SIR
,
A
Well-meaning
and
dutiful
Subject
humbly
begs
your
Majesty
to
read
this
Letter
,
which
is
written
with
no
other
design
but
only
to
set
before
you
,
-
I.
What
was
the
antient
Foundation
of
the
English
Monarchy
.
-
II.
How
it
was
remov'd
from
off
its
natural
Foundation
.
-
III.
By
what
Expedients
it
has
bin
supported
since
that
Removal
.
-
IV.
By
what
Expedient
your
Majesty
may
support
the
Monarchy
during
your
Reign
(
which
I
pray
God
may
be
long
and
happy
)
and
also
raise
it
to
as
high
a
degree
of
Glory
as
ever
it
has
attain'd
heretofore
.
I.
The
Monarchy
of
England
was
setled
upon
an
over
balance
of
Lands
vested
in
the
King
,
the
Nobility
,
and
the
Church
,
who
antiently
possess'd
above
two
thirds
of
the
whole
English
Territory
:
But
the
Noble-men
held
their
Lands
upon
condition
,
that
they
should
assist
the
King
upon
all
his
Occasions
with
certain
Quotas
of
Men
well
arm'd
and
paid
:
And
then
these
Noblemen
let
out
their
Lands
to
their
Tenants
upon
condition
that
they
should
always
be
ready
to
follow
their
respective
Lords
to
the
War
as
often
as
the
King
should
have
any
occasion
for
their
Service
.
So
that
very
small
Rents
were
demanded
by
the
Lord
from
the
Tenants
,
because
he
had
contracted
for
their
Personal
Service
.
'T
was
this
disposition
of
Lands
which
enabled
our
former
Kings
to
raise
great
Armies
when
they
pleas'd
,
and
to
invade
France
(
their
natural
Enemy
)
with
success
:
and
hereby
it
was
that
the
Nobility
upheld
the
Grandure
of
the
King
at
home
as
well
as
abroad
;
and
at
the
same
time
they
were
a
shelter
and
defence
to
the
common
People
,
if
the
King
were
inclin'd
to
make
any
Incroachments
upon
them
.
For
the
over-balance
of
Propriety
(
and
consequently
their
greatest
natural
Power
)
was
vested
in
the
middle
state
of
Nobility
;
who
were
therefore
able
to
preserve
both
King
and
People
in
their
due
bounds
.
Thus
the
English
Monarchy
stood
upon
a
natural
Foundation
,
the
King
being
the
great
Landlord
of
his
People
,
who
were
all
bound
by
their
Tenures
(
in
subordination
to
one
another
)
to
support
his
Crown
and
Dignity
.
II.
This
antient
Foundation
of
the
English
Monarchy
was
sap'd
and
undermined
by
K.
Henry
the
Seventh
,
who
(
having
seen
the
Imperial
Crown
of
England
dispos'd
of
at
the
pleasure
of
the
Lords
who
had
maintain'd
a
War
against
the
Crown
for
near
400
years
)
could
not
but
be
much
concern'd
at
the
over-grown
Power
of
the
Peers
,
who
sometimes
would
pull
down
and
set
up
what
King
they
pleas'd
;
and
this
Consideration
made
K.
Henry
the
Seventh
seek
after
ways
and
means
how
to
lessen
the
Power
of
the
Lords
,
which
had
bin
so
prejudicial
to
the
Crown
:
and
seeing
that
their
over
grown
Power
was
supported
by
the
great
Territories
of
Land
of
which
they
were
possess'd
,
and
which
they
could
not
alienate
from
their
Heirs
,
He
by
the
help
of
his
Parliament
found
out
a
way
to
change
the
Tenure
of
Lands
in
such
a
manner
that
the
Tenant
should
be
oblig'd
only
to
pay
a
Rent
instead
of
Personal
Service
to
his
Landlord
:
and
also
a
way
was
found
out
for
the
Lords
to
alienate
their
Lands
from
their
Posterity
.
