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             A Letter from a gentleman in London to his friend in the countrey, on the occasion of the late tryal of Stephen Colledge
             R. P.
          
           1 sheet ([2] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1681]
          
           
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           A
           Gentleman
           in
           London
           to
           his
           Friend
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           on
           the
           Occasion
           of
           the
           late
           Tryal
           of
           STEPHEN
           COLLEDGE
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           I
           had
           the
           Happiness
           to
           see
           you
           last
           ,
           I
           remember
           (
           upon
           our
           Discoursing
           concerning
           the
           
             Popish
             Plot
          
           )
           you
           seem'd
           to
           have
           a
           more
           Charitable
           Opinion
           of
           the
           
             Phanatical
             Party
          
           than
           ordinary
           ;
           for
           that
           they
           appear'd
           so
           mighty
           solicitous
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           His
           
             Majesties
             Person
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           by
           Clamouring
           for
           a
           Strict
           Prosecution
           of
           that
           
             Damnable
             Conspiracy
          
           :
           But
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           upon
           this
           new
           Face
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           you
           are
           Convinc'd
           ,
           (
           no
           doubt
           ,
           )
           that
           they
           deserv'd
           not
           your
           good
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           hold
           their
           Devilish
           Practices
           in
           just
           detestation
           ;
           for
           
           Colledg's
           Tryal
           is
           a
           Clear
           Proof
           ,
           (
           I
           wish
           it
           were
           the
           onely
           one
           they
           had
           afforded
           us
           )
           that
           when
           they
           pretend
           the
           greatest
           Loyalty
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           't
           is
           only
           for
           a
           Cloak
           to
           cover
           some
           
             Exeorable
             Design
          
           they
           have
           in
           hand
           .
           They
           are
           most
           certainly
           ,
           
             (
             Sir
             ,
             )
             Wolves
          
           in
           
             Sheeps
             Cloathing
          
           ,
           Men
           that
           will
           
           Judas-like
           betray
           with
           a
           Kiss
           .
           But
           if
           it
           happens
           that
           their
           
             Perfidious
             Practices
          
           come
           once
           to
           be
           detected
           ,
           and
           any
           One
           Criminal
           brought
           to
           the
           
             Bar
             of
             Justice
          
           ;
           with
           what
           Zeal
           does
           the
           whole
           Faction
           appear
           in
           His
           Defence
           ?
           They
           Impeach
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Evidence
          
           ;
           Exposing
           them
           by
           the
           Names
           of
           
             Papists
             ,
             Irish
             Tories
          
           ,
           &c.
           and
           Exert
           their
           Malice
           against
           all
           that
           dare
           believe
           what
           is
           Attested
           ;
           or
           that
           Pretend
           to
           Maintain
           the
           
           King's
           Authority
           and
           the
           Law
           against
           the
           
             Designing
             Contrivances
          
           of
           these
           
             Indefatigable
             Workers
             of
             Iniquity
          
           .
           They
           will
           at
           any
           rate
           procure
           Persons
           to
           Oppose
           and
           Confront
           the
           
             Kinks
             Evidence
          
           ,
           by
           positively
           asserting
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           invalidate
           their
           Testimonies
           .
           and
           rather
           than
           appear
           deficient
           ,
           will
           produce
           Witnesses
           ,
           only
           to
           make
           a
           noise
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           thereby
           to
           insinuate
           into
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           
             too-Credulous
             Vulgar
          
           a
           belief
           of
           their
           Innocence
           .
           And
           these
           forsooth
           must
           all
           be
           heard
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           they
           speak
           scarce
           One
           word
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
           This
           is
           wonderfully
           apparent
           in
           
           Colledg's
           Tryal
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           besides
           the
           many
           Remote
           Circumstances
           multiplied
           by
           
           Colledg's
           Witnesses
           ,
           a
           Plain
           and
           Gross
           Falshood
           appears
           by
           Comparing
           the
           
             53th
             .
             54th
          
           and
           55th
           .
           Pages
           with
           the
           56th
           .
           Page
           53.
           
