An account of the private league betwixt the late King James the Second, and the French king in a letter from a gentleman in London, to a gentleman in the countrey.
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             An account of the private league betwixt the late King James the Second, and the French king in a letter from a gentleman in London, to a gentleman in the countrey.
             Allix, Pierre, 1641-1717.
             Gentleman in London.
          
           [4], 15, [1] p.
           
             Printed for Ric. Chiswell ...,
             London :
             1689.
          
           
             Caption title: The private league betwixt the late King James II and the French king.
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           THE
           PRIVATE
           LEAGUE
           Betwixt
           the
           LATE
           KING
           JAMES
           II.
           And
           The
           FRENCH
           KING
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           LICENS'D
           ,
        
         
           
             
               May
               2.
               1689.
               
            
          
           
             J.
             Fraser
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           PRIVATE
           LEAGUE
           BETWIXT
           The
           Late
           King
           JAMES
           the
           Second
           ,
           AND
           THE
           FRENCH
           KING
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           LETTER
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           London
           ,
           To
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           Private
           League
           BETWIXT
           THE
           Late
           King
           JAMES
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           King.
           
        
         
           In
           a
           Letter
           from
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           London
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           surpriz'd
           at
           the
           unbelief
           which
           your
           Letter
           informs
           me
           ,
           has
           seiz'd
           some
           of
           your
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           after
           a
           publication
           in
           Print
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Year
           1670
           ▪
           there
           was
           a
           League
           concluded
           between
           Lewis
           the
           Fourteenth
           ,
           and
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           for
           the
           Introducing
           of
           Popery
           into
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           by
           overturning
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           have
           the
           face
           still
           to
           demand
           ,
           where
           the
           so
           much
           talk'd
           of
           League
           is
           ,
           between
           Lewis
           the
           Fourteenth
           ,
           and
           James
           the
           Second
           .
           They
           complain
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           had
           given
           them
           hopes
           of
           seeing
           the
           Original
           Treaty
           ,
           have
           not
           been
           as
           good
           as
           their
           words
           .
           To
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           find
           something
           in
           this
           their
           unreasonable
           proceeding
           ,
           that
           at
           once
           surprizes
           and
           confounds
           me
           .
           I
           never
           knew
           that
           our
           Nation
           had
           the
           ill
           repute
           in
           the
           world
           of
           being
           senseless
           and
           stupid
           :
           Our
           behaviour
           in
           a
           case
           that
           concern'd
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           has
           made
           it
           conspicuous
           to
           all
           Europe
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           the
           importance
           of
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           not
           insensible
           when
           such
           dear
           Interests
           lye
           at
           stake
           .
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           what
           will
           all
           Europe
           
           think
           ,
           when
           they
           hear
           that
           some
           English
           men
           do
           still
           doubt
           of
           a
           matter
           so
           evident
           ,
           and
           are
           resolved
           to
           continue
           so
           ,
           till
           they
           see
           the
           Original
           of
           that
           League
           produc'd
           ,
           and
           have
           liberty
           to
           peruse
           it
           .
           King
           James
           say
           they
           ,
           has
           flatly
           denied
           that
           he
           had
           made
           any
           such
           League
           with
           France
           .
           First
           ,
           By
           the
           Marquis
           
             d'
             Albyville
          
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           5.
           
           Octob.
           1688.
           in
           the
           Memorial
           he
           presented
           to
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           since
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Declaration
           had
           renewed
           this
           Suspicion
           against
           him
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Sunderland
           hath
           lately
           writ
           from
           Holland
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           nothing
           of
           any
           such
           League
           .
        
         
           These
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           are
           the
           two
           convincing
           proofs
           they
           relye
           upon
           ,
           who
           will
           needs
           doubt
           of
           this
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           and
           who
           by
           these
           doubts
           against
           all
           sense
           and
           reason
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           make
           this
           truth
           pass
           for
           suspected
           .
           Well
           ,
           suppose
           for
           once
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           of
           Sunderland
           knew
           nothing
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           that
           which
           he
           pretends
           of
           his
           continual
           opposing
           himself
           against
           the
           Popish
           party
           be
           true
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           strange
           thing
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           loath
           to
           commit
           their
           Secrets
           to
           him
           .
           But
           can
           his
           ignorance
           in
           a
           case
           which
           without
           imprudence
           was
           not
           to
           be
           communicated
           to
           him
           ,
           because
           of
           his
           great
           zeal
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           be
           a
           sufficient
           ground
           for
           us
           to
           call
           the
           matter
           in
           question
           ?
           King
           James
           the
           II.
           positively
           denies
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           Memorial
           presented
           to
           the
           States
           by
           the
           Marquis
           
             d'
             Albyville
          
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           in
           the
           Answer
           which
           a
           Popish
           Lord
           has
           writ
           in
           his
           name
           to
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           And
           one
           would
           think
           all
           this
           might
           pass
           for
           a
           palpable
           proof
           ,
           and
           incontestable
           conviction
           of
           the
           falseness
           of
           this
           pretended
           League
           .
           Will
           you
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           plainly
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           what
           my
           thoughts
           are
           of
           those
           upon
           whom
           this
           Declaration
           of
           King
           James
           makes
           such
           an
           Impression
           ,
           in
           spite
           of
           the
           Evidence
           they
           may
           have
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           They
           seem
           plainly
           to
           me
           to
           renounce
           the
           use
           of
           their
           Reason
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           willing
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           should
           in
           complaisance
           to
           them
           ,
           do
           so
           likewise
           .
           They
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           King
           James
           II.
           has
           for
           many
           years
           been
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           Fraternity
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           that
           he
           has
           been
           continually
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           their
           Councils
           .
        
