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             Lex talionis, or, An enquiry into the most proper ways to prevent the persecution of the Protestants in France
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           Lex
           Talionis
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             LEX
             TALIONIS
          
           :
           OR
           ,
           AN
           ENQUIRY
           INTO
           The
           most
           Proper
           Ways
           to
           Prevent
           THE
           PERSECUTION
           OF
           THE
           Protestants
           in
           France
           .
        
         
           
             Matth.
             vii
             .
             2.
             
          
           With
           what
           judgment
           ye
           judge
           ,
           ye
           shall
           be
           judged
           :
           and
           with
           what
           measure
           ye
           mete
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           measured
           to
           you
           again
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           M
           DC
           XCVIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Lex
           Talionis
           .
        
         
           EVROPE
           has
           now
           for
           Nine
           Years
           past
           been
           afflicted
           with
           a
           Bloody
           ,
           a
           cruel
           and
           a
           Destructive
           War
           ,
           carried
           on
           with
           a
           vast
           Effusion
           of
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           Parts
           of
           it
           manag'd
           with
           more
           Eagerness
           and
           Fury
           ,
           than
           any
           War
           among
           the
           Europoean
           Princes
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           Memory
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           The
           French
           ,
           who
           are
           Masters
           of
           Address
           ,
           used
           all
           the
           Skill
           and
           Cunning
           with
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Princes
           ,
           especially
           those
           of
           Italy
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           it
           pass
           for
           a
           
             War
             of
             Religion
          
           ,
           thinking
           by
           that
           fineness
           ,
           to
           have
           drawn
           them
           off
           from
           the
           Confederacy
           .
           But
           Innocent
           XI
           .
           who
           ,
           't
           was
           likely
           ,
           knew
           as
           much
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           the
           Statesmen
           of
           France
           ,
           saw
           through
           that
           Artifice
           ,
           and
           readily
           agreed
           with
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           That
           the
           Growing
           Greatness
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Measures
           laid
           for
           the
           Subjecting
           Europe
           to
           her
           Government
           ,
           were
           really
           more
           dangerous
           Things
           ,
           and
           of
           more
           immediate
           Consequence
           to
           the
           Publick
           Liberty
           ,
           than
           the
           Matter
           of
           Religion
           could
           be
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           though
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           made
           some
           seeming
           Difficulties
           at
           first
           ;
           yet
           the
           French
           having
           thrown
           off
           the
           Mask
           ,
           and
           fallen
           upon
           his
           Catholick
           
           Confederate
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           the
           most
           Bigotted
           Romanist
           ,
           made
           no
           scruple
           to
           entertain
           Heretick
           Soldiers
           ,
           to
           recall
           the
           banish'd
           Vaudois
           ,
           to
           fight
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Protestant
           Generals
           ,
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Subsidial
           Supplies
           of
           Protestant
           Money
           ,
           and
           the
           Protection
           of
           Protestant
           Armies
           ;
           thereby
           evidently
           declaring
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           a
           War
           of
           State
           ,
           not
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           real
           Interest
           of
           Princes
           ,
           is
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           against
           a
           too
           Powerful
           Invader
           ,
           by
           Leagues
           and
           Assistances
           ,
           let
           their
           Religious
           Interests
           be
           what
           they
           will.
           
        
         
           Nor
           have
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           ,
           though
           their
           Forces
           in
           this
           Confederacy
           have
           been
           much
           superiour
           ,
           been
           backward
           to
           push
           on
           the
           Common
           Interest
           with
           their
           utmost
           Vigour
           ,
           but
           have
           with
           extraordinary
           chearfulness
           assisted
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Confederates
           ,
           with
           their
           Armies
           ,
           Fleets
           ,
           and
           Moneys
           ;
           witness
           the
           Subsidies
           paid
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           by
           the
           English
           and
           Dutch
           ;
           the
           Army
           maintain'd
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Duke
           Schombergh
           in
           English
           Pay
           in
           Piedmont
           ;
           the
           Forces
           Ship'd
           from
           England
           to
           Catalonia
           ,
           to
           aid
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           which
           sav'd
           the
           City
           of
           Barcelona
           a
           whole
           Year
           ;
           witness
           also
           the
           English
           Fleet
           Wintering
           at
           Cadiz
           ,
           under
           Admiral
           Russel
           ;
           the
           Squadron
           sent
           to
           the
           West-Indies
           ,
           to
           Relieve
           Cartagena
           :
           And
           indeed
           the
           whole
           Series
           of
           the
           War
           has
           been
           one
           continual
           Instance
           of
           the
           Safety
           and
           Protection
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Countries
           have
           enjoy'd
           ,
           by
           the
           Sword
           and
           Power
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           it
           has
           been
           apparent
           ,
           beyond
           the
           power
           of
           Contradiction
           ,
           that
           this
           has
           been
           a
           War
           of
           State
           ,
           
           not
           a
           War
           of
           Religion
           :
           Nor
           can
           I
           imagine
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           that
           it
           can
           ever
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Powers
           of
           Europe
           ,
           take
           them
           together
           ,
           to
           Commence
           a
           War
           of
           Religion
           :
           For
           though
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           That
           the
           Pope
           always
           Exalted
           both
           his
           Power
           and
           Credit
           ,
           in
           the
           blind
           Ages
           of
           bigotted
           Devotion
           ,
           by
           his
           Crusadoes
           and
           Holy
           Expeditions
           ;
           yet
           since
           ,
           the
           World
           has
           more
           Years
           over
           its
           Head
           ,
           and
           the
           Cheat
           has
           been
           discovered
           ,
           Int'rest
           has
           prevail'd
           too
           much
           upon
           Devotion
           to
           be
           Deceiv'd
           any
           more
           at
           that
           rate
           :
           And
           the
           Reformed
           Kingdoms
           of
           Europe
           ,
           are
           too
           Potent
           to
           be
           us'd
           so
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           has
           lost
           Ground
           in
           France
           ;
           and
           that
           Kingdom
           where
           once
           the
           Protestants
           were
           Strong
           enough
           to
           Contend
           with
           their
           Governours
           for
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           is
           now
           wholly
           Roman
           ,
           at
           least
           seems
           to
           be
           so
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           that
           ,
           I
           believe
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           in
           Europe
           ,
           very
           well
           able
           to
           stand
           a
           shock
           with
           the
           Popish
           ,
           when
           ever
           the
           Pope
           thinks
           fit
           to
           Publish
           another
           Bloody
           Jubilee
           ,
           and
           display
           the
           Standard
           of
           St.
           Peter
           against
           St.
           Paul.
           And
           not
           to
           descend
           to
           Particulars
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           Draw
           up
           the
           several
           Kingdoms
           ,
           on
           each
           Side
           ,
           who
           would
           form
           this
           Great
           Division
           in
           Case
           of
           such
           a
           War.
           