This
was
done
to
the
end
that
the
Lords
might
be
encourag'd
by
an
expensive
way
of
living
to
sell
their
Lands
,
and
that
the
Commons
who
liv'd
thristily
might
be
enabled
to
purchase
them
.
Hereby
it
came
to
pass
that
at
the
end
of
King
Henry
the
Eighth's
Reign
(
in
whose
time
most
part
of
the
Church-Lands
were
also
sold
to
the
People
)
the
common
People
of
England
had
near
two
thirds
of
the
Lands
of
England
in
their
proper
Possession
,
and
the
King
,
Lords
,
and
Church
little
more
than
one
third
part
;
whereby
the
Balance
was
turn'd
on
the
side
of
the
Commons
,
who
were
therefore
able
to
make
War
upon
the
King
,
Lords
and
Church
together
,
as
appeard
afterwards
in
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
the
First
.
Thus
it
appears
that
the
antient
Foundation
of
the
English
Monarchy
was
remov'd
in
the
Reign
of
K.
Henry
the
Seventh
;
and
the
over-balance
of
Lands
falling
from
the
Lords
to
the
Commons
,
't
is
evident
that
the
Monarchy
has
ever
since
stood
,
not
upon
an
Aristocratical
,
but
a
Popular
Foundation
;
and
such
a
Foundation
dos
naturally
support
none
but
Commonwealth
Forms
of
Government
.
Wherefore
a
Monarchy
supported
on
such
a
Foundation
may
properly
be
call'd
a
Government
of
Expedients
,
because
it
is
by
Expedients
and
Inventions
,
and
not
upon
any
bottom
of
its
own
that
it
subsists
.
Now
what
Expedients
our
Kings
have
us'd
to
support
the
Monarchy
is
the
next
thing
to
be
consider'd
.
Wherefore
III.
The
Balance
of
Lands
being
chang'd
by
the
end
of
K.
Henry
the
Eighth's
Reign
,
from
the
Lords
and
Church
to
the
Commons
of
England
,
't
is
past
all
doubt
but
that
Queen
Elizabeth
discover'd
the
popular
bottom
of
the
Monarchy
,
because
she
found
out
the
only
wise
Expedient
by
which
the
Monarchy
upon
its
new
Foundation
was
capable
of
being
supported
in
its
antient
Lustre
and
Glory
.
Her
Expedient
was
her
Popularity
,
by
which
she
accommodated
her
personal
Administration
to
the
true
Genius
of
the
Monarchical
Constitution
,
as
it
then
stood
.
For
the
whole
Reign
of
that
Queen
(
of
Glorious
Memory
)
tho
long
(
but
not
tedious
)
was
past
over
in
a
constant
Courtship
to
her
People
,
in
which
not
only
all
her
Actions
,
but
sometimes
her
very
Words
expressed
her
knowledg
,
that
the
Monarchy
was
then
founded
on
their
Affections
.
In
what
Glory
she
supported
her self
and
the
English
Monarchy
by
that
Expedient
of
Popularity
,
notwithstanding
very
great
Oppositions
from
the
preeminent
Powers
of
Europe
,
her
History
do's
sufficiently
explain
.
King
James
the
First
was
not
in
his
nature
inclin'd
to
persue
this
honourable
and
proper
Expedient
,
but
his
thoughts
seem'd
to
be
set
upon
his
own
Power
more
than
upon
his
Peoples
Good
;
whereby
it
came
to
pass
that
the
Flattery
of
the
Court
was
more
pleasing
to
him
than
the
general
Interest
of
his
Kingdom
.
And
having
gotten
some
superficial
skill
in
the
Arts
and
Sciences
,
and
a
profound
knowledg
(
as
he
thought
)
in
Theology
,
he
made
his
Court
to
the
Divines
of
the
Church
of
England
,
that
they
being
appriz'd
of
his
great
Learning
might
in
their
Writings
celebrate
his
Fame
,
and
insinuate
to
the
People
his
great
Knowledg
in
all
sorts
of
Divine
and
Human
Learning
.