           Dr.
           Oates
           affirms
           that
           the
           whole
           time
           of
           Alderman
           
           Wilcox's
           Treate
           at
           the
           Crown-Tavern
           without
           Temple-Bar
           was
           spent
           in
           a
           
             Philosophical
             Discourse
          
           betwixt
           himself
           and
           Mr.
           Savage
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           Appeals
           to
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             S.
          
           and
           his
           Brother
           .
           The
           former
           ,
           viz.
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Smith
          
           Concurrs
           with
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           and
           says
           P.
           54.
           that
           all
           the
           Discourse
           was
           about
           some
           Points
           in
           Philosophy
           and
           Divinity
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Existence
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           and
           was
           confident
           that
           nothing
           of
           Treason
           could
           come
           from
           Colledg
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           fell
           asleep
           .
           All
           which
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           was
           opposed
           to
           Mr.
           John
           Smith's
           Testimony
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           Colledg
           inferrs
           
             [
             Thus
             you
             see
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           Smith's
           
             Testimony
             is
             false
             .
          
           ]
           And
           that
           he
           might
           make
           the
           thing
           more
           Conspicuous
           ,
           he
           calls
           in
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Oates
          
           ,
           who
           P.
           56.
           out
           of
           his
           Extraordinary
           Zeal
           to
           the
           Cause
           peremptorily
           undertakes
           to
           illustrate
           the
           Point
           ,
           and
           gives
           a
           Relation
           of
           all
           the
           Discourse
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           which
           he
           says
           (
           and
           is
           very
           confident
           in
           it
           )
           was
           about
           .
           Matters
           of
           
             Common
             Discourse
          
           ,
           Matters
           of
           Eating
           and
           Drinking
           ,
           &c.
           and
           that
           there
           was
           not
           a
           word
           mention'd
           of
           the
           Existence
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           :
           which
           plainly
           Contradicts
           ,
           and
           gives
           the
           lye
           to
           both
           Dr.
           O.
           and
           the
           said
           S.
           From
           whence
           it
           is
           Evident
           ,
           how
           much
           these
           men
           prefer
           the
           Interest
           of
           their
           Party
           before
           
             Loyalty
             ,
             Truth
          
           or
           Justice
           .
           And
           yet
           these
           are
           the
           men
           that
           Applaud
           themselves
           so
           much
           upon
           their
           Religion
           And
           to
           set
           the
           fairer
           Gloss
           upon
           their
           
             Pernicious
             Enterprizes
          
           ,
           they
           shelter
           their
           
             Horrid
             Conspiracies
          
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           Godliness
           and
           
             True
             Protestantisme
          
           .
        
         
           It
           now
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           formerly
           was
           ,
           )
           their
           Work
           and
           Endeavour
           to
           Lessen
           the
           
             Kings
             Authority
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           way
           to
           make
           it
           void
           ;
           and
           they
           Act
           and
           Labour
           the
           First
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           Design
           to
           make
           it
           subservient
           to
           the
           Latter
           .
           It
           is
           not
           Policy
           (
           you
           know
           )
           for
           People
           to
           Declare
           their
           Designs
           at
           first
           ;
           for
           without
           a
           plausible
           pretence
           for
           the
           carrying
           them
           on
           ,
           thereby
           to
           Blind
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           
             Adverse
             Party
          
           ,
           it
           's
           improbable
           they
           should
           prove
           any
           otherwise
           than
           ineffectual
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           proverbial
           saying
           
             Ingenium
             vires
             superat
          
           .
           And
           a
           War
           cannot
           be
           maintained
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           as
           well
           upheld
           by
           Stratagems
           as
           by
           Force
           .
           In
           our
           
             late
             Troubles
          
           the
           pretence
           was
           to
           Rescue
           the
           King
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           
             Wicked
             Council
          