        
         
           
             On
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Side
             ,
          
           
             There
             would
             be
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             the
             Pope
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Portugal
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             the
             Princes
             of
             Italy
             ,
             Five
             Electoral
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             the
             Catholick
             Cantons
             of
             Swisserland
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             On
             the
             Protestant
             Side
             ,
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             King
             of
             Denmark
             ,
             King
             of
             Sweden
             ,
             the
             Czar
             of
             Moscovy
             ,
             States
             of
             Holland
             ,
             Three
             Electoral
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             but
             those
             by
             far
             the
             Strongest
             ;
             the
             Protestant
             Cantons
             of
             Swisserland
             ,
             the
             
               Grisons
               ,
               Hungarians
               ,
               Transilvanians
            
             ,
             and
             Moldavians
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           wou'd
           easily
           be
           granted
           ,
           That
           the
           
             English
             ,
             Dutch
             ,
             Dane
          
           ,
           and
           Swede
           ,
           United
           ;
           wou'd
           be
           able
           to
           Maintain
           so
           absolute
           a
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Seas
           ,
           as
           would
           entirely
           Ruine
           the
           Negotia-tion
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Party
           ,
           Beggar
           their
           Merchants
           ,
           Starve
           their
           Islands
           ,
           and
           Destroy
           all
           their
           Trade
           ;
           They
           should
           never
           be
           able
           to
           Build
           a
           Ship
           ,
           without
           Leave
           ;
           Their
           Ports
           should
           be
           Bombarded
           and
           Destroy'd
           ,
           their
           Open
           Country
           be
           Ruin'd
           by
           Descents
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Coasts
           continually
           Harrass'd
           and
           Alarm'd
           by
           Fleets
           ,
           and
           Volant
           Parties
           .
        
         
           What
           the
           Armies
           at
           Land
           could
           do
           ,
           I
           referr
           to
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Present
           War
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Gustavus
             Adolphus
          
           King
           of
           Sweden
           ;
           who
           ,
           barely
           on
           a
           War
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           with
           only
           his
           Own
           single
           Force
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           of
           Germany
           ,
           who
           were
           then
           much
           Weaker
           than
           they
           are
           now
           ,
           in
           Two
           Years
           and
           a
           half
           pass'd
           the
           Rhine
           and
           the
           Danube
           ,
           and
           shook
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           on
           the
           Head
           of
           Ferdinand
           the
           Second
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           take
           up
           too
           much
           room
           in
           this
           short
           Treatise
           ,
           to
           Consider
           the
           Proportion
           of
           the
           Force
           of
           these
           Nations
           in
           general
           ;
           't
           is
           true
           that
           the
           weight
           
           of
           the
           Force
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Party
           ,
           lies
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           French
           ;
           who
           must
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           be
           the
           Bulwark
           and
           Support
           of
           their
           Cause
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           he
           wou'd
           as
           he
           has
           in
           all
           Cases
           ,
           have
           Work
           enough
           
             to
             Secure
             his
             Own
          
           ;
           the
           Empire
           separated
           from
           the
           Protestant
           Party
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Swede
             ,
             Dane
             ,
             Brandenburghers
             ,
             Saxons
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Augustane
           Confession
           on
           its
           Front
           ,
           with
           the
           Protestants
           of
           
             Upper
             Hungary
          
           and
           Transylvania
           in
           the
           Rear
           ,
           with
           the
           Switz
           and
           Grisons
           in
           Flank
           ,
           wou'd
           be
           very
           hard
           bestead
           ,
           having
           no
           Power
           but
           the
           Bavarian
           ,
           and
           the
           small
           Electorates
           of
           
             Ments
             ,
             Triers
          
           and
           Cologne
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           no
           Consideration
           to
           uphold
           it
           .
           Some
           Support
           might
           be
           drawn
           from
           Italy
           indeed
           ;
           but
           the
           French
           must
           give
           a
           powerful
           Assistance
           ,
           or
           the
           Emperor
           would
           be
           Devoured
           in
           two
           Campagns
           ;
           the
           
             English
             ,
             Dutch
          
           ,
           and
           
             Eastern
             Germans
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Lunenburghers
           ,
           of
           Hanouer
           and
           Brunswick
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           Opposites
           to
           the
           French
           on
           this
           side
           ,
           and
           there
           the
           Contention
           would
           be
           strongest
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           no
           Wise
           Man
           wishes
           for
           so
           Universal
           a
           Distraction
           as
           such
           a
           War
           would
           make
           in
           Europe
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           needful
           to
           suppose
           such
           a
           Thing
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           Examine
           whether
           we
           ought
           to
           apprehend
           any
           Danger
           from
           it
           ,
           in
           case
           such
           an
           Attempt
           shou'd
           ever
           be
           made
           in
           Europe
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           apparent
           ,
           some
           Princes
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholick
           Party
           ,
           have
           Will
           enough
           to
           such
           an
           Enterprize
           ,
           and
           the
           Pope
           would
           be
           forward
           enough
           to
           set
           it
           on
           Foot
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           but
           sure
           of
           the
           Success
           .
        
         
           The
           glorious
           Peace
           of
           Reswick
           ,
           in
           which
           all
           the
           World
           must
           acknowledge
           the
           French
           have
           been
           very
           much
           reduc'd
           ,
           has
           but
           One
           Clause
           that
           any
           way
           
           Eclipses
           the
           Honour
           of
           its
           Conclusion
           on
           the
           Protestant
           side
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           left
           the
           Poor
           Protestant
           Subjects
           of
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           without
           any
           shelter
           from
           the
           Violences
           of
           their
           Persecutors
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           had
           so
           much
           excluded
           the
           Int'rests
           of
           Religion
           from
           the
           Articles
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           not
           one
           Compassionate
           Thought
           for
           their
           Distressed
           persecuted
           Brethren
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           War
           was
           wholly
           
             a
             War
             of
             State
          
           ,
           as
           is
           before
           noted
           ,
           and
           the
           Invasion
           of
           Property
           was
           the
           Occasion
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Surrender
           of
           Luxemburgh
           to
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           is
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           few
           Villages
           in
           the
           Chattelany
           of
           Aeth
           ,
           made
           more
           Bustle
           in
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           than
           the
           Restoration
           of
           Three
           Hundred
           Thousand
           banish'd
           Christians
           to
           their
           Country
           and
           Estates
           .
        
         
           Some
           have
           presum'd
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           had
           the
           Restoration
           of
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nants
           been
           insisted
           on
           with
           the
           same
           Vigour
           as
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           it
           wou'd
           as
           easily
           have
           been
           Obtain'd
           ;
           and
           these
           People
           ,
           among
           whom
           some
           of
           the
           French
           Refugees
           are
           of
           that
           Mind
           ,
           think
           the
           Protestant
           Int'rest
           was
           not
           so
           much
           Considered
           in
           that
           Treaty
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           .
           I
           cou'd
           easily
           Answer
           such
           Objectors
           ,
           by
           telling
           them
           ,
           That
           the
           Ground
           of
           this
           War
           being
           only
           Matter
           of
           Right
           ,
           to
           reduce
           the
           Power
           of
           France
           to
           a
           Balance
           ,
           and
           to
           oblige
           her
           to
           restore
           what
           she
           had
           by
           Force
           and
           Injustice
           taken
           from
           her
           Neighbours
           ;
           this
           being
           obtain'd
           ,
           the
           End
           was
           answer'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Confederate
           Princes
           had
           no
           further
           Pretence
           for
           a
           War
           :
           As
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Refugees
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           strictly
           speaking
           with
           respect
           of
           Princes
           ,
           no
           body
           had
           
           any
           thing
           to
           do
           with
           it
           ,
           let
           him
           use
           them
           how
           he
           would
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           to
           have
           made
           it
           an
           Article
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           expected
           that
           the
           Catholick
           Branches
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           would
           have
           insisted
           on
           it
           ,
           or
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           have
           desired
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Treaty
           being
           Manag'd
           in
           one
           Body
           ,
           by
           the
           Resolutions
           and
           Measures
           of
           several
           Princes
           and
           States
           in
           Congress
           ,
           the
           Catholick
           Princes
           would
           have
           immediately
           Protested
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Union
           must
           have
           been
           Dissolved
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           there
           was
           no
           room
           to
           Espouse
           the
           Interests
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Subjects
           of
           France
           in
           the
           General
           Treaty
           ,
           any
           other
           Way
           than
           by
           Intercession
           with
           their
           King
           to
           use
           them
           Mercifully
           :
           And
           this
           has
           been
           done
           by
           all
           Parties
           ,
           though
           hitherto
           without
           Success
           .
        