Hereupon
at
his
first
coming
to
the
Crown
of
England
he
industriously
assisted
the
Bishops
and
Church-Party
against
the
Puritans
;
whom
the
Church
look'd
upon
as
no
less
than
her
Enemies
,
because
tho
they
could
endure
,
yet
they
did
not
admire
her
Bishops
and
Ceremonies
.
And
in
this
manner
that
King
found
out
his
Expedient
in
the
Church-party
,
which
admir'd
and
almost
ador'd
his
deep
Learning
,
oftentimes
comparing
him
to
King
Solomon
for
Wisdom
,
and
indeed
omitted
no
opportunity
which
might
gain
him
an
extraordinary
Reverence
among
the
People
.
'T
is
not
then
to
be
wonder'd
at
that
King
Charles
the
First
trod
in
the
steps
of
his
Father
,
and
persued
the
same
Expedient
which
had
been
successful
to
his
Father
,
especially
having
derived
from
him
the
same
Temper
of
Mind
,
and
being
well
pleas'd
to
have
for
his
Flatterers
the
gravest
of
Divines
;
whose
Courtship
ever
tended
to
aggrandize
the
King
by
enlarging
the
Royal
Prerogative
,
and
to
set
it
above
the
Laws
of
the
Realm
,
by
virtue
of
some
political
Doctrines
which
they
drew
from
the
Word
of
God.
From
hence
sprang
the
Divine
Right
by
which
those
Kings
were
said
to
reign
over
us
,
and
a
Divine
Right
of
Succession
to
the
Crown
of
England
was
derived
to
their
Posterity
.
But
yet
King
Charles
the
First
laid
too
great
a
weight
upon
his
Expedient
,
and
encouraged
it
too
much
,
even
when
the
People
began
to
be
sensible
that
the
Pulpit-Law
did
build
the
Kings
Prerogative
upon
the
Ruins
of
the
People's
Liberty
:
And
herewith
began
the
quarrel
of
the
People
against
that
King
,
in
which
he
lost
his
Life
;
and
the
Monarchy
,
losing
its
Expedient
of
the
Church
party
,
was
likewise
overthrown
.
After
this
an
Essay
was
made
to
introduce
a
Commonwealth-form
of
Government
,
but
it
was
interrupted
by
a
Standing
Army
,
which
with
their
arbitrary
and
uncertain
ways
of
Administration
at
last
tir'd
out
the
People
,
that
they
restor'd
the
Monarchy
in
the
Person
of
King
Charles
the
Second
;
who
being
the
Son
of
the
Royal
Martyr
,
was
intitled
to
all
that
Assistance
which
the
Church
was
capable
of
giving
:
and
there
was
one
thing
more
which
made
the
Church-men
exert
all
their
Powers
with
the
greatest
vigor
in
favour
of
their
restor'd
King
,
which
was
this
.
The
Clergy
and
their
Party
having
bin
ill
treated
since
the
downfal
of
King
Charles
the
First
,
and
being
again
restor'd
with
Charles
the
Second
to
their
former
Dignities
,
they
were
highly
animated
against
the
Presbyterians
,
by
whom
they
had
bin
provoked
in
the
late
Interregnum
,
so
that
nothing
was
more
in
their
Desires
than
to
be
avenged
of
their
Enemies
;
and
this
Master-passion
of
theirs
was
so
well
gratified
by
their
King
,
who
granted
severe
Laws
against
all
Dissenters
from
the
Church
,
that
no
Prince
ever
gain'd
the
Hearts
of
the
Clergy
and
their
whole
Party
more
entirely
to
his
Interest
than
Charles
the
Second
.
No
Vice
or
Lewdness
could
stain
the
Reputation
of
the
Martyr's
Son
;
but
tho
he
were
the
greatest
Encourager
of
all
Profaneness
and
Immorality
in
the
most
open
manner
,
yet
still
he
was
our
most
Religious
and
Gracious
King.
