Remarks upon the present confederacy, and late revolution in England, &c.
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             Remarks upon the present confederacy, and late revolution in England, &c.
             Anderton, William, d. 1693.
          
           [2], 47 p.
           
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           REMARKS
           UPON
           THE
           
             Present
             Confederary
          
           .
           AND
           Late
           Revolution
           IN
           ENGLAND
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCXCIII
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           REMARKS
           UPON
           THE
           
             Present
             Confederacy
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THE
           most
           formidable
           Enterprise
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           that
           ever
           was
           levell'd
           against
           the
           growing
           Grandeur
           of
           France
           ,
           during
           the
           long
           and
           successful
           Reign
           of
           
             Lewis
             le
             Grande
          
           ,
           was
           this
           late
           Confederacy
           ,
           form'd
           by
           the
           most
           powerful
           Princes
           in
           all
           Europe
           :
           An
           Undertaking
           of
           so
           dangerous
           consequence
           to
           that
           Prince
           ,
           that
           if
           their
           Carier
           had
           not
           been
           stopt
           by
           a
           surprising
           Providence
           ,
           and
           diverted
           by
           the
           wonderful
           Vigilance
           and
           Activity
           of
           that
           truly
           greatest
           Prince
           in
           all
           these
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           Monarchy
           by
           this
           time
           had
           laid
           expiring
           .
           As
           the
           Confederates
           had
           resolutely
           ,
           and
           with
           prodigious
           Prospects
           of
           Advantage
           to
           themselves
           agreed
           upon
           this
           Design
           ;
           so
           to
           facilitate
           it
           had
           sagaciously
           enough
           foreseen
           what
           Remoraes
           might
           lie
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           as
           resolutely
           determin'd
           to
           remove
           them
           ,
           right
           or
           
             wrong
             .
             England
          
           ,
           which
           had
           for
           some
           years
           past
           skreen'd
           them
           from
           those
           violent
           ,
           and
           otherwise
           irresistible
           ,
           shocks
           they
           were
           exposed
           to
           from
           France
           ,
           was
           most
           feared
           at
           this
           time
           would
           stand
           in
           their
           way
           ;
           and
           to
           speak
           the
           Truth
           ,
           from
           the
           Experience
           we
           have
           had
           of
           the
           French
           Power
           and
           Policy
           during
           this
           War
           ,
           the
           least
           Assistance
           from
           her
           ,
           or
           a
           meer
           Neutrality
           ,
           had
           left
           them
           to
           the
           Mercy
           and
           entire
           Disposal
           of
           their
           Enemy
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           was
           politickly
           enough
           foreseen
           ,
           and
           by
           most
           wicked
           and
           unjust
           means
           for
           some
           time
           at
           least
           prevented
           ;
           though
           by
           comparing
           the
           Successes
           on
           both
           sides
           hitherto
           ,
           cannot
           in
           all
           humane
           probability
           be
           long
           protracted
           :
           But
           more
           of
           this
           afterwards
           .
           To
           accomplish
           this
           Grand
           Design
           of
           theirs
           ,
           King
           James
           must
           be
           deposed
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           the
           Ambition
           and
           Pride
           of
           another
           ,
           the
           most
           likely
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           War
           against
           France
           ;
           if
           we
           either
           consider
           that
           heighth
           of
           Malice
           which
           he
           had
           long
           
           ago
           conceived
           against
           that
           Monarch
           ,
           chiefly
           from
           his
           being
           so
           frequently
           baffled
           in
           Holland
           and
           Flanders
           ,
           by
           the
           Bravery
           of
           his
           Generals
           there
           ;
           or
           that
           Natural
           Malignity
           in
           his
           very
           Constitution
           ,
           derived
           from
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           who
           had
           never
           been
           famous
           for
           their
           Loyalty
           to
           their
           own
           Princes
           ,
           or
           Affection
           for
           Crowned
           Heads
           .
           This
           they
           concluded
           feasible
           enough
           ,
           not
           being
           ignorant
           of
           the
           ambitious
           Designs
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           had
           been
           carrying
           on
           for
           several
           years
           in
           England
           of
           mounting
           that
           Throne
           ,
           by
           having
           a
           hand
           in
           all
           the
           Plots
           against
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ;
           but
           especially
           his
           
             Father
             in-law
          
           ,
           to
           exclude
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ;
           and
           the
           Dispositions
           he
           had
           laid
           in
           order
           to
           that
           End
           ,
           by
           his
           corrupting
           the
           greatest
           Ministers
           of
           State
           under
           that
           unfortunate
           Prince
           ,
           to
           take
           advantage
           from
           his
           Religion
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           English
           are
           naturally
           averse
           ,
           to
           put
           him
           upon
           some
           Acts
           which
           would
           in
           all
           likelihood
           alienate
           his
           Subjects
           Affections
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           P.
           or
           
           O's
           Access
           the
           more
           easie
           .
           All
           this
           being
           well
           known
           to
           many
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Princes
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           more
           to
           doe
           but
           to
           sound
           his
           Inclination
           somewhat
           nearer
           ,
           and
           proffer
           him
           their
           Assistance
           for
           the
           obtaining
           of
           what
           he
           so
           eagerly
           desired
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           indirect
           means
           pursued
           .
           To
           this
           end
           having
           engaged
           themselves
           and
           him
           in
           the
           strict
           bonds
           of
           a
           Confederacy
           ,
           they
           immediately
           lent
           him
           such
           Assistance
           as
           was
           requisite
           to
           land
           him
           in
           England
           ,
           where
           all
           things
           were
           ready
           to
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           there
           most
           wickedly
           deposed
           King
           James
           II.
           
        
         
           I
           confess
           some
           are
           apt
           to
           alledge
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           exceeded
           his
           Commission
           ,
           and
           acted
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Determination
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           their
           sole
           Aim
           being
           onely
           by
           this
           Invasion
           to
           draw
           King
           James
           in
           to
           their
           Designs
           :
           But
           if
           we
           consider
           those
           notable
           Hints
           in
           the
           foreign
           Papers
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           particularly
           
             The
             General
             History
             of
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             published
             in
          
           French
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Hague
           ,
           
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             States
             of
          
           Holland
           and
           West
           Friesland
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           easily
           inclined
           to
           believe
           the
           contrary
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           present
           the
           Reader
           with
           some
           remarkable
           Passages
           ,
           and
           leave
           it
           to
           him
           to
           judge
           ,
           whether
           what
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           for
           my
           Principle
           does
           not
           look
           highly
           probable
           .
        
         
           
             Historical
             Account
             for
             the
             Month
             of
          
           November
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Article
             of
             Advice
             from
          
           England
           ,
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             The
             King's
             Fleet
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             King
             
             James's
             ,
             )
             is
             about
             forty
             three
             Men
             of
             War
             ,
             ten
             Fireships
             ;
             but
             though
             commanded
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Dartmouth
             ,
             who
             is
             entirely
             for
             the
             King's
             Interest
             ,
             't
             is
             thought
             the
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             Officers
             ,
             will
             not
             perform
             that
             Duty
             which
             the
             King
             expects
             from
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reflexions
             upon
             the
             Advice
             from
          
           Holland
           ,
           
             the
             same
             Month.
          
           
        
         
           
             The
             Expence
             that
             has
             been
             bestowed
             upon
             the
             Fleet
             and
             Army
             set
             forth
             from
             Holland
             ,
             is
             a
             sign
             they
             are
             morally
             assured
             of
             the
             Success
             
             of
             the
             Enterprise
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             believe
             
               has
               been
               a
               long
               time
               ago
               in
               Agitation
               ,
            
             though
             it
             was
             carried
             on
             with
             that
             Prudence
             and
             Secrecy
             ,
          
           as
           not
           to
           be
           discovered
           till
           it
           could
           not
           be
           longer
           concealed
           .
        
         
           
             Advice
             from
          
           Germany
           ,
           Decemb.
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Confederates
             are
             arrived
             in
             Franconia
             ,
             where
             they
             stay
             till
             General
             Dunewald
             comes
             up
             to
             join
             them
             with
             the
             Emperour's
             Forces
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             they
             may
             march
             together
             ,
             &c.
             
             Nevertheless
             when
             they
             are
             joined
             ,
             there
             is
             great
             probability
             they
             will
             do
             nothing
             till
             they
             hear
             what
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             does
             in
             England
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             at
             present
             the
             
               primum
               Mobile
            
             of
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reflexions
             upon
             the
             Advice
             from
          
           France
           ,
           Decemb.
           1688.
           
        
         
           
             'T
             is
             thought
             that
             Monsieur
             
             Seignalay's
             Journey
             to
             visit
             the
             Coasts
             was
             particularly
             occasioned
             by
             the
             turn
             of
             Affairs
             in
             England
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             now
             all
             those
             Journeys
             will
             signifie
             little
             ;
             for
             if
             Heaven
             continues
             Prosperity
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             of
             necessity
             the
             most
             Christian
             King
             must
             quit
             the
             Ocean
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reflexions
             upon
             the
             Advice
             from
          
           England
           
             the
             same
             Month.
          
           
        
         
           
             So
             soon
             as
             the
             Enterprize
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             was
             discoursed
             of
             all
             Men
             imagined
             that
             he
             was
             sure
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             England
             .
             Some
             put
             the
             question
             whether
             he
             will
             dethrone
             his
             Father
             in
             Law
             ,
             or
             whether
             ,
             &c.
             he
             'll
             be
             contented
             with
             the
             Honour
             of
             having
             saved
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Liberty
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             .
             —
             For
             my
             part
             I
             believe
             an
             Accommodation
             will
             be
             a
             difficult
             thing
             .
             —
             I
             make
             no
             question
             but
             the
             next
             Parliament
             King
             James
             will
             be
             declared
             to
             have
             forfeited
             his
             Crown
             .
          
        
         
           
             Reflexions
             on
             the
             Advice
             from
          
           Germany
           ,
           February
           1689.
           
        
         
           
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             believe
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Politicians
             ,
             who
             imagine
             that
             the
             Emperour
             caused
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Lucignan
             to
             be
             seised
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             an
             opportunity
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             Negotiation
             .
             Then
             again
             ,
             What
             was
             befaln
             the
             Emperour
             since
             unknown
             to
             us
             that
             should
             enforce
             him
             to
             alter
             his
             Conduct
             ?
             If
             it
             had
             been
             that
             the
             Affairs
             in
             England
             went
             ill
             on
             the
             P.
             of
             
             O's
             side
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             a
             Reason
             indeed
             ;
             —
             but
             all
             the
             World
             knows
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             ;
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             has
             been
             crowned
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             all
             which
             I
             shall
             add
             a
             remarkable
             Passage
             out
             of
             the
             
               French
               King's
            
             Declaration
             of
             War
             against
             Spain
             :
             Amongst
             other
             Motives
             he
             declares
             ,
             That
             he
             is
             informed
             what
             share
             the
             Governour
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Low
             Countries
             had
             in
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             Enterprize
             against
             England
             ;
             but
             not
             believing
             what
             he
             did
             was
             done
             by
             his
             Master's
             Command
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             was
             in
             good
             hopes
             to
             have
             persuaded
             his
             most
             
               Catholick
               Majesty
            
             to
             have
             joined
             with
             him
             for
             the
             Restoration
             of
             the
             lawful
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             which
             purpose
             he
             made
             several
             Proposals
             that
             were
             all
             received
             whilst
             the
             Success
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             continued
             doubtfull
             ;
             but
             
             when
             't
             was
             known
             at
             Madrid
             that
             the
             King
             of
             England
             had
             left
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             then
             nothing
             was
             thought
             of
             but
             War
             with
             France
             .
             That
             his
             Majesty
             was
             also
             farther
             informed
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Spanish
               Ambassadour
            
             in
             England
             visited
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             every
             day
             ,
             and
             importuned
             him
             to
             declare
             War
             against
             France
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             finding
             that
             his
             most
             Catholick
             Majesty
             was
             resolved
             ,
          
           
             &c.
             Gen.
             Hist
             .
             of
          
           Europe
           ,
           Vol.
           1.
           
           Month
           Apr.
           89.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           this
           last
           passage
           I
           am
           sensible
           many
           prejudiced
           persons
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           object
           the
           little
           Reputation
           the
           French
           King
           and
           his
           Ministers
           have
           had
           for
           their
           Veracity
           these
           many
           Years
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           reflect
           on
           the
           vast
           Charge
           he
           is
           constantly
           at
           for
           Intelligence
           in
           all
           places
           where
           he
           is
           concerned
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           it
           imported
           him
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           it
           ought
           in
           some
           measure
           at
           least
           to
           incline
           us
           to
           credit
           him
           ,
           especially
           when
           it
           's
           notoriously
           known
           he
           had
           intimated
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           some
           considerable
           time
           before
           he
           could
           give
           credit
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           ,
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           proffered
           him
           such
           Assistance
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           had
           complied
           with
           it
           ,
           would
           have
           effectually
           prevented
           this
           
             late
             Revolution
          
           in
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           this
           bloody
           and
           desperate
           War
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           the
           sad
           Effect
           of
           it
           .
           And
           there
           are
           some
           persons
           now
           living
           ,
           of
           unquestionable
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           Interest
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           assert
           ,
           that
           
             Don
             Ronquillo
          
           ,
           the
           late
           Spanish
           Ambassadour
           ,
           plainly
           told
           King
           James
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           would
           not
           be
           induced
           to
           join
           in
           the
           Confederacy
           with
           the
           Empire
           and
           Spain
           ,
           against
           France
           ,
           he
           
             would
             run
             the
             hazard
             of
             losing
             his
             Crown
          
           ;
           so
           certain
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Revolution
           here
           was
           an
           immediate
           Effect
           of
           the
           Consultations
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           though
           not
           publickly
           enough
           hitherto
           understood
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           injury
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           perversion
           of
           his
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           These
           Passages
           out
           of
           a
           publick
           Account
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
             allowed
             to
             be
             published
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           suppose
           )
           approved
           by
           the
           States
           General
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           (
           till
           something
           more
           material
           be
           offered
           by
           more
           capable
           and
           intelligent
           Persons
           ,
           )
           may
           seem
           to
           any
           reasonable
           man
           a
           sufficient
           Proof
           of
           my
           Assertion
           ,
           that
           what
           the
           Pr.
           of
           Orange
           has
           lately
           transacted
           there
           ,
           was
           not
           managed
           by
           him
           alone
           against
           the
           Intentions
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           :
           If
           so
           ,
           why
           did
           not
           they
           remonstrate
           against
           his
           Proceedings
           ,
           by
           their
           Ambassadours
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           too
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           in
           Honour
           bound
           ,
           contribute
           their
           Assistence
           ,
           when
           especially
           requested
           to
           it
           ,
           towards
           his
           Restoration
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           why
           did
           they
           on
           the
           contrary
           by
           their
           respective
           Ambassadours
           and
           Envoys
           congratulate
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           of
           
           Orange's
           Accession
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           virtually
           declare
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           King
           James
           was
           
             justly
             deposed
          
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Prince
           and
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           were
           become
           the
           lawfull
           and
           rightfull
           King
           and
           Queen
           of
           England
           ?
           
           So
           that
           the
           more
           nicely
           we
           examine
           the
           methods
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Proceedings
           ,
           the
           greater
           reason
           we
           have
           to
           conclude
           this
           Objection
           to
           be
           a
           meer
           Sham
           and
           Excuse
           .
           His
           charging
           his
           Father
           in
           law
           with
           Male-administration
           ,
           
             Violating
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             with
             setting
             up
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             imposing
             a
             Supposititious
             Heir
             upon
             the
             Three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             put
             by
             the
             Succession
             of
             his
             own
             Children
             ,
             meerly
             on
             the
             account
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           was
           all
           this
           to
           the
           business
           of
           France
           and
           the
           Confederates
           ?
           The
           only
           thing
           in
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Daclaration
           ,
           that
           makes
           for
           the
           business
           pretended
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Private
             League
          
           Offensive
           and
           Defensive
           between
           King
           James
           and
           France
           ;
           which
           notwithstanding
           could
           never
           be
           produced
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           had
           been
           so
           ,
           could
           never
           be
           any
           just
           pretence
           for
           their
           assisting
           to
           invade
           him
           ,
           unless
           it
           had
           been
           contrary
           to
           former
           Alliances
           between
           him
           and
           them
           ;
           none
           of
           which
           appearing
           ,
           it
           is
           altogether
           as
           frivolous
           as
           many
           other
           Shams
           in
           that
           Master-piece
           of
           Villany
           ,
           the
           forementioned
           Declaration
           .
           Upon
           these
           Suppositions
           then
           't
           is
           apparent
           ,
           that
           that
           which
           was
           to
           give
           Life
           unto
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           bring
           it
           into
           Act
           ,
           was
           the
           pulling
           down
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           setting
           up
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ;
           so
           that
           before
           all
           this
           was
           accomplish'd
           ,
           the
           Confederacy
           was
           but
           an
           Embrio
           ,
           and
           no
           better
           than
           a
           Conditional
           Stipulation
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           unsuccessfulness
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           would
           have
           been
           stisled
           and
           vanish'd
           into
           nothing
           .
           There
           was
           no
           War
           declared
           ,
           before
           this
           Gentleman
           was
           most
           Traiterously
           Proclaimed
           King
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Bavaria
             ,
             Nov.
          
           10.
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           the
           
             London
             Gazette
          
           :
           The
           Emperour
           and
           Dutch
           did
           not
           till
           March
           —
           89.
           and
           in
           all
           probability
           it
           had
           not
           been
           done
           afterward
           on
           the
           Confederates
           side
           ,
           if
           this
           Praeludium
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           had
           miscarried
           .
           To
           this
           effect
           we
           may
           remember
           that
           the
           Dutch
           Ambassadour
           when
           charged
           by
           King
           James
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           his
           Masters
           ,
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           ,
           with
           assisting
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           with
           Men
           ,
           Money
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           &c.
           for
           his
           Expedition
           ,
           (
           against
           the
           express
           Articles
           of
           Peace
           and
           Alliance
           made
           between
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           of
           blessed
           Memory
           ,
           and
           the
           
             States
             of
             the
             Vnited
             Netherlands
          
           ,
           1667.
           particularly
           the
           11th
           Article
           ,
           wherein
           it
           was
           agreed
           ,
           
             That
             the
             said
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             
               States
               General
            
             ,
             remain
             Friends
             ,
             Confederates
             ,
             united
             and
             allied
             for
             the
             Defence
             ,
             and
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Rights
             ,
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             Immunities
             of
             either
             Allie
             ,
             and
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             against
             all
             who
             shall
             endeavor
             to
             disturb
             the
             Peace
             of
             either
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land.
             
          
           And
           Artie
           .
           13.
           
           
             That
             neither
             the
             said
             King
             ,
             nor
             the
             said
             Common-wealth
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             the
             Subjects
             of
             either
             ,
             inhabiting
             or
             residing
             within
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             shall
             cherish
             and
             assist
             the
             Rebels
             of
             either
             party
             ,
             with
             any
             Succour
             ,
             Counsel
             ,
             or
             Favour
             whatsoever
             ;
             but
             shall
             expose
             and
             effectually
             hinder
             all
             persons
             abiding
             ,
             residing
             ,
             or
             dwelling
             in
             either
             of
             their
             Dominions
             ,
             from
             supplying
             or
             furnishing
             any
             of
             those
             foresaid
             
             Rebels
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land
             with
             Arms
             ,
             Succour
             or
             Assistance
             either
             in
             Men
             ,
             Ships
             ,
          
           Arms
           ,
           or
           Warlike
           Furniture
           ,
           &c.
           And
           Article
           14.
           
           
             That
             the
             King
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             
               States
               General
            
             shall
             Mutually
             ,
             Sincerely
             and
             Faithfully
             as
             there
             is
             occasion
             ,
             assist
             each
             other
             against
             the
             Rebels
             of
             either
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land
             ,
             with
             Men
             ,
             Ships
             ,
             
               &c.
               Article
            
             15.
             
             That
             neither
             the
             said
             King
             ,
             nor
             the
             said
             Commonwealth
             ,
             nor
             the
             Subjects
             of
             either
             ,
             shall
             in
             any
             of
             their
             Jurisdictions
             ,
             Countries
             ,
             &c.
             receive
             any
             Rebel
             or
             Rebels
             ,
             Fugitive
             or
             Fugitives
             declared
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             declared
             ,
          
           &c.
           )
           pretended
           to
           know
           nothing
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           Indication
           they
           would
           have
           insisted
           upon
           that
           denial
           ,
           and
           urged
           it
           in
           their
           own
           Vindication
           ,
           if
           that
           Project
           had
           not
           succeeded
           ,
           to
           prevent
           a
           Storm
           from
           King
           James
           and
           the
           K.
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           have
           equally
           served
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederates
           too
           :
           But
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           heard
           his
           Enterprize
           had
           its
           desired
           effect
           ,
           the
           next
           thing
           we
           heard
           of
           ,
           was
           the
           
             States
             Manifesto
          
           owning
           the
           whole
           business
           ,
           justifying
           themselves
           ,
           and
           applauding
           the
           Heroick
           Attempt
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           .
           From
           what
           has
           been
           hitherto
           said
           ,
           I
           shall
           beg
           leave
           to
           infer
           ,
           That
           this
           Revolution
           was
           the
           Contrivance
           of
           the
           Confederates
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           separately
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           them
           ;
           That
           all
           his
           Motives
           ,
           of
           what
           nature
           soever
           ,
           were
           meerly
           introductory
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           most
           principal
           of
           them
           that
           seemed
           the
           most
           justifiable
           of
           his
           Proceedings
           ,
           were
           calculated
           only
           to
           serve
           the
           Malicious
           and
           Disaffected
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           wheedle
           and
           amuse
           the
           rest
           into
           a
           Compliance
           with
           him
           ;
           That
           if
           those
           had
           not
           been
           subtilly
           thought
           on
           ,
           others
           would
           not
           have
           been
           wanting
           ;
           That
           he
           had
           no
           design
           to
           secure
           Religion
           ,
           vindicate
           Justice
           ,
           to
           assert
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           or
           secure
           the
           Properties
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           to
           execute
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           Confederates
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           his
           own
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           unsatisfied
           Thirst
           after
           Empire
           in
           particular
           ;
           That
           therefore
           the
           
             Grand
             Presumptions
          
           (
           as
           he
           terms
           it
           )
           of
           the
           Supposititiousness
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Private
             League
          
           between
           K.
           James
           and
           the
           K.
           of
           France
           ,
           the
           introducing
           of
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
             ,
             Popery
          
           ,
           &c.
           were
           meer
           Cant
           ,
           and
           nothing
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           he
           having
           not
           performed
           any
           thing
           promised
           in
           that
           Declaration
           ,
           but
           acted
           quite
           contrary
           ;
           and
           for
           corroborating
           my
           main
           Position
           ,
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           shew
           what
           peculiar
           Advantages
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederates
           proposed
           to
           themselves
           by
           such
           a
           Revolution
           in
           England
           ,
           which
           may
           induce
           all
           impartial
           Readers
           to
           subscribe
           to
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           I
           have
           hitherto
           said
           .
        
