A seasonable address to both Houses of Parliament concerning the succession, the fears of popery, and arbitrary government by a true Protestant, and hearty lover of his country.
Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.
1681
Approx. 55 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 11 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images.
Text Creation Partnership,
Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :
2004-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).
A44822
Wing H320
ESTC R12054
11998216
ocm 11998216
52160
This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of
Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal
. The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
Early English books online.
(EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A44822)
Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 52160)
Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 564:13)
A seasonable address to both Houses of Parliament concerning the succession, the fears of popery, and arbitrary government by a true Protestant, and hearty lover of his country.
Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.
[2], 18 p.
[s.n.],
London :
1681.
Attributed to George Savile, Marquis of Halifax. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.)
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford.
Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors.
EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO.
EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org).
The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.
Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.
Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.
Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.
The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.
Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).
Keying and markup guidelines are available at the
Text Creation Partnership web site
.
eng
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
2003-10 TCP
Assigned for keying and markup
2003-10 SPi Global
Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images
2003-11 Jonathan Blaney
Sampled and proofread
2003-11 Jonathan Blaney
Text and markup reviewed and edited
2003-12 pfs
Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Seasonable
Address
To
both
Houses
of
PARLIAMENT
CONCERNING
THE
SUCCESSION
;
The
Fears
of
POPERY
,
AND
ARBITRARY
Government
.
By
a
true
PROTESTANT
,
And
a
Hearty
Lover
of
his
COUNTRY
.
LONDON
,
Printed
in
the
Year
,
MDCLXXXI
.
A
Seasonable
ADDRESS
TO
Both
Houses
of
PARLIAMENT
,
Concerning
the
Succession
,
&c.
IT
was
the
Aegyptians
practice
,
before
Physick
was
reduc'd
into
Art
o●
Profession
,
to
carry
forth
into
the
Roads
and
Highways
,
the
Diseas'd
,
and
enquire
of
all
passengers
concerning
the
Causes
and
Remedies
of
their
Distempers
;
out
of
whose
prescriptions
their
Friends
selected
,
and
applyed
what
they
judg'd
most
proper
.
What
was
then
done
for
the
Natural
,
is
now
as
necessary
for
the
Body
Politick
of
this
Country
,
sick
,
almost
unto
death
,
of
Fears
and
Iealousies
,
the
Plots
and
Devices
of
the
wicked
and
ambitious
;
expos'd
to
all
Travellers
,
among
whom
good
Nature
and
Self-preservation
have
at
length
,
after
two
years
silent
compassion
,
prevail'd
upon
me
to
give
my
opinion
of
the
Causes
and
Cures
of
our
Evils
;
which
I
will
offer
without
fear
or
favor
of
Party
or
Faction
,
of
Court
or
City
;
enquiring
how
far
our
apprehensions
of
Popery
and
Arbitrary
Government
,
that
have
so
long
discompos'd
us
at
home
,
and
made
us
contemptible
abroad
;
are
just
and
reasonable
.
Though
I
confess
't
is
said
,
There
never
wa●
Smoak
without
some
Fire
,
yet
at
first
sight
it
seems
hard
to
believe
that
sober
m●n
shou'd
ever
attempt
innovations
,
seldom
or
never
advantageous
,
always
hurtful
,
because
necessarily
attended
with
the
sad
effects
of
Civil
War
;
a
calamity
that
has
so
lately
prov'd
fatal
to
the
Kingdom
in
general
,
to
the
Prin●e
and
to
the
Subject
.
Whence
it
may
be
reasonably
presum'd
,
when
our
Passion
is
over
,
and
we
have
fully
consider'd
the
rise
,
progress
and
event
of
the
Last
Rebellion
▪
we
shall
grow
calm
and
wise
,
permit
the
King
to
enjoy
his
own
Preroga●ives
▪
and
content
our selves
with
our
just
Right
and
Priviledges
.
'T
will
be
●●me
●nough
(
when
these
are
invaded
,
if
Religion
even
then
will
allow
it
,
)
to
oppose
,
or
stand
upon
our
defence
;
to
offer
at
it
sooner
is
madness
and
folly
,
Rebellion
and
Impiety
▪
For
the
better
coming
to
our
point
,
't
is
necessary
we
take
a
review
of
the
times
preceeding
Forty
One
,
when
from
the
end
of
King
Iames's
Reign
,
the
people
were
,
as
now
,
full
of
murmurings
,
repinings
and
distrusts
against
the
Government
.
At
last
the
smother'd
Embers
burst
forth
into
a
Flame
;
and
after
ten
years
Violence
,
War
and
Confusion
,
and
near
as
many
more
of
Usurpation
and
Tyranny
,
the
Common-wealth
was
so
far
from
being
better'd
,
by
any
of
the
many
changes
and
expedients
,
that
the
recalling
our
King
from
his
unjust
Exile
was
found
,
and
unanimously
agreed
,
the
only
way
to
prevent
its
utter
Ruin.
Our
Gracious
Sovereign
,
merciful
beyond
example
,
pardons
his
Rebellious
Subjects
,
the
Murderers
of
his
Royal
Father
,
and
the
Usurpers
of
his
own
Crown
and
Dignity
;
loads
,
even
among
them
,
with
Offices
and
Honor
,
such
as
seem'd
penitent
,
and
were
capable
.
He
then
proceeds
,
first
to
the
resettlement
of
the
Religion
of
the
Church
of
England
,
like
vertue
seated
in
the
middle
,
and
equally
endanger'd
by
the
two
extremes
of
Popery
and
Presbytery
;
and
after
,
to
that
of
the
State
in
peace
and
quiet
,
which
we
enjoy'd
to
the
envy
of
our
Neighbors
.
This
happiness
occasion'd
a
War
with
Holland
,
France
,
and
Denmark
,
to
their
great
Lo●s
,
and
the
Renown
of
England
,
ending
in
a
League
of
friendship
and
amity
,
for
the
general
good
of
Europe
.
Not
long
after
the
King
was
advis'd
to
grant
a
toleration
for
the
ease
of
tender
Consciences
,
and
the
advancement
of
Traffique
and
Manufacture
.
This
was
press'd
with
arguments
,
that
the
want
of
it
occasion'd
Venners
Insurrection
;
the
Plot
in
1662.
for
which
several
suffer'd
at
Tyburn
;
that
in
1663
▪
begun
in
Ireland
,
and
carried
on
in
England
,
for
which
in
1●64
divers
were
executed
▪
in
York-shire
,
as
were
others
after
in
London
,
April
1666
,
who
confess'd
at
Tyburn
a
Design
of
subverting
the
Government
,
seizing
the
Tower
,
and
Firing
of
London
the
September
following
;
and
withal
,
declaring
there
were
those
behind
of
their
Party
,
that
wou'd
still
effect
that
design
,
which
as
to
that
part
was
too
evident
▪
This
is
notorious
from
the
historical
account
pu●lish●d
in
80.
and
confirm'd
by
the
Gaz●t
;
and
therefore
I
cannot
but
wonder
at
the
Commons
Vote
of
last
Ianuary
the
10
th
.
That
it
is
the
opinion
of
this
House
,
that
the
City
of
London
was
burnt
in
the
year
1666.
by
the
Papists
,
designing
thereby
to
introduce
arbitrary
power
and
Popery
into
this
Kingdom
▪
It
wou'd
be
a
great
satisfaction
to
the
world
to
publish
the
grounds
of
this
opinion
,
because
that
otherwise
considering
they
did
not
pursue
it
,
nor
any
reason
assign'd
what
shou'd
have
hindred
,
it
will
hardly
gain
more
credit
▪
than
the
Philosophers
paradox
,
that
Snow
was
black
.
I
have
read
of
some
,
who
never
wanted
opinions
,
cou'd
they
but
find
arguments
to
make
them
p●obable
,
fo●
which
their
being
at
a
loss
made
them
ridiculous
with
the
sober
●art
of
Mankind
.
The
King
consents
,
and
at
the
same
time
declares
a
War
against
Holland
,
whose
insolence
and
injustice
in
point
of
Trade
and
Honour
was
become
insupportable
▪
Soon
after
the
Parliament
conven'd
,
and
apprehending
the
Indulgence
might
in
time
prove
destructive
to
the
establish'd
Religion
,
pray'd
it
might
be
revok'd
;
the
King
contrary
to
the
then
Minsters
advice
,
an●wer'd
their
desires
.
Hereupon
they
grow
peevish
,
and
thence
forward
vow
and
study
all
the
methods
of
Revenge
and
Confusion
,
tho'
with
the
hazard
of
the
publick
.
Ever
since
we
have
been
continually
alarm'd
with
Libels
against
the
Government
;
at
last
a
discovery
is
made
of
a
Popish
contrivance
,
sifted
as
far
as
possible
by
the
King
in
Council
,
and
after
earnestly
recommended
to
the
Parliaments
further
consideration
.
This
is
pursued
,
but
some
men
laying
hold
on
this
,
design
to
d●ive
it
on
to
further
purposes
,
and
under
pretence
of
defending
the
Kings
Person
and
expelling
Popery
,
set
up
Presbytery
,
and
pull
down
the
Monarchy
.
