
             these
             terms
             only
             they
             had
             Sworn
             the
             Oaths
             and
             Signed
             the
             Assurances
             Now
             I
             have
             repeated
             their
             Explanation
             ,
             methinks
             even
             these
             men
             have
             not
             bound
             themselves
             Hand
             and
             Foot.
             The
             
               Claim
               of
               Rights
            
             &
             the
             
               Coronation
               Oath
            
             have
             been
             ,
             &
             may
             again
             be
             ,
             broken
             by
             
               King
               William
               and
               Queen
               Mary
            
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             
               Kirk
               of
               Scotland
            
             is
             at
             Liberty
             to
             step
             out
             of
             the
             way
             of
             their
             Allegiance
             ;
             and
             by
             what
             has
             been
             done
             to
             King
             Iames
             ,
             such
             Sallies
             as
             those
             are
             brought
             into
             president
             .
             There
             are
             prodigious
             numbers
             both
             of
             Noblemen
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             were
             living
             Peaceably
             ,
             and
             willing
             enough
             to
             live
             peaceably
             ,
             under
             the
             protection
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
             some
             of
             whom
             are
             Imprisoned
             ,
             others
             Fined
             in
             a
             Years
             Revenue
             of
             their
             Estates
             ,
             besides
             many
             that
             are
             Banished
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             meerly
             for
             refusing
             to
             take
             the
             Oaths
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             no
             wonder
             that
             men
             of
             Spirit
             and
             Conscience
             so
             obstinately
             refuse
             the
             Oaths
             there
             ,
             since
             by
             them
             they
             are
             to
             Swear
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             and
             his
             Princess
             as
             King
             and
             Queen
             
               de
               jure
            
             ,
             as
             Rightful
             and
             Lawful
             King
             and
             Queen
             of
             Scotland
             ;
             but
             besides
             these
             that
             refuse
             ,
             there
             are
             others
             that
             are
             not
             so
             well
             able
             to
             grapple
             with
             Tribulation
             ,
             who
             have
             taken
             the
             Oathes
             against
             their
             will
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             design
             never
             to
             keep
             them
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             certain
             than
             that
             according
             the
             Scotch
             Aphorism
             .
             
               He
               that
               Swears
               against
               his
               Will
               ,
               is
               of
               his
               old
               Opinion
               still
            
             ;
             nor
             can
             this
             Government
             especially
             expect
             any
             great
             Security
             from
             Oathes
             ,
             which
             is
             it self
             founded
             upon
             the
             breach
             of
             so
             many
             solemn
             and
             sacred
             ones
             .
             That
             face
             of
             Affairs
             which
             you
             are
             in
             love
             with
             ,
             seems
             to
             me
             disfigured
             with
             greater
             Oppressions
             and
             more
             ghastly
             Hardships
             then
             would
             be
             necessary
             to
             support
             a
             Lawful
             Throne
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             think
             those
             hardships
             will
             force
             the
             injured
             Persons
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             their
             Relations
             upon
             designs
             against
             the
             Government
             ,
             to
             get
             rid
             of
             these
             particular
             Oppressions
             ,
             which
             perhaps
             no
             other
             motive
             could
             so
             easily
             and
             so
             vigorously
             have
             put
             them
             upon
             .
             This
             rigid
             management
             of
             Iohnston
             and
             Ormeston
             (
             who
             is
             Justice
             Clerk
             )
             has
             so
             universally
             disgusted
             that
             I
             have
             it
             from
             men
             of
             both
             parties
             (
             men
             considerable
             in
             the
             Presbyterian
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Episcopal
             Party
             in
             your
             Country
             )
             that
             those
             Cameronian
             Drivers
             have
             more
             served
             King
             Iames
             then
             their
             own
             Master
             .
             The
             heavy
             Taxes
             both
             upon
             the
             Commons
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             great
             and
             unusual
             that
             they
             neither
             will
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             paid
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             have
             much
             inflamed
             Scotland
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             more
             inflamed
             because
             at
             the
             first
             sitting
             of
             their
             Parliament
             they
             were
             made
             believe
             ,
             that
             a
             bloody
             and
             execrable
             Plot
             would
             be
             made
             out
             as
             plain
             to
             them
             as
             the
             Sun
             at
             noon
             day
             ,
             which
             Plot
             at
             last
             dwindled
             into
             a
             few
             paultry
             Letters
             ,
             which
             no
             body
             evident●●
             and
             legally
             knew
             the
             meaning
             of
             ,
             nor
             to
             whom
             they
             were
             written
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             
               Nevill
               Payne
            
             
             upon
             whom
             they
             were
             fathered
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             to
             his
             Tryal
             in
             Parliamen●
             was
             so
             like
             to
             have
             been
             acqui●ed
             ,
             that
             the
             Court
             was
             forced
             to
             A
             joi●●
             his
             Tryal
             to
             save
             their
             own
             credit
             ,
             and
             besides
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             informed
             ,
             there
             ha●
             like
             to
             have
             been
             a
             palpable
             discovery
             made
             of
             some
             indirect
             endeavours
             ●
             forge
             that
             Plot
             ,
             and
             to
             equipp
             Evidences
             for
             it
             .
             I
             hear
             that
             since
             the
             la●
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ended
             the
             c●●●●●●●●●ns
             of
             your
             Representatives
             (
             wh●
             it
             seems
             mark
             down
             as
             well
             as
             look
             on
             )
             have
             severely
             l●ctured
             these
             Mem●
             bers
             that
             appeared
             credulous
             in
             that
             matter
             .
             Tho'
             your
             Parliament
             as
             we●
             as
             ours
             can
             over-hastily
             Vote
             a
             Plot
             ,
             yet
             I
             find
             the
             general
             sence
             of
             that
             Natio●
             is
             against
             prosecuting
             upon
             intercepted
             Letters
             .
             Your
             wise
             Country-men
             an●
             the
             generality
             of
             your
             Nation
             too
             (
             as
             do
             all
             wise
             men
             in
             all
             Countries
             be●
             lieve
             the
             State
             may
             be
             informed
             by
             Letters
             that
             they
             meet
             with
             by
             chance●
             but
             they
             don't
             think
             them
             sufficient
             grounds
             to
             set
             on
             Foot
             ,
             such
             Severitie●
             as
             Secretary
             Iohnston
             has
             alarum'd
             them
             withal
             .
             Besides
             many
             of
             those
             wh●
             are
             very
             Zealous
             for
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             think
             it
             an
             unheard
             of
             Bar●
             barity
             ,
             that
             
               Novell
               Payne
            
             who
             has
             been
             three
             Years
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             most
             par●
             of
             them
             in
             close
             Prison
             ,
             after
             being
             tortured
             with
             Boots
             and
             Thummakin●
             and
             that
             in
             a
             very
             extraordinary
             and
             Illegal
             way
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             ought
             so
             long
             ago
             to
             have
             been
             set
             at
             Liberty
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             endured
             the
             Torture
             ;
             say
             they
             think
             it
             barbarous
             that
             this
             so
             wronged
             ,
             that
             this
             suffering
             ,
             
               English●
               man
            
             ,
             who
             ought
             not
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             Scotland
             to
             have
             b●en
             put
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Torture
             (
             upon
             the
             Crime
             alledged
             ,
             without
             any
             Evidence
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             being
             no
             Native
             of
             Scotland
             )
             should
             be
             now
             at
             last
             put
             in
             hazard
             of
             his
             Life
             when
             after
             all
             the
             Parade
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             after
             all
             their
             busie
             preparation
             to
             destroy
             him
             ,
             it
             appeared
             plainly
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             ,
             even
             so
             much
             as
             like
             sufficient
             Evidence
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             I
             come
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             now
             to
             give
             you
             an
             account
             of
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Episcopa●
             Party
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             as
             I
             promised
             sometime
             since
             ;
             but
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             repeat
             here
             also
             ,
             a
             Paragraph
             of
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange's
               Declaration
            
             to
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             which
             relates
             to
             the
             People
             of
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             
               And
               we
               do
               likewise
               resolve
               ,
               that
               as
               soon
               as
               the
               Nations
               are
               brought
               to
               a
               State
               of
               quiet
               ,
               we
               will
               take
               care
               that
               a
               Parliament
               shall
               be
               called
               in
            
             Scotland
             ,
             
               for
               restoring
               the
               Antient
               Constitution
               of
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               for
               bringing
               the
               matters
               of
               Religion
               to
               such
               a
               Settlement
               ,
               that
               the
               People
               may
               live
               easie
               and
               happy
               ,
               and
               for
               puting
               an
               end
               to
               all
               the
               unjust
               Violences
               that
               have
               been
               in
               a
               course
               of
               so
               many
               Years
               committed
               there
               .
            
