THE Abdicated Bishops Letters, TO THE Abdicated KING and QUEEN, Under the Disguised NAMES of Mr. Redding & Mrs. Redding.  
To Mr. Redding.  
SIR,  
THO' the Bearer of this will do us the Justice to assure you, We are as full of Duty, as unfeignedly and concernedly Yours, as yourself could wish; yet this Gentleman has undertaken you will forgive the Presumption, If I do myself the Honour to give you this fresh assurance in a few Words, which We do by our Actions: I shall omit no Occasions, not neglecting the least, and making Zealous Wishes for the greatest, to show ourselves such as We ought to be.  
Sir! I speak in the Plural, because I write my Eldest Brother's Sentiments, as well as My own, and the rest of the Family; Thou lessened in Number, yet, if We are not mightily out in our Accounts, We are growing in our Interests, that is, in Yours.  
He that delivers this, will, I hope (entirely to Your satisfaction) represent Us, and Me in particular, as, with all the Devotion imaginable, and Unchangeable Affection.  
New-Years-Eve. Yours, etc. God grant the Happiest New-Year.  
To Mrs. Redding.  
AS it is impossible for Me to express that extraordinary great Satisfaction it gave Me this time Twelve Month, to receive that Mark of your Favour and Goodness under your own Hand: So I have lived in some pain for an opportunity to write you my Humble Acknowledgement, and Truest Duty: From which, (by the Grace of God) I am no more capable of swerving, than of Renouncing my hopes of Heaven: I say this in behalf of my Elder Brother, and the rest of my Nearest Relations, as well as for Myself; You may entirely depend upon Us, not only for a constant Adherence to so well chosen a Principle; But for our utmost Activity to promote your Interests., Which are inseparably our Own.  
I need come to no Particulars by this Bearer, Who can, and will tell you our whole Hearts; And I wish you could see them, how sincerely they are devoted to your Service. God grant you a most Happy New Year, and many, very many, and very happy: Our Young Master has all our Best Wishes: He daily gains more Friends, and We get ground of his Adversaries.  
New-Years Eve (1690/1.)  
The Censure and Doom of a Pragmatical, 
Rushworth's Collections, st. Part.  Turbulent, and Proud Bishop of Ely, in the Reign of King Richard the First, was this:  
Per totam Insulam Publicè Proclametur; Pereat qui perdere cuncta festinat: Opprimatur, ne Omnes opprimat.  
Which may be thus Rendered in English.  
Let him be Cut off, who Plotted to bring all to Ruin; Let him be Dispatched, lest he undo us All.