But
there
being
too
strict
a
bond
of
mutual
love
and
loyalty
between
the
King
and
that
Parliament
,
means
are
now
us'd
,
upon
a
great
Ministers
being
impeach'd
,
to
have
it
dissolv'd
:
An
Act
that
answer'd
not
his
expectations
.
A
new
one
is
call'd
,
and
exceeding
the
bounds
of
prudence
and
moderation
quickly
sent
home
.
A
third
is
summon'd
,
and
the
King
having
to
this
,
as
to
the
former
,
over
and
over
press'd
the
impartial
examination
of
the
Plot
,
the
tryal
of
the
Lords
▪
and
the
care
of
the
establish'd
Religion
,
wherein
by
all
iust
and
lawful
ways
he
often
declar'd
he
wou'd
not
follow
,
but
heartily
go
along
with
them
▪
But
alas
!
they
intended
no
such
thing
.
The
Plot
must
be
kept
on
foot
,
●lse
they
wou'd
be
defeated
.
The
King
perceiving
they
still
neglected
the
good
of
the
publick
,
breaks
them
,
and
summons
a
fourth
at
Oxford
▪
where
I
wish
they
may
be
inspir'd
,
with
softness
and
prudence
▪
answerable
to
the
designs
of
the
Place
,
and
the
needs
of
the
Kingdom
▪
A●ter
this
short
account
,
is
it
possible
to
believe
these
,
who
insinuate
the
King
himself
is
in
the
Plot
,
is
a
Papist
,
and
intends
arbitrary
G●vernment
▪
Oh!
ridiculous
,
nonsensical
fancy
,
If
●he
Plot
be
against
his
Person
and
Government
,
and
contriv'd
by
Rapists
,
and
among
them
(
as
●edlow
has
sworn
)
none
in
England
but
have
receiv'd
the
Sacrament
upon
't
,
and
he
be
of
the
number
,
he
must
joyn
with
others
to
cut
his
own
throat
,
stab
,
shoot
▪
or
poyson
himself
.
But
her
's
fome
mystery
in
this
pretty
invention
;
Charles
S●uart
conspires
against
the
King
;
this
imitating
the
Long
Parliament
in
his
Fathers
time
,
who
fought
for
the
King
,
for
his
politick
capacity
,
against
himself
,
his
Natu●al
,
his
Person
.
But
if
he
were
a
Papist
,
wou'd
he
have
pass'd
into
Laws
every
Bill
tender'd
him
by
both
Houses
,
as
well
before
▪
as
since
this
Plot
,
in
their
disfavour
?
and
yet
we
know
one
of
the
godly
Party
was
lately
fin'd
500
l
▪
for
saying
,
The
Duke
of
York
was
a
Papist
and
the
King
little
better
;
a
saying
no
longer
minc'd
nor
whisper'd
,
but
now
loudly
and
plainly
spoken
every
day
.
Cou'd
he
have
been
wrought
to
a
change
of
Religion
,
in
the
time
of
his
banishment
,
he
had
not
withstood
,
the
offers
of
foreign
Princes
and
the
solicitations
of
a
fond
Mother
,
to
reinstate
him
in
his
own
Dominions
with
absolute
arbi●rary
power
▪
But
he
was
too
much
a
Christian
,
and
too
good
a
King
,
not
to
prefer
continuance
in
exile
,
to
the
designs
of
enslaving
his
Subjects
,
either
in
their
souls
or
in
their
bodies
.
Must
he
now
,
in
an
Age
desirous
of
rest
and
quiet
,
be
up●raided
with
such
purposes
,
that
had
resolv'd
against
them
in
the
heat
of
his
youth
,
the
great
spur
of
ambition
?
Now
when
to
compass
this
wicked
and
ridiculous
project
is
as
impossible
,
as
before
it
was
the
contrary
;
when
after
his
restoration
besides
foreign
assistance
,
offer'd
at
any
rate
,
and
to
any
purpose
,
he
had
an
obsequious
General
,
a
victorious
Fleet
and
Army
,
and
a
Parliament
,
whose
zeal
and
devotion
seem'd
in
nothing
to
be
bounded
but
by
the
limits
of
his
own
pleasure
;
when
to
the
immense
treasure
he
was
possest
of
,
bestow'd
among
his
people
with
equal
bounty●s
it
was
given
,
he
might
have
added
vastly
by
the
confiscations
of
more
than
half
the
Estates
and
Wealth
of
the
three
Kingdoms
.
But
instead
of
this
,
he
often
press'd
his
Parliament
to
expedite
the
Act
of
Oblivion
,
disbanded
his
Army
,
and
enlarg'd
the
Fleet
,
by
making
one
Squadron
of
more
value
than
all
three
in
the
time
of
Queen
Eliz.
disabl'd
,
in
all
his
Dominions
,
without
exception
,
all
Papists
,
from
bearing
any
Office
Civil
or
Mititary
.
Has
he
not
pass'd
the
Bill
,
excl●ding
for
ever
all
Popish
Lords
out
of
the
House
,
●o
which
his
Father
cou'd
never
be
perswaded
?
Has
he
not
like
wise
curtayl●d
the
Royal
power
by
two
other
Acts
,
that
of
the
Habeas
Corpus
,
and
against
Quartering
of
Souldiers
?
Three
Statutes
,
for
which
he
might
have
had
as
many
Millions
,
had
he
insisted
on
a
bargain
,
or
known
how
to
distinguish
between
his
own
private
Interest
and
that
of
the
subject
,
or
the
truckling
way
of
Bartering
,
when
the
g●od
of
his
people
was
concern'd
.
Why
did
he
,
but
for
the
sake
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
refuse
the
elder
Daughter
of
the
Crown
to
the
Dauphin
of
France
,
and
marry
her
to
the
Prince
of
Orange
?
And
this
without
putting
his
Par●iament
to
the
charge
of
a
●ortion
,
or
a
much
greater
Sum
,
which
they
wou'd
have
gladly
given
,
had
he
made
the
proposition
▪
And
no
other
cou'd
be
the
motives
of
recalling
his
Troops
from
France
,
raising
an
Army
for
the
defence
of
the
Netherlands
,
at
the
expence
of
above
200000
l.
more
than
was
given
,
and
his
prohibiting
Trade
with
that
Crown
.
These
things
put
a
stop
to
the
progress
of
that
victorious
King's
Arms
,
occasion●d
his
quitting
M●ssina
,
and
clapping
up
a
general
peace
,
when
he
was
just
at
the
point
of
his
propos'd
Conquest
.
If
our
Prince
intended
an
arbitrary
Government
,
why
besides
his
former
neglecting
the
opportunity
,
wou'd
he
disable
himself
for
the
future
,
by
parting
with
one
of
the
greatest
instruments
for
that
purpose
,
the
Court
of
wards
and
Liveries
,
Tenures
in
Capite
and
Knight-Service
,
purvevance
,
&c.
And
what
did
he
receive
for
this
excess
of
bounty
,
for
the
chiefest
and
most
useful
flower
of
the
Crown
,
but
a
trifle
,
a
feather
,
half
the
Excise
,
not
above
a
fourth
of
the
others
yearly
value
.
And
after
all
this
,
Knaves
invent
,
and
Fools
believe
he
is
now
●etting
up
for
Tyranny
and
Popery
,
when
his
years
are
past
the
heat
of
ambition
,
his
Coffers
empty
,
France
disoblig'd
,
and
his
own
people
alarm'd
,
and
bent
against
it
with
all
imaginable
resolutions
of
oppsition
.
Can
any
man
imagine
that
a
person
,
who
disarms
himself
,
intends
to
fight
?
Besides
,
What
one
Illegal
Arbitrary
Act
has
he
done
in
his
twenty
years
Reign
?
Whom
has
he
defrauded
of
an
Ox
or
an
Ass
,
of
life
or
possession
?
Where
has
he
in
any
one
instance
invaded
magna
charta
,
our
Rights
,
Properties
or
Liberties
?
What
Bill
tender'd
by
Parliament
,
for
the
security
of
our
Lives
or
Fortunes
,
has
he
rejected
?
He
pass'd
all
without
exception
.
As
for
the
Bill
for
intrusting
the
Parliament
with
the
Militia
for
a
limited
time
,
reason
then
,
and
experience
since
,
has
prov'd
it
was
a
needless
encroachment
on
the
Royal
Prerogative
,
without
the
least
prospect
of
publick
good
;
and
to
have
parted
with
tha●
power
but
for
a
moment
,
was
for
so
long
to
unking
and
divest
himself
of
a
power
he
cou'd
not
be
certain
wou'd
be
ever
restor'd
.
As
he
has
freely
pass'd
all
Laws
,
has
he
not
as
chearfully
offer'd
to
enact
any
thing
that
was
agreable
to
Justice
and
Reason
for
our
further
security
in
Religion
,
Liberty
and
Property
?