         
           It
           remains
           now
           to
           examine
           what
           Methods
           are
           further
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           oblige
           the
           King
           of
           France
           to
           use
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           with
           more
           Humanity
           ,
           and
           if
           possible
           ,
           either
           to
           preserve
           them
           that
           Peace
           and
           Enjoyment
           of
           their
           Properties
           and
           Estates
           ,
           which
           is
           their
           Natural
           Right
           ;
           or
           to
           procure
           them
           some
           other
           Equivalent
           which
           may
           give
           them
           some
           kind
           of
           Satisfaction
           and
           Repose
           .
        
         
           To
           Commence
           a
           War
           against
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           for
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           His
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           very
           Unjust
           ;
           because
           Speaking
           of
           Right
           and
           Wrong
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           Interested
           in
           the
           Quarrel
           .
           I
           make
           no
           Question
           but
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           themselves
           have
           ,
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ,
           a
           right
           to
           Defend
           their
           own
           Possessions
           and
           Inheritances
           ,
           and
           to
           Maintain
           themselves
           in
           them
           by
           
           Force
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           a
           Power
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           same
           Rule
           might
           by
           Strength
           of
           Hand
           recover
           and
           take
           Possession
           of
           their
           own
           Estates
           if
           they
           were
           Able
           :
           But
           it
           does
           not
           seem
           so
           clear
           that
           a
           Neighbour
           Nation
           or
           State
           can
           justifie
           the
           making
           War
           on
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           oblige
           him
           to
           do
           Justice
           to
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Nor
           will
           I
           attempt
           to
           Determine
           how
           far
           it
           would
           be
           Lawful
           to
           assist
           such
           a
           People
           in
           such
           a
           forcible
           Return
           ,
           or
           in
           Maintaining
           themselves
           in
           the
           Possession
           and
           Enjoyment
           of
           their
           own
           Rights
           ,
           be
           they
           never
           so
           Just.
           Only
           thus
           far
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           particular
           Article
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           Riswick
           ,
           respecting
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           and
           
             France
             ;
             England
          
           is
           fore-closed
           from
           such
           an
           Attempt
           both
           Sides
           having
           expresly
           Stipulated
           not
           to
           Assist
           the
           Subjects
           of
           either
           against
           their
           Sovereign
           .
           The
           Fourth
           Article
           of
           the
           said
           Treaty
           ,
           providing
           as
           follows
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
        
         
           And
           since
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           was
           never
           more
           desirous
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Peace
           be
           Firm
           and
           Inviolable
           ,
           the
           said
           King
           Promises
           and
           Agrees
           for
           Himself
           and
           His
           Successors
           ,
           That
           he
           will
           on
           no
           Account
           whatsoever
           disturb
           the
           said
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           in
           the
           free
           Possession
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Countries
           ,
           Lands
           or
           Dominions
           which
           He
           now
           Enjoys
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Engages
           His
           Honour
           ,
           upon
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Word
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           that
           He
           will
           not
           give
           or
           Afford
           any
           Assistance
           ,
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           ,
           to
           any
           Enemy
           or
           Enemies
           of
           the
           said
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ;
           And
           that
           He
           will
           in
           no
           manner
           whatsoever
           favour
           the
           Conspiracies
           or
           Plots
           which
           any
           Rebels
           ,
           
           or
           ill-disposed
           Persons
           ,
           may
           in
           any
           Place
           Excite
           or
           Contrive
           against
           the
           said
           King
           ;
           And
           for
           that
           End
           Promises
           and
           Engages
           ,
           That
           He
           will
           not
           Assist
           with
           Arms
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           Provisions
           ,
           Ships
           or
           Money
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           by
           Sea
           or
           Land
           ,
           any
           Person
           or
           Persons
           ,
           who
           shall
           hereafter
           ,
           under
           any
           Pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           Disturb
           or
           Molest
           the
           said
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           in
           the
           free
           and
           full
           Possession
           of
           His
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Countries
           ,
           Lands
           and
           Dominions
           .
           The
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           likewise
           Promises
           and
           Engages
           for
           Himself
           and
           Successors
           ,
           Kings
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           That
           He
           will
           Inviolably
           Do
           and
           Perform
           the
           same
           towards
           the
           said
           most
           Christian
           King
           ,
           His
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Countries
           ,
           Lands
           and
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           There
           seems
           to
           be
           but
           One
           Way
           left
           ,
           either
           to
           make
           any
           Amends
           to
           these
           poor
           desolate
           People
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           to
           pass
           their
           Re-admission
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           will
           find
           it
           their
           Int'rest
           to
           put
           it
           in
           practice
           any
           more
           than
           I
           believe
           it
           is
           really
           the
           Int'rest
           of
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           Ruine
           so
           many
           Thousand
           Families
           of
           his
           Peaceable
           Subjects
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           
             the
             Old
             Standard
             Law
             of
             Retaliation
             .
          
           But
           if
           it
           might
           be
           a
           Means
           to
           re-establish
           those
           poor
           People
           in
           Peace
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           the
           Sacrificing
           Ten
           Thousand
           Families
           of
           other
           persons
           ,
           as
           Innocent
           as
           them
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           a
           Justice
           their
           present
           Case
           calls
           for
           .
        
         
           
             Lex
             Talionis
          
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           the
           Foundation-Law
           of
           Right
           and
           Wrong
           ;
           the
           Scripture
           is
           full
           of
           Instances
           of
           this
           Nature
           :
           
             Adoni-bezek
             ,
             Agag
          
           ,
           and
           a
           multitude
           of
           other
           Relations
           therein
           ,
           declare
           
           it
           to
           be
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Divine
           Method
           of
           Executive
           Justice
           ;
           the
           reason
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           wholly
           measured
           by
           it
           :
           And
           if
           exactly
           administred
           ,
           it
           carries
           so
           Convictive
           a
           Force
           ,
           that
           no
           Person
           who
           ever
           fell
           under
           the
           severest
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           could
           object
           against
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           .
           Adoni-bezek
           ,
           above-mention'd
           ,
           made
           a
           Confession
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           his
           Punishment
           ,
           when
           
           his
           Thumbs
           and
           Great
           Toes
           were
           cut
           off
           ,
           as
           a
           Retaliation
           of
           his
           Barbarities
           .
           And
           Samuel's
           Return
           upon
           Agag
           ,
           That
           
             as
             his
             sword
             had
             made
             women
             childless
             ,
             so
             should
             his
             Mother
             be
             childless
             among
             women
          
           ;
           declares
           both
           the
           Reason
           and
           the
           Justice
           of
           God's
           Decree
           against
           him
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           XV.
           33.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           this
           Retaliation
           is
           strictly
           Personal
           ;
           and
           all
           Retaliation
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           if
           possible
           :
           But
           in
           some
           Cases
           it
           differs
           ;
           and
           where
           a
           Personal
           Retaliation
           is
           not
           practicable
           ,
           then
           People
           are
           considered
           in
           Collective
           Bodies
           ,
           Nations
           ,
           Families
           ,
           and
           States
           .
           Thus
           ,
           in
           a
           War
           ,
           the
           Subjects
           of
           either
           Party
           account
           it
           very
           justifiable
           ,
           to
           make
           themselves
           Satisfaction
           for
           Injuries
           received
           ,
           on
           any
           of
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           contrary
           Party
           ,
           though
           the
           Wrong
           particularly
           suffered
           ,
           is
           not
           chargeable
           on
           those
           particular
           Persons
           who
           suffer
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           same
           Rule
           ,
           it
           seems
           justifiable
           ,
           if
           we
           cast
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           Europe
           into
           Two
           sorts
           ,
           Popish
           and
           Protestant
           ,
           that
           while
           the
           one
           part
           commit
           Hostilities
           and
           Depredations
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           injur'd
           Party
           should
           have
           a
           Right
           of
           Retaliation
           on
           any
           Member
           of
           the
           same
           Body
           ,
           of
           what
           Nation
           or
           Government
           soever
           they
           shall
           be
           ,
           where
           the
           Power
           is
           properly
           put
           into
           their
           Hands
           :
           for
           Power
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           may
           
           pass
           for
           a
           sufficient
           Right
           of
           Directing
           the
           said
           Punishment
           ,
           since
           nothing
           but
           want
           of
           Power
           interrupts
           its
           being
           Personal
           .
        