         
           I
           can't
           believe
           their
           Memory
           is
           so
           short
           to
           forget
           how
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Shipwrack
           in
           going
           for
           Scotland
           ,
           he
           suffered
           many
           Persons
           of
           great
           Quality
           to
           perish
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           save
           some
           of
           his
           Fraternity
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           Order
           ,
           disguis'd
           one
           
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Habit
           of
           a
           
             Valet
             de
             chambre
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           in
           that
           of
           a
           Cook.
           They
           know
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           had
           made
           himself
           the
           Head
           of
           their
           Conspiracy
           against
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           whilst
           he
           was
           yet
           only
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           the
           effect
           of
           this
           his
           being
           guided
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           proved
           no
           less
           than
           the
           total
           overthrow
           of
           all
           the
           Laws
           which
           he
           had
           Sworn
           to
           maintain
           ,
           at
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           had
           got
           an
           opportunity
           to
           Execute
           those
           Projects
           with
           Authority
           ,
           which
           the
           Love
           of
           his
           own
           Quiet
           ,
           and
           fear
           of
           hazarding
           all
           ,
           had
           made
           King
           Charles
           his
           Brother
           to
           Suspend
           :
           And
           yet
           after
           all
           this
           they
           can
           by
           no
           means
           induce
           themselves
           to
           believe
           that
           James
           II
           ▪
           should
           dare
           to
           deny
           by
           his
           Minister
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           engaged
           in
           any
           League
           with
           France
           .
           Pray
           let
           us
           take
           a
           view
           of
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           therefore
           durst
           do
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           Sworn
           to
           observe
           ;
           he
           sends
           his
           Ambassador
           to
           Rome
           ,
           to
           testifie
           his
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Pope
           .
           He
           gives
           way
           to
           a
           Nuncio
           from
           thence
           ,
           to
           reside
           at
           his
           Court
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           advance
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           do
           without
           being
           Perjur'd
           and
           Cruel
           ;
           he
           makes
           a
           Jesuit
           one
           of
           his
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           all
           England
           ,
           yea
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           Person
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treason
           ,
           for
           having
           set
           his
           foot
           on
           )
           English
           ground
           ,
           and
           a
           Member
           of
           that
           Bloody
           Society
           ,
           who
           became
           liable
           to
           the
           Punishment
           inflicted
           on
           Traitors
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           Equivocations
           ,
           Perjuries
           ,
           and
           Conspiracies
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           distinguishing
           Character
           of
           that
           Fraternity
           .
           And
           yet
           in
           spite
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           we
           will
           believe
           James
           II.
           so
           scrupulous
           ,
           as
           not
           daring
           to
           hide
           ,
           or
           disguise
           a
           Truth
           ,
           in
           a
           case
           ,
           which
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           designs
           he
           had
           Formed
           for
           that
           End
           with
           his
           Jesuits
           ,
           did
           oblige
           him
           to
           keep
           most
           secret
           .
           Well
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           so
           indeed
           ,
           we
           must
           suppose
           it
           was
           a
           very
           difficult
           thing
           for
           that
           Prince
           to
           obtain
           a
           particular
           dispensation
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           for
           this
           concealing
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           if
           the
           general
           one
           ,
           he
           had
           already
           obtain'd
           of
           him
           ,
           for
           breaking
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           ,
           as
           made
           to
           Hereticks
           ,
           would
           not
           serve
           the
           turn
           .
        
         
           But
           pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           a
           willful
           hoodwinking
           of
           our selves
           to
           lay
           any
           stress
           upon
           this
           Negation
           of
           James
           II.
           whilest
           we
           have
           a
           certain
           knowledg
           that
           there
           always
           was
           a
           strict
           League
           between
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           and
           the
           French
           King
           ;
           and
           to
           assure
           us
           ,
           that
           this
           League
           has
           continued
           since
           
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           has
           been
           advanced
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           .
           We
           have
           an
           Authentick
           Declaration
           of
           the
           French
           Ambassadour
           at
           the
           Hague
           very
           express
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           I
           say
           we
           cannot
           in
           the
           least
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           always
           was
           a
           strict
           League
           between
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           and
           the
           French
           King.
           To
           be
           convinced
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           need
           only
           to
           cast
           an
           Eye
           upon
           the
           War
           of
           Holland
           in
           1670.
           