         
           The
           principal
           Advantage
           the
           Confederates
           in
           general
           ,
           exclusive
           of
           the
           P.
           of
           Orange
           proposed
           to
           themselves
           by
           this
           Revolution
           ,
           was
           to
           have
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Strongest
           and
           most
           Flourishing
           Monarchies
           in
           Europe
           ,
           at
           their
           entire
           Devotion
           ,
           to
           draw
           off
           Men
           and
           Money
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           they
           could
           keep
           this
           new
           set-up
           King
           in
           the
           Throne
           ;
           an
           advantage
           so
           considerable
           ,
           that
           whilst
           they
           can
           do
           
           this
           ,
           and
           any
           Wealth
           remains
           in
           England
           ,
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           make
           the
           cheapest
           Experiment
           they
           could
           possibly
           devise
           ,
           and
           withall
           the
           most
           powerful
           effort
           imaginable
           towards
           the
           reducing
           the
           growing
           Power
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           retrieving
           their
           former
           losses
           :
           And
           however
           the
           infatuated
           and
           easily
           deluded
           Populace
           of
           England
           may
           seem
           to
           despise
           the
           Confederates
           in
           their
           Discourse
           ;
           yet
           it
           's
           evident
           enough
           ,
           that
           so
           long
           as
           this
           Confederacy
           holds
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           ,
           shall
           they
           keep
           their
           new
           King
           ;
           it
           being
           sufficiently
           apparent
           to
           any
           one
           of
           common
           Sense
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           whole
           and
           
             entire
             Confederacy
          
           have
           had
           hitherto
           enough
           to
           do
           ,
           to
           oppose
           France
           even
           in
           the
           lowest
           degree
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           than
           demonstration
           ,
           that
           she
           alone
           will
           be
           able
           to
           do
           it
           least
           ;
           for
           I
           must
           take
           it
           as
           granted
           ,
           that
           if
           England
           breaks
           from
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           the
           Confederates
           must
           of
           necessity
           knock
           quite
           off
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           best
           terms
           at
           any
           rate
           ,
           and
           consequently
           unite
           with
           France
           against
           England
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           well
           assured
           that
           King
           will
           oblige
           them
           to
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           compleating
           that
           most
           Glorious
           Resolution
           which
           he
           has
           so
           often
           made
           ,
           and
           will
           eternize
           his
           Memory
           ,
           of
           the
           Restoring
           that
           Unfortunate
           Prince
           and
           Martyr
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           the
           true
           and
           lawfull
           King
           of
           England
           .
           This
           supposition
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           will
           without
           much
           difficulty
           be
           granted
           me
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           great
           losses
           of
           the
           Confederates
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           their
           apparent
           Poverty
           ,
           and
           Inability
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           War
           at
           their
           sole
           Charge
           ,
           that
           England
           is
           their
           principal
           support
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           all
           this
           War
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           continuation
           of
           Assistance
           from
           hence
           ,
           they
           must
           break
           ,
           and
           England
           compelled
           to
           submit
           to
           her
           Lawfull
           and
           most
           Injured
           Sovereign
           again
           ,
           which
           all
           these
           Allies
           know
           they
           would
           not
           be
           easily
           or
           suddenly
           inclined
           to
           from
           the
           Sense
           of
           their
           horrid
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           dread
           of
           his
           just
           Resentment
           ;
           and
           therefore
           till
           meer
           Necessity
           and
           the
           utmost
           Extremity
           drives
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           sure
           to
           drain
           them
           at
           their
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           Another
           advantage
           the
           Confederates
           propos'd
           to
           reap
           by
           the
           late
           Revolution
           here
           ,
           and
           by
           engaging
           these
           Nations
           into
           the
           Confederacy
           is
           this
           ,
           (
           supposing
           their
           successfulness
           in
           Attacking
           France
           )
           that
           whatever
           Cities
           or
           Territories
           should
           be
           recovered
           ,
           or
           won
           from
           the
           French
           ,
           should
           either
           revert
           to
           their
           old
           respective
           Owners
           ,
           or
           be
           acquired
           to
           some
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederates
           exclusive
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           as
           should
           be
           agreed
           by
           them
           .
           This
           is
           natural
           and
           easie
           enough
           to
           be
           supposed
           ;
           for
           can
           any
           one
           imagine
           ,
           should
           the
           late
           pretended
           Design
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           to
           attempt
           the
           taking
           of
           
             Dunkirk
             ,
             Ipres
          
           ,
           or
           Namur
           ,
           have
           been
           effected
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           would
           have
           resigned
           his
           right
           in
           them
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           permitted
           them
           to
           be
           annext
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           evident
           beyond
           all
           contradiction
           ,
           that
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           Confederacy
           as
           is
           published
           by
           them
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           France
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           recover
           what
           they
           urged
           was
           some
           time
           since
           so
           unjustly
           ravished
           from
           them
           by
           that
           Monarch
           ;
           and
           nothing
           of
           this
           nature
           could
           
           ever
           be
           pretended
           with
           truth
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           as
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           lost
           one
           single
           Town
           to
           the
           French
           ?
           So
           that
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           all
           the
           Prodigious
           Expence
           we
           have
           been
           at
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           War
           in
           Flanders
           and
           Piedmont
           ,
           was
           not
           in
           order
           to
           recover
           any
           thing
           from
           France
           that
           we
           had
           any
           right
           to
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           assist
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederates
           in
           regaining
           what
           was
           lately
           theirs
           ;
           and
           pray
           what
           advantage
           is
           this
           to
           us
           ?
           And
           let
           the
           War
           in
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           be
           as
           successful
           as
           can
           be
           wisht
           ,
           we
           shall
           only
           have
           the
           honour
           in
           assisting
           to
           debilitate
           France
           by
           weakening
           our selves
           ,
           and
           enriching
           the
           Confederates
           by
           impoverishing
           and
           reducing
           poor
           England
           .
           But
           perhaps
           it
           may
           be
           alledged
           ,
           that
           what
           has
           been
           urged
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           retaking
           of
           such
           places
           as
           have
           been
           unjustly
           taken
           from
           the
           Confederates
           by
           France
           ,
           will
           be
           readily
           granted
           ;
           but
           what
           Acquists
           the
           English
           shall
           make
           in
           France
           it self
           ,
           will
           be
           their
           own
           .
           As
           to
           this
           I
           answer
           :
           By
           the
           late
           Project
           of
           Invading
           France
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           satisfied
           that
           there
           was
           no
           manner
           of
           appearance
           it
           would
           be
           so
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           been
           attempted
           ,
           and
           really
           succeeded
           :
           For
           supposing
           they
           had
           landed
           at
           Bayonne
           ,
           marched
           into
           Provence
           and
           Dauphine
           ,
           it
           was
           with
           a
           design
           to
           joyn
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Savoy's
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Forces
           ,
           to
           make
           Reprisals
           for
           what
           the
           French
           had
           acted
           in
           Savoy
           ,
           and
           Piedmont
           ,
           or
           in
           order
           to
           retake
           such
           places
           as
           formerly
           belonged
           to
           that
           Prince
           ,
           now
           in
           the
           Possession
           of
           the
           French.
           This
           is
           so
           probable
           ,
           nay
           ,
           next
           to
           certain
           ,
           that
           it's
           non-sense
           to
           think
           otherwise
           ,
           no
           possible
           Acquists
           on
           that
           side
           being
           answerable
           either
           to
           the
           Charge
           of
           taking
           or
           keeping
           by
           the
           English
           :
           Neither
           can
           it
           be
           congruous
           to
           common
           Sense
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           be
           of
           any
           Interest
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           to
           assist
           the
           others
           in
           Subjugating
           any
           part
           of
           France
           to
           the
           English
           ,
           whilst
           most
           of
           his
           own
           Countrey
           was
           already
           subdued
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           French.
           Again
           ,
           granting
           that
           the
           other
           design
           of
           Beseiging
           Dunkirk
           with
           the
           Transport
           Forces
           from
           England
           ,
           had
           answered
           common
           expectation
           ,
           Dunkirk
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           was
           formerly
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           the
           most
           important
           Garison
           and
           Port
           that
           belonged
           to
           Flanders
           ;
           and
           can
           any
           one
           so
           much
           as
           fancy
           that
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           would
           ever
           have
           been
           contented
           it
           should
           be
           an
           Appendage
           to
           England
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           alone
           of
           greater
           consequence
           to
           that
           Monarch
           to
           recover
           ,
           than
           half
           of
           what
           he
           had
           hitherto
           lost
           in
           Flanders
           ?
           Or
           do
           we
           think
           the
           English
           Army
           alone
           was
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           undertake
           the
           Seige
           of
           such
           a
           Garrison
           ,
           and
           carry
           it
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           were
           jointly
           performed
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Army
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           tamely
           let
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           have
           the
           sole
           honour
           of
           winning
           and
           wearing
           it
           too
           ?
           This
           can
           never
           enter
           into
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           meanest
           Dotard
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           direct
           contrary
           must
           necessarily
           be
           admitted
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           no
           mean
           consequence
           neither
           ,
           that
           the
           Confederates
           have
           from
           our
           Revolution
           ,
           besides
           that
           of
           making
           these
           Experiments
           upon
           France
           at
           the
           vast
           expence
           of
           our
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           ,
           
           is
           ,
           that
           if
           no
           possible
           hopes
           remain
           of
           attaining
           their
           Ends
           upon
           their
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           they
           phrase
           it
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           fair
           opportunity
           of
           making
           their
           Peace
           ,
           whether
           England
           consent
           or
           not
           :
           This
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           a
           prodigious
           one
           ,
           if
           duly
           considered
           ;
           for
           when
           the
           worst
           comes
           to
           the
           worst
           ,
           the
           leaving
           England
           (
           which
           in
           reality
           has
           been
           the
           most
           powerfull
           as
           well
           as
           the
           most
           malicious
           Enemy
           )
           to
           the
           just
           Resentments
           of
           France
           ,
           will
           almost
           amount
           to
           an
           Expiation
           for
           all
           the
           envious
           Designs
           they
           have
           all
           this
           while
           formed
           against
           her
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           timely
           Desertion
           of
           her
           ,
           or
           in
           conjuction
           with
           France
           against
           her
           ,
           will
           in
           some
           measure
           attone
           for
           those
           Injuries
           they
           have
           done
           to
           her
           lawfull
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           indeed
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Crowned
           Heads
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           so
           wicked
           a
           Precedent
           as
           they
           have
           given
           :
           This
           is
           a
           plain
           Case
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           owned
           a
           singular
           Advantage
           on
           their
           side
           .
           All
           will
           agree
           't
           is
           no
           way
           feasible
           for
           England
           ,
           resolving
           to
           maintain
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           Crown
           he
           has
           basely
           usurpt
           ,
           ever
           to
           come
           to
           any
           sort
           of
           an
           Accommodation
           with
           France
           ,
           exclusive
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           ,
           if
           necessitated
           ,
           can
           and
           will
           ,
           without
           him
           ;
           it
           being
           impossible
           for
           us
           to
           wage
           War
           against
           France
           and
           them
           to
           ,
           when
           we
           with
           all
           the
           united
           Forces
           of
           the
           Allies
           were
           not
           able
           to
           make
           the
           least
           impression
           against
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           The
           Objection
           that
           may
           be
           made
           to
           this
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           exclusive
           of
           England
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           viz.
           That
           by
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           it
           's
           stipulated
           that
           no
           one
           of
           them
           shall
           make
           a
           separate
           Peace
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           it
           may
           be
           replied
           ,
           That
           this
           Provision
           or
           Caution
           at
           first
           sight
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           of
           some
           force
           ,
           to
           keep
           such
           of
           them
           who
           are
           the
           weakest
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           contiguous
           ,
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           outraged
           ,
           and
           treated
           as
           Enemies
           by
           the
           rest
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           more
           potent
           or
           remote
           ,
           it
           can
           be
           of
           little
           moment
           ,
           especially
           after
           the
           sad
           Experience
           of
           their
           declining
           Condition
           ,
           and
           the
           sensible
           and
           irresistible
           Growth
           of
           the
           hitherto
           so
           much
           envied
           Power
           of
           France
           .
           The
           utmost
           Fury
           of
           the
           Allies
           has
           been
           already
           spent
           ,
           and
           their
           utmost
           Efforts
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           their
           own
           loss
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           their
           Enemy
           .
           That
           brave
           Army
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           a
           great
           part
           of
           which
           consisted
           of
           those
           veterane
           Troops
           that
           for
           several
           years
           had
           signalised
           themselves
           against
           the
           Turks
           ,
           were
           broken
           and
           shattered
           in
           pieces
           the
           very
           first
           Campaign
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           the
           Emperour
           has
           been
           extremely
           weakened
           both
           in
           Hungary
           and
           Germany
           ,
           and
           the
           Enemy
           left
           at
           liberty
           to
           doe
           what
           he
           pleases
           on
           the
           Rhine
           and
           the
           Mosell
           ever
           since
           ;
           the
           strongest
           part
           of
           Flanders
           lost
           ;
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           upon
           the
           brink
           of
           Ruine
           ;
           all
           Savoy
           gone
           ;
           Piedmont
           in
           a
           sinking
           Condition
           ;
           the
           Commerce
           in
           all
           these
           Princes
           Countries
           destroyed
           :
           So
           that
           what
           they
           took
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           surest
           Methods
           of
           reducing
           France
           ,
           has
           faln
           most
           heavy
           upon
           themselves
           ;
           nothing
           but
           Misery
           and
           an
           universal
           Discontent
           ,
           with
           an
           utter
           despair
           of
           ever
           succeeding
           in
           their
           Enterprizes
           against
           their
           Enemy
           
           multiplying
           among
           them
           ;
           and
           England
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           their
           best
           Support
           ,
           hitherto
           growing
           less
           able
           and
           willing
           to
           go
           on
           with
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           more
           disappointed
           perhaps
           than
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           .
           These
           Considerations
           laid
           together
           ,
           and
           seriously
           weighed
           ,
           will
           more
           than
           evince
           my
           Assertion
           ,
           and
           confute
           the
           Objection
           ,
           since
           what
           has
           been
           for
           the
           most
           part
           practised
           in
           the
           like
           Cases
           ,
           may
           be
           now
           ;
           That
           it
           has
           been
           no
           unusual
           thing
           for
           some
           of
           a
           Confederacy
           (
           when
           altogether
           worsted
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           over-run
           by
           their
           Adversaries
           ,
           )
           to
           make
           their
           best
           Advantage
           of
           a
           separate
           Peace
           ,
           when
           they
           could
           not
           bring
           down
           the
           haughty
           and
           stubborn
           Spirits
           of
           the
           rest
           to
           their
           Sentiments
           and
           Resolutions
           ;
           especially
           when
           convinced
           by
           wofull
           Experience
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           their
           onely
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           so
           to
           doe
           ,
           whereas
           at
           first
           they
           were
           really
           trickt
           into
           it
           against
           both
           .
           That
           this
           may
           be
           the
           Case
           of
           some
           of
           these
           united
           Princes
           ,
           will
           be
           no
           hard
           task
           to
           demonstrate
           ;
           as
           for
           instance
           :
           What
           Honour
           was
           it
           for
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Confederacy
           against
           his
           Uncle
           ,
           the
           best
           and
           most
           potent
           Friend
           he
           had
           ,
           whose
           annual
           Pension
           to
           him
           for
           some
           years
           amounted
           to
           a
           greater
           Summ
           than
           the
           Revenues
           of
           his
           Principality
           ?
           What
           Honour
           to
           his
           Religion
           to
           entertain
           a
           hodgpodg
           of
           all
           Opinions
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           his
           own
           ;
           to
           permit
           them
           to
           preach
           up
           their
           filthy
           Cant
           where
           ever
           they
           go
           ,
           and
           to
           gratifie
           their
           Gothish
           and
           brutish
           Zeal
           in
           the
           profaning
           all
           that
           is
           sacred
           ,
           and
           looks
           like
           good
           ,
           by
           their
           irreligious
           and
           unchristian
           Behaviour
           ,
           and
           such
           Villanies
           as
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           named
           among
           Christians
           ?
           What
           Honour
           was
           it
           for
           him
           to
           let
           out
           his
           own
           native
           Countrey
           for
           a
           Cockpit
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           (
           and
           in
           particular
           to
           the
           K
           of
           Spain
           ,
           and
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           for
           I
           must
           reckon
           the
           P
           of
           O.
           among
           them
           ,
           )
           who
           had
           violated
           all
           their
           former
           Leagues
           with
           two
           
             Crowned
             Heads
          
           ,
           to
           try
           tricks
           whether
           they
           could
           by
           that
           means
           divert
           the
           War
           from
           their
           own
           doors
           ,
           to
           the
           Devastation
           of
           his
           Territories
           ,
           and
           Ruine
           of
           himself
           and
           poor
           Subjects
           ,
           beyond
           any
           Recompence
           all
           of
           them
           together
           can
           ever
           make
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           such
           Advantages
           at
           the
           same
           time
           offered
           him
           by
           France
           ,
           of
           encreasing
           his
           own
           and
           Subjects
           Wealth
           and
           Prosperity
           beyond
           any
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ?
           What
           Honour
           is
           it
           for
           him
           to
           bring
           upon
           himself
           the
           just
           Hatred
           and
           Indignation
           of
           all
           his
           neighbouring
           Princes
           ,
           for
           the
           perpetual
           Insults
           ,
           Ravages
           ,
           and
           Plunderings
           they
           are
           exposed
           to
           in
           quartering
           Foreigners
           upon
           his
           Account
           ?
           What
           Honour
           for
           that
           miserable
           infatuated
           Prince
           to
           be
           complemented
           by
           the
           Emperour
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           with
           the
           empty
           Title
           of
           Generalissimo
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           over-ruled
           in
           all
           his
           Projects
           and
           Designs
           by
           their
           Generals
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           their
           refusing
           to
           attack
           Briancon
           and
           Queiras
           ,
           where
           he
           might
           have
           put
           in
           strong
           Garisons
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           have
           summoned
           in
           the
           Countrey
           to
           bring
           in
           their
           Contributions
           ,
           and
           have
           ordered
           every
           thing
           to
           better
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           with
           more
           Reputation
           than
           he
           has
           done
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           perhaps
           with
           as
           
           little
           loss
           as
           the
           taking
           of
           Guillestre
           and
           Ambrun
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           been
           forct
           at
           last
           to
           quit
           shamefully
           ?
           What
           Honour
           was
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Germans
           against
           his
           Consent
           ,
           and
           Remonstrances
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           should
           commit
           such
           horrid
           Barbarities
           by
           their
           burning
           and
           destroying
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           and
           his
           half
           ruined
           Country
           must
           be
           accountable
           ,
           to
           the
           utter
           Destruction
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           be
           forced
           to
           such
           an
           Accommodation
           (
           unless
           the
           French
           King
           be
           superlatively
           generous
           )
           as
           will
           in
           all
           probability
           leave
           onely
           the
           empty
           Title
           of
           Dukes
           of
           Savoy
           to
           him
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ?
           To
           conclude
           ,
           What
           Honour
           has
           it
           been
           to
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           Importunities
           of
           his
           perfidious
           and
           impotent
           Allies
           ,
           to
           persist
           in
           his
           Stubbornness
           ,
           and
           to
           refuse
           so
           many
           good
           Overtures
           as
           have
           been
           made
           him
           ,
           (
           since
           the
           loss
           of
           all
           Savoy
           ,
           and
           the
           perpetual
           Disappointments
           of
           competent
           Succours
           articled
           for
           in
           the
           very
           Alliances
           between
           him
           ,
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           Spain
           ,
           &c.
           after
           his
           most
           pressing
           instances
           made
           for
           them
           at
           their
           respective
           Courts
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           empty
           Promises
           from
           them
           ,
           )
           and
           opportunities
           of
           healing
           himself
           again
           in
           due
           time
           ,
           (
           the
           French
           King
           having
           proffered
           him
           blanks
           to
           write
           his
           own
           Conditions
           ,
           )
           and
           this
           since
           he
           was
           ,
           humanely
           speaking
           ,
           past
           all
           hopes
           of
           regaining
           any
           thing
           by
           the
           greatest
           Opposition
           he
           could
           make
           ?
           Since
           then
           't
           is
           evident
           that
           this
           Prince
           has
           engaged
           himself
           against
           his
           Honor
           and
           Interest
           ,
           unless
           we
           will
           suppose
           him
           uncapable
           of
           the
           least
           degree
           of
           good
           Sense
           ,
           and
           irrecoverably
           desperate
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           after
           so
           many
           fruitless
           Attempts
           ,
           and
           the
           base
           Disappointments
           of
           all
           that
           Assistance
           promised
           him
           from
           the
           
             Empire
             ,
             Spain
          
           ,
           and
           England
           ,
           reject
           those
           Offers
           which
           are
           now
           made
           him
           of
           an
           Accommodation
           by
           the
           
             Fr.
             King
          
           and
           his
           Holiness
           .
           All
           that
           he
           can
           expect
           from
           the
           Confederacy
           is
           onely
           a
           little
           Subsistence-money
           ,
           to
           act
           defensively
           ,
           since
           the
           French
           Forces
           daily
           augment
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           imaginable
           Care
           is
           taken
           to
           strengthen
           the
           Garisons
           on
           that
           side
           by
           new
           Works
           ,
           and
           to
           shut
           him
           out
           of
           Provence
           and
           Dauphine
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           .
           And
           since
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederates
           have
           been
           hitherto
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           utmost
           Endeavours
           to
           encrease
           their
           Forces
           ,
           inferiour
           to
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           he
           grows
           stronger
           ,
           and
           they
           weaker
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           condition
           either
           to
           repair
           his
           Losses
           ,
           or
           prevent
           their
           own
           ;
           there
           's
           no
           other
           Method
           left
           him
           ,
           but
           either
           to
           comply
           ,
           or
           fall
           dishonourably
           and
           unpitied
           .
           There
           is
           no
           great
           difficulty
           to
           shew
           this
           to
           be
           the
           State
           of
           that
           deluded
           Prince
           ,
           since
           all
           the
           World
           is
           convinc'd
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           the
           best
           prospect
           of
           disembarassing
           his
           Affairs
           this
           last
           Campaign
           that
           ever
           he
           could
           or
           can
           expect
           :
           The
           P.
           of
           O.
           promised
           him
           to
           land
           an
           Army
           at
           Bayonne
           ,
           thence
           to
           march
           into
           Provence
           and
           Dauphine
           to
           join
           him
           ;
           as
           did
           likewise
           the
           K.
           of
           
             Spain
             .
             England
          
           by
           that
           casual
           Advantage
           at
           Sea
           was
           entirely
           Mistress
           in
           that
           Element
           all
           the
           year
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           )
           had
           a
           powerfull
           Navy
           wholly
           at
           lessure
           ever
           since
           to
           prosecute
           it
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           probability
           of
           any
           Opposition
           ,
           and
           16000
           Men
           ,
           with
           a
           vast
           Train
           of
           Artillery
           ,
           and
           Munitions
           of
           both
           sorts
           ,
           
           originally
           design'd
           for
           that
           Enterprize
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           had
           been
           put
           in
           Execution
           ,
           would
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           all
           Mankind
           have
           exercised
           the
           Fineness
           and
           Politicks
           of
           France
           ,
           more
           than
           any
           thing
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           attempted
           for
           the
           future
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           was
           the
           onely
           nicking
           Opportunity
           for
           Savoy
           ,
           while
           the
           French
           were
           visibly
           weak
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           altogether
           unprovided
           to
           make
           any
           resistence
           at
           Land
           on
           
             that
             side
          
           ;
           but
           by
           what
           Fate
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ,
           all
           these
           Prospects
           utterly
           vanish'd
           ,
           to
           the
           astonishment
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           without
           leaving
           the
           least
           Effect
           but
           want
           of
           Policy
           ,
           and
           the
           indelible
           Character
           of
           a
           
             panick
             Fear
          
           ,
           downright
           Cowardice
           or
           Desperation
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           an
           Improbability
           of
           ever
           having
           the
           same
           opportunity
           again
           ;
           besides
           the
           sad
           Prognostick
           ,
           that
           all
           's
           running
           down
           on
           the
           Confederates
           Side
           ,
           and
           Providence
           clearly
           on
           that
           of
           France
           .
           As
           to
           what
           may
           be
           pretended
           ,
           that
           the
           
             same
             Designs
          
           may
           be
           prosecuted
           the
           next
           Campaign
           ,
           &c.
           it
           is
           easy
           to
           urge
           that
           there
           's
           no
           manner
           of
           likelihood
           it
           can
           be
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           well
           known
           that
           France
           will
           be
           provided
           of
           as
           good
           ,
           or
           a
           much
           better
           Fleet
           than
           she
           ever
           had
           ,
           by
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           that
           since
           the
           World
           is
           now
           convinced
           that
           they
           can
           and
           will
           fight
           ,
           and
           dare
           attempt
           any
           thing
           ;
           and
           that
           44
           of
           their
           Men
           of
           War
           were
           able
           to
           make
           good
           their
           parts
           against
           99
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Addition
           but
           of
           20
           more
           in
           all
           probability
           had
           worsted
           them
           ;
           that
           a
           Fleet
           of
           the
           French
           by
           20
           inferior
           to
           the
           others
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           will
           be
           match
           enough
           for
           them
           :
           Nay
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           credit
           our
           foreign
           Advices
           ,
           they
           'l
           have
           by
           the
           next
           Spring
           a
           Fleet
           every
           way
           equal
           to
           that
           of
           England
           and
           Holland
           ,
           let
           them
           both
           build
           ,
           and
           put
           out
           what
           they
           can
           make
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           's
           a
           clear
           Case
           that
           the
           Design
           of
           landing
           an
           Army
           to
           join
           Savoy
           ,
           or
           any
           where
           else
           on
           the
           French
           Coasts
           ,
           will
           be
           impracticable
           .
           But
           then
           again
           let
           us
           consider
           ,
           Is
           there
           any
           greater
           likelihood
           that
           the
           Confederates
           will
           be
           superiour
           to
           the
           French
           by
           Land
           the
           ensuing
           Campaign
           than
           this
           last
           ?
           They
           had
           made
           ,
           we
           all
           know
           ,
           their
           utmost
           Efforts
           in
           order
           to
           it
           before
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Pr.
           of
           O.
           told
           the
           States
           at
           his
           parting
           ,
           that
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           the
           miscarriages
           of
           this
           last
           must
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           Inferiority
           of
           their
           Forces
           to
           those
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           modestly
           suppose
           ,
           that
           30000
           Men
           will
           hardly
           recruit
           the
           Confederates
           Loss
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Sword
             ,
             Sickness
          
           ,
           and
           Desertion
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           Augmentation
           will
           not
           be
           near
           half
           part
           so
           great
           as
           that
           of
           their
           Enemy
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           must
           be
           inferior
           yet
           in
           a
           double
           respect
           ,
           both
           in
           Men
           ,
           and
           Conduct
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           of
           doing
           less
           than
           ever
           :
           For
           France
           has
           not
           lost
           a
           quarter
           part
           so
           many
           as
           they
           ,
           and
           it
           's
           reasonable
           enough
           to
           suppose
           they
           have
           raised
           near
           as
           many
           since
           the
           Campaign
           was
           opened
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           the
           Descent
           from
           England
           ,
           besides
           the
           standing
           regular
           Troops
           of
           Irish
           ,
           &c.
           in
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           other
           Provinces
           ,
           that
           never
           came
           into
           any
           Service
           ;
           and
           his
           Augmentation
           ,
           besides
           Recruits
           ,
           our
           
             Monthly
             Account
          
           tells
           us
           will
           amount
           to
           above
           40000
           Men
           ,
           (
           though
           
           I
           am
           inclined
           to
           think
           ,
           by
           comparing
           the
           foreign
           Accounts
           ,
           they
           cannot
           amount
           to
           much
           less
           than
           80000.
           )
           Besides
           ,
           his
           Cavalry
           will
           be
           prodigiously
           reinforced
           :
           We
           are
           told
           the
           Jews
           at
           
             Mets
             ,
             Treves
          
           ,
           and
           Luxemburgh
           ,
           have
           engaged
           to
           procure
           him
           20
           or
           30000
           Horses
           ,
           which
           with
           the
           2000
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Harcourt
          
           took
           from
           the
           Lunenburghers
           ,
           those
           taken
           by
           
             de
             Lorge
          
           in
           the
           Defeat
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wirtenburgh
           ,
           and
           which
           Bouffleurs
           drove
           away
           from
           the
           Territories
           of
           
             Liege
             ,
             Bois
             le
             Duc
          
           ,
           &c
           ,
           will
           be
           able
           to
           mount
           40000
           Men
           ,
           without
           reckoning
           what
           France
           and
           all
           his
           new
           Conquests
           will
           afford
           him
           .
           Add
           to
           these
           last
           Considerations
           the
           
             vast
             Wealth
          
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           free
           Gift
           of
           several
           Provinces
           ,
           the
           
             numerous
             Edicts
          
           for
           erecting
           
             new
             Offices
          
           ,
           (
           which
           we
           hear
           never
           want
           Purchasers
           ,
           )
           Augmentations
           of
           Salaries
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Standing
             Revenues
          
           ,
           besides
           the
           great
           Summs
           of
           Money
           ,
           or
           Equivalents
           to
           Money
           ,
           brought
           in
           by
           way
           of
           Contribution
           ,
           the
           multitudes
           of
           English
           and
           Dutch
           Prizes
           ,
           the
           Prodigious
           Wariness
           and
           Sagacity
           of
           that
           Prince
           in
           providing
           all
           sorts
           of
           Ammunition
           and
           Provisions
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Fleet
           and
           Armies
           at
           the
           lowest
           Rates
           ,
           and
           managing
           all
           to
           the
           best
           Advantage
           ;
           here
           are
           such
           Funds
           laid
           up
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           all
           his
           Designs
           ,
           that
           humanely
           speaking
           he
           cannot
           readily
           miscarry
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Prospect
           of
           Success
           as
           all
           the
           Power
           and
           Malice
           of
           the
           Confederates
           can
           never
           defeat
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           the
           Inference
           I
           draw
           from
           the
           Premises
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           in
           all
           probability
           Savoy
           must
           break
           off
           from
           his
           hitherto
           unfortunate
           Alliance
           ,
           and
           submit
           ;
           that
           if
           he
           will
           doe
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           his
           true
           and
           onely
           Interest
           ;
           that
           his
           Allies
           have
           most
           ignominiously
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           their
           Treaty
           exposed
           him
           to
           Ruine
           ,
           by
           failing
           in
           assisting
           him
           in
           those
           Enterprises
           which
           were
           most
           likely
           to
           serve
           him
           ;
           by
           over-ruling
           his
           wisest
           Resolutions
           and
           Methods
           in
           managing
           the
           Expedition
           into
           Dauphine
           for
           his
           Advantage
           ;
           that
           Confederates
           cannot
           obstruct
           an
           Accommodation
           between
           him
           and
           France
           ,
           neither
           can
           they
           propose
           to
           themselves
           or
           him
           to
           be
           in
           a
           better
           condition
           to
           assist
           him
           ,
           having
           lost
           their
           onely
           Opportunity
           ,
           and
           being
           less
           able
           to
           stand
           upon
           their
           own
           Defence
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           
             protect
             him
          
           .
        