         
           The
           French
           King
           has
           given
           a
           Challenge
           to
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           ,
           in
           his
           present
           Usage
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           of
           France
           :
           He
           has
           carry'd
           on
           ,
           though
           not
           with
           much
           Success
           ,
           a
           War
           for
           above
           Eight
           Years
           ,
           against
           the
           whole
           United
           Power
           of
           Europe
           ;
           at
           last
           he
           has
           made
           a
           Peace
           ,
           not
           at
           all
           to
           his
           Advantage
           ,
           nor
           much
           for
           his
           Honour
           :
           And
           now
           the
           War
           of
           State
           is
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           he
           seems
           to
           be
           beginning
           a
           War
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           may
           lay
           the
           Foundation
           of
           it
           safely
           ,
           he
           has
           began
           it
           upon
           his
           own
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           why
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           should
           not
           think
           themselves
           concern'd
           in
           this
           Invasion
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           since
           nothing
           is
           more
           certain
           than
           that
           they
           are
           all
           strook
           at
           ,
           though
           more
           remotely
           :
           And
           by
           all
           the
           Rules
           of
           Humane
           Policy
           ,
           Prevention
           ought
           to
           extend
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Evil
           is
           design'd
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           weakening
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           in
           general
           ,
           were
           only
           the
           Design
           ;
           the
           strengthening
           that
           Interest
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           care
           of
           the
           other
           :
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Papists
           are
           the
           Aggressors
           ,
           as
           they
           always
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           the
           Injustice
           of
           their
           Cause
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           hardly
           ever
           attempted
           to
           make
           any
           other
           Pretences
           for
           all
           their
           Barbarities
           ,
           than
           the
           Absolute
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           of
           their
           
             Omnipotent
             Monarch
          
           ,
           who
           
             will
             have
             but
             one
             Religion
             within
             his
             Dominions
             .
          
        
         
           I
           confess
           ,
           to
           me
           it
           seems
           very
           proper
           ,
           for
           the
           Ease
           of
           all
           Parties
           ,
           That
           Religion
           should
           really
           divide
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           
           and
           all
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           but
           agree
           it
           among
           themselves
           ,
           should
           live
           by
           themselves
           ;
           That
           if
           the
           French
           King
           will
           have
           no
           Protestants
           in
           his
           Dominion
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           should
           suffer
           no
           Roman
           Catholicks
           in
           theirs
           ;
           and
           when
           all
           Parties
           are
           withdrawn
           to
           their
           own
           sort
           ,
           and
           the
           Division
           compleated
           ,
           let
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           begin
           a
           War
           of
           Religion
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           please
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           ,
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           the
           unjustest
           thing
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           Spaniards
           and
           Italians
           suffer
           no
           Protestants
           to
           live
           amongst
           them
           ,
           but
           the
           bloody
           Inquisition
           destroys
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           French
           have
           Dragoon'd
           Three
           Hundred
           Thousand
           of
           their
           Protestant
           Subjects
           to
           Mass
           ,
           and
           hurry'd
           Three
           Hundred
           Thousand
           more
           out
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           to
           seek
           Comfort
           from
           the
           Charity
           of
           Neighbour
           States
           .
           The
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           has
           Exiled
           all
           his
           Protestant
           Vaudois
           :
           And
           hardly
           any
           Popish
           Country
           admit
           the
           Protestants
           among
           them
           ,
           some
           few
           Parts
           of
           Germany
           excepted
           ;
           yet
           the
           Protestant
           Governments
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           suffer
           Three
           Millions
           of
           Papists
           to
           live
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           enjoy
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Estates
           unmolested
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Savoy
          
           ,
           and
           Hungary
           ,
           have
           been
           Persecuted
           ,
           under
           the
           Assurances
           of
           the
           most
           solemn
           Treaties
           ,
           the
           most
           sacred
           Edicts
           ,
           and
           the
           firmest
           Peace
           that
           could
           be
           made
           ;
           they
           have
           never
           ,
           their
           Enemies
           themselves
           being
           Judges
           ,
           been
           guilty
           of
           the
           Breach
           of
           their
           Faith
           or
           Loyalty
           .
           Henry
           III.
           of
           France
           ,
           acknowledged
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           recourse
           to
           them
           for
           Protection
           against
           his
           own
           mutinous
           Catholick
           Subjects
           .
           The
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           acknowledged
           it
           ,
           in
           his
           Speech
           to
           those
           Vaudois
           whom
           he
           had
           releas'd
           out
           of
           the
           Citadel
           of
           Turin
           .
           We
           never
           
           read
           of
           any
           War
           begun
           by
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           they
           were
           always
           Defendants
           ;
           we
           have
           not
           one
           Instance
           of
           a
           Massacre
           committed
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           King
           Assassinated
           ,
           or
           of
           Nobles
           Undermined
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           to
           be
           blown
           up
           by
           them
           ;
           they
           have
           always
           been
           Men
           of
           Peace
           ,
           till
           Self-Defence
           has
           oblig'd
           them
           to
           be
           Men
           of
           War.
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Roman-Catholicks
           have
           been
           always
           uneasie
           to
           the
           Governments
           they
           have
           lived
           under
           .
           Our
           Histories
           are
           full
           of
           their
           Treasons
           .
           Ireland
           has
           twice
           been
           Deluged
           in
           Blood
           by
           their
           Rebellions
           and
           Cruelties
           .
           Two
           Kings
           of
           France
           have
           been
           Murthered
           by
           their
           Assassinations
           ;
           and
           innumerable
           Protestants
           Massacred
           and
           Butcher'd
           in
           Cold
           Blood
           ,
           under
           the
           pretences
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           assurance
           of
           a
           Treaty
           .
        
         
           The
           Reigns
           of
           all
           our
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           in
           England
           ,
           since
           Henry
           VIII
           .
           have
           been
           strangely
           disturb'd
           by
           the
           Plots
           ,
           the
           Treasons
           and
           Rebellions
           of
           the
           Papists
           ;
           they
           have
           often
           forfeited
           their
           Estates
           and
           Liberties
           to
           the
           Publick
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           had
           they
           been
           dealt
           with
           by
           the
           Rules
           of
           strict
           Retaliation
           .
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           Ireland
           have
           such
           Reasons
           for
           Entire
           removing
           them
           out
           of
           their
           Dominions
           ,
           as
           no
           Nation
           in
           the
           World
           can
           have
           greater
           ;
           and
           yet
           here
           they
           live
           in
           Peace
           ,
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           those
           very
           Princes
           they
           refuse
           to
           swear
           Allegiance
           to
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           shelter
           of
           those
           Laws
           they
           refuse
           to
           be
           bound
           by
           .
           'T
           is
           no
           Plea
           in
           Bar
           of
           any
           Right
           ,
           that
           the
           Plaintiff
           is
           a
           Papist
           ;
           our
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           are
           as
           open
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           of
           the
           Kings
           most
           faithful
           Subjects
           :
           Of
           which
           more
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           ,
           tho'
           charg'd
           with
           no
           Disloyalty
           ,
           nor
           guilty
           of
           no
           Crimes
           ,
           