           'T
           is
           certainly
           known
           't
           was
           a
           War
           of
           Religion
           undertaken
           meerly
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           Popery
           .
           The
           
             French
             ▪
          
           Minister
           manifested
           plainly
           in
           his
           Speech
           to
           the
           Emperours
           Council
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           since
           Printed
           in
           French
           ,
           that
           the
           Hollanders
           being
           Hereticks
           ,
           who
           had
           forsaken
           their
           God
           ,
           all
           good
           Christians
           are
           bound
           to
           joyn
           and
           unite
           to
           extirpate
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           implore
           Gods
           Blessing
           upon
           so
           good
           a
           Work.
           But
           how
           cunningly
           did
           they
           proceed
           in
           the
           Dukes
           Cabal
           ,
           to
           dissemble
           the
           part
           they
           had
           in
           such
           a
           Design
           .
           1.
           
           They
           reformed
           the
           
             Cabinet
             Council
          
           ,
           and
           turn'd
           at
           once
           out
           of
           the
           Committee
           for
           Forreign
           Affairs
           ,
           Prince
           Rupert
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
             Keeper
             ,
             Trevor
          
           the
           first
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           that
           was
           ever
           kept
           out
           of
           a
           Commission
           of
           that
           nature
           .
           2.
           
           They
           advised
           His
           Majesty
           to
           Prorogue
           the
           Parliament
           according
           to
           the
           French
           Kings
           desire
           .
           3.
           
           They
           sought
           a
           Quarrel
           against
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           by
           sending
           a
           Yatch
           with
           order
           to
           Sail
           through
           the
           Dutch
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           require
           striking
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Flag
           :
           Although
           the
           Dutch
           Fleet
           was
           then
           at
           Anchor
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           their
           own
           Coast
           .
           4.
           
           They
           fell
           upon
           the
           Dutch
           Fleet
           of
           Smyrna
           without
           any
           Declaration
           of
           War
           ,
           when
           the
           Dutch
           Ambassadours
           had
           offerred
           all
           possible
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           King
           upon
           this
           affected
           Quarrel
           .
           5.
           
           The
           English
           Fleet
           fought
           for
           the
           French
           so
           bravely
           ,
           and
           interprised
           themselves
           between
           the
           French
           and
           the
           Dutch
           with
           so
           good
           a
           success
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           English
           Fleet
           ,
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           lessen'd
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           Designes
           ,
           was
           reduced
           into
           a
           sad
           condition
           ,
           the
           French
           Squadron
           came
           off
           as
           fresh
           and
           as
           entire
           as
           when
           they
           first
           Sailed
           out
           of
           their
           Ports
           .
           6.
           
           When
           they
           sent
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           and
           my
           Lord
           Arlington
           into
           Holland
           ,
           they
           gave
           their
           instructions
           for
           the
           insisting
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           altho'
           the
           second
           head
           of
           the
           French
           demands
           was
           upon
           a
           publick
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Roman
           Religion
           in
           the
           
             Vnited
             Provinces
          
           ,
           the
           Church
           to
           be
           divided
           ,
           and
           the
           Romish
           Priests
           to
           have
           a
           maintainance
           out
           of
           the
           Publick
           Revenue
           .
        
         
         
           After
           this
           we
           shall
           do
           well
           to
           make
           some
           reflections
           upon
           
           Coleman's
           Letters
           to
           Sir
           
             W.
             Throgmorton
          
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           York's
           Agent
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           France
           .
           See
           how
           he
           expresses
           himself
           in
           one
           of
           them
           dated
           February
           ,
           1674
           /
           5.
           
           
             For
             you
             know
             well
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Duke
             comes
             to
             be
             Master
             of
             our
             Affairs
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             France
             will
             have
             reason
             to
             promise
             himself
             all
             things
             that
             he
             can
             desire
             .
             For
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             mind
             of
             the
             Duke
             ,
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             ,
             are
             so
             close
             bound
             up
             together
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             separate
             them
             ,
             the
             one
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             without
             ruine
             to
             all
             three
             ;
             but
             being
             joined
             ,
             they
             must
             notwithstanding
             all
             opposition
             ,
             become
             invincible
             .
          
           Those
           who
           knew
           nothing
           of
           the
           League
           concluded
           between
           England
           and
           France
           in
           the
           Year
           1670.
           were
           extreamly
           at
           a
           loss
           what
           to
           make
           of
           those
           words
           of
           Coleman
           ,
           words
           so
           express
           and
           precise
           ,
           as
           nothing
           could
           be
           said
           more
           .
           But
           they
           who
           have
           seen
           the
           extract
           of
           that
           League
           ,
           published
           by
           the
           Abbot
           Primi
           ,
           easily
           conceive
           ,
           that
           they
           referred
           to
           the
           secret
           League
           of
           1670.
           and
           that
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           English
           Court
           has
           been
           so
           industrious
           to
           maintain
           and
           cultivate
           the
           Union
           with
           France
           ,
           was
           only
           in
           order
           to
           preserve
           those
           hidden
           Interests
           ,
           they
           judged
           inseparable
           ,
           though
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           the
           State
           was
           indeed
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           the
           entertaining
           any
           Union
           with
           a
           Crown
           ,
           all
           whose
           designs
           were
           level'd
           at
           the
           ruine
           of
           England
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           We
           find
           much
           the
           same
           stile
           in
           a
           Letter
           of
           Father
           
             la
             Chaise
          
           ,
           Jesuit
           and
           Confessor
           to
           Lewis
           the
           XIV
           .
           to
           Coleman
           .
           He
           saith
           ,
           Page
           110.
           