          
           
             In
             another
             place
             of
             the
             same
             Declaration
             ,
             he
             makes
             one
             of
             the
             great
             ends
             of
             his
             coming
             over
             to
             this
             Island
             to
             be
             
               the
               Covering
               and
               Securing
               of
               all
               such
               wh●
               will
               live
               peaceably
               under
               the
               Government
               as
               good
               Subjects
               from
               all
               Persecution
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               even
            
             Papists
             
               themselves
               not
               excepted
            
             .
             Perhaps
             I
             could
             shew
             he
             has
             kept
             his
             Word
             best
             with
             the
             Papists
             ;
             but
             before
             I
             have
             ended
             my
             History
             of
             the
             
               Scotch
               affairs
            
             ,
             I
             suppose
             no
             body
             will
             think
             he
             has
             kept
             his
             
             Word
             with
             the
             
               Episcopal
               Protestants
            
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Scotland
             .
             There
             have
             been
             made
             since
             this
             Revolution
             ,
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             that
             make
             it
             impossible
             for
             any
             that
             approve
             of
             Episcopacy
             tho'
             in
             the
             lowest
             manner
             to
             hold
             any
             Preferment
             ,
             either
             in
             the
             Churches
             ,
             or
             the
             Universities
             ,
             notwithstanding
             they
             should
             be
             willing
             (
             as
             some
             were
             )
             to
             submit
             to
             this
             Government
             .
             By
             the
             Act
             of
             the
             Settlement
             of
             the
             Church
             a●
             the
             Clergy
             are
             oblig●d
             to
             declare
             ,
             that
             they
             believe
             the
             Presbyterian
             Church-Government
             is
             the
             only
             Government
             Christ
             hath
             left
             in
             his
             Church
             .
             And
             instead
             of
             a
             Compromise
             which
             King
             William
             seemed
             to
             promise
             at
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             last
             Sessions
             ,
             care
             has
             been
             taken
             not
             only
             to
             Level
             ,
             by
             
               de
               jure
            
             Oathes
             and
             Assurances
             ,
             at
             the
             Civil
             Principles
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Party
             ,
             but
             such
             maxims
             and
             mea●ures
             have
             been
             set
             on
             Foot
             there
             ,
             as
             must
             not
             only
             extirpate
             them
             out
             of
             their
             Churches
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             their
             Country
             too
             ;
             and
             all
             these
             things
             are
             to
             be
             laid
             at
             Secretary
             
             Iohnston's
             and
             his
             Masters
             doors
             ;
             because
             with
             your
             leave
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             must
             inform
             the
             World
             that
             King
             William
             Governs
             your
             Nat●ve
             Country
             with
             a
             
               Dictatorial
               Power
            
             ,
             and
             much
             like
             a
             Conquered
             Province
             ,
             and
             by
             taking
             only
             his
             Advice
             made
             Mr.
             Iohnston
             ,
             before
             he
             had
             the
             publick
             character
             of
             Secretary
             ,
             the
             Vice-Roy
             of
             it
             ,
             who
             like
             a
             great
             Bashaw
             in
             Tur●y
             has
             so
             little
             of
             his
             own
             property
             there
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             plainly
             his
             Interest
             to
             comply
             ●ith
             his
             M●ster's
             Will.
             But
             to
             return
             to
             the
             Episcopal
             Clergy
             of
             Scotland
             .
             They
             must
             subscribe
             the
             Conf●ssion
             of
             Faith
             ,
             made
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             the
             shorter
             and
             larger
             Catechism's
             made
             at
             the
             same
             place
             .
             They
             must
             promise
             to
             observe
             an
             Uniformi●y
             to
             the
             pres●nt
             Presbyterians
             in
             Worship
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             besides
             this
             they
             are
             to
             submit
             to
             Tryers
             ,
             who
             must
             be
             satisfied
             of
             their
             Gifts
             ,
             and
             I
             suppose
             too
             (
             according
             to
             the
             usual
             form
             of
             Tryers
             )
             they
             must
             be
             satisfied
             they
             have
             not
             too
             good
             a
             Benefice
             for
             an
             Episcopal
             Clergy-man
             .
             But
             I
             beg
             pardon
             for
             this
             Note
             of
             my
             own
             ,
             and
             will
             go
             on
             to
             tell
             you
             that
             all
             that
             have
             Benefices
             ,
             not
             submiting
             to
             these
             Conditions
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             deprived
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             others
             who
             have
             none
             are
             to
             be
             banished
             if
             they
             exercise
             ,
             tho'
             in
             private
             Houses
             ,
             their
             Ministry
             ;
             so
             that
             now
             there
             are
             no
             remains
             of
             Toleration
             in
             Scotland
             .
             The
             Idolatrous
             Church
             of
             England
             is
             so
             little
             admitted
             there
             ,
             that
             all
             remains
             of
             an
             Episcopal
             Party
             will
             be
             rooted
             out
             ,
             if
             
             Iohnston's
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             this
             Government
             can
             stand
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             proc●ed
             to
             another
             Head.
             Because
             you
             are
             a
             Stranger
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             inform
             you
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             that
             
               so
               much
            
             ,
             does
             not
             signifie
             only
             in
             our
             Language
             ,
             and
             then
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             consider
             part
             of
             the
             eighth
             and
             ninth
             Pages
             .
          
           
             Good
             Doctor
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             charge
             the
             King
             with
             a
             
               suppo●uious
               Prince
               of
               Wales
            
             ,
             and
             his
             partizans
             with
             a
             
               French
               League
            
             ,
             the
             Murther
             of
             his
             Brother
             ,
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ?
             Did
             these
             things
             contribute
             towards
             the
             King's
             misfortunes
             ?
             Are
             they
             true
             ?
             Or
             were
             they
             false
             ?
             I
             believe
             you
             must
             allow
             ,
             that
             nothing
             contributed
             so
             much
             to
             the
             King's
             Misfortunes
             ,
             and
             
             our
             Miseries
             ,
             as
             these
             malitious
             Calumnies
             .
             Were
             they
             his
             Friends
             ,
             or
             his
             Enemies
             that
             set
             them
             about
             ?
             I
             will
             not
             name
             
               Saint
               Iones's
               Grad-Irons
            
             ,
             nor
             the
             
               Irish
               Massacree
            
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             other
             Stories
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             Mob●
             were
             carried
             headlong
             to
             Perdition
             .
             Besides
             this
             ,
             a
             man
             without
             aggravation
             might
             say
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             had
             Bribed
             some
             to
             put
             the
             King
             upon
             ill●m
             asures
             ,
             he
             Bri●ed
             others
             even
             to
             give
             a
             worse
             turn
             to
             them
             abroad
             ,
             than
             they
             (
             as
             bad
             as
             they
             were
             )
             deserved
             ,
             and
             to
             six
             Intentions
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             never
             so
             much
             as
             dreamt
             of
             .
             You
             can't
             but
             be
             sensible
             an
             ill
             t●ing
             may
             be
             aggravated
             by
             
               Billinsgate
               flights
            
             ,
             because
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             your
             own
             Talent
             lies
             that
             way
             .
          
           
             Page
             the
             fourte●nth
             ,
             you
             charge
             
               King
               Iames
            
             with
             endeavouring
             both
             before
             and
             after
             his
             Accession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             to
             advance
             the
             exorbitant
             greatness
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             you
             say
             that
             this
             is
             a
             truth
             so
             generally
             known
             in
             Europe
             ,
             that
             even
             the
             
               Popish
               Princes
            
             lay
             it
             at
             his
             door
             with
             the
             heaviest
             Execrations
             .
             These
             are
             heavy
             Charges
             ,
             but
             you
             are
             pleased
             to
             let
             the
             proving
             of
             them
             alone
             ,
             and
             I
             protest
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             you
             are
             the
             only
             man
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             upon
             whose
             bare
             Word
             I
             would
             have
             believed
             things
             of
             this
             importance
             .
             However
             from
             these
             discoveries
             of
             yours
             ,
             you
             infer
             ,
             that
             the
             present
             War
             is
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             our
             Country
             ,
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             our
             Liberties
             .
             The
             Protestant
             Religion
             and
             English
             Liberty
             are
             so
             dear
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             must
             consider
             them
             first
             .
             I
             did
             never
             hear
             that
             our
             Religion
             and
             our
             Country
             were
             attacked
             by
             France
             .
             I
             thought
             we
             declared
             War
             first
             against
             France
             .
             Well!
             but
             you
             will
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             our
             Religion
             and
             Liberty
             are
             concerned
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             that
             of
             our
             own
             Country
             ,
             because
             ,
             if
             
               P●pish
               Flanders
            
             is
             lost
             ,
             it
             is
             impossible
             for
             either
             our
             Religion
             ,
             or
             Liberty
             to
             subsist
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             First
             ,
             that
             Flanders
             was
             not
             attacked
             ,
             until
             after
             this
             Revolution
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             danger
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             did
             not
             draw
             us
             into
             this
             War.
             And
             then
             Secondly
             ,
             with
             submission
             if
             we
             had
             kept
             out
             of
             this
             War
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             expence
             of
             a
             Land
             Army
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             our
             Trade
             would
             have
             flourished
             ,
             and
             our
             Navy
             ,
             with
             the
             fifth
             part
             of
             that
             Expence
             we
             have
             been
             at
             ,
             might
             have
             been
             so
             increased
             as
             would
             have
             secured
             our
             Religion
             and
             Liberty
             from
             all
             the
             Power
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             whole
             World
             too
             .
             But
             farther
             ,
             supposing
             I
             should
             grant
             that
             we
             must
             be
             yet
             more
             watchful
             over
             Flanders
             ,
             are
             we
             nevertheless
             bound
             to
             ruin
             our selves
             for
             its
             defence
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             to
             submit
             at
             present
             to
             a
             mischief
             ,
             the
             avoiding
             of
             which
             for
             the
             future
             is
             the
             only
             reasonable
             and
             National
             motive
             why
             we
             should
             take
             any
             care
             at
             all
             of
             those
             Provinces
             ?
          