In
his
time
all
Atheists
,
Debauchees
and
loose
Persons
own'd
the
Church
of
England
for
their
Mother
;
which
numerous
Party
enlarging
the
Pale
of
the
Church
,
assisted
very
much
to
advance
the
Power
of
the
King
upon
the
foundation
of
a
Divine
Right
,
which
it
was
said
God
had
given
him
:
so
that
the
universal
Acclamation
was
,
viz.
Great
is
Diana
of
the
Ephesians
,
and
great
is
the
Jure
divino
King
,
the
Image
which
fell
down
from
Jupiter
!
But
notwithstanding
this
loud
Acclamation
,
the
cautious
King
,
who
in
his
Youth
had
bin
forc'd
to
travel
into
foreign
Countries
,
and
was
unwilling
to
take
such
another
Journey
,
did
not
think
fit
to
rely
wholly
upon
this
Church-Expedient
,
but
to
give
it
greater
strength
he
twisted
into
it
a
Court-party
,
who
by
their
Places
and
Pensions
were
oblig'd
to
assist
his
Royal
Pleasure
by
their
Votes
in
both
Houses
of
Parliament
:
and
thus
the
Monarchy
had
its
Foundation
laid
in
Place
and
Pension
,
which
by
angry
People
is
call'd
BRIBERY
.
But
let
that
be
as
it
will
,
't
is
certain
that
Men
can
never
act
so
vigorously
for
a
Bribe
,
as
out
of
mere
Inclination
.
Besides
this
,
mercenary
Men
are
soon
discover'd
in
their
Designs
,
and
the
discovery
of
their
Principle
forfeits
all
their
Credit
with
the
People
.
So
that
a
small
steady
Country
Party
in
Parliament
were
a
great
clog
upon
the
Projects
of
Church
and
Court
,
which
,
tho
so
closely
united
together
,
prov'd
but
a
lame
Expedient
to
support
the
Monarchy
in
the
Person
of
King
Charles
the
Second
;
so
that
between
these
two
stools
he
fell
at
last
to
the
ground
,
but
not
without
thoughts
of
the
only
Expedient
by
which
he
might
(
had
he
liv'd
)
have
establish'd
himself
upon
the
foundation
of
the
People
of
England
.
King
James
the
Second
would
not
trust
to
any
of
the
fore-mention'd
Expedients
,
because
none
of
them
could
be
sufficient
to
carry
him
thro
all
his
Designs
,
especially
thro
that
of
introducing
Popery
.
Nothing
less
than
a
standing
Army
could
support
his
Tyranny
,
but
Popery
was
too
great
a
weight
for
the
Army
to
stand
under
:
So
that
whilst
he
was
subduing
the
people
to
Popery
by
a
Protestant
Army
,
he
lost
both
People
and
Army
;
in
consequence
whereof
he
was
lost
himself
.
And
that
the
loss
of
him
may
by
means
of
your
Majesty's
happy
Reign
be
a
Gain
to
England
,
it
is
to
be
consider'd
,
IV.
By
what
Expedient
your
Majesty
may
support
the
English
Monarchy
during
your
Reign
,
and
by
which
you
may
raise
it
to
as
eminent
a
degree
of
Glory
as
it
hath
ever
attain'd
heretofore
.
Your
Majesty
may
remember
that
the
original
foundation
of
the
Monarchy
was
the
great
Territory
of
Land
possessed
by
the
King
:
but
your
Majesty
is
also
sensible
that
there
are
but
very
small
Remainders
of
this
Territory
in
your
present
Possession
;
even
the
very
accidental
additions
of
Lands
to
the
Crown
have
bin
alienated
to
the
Favorites
of
the
Scotish
Line
:
So
that
there
is
need
of
an
Expedient
now
as
much
as
ever
for
the
support
of
the
Monarchy
.