           
             That
             the
             French
             King
             considers
             his
             own
             Interest
             ,
             and
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             as
             one
             and
             the
             same
             thing
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             the
             Duke
             would
             undertake
             to
             Dissolve
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             would
             assist
             him
             ,
             with
             his
             Power
             and
             Purse
             ,
             to
             procure
             such
             an
             one
             afterwards
             ,
             as
             might
             be
             favourable
             to
             their
             designs
             .
          
           Now
           I
           should
           think
           ,
           that
           when
           one
           offers
           ones
           Power
           and
           Purse
           to
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           this
           supposes
           a
           Treaty
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           Prudence
           would
           not
           permit
           a
           King
           to
           write
           to
           a
           Prince
           to
           employ
           his
           Interest
           for
           Dissolving
           a
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           knowing
           himself
           engaged
           in
           the
           greatest
           confidence
           with
           him
           .
           Some
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           will
           imagine
           that
           this
           was
           only
           an
           ordinary
           Treaty
           .
           But
           Coleman
           has
           exprest
           himself
           
           so
           clearly
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           not
           left
           us
           room
           to
           mistake
           him
           .
           See
           what
           he
           writes
           to
           Father
           
             la
             Chaise
          
           ,
           
             We
             have
             here
             a
             mighty
             work
             upon
             our
             hands
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             the
             Conversion
             of
             three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             perhaps
             the
             subduing
             of
             a
             Pestilent
             Heresse
             ,
             which
             has
             domineer'd
             over
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Northern
             World
             a
             long
             time
             .
             There
             were
             never
             such
             hopes
             of
             Success
             ,
             since
             the
             Death
             of
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             as
             now
             in
             our
             days
             ,
             when
             God
             has
             given
             us
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             is
             become
             (
             may
             I
             say
             to
             a
             Miracle
             )
             zealous
             of
             being
             the
             Author
             and
             Instrument
             of
             so
             glorious
             a
             work
             ,
             pag.
             118.
             collect
             .
             of
             Letters
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           grand
           design
           carried
           on
           in
           1675
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           evident
           that
           the
           Treaty
           made
           by
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Orleans
           was
           not
           forgot
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           same
           was
           inviolably
           observ'd
           ,
           and
           stuck
           to
           .
           Had
           we
           the
           other
           Letters
           of
           Coleman
           and
           Father
           
             la
             Chaise
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Agents
           of
           the
           English
           Court
           ,
           which
           Coleman
           declar'd
           were
           still
           in
           White-Hall
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           examin'd
           ,
           where
           the
           rest
           of
           these
           Letters
           were
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           easie
           to
           judge
           ,
           that
           matters
           have
           been
           still
           carried
           on
           in
           the
           same
           strain
           ,
           between
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           and
           the
           
             French
             King.
          
           There
           are
           Men
           enough
           that
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           choice
           was
           made
           of
           the
           Letters
           that
           were
           to
           be
           published
           :
           they
           eclips'd
           and
           suppress'd
           those
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Court
           and
           Duke
           of
           York
           were
           more
           particularly
           concern'd
           .
           But
           without
           putting
           our selves
           to
           the
           trouble
           of
           guessing
           ,
           we
           have
           but
           too
           many
           Evidences
           ,
           to
           leave
           us
           the
           least
           Shadow
           of
           a
           Doubt
           .
           Can
           we
           in
           England
           forget
           the
           things
           that
           past
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           was
           discovered
           by
           
             Oates
             ,
             Bedlow
             ,
             Prince
             ,
             Everard
             ,
             Smith
             ,
          
           &
           c
           ?
           Can
           we
           forget
           the
           indefatigable
           Pains
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           took
           ,
           to
           turn
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           was
           so
           deeply
           concerned
           ,
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           ;
           as
           appears
           from
           
           Dangerfield's
           Discovery
           ,
           published
           
             Anno
             Domini
          
           1678.
           
           Can
           we
           forego
           the
           remembrance
           of
           those
           remarkable
           Events
           which
           happened
           soon
           after
           the
           Assassination
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey
          
           ,
           the
           Sham
           put
           upon
           Mr.
           
             Roderick
             Mansell
          
           ,
           the
           Depositions
           of
           
             William
             Lewis
          
           and
           
             Laurence
             Moubray
          
           :
           The
           Oaths
           of
           Secrecy
           and
           the
           Litany
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           publish'd
           by
           
             Robert
             Bolron
          
           ?
           Can
           we
           forget
           the
           Conspiracy
           of
           the
           Papists
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           subject
           that
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           we
           have
           before
           our
           Eyes
           the
           Narrative
           of
           
             Thomas
             Sampson
          
           Printed
           1680.
           and
           the
           Depositions
           of
           
             Mac-namara
             ,
             Fitzgerald
          
           and
           Nash
           ,
           besides
           the
           Papers
           ,
           
           about
           the
           same
           Subject
           ,
           sent
           in
           1680.
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           to
           the
           Court.
           All
           these
           particulars
           appeared
           so
           evident
           to
           the
           Parliaments
           of
           Westminster
           and
           Oxford
           ,
           that
           they
           judged
           it
           impossible
           to
           reserve
           for
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           any
           hopes
           of
           his
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Court
           Party
           and
           Favourers
           of
           the
           Duke
           ,
           would
           have
           thought
           themselves
           to
           have
           gain'd
           much
           ,
           if
           the
           Duke
           ,
           who
           was
           lookt
           upon
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           all
           these
           Intriegues
           might
           only
           have
           retain'd
           the
           Title
           of
           King
           ,
           with
           leaving
           the
           whole
           Administration
           of
           the
           Government
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           .
        