           
             But
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             how
             does
             it
             appear
             that
             King
             Iames
             has
             labour'd
             for
             the
             Granduer
             of
             France
             ?
             If
             you
             know
             any
             thing
             of
             a
             
               French
               League
            
             ,
             produce
             it
             .
             My
             Lord
             
             Sunderland's
             Letter
             ,
             Li●ens'd
             in
             89.
             denys
             his
             knowledge
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             think
             his
             Evidence
             may
             be
             taken
             upon
             this
             Head.
             The
             Duke
             o●
             
             York's
             labouring
             to
             obtain
             those
             Peaces
             of
             
               Aixe
               La
               Chapell
            
             ,
             and
             Nimeghe●
             
             which
             were
             so
             advantagious
             for
             the
             Conf●derates
             ,
             are
             no
             very
             good
             proofs
             of
             your
             assertion
             .
             King
             
             Iames's
             threatning
             the
             King
             of
             France
             when
             his
             Army
             was
             hovering
             about
             the
             Mase
             ,
             and
             his
             sending
             the
             
               French
               King
            
             word
             when
             he
             offered
             to
             fall
             down
             upon
             Holland
             to
             divert
             is
             In
             asion
             that
             brought
             about
             this
             Revolution
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             Invaded
             Holland
             he
             would
             send
             his
             Quota
             for
             th●ir
             de●ence
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Treaty
             of
             N●meghen
             ,
             is
             a
             strong
             contradiction
             to
             what
             you
             say
             ;
             and
             upon
             the
             whole
             I
             am
             so
             far
             from
             bei●g
             of
             your
             mind
             ,
             that
             I
             believe
             the
             majority
             of
             the
             Consederates
             will
             ascribe
             the
             present
             Granduer
             of
             France
             rather
             to
             the
             
               Prince
               of
            
             O●an●e's
             want
             of
             conduct
             ,
             Government
             and
             Oeconomie
             in
             their
             common
             Affairs
             ,
             t●an
             to
             any
             endeavours
             of
             King
             Iames
             either
             before
             ,
             or
             since
             his
             accession
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             man
             had
             nothing
             else
             to
             do
             ,
             one
             might
             since
             you
             insist
             upon
             the
             Security
             of
             our
             Religion
             by
             this
             War
             ,
             make
             pretty
             work
             with
             that
             Article
             of
             the
             Confederacy
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             engages
             himself
             to
             maintain
             the
             
               Vsurpa●ion
               of
               the
               ●op●
            
             against
             the
             
               Franchises
               of
               the
               Ga●can
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             ●ecl●ra●ion
             
               Monsi●ur
               S●homb●rg
            
             put
             forth
             in
             Dauphin
             ,
             this
             time
             twelve
             M●nth
             .
             And
             in
             answer
             to
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             of
             the
             King
             's
             laying
             his
             Crown
             at
             the
             Feet
             of
             the
             Pope
             (
             which
             you
             your self
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             can't
             but
             know
             it
             a
             mali●ious
             an●
             groundless
             Calumny
             )
             a
             man
             might
             expose
             your
             Master
             for
             having
             so
             often
             ●a●pered
             with
             the
             
               Court
               of
               Rome
            
             for
             having
             had
             so
             great
             Friendships
             with
             many
             Popes
             ,
             for
             being
             in
             a
             direct
             Confederacy
             with
             one
             ,
             nay
             ,
             for
             having
             as
             it
             were
             fought
             under
             his
             Banner
             when
             he
             came
             to
             be
             our
             Deliverer
             .
             With
             these
             things
             a
             man
             might
             divert
             the
             Reader
             ,
             but
             I
             don't
             love
             to
             take
             all
             advantages
             of
             rallying
             ,
             nor
             to
             aggravate
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             Correspondencies
             may
             be
             held
             with
             a
             Pope
             as
             a
             secular
             Prince
             .
             If
             you
             will
             consider
             this
             short
             Paragraph
             ,
             it
             may
             help
             you
             to
             an
             answer
             to
             many
             Excursions
             that
             you
             make
             .
          
           
             Page
             the
             23
             d.
             you
             are
             pleased
             to
             〈◊〉
             King
             Iames
             for
             want
             of
             gratitude
             .
             I
             believe
             few
             Princes
             ever
             shewed
             a
             greater
             disposition
             to
             it
             .
             He
             lost
             his
             Crowns
             because
             he
             would
             not
             shift
             his
             Hands
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             put
             out
             his
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             neither
             could
             he
             be
             perswaded
             to
             suspect
             those
             who
             had
             formerly
             shewed
             themselves
             hi●
             Friends
             ,
             tho'
             in
             many
             of
             them
             appeared
             a
             peevish
             opposition
             to
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             it self
             .
             I
             never
             pretended
             to
             like
             the
             Methods
             that
             were
             then
             taken
             to
             introduce
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             but
             the
             thing
             it self
             was
             both
             wise
             and
             Christian
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             those
             with
             whom
             the
             King
             was
             displeased
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             oppose
             the
             manner
             ,
             but
             the
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             yet
             King
             Iames
             conti●ued
             them
             in
             places
             of
             the
             greatest
             Trust
             ,
             and
             was
             at
             last
             Sacrificed
             by
             his
             too
             great
             Confidence
             in
             their
             Fidelity
             .
             Besides
             this
             ,
             how
             came
             you
             to
             reproach
             King
             Iames
             with
             ingratitude
             ,
             since
             your
             Master
             has
             so
             signalized
             himself
             for
             it
             towards
             those
             that
             have
             served
             him
             in
             
               Holland
               ,
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ?
             Why
             should
             I
             name
             the
             Al●rins
             ,
             
             &c.
             in
             the
             
               Vnited
               Provinces
               ?
               Halifax
               ,
               Shrewsbury
               ,
               Delamere
               ,
               Wildman
               ,
               Manle●
               ,
            
             &c
             here
             ?
             One
             of
             those
             very
             men
             that
             brought
             him
             the
             Crow●
             of
             Scotland
             ?
             The
             Officers
             of
             Lo●don●●rry
             and
             Iniski●ling
             ,
             &
             c
             ?
             I
             say
             why
             should
             I
             name
             these
             ,
             when
             the
             whole
             Whigg-Party
             every
             day
             ,
             in
             every
             Coffee-House
             ,
             charge
             him
             with
             an
             Ignorance
             of
             his
             own
             Interest
             ;
             becaus●
             he
             scarse
             rewards
             any
             body
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             have
             opposed
             him
             ?
             He
             seem●
             to
             have
             a
             Green-sickness
             ,
             Palate
             in
             that
             matter
             ,
             and
             to
             love
             Ingratitude
             ,
             a●
             young
             Wen●hes
             do
             Dirt
             and
             Charcoal
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             destructive
             to
             the
             Constitu●ion
             of
             his
             Government
             .
             
               King
               William
            
             has
             interwoven
             with
             his
             P●l●
             ticks
             all
             the
             Faults
             that
             we
             complained
             of
             in
             the
             time
             of
             King
             Iames
             ,
             with
             out
             immixing
             that
             Oec●nomie
             ,
             that
             good
             Husbanery
             ,
             that
             application
             which
             must
             be
             allowed
             ,
             even
             by
             his
             worst
             Enemies
             to
             be
             King
             
             Iames's
             Talents
             ,
             and
             It
             's
             o●d
             ,
             not
             to
             say
             R●diculous
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
            
             every
             where
             fi●
             the
             Commissions
             of
             the
             ●eac●
             ,
             and
             the
             Militia
             and
             almost
             all
             the
             Places
             o●
             Trust
             with
             men
             whose
             Principles
             a●e
             di●ectly
             opposite
             to
             his
             own
             Title
             ,
             an●
             who
             opposed
             his
             Election
             to
             the
             Crown
             :
             This
             is
             as
             has
             been
             formerly
             sa●
             by
             a
             
               Jacobite
               Pamphlet●er
            
             ,
             a
             Sin
             against
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             of
             this
             Revolutio●
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             is
             a
             monstrous
             and
             undeniable
             Instance
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orang●
             Ingratitude
             to
             those
             that
             put
             the
             Crown
             on
             his
             Head.
             