         
           To
           return
           :
           As
           to
           the
           Confederates
           that
           are
           more
           contiguous
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           Point
           of
           somewhat
           less
           Importance
           ,
           though
           I
           first
           proposed
           it
           ,
           yet
           shall
           take
           leave
           to
           speak
           to
           it
           now
           .
           I
           said
           in
           reference
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           so
           easily
           enter
           upon
           a
           Treaty
           of
           a
           
             separate
             Peace
          
           ,
           without
           being
           liable
           to
           the
           Insults
           of
           their
           neighbouring
           Allies
           :
           This
           is
           true
           ;
           but
           then
           we
           ought
           to
           consider
           what
           may
           be
           done
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           and
           that
           honestly
           and
           justly
           ;
           if
           a
           
             Confederate
             Prince
          
           finds
           himself
           exposed
           to
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           by
           the
           Negligence
           or
           Perfidiousness
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           
             (
             Confederacies
          
           generally
           importing
           mutual
           Defence
           and
           Protection
           ,
           )
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           common
           Reason
           and
           Equity
           will
           dictate
           that
           he
           is
           at
           liberty
           to
           make
           the
           best
           Provision
           he
           can
           for
           himself
           ;
           and
           if
           upon
           reiterated
           Applications
           and
           Entreaties
           he
           finds
           no
           Relief
           ,
           his
           Interest
           will
           compell
           him
           
           to
           make
           the
           best
           Terms
           he
           can
           with
           his
           Enemy
           .
           So
           that
           all
           that
           can
           be
           pretended
           from
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           providing
           that
           no
           one
           of
           them
           shall
           make
           a
           separate
           Peace
           ,
           can
           be
           of
           no
           Obligation
           to
           any
           one
           of
           the
           Allies
           to
           expose
           himself
           to
           certain
           and
           miserable
           Destruction
           against
           the
           Dictates
           of
           Reason
           and
           Self-preservation
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           of
           the
           Confederates
           be
           supposed
           so
           devoid
           of
           all
           sense
           of
           Justice
           to
           themselves
           .
           All
           this
           being
           ,
           as
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           undeniable
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           the
           next
           place
           to
           consider
           what
           is
           proper
           to
           be
           done
           in
           such
           instances
           in
           order
           to
           prevent
           their
           being
           treated
           by
           their
           Fellows
           as
           common
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           then
           make
           a
           particular
           Application
           of
           it
           to
           those
           of
           them
           who
           seem
           to
           be
           under
           such
           Circumstances
           as
           render
           it
           altogether
           necessary
           ,
           and
           their
           onely
           Interest
           to
           act
           accordingly
           .
           In
           these
           Cases
           the
           most
           secure
           Method
           is
           to
           join
           with
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           endeavour
           to
           maintain
           themselves
           in
           a
           Neutrality
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           they
           'll
           easily
           secure
           themselves
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           reap
           such
           Advantages
           by
           a
           timely
           Conjunction
           with
           the
           prevailing
           side
           ,
           as
           may
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           compensate
           their
           former
           Losses
           both
           from
           their
           new
           Allie
           ,
           and
           their
           
             old
             ones
          
           too
           ,
           in
           the
           concluding
           a
           Peace
           :
           by
           the
           former
           they
           'll
           be
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           make
           Reprisals
           on
           their
           perfidious
           self-interested
           Confederates
           ,
           who
           compelled
           them
           ,
           or
           wheedled
           them
           into
           the
           War
           to
           their
           great
           Detriment
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           be
           enabled
           with
           their
           
             new
             Allie
          
           to
           drive
           them
           to
           the
           necessity
           of
           making
           a
           Peace
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           may
           exceedingly
           profit
           themselves
           :
           By
           the
           latter
           maintain
           themselves
           in
           present
           Security
           ,
           and
           gain
           by
           both
           ;
           which
           is
           far
           more
           eligible
           than
           to
           be
           devoured
           by
           their
           Friends
           and
           Enemy
           too
           .
           This
           is
           all
           I
           can
           imagine
           at
           present
           advisable
           in
           this
           point
           ;
           and
           this
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           present
           Case
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Allies
           ,
           in
           particular
           the
           Bp.
           of
           Liege
           ,
           the
           Elector
           Palatine
           ,
           the
           Administrator
           of
           Wirtenbergh
           ,
           the
           Electors
           of
           Treves
           and
           Cologne
           ,
           and
           the
           K.
           of
           Spain
           himself
           .
           What
           Devastations
           have
           been
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           and
           what
           Acquists
           the
           French
           have
           made
           ,
           is
           too
           notorious
           to
           be
           recited
           here
           .
           How
           meanly
           the
           Confederates
           have
           acquitted
           themselves
           in
           defending
           those
           Countries
           ,
           is
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           particularly
           in
           relieving
           Mons
           and
           Namur
           ,
           when
           besieged
           ;
           in
           preventing
           Excursions
           into
           the
           Territories
           of
           Liege
           ,
           the
           Palatinate
           ,
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           
             Wirtenbergh
             ,
             Juliers
          
           ,
           &c.
           is
           a
           Shame
           ,
           and
           grand
           Reflexion
           upon
           them
           to
           recount
           .
           And
           what
           Motives
           should
           induce
           these
           respective
           Princes
           to
           go
           on
           with
           the
           War
           is
           the
           greatest
           riddle
           in
           the
           World.
           We
           have
           not
           one
           single
           Instance
           of
           the
           Vnity
           of
           their
           Councils
           yet
           in
           making
           one
           generous
           Attempt
           on
           this
           side
           ,
           in
           attacking
           or
           relieving
           any
           place
           of
           Moment
           for
           these
           three
           years
           ;
           so
           that
           hitherto
           they
           have
           done
           nothing
           answerable
           to
           the
           Designs
           they
           have
           given
           out
           ,
           and
           
             common
             Expectation
          
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           but
           small
           hopes
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           hinted
           already
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           ever
           be
           more
           unanimous
           or
           capable
           .
           So
           that
           if
           these
           last
           mentioned
           Allies
           should
           yet
           be
           inclinable
           to
           proceed
           with
           the
           War
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           against
           all
           appearance
           of
           Reason
           ,
           
           and
           what
           Prudence
           and
           Foresight
           cannot
           persuade
           them
           to
           submit
           to
           ,
           Time
           and
           Necessity
           will
           compell
           them
           ,
           to
           their
           greater
           Dishonour
           as
           well
           as
           Disappointment
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           prove
           my
           first
           Assertion
           ,
           That
           the
           Revolution
           in
           England
           was
           the
           Contrivance
           of
           the
           
             Confederacy
             in
             general
          
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           P.
           of
           
           O's
           separately
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Allies
           ,
           or
           effected
           by
           his
           sole
           Interest
           ,
           and
           insisted
           upon
           those
           singular
           Advantages
           they
           proposed
           to
           themselves
           by
           it
           .
           But
           hitherto
           ,
           I
           confess
           they
           have
           not
           obtained
           any
           but
           the
           first
           ;
           they
           have
           indeed
           drained
           our
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           our
           Bloud
           to
           be
           spilt
           most
           profusely
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           their
           Acquists
           upon
           France
           ,
           or
           regaining
           their
           former
           Losses
           ,
           not
           a
           tittle
           is
           to
           be
           bragg'd
           of
           ,
           they
           having
           not
           been
           able
           hitherto
           to
           defend
           themselves
           :
           All
           Savoy
           gone
           ,
           Piedmont
           in
           danger
           ,
           Mons
           and
           Namur
           ,
           with
           most
           of
           their
           Dependencies
           ,
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           Flanders
           in
           a
           tottering
           Condition
           ;
           the
           Palatinate
           ,
           Territories
           of
           Liege
           ,
           and
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Wertenberg
           most
           miserably
           harassed
           and
           impoverished
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           so
           feeble
           in
           all
           parts
           ,
           that
           although
           they
           had
           exerted
           their
           utmost
           this
           last
           Campaign
           ,
           and
           given
           out
           strange
           Reports
           of
           grand
           Attacks
           to
           be
           made
           upon
           France
           ,
           nay
           in
           the
           
             sensible
             part
          
           too
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           able
           to
           doe
           just
           nothing
           .
           So
           that
           instead
           of
           carrying
           on
           a
           
             vigorous
             War
             against
          
           France
           ,
           and
           humbling
           her
           ,
           they
           have
           stood
           merely
           upon
           the
           Defensive
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           to
           suffer
           and
           endure
           the
           Evils
           of
           War
           ,
           Waging
           War
           implying
           assaulting
           ,
           attacking
           ,
           or
           offending
           ;
           but
           nothing
           of
           this
           hitherto
           ,
           unless
           lately
           in
           Dauphine
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           sensibly
           retaliated
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
             Liege
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Palatinate
           ,
           and
           without
           all
           peradventure
           in
           Piedmont
           ,
           unless
           prevented
           by
           a
           sudden
           Compliance
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           to
           poor
           England
           ?
           What
           Advantages
           will
           she
           get
           by
           engaging
           her self
           into
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           late
           Revolution
           ?
           Why
           truly
           I
           believe
           it
           would
           puzzle
           Men
           and
           Angels
           too
           to
           name
           one
           at
           present
           ;
           but
           since
           we
           are
           taught
           to
           call
           things
           by
           false
           names
           ,
           I
           shall
           mention
           that
           presumed
           and
           most
           celebrated
           one
           ,
           
             The
             Happiness
             of
             having
             a
             Prince
             of
             the
             greatest
             Reputation
             in
             the
             whole
             World
             for
             Justice
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             Valour
             ,
             Conduct
             ,
             and
             an
             indefatigable
             Studiousness
             in
             promoting
             the
             Good
             of
             his
          
           natural-born
           Subjects
           .
           This
           is
           an
           Advantage
           indeed
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           worth
           the
           purchasing
           at
           the
           dearest
           Rate
           .
           These
           are
           great
           Characters
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           extremely
           charming
           ,
           if
           as
           true
           as
           easily
           said
           .
           If
           his
           Invading
           his
           Father's
           Throne
           was
           rather
           owing
           to
           the
           Contrivance
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           than
           the
           Pretences
           he
           made
           in
           his
           Declaration
           ;
           then
           it
           's
           manifest
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           he
           acted
           such
           a
           Master-piece
           of
           Injustice
           as
           can
           scarce
           be
           parallel'd
           ,
           and
           beyond
           all
           Apology
           :
           To
           name
           some
           ;
           he
           charged
           his
           Father
           and
           Mother
           with
           imposing
           a
           supposititious
           Heir
           upon
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           which
           himself
           never
           made
           the
           least
           doubt
           or
           scruple
           of
           ,
           before
           he
           published
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           invaded
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           
           upon
           whose
           Birth
           he
           congratulated
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           and
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           prayed
           for
           by
           name
           in
           his
           own
           Chapel
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           till
           a
           little
           before
           his
           Expedition
           hither
           ;
           and
           although
           in
           the
           aforesaid
           Declaration
           he
           promised
           the
           Nation
           he
           would
           refer
           the
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           relating
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ;
           yet
           it
           's
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           never
           so
           much
           as
           went
           about
           it
           ,
           nor
           himself
           ever
           moved
           it
           to
           them
           ;
           neither
           could
           the
           reiterated
           Petitions
           and
           Desires
           of
           a
           great
           many
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ever
           procure
           any
           such
           Favour
           from
           them
           or
           him
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Dissatisfaction
           of
           no
           inconsiderable
           part
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           Besides
           ,
           let
           any
           one
           compare
           his
           Declaration
           with
           the
           
             Original
             Contract
          
           with
           him
           ,
           or
           
             Instrument
             of
             Government
          
           since
           ,
           and
           I
           chalenge
           all
           the
           World
           to
           produce
           such
           an
           Instance
           of
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           Violation
           of
           Promises
           ,
           as
           this
           
             pretended
             Saint
          
           ,
           and
           Mirror
           of
           Justice
           has
           afforded
           us
           .
           And
           though
           three
           preceding
           Kings
           have
           been
           blackened
           by
           a
           set
           of
           Villains
           and
           Profligates
           ,
           that
           are
           a
           scandal
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           
             Neroes
             ,
             Julians
          
           ,
           and
           Imps
           of
           Hell
           ,
           to
           set
           off
           their
           
             dull
             ,
             gloomy
             Hero
          
           ;
           yet
           we
           may
           with
           truth
           defie
           them
           to
           produce
           such
           Instances
           of
           Arbitrariness
           ,
           and
           
             Violation
             of
             Property
          
           ,
           since
           Henry
           the
           VIII
           .
           as
           his
           four
           Years
           Tyranny
           have
           produced
           .
           It
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           I
           own
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           severe
           Punisher
           of
           Thieves
           and
           Clippers
           ;
           but
           then
           if
           we
           do
           but
           reflect
           what
           a
           necessity
           he
           has
           reduced
           some
           thousands
           of
           People
           unto
           for
           want
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           the
           ill
           Example
           he
           has
           given
           himself
           ,
           by
           invading
           three
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           sending
           the
           Wealth
           out
           of
           the
           Nation
           never
           to
           return
           again
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           cried
           up
           by
           the
           Theologo-Politicoes
           for
           a
           Saint
           ,
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           a
           Deliverer
           ,
           &c.
           he
           has
           contributed
           exceedingly
           towards
           the
           taking
           off
           the
           edge
           of
           all
           religious
           Restraint
           ,
           and
           the
           searing
           Mens
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           confirming
           them
           in
           Wickedness
           ;
           so
           that
           nothing
           but
           the
           Terror
           of
           civil
           Punishment
           remains
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Injustice
           :
           And
           since
           it
           's
           undoubted
           that
           by
           the
           severe
           Infliction
           of
           Punishment
           in
           such
           Cases
           he
           chiefly
           aims
           at
           his
           own
           Interest
           ,
           as
           Vsurpers
           and
           Tyrants
           seldom
           doe
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           am
           affraid
           ,
           notwithstanding
           such
           pretended
           Justice
           ,
           he
           will
           hardly
           avoid
           the
           imputation
           of
           being
           guilty
           of
           their
           Bloud
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           accessory
           to
           their
           Crime
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           it
           will
           not
           be
           forgotten
           in
           haste
           ,
           how
           one
           poor
           Fellow
           laid
           his
           Death
           to
           his
           Charge
           at
           the
           very
           Gallows
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           sad
           occasion
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           prayed
           for
           his
           true
           Master
           ,
           intimating
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           driven
           away
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           he
           had
           never
           come
           to
           that
           dismal
           end
           .
           Again
           ,
           let
           us
           call
           to
           mind
           the
           many
           Sham
           Plots
           that
           have
           been
           forged
           by
           his
           Mirmidons
           ,
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           Rankour
           and
           Malice
           of
           the
           People
           against
           their
           King
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           the
           illegal
           sining
           of
           Persons
           beyond
           their
           known
           Abilities
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Instrument
             of
             Government
          
           be
           subscribed
           as
           the
           Condition
           of
           his
           having
           the
           Crown
           ,
           for
           meer
           Trifles
           ,
           as
           drinking
           K.
           
           James's
           Health
           ,
           or
           praying
           for
           him
           ;
           in
           murthering
           that
           
           worthy
           Gentleman
           and
           excellent
           Christian
           ,
           Mr.
           Ashton
           ,
           the
           poor
           Chair-man
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Cross
           ;
           in
           suborning
           and
           protecting
           from
           Justice
           those
           bloudy
           Rascals
           ,
           
             Blackhead
             ,
             Young
          
           ,
           and
           Fuller
           ,
           Fellows
           that
           were
           elected
           out
           of
           all
           the
           Gaols
           in
           Town
           by
           one
           Pearson
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           Expence
           no
           doubt
           discharged
           of
           their
           Debts
           ,
           &c.
           and
           afterwards
           allowed
           Salaries
           on
           purpose
           to
           swear
           all
           that
           he
           hates
           or
           fears
           out
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           when
           he
           thinks
           it
           expedient
           ;
           the
           frequent
           illegal
           Imprisonments
           of
           Persons
           of
           the
           greatest
           Quality
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           that
           does
           appear
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           himself
           alone
           being
           the
           
             Evidence
             ,
             Accuser
          
           ,
           and
           Judge
           ;
           his
           shamefully
           detaining
           the
           Soldiers
           and
           Seamens
           Pay
           ,
           by
           misapplying
           it
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           very
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           that
           granted
           it
           ;
           his
           vast
           Debts
           to
           the
           Transport
           Ships
           ever
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ;
           the
           frequent
           Embargoes
           ;
           the
           refusal
           of
           Convoys
           to
           secure
           the
           publick
           Trade
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Custom
           and
           vast
           Taxes
           granted
           upon
           that
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           any
           other
           Account
           ;
           the
           ordering
           the
           publick
           Monies
           to
           contrary
           uses
           in
           general
           than
           originally
           design'd
           ,
           against
           the
           frequent
           Promises
           in
           his
           Speeches
           to
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           :
           These
           are
           such
           notorious
           Violations
           of
           Justice
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           with
           as
           much
           Truth
           give
           him
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           handsomest
           Man
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           the
           Character
           of
           just
           .
        
         
           Then
           again
           for
           his
           Religion
           :
           According
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Method
           I
           should
           have
           mentioned
           it
           first
           ;
           but
           it
           's
           no
           great
           matter
           whether
           it
           be
           considered
           first
           or
           last
           ,
           or
           indeed
           at
           all
           .
           What
           mortal
           Wight
           can
           tell
           what
           Religion
           he
           is
           of
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           contradiction
           to
           say
           he
           has
           any
           ?
           It
           's
           impossible
           he
           should
           be
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           true
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           he
           found
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           because
           he
           persecutes
           those
           with
           the
           utmost
           Violence
           he
           can
           ,
           whose
           Defence
           he
           made
           one
           of
           the
           most
           specious
           Pretences
           in
           his
           Declaration
           .
           
             Decl.
             Parag.
          
           15.
           and
           so
           readily
           consented
           to
           the
           rooting
           out
           Episcopacy
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           settled
           by
           several
           Acts
           of
           Convocation
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           with
           his
           usual
           Arts
           of
           Dissimulation
           seemed
           to
           be
           very
           squeamish
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           that
           Clause
           of
           the
           
             Scotch
             Coronation
             Oath
             ,
             We
             shall
             be
             carefull
             to
             root
             out
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           by
           declaring
           
             he
             did
             not
             mean
             by
             those
             Words
             that
             he
             was
             under
             any
             Obligation
             to
             become
             a
             Persecuter
             ,
          
           yet
           never
           made
           any
           scruple
           to
           set
           on
           foot
           and
           encourage
           one
           of
           the
           most
           violent
           Persecutions
           we
           ever
           read
           of
           against
           the
           Episcopal
           Clergy
           there
           .
           Neither
           can
           we
           indeed
           with
           any
           certainty
           determine
           to
           what
           side
           he
           is
           really
           most
           inclined
           ,
           whether
           the
           Presbyterian
           or
           Episcoparian
           ,
           he
           constantly
           varying
           his
           Favours
           to
           either
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Emergencies
           of
           his
           present
           Interests
           in
           Scotland
           itself
           .
           Sometimes
           he
           would
           seem
           to
           have
           good
           Inclinations
           towards
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Party
          
           ,
           when
           he
           has
           any
           just
           reason
           either
           to
           fear
           them
           or
           caress
           them
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           all
           sensible
           enough
           that
           the
           main
           Body
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           the
           better
           sort
           even
           of
           the
           Commonalty
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           are
           most
           addicted
           
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           though
           in
           the
           hurry
           and
           Confusion
           of
           Affairs
           there
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           to
           gain
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           other
           Sectaries
           ,
           he
           under
           hand
           encouraged
           them
           to
           fall
           upon
           the
           Bishops
           and
           regular
           Clergy
           in
           a
           tumultuous
           manner
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           most
           blessed
           juncture
           they
           could
           wish
           to
           vent
           their
           innate
           Malice
           ,
           and
           over
           boiling
           Zeal
           ,
           against
           a
           Party
           they
           hated
           ,
           if
           possibly
           ,
           more
           than
           the
           Devil
           himself
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           an
           opportunity
           to
           make
           good
           his
           Engagements
           to
           those
           their
           Agitators
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           for
           some
           years
           plotting
           and
           juggling
           with
           him
           in
           Holland
           ,
           to
           bring
           about
           this
           
             Great
             Deliverance
          
           ;
           yet
           finding
           at
           length
           the
           impossibility
           of
           maintaining
           his
           Interest
           there
           upon
           that
           foot
           ,
           he
           has
           several
           times
           endeavoured
           by
           his
           Letters
           ,
           &c.
           to
           procure
           an
           Accommodation
           between
           them
           ,
           by
           settling
           some
           of
           the
           Episcopal
           Clergy
           in
           Livings
           ,
           &c.
           resolving
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           assoon
           as
           he
           can
           conveniently
           ,
           to
           determine
           himself
           for
           that
           Party
           which
           he
           can
           most
           safely
           rely
           upon
           .
           Neither
           has
           his
           Management
           here
           in
           England
           been
           much
           different
           ;
           he
           found
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           addicted
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           established
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           their
           Principles
           and
           Doctrines
           opposite
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           to
           his
           Designs
           ;
           therefore
           like
           a
           
             true
             Machiavelist
          
           ,
           he
           found
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           bring
           those
           Principles
           into
           Disreputation
           ,
           and
           extirpate
           them
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           right
           or
           wrong
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           purpuse
           set
           up
           the
           noted
           
             Latitudinarian
             Gang
          
           ,
           by
           the
           easie
           Allurement
           of
           his
           Favour
           ,
           and
           the
           assurance
           of
           the
           best
           Preferments
           ,
           to
           decoy
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Brethren
           into
           a
           ready
           Compliance
           with
           him
           ,
           who
           immediately
           in
           their
           Preachings
           and
           Writings
           confessed
           and
           owned
           their
           former
           Errours
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           short
           time
           rendred
           their
           so
           much
           celebrated
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           and
           Nonresistence
           the
           most
           ridiculous
           Doctrine
           and
           dangerous
           Error
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           gave
           us
           new
           Comments
           on
           Rom.
           13.
           telling
           us
           that
           higher
           Powers
           must
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           lawfull
           or
           unlawfull
           ;
           that
           Allegiance
           and
           Submission
           were
           all
           one
           ;
           that
           in
           some
           Cases
           it
           is
           lawful
           to
           violate
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           Religion
           and
           the
           
             publick
             Good
          
           knew
           no
           Relations
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           lawful
           to
           swear
           with
           Reservation
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           publick
           Oaths
           in
           private
           senses
           ;
           that
           an
           Oath
           to
           the
           present
           Government
           did
           not
           interfere
           with
           the
           former
           to
           K.
           James
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nay
           ,
           any
           Pretences
           in
           the
           beginning
           were
           allowed
           and
           admitted
           of
           ,
           provided
           they
           could
           but
           hook
           them
           into
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           off
           in
           some
           measure
           from
           their
           former
           Principles
           ;
           so
           firmly
           had
           it
           been
           resolved
           by
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           his
           Cabinet
           ,
           to
           ruine
           the
           old
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           let
           loose
           her
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           imaginable
           Arts
           and
           Devices
           to
           render
           her
           odious
           and
           contemptible
           .
           Neither
           has
           this
           wicked
           and
           atheistical
           Project
           wanted
           its
           Success
           ;
           in
           a
           moment
           of
           time
           her
           Face
           was
           so
           altered
           ,
           and
           scarce
           to
           be
           known
           again
           ,
           her
           Priesthood
           perjured
           and
           turn'd
           schismatical
           ,
           and
           like
           Renegades
           ,
           their
           new
           Zeal
           and
           Malice
           boil'd
           up
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           the
           Liturgy
           
           must
           be
           alter'd
           ,
           her
           ancient
           Creeds
           expung'd
           ,
           her
           Ceremonies
           lest
           at
           liberty
           ,
           or
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           a
           Comprehension
           established
           for
           bringing
           all
           their
           
             Reverend
             Brethren
          
           ,
           the
           
             Gifted
             Coblers
             ,
             Tirkers
             ,
             Taylors
             ,
             &c.
          
           with
           the
           Foreign
           Reformed
           Schismaticks
           into
           Church-Preferments
           ;
           all
           the
           Fences
           and
           Hedges
           must
           be
           pull'd
           down
           in
           order
           to
           unite
           these
           Brethren
           in
           Iniquity
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           tho'
           indeed
           the
           only
           design
           was
           to
           extirpate
           and
           run
           down
           those
           Principles
           ,
           which
           whenever
           it
           pleases
           God
           Almighty
           to
           pull
           off
           the
           Scales
           of
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           honest
           and
           well
           meaning
           tho'
           deluded
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           would
           set
           his
           Worship
           a
           packing
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           Security
           which
           he
           has
           promised
           himself
           from
           those
           horrid
           Perjuries
           he
           has
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           ,
           and
           which
           themselves
           in
           all
           their
           common
           Discourses
           own
           to
           have
           so
           little
           Obligation
           ,
           and
           shamefully
           call
           
             Garrison
             Oaths
          
           .
           Thus
           having
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           possible
           he
           could
           ,
           dissolved
           the
           True
           Old
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           erected
           a
           new
           One
           upon
           a
           mere
           civil
           Basis
           ,
           such
           as
           't
           is
           ,
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           Perjury
           and
           Usurpation
           ,
           and
           rendered
           it
           impossible
           to
           retrieve
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           her
           Sacred
           Offices
           during
           his
           Government
           here
           ;
           the
           next
           thing
           he
           endeavours
           is
           to
           profit
           himself
           of
           all
           Parties
           in
           Religion
           (
           notwithstanding
           his
           popular
           Pretence
           of
           uniting
           them
           all
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           viz.
           Popery
           ,
           )
           to
           this
           purpose
           he
           studies
           privately
           to
           dash
           them
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ,
           by
           reviving
           old
           Stories
           under
           the
           former
           Reigns
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           up
           some
           
             necessary
             Feuds
          
           amongst
           them
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           good
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           Uunion
           ,
           perhaps
           in
           time
           to
           throw
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Saddle
           ,
           when
           once
           they
           perceive
           their
           true
           Interest
           ;
           and
           therefore
           never
           omits
           to
           caress
           them
           ,
           as
           his
           only
           Friends
           he
           can
           rely
           upon
           when
           he
           has
           a
           prospect
           of
           making
           a
           particular
           Advantage
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           management
           of
           the
           Election
           of
           Mayors
           ,
           Sheriffs
           ,
           and
           Aldermen
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           (
           and
           in
           the
           Elections
           of
           Burgesses
           for
           Parliament
           all
           over
           the
           Nation
           )
           is
           too
           notorious
           to
           be
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           lend
           or
           grant
           Money
           ,
           &c.
           