Be
pleas'd
therefore
to
review
the
Expedients
of
former
Princes
,
and
see
if
any
of
them
be
sutable
to
your
particular
Circumstances
,
or
proper
for
your
Majesty
to
depend
upon
for
the
Support
and
Glory
of
your
Throne
.
And
,
As
for
the
Church-party
,
which
was
the
darling
Support
of
the
Scotish
Line
,
it
is
so
much
worn
out
by
a
Succession
of
three
Kings
,
that
't
is
very
weak
and
〈◊〉
at
present
.
The
Craft
of
the
Priest
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
in
framing
such
Interpretations
of
holy
Scripture
as
serve
an
indirect
Interest
,
was
never
discover'd
so
much
as
of
late
;
and
no
Person
has
so
much
contributed
to
the
discovery
hereof
as
your
own
self
;
who
by
the
Revolution
you
have
lately
made
have
revers'd
all
the
Political
Divinity
which
the
Clergy
have
bin
propagating
since
the
Reign
of
King
James
the
First
.
'T
was
the
Church-Clergy
and
Party
who
by
their
preaching
and
voting
oppos'd
the
Bill
for
excluding
James
D.
of
York
,
a
known
Papist
:
'T
was
this
Party
who
impos'd
upon
the
Nation
the
Doctrine
of
Passive
Obedience
to
a
Tyrannical
King
upon
pain
of
eternal
Damnation
:
They
always
avow'd
the
divine
right
of
a
Lineal
Succession
to
the
Crown
(
by
which
yout
Majesty
is
excluded
)
and
that
all
Kings
are
of
God's
(
not
the
Peoples
)
making
.
From
these
Principles
some
of
'em
openly
refus'd
to
swear
Allegiance
to
your
Majesty
;
and
those
of
'em
who
yield
a
passive
Conformity
to
your
Title
and
Government
,
have
bin
found
in
several
differing
stories
about
the
ways
and
means
whereby
they
satisfy
their
Consciences
in
this
matter
.
Some
have
alledg'd
,
that
your
Majesty
having
conquer'd
us
,
they
may
lawfully
submit
to
a
Usurpation
which
cannot
be
avoided
,
and
is
setled
by
Success
:
but
all
of
'em
know
that
your
Majesty
can
make
Bishops
and
Deans
de
facto
,
and
therefore
they
will
not
question
the
Defactoship
of
your
Prerogative
Royal.
But
it
cannot
be
expected
that
the
Clergy
,
who
have
usually
requir'd
the
Peoples
submission
to
their
Sentiments
under
the
pain
of
Damnation
,
should
upon
this
Revolution
be
contented
to
cry
peccavi
,
and
openly
recant
all
their
former
Doctrines
of
divine
Polity
by
a
hearty
active
conformity
to
your
Majesty's
rightful
Title
and
Government
.
For
this
reason
it
is
you
have
receiv'd
so
little
respect
from
the
body
of
the
Clergy
,
altho
we
have
receiv'd
all
that
we
enjoy
from
you
.
But
yet
suppose
the
Church
were
willing
to
exert
it self
in
your
Service
,
its
Influence
is
not
at
present
so
powerful
as
it
has
bin
:
for
by
medling
so
much
in
State-Affairs
she
has
lost
(
in
great
measure
)
her
former
Reputation
:
Nor
has
she
ne're
so
numerous
a
Party
as
formerly
she
had
:
for
all
the
Deists
,
Socinians
,
and
Latitudinarians
own
no
such
Church-power
at
all
.
The
Presbyterians
,
Independents
,
Baptists
,
and
Quakers
,
tho
they
have
their
several
forms
of
Church-Government
,
yet
are
no
friends
to
that
publickly
establish'd
,
but
they
are
unfeigned
lovers
of
your
Majesty
.
Bigotry
likewise
has
lately
suffer'd
a
great
diminution
,
and
Incredulity
is
strangely
increas'd
,
and
almost
become
fashionable
.