          
           
             There
             remains
             two
             or
             three
             things
             still
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             suppose
             you
             will
             e●pect
             an
             Answer
             .
             Page
             the
             seventeenth
             you
             repeat
             the
             Words
             of
             a
             Spee●
             the
             King
             made
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             1685.
             where
             he
             told
             them
             ,
             
               that
               he
               pleas●
               himself
               with
               the
               Hopes
               ,
               that
               by
               Gods
               blessing
               &
               their
               assistance
               ,
               he
               might
               carry
               the
               R●putation
               of
               this
               Nation
               higher
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               than
               ever
               it
               had
               been
               in
               the
               time
               of
               any
               ●
               his
               Ancestors
               .
            
             These
             Words
             of
             this
             Speech
             you
             think
             are
             Synonymous
             〈◊〉
             this
             clause
             .
             
               He
               has
               set
               it
               before
               his
               Eyes
               as
               his
               noblest
               aim
               to
               do
               yet
               more
               for
               ●
               Constitution
               than
               the
               most
               renowned
               of
               his
               Ancestors
               .
            
             Had
             you
             taken
             notice
             ●
             the
             word
             C●●stitution
             ,
             and
             not
             over●●●ked
             the
             next
             clause
             of
             his
             Declaratio●
             which
             is
             ,
             
               and
               as
               our
               chiefest
               Interest
               to
               leave
               no
               umbrage
               in
               relation
               to
               Religio●
               Liberty
               ,
               and
               Property
               .
            
             I
             say
             if
             you
             had
             observed
             the
             word
             Constitution
             ,
             as
             that
             clause
             ,
             you
             could
             not
             fallen
             into
             such
             a
             mistake
             .
             It
             is
             plain
             the
             Ki●
             designed
             to
             make
             himself
             glorious
             ,
             and
             to
             secure
             his
             own
             Interest
             by
             givi●
             us
             good
             Laws
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             in
             his
             Declaration
             talk
             of
             Campaigning
             ;
             an●
             let
             me
             assure
             you
             ,
             the
             less
             a
             King
             of
             England
             loves
             Wars
             abroad
             ,
             the
             〈◊〉
             it
             is
             for
             his
             People
             at
             home
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             it
             will
             not
             take
             up
             too
             much
             of
             your
             time
             ,
             I
             will
             give
             you
             my
             Se●
             of
             that
             very
             Expression
             in
             the
             King's
             Speech
             ,
             1685.
             and
             be
             not
             surprise●
             Doctor
             ,
             if
             I
             declare
             that
             I
             firmly
             believe
             that
             all
             the
             King
             said
             might
             ha●
             been
             brought
             to
             pass
             ,
             if
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             particularly
             the
             
               St●
               W●ïggs
            
             ,
             had
             done
             their
             part
             .
             Will
             you
             not
             grant
             that
             the
             Wealth
             ,
             the
             o●
             fluence
             of
             People
             ,
             the
             greatness
             of
             their
             Trade
             ,
             the
             number
             and
             strength
             their
             Shipping
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             plentiful
             Magazines
             of
             Naval
             and
             Ma●tial
             
             Stores
             ,
             raise
             the
             highest
             Reputation
             to
             Islanders
             ?
             Did
             not
             our
             Conquests
             :
             ●pon
             the
             Continent
             always
             cost
             us
             very
             dea●
             in
             Blood
             and
             Treasure
             ?
             And
             did
             they
             not
             end
             in
             loss
             and
             disgrace
             ?
             Whilst
             Edward
             the
             Third
             and
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             were
             making
             a
             noise
             with
             their
             Victories
             ,
             poor
             England
             was
             lamenting
             that
             vast
             consumption
             of
             its
             People
             and
             Coyn
             ,
             which
             had
             very
             near
             destroyed
             this
             Nation
             ,
             whereas
             the
             Reputation
             which
             i●
             acquired
             by
             an
             increase
             of
             Trade
             ,
             and
             Riches
             is
             much
             more
             durable
             ,
             much
             more
             extensive
             ,
             and
             will
             ,
             upon
             an
             Island
             ,
             resist
             with
             greater
             vigour
             the
             rude
             and
             cross
             shocks
             of
             Fortune
             .
             I
             sha●l
             make
             this
             more
             evident
             by
             comp●ring
             the
             Reigns
             of
             three
             of
             our
             ●wn
             Princes
             ,
             Edward
             the
             Third
             and
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             gained
             many
             〈◊〉
             glorious
             V●ctories
             ,
             and
             conquered
             several
             Provinces
             in
             France
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             rendred
             their
             Names
             dreadful
             to
             France
             (
             tho'
             their
             Influences
             were
             scarse
             felt
             or
             feared
             any
             where
             else
             )
             but
             what
             Fruit
             did
             England
             ,
             nay
             even
             themselves
             ,
             reap
             from
             all
             this
             ?
             The
             disgraces
             of
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             
             Edward's
             Reign
             almost
             withered
             all
             his
             former
             Laurels
             ,
             and
             England
             was
             so
             drained
             of
             Money
             ,
             that
             its
             Treasure
             ,
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Conquered
             Provinces
             ,
             was
             not
             sufficient
             to
             pay
             that
             Army
             upon
             its
             return
             ,
             which
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             the
             
               Black
               Prince
            
             ,
             had
             restored
             
               Don
               Pedro
            
             to
             his
             Kingdom
             of
             Castile
             ,
             neither
             can
             we
             discover
             any
             better
             fruits
             of
             the
             Conquest
             of
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             his
             Reign
             was
             short
             ,
             and
             upon
             ballancing
             of
             Accounts
             ,
             nothing
             fell
             to
             our
             share
             ,
             but
             our
             loss
             of
             our
             bravest
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             an
             immence
             mass
             of
             Money
             thrown
             away
             in
             that
             unfortunate
             War.
             Upon
             the
             other
             hand
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             by
             applying
             her
             Councils
             and
             Thoughts
             to
             the
             Shipping
             and
             Trade
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             did
             so
             encrease
             the
             Wealth
             and
             Strength
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             enabled
             her
             to
             support
             the
             whole
             Protestant
             Interest
             ,
             to
             secure
             Scotland
             from
             the
             French
             Clutches
             ,
             to
             recover
             France
             out
             of
             the
             very
             Jaws
             of
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             to
             defend
             and
             establish
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             Holland
             against
             all
             the
             Power
             of
             Spain
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             to
             break
             the
             strength
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             humble
             that
             great
             Monarch
             ,
             to
             whose
             aspiring
             Thoughts
             all
             Europe
             seemed
             too
             mean
             a
             Quarry
             ,
             and
             whose
             Ambition
             could
             not
             be
             satisfied
             with
             less
             then
             the
             Empire
             of
             the
             Universe
             .
             By
             these
             methods
             she
             out-did
             all
             the
             bravest
             Actions
             of
             our
             former
             Kings
             ,
             and
             extended
             the
             dread
             and
             reputation
             of
             the
             English
             Name
             ,
             hither
             to
             confined
             to
             our
             bordering
             States
             ,
             to
             the
             utmost
             corners
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             hath
             withal
             thereby
             Established
             such
             a
             solid
             Foundation
             for
             our
             future
             greatness
             ,
             as
             hath
             already
             withstood
             ,
             without
             any
             sensible
             decay
             ,
             a
             greater
             effusion
             of
             Blood
             and
             Treasure
             in
             our
             last
             Civil
             Wars
             ,
             then
             was
             spent
             in
             France
             in
             the
             Reigns
             of
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             and
             Henry
             the
             fifth
             ,
             which
             Reigns
             nevertheless
             had
             alalmost
             anihilated
             this
             Nation
             .
             From
             all
             this
             it
             doth
             evidently
             appear
             that
             whensoever
             a
             King
             of
             England
             applys
             his
             whole
             thoughts
             to
             the
             encrease
             of
             the
             Shipping
             and
             Trade
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             he
             must
             raise
             our
             Reputation
             ,
             Strength
             ,
             and
             influences
             proportionable
             to
             the
             advances
             he
             makes
             in
             them
             .
             That
             this
             was
             and
             must
             be
             King
             
             Iames's
             design
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             meant
             in
             that
             
             Speech
             quoted
             by
             you
             ,
             is
             pretty
             plain
             to
             every
             body
             that
             has
             any
             knowledge
             of
             King
             Iames
             his
             Genius
             ,
             who
             is
             truly
             a
             
               Trading
               and
               Navall
               King
            
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             as
             plain
             to
             any
             man
             that
             reads
             Mr
             