           When
           one
           Party
           begins
           to
           grow
           cold
           and
           indifferent
           ,
           by
           Disappointments
           ,
           &c.
           then
           he
           underhand
           applies
           himself
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           by
           stirring
           up
           Animosities
           and
           Quarrels
           among
           them
           ,
           casts
           Mists
           before
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           that
           being
           intent
           upon
           their
           private
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           little
           Plots
           and
           Contrivances
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           they
           may
           take
           the
           less
           cognizance
           of
           the
           more
           publick
           Concerns
           ,
           and
           be
           the
           more
           eager
           and
           emulous
           of
           serving
           him
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           drawing
           him
           in
           to
           favour
           and
           assist
           their
           Party
           .
           Thus
           he
           plays
           Tricks
           ,
           and
           juggles
           with
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           most
           Orthodox
           which
           conduces
           most
           to
           the
           establishing
           himself
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           is
           always
           ready
           to
           vary
           his
           Religion
           with
           his
           Fortune
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ;
           and
           I
           dare
           engage
           
             Arch
             John
          
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Johns
           shall
           readily
           concur
           with
           him
           at
           any
           time
           to
           set
           up
           what
           Religion
           he
           pleases
           ,
           provided
           it
           will
           sute
           their
           Turn
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           speak
           more
           to
           this
           Point
           afterwards
           ,
           and
           therefore
           shall
           proceed
           
           to
           enquire
           ,
           whether
           Valour
           ought
           to
           be
           admitted
           as
           an
           Ingredient
           of
           his
           Reputation
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           this
           Quality
           ,
           which
           I
           must
           grant
           never
           wants
           its
           Charms
           to
           get
           into
           the
           Affection
           of
           the
           Noblest
           as
           well
           as
           Popular
           and
           Meanest
           Minds
           ;
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           what
           Right
           he
           can
           put
           in
           for
           it
           ?
           or
           what
           gallant
           Proofs
           he
           has
           given
           of
           Personal
           Bravery
           ,
           especially
           since
           his
           being
           amongst
           us
           ?
           The
           Victory
           at
           the
           Boyne
           indeed
           has
           made
           a
           great
           Noise
           among
           his
           deluded
           bigotted
           Mob
           :
           But
           it
           s
           well
           known
           he
           never
           ran
           the
           least
           risk
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           pass'd
           the
           River
           (
           which
           was
           the
           greatest
           danger
           )
           till
           most
           of
           the
           Army
           were
           over
           ,
           nor
           ever
           was
           within
           reach
           of
           ,
           much
           less
           
             gently
             kiss'd
          
           with
           a
           Cannon-Ball
           ,
           or
           received
           the
           least
           hurt
           there
           ,
           whatever
           his
           Parasitical
           Mufti
           ,
           and
           the
           pretended
           Thanksgiving
           Prayer
           roar'd
           out
           among
           the
           Mob
           by
           his
           Atheistical
           Priests
           ,
           a
           clear
           Evidence
           of
           his
           and
           their
           Religion
           to
           dare
           to
           affront
           Heaven
           so
           profanely
           ,
           meerly
           to
           delude
           the
           poor
           Innocent
           Sheep
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           believed
           there
           was
           no
           God
           to
           take
           Vengeance
           of
           such
           open
           Blasphemies
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Impieties
           .
           Just
           such
           a
           silly
           Story
           we
           had
           of
           his
           Deliverance
           last
           Year
           ,
           when
           he
           lay
           encam'd
           near
           Beaumont
           ,
           of
           a
           Bullet
           that
           fell
           in
           the
           very
           place
           where
           he
           stood
           under
           an
           Oak
           the
           very
           instant
           after
           he
           went
           from
           it
           ,
           tho'
           I
           have
           been
           inform'd
           it
           was
           several
           Hours
           after
           ,
           which
           was
           cryed
           up
           too
           for
           a
           Signal
           Deliverance
           .
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Engagement
           at
           Steinkirk
           ,
           tho'
           all
           the
           
             Dutch
             Courants
          
           are
           full
           of
           Encomiums
           of
           his
           Bravery
           in
           leading
           up
           of
           Battalion
           after
           Battalion
           ,
           and
           of
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           and
           many
           Godly
           Ejaculations
           for
           his
           wonderful
           Deliverance
           ,
           we
           never
           for
           all
           that
           could
           be
           assur'd
           he
           was
           in
           the
           Action
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           least
           Danger
           ;
           and
           some
           who
           had
           reason
           enough
           to
           know
           ,
           positively
           assert
           he
           was
           not
           .
           So
           that
           these
           are
           all
           nonsensical
           silly
           Stories
           ,
           made
           on
           purpose
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           King-making
           Rabble
           ,
           and
           to
           instil
           into
           their
           credulous
           Minds
           ,
           that
           easily
           digest
           every
           Report
           that
           makes
           for
           their
           Side
           ,
           without
           considering
           the
           Truth
           or
           Probability
           of
           what
           they
           hear
           ,
           and
           to
           preserve
           the
           Reputation
           of
           their
           Idol's
           being
           the
           Darling
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           two
           or
           three
           such
           whisking
           Romances
           is
           all
           the
           return
           for
           four
           Millions
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           and
           all
           we
           must
           look
           for
           .
        
         
           As
           little
           as
           we
           have
           to
           alledg
           for
           his
           Personal
           Valour
           ,
           and
           Bravery
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           sure
           much
           less
           can
           be
           produc'd
           for
           his
           pretended
           Masterpeice
           Conduct
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           all
           told
           strikes
           such
           Terrour
           on
           all
           occasions
           into
           the
           
             French
             King.
          
           Pray
           what
           Instances
           have
           we
           of
           it
           ?
           As
           to
           the
           Business
           at
           the
           Boyne
           ,
           the
           grand
           Divertisement
           for
           the
           
             Bartholomew
             Mob
          
           ,
           and
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           any
           way
           else
           ,
           all
           sensible
           People
           are
           convinc'd
           that
           advantage
           was
           got
           by
           mere
           Treachery
           ,
           by
           the
           Germans
           laying
           down
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           absolutely
           refusing
           to
           fight
           ,
           consequently
           betraying
           their
           Posts
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Arch-Traytor
             Hamilton
          
           his
           ,
           the
           Treachery
           of
           both
           giving
           such
           reason
           of
           Distrust
           to
           the
           poor
           Irish
           ,
           that
           they
           turning
           Tail
           ,
           the
           General
           
           Officers
           with
           much
           ado
           persuaded
           the
           King
           to
           comsent
           to
           a
           Retreat
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Field
           to
           his
           usurping
           Son-in-law
           ,
           though
           with
           such
           Order
           ,
           that
           the
           
             great
             Hero
          
           ,
           with
           his
           crue
           of
           Rebels
           ,
           could
           not
           do
           any
           considerable
           Damage
           upon
           them
           ,
           or
           have
           the
           Honour
           of
           a
           pursuit
           to
           any
           effect
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           as
           his
           
             own
             Officers
          
           are
           not
           affraid
           to
           own
           ,
           after
           
           Schomberg's
           death
           ,
           a
           sensible
           want
           of
           Conduct
           attended
           all
           his
           Enterprises
           all
           the
           remaining
           Campaign
           .
           Was
           ever
           any
           thing
           more
           weakly
           undertaken
           than
           the
           Siege
           of
           Limerick
           ,
           more
           foolishly
           and
           inexpertly
           attackt
           ?
           Or
           did
           ever
           any
           Army
           under
           such
           an
           
             incomparable
             General
          
           come
           off
           so
           basely
           ?
           What
           warlike
           Policy
           to
           undertake
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           Work
           without
           heavy
           Canon
           and
           Ammunition
           ,
           &c.
           and
           to
           commit
           them
           to
           the
           care
           of
           so
           slender
           a
           Guard
           ?
           To
           lose
           about
           8000
           Men
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           through
           a
           pannick
           fear
           to
           run
           away
           incognito
           from
           his
           Army
           ,
           and
           steal
           over
           in
           a
           Meal-boat
           ?
           He
           who
           never
           saw
           Siege
           in
           his
           Life
           might
           have
           managed
           it
           in
           all
           points
           to
           better
           purpose
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           to
           our
           mortal
           Grief
           ,
           all
           this
           owing
           to
           the
           sage
           Management
           and
           Bravery
           of
           our
           
             Hogan
             Mogan
             William
          
           .
           But
           the
           next
           Campaign
           must
           make
           Amends
           for
           former
           oversights
           :
           The
           P.
           of
           O.
           was
           to
           be
           early
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           to
           consult
           in
           all
           haste
           of
           the
           most
           effectual
           means
           to
           humble
           the
           Pride
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           while
           a
           parcel
           of
           grave
           ,
           dull
           Germans
           and
           Dutch
           were
           sucking
           their
           Whiskers
           ,
           and
           stuffing
           their
           Paunches
           ,
           the
           
             grand
             Hector
             of
          
           France
           had
           the
           confidence
           to
           sit
           down
           before
           Mons.
           The
           noise
           of
           this
           bold
           Attempt
           reaching
           the
           Ears
           of
           the
           Butterboxes
           ,
           and
           the
           Prosound
           
             thinking
             Noddle
          
           of
           the
           
             Britannick
             Hero
          
           ,
           away
           he
           goes
           to
           Hall
           ,
           and
           before
           he
           could
           bethink
           himself
           what
           to
           doe
           ,
           or
           get
           out
           of
           his
           Amuzement
           ,
           the
           Town
           was
           surrendred
           ;
           which
           so
           confounded
           his
           Intellectuals
           ,
           and
           stunn'd
           his
           considering
           Pate
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           could
           come
           to
           any
           Resolution
           what
           to
           doe
           the
           whole
           Campaign
           after
           ;
           but
           march'd
           and
           
             counter
             march'd
          
           from
           place
           to
           Place
           ,
           
             advancing
             ,
             retiring
          
           ,
           and
           
             running
             away
          
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           spent
           all
           his
           Money
           and
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           cunningly
           took
           his
           leave
           of
           the
           Army
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           perceived
           Luxemburgh
           had
           pounded
           'em
           up
           near
           Leuse
           ,
           and
           was
           ready
           to
           give
           them
           a
           Parting
           Blow
           ,
           nois'd
           it
           about
           immediately
           after
           ,
           that
           this
           Miscarriage
           was
           owing
           to
           the
           Misconduct
           of
           the
           Generals
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           the
           cowardly
           French
           taking
           the
           Advantage
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           returned
           to
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           
             That
             truly
             the
          
           French
           
             King
             was
             very
             powerfull
          
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           may
           remember
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           Summer
           it
           was
           rumour'd
           about
           that
           Mons
           was
           to
           be
           retaken
           ,
           Dinant
           or
           Philipville
           besiged
           ,
           the
           French
           Army
           to
           be
           beaten
           ,
           the
           Confederates
           having
           got
           together
           a
           much
           more
           powerfull
           Army
           than
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           was
           reported
           all
           along
           that
           Campaign
           to
           be
           hard
           put
           to
           it
           for
           want
           of
           Money
           ,
           Forrage
           ,
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           knows
           what
           ;
           but
           then
           ,
           as
           Mischief
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           they
           always
           had
           the
           luck
           to
           be
           so
           strongly
           intrencht
           ,
           (
           which
           our
           unthinking
           Slaves
           were
           made
           to
           believe
           was
           out
           of
           fear
           to
           be
           attackt
           by
           his
           Britannick
           Majesty
           ,
           
           asy
           the
           call
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Bear-skins
           ,
           )
           that
           the
           Confederates
           could
           not
           come
           at
           them
           ;
           as
           if
           that
           could
           be
           a
           Disgrace
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           which
           was
           ever
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           greatest
           Generals
           ,
           to
           encamp
           themselves
           so
           as
           not
           to
           be
           compelled
           to
           fight
           without
           a
           great
           Advantage
           ,
           especially
           when
           inferiour
           in
           Forces
           ,
           and
           merely
           defensive
           ,
           which
           is
           well
           known
           was
           
           Luxemburgh's
           Case
           all
           along
           the
           two
           last
           Summer
           Campaigns
           ;
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           former
           of
           these
           ,
           though
           much
           inferiour
           in
           number
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           shift
           to
           fall
           upon
           their
           Rear
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           to
           the
           rout
           ,
           killing
           a
           considerable
           number
           ,
           and
           taking
           divers
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           to
           conclude
           the
           Campaign
           gloriously
           ;
           and
           this
           last
           ,
           by
           a
           sudden
           March
           to
           take
           Possession
           of
           the
           very
           Ground
           ,
           where
           there
           was
           plenty
           of
           Forage
           that
           was
           untoucht
           ,
           which
           our
           brave
           Generalissimo
           designed
           for
           his
           Army
           ,
           who
           wanted
           it
           exceedingly
           ,
           entrencht
           himself
           ;
           and
           in
           regard
           it
           could
           not
           be
           well
           avoided
           but
           our
           
             Protestant
             Knight
             Errant
          
           must
           either
           pass
           that
           way
           ,
           or
           march
           round
           about
           ,
           (
           which
           would
           have
           proved
           a
           horrid
           Disgrace
           to
           him
           ,
           )
           by
           this
           means
           forced
           him
           to
           attack
           him
           with
           his
           own
           Men
           ,
           his
           Allies
           positively
           refusing
           to
           second
           him
           ,
           and
           looking
           on
           the
           whole
           time
           ;
           himself
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           being
           sensible
           of
           the
           great
           danger
           ,
           and
           very
           prudently
           keeping
           out
           of
           harms
           way
           :
           So
           that
           this
           attacking
           of
           the
           Enemy
           was
           merely
           the
           Effect
           of
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           his
           doing
           something
           ,
           though
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           and
           the
           Conduct
           and
           Foresight
           of
           the
           
             Crook-backt
             General
          
           ,
           as
           this
           Thirsites
           call'd
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Folly
           besides
           in
           making
           an
           unaccountable
           (
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           an
           unpardonable
           )
           Experiment
           too
           ,
           in
           sacrificing
           the
           Lives
           of
           so
           many
           thousands
           of
           
             English
             ,
             Scotch
          
           ,
           and
           Danes
           ,
           to
           make
           an
           empty
           flash
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           undue
           Opinion
           of
           his
           Valour
           among
           the
           abused
           Mob
           ;
           for
           in
           one
           word
           all
           the
           Politicks
           he
           is
           guilty
           of
           lies
           in
           caressing
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           sense
           he
           has
           ,
           that
           so
           long
           as
           he
           can
           keep
           them
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           he
           concludes
           all
           is
           safe
           and
           well
           .
           Here
           is
           conduct
           with
           a
           Vengeance
           ,
           and
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           a
           short
           passage
           in
           an
           excellent
           Author
           ,
           who
           comparing
           Alexander
           the
           Great
           and
           Caesar
           together
           ,
           writes
           thus
           :
           
             The
             Prudence
             of
             a
             General
             has
             two
             parts
             ;
             the
             first
             respects
             the
             Conservation
             of
             his
             own
             Forces
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             the
             Destruction
             of
             his
             Enemies
             .
          
           Alexander
           
             was
             defective
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             because
             he
             frequently
             led
             his
             Army
             into
             places
             where
             they
             sometimes
             dyed
             of
             Hunger
             ,
             or
             Thirst
             ,
             or
             by
             Stones
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             some
             narrow
             Passages
             ,
             with
             Mountains
             on
             each
             side
             ,
             )
             where
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             engage
             his
             Enemies
             at
             all
             Disadvantages
             of
             Ground
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             and
             consequently
             brought
             his
             Men
             oftentimes
             merely
             to
             be
             butchered
             :
             Wherefore
             that
             Speech
             of
             the
          
           grand
           Scipio
           
             will
             ever
             be
             applauded
          
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           rather
           save
           one
           Citizen
           ,
           than
           slay
           a
           thousand
           of
           his
           Enemies
           .
           Again
           ,
           Alexander
           
             was
             wanting
             in
             the
             second
             ;
             for
             whereas
             two
             things
             are
             necessary
             to
             the
             Destruction
             of
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             Force
             and
             Conduct
             ,
             he
             ordinarily
             depended
             upon
             ,
             and
             succeeded
             by
             the
             former
             ;
             which
             cannot
             be
             said
             of
          
           Caesar
           ;
           
             for
             asmuch
             as
             he
             took
             as
             much
             care
             of
             his
             Men
             ,
             as
             a
             Father
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             nor
             ever
             went
             upon
             any
             Enterprise
             without
             great
             Stores
             of
          
           
           
             Provisions
             and
             all
             Necessaries
             ;
             if
             he
             had
             not
             Corn
             enough
             he
             made
             it
             up
             with
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             having
             an
             advantage
             over
             his
             Enemy
             ,
             chose
             rather
             to
             defeat
             him
             by
             Policy
             than
             the
             Sword
             :
             and
             in
             all
             occasions
             endeavoured
             to
             add
             Industry
             to
             his
             Force
             .
          
           This
           is
           but
           one
           part
           of
           the
           Comparison
           of
           these
           two
           Great
           Men
           ,
           and
           since
           our
           Boobies
           will
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           made
           a
           wise
           Choice
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           be
           a
           great
           Champion
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           drest
           up
           with
           all
           the
           Imperfections
           of
           Alexander
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           are
           pleased
           so
           often
           to
           compare
           him
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           nothing
           really
           honourable
           and
           commendable
           in
           that
           Great
           Man
           can
           ever
           sute
           their
           puny
           Hector
           :
           and
           then
           for
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           let
           them
           but
           be
           so
           just
           withal
           ,
           as
           to
           apply
           the
           Character
           of
           Caesar
           to
           his
           Adversary
           ,
           and
           judg
           what
           they
           may
           expect
           for
           the
           future
           from
           either
           .
        
         
           Another
           famous
           Instance
           of
           his
           Military
           Policy
           is
           the
           tender
           Care
           he
           takes
           in
           making
           Provision
           for
           ,
           and
           paying
           his
           Soldiers
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land.
           It
           's
           not
           unknown
           to
           us
           all
           what
           numbers
           of
           Seamen
           died
           of
           strange
           and
           unaccountable
           Diseases
           the
           first
           Summer
           after
           this
           Revolution
           ,
           through
           his
           notable
           Frugality
           in
           furnishing
           the
           Navy
           for
           the
           most
           part
           with
           old
           and
           decayed
           Stores
           ,
           and
           that
           abominable
           Lie
           that
           was
           spread
           abroad
           in
           excuse
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           their
           Meat
           and
           Salt
           were
           poisoned
           with
           Nutgalls
           ;
           whereas
           all
           Physicians
           will
           grant
           ,
           if
           a
           quantity
           of
           them
           was
           really
           mixt
           with
           them
           they
           could
           not
           produce
           such
           Effects
           ,
           but
           would
           rather
           have
           proved
           an
           excellent
           Medicine
           to
           have
           prevented
           ,
           or
           cured
           the
           Bloody
           or
           any
           other
           Fluxes
           ;
           which
           were
           very
           frequent
           among
           them
           ,
           being
           a
           great
           Astringent
           .
           But
           not
           to
           insist
           upon
           this
           senseless
           Story
           ,
           these
           old
           Stores
           however
           decayed
           were
           thought
           a
           good
           expedient
           to
           save
           Money
           to
           hire
           Foreigners
           and
           many
           other
           necessary
           uses
           .
           What
           Care
           did
           he
           take
           to
           send
           over
           Provisions
           for
           the
           Army
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           whereof
           at
           least
           ten
           Thousand
           perished
           through
           want
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           Necessaries
           ,
           and
           were
           ready
           to
           leap
           at
           what
           our
           very
           Dogs
           would
           refuse
           ,
           while
           the
           Dutch
           and
           other
           Foreigners
           ,
           wanted
           nothing
           ,
           but
           were
           fat
           ,
           and
           well
           liking
           ?
           And
           because
           this
           Prince
           must
           be
           call'd
           and
           own'd
           as
           Generalissimo
           of
           the
           Confederate
           Forces
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           all
           Advantages
           against
           the
           Enemy
           there
           ascribed
           to
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           not
           unreasonable
           to
           lay
           all
           the
           Miscarriages
           there
           to
           his
           Charge
           ,
           as
           Evidences
           of
           his
           sinister
           Conduct
           .
           Whence
           proceeded
           that
           great
           scarcity
           nay
           absolute
           want
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Provisions
           ,
           even
           of
           Tents
           and
           Straw
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Campaign
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Sickness
           ,
           and
           the
           Death
           of
           many
           Men
           and
           Horses
           ,
           but
           from
           his
           Negligence
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           Money
           to
           provide
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           inexcusable
           as
           the
           other
           ;
           since
           that
           General
           who
           will
           go
           upon
           any
           Enterprize
           without
           all
           things
           necessary
           ,
           has
           been
           ever
           condemn'd
           as
           rash
           ,
           and
           void
           of
           all
           Military
           Prudence
           ?
           What
           a
           Reflection
           is
           it
           upon
           the
           Politicks
           of
           this
           
             Mighty
             Warrior
          
           to
           be
           unprovided
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           
             Annus
             Mirabilis
          