From
these
considerations
,
nothing
will
appear
more
vain
and
idle
than
our
Fear●
and
Iealousies
,
our
Factious
and
Seditious
reflections
on
the
Government
▪
I
will
not
say
without
great
caution
,
but
we
may
run
into
those
very
things
we
so
much
dread
,
and
wou'd
avoid
,
Popery
and
French
Government
,
or
(
which
is
equally
destructive
of
our
Birth-rights
and
Happiness
)
Presbytery
and
a
Commonwealth
.
This
will
be
no
groundless
surmise
▪
if
we
look
back
,
and
observe
that
the
Leav'n
against
the
establish'd
Constitution
both
in
Church
and
State
has
sowr'd
almost
the
whole
lump
,
the
poyson
of
Presbytery
,
formerly
known
by
the
name
of
Puritanism
,
hatch'd
at
Fran●ford
and
Geneva
,
grown
to
a
head
in
Scotland
with
the
Reformation
,
has
infected
the
generality
of
the
Kingdom
,
the
common
Traders
and
Dwellers
in
Cities
and
Corporations
,
and
the
unthinking
and
illiterate
part
of
the
Gentry
,
with
hatred
against
Monarchy
and
the
Church
of
England
.
This
was
certainly
the
invention
of
Rome
to
overthrow
us
,
by
thus
sowing
Divisio●s
▪
they
well
foresaw
our
Kingdom
and
Church
in
it self
divided
cou'd
not
long
stand
▪
All
the
Antimonarchical
Principles
are
the
same
in
both
,
the
one
as
well
as
the
other
deny
Supremacy
in
the
King
,
the
Iesui●
will
have
the
Pope
,
and
the
Presbyter
Iesus
his
Head.
King-killing
and
Depo●ing
.
D●●trine
is
disown'd
by
all
honest
Papists
,
as
the
Author
even
of
Pl●t●
Redi●i●●●
doe●
confess
,
tho'
two
or
three
Iesuits
have
privately
assented
the
Opinion
as
problematical
,
for
which
themselves
and
writings
were
censur'd
and
condemn'd
,
as
false
and
damnable
;
But
't
is
justified
,
both
by
Books
and
Practice
of
the
whole
Presbyterian
party
;
't
is
so
plain
and
fresh
in
our
memories
,
I
need
not
instance
in
●he
Authors
.
St.
Peter's
Chair
is
not
more
Infallible
than
that
of
an
Assembly
of
Presbyters
in
a
National
Cla●sis
or
Synod
.
Men
of
these
Antichristian
Principles
stirr'd
up
the
Late
Rebellion
,
and
being
active
and
diligent
,
drew
in
many
unwary
honest
men
beyond
the
power
of
retreating
.
Did
not
the
Faction
here
tamper
in
Scotland
,
where
the
promoters
of
the
Covenant
,
that
Godly
Instrument
,
apply'd
to
the
Crown
of
France
for
protection
,
as
appears
by
the
Letter
found
with
the
Lord
Lowdin
,
therefore
sent
to
the
Tower
?
But
what
was
the
issue
of
th●s
Contrivance
,
but
Confusion
and
Misery
through
the
three
Kingdoms
,
the
Presbyterian
party
overpowr'd
by
the
Ind●pend●nts
,
and
these
again
by
the
Army
;
a
Commonwealth
set
up
,
and
soon
after
turn'd
into
a
perfect
Tyranny
under
Oliver
Cromwel
;
after
more
money
had
been
illegally
squeez'd
from
the
Subjects
by
Ordinances
and
Loans
,
Sequestrations
and
Decimations
,
Excise
and
other
Impositions
,
than
was
ever
known
before
or
since
?
The
people
weary
,
call
home
their
Prince
,
who
by
an
excess
of
mercy
and
clemency
,
sparing
to
root
up
men
of
these
Principles
,
gave
way
to
their
infecting
others
with
the
same
humour
of
discontent
.
'T
is
to
be
observ'd
,
that
the
year
1535.
is
remarkable
for
the
Geneva
Reformation
,
and
the
spawning
of
the
Iesuits
Order
,
and
that
our
unlucky
home-bred
Divisions
we●e
fomented
,
if
not
first
set
on
foot
,
under
hand
,
by
directions
from
the
Court
of
France
,
as
well
as
from
Rome
,
the
Interest
of
t●at
State
,
as
well
as
of
the
Church
,
depending
on
our
Distraction
;
to
which
end
Richlieu
,
that
great
Minister
,
imploy'd
many
Pensioners
into
Sco●land
,
as
did
after
his
Successor
Mazarine
in
England
.
And
therefore
there
is
nothing
more
inconsiderate
than
to
think
we
are
not
now
acting
and
promoting
French-Des●g●s
;
't
is
their
business
to
divide
us
,
and
yet
so
to
manage
the
Ballance
,
that
they
let
neither
the
King
nor
Parliament
have
the
●etter
,
or
ever
come
to
a
right
understanding
:
They
can
no
otherwise
obta●n
the
Western
Empi●e
,
and
't
is
directly
against
their
Interest
ever
to
suffer
England
to
be
either
a
perfect
Monarchy
,
or
an
absolute
Commonwealth
.
Those
that
roar
most
against
French
Councils
and
Measures
,
u●der-hand-bargains
and
agreements
between
both
the
Kings
,
know
they
bely
their
own
Conscience
,
and
that
the
French
have
us
in
the
last
degree
of
con●emp●
▪
Th●s
the
●●●●of
D●●printed
in
his
own
vindication
,
pe●haps
no●
ignorant
that
some
of
their
Ministers
did
,
in
the
year
1677
▪
and
78.
before
the
breaking
for●h
of
the
Plot
,
de●●are
▪
That
Monsieur
L.
●ad
greater
Int●rest
and
more
friends
in
England
than
the
D.
of
Y.
That
the
K.
had
need
be
on
〈◊〉
G●ard
,
for
he
was
in
a
great
danger
of
running
the
same
risque
with
his
Father
;
when
it
was
likewise
enquir'd
,
What
Interest
among
the
people
two
great
Peers
had
,
who
have
since
the
Plot
been
the
great
Pillars
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
tho'
neither
was
ever
reputed
to
have
any
,
were
Ministers
and
Advisers
in
1670.
and
71.
very
good
friends
to
France
and
Popery
,
Enemies
to
the
Triple
Alliance
,
and
to
Holland
,
&c.
It
was
also
said
,
That
300000
l.
a
year
bestow'd
in
Scotland
and
England
,
among
the
Factious
and
Discontented
,
wou'd
better
serv●
the
Interest
of
France
,
than
any
Bargain
they
cou'd
drive
with
the
Ministers
.
'T
is
too
well
known
that
the
greatest
of
these
two
Noblemen
made
a
secret
journey
into
France
,
some
weeks
before
the
Plot
,
after
some
private
Transactions
here
with
others
,
among
whom
were
Sir
E.
L.
fam'd
for
Religion
,
for
Morality
,
Major
W.
and
H.
N.
as
notorious
for
the
same
perfections
and
their
love
of
Monarchy
,
and
hatred
of
a
Commonwealth
nor
did
A.
S.
want
his
share
in
the
Consultation
,
a
stout
assertor
of
Prerogative
,
witness'd
by
his
and
others
living
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
ever
since
the
Kings
Restau●ation
,
untill
they
saw
some
likelyhood
of
a
change
,
the
one
returning
about
the
time
the
D.
of
B.
and
the
other
Lords
were
in
the
Tower
,
and
the
other
a
few
months
before
the
breaking
forth
of
the
Popish
Conspiracy
;
which
no
sooner
came
before
the
Parliament
than
some
of
the
great
Lords
of
the
Committee
for
the
Examination
of
the
Plot
kept
their
Consultations
,
and
manag'd
much
of
that
Affair
at
Wallin●ford-House
,
Major
W.
their
Secretary
,
where
they
concluded
to
take
hold
of
this
opportunity
for
the
carrying
on
some
long-hatch'd
Designs
of
their
own
.
Nor
is
it
to
be
forgotten
that
in
Iune
before
,
a
Letter
was
writ
by
an
eminent
person
of
the
Faction
,
and
can
be
now
produced
,
That
v●ry
shor●ly
som●what
wou'd
be
discover'd
,
that
wou'd
prevent
our
much
l●nger
walking
in
the
dark
;
and
that
one
of
the
greatest
Lords
sent
to
an
Astrologer
t●
know
wh●th●r
he
was
not
in
a
short
while
to
be
in
the
head
of
60000
men
.
The
method●
agreed
upon
in
France
,
and
pursu'd
here
,
were
to
make
a
Court
and
Country-party
,
to
sow
and
disperse
Iealousies
between
both
,
and
widen
the
gap
with
all
possible
Devices
;
which
resolutions
some
here
were
the
●ooner
induc'd
to
embrace
,
upon
this
consideration
,
That
they
shou'd
not
l●ve
to
see
the
issue
,
and
were
unconcern'd
for
what
shou'd
come
after
.