             Pepy's
             Memoires
             ,
             which
             are
             submitted
             to
             the
             scrutiny
             of
             the
             Books
             ,
             and
             challenge
             the
             men
             that
             are
             now
             in
             the
             Navy
             ,
             and
             Admiral●y
             Offices
             as
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             every
             thing
             he
             asserts
             ,
             that
             King
             Iames
             proceeded
             ●ui●a●ly
             to
             it
             .
             No
             Prince
             was
             ever
             more
             careful
             to
             encrease
             and
             encourage
             Trade
             ,
             which
             he
             understands
             better
             than
             any
             Prince
             in
             Eu●ope
             ,
             None
             more
             diligent
             to
             appoint
             Convoys
             or
             the
             Security
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             none
             ever
             took
             juster
             measures
             in
             order
             to
             those
             ●nds
             .
             None
             ever
             was
             more
             indefatigable
             in
             the
             encreasing
             of
             the
             Navy
             Royal
             None
             ever
             more
             industrious
             in
             filling
             the
             Magazines
             with
             Naval
             and
             M●litary
             Stores
             .
             But
             above
             all
             by
             his
             project
             of
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             our
             Trade
             ,
             Weal●h
             ,
             and
             People
             ,
             and
             consequently
             our
             Shipping
             would
             have
             been
             encreased
             to
             the
             envy
             and
             terrour
             of
             all
             our
             Neighbours
             .
             It
             was
             an
             early
             disc●very
             of
             those
             designs
             and
             measures
             of
             his
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             p●oved
             so
             fatal
             to
             their
             Common-Wealth
             ,
             that
             induced
             the
             D●tch
             to
             forward
             the
             Prince's
             undertaking
             ;
             and
             did
             I
             think
             the
             Prince
             of
             O●ange
             had
             any
             re●ard
             to
             any
             thing
             besides
             his
             own
             unmeaning
             Will
             ,
             could
             I
             believe
             he
             was
             touched
             with
             any
             love
             of
             his
             Native
             Soil
             ,
             I
             should
             believe
             that
             love
             ,
             upon
             thes●
             Considerations
             ,
             made
             him
             also
             the
             rather
             attempt
             the
             Revolution
             he
             effected
             .
             I
             can
             more
             easily
             believe
             he
             did
             it
             upon
             that
             account
             ,
             then
             upon
             any
             of
             those
             Motives
             which
             were
             plausibly
             expressed
             in
             some
             parts
             of
             his
             Declaration
             .
             Upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             those
             Hopes
             of
             King
             Iames
             might
             have
             been
             accomplished
             ,
             if
             ●hey
             had
             not
             been
             frustrated
             by
             the
             restiness
             of
             some
             ,
             the
             giddiness
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             the
             artful
             Treachery
             of
             too
             many
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             trusted
             his
             most
             inward
             thoughts
             .
             They
             might
             have
             been
             accomplished
             ,
             if
             the
             implacable
             aversion
             of
             some
             men
             to
             his
             Person
             ,
             of
             others
             to
             the
             Family
             of
             the
             Stuarts
             ,
             joyned
             with
             the
             Flatteries
             first
             of
             the
             pretended
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             men
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             Fanaticks
             ,
             had
             not
             made
             him
             uncertain
             which
             way
             to
             turn
             ,
             and
             so
             given
             an
             easier
             oppertunity
             to
             his
             corrupted
             Ministers
             to
             betray
             him
             into
             such
             Councils
             as
             brought
             forth
             this
             Revolution
             .
             Which
             Revolution
             has
             fatally
             diverted
             the
             application
             of
             our
             Councils
             ,
             Strength
             and
             Treasure
             into
             a
             Channel
             which
             will
             never
             turn
             to
             anaccount
             ;
             and
             into
             a
             sort
             of
             War
             ,
             wherein
             our
             Trade
             and
             Shipping
             are
             neglected
             ,
             whereby
             certain
             and
             inevitable
             Ruin
             is
             overtaking
             us
             ,
             unless
             we
             suddainly
             come
             to
             an
             end
             of
             it
             .
             And
             notwithstanding
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             what
             you
             say
             page
             13
             th
             .
             time
             will
             inform
             all
             true
             English
             men
             and
             lovers
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             that
             they
             ought
             for
             the
             sake
             o●
             it
             to
             set
             their
             Hands
             and
             Hearts
             to
             the
             Accomplishing
             the
             King's
             Restoration
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             means
             to
             secure
             to
             us
             lasting
             Peace
             and
             Happi●ess
             ,
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             our
             Liberties
             ;
             nor
             will
             all
             the
             bantering
             Stuff
             wherewith
             you
             declaim
             ,
             page
             19
             th
             .
             and
             20
             th
             .
             frighten
             us
             from
             〈◊〉
             Restoring
             him
             .
          
           
           
             I
             have
             dwelt
             a
             little
             too
             long
             upon
             this
             Head
             ,
             but
             before
             I
             conclude
             I
             must
             go
             as
             far
             back
             as
             Page
             the
             third
             ,
             wherein
             you
             challenge
             all
             the
             Kin●'s
             Declarati●n-makers
             to
             give
             but
             one
             single
             Instance
             from
             History
             ,
             that
             ever
             a
             People
             who
             nom
             a
             just
             and
             recent
             sence
             of
             an
             invasion
             made
             by
             a
             limit●d
             Monarch
             upon
             their
             Laws
             and
             Fun●amental
             Constitution
             ,
             had
             thereupon
             withdrawn
             their
             Allegiance
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             conterr'd
             it
             upon
             another
             ,
             did
             ever
             afterwards
             willingly
             and
             tamely
             subm●t
             to
             his
             Government
             again
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             bold
             Challenge
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             find
             you
             have
             not
             read
             much
             History
             ,
             for
             such
             instances
             so
             frequently
             occur
             in
             the
             Records
             of
             all
             Countries
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             undertake
             that
             if
             you
             will
             be
             at
             the
             pains
             to
             search
             ,
             you
             may
             find
             for
             one
             instance
             where
             a
             Monarch
             was
             excluded
             for
             ever
             ,
             six
             instances
             where
             a
             limited
             Monarch
             dethroned
             by
             his
             People
             for
             Male-administrations
             ,
             has
             by
             the
             same
             People
             either
             himself
             been
             called
             back
             ,
             if
             alive
             or
             his
             Children
             ,
             if
             he
             was
             dead
             ;
             neither
             does
             the
             last
             any
             thing
             alter
             the
             case
             ;
             for
             since
             all
             these
             vi●lent
             Hurricanes
             of
             State
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             popular
             Reformations
             ,
             require
             it
             may
             be
             sometime
             to
             wear
             o●●
             the
             present
             Fit
             ,
             in
             that
             interval
             the
             expell●d
             Prince
             ma●
             dye
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             People
             come
             again
             so
             far
             to
             themselves
             a●
             to
             restore
             the
             Children
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Revolution
             of
             their
             Inclinations
             they
             would
             unquestionably
             have
             done
             the
             same
             thing
             to
             the
             Father
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             been
             alive
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             produce
             some
             Instances
             ,
             I
             shall
             omit
             many
             that
             might
             be
             given
             from
             the
             Emperou●s
             and
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             the
             Antient
             Kings
             of
             Macedon
             ,
             and
             the
             several
             Kingdoms
             of
             Greece
             ,
             all
             which
             were
             limited
             Soveraignties
             .
             I
             will
             not
             men●ion
             Fe●dinand
             of
             
               Naples
               ,
               Charles
            
             the
             fourth
             ,
             Leuis
             the
             fourth
             ,
             and
             Charles
             the
             seventh
             of
             France
             ;
             nor
             will
             I
             speak
             of
             Sueno
             and
             Christopher
             the
             second
             of
             Denmark
             ,
             or
             Alphonso
             the
             third
             of
             Castile
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             insist
             upon
             Lasius
             King
             of
             Poland
             any
             more
             then
             upon
             those
             Revolutions
             that
             were
             not
             long
             since
             in
             
               Flanders
               ,
               Brabant
            
             ,
             &c.
             where
             those
             People
             transf●rr'd
             their
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alanson
             ,
             and
             being
             so
             many
             distinct
             and
             limited
             Principalities
             make
             so
             many
             several
             Instances
             .
             I
             say
             I
             will
             no●
             must
             upon
             any
             of
             these
             Examples
             ,
             tho'
             they
             are
             all
             pretty
             apposite
             ,
             and
             are
             still
             upon
             the
             Records
             of
             Time
             (
             as
             you
             phrase
             it
             )
             unl●ss
             you
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             have
             lately
             razed
             them
             .
             But
             to
             come
             to
             your
             own
             Country
             ,
             were
             not
             
               Reuther
               ,
               Donald
               B●n●
            
             ,
             and
             Atherick
             Kings
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             exp●lled
             by
             their
             People
             for
             their
             Irregularities
             ?
             Did
             not
             their
             People
             transfer
             their
             Allegiance
             to
             others
             ?
             And
             were
             not
             they
             afterwards
             restored
             by
             the
             same
             People
             ,
             the
             two
             first
             in
             their
             own
             Persons
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             in
             his
             Posterity
             ?
             Will
             you
             look
             over
             what
             we
             have
             done
             in
             England
             ?
             Does
             not
             