Thus
the
Authority
of
the
Church
is
forc'd
to
submit
to
the
Reason
of
Mankind
;
and
all
those
who
are
dutiful
to
your
Majesty
are
averse
to
the
Homilies
of
the
Church
,
because
they
exclude
you
from
all
pretence
of
Right
to
the
Crown
you
wear
:
So
that
the
Toleration
granted
by
your
Majesty
has
done
you
more
Service
than
Uniformity
can
ever
do
.
As
for
the
Court-party
't
was
never
esteem'd
to
be
any
more
than
an
Auxiliary
to
the
Church
for
the
support
of
K.
Charles
II.
in
whose
Reign
too
it
was
discover'd
,
that
after
a
Catalogue
of
Court-Pensioners
was
publish'd
from
the
Press
,
the
Complexion
of
his
Parliaments
was
very
much
changed
.
And
if
at
any
time
such
a
List
should
be
printed
,
the
People
of
England
would
refuse
to
give
their
Votes
for
them
in
the
next
Election
of
a
Parliament
,
and
in
their
stead
will
elect
Members
of
a
contrary
temper
:
People
commonly
run
out
of
one
Extreme
into
another
;
and
when
they
reject
a
Courtier
,
they
will
probably
choose
a
morose-humour'd
Man
in
his
place
.
It
must
be
allow'd
that
it
has
the
face
of
a
politic
Expedient
to
adopt
Men
of
known
Integrity
and
Love
to
their
Country
into
the
Court-party
;
for
hereby
the
Hearts
of
the
People
will
be
for
the
present
gain'd
to
the
Court
:
tho
these
Patriots
being
endued
with
a
ductile
temper
,
will
soon
become
conformable
to
the
nature
of
the
Court.
This
very
Expedient
has
for
a
time
done
good
Service
to
your
Majesty's
Affairs
both
at
home
and
abroad
.
But
I
think
it
ought
to
be
considered
only
as
a
Cordial
which
for
a
short
time
may
revive
a
languishing
Man's
Spirit
,
but
yet
ought
not
to
be
depended
upon
as
a
constant
support
of
Life
.
And
as
for
these
new
Whig-Courtiers
,
they
will
raise
the
Expectations
of
all
Men
to
hope
for
a
steady
virtuous
Administration
.
But
when
this
reputed
Patriot
shall
accommodate
his
Discourse
to
the
old
style
of
the
Court
;
when
he
shall
insinuate
such
Notions
to
his
old
Acquaintance
,
the
baseness
and
unworthiness
whereof
his
old
Friends
had
heard
him
frequently
detest
all
his
days
in
which
he
was
unprefer'd
;
this
new
Courtier
soon
loses
all
his
Credit
and
Interest
with
his
old
Friends
,
who
refuse
to
follow
the
Decoy
Duck
into
the
Net.
But
this
is
not
all
the
mischief
which
attends
this
Project
of
a
Whig-Courtier
,
but
a
personal
loss
of
your
own
Reputation
is
actually
the
Consequence
hereof
:
for
as
long
as
the
Court
was
made
up
of
Tories
,
the
People
were
willing
to
excuse
your
Majesty
,
and
lay
the
faults
of
Male-administration
upon
the
Tory-Court
,
saying
,
That
the
old
Tools
would
still
do
no
other
than
the
old
Work.
But
when
a
Man
of
known
Honour
,
Integrity
and
Love
to
his
Country
,
upon
getting
a
Preferment
shall
change
his
former
Note
,
do
Violence
to
himself
by
changing
his
avowed
Principle
,
and
thereby
losing
all
the
Reputation
which
his
former
Virtue
had
gain'd
him
,
every
Man
will
be
apt
to
conclude
that
this
new
Courtier
is
encourag'd
to
do
this
by
some
higher
Power
,
if
not
engag'd
thereto
by
the
fear
of
losing
his
Place
or
Pension
.