But
yet
I
am
too
charitable
to
think
,
if
we
have
any
French
Agents
at
home
,
they
are
impos'd
upon
by
their
own
unwariness
,
and
the
others
cunning
,
to
act
rather
against
,
than
with
,
their
knowledge
,
a
part
so
much
contrary
to
the
Interest
of
England
,
and
the
Duty
of
a
Christian.
But
however
it
be
,
I
am
morally
assur'd
we
are
doing
their
work
;
and
if
we
are
not
Knaves
and
Pensioners
,
we
are
Blockheads
or
Fools
,
that
are
blind
and
besotted
like
men
prepar'd
for
Destruction
.
Quos
Jupiter
perdere
vult
,
hos
dementat
.
If
any
one
talks
thus
,
he
is
presently
call'd
a
Papist
and
a
Tory
;
every
true
Son
of
the
Church
of
En●land
,
and
Loyal
Subject
,
is
branded
with
Nick
names
and
run
down
by
Noise
and
Faction
;
and
he
that
opposes
Popery
,
if
he
defends
not
Presbytery
,
is
but
a
Protestant
in
Masquerade
;
if
he
commends
Mon●rchy
and
our
Legal
Constitutions
,
to
the
discredit
of
a
Commonw●alth
,
he
is
a
Rascal
,
a
Villain
,
and
a
dangerous
Person
,
not
considering
that
we
are
made
Tools
and
Instruments
for
French
purposes
,
betray'd
by
their
Cunning
and
Address
,
to
forward
and
act
with
our
own
hands
,
our
Slavery
and
Ruine
.
Shall
we
be
still
blind
and
deaf
to
reason
and
demonstration
?
Can
we
not
reflect
upon
the
French
double-dealing
in
o●r
late
Civil
Distractions
,
and
remember
what
the
Lord
Keeper
Puckering
tells
the
Parliament
in
Q.
Elizabeth's
days
,
That
the
Puritans
,
even
at
the
time
of
the
Spanish
preparations
for
Invasion
,
were
urging
and
pressing
intestine
C●mmotions
▪
where
he
largely
sets
forth
their
being
as
dangerous
to
the
Crown
and
Mitre
as
the
others
,
and
therefore
that
both
were
to
be
equally
suppress'd
,
Papists
and
Puritans
.
I
cannot
find
that
either
have
since
alter'd
their
Principles
,
and
consequently
cannot
but
wonder
why
the
Papists
shou'd
be
persecuted
,
and
the
other
countenanc'd
,
even
against
Law
and
former
Statutes
.
'T
is
surely
very
imprudent
to
expect
your
House
will
be
warm
by
shutting
a
Window
,
and
se●ting
open
the
Doors
.
And
therefore
because
in
this
I
can
freely
agree
with
Plato
Redivivus
,
that
the
fear
of
Popery
is
not
the
cause
of
our
present
disturbances
;
I
shall
without
regard
to
Religion
,
consider
the
Papists
and
Presbyterians
as
two
Factions
in
the
State
,
like
the
Arm●nians
and
Lov●stein
party
in
Holland
;
and
as
such
pronounce
that
both
are
to
be
suppress'd
,
or
neither
,
because
by
emptying
only
one
of
the
S●ales
,
the
Ballance
is
broken
,
and
the
Court
or
Monarchical
party
is
first
weaken'd
and
destroy'd
,
and
after
the
whole
form
of
Government
alter'd
into
that
of
a
Commonwealth
;
and
I
am
fully
convinc'd
,
if
that
had
not
been
that
Authors
Designs
,
as
to
an
ordinary
Reader
is
past
doubt
,
he
wou'd
have
set
down
this
as
one
of
the
Remedies
of
our
present
Evils
.
But
the
contrary
was
his
purpose
,
and
in
order
to
it
he
c●nningly
,
to
preserve
the
Monarchy
,
wou'd
set
up
a
plain
Democracy
,
and
for
an
English
King
,
ob●●ude
upon
us
a
Do●g
of
Venice
;
for
he
tells
you
at
large
that
the
antient
Power
of
the
King
is
fallen
into
the
hands
of
the
Commons
,
and
therefore
to
keep
up
the
former
illustrious
splendor
of
the
Crown
,
he
wou'd
have
all
its
Jewels
taken
out
,
and
set
about
the
Speakers
Cha●r
,
the
King
made
a
Cypher
,
and
divested
of
all
Power
but
the
Name
,
to
keep
up
the
three
several
and
distinct
shares
in
the
Government
,
King
,
Lords
and
Commons
.
'T
is
an
ingenious
way
of
arguing
,
but
we
are
not
yet
,
I
hope
,
such
fools
to
have
it
p●ss
,
to
venture
at
play
,
and
not
know
how
to
distinguish
false
Di●e
.
Oh!
but
says
a
Factious
P●titioner
,
that
takes
the
House
of
Commons
(
sufficiently
prov'd
by
the
learned
Answer
to
Petyt's
Book
,
to
have
had
no
share
in
the
Legislative
power
)
to
be
the
Parliament
;
all
their
Votes
,
how
wild
and
unreasonable
●oever
,
as
we
have
lately
as
well
as
formerly
seen
in
print
,
to
be
the
sence
of
the
Nation
,
and
have
the
force
of
Laws
,
and
yet
deny
any
Authority
to
the
Kings
Proclamation
:
This
Scribler
(
says
he
)
is
Popishly
affected
,
a
French
designer
,
a
meer
Tory
;
not
considering
that
there
is
not
less
hazard
in
splitting
upon
a
rock
,
than
upon
a
sand-bank
;
that
if
I
must
be
a
slave
,
and
forfeit
my
liberty
,
't
were
at
least
as
good
to
do
so
under
a
single
person
,
as
more
;
the
tyranny
of
many
is
much
more
intolerable
than
that
of
one
.
'T
is
equally
destructive
of
my
liberty
,
whether
the
King
or
the
House
of
Commons
,
takes
away
Magna
Charta
;
I
am
still
against
arbitrary
Government
,
ruling
according
to
pleasure
,
not
the
Laws
and
known
Constitutions
of
the
Land
,
whether
assum'd
by
King
or
Commons
,
if
there
be
any
choice
,
the
odds
are
against
the
latter
.
And
to
speak
truth
,
by
what
has
pass'd
since
the
Plot
,
any
one
in
his
wits
,
wou'd
believe
,
the
King
is
invaded
,
not
an
invader
;
that
his
frequent
Prorogations
and
Dissolutions
have
been
his
legal
defensive
weapons
,
us'd
as
much
for
his
Subjects
security
,
as
his
own
honour
;
that
arbitrary
power
is
a
delicious
thing
,
and
therefore
aim'd
at
by
our
Demagogues
and
Tribunes
of
the
people
;
bad
and
to
be
decry'd
,
only
while
in
the
Soveraign
.
'T
is
very
convenient
to
cry
Whore
first
.
Solomon
tells
us
,
He
that
appeareth
first
in
his
own
cause
,
seemeth
just
;
but
his
neighbour
cometh
after
and
proveth
him
.
If
the
people
in
an
Island
are
alarm'd
that
an
Invasion
is
design'd
,
and
that
only
at
one
Port
,
and
they
become
so
foolish
as
for
the
guard
of
that
,
to
neglect
and
expose
all
other
,
they
do
but
make
the
easier
way
for
their
enemies
to
land
and
overcome
.
Those
,
who
are
the
Watchmen
,
the
Sentinels
of
our
safety
,
ought
with
Ianus
to
have
two
faces
,
one
behind
and
the
other
before
,
and
many
eyes
like
Argus
,
there
being
otherwise
no
security
against
surprize
.
I
remember
in
Thucydides
,
that
the
Gretians
besieging
a
strong
City
,
found
no
means
but
stratagem
to
become
Masters
,
which
they
thus
contriv'd
:
After
they
had
puchas'd
within
some
Pensioners
,
they
kept
the
besieged
awake
,
and
put
them
into
a
great
distress
by
continual
false
alarms
,
and
,
as
design'd
,
prepar'd
to
believe
nothing
more
was
intended
than
amusement
and
distraction
.
The
false
Citizens
within
taking
this
advantage
,
affirm'd
they
ought
for
the
future
to
make
it
death
to
any
Watchman
to
give
the
Alarm
.
This
decreed
,
notice
was
given
to
the
enemy
,
and
without
the
least
resistance
the
besieg'd
were
taken
and
undone
,
when
and
where
they
least
suspected
;
whereupon
this
Proverb
was
taken
up
.
Amyclas
perdidit
silentium
.
I
wish
we
may
never
run
the
same
fate
;
the
application
is
too
easie
and
natural
to
be
dwelt
upon
.