               Iohn
               Milion
            
             in
             his
             History
             of
             it
             tell
             you
             that
             Ethelred
             when
             he
             was
             expelled
             ,
             and
             the
             Allegiance
             of
             his
             People
             transfered
             ,
             was
             sent
             to
             by
             his
             People
             ,
             who
             declared
             they
             
             preferred
             none
             before
             their
             own
             lawful
             Soveraign
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             promise
             to
             Go●ern
             better
             than
             he
             had
             done
             ?
             I
             set
             down
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Historian
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             will
             look
             into
             him
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             his
             People
             rep●ssessed
             Ethelred
             upon
             promise
             to
             do
             so
             .
             In
             the
             same
             Historian
             you
             may
             find
             no
             l●ss
             than
             two
             others
             of
             the
             same
             Name
             that
             were
             expelled
             ,
             and
             r●called
             in
             Person
             by
             their
             People
             .
             I
             will
             conclude
             this
             Head
             with
             the
             Restoration
             of
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             ;
             was
             not
             King
             C●a●les
             the
             First
             ,
             not
             only
             deposed
             ,
             but
             put
             to
             Death
             by
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             the
             Allegation
             of
             more
             numerous
             Crimes
             and
             some
             of
             them
             more
             hainous
             too
             ,
             than
             those
             charged
             upon
             King
             Iames
             ?
             Was
             not
             his
             Son
             Charles
             the
             Second
             ,
             after
             his
             Father's
             Death
             ,
             expelled
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             the
             Allegiance
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             transferred
             first
             to
             many
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             a
             single
             Person
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             P●otector
             ,
             tho'
             in
             effect
             a
             King
             ?
             And
             ye●
             was
             not
             the
             very
             same
             despised
             ,
             calumniated
             ,
             and
             abju●ed
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             (
             as
             they
             then
             called
             him
             )
             afterwards
             peaceably
             and
             willingly
             called
             home
             by
             the
             uni●ed
             desires
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ?
             Had
             the
             Father
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             been
             then
             a●ive
             ,
             would
             not
             he
             as
             cer●ain●y
             have
             been
             calle●
             home
             ,
             since
             the
             revulse
             of
             the
             People
             was
             so
             strong
             as
             to
             Canonize
             him
             a
             Martyr
             ,
             and
             to
             appoint
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             his
             usage
             a
             Day
             of
             Humilia●ion
             and
             Repentance
             to
             all
             after
             Ages
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             since
             the
             Injury
             done
             to
             him
             has
             left
             still
             such
             an
             impression
             ,
             that
             many
             men
             who
             have
             had
             a
             Hand
             in
             this
             Revol●tion
             ,
             yet
             remember
             his
             Blood
             shed
             with
             Horrour
             ;
             and
             since
             ,
             however
             contradictory
             it
             was
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             this
             change
             ,
             the
             Convention
             it self
             caused
             Ludlow
             to
             be
             sent
             away
             with
             a
             Proclamation
             at
             his
             heels
             ;
             and
             farther
             ,
             since
             multitudes
             of
             People
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             England
             attribute
             almost
             all
             our
             Misfortunes
             to
             that
             V●ng●ance
             wherewith
             God
             retaliates
             the
             Injustice
             of
             his
             Death
             ?
             I
             say
             all
             this
             considered
             ,
             can
             it
             be
             doubted
             that
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             would
             have
             been
             b●
             this
             change
             of
             the
             Peoples
             temper
             re-possessed
             of
             his
             Throne
             ,
             had
             he
             had
             the
             good
             luck
             to
             have
             gone
             into
             Exile
             ?
          
           
             From
             all
             these
             Instances
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             that
             may
             be
             met
             with
             in
             Story
             ,
             I
             think
             we
             may
             infer
             that
             nothing
             is
             more
             certain
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             love
             which
             People
             have
             to
             the
             rightful
             Descendant
             and
             Successor
             of
             a
             Family
             that
             has
             a
             long
             time
             held
             the
             Reins
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             which
             has
             been
             submitted
             to
             by
             them
             ,
             will
             at
             last
             prove
             too
             hard
             for
             any
             Fascination
             with
             which
             the
             People
             may
             for
             a
             while
             be
             inveigled
             by
             the
             arts
             of
             an
             Usurper
             ,
             and
             his
             Emissaries
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Billinsgate
             of
             such
             Scriblers
             as
             your self
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             King
             will
             be
             Restored
             ,
             I
             don't
             at
             all
             question
             .
             The
             Follies
             ,
             the
             Faults
             ,
             the
             Unsuccessfulness
             and
             Ingratitude
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             make
             way
             for
             his
             Restoration
             .
             Our
             Injustice
             ,
             and
             his
             Right
             enter
             a
             strong
             Claim
             for
             him
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             Providence
             ,
             and
             our
             own
             Consciences
             ;
             His
             own
             repentance
             
             〈◊〉
             the
             Male-administrations
             that
             were
             committed
             during
             his
             Reign
             ,
             and
             the
             ●ecurities
             he
             off●rs
             against
             such
             Errours
             for
             the
             fu●ure
             corroborate
             his
             Title
             ,
             ●●d
             will
             infallibly
             dispose
             all
             mankind
             to
             receive
             him
             .
             But
             af●er
             all
             I
             must
             ●onfess
             ,
             that
             how
             much
             soever
             I
             have
             all
             along
             been
             convinced
             that
             he
             will
             ●ome
             home
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             England
             is
             Hereditary
             ,
             and
             conse●uently
             that
             he
             is
             our
             Rightful
             and
             Lawful
             ,
             and
             only
             King
             (
             of
             all
             which
             I
             ●m
             absalutely
             convinced
             )
             I
             say
             as
             much
             as
             I
             am
             satisfied
             of
             all
             these
             particulars
             ,
             yet
             I
             should
             have
             had
             le●s
             Heart
             to
             serve
             him
             ,
             had
             I
             not
             been
             well
             ●atisfied
             also
             that
             Common
             Pro●estancy
             ,
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             as
             it
             is
             Established
             by
             Law
             ,
             and
             our
             Civil
             Rights
             would
             be
             all
             Safe
             ,
             if
             impartial
             Liberty
             of
             Co●science
             (
             w●ich
             does
             not
             imply
             sharing
             Ecclesiastical
             Preferments
             ,
             but
             freedom
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             (
             be
             their
             perswasion
             what
             it
             will
             )
             to
             worship
             God
             according
             to
             the
             ●ictates
             of
             their
             own
             mind
             ,
             withou●
             any
             Penalty
             )
             I
             sa●
             Common
             Protestancy
             will
             be
             safe
             if
             such
             a
             Liberty
             is
             settled
             .
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             may
             make
             her self
             now
             safe
             ,
             by
             drawing
             at
             present
             proper
             Civil
             Securities
             within
             the
             Walls
             of
             our
             H●use
             of
             Commons
             ,
             and
             tendering
             them
             in
             the
             first
             Parliament
             after
             the
             Restoration
             .
             The
             same
             promise
             of
             ra●ifying
             Laws
             now
             made
             might
             give
             us
             u●questionable
             Securities
             for
             our
             Civil
             Rights
             ,
             if
             the
             present
             House
             of
             Commons
             would
             think
             it
             their
             duty
             to
             provide
             any
             Securities
             for
             the
             Nation
             .
             But
             farther
             if
             these
             Gentlemen
             don't
             think
             that
             their
             business
             ,
             yet
             we
             have
             another
             paragraph
             in
             the
             Declaration
             that
             will
             ,
             if
             it
             is
             not
             our
             own
             fault
             ,
             effectually
             secure
             us
             (
             and
             I
             think
             we
             need
             not
             be
             afraid
             of
             a
             Revolutionary
             Parliament
             under
             a
             Popish
             King
             )
             In
             the
             paragraph
             I
             mean
             ,
             the
             King
             promises
             with
             all
             speed
             to
             
               call
               together
               our
               Representative
               Body
               ,
               and
               therein
               to
               inform
               himself
               wh●t
               are
               our
               united
               Interests
               and
               Inclination
               ;
               and
               with
               their
               concurrence
               to
               redress
               all
               our
               Grievances
               and
               to
               give
               all
               those
               Securities
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               stand
               in
               need
               .
            