           ,
           which
           raised
           the
           expectations
           of
           all
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           was
           to
           
           decide
           the
           Fate
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           engaged
           himself
           to
           be
           early
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           and
           seem'd
           resolute
           to
           oppose
           the
           French
           in
           all
           they
           could
           pretend
           to
           ;
           and
           yet
           tamely
           to
           stand
           staring
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           100000
           Men
           ,
           without
           making
           the
           least
           Attempt
           to
           raise
           the
           Seige
           of
           Namur
           ,
           the
           most
           important
           Town
           in
           all
           Flanders
           ,
           or
           to
           give
           the
           least
           Diversion
           ;
           and
           to
           serve
           only
           for
           an
           Evidence
           of
           one
           of
           the
           bravest
           Actions
           that
           ever
           was
           perform'd
           by
           any
           Prince
           ,
           and
           that
           indelible
           Dishonour
           and
           Loss
           to
           him
           and
           his
           Allies
           ,
           which
           they
           in
           all
           likelyhood
           can
           never
           retrieve
           .
           Now
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           committing
           so
           great
           an
           Oversight
           in
           not
           making
           timely
           and
           competent
           Provisions
           for
           his
           Army
           in
           such
           a
           difficult
           time
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           his
           Army
           must
           be
           more
           than
           ordinarily
           fatigu'd
           ,
           dispirited
           ,
           and
           unfit
           for
           Action
           ,
           and
           never
           ready
           on
           the
           sudden
           to
           act
           offensively
           or
           defensively
           ;
           and
           one
           thing
           which
           argues
           this
           was
           not
           a
           single
           Error
           ,
           but
           a
           perpetual
           Miscarriage
           on
           the
           Confederates
           side
           all
           this
           War
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           whereas
           the
           Foreign
           Prints
           have
           constantly
           given
           us
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           early
           and
           indefatigable
           Preparations
           of
           the
           French
           all
           this
           War
           ,
           they
           seldom
           afford
           us
           the
           like
           Instances
           in
           the
           Confederates
           :
           let
           the
           true
           Reason
           lie
           where
           it
           will
           ,
           it
           s
           an
           Argument
           of
           a
           double
           Weakness
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Success
           ,
           whenever
           they
           have
           any
           ,
           is
           an
           effect
           of
           Chance
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           their
           Politicks
           and
           Diligence
           .
           For
           want
           of
           timely
           and
           suitable
           Preparations
           for
           an
           Enterprize
           ,
           its
           odds
           but
           it
           must
           miscarry
           ,
           especially
           when
           it
           cannot
           be
           relieved
           by
           Prudence
           or
           Stratagem
           ;
           and
           how
           sagacious
           he
           is
           at
           a
           dead
           Lift
           let
           the
           World
           bear
           him
           witness
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           in
           throwing
           his
           Miscarriages
           upon
           others
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           to
           Truth
           and
           Honour
           .
           We
           have
           not
           found
           yet
           that
           he
           has
           been
           early
           enough
           out
           either
           by
           Sea
           or
           Land
           ,
           but
           onely
           by
           a
           
             meer
             Accident
          
           at
           Sea
           this
           last
           Year
           ,
           the
           crossness
           of
           the
           Winds
           favouring
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           Advantage
           he
           cannot
           always
           promise
           himself
           ;
           and
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           that
           ,
           in
           all
           Humane
           Probability
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           for
           ever
           lost
           all
           opportunity
           of
           playing
           the
           Fool
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           the
           onely
           Defect
           remarkable
           in
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           as
           to
           
             Military
             Prudence
          
           ,
           (
           or
           Providence
           ,
           )
           but
           his
           Pay
           has
           been
           all
           along
           bad
           .
           Money
           is
           called
           the
           Nerves
           ,
           and
           the
           Belly
           of
           War
           ;
           the
           Nerves
           because
           it
           gives
           Motion
           to
           ,
           and
           maintains
           Armies
           in
           their
           Motion
           ;
           (
           hence
           Thucidides
           observes
           ,
           that
           few
           of
           the
           Grecians
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           extent
           of
           their
           Territories
           went
           to
           the
           Wars
           against
           Troy
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           keep
           themselves
           long
           together
           ,
           through
           want
           of
           Money
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Morea
           made
           short
           Campaigns
           upon
           that
           account
           .
           It
           's
           generally
           for
           Money
           and
           Subsistence
           that
           Men
           list
           themselves
           into
           the
           Wars
           ,
           and
           when
           once
           that
           fails
           ,
           they
           sensibly
           grow
           weary
           and
           dead
           hearted
           ;
           )
           and
           it
           's
           properly
           call'd
           the
           Belly
           of
           War
           ,
           because
           like
           as
           the
           Belly
           distributes
           Nourishment
           to
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Animal
           ,
           so
           does
           Money
           to
           an
           Army
           .
           How
           far
           this
           P.
           has
           discharged
           himself
           in
           this
           Point
           ,
           no
           Body
           is
           ignorant
           from
           the
           highest
           to
           the
           lowest
           amongst
           us
           .
           The
           present
           Arrears
           to
           the
           Army
           in
           Ireland
           is
           an
           
           Instance
           of
           Injustice
           without
           Parallel
           .
           Men
           that
           had
           ventured
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           indured
           all
           the
           Hardships
           possible
           for
           Humane
           Nature
           to
           sustain
           ,
           in
           hopes
           at
           least
           of
           good
           Pay
           ,
           if
           not
           sharing
           the
           Country
           for
           their
           Service
           ,
           having
           never
           received
           any
           other
           than
           a
           little
           Subsistence
           Money
           ,
           and
           forced
           thereby
           to
           commit
           all
           the
           Villanies
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           Plundering
           and
           Murdering
           ,
           to
           the
           Destruction
           of
           near
           a
           third
           part
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           three
           parts
           in
           four
           of
           the
           natural
           Riches
           and
           Product
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           told
           by
           their
           Officers
           they
           must
           never
           expect
           their
           Arrears
           ,
           but
           exact
           Pay
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           then
           immediately
           to
           be
           transported
           to
           Flanders
           to
           be
           made
           Forlorns
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           Monument
           of
           Inhumanity
           as
           we
           can
           scarce
           find
           in
           History
           ,
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           
             just
             Reward
          
           from
           God
           for
           their
           Rebellion
           against
           their
           
             Lawful
             King
          
           ,
           who
           ever
           tender'd
           them
           as
           his
           Children
           ,
           there
           being
           not
           one
           part
           of
           four
           alive
           of
           all
           those
           Villains
           who
           had
           so
           basely
           deserted
           him
           ,
           and
           betrayed
           him
           .
           This
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           about
           the
           Arrears
           ,
           if
           occasion
           should
           require
           ,
           will
           be
           readily
           acknowledged
           by
           some
           hundreds
           of
           Officers
           ,
           particularly
           by
           
             Colonel
             Bierly
          
           ,
           whose
           Case
           being
           singular
           ,
           I
           shall
           beg
           leave
           to
           insert
           it
           ,
           which
           in
           short
           is
           this
           ;
           The
           Colonel
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           a
           plentiful
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           formerly
           very
           zealous
           for
           the
           P.
           of
           
           O's
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Colonel
           of
           a
           Regiment
           of
           Horse
           from
           first
           to
           last
           ,
           and
           hath
           expended
           between
           5
           and
           6000
           l.
           of
           his
           Estate
           in
           his
           Service
           ,
           and
           there
           being
           an
           Arrear
           of
           above
           4000
           l.
           due
           to
           him
           ;
           for
           several
           Months
           he
           solicited
           diligently
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           without
           Success
           :
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           he
           told
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           that
           his
           private
           Affairs
           obliged
           him
           to
           go
           into
           the
           Countrey
           to
           settle
           them
           ,
           having
           been
           so
           long
           absent
           ,
           therefore
           desired
           that
           he
           might
           know
           whether
           he
           might
           expect
           an
           Order
           for
           his
           Arrears
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           stay
           a
           Week
           longer
           to
           adjust
           that
           Business
           .
           The
           Lords
           Commissioners
           told
           him
           that
           he
           might
           go
           into
           the
           Countrey
           when
           he
           pleased
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           to
           expect
           nothing
           from
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           had
           no
           Orders
           to
           pay
           any
           Arrears
           :
           So
           he
           's
           gone
           into
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           where
           he
           spares
           no
           occasions
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Injustice
           and
           Ingratitude
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           was
           never
           guilty
           of
           doing
           a
           just
           or
           honourable
           Action
           in
           his
           whole
           Life
           .
           What
           a
           Scandal
           and
           burning
           Shame
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           poor
           Seamen
           (
           whereof
           a
           great
           many
           have
           two
           or
           three
           Years
           Arrears
           due
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           proportionably
           ,
           having
           been
           exposed
           to
           all
           Dangers
           ,
           kept
           out
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           on
           Shipboard
           ,
           longer
           than
           ever
           was
           known
           ,
           and
           been
           instrumental
           of
           that
           
             Grand
             Deliverance
          
           he
           had
           only
           to
           brag
           of
           in
           his
           Speech
           )
           should
           be
           defrauded
           of
           their
           Pay
           ;
           nay
           ,
           not
           having
           so
           much
           as
           Subsistence
           Money
           ;
           and
           yet
           tied
           up
           to
           the
           Service
           by
           severe
           and
           repeated
           Proclamations
           ,
           without
           and
           against
           all
           former
           Precedents
           ,
           oblig'd
           to
           be
           at
           Sea
           most
           part
           of
           this
           Winter
           ,
           and
           utterly
           forbidden
           their
           ancient
           Priviledg
           of
           making
           a
           short
           Voyage
           or
           two
           to
           get
           Bread
           for
           their
           poor
           Wives
           and
           Families
           ,
           who
           having
           Bankrupt
           their
           former
           Credit
           with
           Shop-keepers
           ,
           Bakers
           ,
           &c.
           are
           forc'd
           to
           beg
           and
           starve
           !
           This
           is
           such
           a
           Hardship
           
           as
           they
           and
           their
           Fore-fathers
           never
           knew
           before
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Yoke
           as
           none
           but
           a
           
             Dutch
             Bore
          
           could
           ever
           have
           fixed
           upon
           English
           Necks
           .
           The
           Cowardly
           ,
           and
           justly
           to
           be
           abominated
           Dutch
           by
           all
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           after
           the
           Defeat
           at
           Sea
           two
           Years
           agoe
           ,
           were
           taken
           into
           our
           Hospitals
           before
           any
           of
           our
           Countreymen
           were
           put
           in
           ,
           tenderly
           provided
           for
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           Gratuity
           given
           by
           the
           Princess
           of
           Orange
           for
           their
           Encouragement
           ,
           were
           entertained
           ,
           and
           got
           Money
           from
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ;
           and
           besides
           all
           this
           ,
           This
           
             Gracious
             Governess
          
           promised
           to
           refit
           all
           their
           disabled
           Ships
           at
           the
           publick
           Charge
           ,
           to
           have
           Pensions
           for
           the
           Widows
           of
           the
           Men
           that
           were
           lost
           in
           the
           Fight
           ,
           &c.
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           
             London
             Gazette
          
           of
           July
           21.
           90
           ,
           in
           the
           Article
           from
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             July
          
           25.
           
           
             On
             the
          
           22d
           Mr.
           Harbord
           
             arrived
             here
             from
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             the
             same
             Evening
             had
             Audience
             of
             the
             States
             General
             ,
             —
             to
             whom
             he
             represented
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             commanded
             by
             the
             Queen
             to
             let
             them
             know
             how
             much
             her
             Majesty
             was
             concerned
             at
             the
             Misfortune
             that
             had
             befall'n
             their
             Squadron
             ,
             in
             the
             late
             Engagement
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             not
             being
             seconded
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             ,
             which
             Matter
             her
             Majesty
             had
             directed
             to
             be
             examined
             into
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             recompence
             those
             that
             had
             done
             their
             Duty
             ,
             and
             to
             punish
             such
             as
             should
             be
             found
             to
             have
             deserv'd
             it
             .
             That
             her
             Majesty
             had
             given
             Orders
             for
             the
             refitting
             the
             Dutch
             Ships
             that
             were
             disabled
             ,
             at
             her
             own
             Charge
             ,
             and
             had
             commanded
             that
             all
             possible
             care
             should
             be
             taken
             of
             the
             sick
             and
             wounded
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             that
             Rewards
             should
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Widows
             of
             those
             that
             were
             killed
             ,
             behaving
             themselves
             bravely
             in
             the
             Fight
             ,
             to
             encourage
             those
             that
             do
             well
             for
             the
             future
             .
          
           Here
           is
           a
           strange
           Partiality
           and
           Tenderness
           for
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
             Rewards
             for
             their
             Widows
             ,
             Encouragement
          
           promised
           to
           those
           of
           them
           that
           shall
           
             do
             well
             for
             the
             future
          
           ,
           besides
           particular
           Care
           of
           their
           sick
           and
           wounded
           in
           our
           Hospitals
           ;
           while
           our
           own
           Men
           were
           permitted
           to
           perish
           for
           want
           of
           necessary
           looking
           after
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           unskilful
           Hands
           of
           Country
           Chyrurgions
           little
           better
           than
           the
           Country
           Farriers
           .
           What
           Instances
           of
           such
           Grace
           and
           Compassion
           to
           the
           poor
           Widows
           and
           Orphans
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           which
           are
           numberless
           in
           
             Wapping
             ,
             Chatham
          
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           of
           our
           Ports
           ,
           who
           never
           as
           yet
           could
           get
           the
           just
           Arrears
           due
           to
           their
           Deceased
           Husbands
           ;
           and
           yet
           which
           is
           most
           barbarous
           and
           unjust
           ,
           the
           Dutch
           must
           have
           Rewards
           and
           Encouragements
           out
           of
           our
           Pay
           ,
           whilst
           the
           English
           are
           neglected
           and
           permitted
           to
           starve
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Specimen
           of
           the
           Affection
           our
           New
           Governours
           have
           for
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           and
           a
           clear
           Forerunner
           of
           our
           Slavery
           ,
           if
           God
           Almighty
           does
           not
           timely
           prevent
           it
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           a
           degenerous
           and
           infatuated
           People
           to
           their
           own
           Destruction
           would
           ever
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           groan
           under
           ?
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           the
           ancient
           Encouragement
           of
           Smart-Money
           to
           the
           wounded
           is
           most
           fraudulently
           detain'd
           ,
           the
           maim'd
           exposed
           to
           meer
           Beggary
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           their
           usual
           Pensions
           paid
           to
           them
           by
           the
           respective
           Counties
           they
           belong
           to
           ,
           and
           are
           become
           a
           publick
           Nusance
           in
           our
           Cities
           and
           great
           Towns.
           What
           is
           become
           of
           the
           wounded
           and
           maimed
           in
           Ireland
           and
           Flanders
           ,
           
           who
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           were
           very
           numerous
           ?
           God
           only
           knows
           ;
           the
           most
           reasonable
           Conjecture
           is
           ,
           they
           are
           either
           suffered
           to
           perish
           abroad
           ,
           by
           being
           refused
           Passage
           Home
           ,
           or
           knock'd
           on
           the
           Head
           to
           save
           their
           Pay
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           not
           come
           Home
           and
           tell
           Tales
           of
           their
           hard
           Usage
           ,
           to
           the
           discouraging
           their
           
             Fellow
             Slaves
          
           from
           entring
           upon
           the
           Service
           .
           The
           Story
           of
           50
           wounded
           English
           being
           burnt
           in
           a
           Barn
           by
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           at
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           upon
           the
           absolute
           refusal
           of
           an
           English
           Officer
           ,
           who
           had
           some
           remains
           of
           Compassion
           and
           natural
           Affection
           for
           his
           own
           Countrey
           men
           ,
           is
           real
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           forgotten
           ;
           which
           was
           done
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           ,
           meerly
           to
           avoid
           the
           Trouble
           and
           Charge
           of
           curing
           them
           .
           These
           are
           some
           of
           the
           Hardships
           the
           Soldiery
           groan
           under
           ,
           and
           a
           Specimen
           of
           the
           
             Brutish
             Temper
          
           as
           well
           as
           Vnpolitickness
           of
           our
           Vsurper
           ;
           and
           sooner
           or
           later
           he
           must
           expect
           to
           reap
           the
           just
           Fruits
           of
           his
           Cruelty
           and
           Folly
           both
           .
           What
           Glorious
           Atchievements
           can
           he
           ever
           pretend
           to
           do
           with
           Soldiers
           ,
           who
           must
           in
           due
           time
           (
           if
           there
           be
           so
           much
           Mercy
           reserved
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           have
           their
           Eyes
           open'd
           ,
           see
           their
           Error
           )
           and
           resent
           such
           ill
           Usage
           and
           Partiality
           ?
           However
           our
           dull
           and
           unthinking
           Bigots
           may
           flatter
           themselves
           with
           great
           expectations
           of
           what
           he
           has
           most
           sillily
           given
           out
           in
           his
           Speech
           to
           
             both
             Houses
          
           ,
           of
           his
           Resolution
           to
           make
           a
           Descent
           ,
           and
           do
           Miracles
           in
           France
           ;
           the
           Soldiery
           are
           of
           the
           contrary
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           through
           meer
           Despair
           of
           ever
           getting
           their
           Pay
           ,
           or
           effecting
           any
           thing
           upon
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           have
           deserted
           considerably
           ,
           and
           really
           entertain
           low
           and
           mean
           Thoughts
           of
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           see
           through
           the
           Cheat
           ;
           and
           are
           only
           hindred
           by
           the
           strictness
           of
           his
           Discipline
           from
           running
           unanimously
           to
           their
           Old
           and
           Best
           Master
           .
           They
           own
           ,
           as
           many
           as
           get
           over
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           hated
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           abused
           at
           all
           rates
           by
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           exposed
           upon
           all
           accounts
           as
           Forlorns
           :
           They
           can
           tell
           you
           how
           divers
           of
           their
           Officers
           were
           cashier'd
           ,
           and
           Soldiers
           hang'd
           immediately
           after
           the
           Battle
           at
           Steinkirk
           ,
           for
           avoiding
           being
           knock'd
           on
           the
           Head
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           when
           a
           numerous
           Army
           stood
           looking
           on
           ,
           and
           not
           one
           single
           Troop
           or
           Company
           permitted
           (
           though
           some
           of
           the
           English
           desired
           it
           ,
           and
           were
           ready
           to
           hazard
           their
           Lives
           to
           rescue
           their
           poor
           Countrey-men
           )
           to
           go
           in
           to
           their
           assistance
           .
           By
           several
           Letters
           from
           Officers
           in
           Flanders
           in
           the
           English
           Army
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           informed
           ,
           how
           the
           poor
           wounded
           Men
           ,
           thro'
           the
           intolerable
           Pains
           they
           endured
           ,
           curs'd
           and
           damn'd
           to
           the
           Pit
           of
           Hell
           ,
           with
           their
           last
           Breaths
           ,
           him
           who
           brought
           them
           to
           that
           
             horrid
             Butchery
          
           .
           They
           can
           tell
           you
           likewise
           what
           great
           Numbers
           deserted
           his
           Service
           immediately
           after
           the
           Fight
           ,
           choosing
           rather
           to
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           being
           hang'd
           ,
           and
           loosing
           all
           their
           Pay
           and
           Arrears
           than
           to
           continue
           in
           his
           Service
           .
           They
           can
           tell
           you
           how
           the
           English
           are
           universally
           hated
           by
           the
           Countrey
           People
           there
           ,
           that
           they
           I
           scarce
           let
           them
           have
           Necessaries
           for
           their
           Money
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Flanderkins
           have
           more
           respect
           for
           the
           Enemy
           than
           for
           their
           pretended
           Friends
           the
           Allies
           ,
           and
           much
           better
           usage
           for
           
           them
           .
           They
           can
           tell
           you
           that
           their
           Wounded
           and
           Prisoners
           ,
           that
           fell
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           were
           more
           kindly
           treated
           by
           them
           than
           among
           their
           Friends
           ;
           and
           how
           far
           such
           Usage
           may
           work
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           a
           People
           naturally
           Generous
           ,
           though
           at
           present
           bereav'd
           of
           their
           Senses
           ,
           Time
           may
           demonstrate
           .
           They
           can
           tell
           you
           how
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           is
           undervalued
           and
           nos'd
           by
           the
           Confederates
           in
           general
           ,
           distrusted
           by
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           despised
           by
           the
           Inhabitants
           in
           all
           the
           Cities
           and
           Towns
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           hated
           by
           all
           ,
           and
           for
           want
           of
           those
           Qualifications
           we
           are
           made
           to
           admire
           ,
           and
           so
           foolishly
           and
           superabundantly
           have
           hitherto
           magnified
           in
           him
           .
           What
           wonder
           then
           is
           it
           that
           our
           English
           Seamen
           and
           Soldiers
           mutiny
           ,
           run
           away
           ,
           &c.
           they
           can
           neither
           get
           their
           Pay
           ,
           nor
           good
           Words
           but
           at
           a
           dead
           lift
           ;
           if
           they
           modestly
           demand
           their
           own
           ,
           though
           incited
           to
           it
           by
           the
           keenest
           Necessity
           ,
           they
           are
           immediately
           hanged
           or
           shot
           to
           Death
           without
           the
           least
           Remorse
           or
           Pity
           !
           Had
           we
           ever
           such
           unjust
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           made
           in
           any
           Kings
           Reigns
           ,
           for
           enslaving
           and
           punishing
           of
           Seamen
           or
           Landmen
           ,
           as
           since
           this
           Revolution
           ;
           so
           many
           brave
           Men
           hang'd
           or
           shot
           to
           Death
           for
           Trisles
           ;
           such
           Kidnapping
           our
           Landmen
           ,
           under
           pretence
           for
           Sea
           Service
           ,
           and
           sent
           the
           Lord
           knows
           whither
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           I
           am
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           it
           has
           been
           no
           unusual
           thing
           to
           press
           Landmen
           ,
           and
           sell
           them
           for
           3
           l.
           a
           Head
           to
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           or
           into
           other
           Foreign
           Service
           .
           What
           Apology
           can
           be
           made
           for
           the
           wicked
           abuses
           of
           the
           Mariners
           ,
           a
           parcel
           of
           brave
           young
           Fellows
           ,
           who
           were
           kept
           on
           Board
           till
           they
           were
           almost
           all
           dead
           of
           the
           Small-Pox
           and
           other
           Distempers
           ,
           the
           remainder
           cheated
           of
           and
           denied
           their
           Pay
           ,
           and
           then
           forced
           in
           a
           sickly
           and
           most
           pitious
           Condition
           to
           beg
           from
           door
           to
           door
           ,
           as
           London
           and
           other
           Places
           can
           sufficiently
           testify
           ?
           To
           recount
           all
           the
           Miseries
           of
           our
           distressed
           Countreymen
           ,
           who
           are
           actually
           engaged
           under
           this
           Government
           ,
           would
           be
           an
           endless
           Task
           ;
           all
           I
           shall
           add
           under
           this
           Head
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           ill
           Usage
           looks
           more
           like
           the
           effect
           of
           Malice
           ,
           and
           a
           perfect
           Hatred
           ,
           and
           Distrust
           ,
           than
           of
           any
           necessity
           upon
           our
           Governous
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           our
           Condition
           is
           deplorable
           and
           remediless
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Supplies
           we
           are
           able
           to
           give
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           willingly
           ,
           and
           without
           our
           most
           just
           and
           present
           Resentments
           ,
           a
           certain
           Forerunner
           of
           inevitable
           Ruine
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           have
           but
           one
           grain
           of
           Sense
           ,
           or
           Reflection
           left
           ,
           and
           be
           not
           benumb'd
           all
           over
           ,
           an
           infallible
           Indication
           of
           the
           Stupidity
           of
           the
           Generalissimo
           of
           the
           besotted
           and
           dull
           Confederates
           ;
           and
           what
           the
           effects
           of
           such
           Politicks
           may
           be
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           himself
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           Judgments
           of
           all
           ingenuous
           Men
           to
           conjecture
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           find
           his
           Politicks
           are
           by
           no
           means
           adequate
           to
           his
           Designs
           ,
           or
           proportionable
           to
           those
           great
           Undertakings
           ,
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           his
           Affairs
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           unhappily
           under
           his
           Management
           ,
           do
           absolutely
           require
           :
           and
           in
           reference
           to
           this
           last
           particular
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           enquire
           ,
           whether
           an
           indefatigable
           and
           sincere
           studiousness
           to
           promote
           the
           
             publick
             Good
          
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           
           admitted
           as
           a
           just
           Ingredient
           of
           his
           Character
           or
           Reputation
           :
           I
           need
           not
           much
           enlarge
           upon
           this
           Point
           ,
           the
           direct
           contrary
           being
           easily
           deducible
           from
           what
           has
           been
           said
           all
           along
           ,
           onely
           for
           the
           assistance
           of
           our
           Memories
           shall
           recapitulate
           .
           Our
           Constitution
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           are
           renvers'd
           ,
           and
           quite
           disjointed
           ;
           our
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           most
           unjustly
           invaded
           ,
           and
           more
           Instances
           of
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           daily
           committed
           than
           in
           several
           of
           the
           former
           Reigns
           .
           Trade
           in
           general
           decreasing
           ,
           basely
           and
           designedly
           betrayed
           ,
           and
           rendered
           almost
           impracticable
           .
           A
           great
           part
           of
           our
           current
           Coin
           either
           transported
           in
           Specie
           ,
           or
           melted
           into
           Ingots
           ,
           and
           recoined
           into
           Dutch
           Scellings
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           irrecoverably
           lost
           ,
           to
           our
           vast
           impoverishment
           ,
           and
           the
           enriching
           our
           sworn
           Enemies
           .
           A
           Million
           at
           least
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           by
           the
           confession
           of
           Favourites
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           lost
           ever
           since
           this
           War
           in
           Shipping
           and
           Merchandize
           ,
           besides
           the
           Produce
           of
           it
           in
           Trade
           at
           Home
           ,
           to
           the
           undoing
           of
           Multitudes
           of
           Families
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ;
           and
           this
           loss
           like
           to
           continue
           as
           long
           as
           we
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           lose
           ,
           or
           the
           War
           lasts
           .
           Ireland
           a
           third
           part
           depopulated
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           half
           of
           the
           intrinsick
           Riches
           ,
           or
           Product
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           embezzel'd
           and
           wasted
           ;
           and
           a
           third
           part
           of
           our
           Seamen
           dead
           or
           deserted
           .
           The
           Flower
           of
           our
           
             fighting
             English
          
           destroyed
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           What
           excuse
           can
           be
           made
           for
           the
           detaining
           our
           
             Turkey
             Fleet
          
           above
           twelve
           Months
           ,
           nay
           after
           our
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           Victory
           at
           Sea
           ,
           when
           we
           could
           have
           well
           spared
           half
           our
           Fleet
           for
           Convoys
           ?
           the
           remainder
           with
           the
           Dutch
           being
           more
           than
           sufficient
           Guards
           to
           the
           Descent
           (
           a
           Design
           so
           senselessly
           managed
           ,
           and
           shamefully
           mentioned
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           ,
           as
           the
           onely
           thing
           to
           buoy
           us
           up
           to
           spunge
           5
           or
           6
           Millions
           more
           out
           of
           our
           Purses
           )
           and
           yet
           by
           their
           idleing
           in
           our
           Ports
           and
           Harbours
           ,
           and
           doing
           nothing
           but
           lousing
           themselves
           ,
           have
           suffered
           more
           Ships
           to
           be
           lost
           since
           than
           in
           any
           one
           Year
           since
           the
           War.
           I
           desy
           all
           Mankind
           to
           satisfy
           us
           in
           this
           Affair
           of
           so
           near
           consequence
           to
           the
           very
           Being
           almost
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Descent
           be
           urged
           as
           a
           proper
           excuse
           ,
           What
           has
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           its
           miscarriage
           ,
           to
           the
           astonishment
           of
           all
           Europe
           ?
           It
           must
           either
           be
           occasioned
           through
           its
           Impracticableness
           ,
           or
           for
           Want
           of
           Necessaries
           to
           such
           an
           Expedition
           ;
           but
           neither
           of
           these
           can
           apologize
           for
           such
           an
           unpardonable
           Frustration
           ,
           being
           a
           certain
           sign
           of
           the
           Incapacity
           of
           the
           Authors
           and
           Contrivers
           of
           it
           ,
           neither
           foreseeing
           the
           Difficulties
           nor
           Charges
           necessarily
           attending
           such
           an
           Enterprize
           ;
           and
           thence
           we
           may
           conclude
           the
           great
           Infelicity
           ,
           and
           Disadvantages
           these
           miserable
           Nations
           lie
           under
           ,
           to
           be
           engaged
           in
           a
           War
           that
           our
           Governours
           have
           no
           skill
           to
           manage
           :
           and
           then
           what
           can
           we
           expect
           but
           to
           be
           perpetually
           worsted
           ,
           and
           to
           come
           off
           with
           infinite
           Loss
           and
           Disreputation
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           be
           forc'd
           to
           submit
           .
           So
           that
           unless
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           by
           their
           Omnipotence
           ,
           can
           supply
           them
           with
           more
           Brains
           and
           better
           Conduct
           ,
           and
           instil
           into
           their
           Sculls
           more
           Wit
           to
           improve
           a
           Victory
           ,
           when
           they
           can
           get
           it
           ,
           it
           
           will
           be
           equal
           to
           us
           whether
           we
           beat
           or
           be
           beaten
           ,
           and
           then
           how
           deplorable
           will
           our
           Condition
           be
           ?
        
