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           1688
        
      
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             Prince George's letter to the King
             William III, King of England, 1650-1702.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [S.l. :
             1688]
          
           
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           George, -- Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708.
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             Prince
             George's
             Letter
             to
             the
          
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
          
        
         
           With
           a
           Heart
           full
           of
           Grief
           am
           I
           forced
           to
           write
           ,
           that
           Prudence
           will
           not
           permit
           me
           to
           say
           to
           your
           Face
           .
           And
           may
           I
           eer
           find
           Credit
           with
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Protection
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           what
           I
           now
           do
           is
           free
           from
           Passion
           ,
           Vanity
           or
           Design
           ,
           with
           which
           ,
           Actions
           of
           this
           Nature
           are
           too
           often
           accompanied
           .
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           of
           the
           frequent
           Mischiefs
           wrought
           in
           the
           World
           by
           factious
           Pretences
           of
           Religion
           ;
           but
           were
           not
           Religion
           the
           most
           justifiable
           Cause
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           be
           made
           the
           most
           specious
           Pretence
           .
           And
           your
           Majesty
           has
           always
           shewn
           too
           uninterested
           a
           Sense
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           doubt
           the
           just
           Effects
           of
           it
           in
           one
           whose
           Practices
           have
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           never
           given
           the
           World
           Cause
           to
           censure
           his
           real
           Conviction
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           his
           backwardness
           to
           perform
           what
           his
           Honour
           and
           Conscience
           prompt
           him
           to
           ;
           how
           then
           can
           I
           longer
           disguise
           my
           just
           concern
           for
           that
           Religion
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           have
           been
           so
           happily
           educated
           ,
           which
           my
           Judgment
           throughly
           convinces
           me
           to
           be
           the
           best
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           which
           I
           am
           so
           highly
           interested
           in
           my
           Native
           Country
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           
             England
          
           now
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           endearing
           Tye
           become
           so
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           the
           restless
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           REFORMED
           RELIGION
           ,
           back'd
           by
           the
           cruel
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Prevailing
           Power
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           justly
           alarm
           and
           unite
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           engage
           them
           in
           so
           vast
           an
           Expence
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           it
           ,
           can
           I
           act
           so
           degenerous
           and
           mean
           a
           part
           ,
           as
           to
           deny
           my
           Concurrence
           to
           such
           worthy
           Endeavours
           for
           disabusing
           of
           your
           Majesty
           by
           the
           Reinforcement
           of
           those
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Establishment
           of
           that
           Government
           ,
           on
           which
           alone
           depends
           the
           Well-being
           of
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           PROTESTANT
           RELIGION
           in
           
             Europe
             .
          
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           that
           irresistible
           and
           only
           Cause
           that
           cou'd
           come
           in
           Competition
           with
           my
           Duty
           and
           Obligations
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           be
           able
           to
           tear
           me
           from
           you
           ,
           whilst
           the
           same
           Affectionate
           Desire
           of
           serving
           You
           continues
           in
           me
           .
           Could
           I'secure
           your
           Person
           by
           the
           Hazard
           of
           my
           Life
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           it
           could
           not
           be
           better
           employed
           :
           And
           wou'd
           to
           God
           ,
           these
           Your
           distracted
           Kingdoms
           might
           yet
           receive
           that
           satisfactory
           Compliance
           from
           your
           Majesty
           in
           all
           their
           justifiable
           Pretensions
           ,
           as
           might
           upon
           the
           only
           sure
           Foundation
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Love
           and
           Interest
           of
           your
           Subjects
           ,
           establish
           your
           Government
           ,
           and
           as
           strongly
           unite
           the
           Hearts
           of
           all
           your
           Subjects
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           is
           that
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Majesties
             most
             Humble
             ,
             and
             most
             Obedient
             Son
             and
             Servant
          
        
      
       
         
           
             The
             Lord
          
           Churchill's
           
             Letter
             to
             the
          
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           Since
           Men
           are
           seldom
           inspected
           of
           Sincerity
           when
           they
           act
           contrary
           to
           their
           Interests
           ;
           and
           though
           my
           dutiful
           Behaviour
           to
           your
           Majesty
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           times
           ,
           (
           for
           which
           I
           acknowledge
           my
           poor
           Services
           much
           over-paid
           )
           may
           not
           be
           sufficient
           to
           incline
           You
           to
           a
           charitable
           Interpretation
           of
           my
           Actions
           ,
           yet
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           great
           Advantage
           I
           enjoy
           under
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           I
           can
           never
           expect
           in
           any
           other
           Change
           of
           Government
           ,
           may
           reasonably
           convince
           Your
           Majesty
           and
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           acted
           by
           a
           higher
           Principle
           ,
           when
           I
           offer
           that
           Violence
           to
           my
           Inclination
           ,
           and
           Interest
           ,
           as
           to
           desert
           your
           Majesty
           at
           a
           time
           when
           Your
           Affairs
           seem
           to
           challenge
           the
           strictest
           Obedience
           from
           all
           Your
           Subjects
           ,
           much
           more
           from
           one
           who
           lies
           under
           the
           greatest
           personal
           Obligations
           imaginable
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           .
           This
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           could
           proceed
           from
           nothing
           but
           the
           inviolable
           Dictates
           of
           my
           
             CONSCIENE
             ,
          
           and
           necessary
           concern
           for
           my
           RELIGION
           (
           which
           no
           good
           Man
           can
           oppose
           )
           and
           with
           which
           I
           am
           instructed
           ,
           nothing
           ought
           to
           come
           in
           Competition
           ;
           Heaven
           knows
           with
           what
           partiality
           my
           dutiful
           Opinion
           of
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           hitherto
           represented
           those
           unhappy
           Designs
           ,
           which
           inconsiderate
           and
           self-interest
           Men
           have
           framed
           against
           Your
           Majesty's
           true
           Interest
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           But
           as
           I
           can
           no
           longer
           joyn
           with
           such
           to
           give
           a
           pretence
           by
           Conquest
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           effect
           ,
           so
           will
           I
           always
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           my
           Life
           and
           Fortune
           (
           so
           much
           Your
           Majesty's
           due
           )
           endeavour
           to
           preserve
           Your
           Royal
           Person
           and
           Lawful
           Rights
           with
           all
           the
           tender
           Concern
           and
           dutiful
           Respect
           that
           becomes
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Majesty's
             most
             dutiful
             and
             most
             obliged
             Subject
             and
             Servant
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