             And
             in
             another
             place
             he
             particularly
             promises
             they
             shall
             chain
             up
             your
             dev●●ing
             Monster
             ,
             explain
             and
             limit
             the
             Dispensing
             Power
             ,
             and
             most
             effectually
             secure
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             more
             effectually
             than
             that
             Promise
             you
             recite
             page
             the
             twenty
             ninth
             could
             be
             supposed
             to
             secure
             it
             before
             this
             Dispensing
             Power
             was
             either
             circumsc●i●ed
             or
             defined
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Judges
             to
             interperet
             away
             our
             Laws
             was
             provided
             against
             .
             We
             have
             not
             only
             his
             Promises
             ,
             the
             King
             's
             being
             Sixty
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             not
             Six
             ,
             our
             advantages
             against
             him
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             King
             's
             being
             of
             a
             Religion
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             popular
             amongst
             us
             ,
             but
             also
             our
             own
             Tenures
             and
             tempers
             ,
             and
             his
             experience
             that
             English
             men
             ,
             nay
             that
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             will
             not
             live
             up
             to
             all
             the
             stretches
             of
             Prerogative
             and
             Passive
             Obedience
             ,
             to
             pro●ect
             us
             against
             future
             I●regularities
             .
             It
             will
             not
             be
             the
             King's
             fault
             if
             any
             umbrage
             for
             Jealousies
             is
             left
             ,
             in
             relation
             either
             to
             Religion
             ,
             Liberty
             ,
             or
             Property
             .
             It
             is
             not
             .
             He
             sees
             it
             is
             not
             ,
             his
             Interest
             to
             leave
             any
             ,
             and
             therefore
             
             ever
             since
             he
             first
             heard
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             intended
             design
             of
             con●●●
             and
             likewise
             what
             Jealousies
             (
             whether
             well
             or
             ill
             grounded
             )
             his
             Peo●
             have
             had
             ,
             he
             has
             been
             always
             willing
             to
             condescend
             to
             ample
             Securiti●●
             and
             in
             this
             last
             Declaration
             he
             very
             plainly
             invites
             us
             to
             secure
             our selves
             〈◊〉
             the
             future
             ,
             encourages
             us
             for
             the
             future
             to
             Word
             our
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             m●●●
             cautiously
             .
             What
             Despotick
             Doctrines
             may
             be
             found
             in
             our
             English
             Stat●●
             Books
             ?
             And
             when
             the
             Duke
             of
             Queensborough
             (
             one
             of
             King
             
             William's
             p●●sent
             Privy
             Counsellours
             )
             was
             Commissioners
             in
             Sco●land
             ,
             was
             not
             that
             fo●
             of
             speaking
             
               Absolute
               Power
               without
               reserve
            
             introduced
             into
             their
             Laws
             ?
             〈◊〉
             was
             the
             King
             the
             safer
             for
             these
             extravag●nt
             Complements
             of
             these
             Par●●●ments
             ?
             Did
             these
             Flatteries
             of
             those
             Houses
             subjugate
             the
             minds
             of
             〈◊〉
             People
             of
             these
             Kingdoms
             ?
             I
             am
             glad
             to
             see
             by
             the
             wording
             of
             the
             King
             Declaration
             ,
             that
             hi●
             Majesty
             is
             sensible
             ,
             that
             soothing
             expr●ssions
             give●
             real
             Power
             ,
             don't
             establish
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             C●own
             .
             I
             said
             some
             ti●●
             since
             ,
             that
             I
             wou●d
             make
             no
             Apology
             for
             the
             Male-administrations
             of
             Ki●●
             
             Iames's
             Reign
             ,
             but
             yet
             if
             we
             would
             Saddle
             the
             righ●
             Hors●s
             .
             I
             think
             Parl●●ments
             and
             Pulpits
             come
             in
             for
             their
             share
             of
             reproof
             ,
             as
             well
             even
             as
             t●●
             King's
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             are
             more
             blameable
             by
             our
             Constitutio●
             than
             the
             K●ng
             .
             For
             was
             not
             that
             Parliament
             of
             Scotland
             more
             faulty
             ●o●
             introducing
             such
             a
             luscious
             Expression
             into
             the
             Laws
             of
             their
             Country
             tha●
             King
             Iames
             ,
             or
             his
             Minister
             ,
             for
             using
             the
             very
             Words
             of
             an
             Act
             of
             Pa●liament
             in
             the
             Declaration
             of
             Indulgence
             that
             was
             sent
             ●hithe●
             ?
             As
             I
             sai●
             in
             another
             case
             ,
             Extravagant
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             never
             have
             the
             validity
             〈◊〉
             Laws
             ,
             but
             yet
             they
             may
             mislead
             Kings
             .
             It
             is
             happy
             for
             Kings
             ,
             when
             the
             keep
             exactly
             to
             the
             Fundamental
             Constitutions
             of
             their
             respective
             Kingdoms
             ;
             but
             sure
             they
             are
             pardonable
             ,
             if
             not
             excusable
             ,
             when
             Representati●●
             Bodies
             tempt
             them
             in●o
             Errours
             ,
             unless
             by
             s●me
             Declaration
             of
             their
             own
             they
             seem
             to
             have
             a
             thorow
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Constitution
             Indeed
             th●
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             seemed
             in
             his
             Declaration
             to
             u●derstand
             our
             Constitutio●
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             he
             understood
             even
             the
             Chicaneri●
             of
             our
             Beautif●ux
             ,
             and
             f●●
             this
             reason
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             doctrines
             of
             this
             Revolution
             is
             inexcusable
             ;
             but
             believe
             King
             Iames
             never
             heard
             our
             Constitution
             so
             frankly
             debated
             ,
             〈◊〉
             men
             that
             he
             might
             confide
             in
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             since
             his
             Misfortunes
             .
             Heretofor●
             the
             men
             that
             spoke
             unflatteringly
             to
             ,
             were
             at
             enmity
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             men
             are
             with
             great
             reluctancy
             ,
             〈◊〉
             their
             Interest
             by
             their
             avowed
             A●●
             versaries
             ,
             but
             now
             it
             has
             been
             laid
             before
             him
             by
             such
             as
             daily
             hazard
             the●●
             selves
             for
             his
             Service
             ;
             and
             you
             see
             the
             Fruits
             of
             such
             Representatives
             are
             〈◊〉
             Royal
             Word
             to
             do
             more
             for
             our
             Constitution
             ,
             than
             the
             most
             renowned
             〈◊〉
             his
             Ancestors
             ,
             which
             implies
             that
             he
             will
             give
             us
             better
             Laws
             even
             the
             Edward
             the
             third
             ,
             or
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             protect
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             as
             Established
             by
             Law
             ,
             and
             to
             secure
             its
             Members
             ,
             all
             the
             Churches
             ,
             
               &
               ●
            
             
             to
             recommend
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             to
             a
             Parliament
             .
             To
             leave
             the
             Dispensing
             Power
             to
             that
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             consent
             to
             every
             thing
             n●cessary
             to
             secure
             the
             frequent
             calling
             and
             hol●ing
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             the
             free
             Elections
             and
             fair
             Returns
             of
             Members
             ,
             and
             provide
             for
             impartial
             Tryals
             and
             to
             consent
             to
             all
             things
             that
             are
             necessary
             to
             re-establish
             the
             Act
             of
             Settlement
             in
             Ireland
             .
             And
             to
             exchange
             Chimney-Money
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             part
             of
             the
             Revenue
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             for
             any
             other
             easier
             Assessmen●
             .
             These
             things
             are
             Particularly
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             the
             general
             Promises
             imply
             his
             willingness
             to
             agree
             to
             any
             thing
             ,
             that
             can
             contribute
             to
             our
             Happiness
             ,
             tho'
             he
             could
             not
             in
             his
             Declaration
             enter
             into
             all
             the
             particulars
             of
             Grace
             and
             Goodness
             ,
             that
             he
             shall
             be
             willing
             to
             grant
             ,
             some
             of
             which
             particulars
             are
             in
             other
             mens
             Letters
             ,
             and
             some
             too
             in
             Letters
             I
             have
             by
             me
             ,
             tho'
             they
             are
             not
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             at
             the
             beginning
             proper
             to
             be
             mentioned
             out
             of
             Parliament
             .
             Those
             Particulars
             he
             promises
             are
             so
             beneficial
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             so
             confident
             of
             his
             Majesties
             exact
             Performance
             ,
             that
             as
             much
             as
             you
             and
             I
             differ
             in
             Politicks
             ,
             and
             the
             Rights
             and
             Titles
             of
             Kings
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             put
             the
             Issue
             of
             things
             upon
             that
             ,
             and
             joyn
             with
             you
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             
               that
               God
               may
               give
               him
               Success
               in
               the
               prosecution
               of
               his
               Right
               ,
               as
               he
               sincerely
               intends
               the
               Confirmation
               of
               our
               Liberties
               .
            