         
           The
           last
           Blessing
           of
           this
           Revolution
           that
           I
           shall
           mention
           these
           unfortunate
           Nations
           enjoy
           under
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           (
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           Inference
           from
           what
           has
           been
           hitherto
           insisted
           on
           )
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           they
           shall
           not
           ,
           or
           cannot
           enjoy
           their
           Idolany
           longer
           than
           the
           Confederacy
           holds
           tight
           with
           us
           ,
           or
           we
           with
           them
           ;
           this
           is
           so
           necessary
           a
           deduction
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           evaded
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           their
           Creature
           ,
           set
           up
           meerly
           for
           their
           common
           Interest
           ,
           and
           his
           downfal
           may
           become
           an
           Advantage
           to
           them
           in
           time
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Prosperity
           and
           Grandeur
           ,
           (
           as
           has
           been
           said
           .
           )
           Whatever
           Figure
           of
           Generalissimo
           we
           may
           fancy
           he
           makes
           among
           the
           Confederates
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           it
           's
           certain
           he
           has
           not
           the
           command
           of
           any
           Forces
           (
           if
           really
           of
           those
           )
           but
           what
           he
           carries
           over
           from
           hence
           .
           How
           often
           has
           he
           been
           over-rul'd
           in
           Councils
           of
           War
           by
           the
           Spanish
           Governour
           Castinaga
           ,
           and
           Bavaria
           since
           ,
           Prince
           
             Waldeck
             ,
             &c.
          
           is
           to
           notorious
           to
           be
           recounted
           here
           .
           So
           that
           his
           Business
           is
           rather
           to
           be
           their
           Providitore-General
           than
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           to
           furnish
           them
           with
           Men
           ,
           Money
           and
           Stores
           ,
           to
           build
           them
           Forts
           ,
           and
           repay
           their
           Losses
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           that
           Instance
           lately
           produc'd
           of
           the
           
             Dutch
             Squadron
             :
          
           )
           Nay
           ,
           so
           unwilling
           are
           they
           so
           much
           as
           to
           find
           his
           Soldiers
           Quarters
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           forced
           to
           transport
           part
           of
           his
           Quota
           back
           again
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           fortifying
           two
           Towns
           ,
           Dixmuyde
           and
           Furnes
           ,
           to
           lodg
           part
           of
           the
           Remainder
           ,
           send
           over
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           even
           Coals
           for
           their
           Subsistence
           ;
           
             Ghent
             ,
             Bruges
          
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           places
           refusing
           positively
           to
           entertain
           the
           rest
           ,
           if
           not
           prevailed
           upon
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           Bavaria
           .
           All
           the
           Reward
           he
           has
           for
           the
           vast
           Sums
           he
           annually
           pilfers
           for
           them
           out
           of
           our
           almost
           exhausted
           Coffers
           ,
           is
           to
           King
           it
           here
           ,
           and
           all
           he
           desires
           ;
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           it
           's
           his
           Personal
           Interest
           to
           keep
           the
           War
           on
           Foot
           whatsoever
           it
           costs
           us
           .
           From
           whence
           it
           's
           proper
           enough
           to
           infer
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           be
           able
           or
           willing
           to
           furnish
           as
           many
           Millions
           yearly
           as
           the
           Support
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           will
           require
           ,
           we
           may
           yet
           keep
           the
           
             Dutch
             Stadtholder
          
           for
           our
           King
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           ,
           we
           must
           part
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           there
           's
           an
           end
           of
           the
           
             Raree
             Shew
          
           .
        
         
           As
           a
           Corollary
           to
           this
           last
           Advantage
           ,
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           forget
           another
           as
           remarkable
           ,
           (
           for
           we
           do
           every
           thing
           aukwardly
           ,
           and
           pray
           and
           hope
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           backwards
           ,
           and
           in
           opposition
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           that
           are
           not
           infatuated
           or
           grown
           mad
           ,
           )
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Blessing
           of
           never
           enjoying
           Peace
           so
           long
           as
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           Lords
           it
           here
           .
           I
           confess
           in
           his
           Speech
           the
           last
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Discourse
           to
           the
           States
           before
           ,
           or
           after
           that
           ,
           he
           promised
           he
           would
           do
           his
           utmost
           to
           humble
           France
           ,
           and
           procure
           an
           Honourable
           Peace
           to
           all
           Europe
           ;
           but
           in
           this
           as
           well
           as
           in
           all
           other
           Promises
           he
           has
           deceived
           all
           our
           Hopes
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           half-witted
           People
           would
           ever
           be
           so
           deluded
           .
           'T
           is
           Demonstration
           he
           can
           never
           do
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           now
           ;
           France
           was
           never
           so
           powerful
           as
           at
           present
           ,
           
           nay
           ,
           is
           grown
           
             excessively
             Powerful
          
           ,
           as
           he
           tells
           the
           Parliament
           in
           this
           last
           Speech
           ;
           and
           I
           may
           add
           ,
           the
           Confederacy
           exceedingly
           weak
           ,
           and
           England
           ,
           that
           must
           give
           Life
           and
           Vigour
           unto
           all
           ,
           not
           excessively
           rich
           ,
           nor
           I
           hope
           for
           ever
           abandon'd
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           Sottishness
           and
           Insensibility
           .
           And
           as
           for
           a
           Peace
           ,
           himself
           is
           the
           only
           Obstacle
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           first
           or
           last
           be
           curs'd
           by
           all
           Europe
           on
           that
           account
           .
           The
           Confederacy
           must
           of
           necessity
           have
           dropt
           long
           e're
           this
           ,
           if
           we
           ,
           through
           our
           Zeal
           and
           Malice
           against
           our
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           whatever
           we
           roar
           against
           
             Louis
             le
             Grand
          
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           so
           prodigal
           of
           our
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           Bloud
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           abominable
           Vsurpation
           of
           a
           Foreigner
           ,
           and
           through
           all
           the
           Course
           of
           his
           Management
           a
           sworn
           Enemy
           and
           Hater
           of
           the
           
             English
             Nation
          
           .
           And
           now
           forsooth
           ,
           in
           this
           last
           Speech
           (
           after
           all
           his
           ill
           laid
           Projects
           and
           Designs
           baffled
           ,
           and
           frustrated
           at
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           at
           the
           long
           run
           discovered
           ,
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           France
           was
           
             excessive
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           in
           plain
           English
           insuperable
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           Force
           and
           childish
           Politicks
           of
           himself
           and
           the
           
             Confederates
             ,
          
           )
           he
           very
           humbly
           craves
           
             the
             Advice
          
           of
           the
           Parliament
           at
           a
           dead
           Lift
           ,
           when
           all
           lies
           at
           stake
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           thought
           worthy
           of
           advising
           with
           before
           ,
           and
           modestly
           asks
           
             at
             least
             an
             equal
             Force
             to
             that
             of
             the
             last
             Year
          
           ;
           as
           if
           a
           Force
           that
           was
           able
           to
           do
           nothing
           the
           last
           Year
           ,
           either
           by
           Sea
           or
           Land
           (
           but
           by
           a
           meer
           Accident
           )
           would
           be
           able
           to
           do
           Wonders
           the
           next
           ,
           against
           the
           augmented
           Forces
           of
           his
           Enemy
           by
           both
           .
           What
           pitiful
           Cant
           is
           all
           this
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           plain
           by
           his
           Speech
           that
           he
           dares
           not
           so
           much
           as
           flatter
           us
           with
           the
           hopes
           of
           any
           Success
           against
           France
           the
           next
           Campaign
           ,
           since
           he
           is
           fearful
           even
           of
           asking
           such
           a
           Supply
           as
           all
           intelligent
           Men
           foresee
           will
           be
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           oppose
           the
           prodigious
           Preparations
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ?
           And
           can
           we
           hope
           with
           the
           same
           Assistance
           we
           gave
           him
           the
           last
           Year
           ,
           which
           we
           experimentally
           found
           was
           insufficient
           even
           for
           the
           Defensive
           part
           ,
           by
           Land
           especially
           ,
           will
           be
           superiour
           to
           him
           the
           next
           ?
           We
           are
           certainly
           informed
           of
           the
           great
           Preparations
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Ammunitions
           the
           French
           are
           making
           in
           all
           their
           Frontier
           Garisons
           upon
           the
           Sambre
           ,
           the
           Maes
           ,
           the
           Moselle
           ,
           and
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           the
           vast
           Magazines
           of
           Hay
           ,
           Straw
           ,
           Oats
           ,
           and
           other
           Grain
           and
           Provisions
           they
           are
           erecting
           in
           those
           parts
           ;
           their
           Forces
           so
           disposed
           of
           in
           Posts
           upon
           the
           Sambre
           and
           the
           Maes
           ,
           that
           30000
           can
           be
           got
           together
           at
           any
           time
           upon
           any
           Enterprize
           at
           a
           short
           warning
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           Moselle
           20000
           on
           any
           occasion
           ,
           and
           all
           without
           doubt
           to
           execute
           some
           great
           Designs
           very
           early
           before
           the
           Confederates
           can
           be
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           oppose
           them
           .
           And
           will
           it
           be
           sufficient
           for
           the
           Confederates
           to
           stand
           upon
           the
           Defensive
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           could
           do
           to
           any
           effect
           ?
           And
           is
           this
           the
           way
           to
           
             humble
             France
          
           ,
           to
           reduce
           her
           to
           her
           ancient
           Limits
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           Peace
           and
           Liberty
           to
           Europe
           ?
           And
           then
           as
           for
           Savoy
           ,
           what
           Measures
           are
           concerted
           to
           preserve
           his
           Territories
           from
           the
           French
           Reprizals
           ,
           or
           even
           to
           hinder
           them
           from
           being
           swallowed
           up
           ?
           It
           's
           true
           indeed
           there
           are
           several
           of
           the
           
           Emperor's
           Troops
           quartered
           in
           Italy
           ,
           besides
           
           those
           of
           some
           of
           the
           
             German
             Princes
          
           ;
           but
           then
           if
           we
           do
           but
           remind
           our selves
           of
           the
           
             Winter
             Campaign
          
           ,
           which
           the
           French
           King
           has
           already
           begun
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Rhine
           ;
           his
           Resolution
           (
           as
           we
           are
           informed
           by
           all
           the
           
             Foreign
             Gazetts
          
           and
           Courants
           )
           to
           act
           in
           concert
           with
           the
           Turk
           ,
           and
           to
           push
           on
           the
           War
           with
           all
           imaginable
           Vigour
           during
           this
           Season
           ,
           while
           the
           other
           does
           the
           same
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           (
           where
           as
           we
           are
           told
           the
           Ottoman
           Forces
           encrease
           daily
           ;
           and
           by
           their
           Motions
           and
           Preparations
           it
           's
           generally
           conjectured
           they
           have
           present
           and
           great
           Designs
           in
           Hand
           ,
           having
           lately
           assembled
           in
           great
           Bodies
           between
           Belgrade
           and
           Semandria
           ,
           as
           (
           it's
           thought
           )
           to
           fall
           into
           Sclavonia
           ,
           or
           attack
           
             Peterwaraden
             ;
          
           )
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           as
           this
           ,
           it
           's
           but
           reasonable
           to
           suppose
           that
           both
           the
           Emperour
           and
           the
           foresaid
           Princes
           ,
           will
           be
           necessitated
           to
           recall
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Forces
           ;
           and
           then
           let
           the
           World
           judge
           whether
           50
           ,
           60
           ,
           or
           as
           some
           accounts
           say
           70000
           French
           will
           not
           probably
           prove
           too
           great
           a
           Match
           for
           that
           Prince
           to
           encounter
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           the
           Winter
           time
           ;
           for
           these
           Prints
           do
           positively
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Troops
           in
           Dauphine
           and
           thereabouts
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Magazines
           that
           have
           been
           erecting
           for
           several
           Months
           since
           ,
           are
           actually
           removed
           towards
           the
           Frontiers
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           French
           design
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           February
           ,
           if
           the
           Season
           favour
           them
           ,
           to
           besiege
           Coni
           ,
           or
           Turin
           it self
           .
           The
           German
           and
           Spanish
           Troops
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           most
           pressing
           Instances
           of
           the
           D.
           of
           Savoy
           to
           detain
           them
           ,
           are
           marcht
           into
           their
           Quarters
           ;
           Bavaria
           had
           recalled
           two
           of
           his
           Regiments
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           prevailed
           upon
           by
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           to
           let
           them
           stay
           ,
           upon
           his
           promise
           to
           maintain
           them
           this
           Winter
           at
           his
           own
           Charge
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           way
           is
           a
           certain
           sign
           of
           the
           French
           Forces
           encreasing
           on
           that
           Side
           ;
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           be
           conveniently
           spared
           :
           So
           that
           the
           only
           present
           Security
           he
           has
           is
           the
           Winter
           Season
           ,
           and
           the
           deep
           Snows
           ;
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Weather
           breaks
           ,
           a
           Force
           by
           much
           superior
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           Points
           better
           provided
           for
           ,
           will
           fall
           into
           his
           Country
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           probability
           put
           a
           speedy
           period
           to
           the
           War
           on
           that
           Side
           ,
           either
           by
           an
           entire
           Conquest
           ,
           or
           by
           forcing
           him
           into
           a
           sudden
           Compliance
           .
           We
           hear
           of
           no
           Preparations
           answerable
           to
           those
           of
           France
           on
           the
           Confederates
           Side
           ,
           all
           being
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           waiting
           for
           the
           lucky
           News
           of
           more
           Money
           from
           the
           Parliament
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           e're
           that
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           Preparations
           made
           ,
           the
           Enemy
           will
           have
           done
           his
           Business
           ,
           and
           have
           little
           to
           doe
           but
           to
           dodge
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           play
           with
           their
           Noses
           the
           whole
           Summer
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           World
           what
           Fools
           they
           are
           .
           Again
           ,
           what
           a
           piece
           of
           kindness
           is
           it
           to
           our
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           an
           honour
           too
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           the
           Inconveniency
           of
           sending
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           great
           Sums
           of
           Money
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           the
           Troops
           abroad
           ,
           (
           he
           dares
           not
           say
           the
           English
           or
           
             Scotch
             ,
          
           )
           is
           very
           considerable
           ,
           and
           
             so
             much
             wishes
             it
             could
             be
             remedied
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             can
             suggest
             to
             him
             any
             methods
             for
             the
             support
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             might
             lesson
             that
             Inconvenience
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             ready
             to
             receive
             them
             with
             all
             his
             Heart
             .
          
           Why
           truly
           the
           Case
           is
           
           plainly
           this
           ,
           he
           finds
           it
           's
           no
           concealing
           any
           longer
           the
           Transportation
           of
           all
           our
           Money
           for
           the
           support
           of
           Foreigners
           ,
           and
           is
           afraid
           this
           Trade
           will
           not
           hold
           long
           ,
           either
           that
           England
           can
           pay
           the
           Confederates
           unreasonable
           Pensions
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Confederates
           can
           be
           held
           together
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           exactest
           payment
           of
           what
           he
           is
           engaged
           to
           them
           ;
           therefore
           he
           is
           willing
           to
           go
           on
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           knock
           off
           as
           the
           Parliament
           will
           advise
           him
           ,
           (
           provided
           he
           mentions
           these
           Things
           
             bona
             fide
          
           ,
           and
           does
           not
           impose
           upon
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           besides
           ,
           
             by
             an
             assurance
             of
             a
             Majority
             that
             will
             carry
             all
             right
             or
             wrong
             for
             his
             Interest
             ,
             )
          
           any
           thing
           so
           he
           may
           continue
           King
           ,
           or
           have
           the
           satisfaction
           at
           least
           of
           ruining
           the
           Nation
           with
           himself
           when
           he
           must
           fall
           .
           This
           is
           downright
           ,
           (
           if
           he
           be
           in
           good
           earnest
           )
           and
           the
           Nation
           has
           a
           fit
           opportunity
           to
           look
           to
           her self
           .
           No
           means
           can
           be
           found
           out
           to
           avoid
           
             this
             Inconvenience
          
           ,
           and
           to
           maintain
           an
           Army
           abroad
           at
           the
           same
           time
           :
           The
           only
           way
           is
           to
           take
           him
           at
           his
           Word
           ,
           recall
           our
           Forces
           ,
           break
           off
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           to
           stand
           upon
           our
           own
           Legs
           ,
           maintain
           a
           good
           Army
           here
           at
           Home
           ,
           pay
           them
           well
           ,
           and
           augment
           our
           Navy
           .
           But
           yet
           this
           Method
           has
           its
           Difficulties
           too
           ;
           so
           hard
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           ensure
           any
           the
           least
           degree
           of
           Mundane
           Felicity
           :
           For
           should
           we
           leave
           the
           Confederacy
           in
           the
           Lurch
           ,
           (
           which
           his
           present
           Circumstances
           seem
           to
           encline
           ,
           or
           necessitate
           him
           to
           consent
           to
           ,
           if
           the
           Parliament
           think
           fit
           ,
           )
           then
           the
           vast
           Arrears
           owing
           to
           the
           Allies
           which
           they
           could
           never
           expect
           to
           get
           from
           him
           ,
           would
           oblige
           them
           to
           unite
           with
           France
           ,
           declare
           the
           P.
           of
           O
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           England
           the
           Seat
           of
           War.
           (
           That
           he
           is
           indebted
           to
           the
           Confederates
           seems
           highly
           probable
           to
           me
           ,
           by
           the
           Elector
           of
           
           Brandenburg's
           pressing
           the
           States
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           so
           hard
           for
           the
           Subsidies
           ,
           or
           Pensions
           ,
           due
           to
           him
           the
           last
           Spring
           ,
           representing
           to
           them
           that
           without
           them
           he
           should
           not
           be
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           maintain
           the
           Forces
           he
           had
           on
           foot
           ,
           which
           the
           Elector
           of
           Saxony
           did
           likewise
           the
           same
           time
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           not
           unlikely
           ,
           that
           was
           one
           pricipal
           reason
           of
           
           Hanouer's
           slow
           Proceedings
           the
           last
           Campaign
           :
           And
           if
           I
           be
           not
           much
           mistaken
           in
           my
           Conjecture
           ,
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           must
           come
           in
           for
           a
           Snack
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           States
           and
           Spain
           ,
           especially
           if
           he
           be
           the
           
             Primum
             Mobile
          
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           as
           the
           Monthly
           Account
           and
           one
           of
           the
           late
           Slips
           term
           him
           .
           )
           But
           to
           return
           ,
           the
           latter
           would
           be
           insignificant
           ,
           for
           Reasons
           formerly
           mentioned
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           Case
           looks
           desperate
           .
           But
           if
           we
           should
           break
           up
           the
           Confederacy
           by
           consent
           ,
           these
           Arrears
           must
           be
           paid
           ,
           which
           no
           doubt
           will
           arise
           to
           a
           large
           Sum
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           hard
           for
           us
           to
           part
           with
           in
           these
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           to
           support
           the
           Charge
           of
           a
           War
           besides
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           Oh
           the
           Descent
           !
           This
           must
           be
           carried
           on
           yet
           .
           
             None
             can
             desire
             more
             than
             I
             that
             a
             Descent
             should
             be
             made
             into
          
           France
           ,
           
             and
             therefore
             notwithstanding
             the
             Disappointment
             of
             that
             Design
             the
             last
             Summer
             ,
             I
             intend
             to
             attempt
             it
             the
             next
             Year
             with
             a
             much
             more
             considerable
             Force
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           a
           
           parcel
           of
           Stuff
           and
           Contradiction
           huddled
           together
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Noise
           of
           the
           Cannon
           from
           Mons
           and
           Namur
           was
           not
           out
           of
           his
           Head
           yet
           !
           To
           talk
           of
           a
           Descent
           so
           publickly
           ,
           so
           long
           before-hand
           ,
           enough
           to
           frustrate
           the
           best
           laid
           Project
           in
           the
           World.
           If
           it
           were
           impracticable
           the
           last
           Year
           ,
           much
           more
           the
           next
           .
           There
           are
           the
           same
           Difficulties
           at
           least
           this
           Year
           ,
           if
           not
           ten
           times
           greater
           ;
           but
           nothing
           will
           serve
           our
           Turns
           ,
           or
           be
           worth
           our
           Noble
           Attempts
           ,
           but
           Impossibilities
           .
           By
           the
           next
           Year
           there
           will
           be
           a
           potent
           Fleet
           to
           obstruct
           us
           ,
           if
           not
           powerful
           enough
           to
           defeat
           and
           ruine
           us
           ;
           more
           powerful
           Diversion
           by
           Land
           ;
           early
           notice
           of
           this
           Design
           ;
           all
           possible
           means
           found
           out
           to
           prevent
           us
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           a
           Descent
           to
           anticipate
           ours
           ,
           and
           what
           then
           ?
           Ay
           ,
           but
           
             I
             intend
             to
             attempt
             it
             —
             with
             a
             more
             considerable
             Force
             .
          
           Is
           not
           this
           a
           palpable
           Contradiction
           to
           his
           modest
           Request
           he
           had
           made
           before
           ,
           of
           a
           Force
           
             at
             least
             as
             great
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             as
             we
             had
             the
             last
             Year
             ?
             i.
             e.
          
           If
           we
           may
           be
           permitted
           to
           understand
           him
           ,
           he
           desires
           ,
           if
           it
           can't
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           the
           same
           assistance
           of
           Men
           and
           Money
           he
           had
           the
           
             last
             Year
          
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           
             attempt
             it
          
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           enable
           him
           with
           a
           much
           more
           
             considerable
             Force
          
           he
           'll
           attempt
           it
           ;
           if
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           forementioned
           greater
           opposition
           he
           's
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           the
           next
           Year
           than
           the
           last
           ,
           he
           intends
           yet
           to
           attempt
           it
           ,
           though
           with
           equal
           Forces
           to
           those
           he
           had
           before
           ;
           Why
           was
           it
           not
           attempted
           then
           when
           there
           were
           far
           less
           ?
           Will
           he
           engage
           to
           be
           wiser
           next
           Year
           than
           the
           last
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           French
           shall
           be
           more
           Fools
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           
             less
             able
          
           to
           oppose
           him
           with
           a
           
             more
             powerful
             Navy
          
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           number
           of
           Land
           Forces
           the
           next
           than
           they
           had
           the
           last
           Campaign
           ,
           and
           he
           be
           stronger
           and
           abler
           to
           attack
           them
           with
           the
           same
           Forces
           he
           had
           before
           ?
           And
           suppose
           he
           be
           enabled
           with
           a
           more
           
             considerable
             Force
          
           ,
           can
           he
           assure
           us
           that
           their
           Diligence
           in
           
             repairing
             their
             Losses
             at
             Sea
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             considerable
             Augmentation
          
           of
           their
           Land
           Forces
           will
           not
           exceed
           his
           
             more
             numerous
             Forces
          
           ,
           and
           render
           his
           
             good
             Intention
          
           as
           impracticable
           as
           ever
           ?
           This
           is
           just
           such
           a
           passionate
           desire
           as
           he
           had
           to
           fight
           LVXEMBVRGH
           Hand
           over
           Head
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           Hope
           to
           get
           any
           Advantage
           ,
           but
           meerly
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           Opinion
           amongst
           Fools
           of
           his
           being
           a
           
             Fighting
             Spark
          
           ,
           and
           scorning
           to
           pass
           a
           whole
           Campaign
           with
           doing
           nothing
           ;
           so
           he
           is
           resolved
           to
           attempt
           something
           by
           Sea
           ,
           though
           he
           is
           sure
           to
           get
           nothing
           but
           hard
           Blows
           ,
           and
           expose
           some
           thousands
           of
           his
           English
           to
           be
           knock'd
           on
           the
           Head
           ,
           or
           to
           die
           like
           Fools
           to
           their
           
             immortal
             Honour
          
           :
           And
           this
           is
           all
           he
           seems
           to
           promise
           in
           his
           Speech
           ,
           to
           attempt
           a
           landing
           in
           France
           ,
           which
           was
           ever
           laugh'd
           at
           by
           sensible
           Men
           before
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           hiss'd
           at
           now
           .
        