           .
           But
           having
           once
           done
           that
           (
           as
           they
           supposed
           )
           they
           not
           only
           afforded
           him
           no
           better
           ,
           but
           took
           away
           his
           Authority
           ,
           clap't
           him
           up
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           there
           kept
           him
           secure
           ,
           till
           they
           convey'd
           him
           to
           the
           Scaffold
           .
           And
           which
           was
           an
           augmentation
           to
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           do
           this
           only
           to
           make
           themselves
           Supreme
           ,
           but
           looking
           upon
           themselves
           as
           the
           
             Highest
             Authority
          
           ,
           they
           
           thought
           they
           might
           thereby
           lawfully
           do
           this
           ,
           and
           far
           more
           ;
           fancying
           the
           King
           to
           be
           more
           subject
           to
           their
           Wills
           ;
           than
           ever
           their
           Allegiance
           bound
           them
           to
           His
           Sovereignty
           .
           Nay
           and
           to
           so
           great
           a
           height
           is
           the
           impudence
           and
           insolence
           of
           some
           
             Hot-Headed
             Phanaticks
          
           now
           grown
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           so
           far
           from
           detesting
           and
           repenting
           of
           that
           
             Barbarous
             Villany
          
           ,
           that
           they
           still
           justifie
           it
           ;
           impudently
           
           reflecting
           on
           that
           
             Sacred
             Martyr
          
           .
           And
           others
           of
           them
           that
           are
           more
           wary
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           shift
           off
           that
           
             abominable
             impiety
          
           by
           Arguments
           strong
           enough
           (
           perhaps
           )
           to
           work
           upon
           the
           simplicity
           and
           credulity
           of
           a
           fort
           of
           
             ignorant
             People
          
           ;
           who
           yet
           are
           not
           now
           (
           surely
           )
           any
           longer
           to
           be
           blinded
           with
           such
           
             specious
             pretences
          
           ,
           since
           it
           does
           so
           evidently
           appear
           that
           they
           want
           not
           a
           Will
           to
           act
           a
           second
           part
           of
           that
           
             dismal
             Tragedy
          
           .
           They
           rail
           with
           open
           mouth
           against
           the
           Papists
           (
           't
           is
           true
           )
           and
           with
           a
           pretended
           shew
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Zeal
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           His
           
             Majesties
             Person
          
           ,
           do
           seemingly
           detest
           and
           abhorr
           their
           deposing
           and
           
             King-killing
             doctrine
          
           ;
           But
           then
           at
           the
           same
           time
           (
           you
           see
           )
           they
           are
           secretly
           undermining
           the
           
             Established
             Government
          
           ,
           endeavouring
           and
           designing
           the
           
             utter
             extirpation
          
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Family
          
           .
           They
           stick
           not
           to
           accuse
           the
           
             Kings
             best
          
           and
           most
           
             eminent
             Friends
          
           (
           nay
           the
           King
           himself
           )
           of
           a
           Design
           to
           introduce
           Popery
           ,
           
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           ;
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           are
           doing
           their
           best
           to
           divest
           His
           Majesty
           of
           His
           
             Regal
             Power
          
           so
           to
           introduce
           a
           Republick
           .
           These
           are
           the
           men
           that
           take
           such
           care
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           His
           
             Majesties
             Person
          
           &
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           against
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           Papists
           :
           And
           (
           truely
           )
           they
           had
           pitch'd
           upon
           a
           ready
           way
           to
           effect
           it
           .
           For
           First
           (
           as
           has
           been
           depos'd
           upon
           oath
           )
           they
           intended
           to
           seize
           His
           
             Sacred
             Person
          
           :
           And
           
           And
           then
           (
           if
           He
           would
           not
           comply
           with
           their
           unjust
           Desires
           ,
           (
           or
           the
           Priests
           that
           herd
           amongst
           them
           did
           not
           do
           this
           business
           )
           to
           serve
           him
           as
           they
           did
           His
           
             Royal
             Father
          
           .
           