And
when
the
People
of
England
shall
come
to
know
that
as
surely
as
a
Land-man
who
is
imploy'd
at
Sea
will
turn
Seaman
,
so
certainly
will
a
Patriot
imploy'd
in
the
Administration
turn
Courtier
,
they
will
begin
in
earnest
to
think
of
such
a
Form
of
Government
which
can
subsist
without
a
Court.
And
having
said
this
,
I
cannot
forbear
telling
your
Majesty
my
Thoughts
concerning
a
Commonwealth
Party
which
has
bin
much
talk'd
of
in
England
during
the
Reign
of
K.
Charles
the
Second
,
and
has
not
quite
bin
forgotten
at
any
time
since
that
Reign
.
A
great
Veneration
for
Monarchy
has
bin
frequently
made
use
of
by
Men
to
recommend
themselves
to
the
particular
favor
of
our
Kings
of
England
;
and
when
real
occasions
have
bin
wanting
to
recommend
their
Affection
for
Monarchy
to
the
notice
of
the
King
,
a
mere
fantastical
imaginary
fear
of
a
Common
wealth
has
bin
made
use
of
:
and
hence
they
have
bin
perswading
our
Soverign
Princes
that
a
great
number
of
their
Subjects
have
form'd
themselves
upon
Commonwealth
Principles
,
and
are
still
waiting
an
opportunity
to
extirpate
the
Monarchy
,
and
to
introduce
into
its
place
a
Republican
form
of
Government
.
But
your
Majesty
has
seen
this
fantastical
Opinion
sufficiently
confuted
:
For
those
who
were
the
suspected
Commonwealths-men
join'd
heartily
together
in
preserving
the
Monarchy
,
by
voting
your
Majesty
(
then
P.
of
Orange
)
into
the
English
Throne
,
in
opposition
to
those
Adorers
of
Monarchy
who
were
setting
up
a
Regency
;
who
had
they
put
the
Kingly
Power
into
the
hands
of
a
Committee
,
had
founded
a
Common-wealth
,
or
something
very
hardly
to
be
distinguished
from
it
.
But
to
proceed
from
matter
of
Fact
,
to
reason
freely
upon
this
matter
.
I
cannot
suppose
that
any
Man
who
has
the
use
of
his
Reason
,
and
liveth
under
a
Monarchy
,
should
be
fond
of
a
Commonwealth
,
if
all
the
ends
of
Government
are
answer'd
by
the
settled
Monarchy
.
So
in
Holland
he
would
be
thought
to
have
lost
the
use
of
his
Reason
who
should
hazard
his
Life
by
endeavouring
to
introduce
a
Monarchy
there
,
where
all
the
ends
of
Government
are
perfectly
answer'd
by
the
establish'd
form
of
a
Commonwealth
.
The
end
of
all
Governments
is
the
common
good
of
the
People
;
and
if
that
great
End
be
attained
under
any
establish'd
Form
,
he
is
fit
only
for
a
Mad-house
who
will
endeavour
to
pull
down
the
established
form
only
to
introduce
a
new
one
:
And
a
party
of
such
mad
men
as
these
can
never
be
sufficient
to
raise
a
jealousy
in
any
Government
which
is
under
an
upright
Administration
.
Tho
it
must
also
be
acknowledged
,
that
as
corrupt
Prelats
make
way
for
a
Presbyterian
Government
into
the
Church
,
so
a
corrupt
Court-party
may
occasionally
introduce
a
Republican
form
of
Government
into
the
State.