             I
             heartily
             say
             this
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             I
             wish
             no
             more
             to
             facilitate
             the
             Restoration
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             than
             that
             all
             his
             Subj●cts
             would
             say
             it
             with
             as
             honest
             a
             regard
             ,
             both
             to
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             as
             I
             do
             .
             Then
             no
             more
             Blood
             would
             be
             shed
             in
             this
             quarrel
             .
             Then
             these
             Nations
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesties
             Family
             would
             return
             to
             their
             duty
             .
             Then
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             must
             be
             soon
             content
             to
             return
             to
             his
             proper
             Station
             ,
             to
             his
             Statholdership
             in
             the
             
               Vnited
               Provinces
            
             .
             And
             then
             we
             should
             be
             delivered
             from
             those
             Tyrannical
             Oppressions
             and
             Bu●thens
             ,
             with
             which
             we
             have
             been
             oppressed
             ,
             and
             are
             like
             to
             be
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             I
             had
             once
             thoughts
             of
             closing
             here
             ,
             but
             I
             can't
             forbear
             making
             one
             observation
             upon
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Declaration
             cited
             at
             the
             end
             of
             my
             last
             Paragraph
             ,
             which
             observation
             is
             this
             .
             The
             King
             with
             a
             Royal
             decorum
             avoids
             writing
             Libels
             (
             tho'
             by
             what
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             you
             have
             provoked
             me
             to
             say
             of
             the
             Male-administrations
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             you
             may
             see
             he
             did
             not
             want
             matter
             )
             The
             King
             thinks
             it
             enough
             to
             tell
             his
             People
             ,
             what
             he
             will
             do
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             becoming
             his
             character
             to
             tell
             the
             world
             what
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             has
             done
             either
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             them
             .
             He
             will
             no
             more
             imitate
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             in
             sending
             over
             Invectives
             ,
             than
             the
             French
             King
             will
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             in
             being
             so
             mercinary
             as
             to
             expect
             repayment
             for
             what
             he
             has
             ,
             or
             shall
             do
             for
             the
             King.
             The
             King
             declares
             he
             will
             forgive
             ,
             and
             be
             reconciled
             to
             all
             his
             Subjects
             that
             don
             't
             after
             his
             Landing
             oppose
             him
             (
             tho'
             they
             venture
             neither
             Life
             nor
             Limb
             for
             him
             )
             and
             which
             is
             remarkable
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             expression
             in
             this
             whole
             Declaration
             which
             shews
             the
             least
             unwillingness
             to
             be
             reconciled
             even
             to
             his
             own
             
             Family
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             ill
             treatment
             and
             unjust
             usuage
             he
             has
             met
             with
             from
             them
             to
             whom
             he
             had
             been
             so
             indulgent
             .
             I
             pray
             God
             that
             the
             whole
             Family
             may
             be
             yet
             reconciled
             if
             it
             be
             his
             blessed
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             time
             to
             end
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             answered
             all
             that
             is
             material
             in
             your
             Libel
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             tyred
             my self
             ,
             and
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             my
             Reader
             with
             poring
             upon
             it
             ,
             tho'
             I
             have
             avoided
             in
             many
             places
             ridiculing
             your
             tedious
             repetitions
             ,
             fantastick
             discoveries
             ,
             &c.
             as
             likewise
             giving
             an
             exact
             and
             full
             detayle
             of
             the
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             managements
             of
             the
             present
             Government
             .
             When
             I
             first
             scratched
             down
             my
             rough
             draught
             ,
             I
             designed
             to
             have
             used
             you
             a
             little
             familiarly
             ,
             and
             therefore
             collected
             some
             ma●erials
             for
             railery
             ,
             to
             which
             you
             have
             very
             much
             exposed
             your self
             ,
             but
             upon
             second
             thoughts
             I
             concluded
             the
             Times
             too
             tedious
             even
             for
             Tragicomedy
             ,
             and
             too
             busie
             for
             a
             long
             Pamphlet
             .
             If
             you
             don't
             some
             where
             or
             other
             meet
             with
             a
             full
             Answer
             to
             any
             thing
             you
             value
             your self
             for
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             I
             did
             not
             think
             it
             of
             so
             much
             weig●t
             as
             you
             do
             .
             I
             have
             not
             urged
             the
             third
             part
             of
             what
             I
             could
             say
             against
             what
             you
             have
             written
             ;
             but
             if
             any
             body
             will
             with
             care
             look
             over
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             no
             farther
             Antidote
             will
             be
             wanting
             to
             preserve
             them
             from
             the
             infection
             of
             your
             Libel
             .
             Your
             good
             breeding
             ,
             Doctor
             ,
             has
             not
             been
             very
             remarkable
             ,
             your
             Inferences
             are
             very
             weak
             ,
             and
             your
             Ignorance
             very
             notorious
             .
             To
             pass
             by
             forty
             other
             instances
             of
             either
             the
             greatest
             disingenuity
             ,
             and
             most
             impudent
             falsification
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             most
             apparent
             Ignorance
             ,
             that
             ever
             appeared
             in
             Print
             ;
             can
             any
             thing
             manifest
             a
             more
             notorious
             want
             of
             knowledge
             in
             History
             then
             what
             you
             say
             page
             25
             th
             .
             where
             you
             peremptorily
             
               affirm
               that
               King
            
             James
             
               made
               more
               steps
               in
               four
               Years
               time
               towards
               the
               reconciling
               this
               Nation
               to
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               then
               was
               made
               in
            
             France
             
               it self
               from
               the
               death
               of
            
             Henry
             
               the
               fourth
               until
               about
               three
               Years
               before
               the
               Edict
               of
            
             Nants
             
               was
               revoked
            
             ;
             for
             did
             not
             Lewis
             the
             13th
             .
             who
             succeeded
             Henry
             the
             4th
             .
             attack
             the
             Protestants
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             kill
             many
             thousands
             of
             them
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             tear
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             no
             less
             then
             300
             Walled
             Cities
             and
             Forts
             ?
             Did
             King
             Iames
             make
             any
             Steps
             like
             these
             ?
             Did
             he
             attack
             the
             Protestants
             by
             Force
             ?
             As
             a
             Friend
             ,
             I
             advice
             you
             never
             to
             Print
             again
             ,
             till
             you
             have
             read
             and
             thought
             more
             ,
             since
             had
             the
             Press
             been
             free
             ,
             and
             men
             had
             leisure
             to
             read
             Sportive
             Pamphlets
             ,
             a
             man
             might
             lash'd
             you
             most
             unmercifully
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             friendly
             Advice
             ,
             pardon
             my
             taking
             leave
             of
             you
             without
             any
             farther
             Ceremony
             than
             giving
             you
             for
             a
             subject
             of
             your
             Contemplations
             a
             grave
             observation
             that
             Mr.
             
               William
               Prynne
            
             made
             after
             he
             had
             tumbled
             over
             all
             our
             Annals
             .
             His
             observation
             is
             .
          
           
             
               Vsurpers
               of
               Crowns
               without
               Right
               ,
               tho'
               they
               court
               the
               People
               with
               Coronation
               Oaths
               ,
               and
               fair
               Promises
               of
               good
               Laws
               ,
               Immunity
               from
               all
               Taxes
               and
               Grievances
               ,
            
             
             
               yet
               usually
               prove
               the
               greatest
               Tyrants
               and
               Oppressors
               to
               them
               of
               all
               others
               .
            
          
           
           
             You
             see
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             have
             brought
             you
             acquainted
             with
             Mr.
             Osb●rn●
             .
             Mr.
             Wilson
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Prynne
             ,
             all
             men
             that
             were
             never
             taxed
             with
             holding
             any
             ●●●respondence
             with
             your
             grand
             and
             sworn
             En●my
             the
             
               Old
               Passive
               Obe●i●●●
               Principle
            
             .
             I
             leave
             you
             to
             enjoy
             their
             Company
             ,
             and
             bid
             you
             Adieu
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ADVERTISEMENTS
           .
        
         
           SInce
           so
           severe
           a
           Critick
           as
           
             Doctor
             Welwood
          
           will
           not
           fail
           reproaching
           me
           for
           being
           a
           Plagiary
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           not
           amiss
           to
           break
           the
           Stroke
           of
           his
           Accusation
           by
           fre●ly
           owning
           that
           where
           
             Great
             Brittains
             just
             Complaint
          
           has
           said
           things
           directly
           to
           my
           purpose
           ,
           I
           ordered
           the
           Transcriber
           for
           the
           Press
           to
           set
           them
           down
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           in
           the
           same
           Words
           ,
           not
           only
           because
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           cloath
           them
           with
           better
           ,
           but
           also
           becaus●
           I
           ●m
           really
           of
           too
           lazy
           a
           disposition
           to
           disguise
           the
           Stealth
           ,
           tho'
           a
           few
           ●ours
           would
           have
           done
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           Reply
           had
           been
           ready
           against
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           if
           it
           could
           have
           been
           Printed
           ,
           for
           it
           has
           been
           at
           the
           Press
           above
           two
           Months
           ,
           and
           had
           it
           not
           been
           so
           near
           finished
           ,
           the
           History
           of
           throwing
           out
           Mr.
           
           Brockman's
           Bill
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           manner
           of
           guelding
           it
           ,
           would
           have
           made
           a
           very
           entertaining
           Paragraph
           amongst
           the
           Legislative
           Errours
           .
           Whatever
           parts
           of
           the
           Preface
           or
           Reply
           come
           too
           late
           ,
           for
           the
           reasons
           of
           writing
           them
           they
           must
           be
           considered
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           time
           in
           which
           it
           was
           hoped
           the
           whole
           would
           have
           been
           published
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A57020-e10
           
             *
             
               The
               Bill
               to
               ascertain
               the
               Salaries
               of
               the
               Iudges
            
          
           
             *
             
               The
               Triannial
               Bill
               .
               The
               Bill
               of
               Mines
               .
            
          
           
             
             Prynne's
             Rights
             &
             Laws
             of
             English
             free-men
             .