         
           We
           Englishmen
           ,
           having
           since
           that
           ,
           been
           so
           good
           natur'd
           ,
           as
           to
           admit
           the
           Duke
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           King
           Charles
           II.
           whom
           the
           Papists
           had
           conspir'd
           to
           Murther
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           make
           place
           for
           the
           Duke
           :
           Let
           any
           one
           judge
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           likelihood
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           renounced
           his
           League
           with
           France
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           always
           lookt
           upon
           as
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           the
           making
           his
           designs
           to
           bear
           :
           notwitstanding
           a
           publick
           Neutrality
           that
           was
           to
           be
           heldwith
           France
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           Guarantee
           of
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Nimeguen
           .
           After
           all
           this
           ,
           a
           Man
           must
           have
           lost
           both
           Sense
           and
           Memory
           to
           suppose
           that
           he
           broke
           this
           Treaty
           since
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
           Moreover
           we
           have
           seen
           James
           II.
           an
           unconcern'd
           spectator
           of
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           seizing
           of
           Orange
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Desolation
           of
           his
           Son-in-Law's
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           were
           forced
           to
           embrace
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           by
           the
           Violence
           of
           Dragoons
           .
           All
           Europe
           have
           seen
           the
           accomodation
           of
           the
           Business
           of
           Bantam
           suspended
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Reason
           ,
           but
           the
           design
           of
           having
           a
           Pretence
           in
           reserve
           to
           break
           with
           the
           Hollanders
           ;
           as
           also
           there
           were
           equal
           pains
           taken
           in
           1670
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           a
           plausible
           one
           ,
           to
           unite
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           to
           ruine
           a
           State
           ,
           which
           endeavour'd
           to
           preserve
           the
           Liberty
           of
           Europe
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           JAMES
           II.
           affording
           the
           Algerines
           a
           free
           retreat
           into
           his
           Havens
           ,
           and
           the
           Convoy
           of
           his
           Frigats
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           safely
           carry
           away
           with
           them
           the
           Dutch
           and
           
             French
             Protestants
          
           they
           had
           taken
           between
           England
           and
           Holland
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           JAMES
           II.
           take
           the
           Government
           of
           Ireland
           from
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clarendon
           ,
           to
           put
           it
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Tyrconnel
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           new
           model
           the
           Army
           ,
           by
           putting
           out
           
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           supplying
           their
           Places
           with
           Papists
           ,
           as
           being
           more
           suited
           to
           carry
           on
           his
           Designs
           against
           England
           and
           Ireland
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           him
           send
           Prince
           George
           into
           Denmark
           ,
           to
           hinder
           that
           Crown
           from
           joining
           with
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           ,
           and
           from
           quitting
           his
           Engagements
           with
           France
           ,
           whose
           Assistance
           and
           Power
           were
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           to
           him
           .
           And
           within
           his
           own
           Kingdom
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           he
           hath
           not
           attempted
           ,
           to
           advance
           his
           Designs
           and
           overthrow
           the
           Government
           in
           conformity
           to
           his
           Treaty
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Directions
           of
           Barillon
           ,
           his
           Ambassador
           ?
           He
           has
           put
           all
           places
           of
           Strength
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           Papists
           ;
           he
           has
           kept
           on
           foot
           a
           numerous
           Army
           ,
           to
           suppress
           all
           those
           who
           might
           oppose
           his
           Designs
           ;
           he
           has
           ,
           against
           Law
           ,
           established
           an
           High
           Commission-Court
           for
           Ecclesiastical
           Affairs
           ,
           to
           violate
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           the
           Universities
           .
           He
           has
           introduced
           Popish
           Bishops
           into
           England
           :
           He
           has
           allowed
           a
           free
           exercise
           of
           that
           Religion
           in
           all
           Places
           :
           All
           which
           things
           he
           durst
           never
           have
           undertaken
           so
           openly
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           high
           a
           Hand
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           been
           supported
           with
           Hopes
           ,
           derived
           from
           the
           Treaty
           he
           had
           with
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           whose
           Arms
           he
           lookt
           upon
           as
           able
           to
           bring
           about
           the
           Designs
           he
           had
           projected
           so
           long
           since
           .
        