But
to
return
from
this
Digression
,
since
Priest-craft
and
Court-craft
have
bin
(
of
late
)
so
much
discover'd
;
since
Bigotry
of
late
days
is
grown
out
of
request
;
since
the
unbigotted
People
are
more
dutiful
to
your
Majesty
than
the
Bigots
are
;
and
since
the
common
People
of
England
are
more
firm
and
trusty
than
a
Court-party
,
I
cannot
but
think
that
A
Real
Popularity
would
be
a
better
Expedient
than
a
Church
and
Court-party
join'd
together
can
be
:
for
as
to
the
Expedient
of
a
Standing
Army
,
't
is
certain
,
that
besides
its
own
intrinsic
insufficiency
,
Lewis
the
present
French
King
,
and
James
the
last
of
England
,
have
render'd
it
odious
.
It
stinks
in
the
Nostrils
of
all
free-born
Men
,
and
can
only
be
an
Expedient
to
set
up
a
Commonwealth
.
But
't
is
plain
that
A
professed
regard
to
the
Common-weal
of
the
People
of
England
steddily
persu'd
did
raise
the
English
Monarchy
under
the
Administration
of
Q.
Elizabeth
(
of
blessed
memory
)
to
as
high
a
degree
of
Glory
as
it
did
ever
attain
to
when
it
stood
upon
its
natural
Foundation
.
Nor
is
any
Expedient
so
proper
for
your
Majesty
to
use
as
this
.
For
,
1.
Upon
this
Foundation
the
Glory
of
your
Illustrious
Ancestors
was
built
.
And
,
2.
Hereby
your
Majesty
was
recommended
to
the
just
and
rightful
possession
of
the
Crown
which
at
present
you
adorn
.
Party-taking
,
Party-making
,
or
Partiality
of
all
sorts
overthrew
King
Charles
the
First
,
shook
the
Throne
of
King
Charles
the
Second
,
and
overturn'd
the
Monarchy
under
the
Administration
of
the
late
King
James
,
which
by
your
Majesty's
Affection
to
the
People
of
England
was
restor'd
,
and
by
the
same
means
is
still
preserv'd
,
and
may
be
advanc'd
to
as
high
a
pitch
of
Glory
as
ever
heretofore
it
had
gain'd
.
For
hereby
,
1.
All
the
true
ends
of
Government
will
be
fully
answered
.
2.
All
Factions
and
Parties
will
be
sunk
and
forgotten
:
there
will
be
no
Whig
nor
Tory
,
no
Jacobite
,
no
Church-party
,
Court-party
,
nor
Country-party
:
for
the
Interest
of
Court
and
Country
will
be
one
and
the
same
,
which
has
not
been
known
since
the
death
of
Queen
Elizabeth
,
and
therefore
will
be
wonderfully
pleasing
for
its
Novelty
,
as
well
as
for
its
Profitableness
.
3.
Virtue
and
Honesty
(
which
have
bin
much
decay'd
of
late
years
)
will
be
encourag'd
and
restor'd
.
For
no
Man
can
pretend
to
recommend
himself
to
your
Royal
Favour
but
by
advancing
the
Design
which
your
Majesty
openly
does
encourage
.
4.
Hereby
your
Majesty
will
gain
such
a
Credit
with
your
People
,
as
by
virtue
thereof
very
much
to
increase
the
Wealth
and
Strength
of
the
Nation
in
a
short
time
.
And
your
Majesty's
Revenue
must
necessarily
bear
a
sutable
proportion
to
the
Trade
of
your
Subjects
;
so
that
he
who
commands
the
Trade
of
the
World
,
will
consequently
command
the
Wealth
of
the
World.
And
,
5.
Hereby
you
may
be
able
to
follow
the
two
great
Maxims
of
Queen
-
1
st
.
To
be
the
Head
of
the
Protestants
all
over
the
World.
And
,
-
2
dly
.
To
keep
the
Balance
of
Europe
equal
and
steddy
.
And
thus
the
Glory
of
the
English
Monarchy
under
your
Majesty's
gracious
Administration
will
be
the
Terror
of
others
,
and
the
Delight
of
all
English
People
,
which
is
the
sincere
desire
of
Your
Majesty's
most
faithful
,
dutiful
,
and
humble
Subject
and
Servant
.
THE
END
.