And
yet
I
cannot
but
take
notice
how
the
late
House
of
Commons
have
assum'd
to
themselves
a
power
extraordinary
,
and
by
a
Vote
without
proof
or
conviction
,
made
eminent
men
and
known
Protestants
,
guilty
of
Popery
and
French
designs
,
made
them
Advisers
and
Counsellors
according
to
their
own
〈◊〉
,
imprison'd
several
DURING
PLEASURE
,
seiz'd
Closets
and
Writings
without
Information
,
and
contrary
to
Magna
Charta
,
voted
Acts
of
Parliament
,
made
for
the
preservation
of
the
establish'd
Religion
,
us●less
,
and
their
execution
grievous
to
the
Subject
against
the
Protestant
interest
,
and
an
encouragement
to
Popery
,
&c.
and
among
these
,
which
is
most
wonderful
,
a
Law
made
by
the
darling
Queen
Eliz.
who
cannot
well
be
suppos'd
to
have
been
a
friend
to
Popery
.
If
these
be
not
odd
and
arbitrary
proceedings
,
I
know
not
what
are
▪
nor
why
that
shou'd
be
tolerable
or
lawful
for
them
,
which
is
not
for
any
,
no
not
for
our
Sovereign
.
Considering
men
are
afraid
the
abettors
of
such
practices
are
not
friends
to
peace
and
quiet
,
but
rather
factious
and
dangerous
,
willing
to
enslave
us
to
foreign
Invasions
or
domestick
Encroachments
,
whatever
may
be
said
to
the
contrary
,
these
actings
are
but
too
good
grounds
for
such
apprehensions
.
The
cunningest
Whores
seem
most
devout
,
and
inveigh
very
bitterly
against
the
lewdness
they
daily
study
&
commit
.
Your
rooking
Gamesters
abhor
,
if
you
will
believe
their
shams
and
oaths
,
the
use
of
false
Dice
,
and
the
un-Gentleman-like-trick
of
cheating
.
However
,
none
but
Cullies
,
who
want
wit
or
years
to
make
observation
,
can
be
wheedl'd
and
drawn
in
by
such
pretences
.
Before
the
discovery
of
the
Plot
our
Ministers
were
reflected
on
,
as
designing
Popery
and
Arbitrary
Government
,
by
many
scandalous
Pamphlets
,
and
one
in
particular
call'd
,
an
Account
of
the
●rowth
of
●opery
,
&c.
as
if
the
people
were
to
be
prepar'd
to
believe
the
whole
Court
were
Popish
;
that
while
they
were
alarm'd
against
that
party
,
they
might
be
unprovided
to
defend
themselves
against
the-other
.
The
Presbyterian
true
blue
,
who
like
Aesop's
Ca●
,
though
transform'd
into
the
beautiful
shapes
of
Court-Imployments
and
Honors
,
will
still
be
hankering
after
the
old
s●ort
of
Mousing
;
they
will
ever
be
lovers
of
a
Common-wealth
,
and
enemies
to
Monarchy
.
This
is
plain
from
former
,
as
well
as
later
,
proceedings
,
since
the
discovery
of
the
Popish
Plo●
,
when
●hey
began
to
shew
themselves
in
their
proper
colors
,
when
they
cry'●
n●t
only
the
Court
,
but
the
Church
was
Popish
,
and
all
that
are
for
the
●stablish'd
Government
.
You
cannot
now
be
loyal
,
unless
you
are
factio●s
,
nor
a
Protestant
,
if
no
Presbyterian
.
But
pray
observe
,
none
tell
you
this
,
but
the
spawn
of
those
seduc'd
,
or
concern'd
in
the
late
Rebellion
;
men
turn'd
ou●
,
or
that
wou'd
get
into
Court-Imployments
,
that
account
themselves
slighted
or
disoblig'd
;
men
of
great
Ambition
,
or
of
desperate
Fortunes
,
who
make
all
this
noise
and
clutter
,
to
be
taken
off
.
To
what
purpose
else
,
did
the
late
House
of
Commons
make
the
Vote
against
the
bargain
or
hopes
of
Court-preferment
,
but
that
such
a
design
was
a
driving
between
some
leading
Members
and
Courtiers
?
Can
they
after
such
a
discovery
pretend
zeal
for
Religion
,
and
the
good
of
their
Country
?
For
shame
,
let
not
Faction
and
private
Interest
make
men
forgetful
of
the
publick
,
of
the
peace
and
quiet
of
the
Nation
:
Let
them
secure
our
Constitutions
against
the
encroachments
or
invasions
of
any
,
whether
Presbyter
or
Papist
;
and
remember
that
the
most
forward
in
the
Long
Parliament
were
soon
turn'd
out
by
others
;
and
because
what
is
Sawce
for
a
Goose
is
sawce
for
a
Gander
,
this
of
course
will
be
the
fate
of
those
,
who
now
glory
in
being
Ringlead●rs
of
Faction
to
thwart
and
oppose
their
Sovereign
;
Nay
,
it
may
possibly
be
worse
,
the
Gentlemen
,
the
Knights
of
the
Shires
,
may
be
kick'd
out
by
Mechanicks
,
by
Citizens
and
Burgesses
;
for
he
that
practiseth
Disobedience
to
his
Superiors
,
teacheth
it
to
his
Inferiours
.
Sir
W.
I.
Sir
F.
W.
Collonel
T.
&c.
all
know
were
disoblig'd
,
and
if
taken
into
favour
,
the
Employments
and
Honours
they
covet
,
wou'd
stand
up
for
the
Court
,
as
much
as
now
they
do
against
it
.
Whether
the
Petitioning
Lords
be
not
of
the
same
temper
,
will
best
appear
from
the
story
of
every
single
person
.
One
of
them
has
the
humour
convey'd
with
's
Bloud
.
His
Father
was
a
Gentleman
that
appear'd
zealous
in
the
long
Parliament
for
the
good
of
his
Country
,
the
first
that
brought
in
the
complaint
of
Ship-money
.
But
soon
after
when
he
was
made
a
Lord
and
a
Courtier
,
he
chang'd
notes
and
sung
another
song
,
no
man
more
for
the
Monarchy
,
in
its
defence
he
lost
his
l●fe
,
and
at
his
death
publickly
repented
his
actings
against
the
Earl
of
Stafford
,
His
Son
was
made
an
Earl
upon
the
Kings
retu●n
,
sent
Emba●sador
Abroad
,
and
Lord
Lieutenant
into
Ireland
;
to
get
his
command
he
despis'd
not
the
Courtship
and
assistance
of
Coll.
T.
though
a
R.
C.
and
a
Creature
of
his
R.
H.
to
whom
he
made
no
slender
Professions
;
not
being
satisfied
with
gaining
vastly
in
that
Station
five
years
,
he
grows
peevish
in
hopes
of
being
sent
the
second
time
,
nay
rather
than
fail
he
is
content
to
be
Commissioner
of
the
Treasury
,
in
hopes
that
by
the
Courtship
and
Interest
of
some
Women
,
no
matter
what
Religion
they
are
of
,
he
may
come
to
be
Lord
Treasurer
:
But
not
like
to
gain
the
White
Staffe
,
and
perhaps
not
caring
to
govern
an
empty
Exchequer
,
he
bent
his
Thoughts
again
towards
Ireland
;
slighting
the
Treasury
he
is
outed
,
and
grows
more
discontented
;
and
at
last
turn'd
out
of
Council
,
the
next
day
he
repeats
a
Speech
of
E.
of
S.
his
making
,
and
unask'd
presents
a
piece
of
Councel
and
Advice
to
His
Sovereign
,
pretending
as
a
Peer
it
was
his
duty
.
I
am
sorry
his
zeal
made
him
forget
,
that
Peers
have
no
right
of
advising
the
King
,
but
when
he
makes
them
of
his
Council
,
or
by
Writ
Summons
'em
to
Parliament
.
And
what
's
very
odd
,
he
advises
just
the
contrary
to
what
he
and
the
other
Noble
E.
had
done
t●e
year
before
,
when
Courtiers
.
This
Noblemans
Life
wou'd
make
a
Comical
History
;
he
knows
how
to
put
on
all
shapes
,
and
in
the
late
times
,
was
not
ignorant
how
to
make
an
Apple-tree
supply
the
place
of
a
Pulpit
,
he
knew
how
to
serve
himself
in
all
turns
and
changes
,
and
has
not
fail'd
since
1640.
to
have
been
often
out
and
in
with
the
several
Higher
●owers
.
●o
give
him
his
due
,
he
is
a
man
of
extraordinary
Parts
;
but
if
one
of
these
Lords
said
true
,
when
he
was
a
Courtier
,
and
the
other
newly
remov'd
,
they
are
al●
fitted
and
turn'd
for
confounding
and
amusing
,
but
not
for
extricating
out
of
difficulties
.
He
wants
not
Wit
to
hold
forth
in
the
House
▪
or
in
the
open
Air
,
upon
occasion
;
nor
is
he
meanly
skill'd
in
the
methods
of
Court-Pleasures
,
as
well
as
Business
.
He
must
have
an
ill
memory
that
forgets
who
advis'd
the
breaking
the
Triple-League
,
and
making
an
Alliance
with
France
,
and
a
War
with
Holland
,
pronouncing
in
the
Language
of
the
Beast
,
Delenda
est
Carthago
,
that
a
Dutch
Common-wealth
was
too
near
a
Neighbor
to
an
English
Monarch
;
the
Shutting
up
the
Exchequer
,
the
granting
Injunctions
in
the
case
of
the
Bankers
,
and
lastly
the
sourse
of
all
our
present
misfortunes
,
the
general
Indulgence
.