           So
           that
           tho'
           His
           Majesty
           had
           through
           the
           
             unparalell'd
             care
          
           of
           this
           
             Godly
             Party
          
           escap'd
           the
           snares
           of
           Popery
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           been
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           same
           Deposing
           and
           
             King-killing
             Principles
          
           only
           in
           terms
           convertible
           from
           DEPOSING
           and
           KILLING
           to
           a
           BRINGING
           TO
           JUSTICE
           .
           Neither
           are
           the
           
             unreasonable
             desires
          
           of
           these
           
             insatiable
             Miscreants
          
           ever
           to
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           They
           must
           have
           the
           
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           
             totally
             excluded
          
           ,
           or
           else
           their
           
             Religion
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             Properties
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
          
           are
           unsafe
           ,
           and
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           sacrific'd
           to
           the
           
             Popes
             Supremacy
          
           .
           So
           they
           give
           out
           .
           Whereas
           it
           is
           now
           clear
           that
           they
           labour'd
           to
           remove
           that
           obstacle
           ,
           only
           to
           the
           intent
           that
           they
           might
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           take
           a
           fairer
           aim
           at
           the
           
             Kings
             own
             Person
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           is
           the
           Present
           yoke
           of
           Monarchy
           that
           lyes
           so
           heavy
           upon
           their
           Backs
           :
           not
           the
           fear
           of
           
             Popery
             to
             come
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           you
           see
           
             (
             Sir
          
           )
           that
           what
           His
           Majesty
           lately
           Declar'd
           touching
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           His
           
             Royal
             Brother
          
           was
           upon
           great
           Foresight
           and
           
             Judgment
             [
             We
             can
             not
          
           (
           says
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           Kings
           Decl.
           p.
           7.
           )
           
             after
             the
             sad
             experience
             we
             have
             had
             of
             the
             late
             Civil
             Wars
             ,
             that
             murther'd
             our
             Father
             of
             blessed
             memory
             and
             ruin'd
             the
             Monarchy
             ,
             consent
             to
             a
             Law
             that
             shall
             establish
             another
             most
             unnatural
             War
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             make
             it
             necessary
             to
             maintain
             a
             standing
             Force
             for
             the
             Preserving
             the
             Government
             and
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             we
             have
             Reason
             to
             believe
             that
             if
             we
             could
             have
             been
             brought
             to
             give
             our
             consent
             to
             a
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
             ,
             the
             intent
             was
             not
             to
             rest
             there
             ,
             but
             to
             pass
             further
             ,
             and
             to
             attempt
             some
             other
             great
             and
             important
             Changes
             even
             in
             present
             .
             ]
          
           For
           could
           such
           Wretches
           as
           these
           have
           had
           their
           wills
           ,
           they
           meant
           not
           only
           to
           exclude
           His
           R.
           H.
           
           but
           to
           extirpate
           the
           whole
           Family
           of
           the
           Stuarts
           .
        
         
           The
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           they
           so
           much
           pretend
           ,
           are
           first
           created
           chiefly
           by
           the
           great
           Donns
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           and
           then
           most
           impiously
           infus'd
           into
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           and
           Ignorant
           ,
           who
           believe
           what
           the
           Leaders
           of
           the
           Faction
           deliver
           to
           them
           with
           as
           stedfast
           a
           faith
           ,
           as
           the
           Heathens
           of
           old
           did
           their
           Oracles
           ;
           and
           are
           as
           verily
           perswaded
           that
           their
           
             own
             Principles
          
           are
           Divine
           ,
           as
           are
           the
           Papists
           that
           the
           Pope
           is
           infallible
           .
           Upon
           the
           least
           Exercise
           of
           His
           