           are
           Dispossess'd
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           Banish'd
           their
           Native
           Country
           ,
           Dragoon'd
           ,
           Shipt
           to
           the
           Gallies
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           Hang'd
           ,
           their
           Children
           torn
           from
           them
           by
           Violence
           ,
           and
           buried
           alive
           in
           Monasteries
           and
           Nunneries
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Cruelties
           an
           unbridled
           Soldiery
           can
           inflict
           ,
           acted
           upon
           them
           ,
           without
           any
           manner
           of
           Crime
           alledg'd
           but
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           this
           when
           that
           very
           Religion
           was
           secur'd
           to
           them
           by
           the
           solemnest
           Leagues
           and
           Treaties
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           Declared
           in
           the
           famous
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           Entred
           ,
           Receiv'd
           and
           Registred
           in
           all
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           in
           Persecuting
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           acts
           not
           only
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           over
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           but
           is
           guilty
           of
           the
           Breach
           of
           the
           Faith
           and
           Honour
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           oppressing
           those
           People
           who
           had
           their
           Religion
           tolerated
           and
           allow'd
           to
           them
           by
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           sacred
           manner
           possible
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           guilty
           also
           of
           the
           greatest
           Unkindness
           to
           those
           very
           People
           who
           were
           the
           Instruments
           and
           Agents
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Person
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           good
           which
           Reflection
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           seem
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           Disrespect
           to
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           't
           is
           needful
           to
           examine
           a
           little
           the
           Ground
           on
           which
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           in
           France
           stood
           for
           the
           last
           Century
           of
           Years
           ,
           and
           the
           History
           of
           the
           present
           Royal
           Family
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1571.
           on
           the
           24th
           .
           Day
           of
           
             August
             ,
             Charles
          
           IX
           .
           being
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           the
           Third
           War
           with
           the
           Hugonots
           having
           been
           lately
           ended
           ,
           and
           a
           Peace
           made
           with
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           the
           Cities
           of
           
             Rochell
             ,
             Montauban
             ,
             Coignac
          
           ,
           and
           
             la
             Charitie
          
           ,
           being
           
           put
           into
           their
           Hands
           for
           Security
           ,
           and
           the
           Chief
           of
           the
           Protestants
           wholly
           resting
           on
           the
           Faith
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           full
           Satisfaction
           of
           his
           sincere
           Intentions
           ,
           being
           come
           to
           Court
           ,
           was
           acted
           the
           Massacre
           of
           Paris
           ;
           at
           which
           ,
           in
           the
           space
           of
           Five
           Days
           ,
           above
           Thirty
           Thousand
           Protestants
           were
           barbarously
           Surprized
           and
           Butcher'd
           in
           Cold
           Blood.
           
        
         
           Upon
           which
           follow'd
           the
           Fourth
           and
           Fifth
           Civil
           War
           ;
           during
           which
           ,
           King
           Charles
           IX
           .
           died
           ;
           and
           the
           Crown
           fell
           to
           Henry
           III.
           the
           last
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Valois
           ,
           and
           then
           newly
           Elected
           King
           of
           Poland
           .
           The
           Beginning
           of
           his
           Reign
           being
           entangled
           with
           Civil
           Broils
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           grew
           very
           strong
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           League
           forced
           the
           King
           to
           make
           Three
           several
           Wars
           with
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           still
           maintain'd
           their
           Liberty
           and
           Religion
           .
        
         
           At
           length
           the
           Faction
           of
           the
           Guises
           ,
           known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             League
          
           ,
           Declar'd
           themselves
           so
           absolutely
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           grew
           so
           powerful
           ,
           especially
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Duke
           and
           Cardinal
           of
           Guise
           ,
           whom
           the
           King
           had
           caused
           to
           be
           kill'd
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           almost
           driven
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           In
           this
           Exigence
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           against
           whom
           he
           had
           carry'd
           on
           Four
           Persecutions
           and
           Wars
           ,
           and
           therein
           destroyed
           many
           thousands
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           undertook
           his
           Defence
           ,
           and
           joining
           all
           their
           Forces
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           Restore
           him
           ,
           marched
           with
           him
           to
           the
           very
           Gates
           of
           Paris
           ;
           where
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           preparing
           for
           a
           general
           Attack
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           he
           was
           barbarously
           Assassinated
           by
           
             Jacques
             Clement
          
           ,
           a
           Jacobin
           Monk
           ,
           sent
           out
           of
           the
           City
           on
           
           purpose
           ,
           being
           stabb'd
           in
           the
           Belly
           with
           a
           Poynard
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           died
           the
           Day
           after
           .
        
         
           Henry
           IV.
           the
           present
           King's
           Grand-father
           ,
           was
           then
           King
           of
           Navarre
           ,
           and
           a
           Protestant
           ;
           and
           being
           Lawful
           Heir
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           also
           recommended
           to
           the
           Nobility
           by
           the
           deceased
           King
           ,
           at
           his
           death
           ,
           took
           upon
           him
           the
           Stile
           and
           Title
           of
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           .
           The
           League
           ,
           back'd
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           oppos'd
           him
           with
           all
           the
           vigour
           imaginable
           ;
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Nobility
           deserted
           him
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           of
           his
           being
           an
           Heretick
           .
        
         
           The
           Protestants
           serv'd
           him
           with
           all
           the
           Glory
           and
           Loyalty
           that
           ever
           was
           shown
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           in
           any
           War
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           is
           computed
           ,
           during
           the
           Years
           War
           he
           maintain'd
           against
           the
           League
           ,
           and
           the
           Spanish
           Power
           ,
           above
           an
           Hundred
           and
           Sixty
           Thousand
           Protestant
           Soldiers
           lost
           their
           Lives
           in
           his
           Service
           .
           At
           length
           ,
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           assure
           himself
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           he
           deserted
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           turn'd
           Roman-Catholick
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           he
           obtain'd
           a
           full
           Possession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           ruin'd
           the
           League
           ,
           the
           Chief
           Heads
           of
           it
           making
           their
           Peace
           with
           him
           ,
           one
           by
           one
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           concluded
           the
           War
           with
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           at
           the
           Peace
           of
           Vervin
           .
        
         
           The
           Protestants
           ,
           however
           ,
           never
           withdrew
           their
           Loyalty
           nor
           their
           Services
           from
           him
           :
           The
           famous
           Mareschal
           
             de
             Biron
          
           ,
           the
           Dukes
           
             de
             Bouillon
             ,
             du
             Plessis
          
           ,
           and
           
             de
             la
             Tremouille
          
           ,
           continuing
           to
           do
           him
           the
           most
           faithful
           and
           important
           Services
           against
           the
           Spaniards
           to
           the
           last
           .
        