         
           It
           seems
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           these
           Proceedings
           are
           an
           abundant
           proof
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           engaged
           in
           a
           League
           with
           France
           :
           But
           beyond
           all
           this
           ,
           behold
           here
           another
           Argument
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           gain-said
           :
        
         
           The
           French
           Ambassadour
           ,
           the
           Count
           
             d'
             Avaux
          
           ,
           was
           a
           publick
           Person
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           he
           spoke
           ,
           with
           order
           from
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           States
           General
           ;
           he
           there
           peremptorily
           declares
           the
           Ninth
           of
           September
           last
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           an
           Alliance
           between
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           and
           James
           the
           Second
           ;
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           this
           League
           to
           interpose
           himself
           ,
           by
           his
           Master's
           Command
           ,
           upon
           an
           occasion
           ;
           when
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           believ'd
           ,
           that
           the
           States
           were
           forming
           some
           Enterprise
           against
           James
           the
           Second
           :
           He
           delivers
           his
           Memorial
           to
           the
           States
           ,
           and
           communicates
           it
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Ambassadors
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             Sept.
          
           the
           9th
           .
           The
           Memorial
           was
           conceiv'd
           in
           these
           Terms
           :
        
         
           
             
             
               THe
               ,
               sincere
               Desire
               the
               King
               my
               Master
               hath
               to
               maintain
               the
               Peace
               of
               Europe
               ,
               will
               not
               permit
               his
               Majesty
               to
               be
               a
               Spectator
               of
               the
               Great
               Preparations
               your
               H.
               &
               M.
               Lordships
               are
               making
               by
               Land
               and
               by
               Sea
               ,
               without
               taking
               those
               Measures
               wherewith
               his
               Prudence
               ,
               the
               inseparable
               Companion
               of
               all
               his
               Actions
               ,
               doth
               inspire
               him
               ,
               to
               prevent
               the
               Mischiefs
               which
               without
               doubt
               will
               be
               the
               Consequence
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               And
               tho'
               the
               King
               be
               well
               assured
               of
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               your
               Counsels
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               imagined
               ,
               that
               a
               Commonwealth
               should
               lightly
               betake
               themselves
               to
               Arms
               ,
               and
               kindle
               a
               War
               ,
               which
               at
               this
               Juncture
               cannot
               but
               prove
               fatal
               to
               all
               Christendom
               ;
               yet
               his
               Majesty
               cannot
               believe
               ,
               that
               your
               H.
               and
               M.
               Lordships
               would
               ever
               engage
               your selves
               in
               so
               great
               Expences
               ,
               as
               well
               within
               as
               without
               your
               State
               ,
               or
               suffer
               so
               many
               Foreign
               Troops
               to
               enter
               your
               Country
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               Season
               so
               far
               spent
               put
               so
               numerous
               a
               Fleet
               to
               Sea
               ,
               or
               prepare
               so
               vast
               a
               Warlike
               Train
               ,
               in
               case
               they
               had
               not
               formed
               a
               Design
               corresponding
               to
               the
               Greatness
               of
               those
               Preparations
               .
            
             
               All
               these
               Circumstances
               ,
               My
               Lords
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               more
               which
               I
               must
               not
               here
               relate
               ,
               persuade
               the
               King
               my
               Master
               ,
               that
               these
               Preparations
               have
               an
               eye
               to
               England
               :
               And
               therefore
               the
               King
               my
               Master
               has
               charged
               me
               in
               his
               ▪
               Name
               to
               declare
               ,
               That
               
                 the
                 Engagements
                 of
                 Friendship
                 and
                 Alliance
                 which
                 he
                 has
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Great
                 Britain
                 ,
              
               will
               not
               only
               oblige
               him
               to
               succour
               him
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               consider
               the
               first
               Act
               of
               Hostility
               your
               Ships
               or
               Land-Forces
               shall
               exert
               against
               his
               Britannick
               Majesty
               ,
               as
               a
               manifest
               Breach
               of
               Peace
               ,
               and
               open
               Rupture
               with
               his
               Crown
               .
            
             
               I
               leave
               it
               ,
               My
               Lords
               ,
               to
               the
               Prudence
               of
               Your
               H.
               and
               M.
               Lordships
               ,
               to
               consider
               the
               Consequences
               of
               such
               like
               Vndertakings
               :
               And
               his
               Majesty
               has
               ordered
               me
               to
               make
               this
               Declaration
               to
               you
               in
               his
               Name
               ,
               no
               otherwise
               than
               in
               the
               sincere
               Intention
               he
               has
               (
               as
               I
               have
               often
               had
               the
               Honour
               to
               declare
               to
               you
               )
               to
               prevent
               whatsoever
               might
               trouble
               the
               Peace
               of
               Europe
               .
            
             
               Subscribed
               ,
               
                 Done
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   9th
                   .
                   Septemb.
                   1688.
                   