         
           Well!
           but
           here
           are
           grand
           Motives
           to
           stir
           us
           up
           to
           support
           him
           with
           all
           the
           speed
           imaginable
           :
           
             We
             are
             exposed
             to
             the
             Attempts
             of
          
           France
           
             while
             the
          
           French
           
             King
             is
             in
             a
             condition
             to
             make
             them
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           
             the
             great
             Advantage
             we
             have
             at
             this
          
           very
           nick
           of
           Time
           of
           
             being
             joined
             with
             the
             most
             of
          
           
           
             the
             Princes
             and
             States
             of
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             against
             so
             dangerous
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             slipt
             ,
          
           especially
           our
           Countrey
           and
           Religion
           lying
           at
           stake
           ,
           
             &c.
             and
             we
             have
             the
             same
             Religion
             to
             defend
          
           &c.
           
           What
           Advantage
           have
           we
           now
           that
           we
           had
           not
           before
           ?
           Are
           we
           but
           just
           now
           entered
           into
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           or
           have
           we
           or
           they
           been
           asleep
           or
           drunk
           all
           this
           while
           ?
           Why
           an
           Advantage
           now
           ?
           Are
           they
           stronger
           now
           ,
           or
           more
           politick
           ,
           or
           resolute
           than
           before
           ?
           Or
           if
           we
           have
           had
           little
           or
           no
           Advantage
           in
           being
           joined
           with
           them
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           what
           assurance
           have
           we
           of
           any
           from
           henceforward
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           some
           wise
           Statesmen
           ,
           who
           have
           transmitted
           to
           us
           the
           Experience
           of
           former
           Ages
           ,
           do
           assure
           us
           if
           a
           Confederacy
           does
           not
           make
           some
           notable
           Impression
           upon
           the
           common
           Enemy
           the
           first
           or
           second
           Campaign
           ,
           they
           are
           never
           like
           to
           do
           it
           afterwards
           ,
           but
           grow
           weaker
           and
           weaker
           till
           they
           sink
           into
           nothing
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           these
           Confederates
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           have
           served
           almost
           an
           Apprenticeship
           under
           one
           of
           the
           wisest
           Masters
           of
           his
           Craft
           in
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           have
           added
           so
           little
           to
           their
           Skill
           ,
           and
           approved
           themselves
           such
           
             notorious
             Dunces
          
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           no
           hopes
           of
           ever
           seeing
           a
           Masterpiece
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           their
           grand
           Disparagement
           ,
           and
           our
           infinite
           Loss
           .
           And
           after
           all
           this
           Pother
           ,
           are
           we
           
             exposed
             to
             the
             Attempts
          
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           is
           France
           a
           
             dangerons
             Enemy
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Power
             of
             France
             excessive
          
           ?
           Who
           may
           we
           thank
           for
           all
           this
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           the
           P.
           of
           
           O's
           
             being
             joined
             with
             most
             of
             the
             Princes
             and
             States
             of
             Europe
             ,
          
           that
           brought
           us
           into
           these
           Snares
           upon
           a
           parcel
           of
           sham
           Pretences
           ,
           and
           Bugbear
           Stories
           ,
           with
           his
           
             Bearskins
             and
             Laplanders
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           knows
           what
           ?
           And
           has
           not
           their
           senseless
           management
           of
           their
           Affairs
           against
           their
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           him
           ,
           made
           him
           so
           strong
           and
           dangerous
           as
           he
           is
           ?
           And
           is
           there
           any
           prospect
           they
           will
           be
           ever
           more
           politick
           and
           powerful
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           have
           better
           Success
           in
           all
           their
           Enterprizes
           ?
           Can
           all
           the
           Speed
           they
           make
           in
           getting
           Money
           ,
           providing
           Necessaries
           for
           the
           War
           be
           answerable
           to
           his
           Preparations
           ,
           which
           are
           at
           this
           time
           so
           forward
           ,
           as
           to
           wait
           only
           a
           proper
           Season
           to
           employ
           them
           ?
           And
           if
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           they
           must
           be
           later
           ,
           since
           all
           the
           World
           is
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           Agility
           and
           Diligence
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           never
           guilty
           of
           losing
           .
           Opportunities
           ;
           do
           we
           imagine
           that
           all
           the
           Confederates
           can
           do
           will
           signify
           any
           thing
           ?
           Then
           to
           what
           purpose
           is
           it
           to
           throw
           away
           our
           Money
           ,
           and
           to
           impoverish
           and
           weaken
           our Selves
           ?
           All
           the
           good
           that
           our
           Money
           is
           like
           to
           doe
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           is
           only
           to
           discharge
           part
           of
           the
           Contributions
           they
           are
           obliged
           to
           pay
           the
           French
           to
           save
           their
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           from
           being
           laid
           in
           Ashes
           ;
           such
           
             Brave
             Fellows
          
           they
           are
           in
           defending
           their
           own
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           ,
           that
           continually
           spunge
           the
           Money
           out
           of
           our
           Pockets
           under
           the
           Sham
           of
           being
           our
           Saviours
           and
           Deliverers
           :
           And
           so
           far
           from
           humbling
           their
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           carrying
           the
           War
           into
           his
           own
           Bowels
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           does
           not
           think
           worth
           the
           taking
           from
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           forc'd
           to
           redeem
           from
           being
           destroyed
           at
           any
           rate
           ,
           and
           we
           like
           F
           —
           deposite
           the
           
           Money
           .
           Again
           ,
           how
           strangely
           are
           all
           our
           Measures
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           our
           Allies
           ,
           broke
           in
           pieces
           in
           a
           trice
           ?
           Our
           Doughty
           P.
           of
           O.
           demads
           but
           modestly
           
             at
             least
             as
             great
             Force
             at
             Land
             and
             Sea
             as
             the
             last
             Year
             ,
          
           consequently
           at
           least
           as
           much
           Money
           ,
           &c.
           and
           no
           doubt
           the
           Allies
           do
           what
           they
           can
           on
           their
           parts
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           Now
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           vast
           Expences
           and
           Losses
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           is
           like
           to
           put
           them
           to
           by
           this
           
             Devilish
             Winter
             Campaign
          
           ,
           (
           being
           destitute
           of
           Magazines
           ,
           of
           Provisions
           for
           Horse
           and
           Man
           ,
           Ammunition
           ,
           Carriages
           ,
           and
           all
           Necessaries
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           well
           assured
           by
           the
           late
           Instance
           of
           Charleroy
           being
           bombarded
           almost
           to
           Ashes
           before
           they
           could
           get
           up
           to
           its
           Relief
           ,
           the
           carrying
           Furnes
           and
           Dixmuyde
           ,
           and
           sixteen
           or
           seventeen
           days
           playing
           upon
           Rhinfelden
           and
           the
           Kat
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           in
           any
           condition
           to
           attempt
           the
           Relief
           of
           them
           ,
           )
           by
           
             false
             Alarms
             ,
             taking
             their
             Towns
             ,
          
           and
           the
           bare
           attacking
           others
           to
           give
           them
           Diversion
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           in
           good
           earnest
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           at
           the
           same
           time
           shews
           they
           have
           not
           Men
           enough
           to
           secure
           themselves
           on
           all
           Sides
           ,
           though
           the
           French
           have
           to
           beard
           them
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           in
           play
           ,
           while
           they
           assault
           them
           in
           their
           tenderest
           and
           
             weakest
             part
          
           )
           we
           shall
           find
           in
           the
           upshot
           that
           these
           
             at
             least
          
           as
           great
           Sums
           of
           Money
           will
           go
           near
           to
           be
           half
           expended
           before
           the
           Summer
           Campaign
           begins
           ,
           (
           their
           Designs
           reaching
           no
           farther
           ;
           )
           and
           consequently
           all
           their
           Hopes
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           ,
           and
           Projects
           of
           effecting
           any
           thing
           upon
           France
           crush'd
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           Shell
           .
           I
           know
           the
           saving
           of
           Rhinfeld
           is
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           very
           great
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Te
             Deum
          
           has
           been
           sung
           in
           Germany
           on
           that
           occasion
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           Argument
           of
           its
           great
           Importance
           ;
           but
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           are
           not
           ignorant
           that
           it
           was
           owing
           to
           the
           badness
           of
           the
           Weather
           ,
           more
           than
           to
           any
           thing
           else
           ;
           and
           for
           all
           I
           can
           see
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Confederates
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           themselves
           secure
           ,
           even
           as
           to
           that
           point
           ;
           the
           Town
           and
           Castle
           ,
           and
           the
           Kat
           are
           miserably
           ruin'd
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           can
           put
           them
           into
           any
           defensible
           condition
           again
           ,
           an
           indifferent
           good
           Season
           may
           give
           the
           French
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           no
           better
           Fish
           to
           fry
           ,
           to
           attack
           it
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           as
           undoubtedly
           they
           will
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           stronger
           Force
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           must
           go
           .
           How
           the
           Germans
           will
           be
           able
           to
           supply
           their
           late
           Losses
           in
           those
           Parts
           ,
           the
           whole
           Countrey
           round
           having
           been
           most
           miserably
           plundered
           and
           harrassed
           during
           the
           Siege
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           pay
           swinging
           Contributions
           ;
           the
           vast
           Expences
           in
           supplying
           that
           place
           with
           Ammunition
           and
           Provisions
           ,
           to
           repair
           the
           Breaches
           ,
           add
           new
           Works
           ,
           provide
           for
           the
           Subsistence
           of
           their
           Forces
           ,
           and
           those
           many
           ruined
           Families
           in
           the
           Towns
           burnt
           by
           the
           French
           in
           their
           Retreat
           ,
           I
           cannot
           divine
           :
           But
           if
           we
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Monies
           and
           Monies
           worth
           raised
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           in
           the
           several
           Excursions
           made
           during
           that
           Siege
           into
           divers
           parts
           ,
           forcing
           the
           Country
           to
           supply
           them
           with
           whatever
           they
           had
           for
           their
           convenience
           all
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           have
           extorted
           from
           them
           since
           ;
           I
           am
           morally
           assured
           the
           Germans
           have
           paid
           the
           whole
           Charge
           of
           the
           others
           Expedition
           .
           But
           to
           all
           
           this
           let
           us
           add
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           taking
           of
           that
           place
           would
           have
           been
           of
           vast
           consequence
           to
           the
           facilitating
           of
           the
           Designs
           of
           France
           upon
           the
           Empire
           ,
           (
           as
           generally
           was
           acknowledged
           and
           dreaded
           ,
           )
           and
           the
           early
           taking
           of
           it
           yet
           would
           be
           so
           still
           upon
           the
           former
           supposition
           ,
           (
           especially
           if
           the
           Turk
           ,
           taking
           the
           Advantage
           from
           the
           
           Emperor's
           weakness
           and
           unpreparedness
           ,
           make
           some
           early
           and
           vigorous
           Attempt
           in
           Hungary
           or
           
             Sclavonia
             ;
          
           )
           the
           effect
           will
           be
           this
           ,
           the
           French
           will
           be
           able
           to
           penetrate
           so
           far
           into
           the
           Empire
           ,
           as
           to
           put
           all
           Germany
           into
           a
           Convulsion
           ,
           force
           that
           Prince
           to
           draw
           all
           his
           Forces
           out
           of
           Italy
           ,
           (
           by
           which
           the
           Duke
           of
           Savoy
           must
           fall
           off
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           War
           draw
           on
           to
           a
           period
           ;
           )
           and
           though
           he
           should
           ,
           by
           the
           adding
           those
           Forces
           to
           the
           Army
           in
           Hungary
           or
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           make
           some
           tolerable
           defence
           ,
           yet
           being
           unable
           to
           do
           the
           same
           on
           the
           other
           Side
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           compelled
           to
           accept
           of
           any
           Terms
           from
           the
           Turk
           and
           
             French
             King
          
           ;
           and
           then
           farewel
           England
           and
           Holland
           too
           ;
           the
           one
           must
           be
           glad
           to
           submit
           to
           her
           old
           Master
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           to
           such
           Conditions
           as
           she
           can
           get
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Game
           we
           are
           likely
           to
           see
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           the
           effect
           of
           our
           Weakness
           as
           well
           as
           Wickedness
           ,
           notwithstanding
           our
           profuseness
           and
           readiness
           to
           support
           so
           wretched
           a
           Cause
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           if
           God
           be
           not
           the
           more
           merciful
           :
           Of
           our
           Weakness
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           abstracting
           all
           other
           Considerations
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           not
           learn
           Wisdom
           and
           Forecast
           from
           our
           Enemy
           ,
           in
           making
           Provisions
           against
           the
           Winter
           ,
           when
           he
           's
           always
           most
           active
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           take
           it
           for
           a
           certain
           Maxim
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           our
           Experience
           all
           this
           War
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           can't
           prevent
           the
           French
           from
           doing
           their
           Business
           in
           the
           Winter
           time
           ,
           or
           very
           early
           in
           the
           Spring
           ,
           all
           our
           Summer's
           Expedition
           ends
           in
           nothing
           but
           marching
           and
           countermarching
           ,
           running
           away
           or
           getting
           a
           kick
           on
           the
           A
           —
           ,
           and
           so
           Home
           again
           ,
           and
           tell
           our
           Loving
           Subjects
           some
           dreadful
           Story
           of
           the
           great
           or
           
             excessive
             Power
          
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           desire
           
             more
             Money
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           are
           fool'd
           and
           cajol'd
           from
           Year
           to
           Year
           with
           the
           perpetual
           Outcries
           of
           the
           
             growing
             Power
          
           ,
           and
           
             excessive
             Power
          
           of
           France
           ,
           their
           
             augmenting
             their
             Forces
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
          
           ;
           put
           in
           mind
           of
           our
           being
           
             exposed
             to
             their
             Attempts
             ,
             the
             danger
             of
             our
             Countrey
             ,
             Liberties
          
           and
           Properties
           ;
           and
           to
           animate
           us
           to
           open
           our
           Purses
           the
           wider
           ,
           and
           bleed
           the
           more
           freely
           ,
           he
           assures
           us
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           a
           
             True
             Protestant
             Dutchman
          
           ,
           he
           has
           the
           
             same
             Religion
             to
             defend
          
           .
           What
           pitiful
           Nonsense
           is
           all
           this
           ?
           It
           has
           been
           pretended
           all
           along
           this
           War
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           King
           in
           his
           Negotiations
           with
           the
           Pope
           and
           the
           
             Italian
             Princes
          
           and
           States
           ,
           to
           encline
           them
           to
           use
           their
           Interest
           to
           procure
           a
           Peace
           among
           the
           Catholick
           Princes
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           part
           with
           him
           ,
           has
           made
           it
           his
           Business
           to
           perswade
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           War
           carried
           on
           against
           him
           so
           far
           as
           the
           
             Protestant
             Princes
          
           or
           States
           were
           concerned
           ,
           was
           on
           the
           score
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           denied
           by
           the
           said
           
             Protestant
             Princes
          
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           their
           Writers
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           and
           particularly
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             General
             History
             of
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             published
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
          
           
           
             the
             States
             General
          
           ,
           in
           the
           P.
           of
           
           O's
           Declaration
           published
           by
           Schomberg
           in
           Dauphine
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           Limerick
           we
           find
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           to
           the
           regret
           of
           many
           of
           our
           
             Protestant
             Rebels
          
           ,
           has
           granted
           greater
           Liberty
           and
           Priviledges
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           than
           ever
           they
           enjoyed
           in
           the
           Reigns
           of
           any
           of
           our
           
             Protestant
             Kings
          
           .
           But
           to
           come
           nearer
           ,
           he
           uses
           ambiguous
           terms
           ,
           which
           look
           very
           suspitiously
           ,
           
             We
             have
             the
             same
             Religion
             to
             defend
             .
          
           What
           same
           Religion
           ?
           The
           new
           
             Latitudinarian
             Religion
             ,
             Presbyterian
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Oliverian
             Independent
          
           ,
           or
           what
           ?
           Even
           what
           you
           please
           .
           We
           are
           Presbyterians
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
             Episcoparians
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Calvinists
          
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           some
           intelligent
           Persons
           are
           not
           mistaken
           )
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           after
           all
           every
           where
           Atheists
           .
           There
           are
           those
           in
           the
           World
           who
           fear
           not
           to
           assert
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           publickly
           enough
           reported
           at
           Rome
           by
           divers
           of
           the
           Cardinals
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           Auditor
           of
           the
           Rota
           ,
           some
           time
           before
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           reconcil'd
           to
           the
           Ch.
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           some
           stick
           not
           to
           assert
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           his
           Protest
           in
           the
           Royal
           Chapel
           at
           Brussels
           before
           the
           High
           Altar
           ,
           at
           his
           Admission
           into
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           inviolably
           perform
           the
           Articles
           of
           it
           ,
           whereof
           one
           is
           this
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           credit
           a
           Copy
           printed
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           of
           the
           Resolution
           of
           the
           
             Princes
             ,
             Allies
          
           ,
           and
           
             Confederates
             ,
             which
             has
             been
             taken
             in
             the
             Assembly
             at
             the
          
           Hague
           ,
           &c.
           
           Art.
           1.
           
           Having
           resolved
           to
           make
           a
           Descent
           into
           France
           ,
           &c.
           
           
             We
             will
             make
             no
             Peace
             with
          
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           
             till
             he
             has
             made
             reparation
             to
             the
             Holy
             See
             for
             whatsoever
             he
             has
             acted
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             till
             he
             has
             annull'd
             and
             made
             void
             all
             those
             infamous
             Proceedings
             against
             the
             Holy
             Father
          
           Innocent
           XI
           .
           If
           this
           be
           really
           one
           Article
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           a
           grand
           Suspition
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           Lukewarmness
           of
           that
           Pope
           towards
           King
           James
           ,
           as
           was
           frequently
           buz'd
           amongst
           us
           formerly
           ,
           what
           Figure
           he
           made
           in
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           his
           Inveterateness
           against
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           the
           Bigotry
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           the
           inflexible
           Temper
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           to
           be
           conceived
           how
           they
           should
           enter
           into
           a
           Negotiation
           of
           this
           nature
           with
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           without
           an
           assurance
           of
           his
           coming
           over
           to
           their
           Persuasion
           ,
           and
           Resolution
           of
           promoting
           the
           Rom.
           Catholick
           Interest
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           reasonable
           to
           suppose
           they
           would
           contribute
           their
           Assistance
           to
           remove
           a
           Prince
           of
           their
           own
           Principles
           ,
           tho'
           with
           a
           grand
           Prospect
           of
           advancing
           their
           civil
           Interests
           ,
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           impairing
           their
           Religion
           to
           make
           way
           for
           an
           heretical
           Prince
           .
           Besides
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           imagine
           they
           would
           ever
           communicate
           such
           a
           secret
           to
           him
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           first
           sure
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           could
           be
           sure
           of
           him
           without
           such
           an
           Engagement
           ?
           The
           sole
           Refusal
           or
           Discovery
           of
           it
           would
           have
           infallibly
           prevented
           all
           their
           Designs
           ,
           brought
           an
           indelible
           Dishonour
           and
           Scandal
           upon
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           provoked
           K.
           James
           and
           the
           French
           King
           to
           take
           the
           utmost
           Vengeance
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           justly
           odious
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           of
           whatever
           
           Persuasion
           :
           What
           a
           Blemish
           would
           it
           have
           fixed
           upon
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           commonly
           characterized
           as
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           most
           devout
           Temper
           ,
           and
           actually
           engaged
           against
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           to
           be
           found
           in
           a
           Design
           to
           depose
           a
           
             Catholick
             Prince
          
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           cut
           off
           all
           the
           Hopes
           of
           ever
           propagating
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           in
           three
           Kingdoms
           ?
           Neither
           is
           his
           usual
           Partiality
           towards
           
             Popish
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           in
           general
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           slightest
           Arguments
           for
           his
           Suspicion
           ,
           though
           it
           's
           usually
           objected
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           Alliances
           he
           was
           obliged
           to
           shew
           some
           favour
           to
           them
           .
           Why
           was
           it
           not
           as
           well
           cautioned
           he
           should
           not
           set
           the
           Mob
           upon
           their
           Houses
           and
           Chappels
           ?
           and
           why
           did
           not
           those
           Princes
           by
           their
           Interest
           with
           him
           prevent
           the
           issue
           of
           so
           much
           Bloud
           ,
           and
           put
           a
           timely
           stop
           to
           those
           horrid
           Barbarities
           ,
           and
           irreparable
           ruine
           of
           vast
           Numbers
           of
           their
           own
           Persuasion
           then
           ,
           as
           to
           shew
           such
           favour
           and
           marks
           of
           distinction
           since
           ?
           No
           ,
           some
           Severity
           was
           absolutely
           necessary
           in
           the
           beginning
           to
           get
           the
           Affections
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           surer
           establishment
           in
           the
           Throne
           ;
           but
           since
           he
           has
           gained
           his
           Point
           ,
           and
           dipt
           all
           Degrees
           and
           Orders
           of
           Men
           so
           deep
           in
           Guilt
           against
           their
           
             Lawful
             Soveraign
          
           ,
           that
           they
           fancy
           themselves
           beyond
           all
           hopes
           of
           Pardon
           ,
           he
           rides
           them
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           makes
           them
           believe
           what
           he
           lists
           ,
           and
           readily
           stops
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           entirely
           satisfies
           them
           with
           this
           Excuse
           .
           There
           might
           be
           some
           other
           very
           considerable
           Arguments
           offered
           on
           this
           Head
           if
           necessary
           or
           prudent
           ;
           all
           that
           I
           shall
           add
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           for
           my
           own
           part
           I
           shall
           ever
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Papist
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           any
           others
           fancy
           him
           either
           a
           Presbyterian
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           present
           pretended
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           till
           he
           satisfies
           the
           World
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           by
           taking
           some
           severe
           Test
           ,
           and
           most
           solemn
           Oath
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           should
           prove
           true
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           may
           notwithstanding
           his
           communicating
           publickly
           according
           to
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           many
           have
           done
           formerly
           to
           our
           knowledg
           before
           
             the
             Test
          
           was
           advised
           to
           make
           the
           distinction
           ;
           )
           How
           finely
           are
           we
           trumpt
           upon
           ?
           However
           ,
           let
           him
           urge
           this
           Motive
           as
           far
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           it
           's
           little
           to
           the
           present
           purpose
           ;
           as
           the
           Business
           of
           Religion
           has
           been
           managed
           since
           his
           Vsurpation
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           great
           matter
           
             what
             Religion
          
           he
           or
           we
           profess
           ;
           we
           have
           as
           good
           as
           renounc'd
           our
           Christianity
           already
           ,
           to
           make
           and
           receive
           him
           as
           King
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           affrontive
           of
           the
           Great
           God
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           than
           our
           very
           Prayers
           and
           Devotions
           ,
           wherein
           we
           beseech
           him
           to
           support
           and
           prosper
           one
           of
           the
           grandest
           pieces
           of
           Villany
           that
           ever
           was
           acted
           upon
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           to
           confound
           all
           Justice
           and
           Probity
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           great
           an
           Indignity
           to
           an
           Holy
           and
           
             Just
             God
          
           ,
           as
           Idolatry
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           more
           than
           that
           ,
           all
           our
           Preaching
           and
           Prayers
           tend
           directly
           to
           nothing
           but
           the
           hardening
           and
           encouraging
           Men
           to
           persevere
           in
           the
           horrid
           Sins
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           Schism
           ,
           with
           their
           Concomitants
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           in
           the
           Eye
           of
           Reason
           give
           an
           inlet
           to
           all
           other
           Vices
           ,
           it
           being
           
           as
           justifiable
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           plead
           a
           necessity
           for
           
             Whoring
             ,
             Theft
             ,
             Murder
             ,
             &c
             ,
          
           as
           to
           incur
           the
           guilt
           of
           Perjury
           and
           Rebellion
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           the
           consequence
           is
           so
           visible
           and
           intelligible
           by
           all
           the
           Debauchees
           and
           Atheists
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           that
           we
           to
           our
           great
           Sorrow
           perceive
           the
           visible
           growth
           of
           both
           dayly
           ;
           and
           one
           
             John
             Tillotson
          
           has
           contributed
           more
           to
           the
           spreading
           and
           rooting
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           than
           50
           Spinosa's
           ,
           Hobbs's
           or
           
           Vaninus's
           :
           So
           that
           let
           him
           insist
           as
           long
           as
           he
           pleases
           upon
           that
           old
           stale
           Cant
           of
           Religion
           to
           cover
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           profligate
           Designs
           ,
           we
           are
           certain
           he
           has
           the
           least
           reason
           to
           name
           it
           of
           any
           Person
           in
           the
           whole
           World
           ;
           one
           may
           as
           soon
           with
           his
           Arch-Heretick
           ,
           and
           