         
           Having
           setled
           himself
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           made
           Peace
           with
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           who
           had
           serv'd
           him
           so
           faithfully
           ,
           and
           who
           expected
           no
           other
           
           Reward
           than
           the
           Security
           of
           their
           Religion
           and
           Estates
           ,
           obtain'd
           from
           him
           the
           famous
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ;
           in
           which
           is
           particularly
           stated
           and
           stipulated
           ,
           the
           Terms
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           in
           what
           Places
           they
           should
           erect
           their
           Temples
           ,
           how
           they
           should
           hold
           their
           Synods
           and
           Assemblies
           :
           Money
           was
           allotted
           out
           of
           the
           Publick
           Revenues
           ,
           to
           maintain
           their
           Ministers
           ;
           Cities
           were
           allotted
           to
           them
           ,
           for
           their
           Security
           ,
           the
           Garrisons
           whereof
           were
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           the
           King
           :
           And
           the
           Edict
           was
           made
           Perpetual
           and
           Irrevocable
           ,
           by
           being
           Entred
           and
           Registred
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           all
           over
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           the
           Services
           of
           the
           Protestants
           to
           this
           Great
           King
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           was
           brought
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           nor
           the
           solemn
           Engagement
           of
           this
           Edict
           ,
           could
           not
           preserve
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           the
           Ministry
           of
           Cardinal
           Richlieu
           ,
           under
           the
           very
           next
           Reign
           ,
           they
           were
           again
           attack'd
           ,
           and
           driven
           to
           the
           necessity
           of
           taking
           Arms
           in
           their
           own
           Defence
           :
           Which
           Cardinal
           ,
           after
           three
           times
           making
           Peace
           ,
           and
           breaking
           it
           again
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           compleated
           the
           Conquest
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           Taking
           of
           Rochelle
           ;
           the
           Protestants
           being
           miserably
           deserted
           by
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           Thirteen
           Thousand
           People
           starv'd
           to
           death
           in
           the
           Town
           .
        
         
           Since
           this
           ,
           in
           the
           Infancy
           of
           the
           present
           King
           ,
           while
           the
           Contests
           between
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           and
           the
           Queen-Mother
           were
           so
           hot
           as
           to
           break
           out
           into
           a
           War
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           as
           Subjects
           only
           ,
           were
           not
           a
           little
           instrumental
           to
           the
           maintaining
           him
           in
           that
           very
           Power
           ,
           which
           now
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           to
           their
           Destruction
           .
        
         
         
           I
           think
           this
           History
           fully
           makes
           good
           the
           Assertion
           that
           the
           present
           Usage
           of
           the
           Protestants
           is
           both
           Perfidious
           and
           Ungrateful
           .
           Perfidious
           ,
           as
           being
           acted
           while
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           a
           Sacred
           League
           and
           Solemn
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           Ungrateful
           as
           it
           is
           exercised
           on
           those
           very
           People
           ,
           who
           with
           their
           Lives
           and
           Estates
           ,
           raised
           the
           present
           Fortune
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Bourbon
           ,
           to
           the
           Greatness
           it
           now
           enjoys
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           been
           the
           more
           particular
           in
           this
           Account
           ,
           because
           from
           hence
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           stand
           on
           a
           different
           foot
           from
           other
           Subjects
           of
           that
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           right
           of
           Dealing
           with
           them
           ,
           differs
           from
           his
           Power
           over
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           his
           Subjects
           by
           express
           Stipulations
           and
           Agreements
           ,
           whose
           Obedience
           to
           him
           has
           been
           always
           allow'd
           to
           be
           Conditional
           ;
           they
           have
           made
           Peace
           and
           War
           with
           their
           Kings
           ,
           not
           as
           Rebels
           ,
           but
           as
           Persons
           having
           a
           Lawful
           Right
           to
           Plead
           and
           to
           Defend
           ,
           their
           Kings
           have
           given
           them
           Cautionary
           Towns
           for
           the
           Performance
           of
           the
           Treaties
           made
           with
           them
           ;
           a
           Thing
           which
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           implies
           that
           they
           might
           hold
           those
           Towns
           against
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           perform
           the
           Postulata
           of
           those
           Treaties
           ,
           without
           the
           Scandal
           of
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           their
           Right
           to
           the
           Liberty
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           had
           an
           Authority
           sufficient
           to
           justifie
           them
           in
           taking
           Arms
           ;
           nor
           does
           any
           of
           the
           French
           Histories
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           saw
           ,
           though
           wrote
           with
           the
           greatest
           Partiality
           ,
           ever
           call
           it
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           but
           a
           War
           with
           the
           Hugonots
           ,
           and
           the
           Conclusions
           were
           always
           call'd
           ,
           
             A
             Peace
             with
             the
          
           Hugonots
           ,
           as
           is
           Evident
           through
           
             D'
             Avila's
          
           whole
           History
           of
           the
           Civil
           Wars
           of
           France
           .
        
         
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           the
           
             Upper
             Hungary
          
           and
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           might
           in
           many
           respects
           bear
           a
           Parallel
           with
           this
           ,
           the
           Persecutions
           and
           ill
           Usage
           of
           them
           ,
           having
           been
           after
           the
           solemnest
           Agreement
           and
           Treaties
           with
           them
           that
           could
           be
           made
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           that
           poor
           Unhappy
           People
           being
           so
           absolutely
           separated
           from
           any
           Relief
           of
           their
           Brethren
           of
           Germany
           ,
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           fly
           for
           Protection
           to
           the
           Enemies
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           the
           Turk
           ,
           with
           whom
           however
           they
           have
           this
           Satisfaction
           ,
           that
           whatever
           Bargain
           they
           make
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           they
           are
           sure
           they
           will
           keep
           it
           .
           And
           I
           remember
           very
           well
           a
           Banished
           Hungarian
           Minister
           told
           me
           ,
           Discoursing
           of
           this
           very
           Case
           ,
           
             he
             was
             sorry
             to
             say
             it
             ,
             That
             the
             Turks
             ,
             though
             they
             made
             them
             pay
             Dear
             for
             it
             ,
             were
             Juster
             and
             Truer
             to
             their
             Leagues
             and
             Treaties
             than
             the
             Imperialists
             ,
             who
             call'd
             themselves
             Christians
             .
          
        
         
           It
           may
           possibly
           be
           objected
           here
           ,
           That
           while
           we
           Exclaim
           against
           the
           French
           and
           Germans
           for
           their
           Violence
           to
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           do
           the
           same
           thing
           to
           the
           Papists
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           practising
           what
           we
           Condemn
           ,
           and
           doing
           Evil
           that
           Good
           may
           come
           .
        
         
           The
           Answer
           to
           this
           is
           Included
           in
           what
           goes
           before
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           taking
           the
           whole
           Roman
           Catholick
           and
           Protestant
           Party
           in
           Europe
           asunder
           ,
           and
           considering
           them
           as
           two
           Collective
           Bodies
           divided
           in
           Interest
           and
           Religion
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           just
           that
           a
           Retaliation
           of
           the
           Injuries
           done
           upon
           the
           Members
           of
           one
           Party
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           may
           be
           made
           upon
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           same
           Party
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Rule
           that
           Depredations
           of
           Subjects
           of
           one
           Prince
           in
           War
           ,
           may
           be
           paid
           by
           Reprizal
           upon
           any
           of
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           same
           Prince
           .
        
         
         
           But
           this
           may
           be
           more
           fully
           answer'd
           thus
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           Popish
           Subjects
           of
           some
           Protestant
           Governments
           have
           so
           behaved
           themselves
           to
           their
           Governors
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           their
           Extirpation
           just
           ,
           that
           Justice
           however
           suspended
           in
           Mercy
           to
           them
           hitherto
           ,
           will
           absolutely
           justifie
           removing
           them
           from
           those
           Governments
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           
             Lex
             Talionis
          
           be
           Executed
           by
           the
           Hands
           of
           Publick
           Justice
           ,
           and
           one
           Banishment
           be
           at
           the
           same
           time
           both
           a
           Punishment
           of
           their
           several
           Crimes
           ,
           and
           a
           Retaliation
           of
           the
           Oppressions
           of
           their
           Party
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Method
           God
           Almighty
           often
           takes
           himself
           ,
           while
           he
           suffers
           a
           Punishment
           for
           a
           publick
           Crime
           of
           less
           Guilt
           to
           be
           the
           Executor
           of
           his
           Vengeance
           for
           some
           Crime
           of
           a
           higher
           Nature
           not
           known
           .
        