                
              
               
                 The
                 Coun
                 
                   d'
                   Avaux
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Than
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           said
           more
           plain
           and
           express
           .
           What
           does
           the
           English
           Embassador
           hereupon
           ?
           Some
           days
           after
           he
           presents
           a
           Memorial
           to
           the
           Estates
           ,
           and
           this
           plainly
           of
           concert
           with
           the
           French
           Embassador
           ,
           because
           this
           his
           second
           Memorial
           did
           refer
           to
           that
           which
           the
           French
           Embassador
           Presented
           ;
           and
           contents
           himself
           to
           assure
           them
           ,
           that
           James
           the
           Second
           had
           no
           Treaty
           with
           France
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           made
           Publick
           .
           See
           here
           the
           Memorial
           of
           the
           Marquiss
           
             de
             Albyville
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               THe
               underwritten
               Envoy
               Extraordinary
               from
               the
               King
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
              
               ,
               has
               received
               Order
               to
               represent
               to
               your
               Lordships
               ,
               that
               although
               His
               Majesty
               had
               believed
               ,
               that
               what
               he
               had
               already
               declared
               to
               your
               Embassador
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               the
               Orders
               he
               had
               given
               to
               his
               said
               Envoy
               Extraordinary
               upon
               the
               same
               Subject
               ,
               might
               have
               satisfied
               your
               Lordships
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Treaty
               between
               His
               Majesty
               and
               the
               Most
               Christian
               King
               ,
               than
               those
               that
               are
               Publick
               and
               in
               Print
               .
               Yet
               since
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Artifice
               and
               Industry
               has
               been
               made
               use
               of
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               world
               believe
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               his
               Master
               is
               entred
               into
               other
               Treaties
               and
               Alliances
               with
               the
               Most
               Christian
               King
               ;
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               to
               shew
               the
               great
               regard
               he
               has
               to
               the
               Friendship
               and
               Alliances
               which
               are
               between
               him
               and
               your
               Lordships
               ,
               and
               his
               desire
               to
               continue
               the
               same
               ,
               has
               commanded
               the
               said
               Envoy
               Extraordinary
               ,
               in
               his
               Name
               ,
               to
               assure
               your
               Lordships
               that
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Treaty
               between
               His
               Majesty
               and
               the
               Most
               Christian
               King
               ,
               than
               those
               that
               are
               Publick
               and
               in
               Print
               .
               And
               farther
               that
               as
               His
               Majesty
               extreamly
               desires
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               Peace
               and
               Repose
               of
               Christendom
               ,
               so
               he
               shall
               also
               be
               glad
               to
               take
               such
               measures
               with
               your
               Lordships
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               most
               convenient
               for
               maintaining
               the
               Peace
               of
               Nimeguen
               ,
               and
               the
               Truce
               of
               Twenty
               years
               ,
               concluded
               in
               1684.
               
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 
                   the
                   Fifth
                   of
                   October
                   1688.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           This
           Memorial
           pleasured
           the
           World
           with
           a
           fit
           of
           Laughter
           ,
           to
           see
           it
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           Memorial
           of
           the
           French
           Embassador
           ,
           notwithstanding
           he
           was
           very
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Memorial
           presented
           before
           by
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Avaux
          
           .
           But
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           both
           the
           Marquiss
           
             de
             Albyville
          
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           had
           dictated
           the
           French
           Memorials
           ,
           spake
           nothing
           but
           the
           Truth
           .
           The
           Marquiss
           
           maintains
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           Treaty
           between
           England
           and
           France
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           are
           in
           Point
           ;
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Avaux
          
           Asserts
           ,
           that
           Lewis
           the
           Fourteenth
           is
           engaged
           in
           an
           Alliance
           with
           James
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           both
           of
           them
           speak
           true
           .
           The
           Count
           
             de
             Avaux
          
           speaks
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Treaty
           of
           1670.
           betwixt
           Charles
           the
           Second
           and
           Lewis
           the
           Fourteenth
           ,
           and
           supposes
           ,
           as
           indeed
           it
           cannot
           be
           doubted
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Treaty
           has
           continued
           ever
           since
           ,
           with
           design
           to
           destroy
           England
           and
           the
           Protesant
           Religion
           ,
           which
           at
           first
           gave
           birth
           to
           the
           said
           League
           .
           He
           builds
           upon
           this
           Principle
           ,
           That
           the
           D.
           of
           York
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           great
           Promoter
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           whilst
           he
           was
           in
           that
           Station
           ,
           acted
           in
           Conformity
           with
           the
           said
           secret
           Treaty
           ,
           had
           sufficiently
           ratified
           the
           same
           since
           his
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           which
           Promotion
           of
           his
           was
           therefore
           so
           Passionately
           desired
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           more
           vigorously
           execute
           the
           said
           Treaty
           ,
           which
           Charles
           II.
           did
           not
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           troubling
           his
           own
           Repose
           .
           The
           Marquiss
           
             de
             Albyville
          
           ,
           knowing
           that
           this
           Treaty
           had
           been
           Printed
           at
           Paris
           1682.
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           War
           of
           Holland
           by
           the
           