             Majesties
             Prerogative
          
           ,
           there
           are
           amongst
           them
           that
           possess
           the
           People
           with
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           of
           their
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           being
           invaded
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Subject
           encroach'd
           upon
           ;
           while
           their
           design
           is
           of
           a
           far
           larger
           extent
           ;
           for
           their
           
             devouring
             appetites
          
           will
           never
           be
           satiated
           till
           the
           
             Kings
             Royal
             Prerogative
          
           shall
           be
           totally
           
             swallowed
             up
          
           by
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ;
           and
           then
           indeed
           His
           Majesty
           is
           in
           a
           fair
           way
           (
           according
           to
           the
           
             Phanatical
             Loyalty
          
           )
           of
           being
           made
           a
           
             Glorious
             Prince
          
           like
           His
           Father
           .
        
         
           Now
           let
           any
           
             sober
             ,
             serious
          
           and
           
             unbiassed
             man
          
           consider
           whether
           these
           are
           
             suitable
             Returns
          
           to
           so
           merciful
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           (
           out
           of
           His
           
             Royal
             Clemency
          
           to
           merciless
           and
           
             bloudy
             Traytors
          
           )
           has
           pass'd
           an
           
             Act
             of
             Oblivion
          
           upon
           their
           
             execrable
             impieties
          
           in
           the
           
             late
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           freely
           giving
           them
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           GOD
           and
           Man
           were
           forefeited
           to
           His
           Justice
           .
           What
           a
           notorious
           piece
           of
           Ingratitude
           is
           it
           for
           men
           to
           Conspire
           to
           take
           away
           that
           Life
           ,
           which
           freely
           gave
           them
           their
           own
           ?
           To
           abuse
           a
           Mercy
           so
           great
           and
           transcendent
           ,
           that
           tho'
           they
           should
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           gain
           a
           
             good
             reputation
          
           by
           a
           sincere
           and
           stedfast
           Loyalty
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           would
           it
           have
           been
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           have
           made
           him
           a
           sufficient
           Requital
           ?
           But
           indeed
           it
           is
           no
           more
           than
           verefying
           the
           old
           Proverb
           ,
           
             Save
             a
             Thief
             from
             the
             Gallows
             ,
             and
             he
             'le
             cut
             your
             Throat
             .
          
           But
           methinks
           it
           seems
           wonderfully
           strange
           that
           the
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Multitude
           (
           after
           the
           sad
           experience
           they
           have
           had
           of
           that
           
             Dire
             Rebellion
          
           )
           should
           be
           so
           much
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           have
           so
           great
           a
           horrour
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           for
           involving
           themselves
           afresh
           in
           the
           same
           
             unhappy
             Troubles
          
           ;
           especially
           considering
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Rebels
           had
           brought
           the
           
             late
             Kings
             Head
          
           to
           the
           Block
           ,
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           of
           the
           Subject
           was
           utterly
           lost
           ;
           the
           pretended
           invasion
           of
           which
           was
           the
           chief
           ground
           of
           that
           
             Fatal
             War.
          
           But
           such
           is
           the
           obstinacy
           of
           some
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           learned
           of
           Pens
           cannot
           bring
           them
           to
           a
           better
           understanding
           (
           at
           least
           to
           a
           better
           observance
           )
           of
           their
           Duty
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           their
           Prince
           ;
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           in
           the
           least
           pretend
           to
           it
           :
           only
           I
           ventur'd
           to
           mind
           you
           (
           especially
           now
           you
           cannot
           but
           be
           well
           dispos'd
           to
           hear
           it
           )
           how
           vigilant
           that
           Party
           is
           upon
           all
           opportunities
           and
           occasions
           to
           propagate
           their
           
             Commonwealth
             Principles
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           having
           given
           you
           my
           thoughts
           of
           these
           
             Pretended
             Royalists
          
           ,
           I
           remain
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Yours
             ,
             &c.
             R.
             P.
             
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A53892-e10
           
             Col.
             Tryal
             .
             pag.
             31.
             
          
           
             pags
             29.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             p.
             29.
             30.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             p.
             30.
             
          
           
             pag.
             30.