         
           To
           go
           no
           farther
           than
           Ireland
           for
           an
           Instance
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           present
           Inhabitants
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           Popish
           Irish
           by
           a
           Bloody
           Massacre
           of
           200.
           
           Thousand
           Protestants
           in
           1641.
           by
           little
           less
           intended
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           as
           they
           were
           able
           executed
           ,
           this
           late
           War
           ,
           have
           deserved
           no
           doubt
           to
           have
           been
           used
           at
           the
           Discretion
           of
           the
           English
           ;
           and
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           was
           more
           than
           once
           consulting
           to
           Transplant
           the
           whole
           Nation
           from
           that
           Island
           .
           If
           he
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           had
           now
           been
           done
           ,
           I
           am
           of
           the
           Opinion
           ,
           no
           Nation
           in
           the
           World
           wou'd
           have
           tax'd
           us
           with
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           verily
           think
           Oliver
           acted
           with
           more
           Generosity
           than
           Discretion
           in
           omitting
           it
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           this
           last
           War
           and
           the
           Expence
           of
           so
           much
           Treasure
           as
           it
           cost
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           Ruine
           of
           so
           many
           Thousand
           Protestant
           Families
           ,
           who
           were
           Driven
           from
           thence
           by
           King
           James
           ,
           all
           the
           Destruction
           at
           London-Derry
           ,
           the
           Sickness
           at
           Dundalk
           ,
           and
           the
           Blood
           of
           150000
           people
           ,
           who
           at
           
           least
           one
           way
           or
           other
           ,
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           perish'd
           in
           it
           ,
           had
           been
           prevented
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           enquired
           whether
           Oliver
           design'd
           to
           Transplant
           them
           ,
           I
           could
           answer
           directly
           to
           that
           also
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           sufficient
           to
           my
           purpose
           to
           say
           ,
           had
           he
           clear'd
           the
           Island
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           no
           matter
           at
           all
           to
           us
           whither
           they
           had
           gone
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           France
           has
           set
           a
           Rule
           for
           such
           as
           Banish
           their
           Subjects
           to
           let
           them
           go
           where
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           certainly
           separate
           ;
           whereas
           had
           he
           sent
           the
           Protestants
           to
           any
           particular
           place
           ,
           they
           wou'd
           have
           been
           so
           many
           and
           so
           United
           ,
           they
           might
           possibly
           have
           come
           back
           again
           with
           Swords
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           ha'
           bidden
           fair
           for
           another
           Hugonot
           War.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           also
           seen
           among
           the
           Letters
           of
           State
           written
           by
           Mr.
           Milton
           ,
           who
           was
           his
           Secretary
           for
           the
           Foreign
           Dispatches
           ,
           a
           Letter
           written
           to
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           ,
           wherein
           by
           way
           of
           Argument
           to
           prevail
           ,
           for
           some
           Ease
           to
           the
           Protestants
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           he
           proposes
           a
           Confederacy
           with
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Reform'd
           Friends
           ,
           to
           reduce
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           to
           a
           Necessity
           of
           giving
           better
           Conditions
           to
           the
           Vaudois
           ;
           and
           seems
           to
           Threaten
           to
           Expel
           all
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           .
           I
           remember
           upon
           Discoursing
           of
           this
           Passage
           in
           some
           Company
           ,
           one
           asked
           ,
           
             What
             if
             he
             had
          
           ?
           and
           another
           by
           way
           of
           Repartee
           ,
           made
           Answer
           ,
           
             Then
             there
             wou'd
             have
             been
             none
             left
             .
          
           I
           repeat
           it
           not
           for
           any
           great
           Wit
           in
           the
           Answer
           ;
           but
           to
           Introduce
           the
           Question
           ,
        
         
           What
           if
           he
           had
           ?
        
         
         
           1.
           
           If
           he
           had
           ,
           possibly
           we
           had
           not
           been
           troubled
           with
           any
           Popish
           Plot
           in
           1678.
           nor
           none
           of
           the
           bloody
           Consequences
           of
           it
           ;
           we
           had
           had
           no
           Sham-Plot
           upon
           that
           ,
           no
           
             Russel
             ,
             Sidney
          
           ,
           nor
           Armstrong
           Murthered
           ;
           No
           Blood
           lost
           in
           an
           Invasion
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           ,
           nor
           Cruel
           Executions
           in
           the
           West
           ;
           we
           had
           had
           no
           Popish
           Successor
           ,
           no
           Standing
           Army
           ,
           no
           Bishops
           sent
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           no
           Invasion
           of
           Charters
           nor
           Privilege
           of
           Universities
           ;
           No
           Ecclesiastical
           Commission
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           had
           had
           no
           Nuncio
           from
           Rome
           ,
           to
           take
           his
           Progress
           over
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           no
           Fire-Works
           for
           a
           Sham-Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           nor
           no
           Mass
           Sung
           in
           Windsor
           Chapel
           ,
           no
           Seminaries
           of
           Priests
           ,
           nor
           Nunneries
           of
           Whores
           ,
           at
           
             Chelsea
             ,
             Lincolns-Inn
             Fields
          
           ,
           or
           Hammersmith
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           short
           ,
           we
           had
           had
           no
           War
           of
           Nine
           Years
           to
           restore
           a
           Popish
           King
           ,
           the
           Nation
           had
           not
           spent
           60
           Millions
           Sterling
           ,
           nor
           lost
           200000
           of
           the
           Stoutest
           of
           her
           Inhabitants
           to
           Maintain
           her
           Liberty
           ;
           King
           William
           had
           been
           King
           in
           Right
           of
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           a
           Peaceable
           Admission
           had
           been
           given
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           probability
           this
           had
           been
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           if
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           had
           sent
           them
           all
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           
             I
             beshrew
             his
             Heart
             he
             did
             not
             .
          
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           lead
           my
           Reader
           to
           any
           Political
           Reasons
           why
           this
           shou'd
           be
           done
           now
           ;
           our
           Governours
           are
           best
           Judges
           of
           the
           Publick
           
           Interest
           .
           But
           thus
           far
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           may
           be
           assumed
           without
           Danger
           of
           Reflection
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Nation
           shou'd
           think
           fit
           in
           Compassion
           to
           the
           Miseries
           of
           our
           poor
           Distressed
           Brethren
           of
           France
           to
           retaliate
           their
           Usage
           upon
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           of
           England
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           following
           Consequences
           would
           in
           all
           probability
           ensue
           ,
           which
           whether
           it
           wou'd
           be
           Just
           in
           the
           whole
           ,
           or
           Beneficial
           to
           England
           and
           Ireland
           in
           particular
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           Judgment
           of
           Impartial
           Readers
           to
           Consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           might
           be
           a
           means
           ,
           by
           the
           Intercession
           of
           Parties
           ,
           to
           procure
           some
           reasonable
           Conditions
           for
           the
           Poor
           Protestants
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           the
           Stopping
           the
           Mareschal
           Boufflers
           at
           the
           Surrender
           of
           Namur
           procur'd
           Justice
           to
           the
           Imprisoned
           Garrisons
           of
           Deinse
           ,
           and
           Dixmuide
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Practice
           too
           well
           known
           in
           the
           War
           to
           need
           any
           Contention
           ,
           where
           the
           putting
           a
           Prisoner
           of
           War
           to
           Death
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Breach
           of
           Articles
           has
           been
           requited
           by
           putting
           some
           other
           Prisoner
           of
           War
           to
           Death
           on
           the
           contrary
           Side
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           latter
           be
           an
           innocent
           Person
           ,
           