These
things
being
found
of
ill
consequence
,
and
the
Ministers
remov'd
as
designers
of
Popery
,
Presbytery
,
Atheism
,
or
Irreligion
,
Arbitrary
or
French
Government
;
must
any
of
such
Principles
assoon
as
turn'd
out
of
Court
,
be
receiv'd
into
the
Country
,
as
if
these
two
had
different
Interests
?
Whoever
say
there
is
more
than
one
common
wealth
in
both
,
are
Deluders
,
and
Incendiaries
,
and
Betrayers
of
the
Nation
.
Those
that
strive
to
divide
the
King
and
his
People
,
are
to
be
look'd
upon
as
Pensioners
of
France
,
and
to
be
most
severely
punish'd
.
There
are
that
can
tell
Tales
,
what
Great
man
since
the
Plot
,
offer'd
a
Reconciliation
with
the
D.
and
for
a
Restoration
to
his
former
Power
and
Greatness
,
wou'd
be
his
Servant
to
all
intents
&
purposes
.
But
the
D.
cou'd
not
be
perswaded
,
one
that
had
as
often
chang'd
Parties
,
as
Proteus
his
Shapes
and
the
Chamel●on
his
Colors
,
cou'd
be
true
to
any
Interest
,
b●t
his
own
;
and
therefore
rejected
his
many
Messages
on
this
subject
.
Another
Peer
,
whose
Son
in
the
Lower
House
,
is
the
great
Tribune
of
the
People
,
wou'd
have
had
a
Dukedom
added
to
the
Garter
,
to
make
both
Sing
to
another
Tune
.
A
forth
wou'd
fain
be
a
Privy
Councellor
in
Reversion
.
A
fifth
not
long
since
at
any
rate
of
purchase
,
wou'd
have
been
Master
of
the
Horse
to
the
Duke
:
Strange
●
that
a
Protestant
Lord
shou'd
think
of
serving
a
suppos'd
Popish
Prince
,
and
after
hope
,
though
thus
mounted
on
Horseback
,
to
get
to
Heaven
.
'T
wou'd
be
tedious
to
give
particular
accounts
of
all
;
only
by
the
way
observe
that
a
Young
Lord
newly
come
to
Age
,
own'd
himself
to
His
Majesty
Disoblig'd
,
because
after
a
Voyage
to
Tangier
,
his
great
Valor
there
shown
,
and
spending
his
Youth
in
his
Prince's
Service
,
(
these
were
his
own
words
to
the
King
)
another
was
preferr'd
to
the
Command
of
the
Lord
Plymouth's
Regiment
.
I
cannot
but
commend
this
Noblemans
Ingenuity
in
owning
the
true
Cause
,
and
not
pretending
,
as
others
,
Conscience
and
publick
good
for
his
motives
.
But
I
am
sorry
he
should
forget
,
not
only
the
obligations
of
gratitude
,
which
he
is
under
for
his
Bread
and
for
his
Honor
,
but
also
who
says
,
Appear
not
wise
before
the
King
,
and
give
not
Counsel
unask'd
.
He
has
learning
enough
to
understand
the
meaning
of
in
consilium
non
vocatus
ne
accesseris
.
'T
is
to
be
hop'd
he
may
repent
,
and
〈…〉
wit
may
be
turn'd
into
Wisdom
.
As
for
the
D.
of
M
,
I
believe
him
perfectly
drawn
in
by
designing
Politicians
for
ends
of
their
own
,
who
never
intended
him
more
than
as
an
useful
Tool
,
afterwards
to
be
la●d
aside
.
'T
is
no
wonder
that
one
of
his
Youth
and
Spirit
shou'd
be
tempted
with
the
Baits
and
Allurements
of
a
Crown
,
the
splendor
and
gaity
of
Power
has
blinded
many
Elder
men's
understandings
.
But
that
they
never
had
him
in
their
thoughts
for
K.
appears
from
the
Author
of
Plato
Redivivus
;
and
indeed
if
they
had
they
went
the
wrong
way
to
work
.
They
shou'd
not
have
engag'd
him
so
far
,
as
to
deserve
his
being
turn'd
out
of
his
Command
as
General
;
a
Post
,
that
wou'd
have
best
enabl'd
him
to
seize
upon
and
make
good
any
pretence
to
the
Crown
,
after
the
death
of
his
Majesty
.
I
am
apt
to
believe
his
Grace
is
sorry
for
what
is
past
;
I
am
certain
it
were
his
Interest
to
throw
himself
at
the
Kings
Feet
,
and
quit
the
Counsels
of
those
men
,
who
int●ieg●●ng
for
themselves
,
puff
him
up
with
false
hopes
,
and
yet
sufficiently
discover
that
nothing
is
farther
from
their
hearts
than
his
Exaltation
,
or
what
is
so
much
in
their
mouths
,
publick
service
to
the
King
and
Country
.
'T
is
much
better
for
him
to
be
content
with
the
second
place
in
the
Kingdom
,
than
by
pretending
to
the
first
▪
against
all
manner
of
reason
,
and
the
obligations
o●
gratitude
,
forfeit
all
,
his
Fame
and
Honor
,
Life
and
Fortune
▪
The
Petition
being
already
answer'd
,
I
will
only
observe
,
that
His
Majesty
,
intending
to
turn
them
out
,
sent
Mr.
Secretary
to
the
E.
of
E.
for
a
List
of
the
Papists
he
mention'd
in
the
Guards
;
But
the
Noble
Peer
had
none
to
give
,
but
may
be
suppos'd
to
have
taken
the
story
upon
hear
say
▪
from
some
that
had
the
malice
to
invent
it
.
And
now
must
the
Nation
suffer
themselves
to
be
rid
by
any
Faction
,
because
designing
particular
advantages
,
they
guild
all
with
the
specious
pretences
of
Religion
and
Loyalty
,
particular
respect
for
the
Church
of
England
,
by
opening
her
Doors
to
all
Di●senters
,
and
for
the
Monarchy
,
by
clipping
the
Kings
power
to
prevent
the
Papists
Contrivances
against
his
Person
:
Examine
whether
the
zealous
sticklers
for
the
Protestant
Religion
,
have
any
at
all
;
or
if
they
have
,
whether
it
be
not
as
far
from
that
Establish'd
by
Law
,
as
Popery
?
Whether
if
the
King
wou'd
grant
their
desires
,
receive
them
into
Offices
and
Power
,
they
wou'd
not
stand
up
in
justification
of
the
Court
as
fiercely
as
now
they
do
the
contrary
?
What
has
been
before
,
may
well
be
expected
again
.
He
that
considers
this
,
and
that
malice
never
spoke
well
of
any
,
will
give
the
Factious
little
credit
;
especially
,
when
against
reason
and
sense
they
wou'd
impose
upon
us
,
that
the
King
himself
is
in
the
Plot
▪
or
as
one
the
Members
in
a
printed
Speech
tells
the
House
,
The
Plot
is
not
so
much
in
the
Tower
▪
as
in
White-Hall
;
there
't
is
to
be
search'd
for
,
and
th●●e
to
be
found
▪
And
all
〈…〉
no●
unking
himself
,
and
put
his
Crown
into
their
hands
,
and
against
Law
,
his
Coronation-Oath
,
and
brotherly
affection
,
pass
the
Bill
of
Exclusion
,
to
the
prejudice
of
himself
and
the
whole
Kingdom
.
This
is
not
a
single
or
private
man's
opinion
,
but
the
judgement
of
the
Supreme
Tribunal
of
England
,
the
House
of
Lords
;
where
upon
the
first
reading
it
was
thrown
out
,
with
the
odds
of
63
ag●inst
31
;
for
which
reason
their
Lordships
are
call'd
Masquerading
Protestants
,
Tories
,
Papists
,
or
their
adherents
;
as
if
the
Lords
must
not
be
allow
▪
d
the
priviledge
the
Commons
take
with
any
of
their
Bills
,
without
censure
and
affront
.
But
why
for
their
Act
must
His
Majesty
be
loyally
libell'd
and
dispers'd
?
It
had
been
time
enough
,
one
wou'd
have
thought
,
to
have
call'd
him
Papist
,
&c.
had
he
rejected
the
Bill
after
it
had
pass'd
both
Houses
.
Oh!
then
who
cou'd
have
doubted
,
but
his
doing
more
against
the
Papists
than
any
of
his
Predecessors
,
had
been
promoting
their
Interest
,
that
his
pardoning
no
man
condemn'd
,
nor
stopping
the
execution
of
any
Law
against
Recusants
,
was
making
it
no
Plo●
,
and
that
passing
the
Test
was
letting
in
Popery
by
whole-sale
.