             Schismatick
             ,
             Don
             John
             ,
             find
             out
             a
             place
             for
             the
             Damn'd
             in
             the
             Mansions
             of
             Eternal
             Bliss
             ,
             after
             a
             certain
             period
             of
             suffering
             Hell
             Torments
             ,
          
           or
           that
           the
           Devils
           and
           the
           Damned
           sing
           Hallelujahs
           in
           Hell
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           shall
           at
           length
           merit
           a
           Release
           from
           those
           dreadful
           Torments
           ,
           by
           their
           supposed
           Blasphemies
           against
           ,
           or
           Execrations
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           as
           the
           least
           spark
           of
           Religion
           in
           him
           ,
           if
           we
           reflect
           upon
           his
           Practises
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           ever
           the
           Fruits
           of
           good
           or
           bad
           Principles
           ;
           )
           or
           as
           soon
           demonstrate
           that
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ,
           Dukes
           of
           Bavarin
           and
           Savoy
           entered
           into
           the
           Consederacy
           with
           him
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Princes
          
           ,
           out
           of
           no
           other
           Design
           but
           to
           preserve
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           against
           the
           Attempts
           of
           King
           James
           and
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           as
           prove
           it
           ever
           was
           the
           least
           part
           of
           his
           Intentions
           .
           For
           't
           is
           visible
           to
           any
           one
           that
           knows
           the
           difference
           between
           Schism
           and
           the
           Vnity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           persecuted
           ever
           since
           he
           came
           hither
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           True
           established
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           the
           first
           effort
           that
           he
           made
           was
           to
           let
           loose
           all
           manner
           of
           Schisms
           and
           Heresies
           upon
           her
           to
           worry
           her
           to
           Death
           ,
           if
           possibly
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           which
           he
           most
           impudently
           makes
           one
           of
           the
           plausible
           Pretexts
           of
           his
           Invasion
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           
             Latitudinarian
             Gentlemen
          
           had
           not
           out
           of
           a
           great
           Zeal
           to
           preserve
           their
           Preferments
           more
           than
           their
           Religion
           ,
           swallowed
           the
           Oaths
           against
           their
           
             known
             Duty
             and
             Allegiante
          
           ,
           had
           put
           the
           Presbyterians
           and
           Independents
           into
           the
           actual
           Possession
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           is
           constantly
           urged
           by
           them
           in
           private
           as
           the
           only
           Reason
           of
           their
           complyance
           ,
           and
           so
           turned
           R
           —
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           
             to
             keep
             Rogues
             out
          
           .
           And
           here
           I
           must
           not
           forget
           to
           give
           them
           their
           Due
           ,
           they
           prov'd
           apt
           Scholars
           and
           out-witted
           him
           :
           Nay
           more
           than
           that
           ,
           by
           compelling
           them
           to
           Complyances
           against
           all
           that
           they
           formerly
           taught
           and
           professed
           to
           believe
           to
           be
           their
           indispensible
           Duty
           ,
           he
           has
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           such
           new
           Lights
           and
           Discoveries
           to
           them
           in
           matters
           of
           the
           nearest
           Concernment
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           in
           effect
           he
           has
           given
           the
           sham
           to
           the
           so
           
             Glorious
             Deliverance
             it self
          
           ,
           and
           rendered
           himself
           for
           the
           future
           altogether
           useless
           .
           How
           natural
           is
           it
           now
           for
           them
           to
           urge
           ,
           and
           indeed
           in
           some
           of
           their
           Writings
           they
           have
           already
           ,
           that
           though
           there
           might
           be
           some
           pretence
           in
           the
           late
           dark
           Age
           of
           their
           Immaturity
           and
           Childhood
           for
           his
           Heroick
           and
           Generous
           Undertaking
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           
           none
           now
           for
           his
           Continuance
           ,
           which
           by
           his
           Unsuccessfulness
           ,
           and
           the
           vast
           Expences
           he
           puts
           the
           Nation
           to
           ,
           without
           any
           colour
           of
           hope
           to
           accomplish
           the
           remainder
           of
           his
           Designs
           ,
           has
           already
           dimn'd
           the
           Lustre
           of
           his
           first
           Enterprize
           ,
           and
           sunk
           it
           almost
           into
           Oblivion
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           Change
           in
           Religion
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           can
           affect
           them
           now
           ;
           they
           've
           got
           a
           Clue
           that
           will
           readily
           extricate
           them
           out
           of
           all
           such
           Labyrinths
           ,
           with
           the
           new
           Arts
           of
           higher
           and
           
             lower
             Sense
          
           ,
           the
           Distinction
           between
           Submission
           and
           Allegiance
           ,
           as
           Circumstances
           shall
           determine
           it
           :
           No
           Oaths
           can
           now
           enslave
           them
           and
           tye
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           no
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           impose
           upon
           them
           .
           Christianity
           is
           not
           the
           same
           thing
           now
           that
           she
           was
           in
           her
           Swadling
           Cloaths
           ,
           one
           thing
           is
           to
           be
           done
           in
           propagating
           the
           Faith
           ,
           another
           when
           she
           has
           taken
           firm
           rooting
           .
           The
           Self-denial
           and
           Passivity
           of
           the
           first
           Ages
           was
           really
           necessary
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Faith
           ;
           but
           now
           it
           's
           setled
           it's
           become
           an
           useless
           Topick
           ,
           especially
           since
           the
           State
           has
           added
           her
           Sanction
           ,
           and
           stampt
           it
           into
           Civil
           Property
           ;
           and
           Christianity
           as
           to
           the
           Agenda
           requires
           little
           more
           then
           what
           the
           pure
           sight
           of
           Nature
           clear'd
           up
           from
           Passion
           and
           Prejudice
           suggests
           of
           her self
           :
           Self-Preservation
           is
           her
           
             prime
             Law
          
           and
           Dictate
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           cannot
           null
           it
           without
           committing
           the
           greatest
           violence
           upon
           Humanity
           it self
           .
           Besides
           ,
           since
           Salvation
           is
           not
           confined
           to
           any
           Party
           or
           Sect
           of
           Christians
           ,
           but
           allowances
           must
           be
           made
           for
           Humane
           Frailty
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Law
             of
             Charity
          
           it self
           to
           be
           strait-lac'd
           in
           a
           point
           of
           such
           deep
           importance
           .
           Therefore
           let
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           talk
           what
           he
           will
           as
           to
           Religion
           ,
           Ours
           is
           as
           Comprehensive
           as
           his
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ;
           we
           want
           only
           the
           much
           desired
           Opportunity
           to
           reap
           the
           Blessings
           of
           our
           happy
           Change
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           cannot
           be
           obtained
           under
           him
           ,
           we
           are
           ready
           for
           the
           next
           propitious
           Providence
           ;
           and
           let
           it
           come
           from
           whence
           it
           will
           ,
           
             modo
             hic
             sit
             bene
          
           ,
           if
           we
           may
           but
           continue
           
             Vicars
             of
             Bray
             still
          
           ,
           we
           'll
           call
           it
           and
           celebrate
           it
           as
           the
           
             Greatest
             Deliverance
          
           we
           ever
           had
           yet
           .
        
         
           These
           short
           Reflections
           upon
           some
           Passages
           of
           his
           Speech
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           subjoin
           to
           my
           Considerations
           on
           the
           last
           mentioned
           Disadvantage
           these
           Nations
           have
           by
           this
           Great
           Revolution
           ,
           viz.
           
             the
             unlikelyhood
             of
             ever
             enjoying
             Peace
          
           under
           the
           present
           Government
           .
           I
           might
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           to
           avoid
           being
           over
           tedious
           ,
           enlarge
           my self
           upon
           a
           Subject
           of
           satal
           Importance
           to
           these
           Islands
           ,
           the
           
             Daily
             Decay
          
           of
           Trade
           ;
           all
           that
           I
           shall
           say
           in
           reference
           unto
           it
           is
           only
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           impossible
           for
           us
           to
           retrieve
           it
           so
           long
           as
           the
           P.
           of
           O.
           continues
           here
           ;
           because
           we
           can
           never
           hope
           to
           be
           at
           Peace
           ,
           or
           Masters
           of
           the
           Seas
           so
           as
           to
           secure
           it
           ;
           and
           we
           must
           allow
           a
           Million
           and
           a
           half
           at
           least
           to
           be
           yearly
           lost
           during
           this
           War
           ,
           in
           Shipping
           and
           Goods
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           possible
           Product
           or
           Encrease
           of
           it
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Commerce
           ,
           near
           a
           third
           part
           to
           be
           deducted
           out
           of
           the
           Trade
           in
           general
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           excessive
           Taxes
           ,
           and
           scarcity
           of
           Money
           ;
           a
           considerable
           part
           whereof
           is
           near
           lost
           already
           for
           want
           of
           
             Seamen
             ,
             Convoys
          
           ,
           and
           
           Ships
           themselves
           ,
           by
           such
           vast
           numbers
           being
           taken
           for
           Transportation
           ,
           the
           frequent
           Embargoes
           ,
           and
           unhappy
           detaining
           of
           our
           Fleets
           ,
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           Markets
           ,
           wasting
           their
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           raising
           Commodities
           to
           such
           high
           Rates
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           as
           good
           be
           without
           them
           ;
           particularly
           the
           Newfoundland
           and
           
             Bank
             Fishery
          
           suspended
           ,
           if
           not
           lost
           ,
           to
           the
           impoverishing
           of
           divers
           of
           our
           Port
           Towns
           ,
           by
           reducing
           numerous
           Families
           to
           downright
           Beggary
           ,
           to
           the
           excessive
           Charge
           of
           the
           respective
           Parishes
           they
           belong
           to
           .
           Then
           again
           ,
           for
           our
           Comfort
           ,
           let
           us
           but
           consider
           the
           Encrease
           of
           the
           
             French
             Shipping
          
           ,
           by
           their
           perpetually
           snapping
           ours
           and
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           the
           Encrease
           of
           their
           Seamen
           by
           the
           vast
           Encouragement
           of
           the
           Privateers
           ,
           the
           addition
           that
           will
           be
           made
           by
           the
           next
           Summer
           to
           their
           Navy
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           
             Trading
             by
             Sea
          
           will
           in
           a
           little
           time
           be
           rendred
           almost
           impracticable
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           the
           P.
           of
           
           O's
           certain
           Design
           to
           betray
           our
           Trade
           to
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           for
           it
           's
           impossible
           to
           avoid
           such
           a
           Reflexion
           ,
           since
           no
           other
           Reason
           can
           be
           given
           for
           the
           detaining
           our
           Turkey
           Fleet
           above
           twelve
           months
           for
           want
           of
           Convoys
           ,
           after
           they
           were
           ordered
           to
           be
           in
           a
           readiness
           .
           What
           other
           account
           can
           be
           given
           of
           the
           Ineffectualness
           of
           the
           Petition
           made
           by
           divers
           Merchants
           and
           Ensurers
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           now
           sitting
           ,
           wherein
           they
           set
           forth
           their
           Losses
           of
           190
           Vessels
           taken
           by
           the
           French
           since
           the
           last
           Fight
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           suppose
           they
           mentioned
           only
           such
           as
           belonged
           to
           the
           Port
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           )
           they
           were
           only
           slighted
           by
           the
           Committee
           ,
           telling
           them
           opprobriously
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           the
           
             chief
             Merchants
          
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           demanded
           whether
           they
           would
           swear
           on
           their
           own
           Knowledge
           to
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Ships
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Time
           and
           Place
           of
           their
           Taking
           ,
           &c.
           whether
           they
           had
           applied
           themselves
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Admiralty
           for
           Convoys
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           answered
           that
           they
           had
           ,
           they
           referred
           them
           to
           the
           
             Council
             Board
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Council
           told
           them
           they
           could
           spare
           them
           none
           ;
           the
           Committee
           quell'd
           the
           business
           ,
           saying
           ,
           the
           Council
           must
           have
           some
           Reasons
           why
           they
           could
           not
           grant
           them
           any
           .
           Does
           not
           all
           this
           appear
           to
           be
           a
           real
           Design
           to
           ruine
           our
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           to
           gratifie
           the
           Dutch
           ?
           And
           are
           not
           we
           forced
           by
           this
           means
           to
           trade
           with
           them
           for
           ready
           Cash
           or
           Bullion
           ,
           for
           those
           Commodities
           which
           we
           use
           to
           fetch
           in
           our
           own
           Bottoms
           from
           abroad
           ?
           And
           if
           we
           do
           but
           reflect
           what
           a
           prodigious
           Summ
           of
           Money
           the
           Spices
           we
           annually
           take
           off
           from
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           which
           we
           were
           wont
           to
           barter
           for
           with
           our
           
             Tobaccoes
             ,
             Sugars
          
           ,
           &c.
           from
           the
           West-Indies
           ;
           and
           the
           Losses
           we
           have
           sustained
           during
           this
           War
           in
           our
           
             Jamaica
             ,
             Virginia
          
           ,
           and
           Barbadoes
           Fleets
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           we
           are
           necessitated
           to
           part
           with
           our
           Coin
           
             in
             specie
          
           ;
           the
           Interruption
           in
           our
           
             East-India
             ,
             Streights
          
           ,
           and
           Levant
           Trade
           ,
           being
           hereby
           obliged
           to
           take
           those
           sorts
           of
           Goods
           at
           the
           second
           hand
           from
           them
           ;
           the
           Decay
           in
           our
           Traffick
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           hazard
           of
           utterly
           losing
           it
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           to
           the
           eternal
           Reproach
           of
           our
           Mock-Deliver
           ,
           the
           manifest
           Treachery
           of
           the
           Conservators
           of
           our
           Liberties
           and
           
           Properties
           ,
           and
           the
           Terror
           and
           (
           I
           hope
           in
           God
           )
           the
           just
           Regret
           of
           all
           those
           who
           are
           not
           yet
           willing
           to
           have
           their
           Noses
           and
           Ears
           cut
           off
           by
           the
           cursed
           and
           
             never
             to
             be
             forgiven
             Dutch.
          
           This
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           let
           us
           reflect
           upon
           his
           endeavours
           the
           last
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           to
           dissolve
           the
           East-India
           Company
           ,
           which
           part
           of
           our
           Trade
           has
           been
           ever
           envied
           by
           those
           greedy
           Mammonists
           ,
           and
           for
           many
           Years
           has
           been
           attempted
           to
           be
           engrost
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           you
           will
           easily
           foresee
           to
           what
           a
           weak
           condition
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Nation
           will
           be
           reduc'd
           ,
           if
           not
           speedily
           prevented
           ,
           which
           must
           require
           many
           Years
           to
           recover
           her
           pristine
           Wealth
           and
           Glory
           .
           In
           one
           Word
           ,
           All
           that
           's
           valuable
           to
           us
           runs
           to
           wreck
           ,
           Our
           Religion
           dwindling
           sensibly
           into
           downright
           Atheism
           and
           Profaneness
           ,
           Our
           Liberties
           into
           Slavery
           ,
           Our
           Property
           into
           Beggary
           ,
           the
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           of
           the
           
             English
             Nation
          
           into
           the
           utmost
           Contempt
           ;
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Government
           broken
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           running
           more
           and
           more
           into
           Factions
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           however
           disagreeing
           among
           themselves
           ,
           dissatisfied
           with
           the
           present
           Government
           .
           Add
           to
           these
           Considerations
           the
           certain
           Prognosticks
           of
           a
           decaying
           State
           ;
           the
           lost
           Reputation
           of
           him
           who
           sits
           at
           the
           Helm
           ;
           the
           growing
           Lukewarmness
           and
           Despondency
           of
           the
           People
           in
           general
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           
             immoderate
             Taxes
             ,
             want
          
           of
           Trade
           ,
           the
           barbarous
           usage
           of
           our
           Soldiers
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           unsuccessfulness
           in
           all
           the
           late
           noisy
           Projects
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Known
             Strength
          
           and
           Policy
           of
           the
           Enemy
           .
           Then
           consider
           and
           weigh
           seriously
           the
           loosness
           of
           the
           present
           Clergy
           both
           in
           Principle
           and
           Practice
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           former
           Atheists
           more
           than
           Christians
           ,
           asserting
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           that
           real
           and
           acknowledged
           Evil
           may
           be
           done
           to
           good
           Ends
           ,
           preaching
           up
           and
           practising
           Rebellion
           ,
           reviling
           in
           their
           Sermons
           and
           blaspheming
           the
           
             Lord
             's
             Anointed
          
           ,
           applauding
           the
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Vsurper
           ,
           and
           blasphemously
           equallizing
           him
           to
           our
           
             Blessed
             Saviour
          
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           them
           have
           most
           impudently
           done
           ;
           and
           by
           justifying
           all
           his
           most
           flagitions
           Proceedings
           make
           themselves
           accessory
           and
           Parties
           to
           all
           he
           does
           ,
           imbruing
           by
           that
           means
           their
           Hands
           in
           all
           that
           Innocent
           Bloud
           of
           their
           Fellow-Subjects
           that
           has
           heen
           spilt
           by
           that
           
             Detestible
             Murtherer
          
           ,
           to
           the
           subversion
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Calamities
           that
           have
           ensued
           upon
           it
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           of
           what
           quality
           soever
           ,
           (
           since
           if
           they
           had
           done
           their
           Duties
           ,
           all
           these
           Miseries
           had
           ,
           morally
           speaking
           ,
           been
           infallibly
           prevented
           ,
           to
           the
           grand
           Honour
           of
           themselves
           and
           their
           Religion
           ;
           )
           and
           so
           render
           themselves
           unfit
           to
           approach
           the
           Holy
           Altar
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           intercede
           for
           a
           Blessing
           upon
           his
           People
           :
           Thus
           by
           their
           means
           the
           Gates
           of
           Heaven
           are
           barr'd
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           Blessings
           we
           have
           Plagues
           and
           Judgments
           .
           The
           Degeneracy
           of
           the
           Priests
           has
           been
           ever
           lookt
           upon
           as
           a
           direful
           Forerunner
           of
           ensuing
           Destruction
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           must
           look
           very
           horridly
           ,
           when
           the
           Priests
           shall
           pray
           and
           praise
           God
           for
           nothing
           but
           what
           's
           the
           effect
           of
           his
           Indignation
           ,
           caused
           by
           the
           Sins
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           People
           misled
           by
           their
           wicked
           Examples
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           endeavour
           
           to
           harden
           and
           confirm
           them
           in
           the
           Sins
           they
           have
           drawn
           them
           into
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           they
           can
           prevent
           their
           Repentance
           ;
           when
           they
           shall
           exhort
           them
           to
           take
           part
           with
           Disobedient
           and
           
             Rebellious
             Children
          
           against
           their
           Parents
           ,
           to
           violate
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           expose
           their
           Bodies
           and
           Souls
           in
           a
           most
           
             Vnnatural
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           and
           pray
           to
           Heaven
           to
           prosper
           them
           in
           the
           very
           heighth
           ,
           &c.
           of
           Impiety
           ;
           What
           a
           Dishonour
           is
           this
           to
           God
           and
           Religion
           !
           What
           a
           Curse
           to
           the
           World
           !
           What
           an
           Injury
           to
           Men's
           Souls
           !
           And
           what
           can
           it
           portend
           but
           Vengeance
           ,
           and
           (
           without
           a
           timely
           and
           extraordinary
           Repentance
           )
           inevitable
           Ruine
           ?
           Neither
           can
           I
           omit
           putting
           my
           Fellow-Subjects
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           raging
           Pestilence
           in
           the
           East-Indies
           ,
           which
           has
           swept
           away
           Multitudes
           of
           our
           People
           ;
           the
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           Earthquake
           in
           Jamaica
           ,
           and
           those
           late
           
             Monitory
             Shakings
          
           which
           ran
           through
           all
           this
           Island
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Territories
           of
           our
           
             Wicked
             Confederates
          
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           pretend
           to
           divine
           what
           may
           be
           the
           Consequence
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           we
           never
           heard
           of
           an
           Earthquake
           in
           this
           Island
           but
           did
           certainly
           forerun
           some
           very
           remarkable
           Calamity
           .
           All
           I
           shall
           farther
           add
           is
           this
           ,
           The
           only
           Refuge
           this
           Government
           has
           (
           for
           I
           find
           they
           don't
           think
           it
           safe
           to
           stand
           upon
           their
           own
           Legs
           ,
           )
           is
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           Confederacy
           ;
           This
           is
           reality
           will
           prove
           a
           rotten
           Reed
           ,
           we
           may
           lean
           upon
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           will
           run
           into
           our
           Hands
           and
           wound
           us
           ,
           but
           never
           support
           us
           ;
           it
           's
           grown
           already
           feeble
           and
           contemptible
           ,
           and
           being
           originally
           founded
           in
           Villany
           there
           's
           little
           likelyhood
           it
           will
           prosper
           .
           By
           the
           Experience
           of
           former
           Ages
           ,
           Confederacies
           seldom
           or
           never
           performed
           great
           Atchiements
           .
           Their
           
             Religions
             ,
             Manners
             ,
             Interests
          
           ,
           being
           for
           the
           most
           part
           different
           and
           contrary
           ,
           their
           Consultations
           for
           that
           very
           Reason
           seldom
           prove
           effectual
           :
           And
           Monluc
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             two
             Princes
          
           designing
           to
           overcome
           a
           third
           never
           agree
           long
           ;
           and
           gives
           you
           his
           own
           Experience
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           preceding
           Times
           for
           it
           .
           And
           the
           most
           acute
           and
           judicious
           Guicciardine
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           Confederacies
           can
           never
           be
           so
           knitted
           and
           united
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           or
           other
           of
           them
           will
           grow
           remiss
           ,
           or
           go
           off
           from
           the
           rest
           ;
           and
           then
           all
           is
           spoiled
           .
           And
           Comines
           adds
           ,
           That
           if
           there
           be
           not
           One
           to
           over-rule
           and
           govern
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           their
           Designs
           will
           be
           frustrated
           ,
           and
           end
           in
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           Shame
           and
           Weakness
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           and
           Advantage
           of
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           .
           I
           might
           ,
           if
           I
           dare
           take
           that
           Liberty
           ,
           have
           produced
           a
           multitude
           of
           Examples
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           any
           One's
           Reflection
           upon
           the
           Instances
           of
           this
           Age
           will
           save
           me
           that
           Trouble
           ;
           and
           therefore
           will
           address
           my self
           to
           those
           of
           my
           Countreymen
           who
           have
           had
           the
           misfortune
           to
           be
           misled
           ,
           that
           since
           they
           have
           found
           all
           their
           Expectations
           deceived
           ,
           themselves
           gull'd
           out
           of
           all
           those
           real
           Blessings
           of
           Government
           they
           formerly
           enjoyed
           ,
           
             Peace
             ,
             Plenty
             ,
             Liberty
          
           and
           Property
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           could
           render
           a
           People
           happy
           ,
           by
           One
           whom
           a
           Man
           would
           be
           tempted
           to
           think
           could
           never
           have
           been
           procreated
           of
           
             Humane
             Race
          
           ,
           void
           of
           all
           sense
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Honour
          
           ,
           and
           every
           Qualification
           
           that
           is
           apt
           to
           conciliate
           Love
           or
           Veneration
           from
           Mankind
           ;
           who
           has
           really
           forfeited
           the
           Crown
           by
           his
           own
           Act
           ,
           having
           violated
           the
           very
           Instrument
           of
           Government
           he
           subscribed
           :
           One
           that
           has
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           shedding
           more
           Christian
           Bloud
           ,
           on
           both
           Sides
           ,
           than
           was
           spilt
           in
           the
           ten
           Persecutions
           ,
           and
           meerly
           upon
           a
           
             Sham
             Pretence
          
           of
           Religion
           to
           us
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           their
           Interest
           and
           indispensible
           Duty
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           sence
           of
           Goodness
           remaining
           ,
           any
           fear
           of
           God
           before
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           any
           respect
           for
           Religion
           ,
           or
           love
           for
           their
           Souls
           ,
           
             any
             remorse
             for
             the
             Evil
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             any
             Bowels
             for
             their
             own
             Countrey
             ,
             any
             Charity
             for
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             free
             these
             Nations
             of
             such
             a
             Plague
             and
             Curse
             ,
          
           and
           if
           possibly
           ,
           
             to
             redeem
             all
             those
             Blessings
          
           which
           have
           been
           so
           long
           with-held
           from
           us
           by
           his
           Means
           ,
           by
           atoning
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           by
           doing
           Justice
           to
           their
           highly
           injur'd
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           Europe
           ,
           and
           averting
           those
           
             dismal
             Plagues
          
           which
           otherwise
           e're
           long
           will
           fall
           upon
           their
           Heads
           :
           Otherwise
           let
           them
           do
           what
           they
           can
           ,
           be
           as
           
             obstinate
             ,
             malicious
          
           and
           revengeful
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           resolv'd
           yet
           to
           act
           wickedly
           
             they
             shall
             be
             consumed
             ,
             both
             they
             and
             their
             King.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAg.
           6.
           
           Lin.
           5.
           make
           a
           Comma
           after
           that
           .
           P.
           10.
           l.
           2.
           for
           have
           r.
           having
           .
           Pag.
           15.
           l.
           28.
           r.
           
             the
             Confederacy
          
           .
           P.
           16.
           l.
           4.
           for
           miserable
           r.
           inevitable
           .
           P.
           17.
           l.
           25.
           r.
           
             peradventure
             will
             be
          
           .
           P.
           18.
           l.
           6.
           after
           Succession
           add
           
             to
             the
             Parliament
          
           .
           P.
           19.
           l.
           3.
           r.
           selected
           .
           P.
           22.
           l.
           18.
           r.
           encamp'd
           .
           P.
           29.
           l.
           ult
           .
           for
           for
           r.
           from
           .