             Lex
             Talionis
          
           is
           the
           Word
           ,
           the
           Justice
           of
           it
           is
           not
           disputed
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           wou'd
           put
           these
           Kingdoms
           in
           a
           Condition
           to
           Entertain
           and
           Relieve
           that
           great
           Multitude
           of
           Distressed
           Christians
           ,
           with
           the
           very
           Substance
           of
           their
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           France
           might
           ,
           if
           he
           pleas'd
           ,
           make
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           Amends
           ,
           by
           giving
           them
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Hugonots
           ,
           or
           what
           other
           Way
           he
           thought
           fit
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           of
           England
           ,
           wou'd
           not
           have
           half
           the
           Reason
           to
           Complain
           of
           hard
           Usage
           that
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           have
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           Leagues
           or
           Capitulations
           to
           show
           for
           their
           Permission
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           are
           expresly
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           in
           all
           the
           Reigns
           for
           150
           Years
           past
           ,
           been
           the
           Disturbers
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           it
           ;
           they
           resuse
           now
           to
           Swear
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           do
           not
           Disturb
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           Owing
           to
           their
           want
           of
           Power
           ,
           not
           their
           want
           of
           Will.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           they
           had
           all
           those
           Defences
           to
           make
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           hinted
           ,
           on
           behalf
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           ,
           they
           wou'd
           have
           no
           body
           to
           thank
           for
           such
           Usage
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           Friends
           .
           And
           the
           Pope
           ,
           if
           he
           ow'd
           them
           so
           much
           Care
           ,
           might
           use
           his
           Interest
           with
           the
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           Protestants
           enjoy
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           save
           them
           from
           the
           same
           Fate
           .
        
         
           Some
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           object
           against
           the
           receiving
           such
           vast
           Numbers
           of
           Foreigners
           among
           us
           ,
           as
           Prejudicial
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           own
           Manufacturers
           and
           Inhabitants
           ,
           by
           Eating
           the
           Bread
           out
           of
           our
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           Starving
           our
           own
           Poor
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           an
           Argument
           would
           require
           a
           little
           Volume
           to
           Answer
           ;
           but
           in
           General
           ,
           I
           presume
           to
           Affirm
           ,
           That
           no
           Number
           of
           Foreigners
           can
           be
           Prejudicial
           to
           England
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           never
           so
           great
           .
           Number
           of
           Inhabitants
           ,
           is
           the
           Wealth
           and
           Strength
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           had
           a
           Million
           of
           People
           in
           England
           ,
           more
           than
           we
           have
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           of
           what
           Nation
           they
           
           would
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           far
           from
           being
           a
           Damage
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           if
           these
           Million
           of
           People
           were
           all
           Artisans
           ,
           Manufacturers
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           some
           detriment
           to
           our
           Poor
           who
           are
           employ'd
           in
           those
           particular
           Manufactures
           :
           but
           allow
           one
           third
           to
           be
           Artisans
           ,
           one
           third
           Labourers
           ,
           Husbandmen
           or
           Sailors
           ,
           and
           one
           third
           Merchants
           ,
           Shop-keepers
           or
           Gentlemen
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           greatest
           Number
           that
           can
           be
           supposed
           came
           to
           settle
           in
           England
           ,
           it
           could
           be
           no
           Injury
           ,
           but
           a
           vast
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           general
           :
           And
           it
           will
           appear
           by
           this
           One
           particular
           ,
           well
           examin'd
           .
        
         
           An
           Addition
           of
           a
           Million
           of
           People
           ,
           suppose
           that
           were
           the
           Number
           ,
           would
           devour
           a
           proportion'd
           quantity
           of
           Corn
           and
           Flesh
           for
           Food
           and
           Drink
           ,
           and
           a
           proportioned
           quantity
           of
           Manufactures
           for
           Cloth
           and
           Housholdstuff
           ;
           the
           one
           employs
           more
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           more
           People
           .
           Now
           't
           is
           apparent
           ,
           we
           have
           in
           England
           more
           Land
           lies
           unimprov'd
           ,
           common
           ,
           and
           waste
           ,
           than
           would
           feed
           a
           vast
           many
           People
           more
           than
           we
           have
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           a
           Staple
           of
           Wooll
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           exhausted
           .
           In
           Manufactures
           ,
           the
           more
           Lands
           we
           improve
           ,
           the
           greater
           the
           Rents
           will
           be
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           the
           general
           Stock
           of
           the
           Nation
           will
           be
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           Manufactures
           are
           made
           ,
           the
           better
           the
           Poor
           are
           employ'd
           ,
           and
           the
           richer
           the
           Manufacturer
           is
           made
           .
        
         
           Many
           other
           Arguments
           might
           be
           used
           ,
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           the
           Coming
           Over
           of
           Foreigners
           can
           be
           no
           general
           Prejudice
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           to
           Trade
           .
           But
           that
           is
           not
           the
           main
           thing
           here
           .
           If
           the
           Roman-Catholick
           
           Princes
           pursue
           their
           Protestant
           Subjects
           with
           such
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           drive
           them
           into
           Banishment
           and
           Exile
           ,
           to
           seek
           Relief
           in
           Foreign
           Countries
           ,
           the
           Case
           seems
           to
           speak
           for
           it self
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           can
           have
           no
           readier
           way
           ,
           either
           to
           prevent
           the
           Miseries
           of
           those
           poor
           persecuted
           People
           ,
           or
           to
           relieve
           them
           in
           their
           Exile
           ,
           than
           by
           dealing
           with
           the
           Papists
           in
           their
           Dominions
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           and
           Inviting
           the
           said
           persecuted
           French
           to
           come
           and
           live
           in
           the
           Estates
           and
           in
           the
           Places
           of
           their
           Adversaries
           .
           This
           is
           
             Lex
             Talionis
          
           :
           And
           this
           is
           a
           way
           that
           would
           soon
           tire
           the
           Papists
           out
           .
           For
           I
           think
           I
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           suppose
           there
           are
           much
           the
           greater
           number
           of
           Papists
           among
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           than
           there
           are
           of
           Protestants
           among
           the
           Papists
           ;
           and
           the
           Exile
           of
           the
           Parties
           would
           also
           differ
           ,
           as
           to
           Places
           .
           For
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Countries
           are
           the
           best
           for
           Strangers
           to
           live
           in
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           People
           are
           the
           Trading
           People
           of
           the
           World
           :
           therefore
           the
           Exile
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           and
           Hungary
           would
           be
           less
           to
           their
           disadvantage
           ,
           than
           the
           Papists
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Ireland
          
           and
           Holland
           ,
           who
           must
           apply
           themselves
           to
           Countries
           where
           there
           are
           few
           Manufactures
           ,
           small
           Trade
           ,
           and
           but
           very
           indifferent
           Means
           for
           a
           Stranger
           to
           live
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Popish
           Exiles
           would
           be
           in
           much
           the
           worse
           Circumstances
           :
           And
           there
           is
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           whenever
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           of
           Europe
           shall
           find
           it
           needful
           to
           use
           this
           Remedy
           ,
           the
           Roman-Catholick
           Powers
           will
           find
           it
           for
           their
           Interest
           to
           make
           some
           Cartel
           ,
           or
           Condition
           ,
           upon
           which
           all
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           Protestants
           ,
           may
           enjoy
           some
           sort
           of
           
           Liberty
           in
           their
           own
           Native
           Countries
           ;
           and
           so
           Persecution
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           War
           ,
           might
           end
           in
           an
           Universal
           Happy
           Peace
           to
           Europe
           ,
           both
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Civil
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           has
           so
           often
           been
           attempted
           by
           other
           Methods
           ,
           to
           so
           little
           purpose
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48302-e120
           
             Judg.
             
               i.
               7.