He
that
can
believe
these
things
,
is
prepar'd
for
any
thing
,
to
say
a
Lobster
is
a
Whale
,
or
a
Whale
a
Lobster
;
that
the
Moon
is
a
Green-Cheese
,
and
the
Sun
a
round
Plate
of
red
hot
Iron
;
and
then
,
I
presume
,
it
may
not
be
decided
whether
we
are
Fools
or
Madmen
.
Let
us
not
idly
and
unjustly
bely
our
Consciences
,
and
publish
to
the
Nation
and
all
the
World
,
that
nothing
can
secure
us
against
Popery
,
but
the
shaking
and
alteration
of
the
Monarchy
,
by
the
Bill
of
Exclusion
;
an
Act
in
it self
unjust
and
impolitick
,
both
for
the
King
and
People
.
No
man
is
to
be
punish'd
expost-facto
,
by
the
Laws
of
this
and
all
other
Countries
.
Besides
,
why
shou'd
the
Duke
,
more
than
any
Fanatick
of
England
,
be
outed
his
Birth-right
?
The
Scripture
says
,
You
must
not
do
●vil
,
that
good
may
come
of
it
;
And
Prudence
will
tell
us
,
That
this
an
evil
,
that
must
be
attended
with
greater
,
For
the
minute
that
it
passes
,
the
Duke
is
at
liberty
to
recover
his
Right
by
secret
or
open
Vi●lence
,
Foreign
or
Domestick
;
He
is
declar'd
an
Enemy
and
a
Traytor
;
condemn'd
without
Trial
or
Conviction
.
This
piece
of
injustice
must
be
defended
by
an
Assotiation
or
an
Army
;
this
Army
must
be
entrusted
in
the
hands
of
the
King
or
a
General
,
either
may
make
himself
Absolute
and
Arbitrary
;
and
therefore
if
people
are
now
afraid
of
slavery
from
the
Government
,
what
may
then
be
their
apprehensions
?
And
if
they
are
jealous
of
the
King
,
what
General
will
they
find
to
entrust
?
Those
meanly
skill'd
in
story
,
know
that
Commanders
of
Armies
have
at
pleasure
subverted
Commonwealths
and
Kingdoms
:
Agathocles
from
being
General
became
Tyrant
of
Syracusa
;
Pisistratus
of
Athens
,
Sforza
of
Millain
,
the
Medici
of
Florence
,
the
Caesars
of
Rome
,
and
not
to
go
so
far
off
,
Cromwel
of
the
three
Kingdoms
.
Most
of
the
Roman
Emperors
were
dethrown'd
by
their
Generals
;
and
therefore
this
cannot
but
make
the
King
as
unwilling
as
the
People
,
to
entrust
this
great
Power
in
any
person
.
And
yet
without
such
a
trust
the
Act
of
Exclusion
is
not
woth
a
straw
;
nor
with
it
can
we
be
secur'd
against
Slavery
,
whether
the
Duke
conquer
or
be
overcome
.
The
Duke
will
still
find
a
party
,
at
least
if
he
out-lives
the
King
,
in
the
Three
Kingdoms
to
fight
his
Quarrel
;
and
if
he
comes
in
by
Force
,
he
may
well
use
us
like
a
conquer'd
Nation
,
break
our
old
,
and
give
us
what
Laws
and
Religion
he
pleases
;
Whereas
if
we
attempt
no
such
thing
,
we
shall
not
run
the
hazard
of
a
CIVIL
WAR
,
the
King
being
as
likely
to
out-live
,
as
to
be
out-liv'd
by
,
His
Brother
.
If
he
shou'd
chance
to
succeed
peaceably
,
he
cannot
be
presum'd
to
offer
any
alteration
in
Religion
so
much
against
his
Interest
,
and
who
never
forwarded
any
in
his
own
Family
,
suffers
his
Child●en
to
continue
in
the
Church
of
England
,
knowing
that
Christianity
forbids
compulsion
for
its
propagation
.
To
say
he
wou'd
be
Priest-ridden
,
is
ridiculous
;
why
he
more
than
the
French
King
,
who
openly
opposes
the
Popes
Usurpation
,
and
assumes
to
himself
the
cognizance
even
of
Church-affairs
?
This
is
but
a
pretence
to
impose
upon
the
ignorant
and
the
credulous
;
if
there
be
not
Laws
enough
already
,
new
ones
may
be
made
to
prevent
any
such
intention
.
When
all
Offices
and
Power
are
in
the
hands
of
Anti-papists
,
I
cannot
see
where
can
be
our
danger
.
But
this
,
if
granted
,
wou'd
not
be
all
,
the
Monarchy
is
hereby
made
elective
,
and
the
possessor
may
as
well
be
remov'd
,
as
the
successor
debarr'd
.
In
order
to
this
,
is
there
not
a
History
of
the
Succession
publih'd
,
shewing
that
the
Monarchy
is
rather
elective
than
hereditary
?
Of
which
here
I
will
only
say
,
that
the
Writer
is
a
notorious
Plagiary
,
and
steals
all
out
of
a
seditious
Book
writ
on
the
same
Subject
by
Parsons
the
Jesuit
,
under
the
name
of
Doleman
,
in
Queen
Elizabeths
time
,
with
design
of
distracting
the
people
,
and
making
way
for
a
Spanish
Conquest
and
Inquisition
;
the
Presbyterian
Transcriber
proves
himself
of
the
same
Jesuitical
principles
,
and
with
equal
honestly
pursues
the
same
ends
,
Usurpation
and
Slavery
.
'T
is
not
to
be
doubted
,
but
that
there
has
been
frequent
interruptions
of
the
Succession
of
the
Crown
;
but
no
title
,
but
that
of
the
Sword
,
was
ever
put
in
ballance
with
proximity
os
bloud
,
and
he
that
will
oppose
Fact
to
Right
is
very
unjust
,
and
argues
not
upon
the
principles
of
Morality
,
nor
the
Laws
of
Nations
.
Much
such
another
good
Christian
,
is
the
Writer
of
The
Appeal
to
the
City
,
who
tells
us
,
if
we
set
up
a
King
with
none
or
a
crack'd
title
,
we
shall
have
the
better
Laws
;
and
instances
that
Richard
the
3
d.
an
Usurper
,
a
Murderer
,
and
a
Tyrant
,
made
excellent
Statues
.
But
he
might
,
had
he
been
just
,
have
found
the
Laws
of
that
King
out
done
by
those
of
our
present
Soveraign
,
whose
title
none
can
question
.
And
yet
it
is
not
unreasonable
to
suspect
a
design
on
foot
of
subverting
the
Monarchy
,
if
it
be
consider'd
that
passing
the
Bill
against
the
Duke
,
will
not
alone
satisfie
his
adversaries
,
who
further
expect
that
all
those
now
firm
to
the
King
be
remov'd
,
and
their
trust
put
into
confiding
hands
;
and
thus
when
they
had
him
in
their
ow●
power
,
it
wou'd
be
no
hard
matter
to
act
th●ir
plea●ure
.
The
Speech
disown'd
by
the
Protestant
Lord
,
and
burnt
by
t●e
H●ngman
(
a
fate
the
Author
does
certainly
deserve
)
tells
us
in
plain
English
,
We
mu●t
hav●
a
Ch●nge
,
and
a
King
we
may
trust
,
and
well
affected
Couns●llors
,
with
much
more
treasonable
and
seditious
stuff
.
These
things
,
and
th●
frequent
mentioning
the
fates
of
Edw.
2.
Rich
2.
and
Hen.
6.
cannot
but
alarm
His
Majesty
,
and
restrain
him
from
ever
complying
with
such
persons
against
his
only
Brother
.
He
has
so
often
affirm'd
the
Bill
shou'd
never
pass
,
that
he
cannot
now
without
diminution
of
his
own
honor
,
as
well
as
safety
,
alter
h●s
well-grounded
resolution
,
taken
upon
the
sense
of
conscience
and
duty
,
the
pre●ent
and
future
good
of
himself
and
people
.
An
act
that
wou'd
be
the
highest
violation
of
Magna
Charta
,
that
ordains
none
shou'd
be
put
by
his
birth-right
and
inher●tance
,
but
by
the
Law
of
the
Land
,
and
legal
process
.
And
therefore
I
hope
,
what
cannot
be
suppos'd
,
will
be
granted
,
will
no
longer
be
insisted
on
,
lest
the
consequences
prove
fatal
.
One
thing
I
cannot
but
admire
,
that
the
Duke
shou'd
be
absolutely
excluded
on
supposition
of
being
a
Papist
,
for
otherwise
he
is
allow'd
by
all
a
Prince
of
incomparable
vertues
and
endowments
,
leaving
no
room
for
enjoying
his
righ●
,
●n
case
he
become
Protestant
.
Do
they
suppose
an
alteration
of
opinion
impossible
?
that
's
false
and
foolish
.
There
are
instances
of
men
that
have
changed
often
,
and
to
mention
no
more
,
the
Dukes
Grandfather
Hen
4.
twice
alter'd
his
opinion
.
Besides
,
it
is
u●just
,
and
contrary
to
their
own
pract●ce
,
for
L.
Br.
was
an
imprison'd
Plotter
,
but
assoon
as
he
became
a
Convert
,
without
further
process
or
tryal
he
was
innocent
and
acquitted
.
We
do
in
this
exceed
the
Papists
in
France
,
and
condemn
our
Protestant
Ancestors
,
and
all
others
abroad
,
who
accus'd
them
as
Antichristian
and
Rebellious
,
for
opposing
their
lawful
King
H●n
.
4.
on
the
score
of
Religion
;
for
the
Parisians
lov'd
his
person
,
and
stood
upon
no
other
condition
than
his
turning
Papist
,
to
receive
him
for
their
Sovereign
;
as
all
the
other
R.
C's
.
of
that
Kingdom
had
done
before
.
And
therefore
I
very
much
suspect
we
are
grown
weary
of
Monarchy
,
and
w●th
than
inconstancy
natural
to
Islanders
,
affect
a
Change
though
for
the
wo●se
.
To
this
I
am
induc'd
by
many
Reasons
,
and
nor
a
little
from
a
Pro●estant
Lords
Speech
,
the
last
Sessions
,
That
the
People
of
Athens
were
so
fond
of
good
King
Codrus
,
that
they
r●solv'd
to
have
none
after
him
.
But
to
attempt
this
piece
of
folly
and
wickedness
,
will
inevitably
embroyl
us
in
a
Civil
War.
And
of
that
the
event
is
so
uncertain
,
that
we
ought
to
dread
the
loss
of
all
,
by
striving
to
enlarge
our
present
liberties
.
This
madness
ordinary
prudence
will
carefully
avoid
,
because
in
all
probability
the
King
must
get
the
better
;
his
condition
is
not
like
his
Father
:
He
has
standing
Troops
,
which
the
other
wanted
,
to
Guard
his
Person
;
he
has
the
Militia
in
his
own
hands
,
he
has
no
Scotch
nor
Irish
Rebellion
,
to
divide
or
distract
his
Forces
;
and
above
all
,
he
has
the
Parliamen●
in
his
own
power
,
to
let
them
Sit
or
not
Sit
,
at
his
pleasure
and
their
good
behaviour
.
And
't
is
happy
he
has
this
power
,
to
secure
himself
from
popular
fury
,
at
this
time
especially
,
when
whatever
the
Papists
have
done
,
we
daily
see
others
run
into
Clubs
and
Cabals
,
distinguishing
them●elves
by
Green
Ribbans
,
by
general
Committees
and
Subcommittees
,
where
all
Transactions
of
Parliament
are
first
design'd
and
hammer'd
,
Collections
made
,
a
Common
Purse
manag'd
,
and
Agents
employ'd
in
every
County
,
to
prepare
and
influence
the
people
,
write
and
disperse
false
News
,
Libels
against
the
Government
,
Addresses
made
and
sent
into
every
Shire
and
Borough
,
and
if
the
Members
do
not
go
down
to
their
Elections
,
they
can
Print
for
them
such
Speeches
as
serve
their
purpose
.
Witness
one
my
Lord
Vaughan
spoke
at
his
Election
,
though
his
Lordship
was
not
out
of
London
,
I
have
not
heard
before
,
that
Sir
Samu●l
Morl●nds
Speaking
Trumpet
cou'd
convey
a
voice
a
hundred
Miles
distance
.
But
this
is
nothing
with
our
True
Protestant
Intelligencer
B.
H.
who
printed
an
Address
from
the
City
of
Colchester
,
that
never
was
seen
nor
presented
by
any
of
the
Inhabitants
,
as
by
an
Instrument
under
the
Town-Clarks
hand
does
plainly
appear
.
But
though
Swearing
be
,
Lying
is
not
,
against
the
interest
or
practice
of
the
Godly
;
the
Presbyterian
,
true
off-spring
of
the
Ignatian
Fathers
,
who
out
do
them
in
the
Doctrin
of
Pi●
Fraudes
,
as
well
as
in
all
other
their
immoral
and
Antimonarkick
Principles
.
And
now
considering
that
none
that
have
any
thing
to
loose
,
can
ever
get
by
a
Rebellion
,
and
that
there
is
no
just
pretence
for
one
,
our
Liberties
and
Properies
not
being
broken
or
invaded
,
the
Rich
,
unless
they
are
mad
,
will
never
begin
;
and
yet
with
,
or
without
their
assistance
a
Rising
of
Iack
Cade
or
Wat
Tyler
instigated
by
greater
persons
,
will
but
inlarge
the
Regal
Power
,
and
enrich
the
Crown
:
And
for
these
and
many
more
reasons
I
look
upon
the
Threats
or
Fears
of
Rebellion
,
as
idle
and
vain
,
as
our
Jealousies
and
Apprehensions
of
Popery
,
never
possible
in
England
but
by
a
Civil
War
,
since
their
numbers
here
are
but
as
one
to
230.
and
by
an
exact
calculation
in
the
three
Kingdoms
,
the
whole
number
of
Papists
is
but
as
one
to
205.
non
-
Papists
,
and
their
wealth
and
possessions
is
not
one
to
300.
If
their
power
had
been
so
terrible
,
they
wanted
not
since
the
Plot
provoca●ions
to
make
us
feel
,
as
well
as
hear
on
't
.
But
these
noises
are
like
Armies
in
disguise
at
Knights-bridge
,
and
Regiments
of
Horse
hid
in
Cellars
under
ground
,
and
blowing
up
the
Thames
to
drown
London
;
artifices
formerly
us'd
to
draw
in
the
easie
and
the
credulous
.
But
't
is
to
be
presum'd
,
the
same
trick
will
not
pass
twice
upon
us
in
one
and
the
same
Age
,
while
the
bleeding
wounds
of
the
last
are
still
so
fresh
in
our
memories
.
To
remedy
and
compose
our
present
madness
and
distractions
,
and
prevent
future
evils
,
must
without
doubt
be
the
hearty
endeavor
of
all
honest
men
,
who
expect
this
will
be
a
healing
Parliament
,
that
will
make
up
all
our
breaches
,
and
unite
our
divisions
,
by
the
methods
of
prudence
and
discretion
;
weighing
the
true
causes
,
and
applying
fit
remedies
,
without
regard
to
faction
or
interest
,
heat
or
passion
▪
ref●ecting
how
unreasonable
it
is
,
to
suspect
in
the
King
or
his
Ministers
any
design
of
introducing
Popery
and
Arbitrary
Government
;
a
malicious
and
idle
invention
,
set
on
foot
with
purpose
,
to
enflame
the
Kingdom
,
by
men
who
were
outed
,
or
desirous
of
Court-Imployments
,
disoblig'd
Persons
,
or
French
Pensioners
▪
That
the
Bill
of
Exclusion
is
not
like
to
pass
,
either
the
Lords
House
or
the
King
,
because
in
it self
un●ust
,
impolitick
and
dangerous
,
not
only
to
the
Prince
,
but
to
the
Subject
:
That
all
other
legal
ways
for
preventing
Popery
and
Presbytery
,
are
to
be
taken
by
those
,
who
design
the
preservation
of
the
establish'd
Monarchy
and
Religion
:
That
this
is
already
,
or
may
with
case
be
secur'd
against
the
attempts
or
power
of
any
Popish
Successor
:
That
our
fears
in
this
point
are
groundless
,
and
at
best
founded
upon
accidents
,
that
may
never
happen
:
That
't
is
the
highest
Imprudence
to
run
into
real
,
present
,
to
avoid
possible
,
future
evils
▪
That
innovations
of
this
sort
wou'd
be
against
the
Princes
interest
,
who
having
not
a
4
th
.
part
of
the
Revenue
▪
necessary
for
the
support
of
the
Crown
▪
must
be
under
a
necessity
of
complying
with
〈…〉
Parliament
▪
and
that
his
temper
▪
practice
and
Declarations
,
secure
us
against
impositio●
of
this
nature
:
That
it
be
consider'd
,
whether
the
unquiet
apprehensions
from
the
Plot
,
may
not
be
laid
by
a
speedy
and
impartial
tryal
and
execution
of
all
the
accus'd
and
convicted
,
and
the
Kings
after
granting
a
general
pardon
▪
with
such
exceptions
as
have
been
usual
.
The
doing
this
will
beget
a
right
understanding
between
the
King
and
his
people
▪
defeat
the
contrivances
of
our
adversaries
,
restore
us
to
peace
and
quiet
at
home
,
and
rescue
〈◊〉
●●om
contempt
and
danger
abroad
,
and
make
the
Na●●
of
Parliament
as
famous
and
renown'd
,
as
some
Libellers
endeavour
to
make
it
base
and
odious
.
How
this
to
be
compass'd
,
you
your selves
are
deservedly
made
the
Judges
,
and
therefore
I
will
not
like
the
foolish
Orator
▪
〈◊〉
Hannibal
the
Art
of
War.
—
Fiat
Iustitia
▪
●uat
C●l●●
▪
FINIS
.