             Abbot
             Primi
          
           ,
           but
           soon
           after
           supprest
           at
           the
           Instances
           of
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           ,
           supposed
           he
           might
           say
           with
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           self-same
           Treaty
           ,
           That
           his
           Master
           had
           no
           Treaty
           with
           France
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           in
           Print
           .
           So
           that
           the
           seeming
           Contradiction
           vanisheth
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           we
           consider
           the
           Persons
           that
           speak
           .
           The
           one
           is
           the
           Minister
           of
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           who
           is
           not
           at
           all
           careful
           to
           husband
           the
           Interests
           of
           his
           Allies
           ,
           and
           who
           thinks
           he
           may
           speak
           whatsoever
           pleases
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           thinks
           he
           can
           compass
           whatsoever
           he
           wills
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           declares
           the
           Truth
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Frankness
           and
           Liberty
           :
           The
           other
           is
           the
           Minister
           of
           James
           II.
           whom
           the
           Society
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           their
           Maxims
           ,
           have
           model'd
           for
           disguising
           the
           Truth
           ;
           and
           therefore
           dares
           not
           expose
           it
           ,
           but
           under
           covert
           of
           an
           Equivocation
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           ,
           if
           he
           owns
           that
           which
           is
           true
           ,
           he
           reserves
           himself
           always
           the
           means
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           of
           denying
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           owning
           of
           it
           might
           prove
           a
           prejudice
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           not
           to
           make
           any
           further
           Enlargement
           here
           upon
           the
           Jesuitical
           Character
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Albyville
          
           had
           a
           competent
           share
           ,
           without
           which
           Qualification
           he
           would
           scarcely
           have
           been
           made
           choice
           of
           for
           an
           Extraordinary
           Envoy
           :
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           how
           any
           thing
           could
           more
           evidently
           confirm
           the
           Truth
           ,
           
           than
           the
           foresaid
           Memorial
           of
           the
           Count
           
             d'
             Avaux
          
           ,
           wherein
           he
           positively
           declares
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           an
           Alliance
           between
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           and
           James
           II.
           And
           I
           cannot
           see
           ,
           how
           the
           most
           resolved
           Prejudice
           can
           object
           ought
           against
           this
           Proof
           ,
           besides
           these
           Three
           Things
           ,
           which
           are
           equally
           ridiculous
           :
        
         
           The
           First
           is
           ,
           That
           King
           James
           II.
           is
           not
           bound
           to
           make
           good
           the
           Words
           of
           a
           French
           Ambassador
           ▪
           spoke
           at
           random
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           the
           Reason
           why
           the
           English
           Ambassador
           did
           not
           more
           punctually
           contradict
           the
           French
           Memorial
           ,
           proves
           only
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           willing
           enough
           to
           see
           the
           Hollanders
           affrighted
           with
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           this
           Secret
           Alliance
           between
           both
           those
           Kings
           ,
           though
           he
           did
           not
           think
           fitting
           to
           confirm
           the
           Belief
           of
           that
           League
           ,
           by
           the
           Memorial
           he
           presented
           to
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           October
           ;
           whence
           it
           follows
           ,
           That
           it
           may
           be
           there
           was
           no
           such
           League
           at
           all
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           thought
           necessary
           to
           advance
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Truth
           .
        
         
           The
           Third
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           Marquiss
           
             d'
             Albyville
          
           ,
           were
           Guilty
           of
           some
           Fault
           on
           this
           occasion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           just
           to
           lay
           the
           blame
           of
           it
           upon
           his
           Master
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           never
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           very
           able
           ,
           and
           refin'd
           Minister
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           answer
           to
           these
           ,
           First
           ,
           The
           World
           knows
           ,
           That
           the
           Memorial
           of
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           ,
           was
           contrived
           at
           Paris
           ,
           with
           the
           Concurrence
           of
           Mr.
           Skelton
           ,
           the
           Ambassador
           of
           James
           II.
           So
           that
           we
           cannot
           pretend
           ,
           that
           this
           Declaration
           was
           made
           by
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           without
           knowledge
           of
           the
           K.
           of
           England
           .
           And
           tho
           Mr.
           Skelton
           ,
           upon
           his
           return
           from
           France
           ,
           was
           committed
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           for
           having
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           that
           Memorial
           ,
           yet
           we
           know
           this
           was
           only
           a
           Pretext
           ,
           being
           set
           at
           Liberty
           a
           few
           days
           after
           ,
           and
           made
           Colonel
           of
           a
           Regiment
           ;
           and
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           returning
           thither
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           Prisoner
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           the
           Governour
           of
           it
           :
           All
           which
           makes
           it
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           Sun
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           only
           a
           feigned
           Imprisonment
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Punishment
           of
           an
           unfaithful
           discharge
           of
           a
           Trust
           .
           2dly
           ,
           I
           can
           no
           way
           conceive
           ,
           how
           any
           can
           imagine
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           K.
           should
           take
           the
           Liberty
           peremptorily
           
           to
           assert
           an
           Alliance
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           nothing
           at
           all
           of
           it
           ,
           only
           because
           he
           thought
           it
           was
           his
           Interest
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           it
           was
           not
           permitted
           to
           James
           II.
           to
           dissemble
           ,
           in
           a
           Case
           where
           such
           a
           Dissimulation
           was
           of
           use
           to
           him
           .
           But
           I
           go
           further
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           That
           for
           to
           discover
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           affected
           Dissimulation
           of
           the
           English
           Ambassador
           about
           the
           League
           with
           France
           ,
           we
           need
           only
           to
           examine
           the
           Behaviour
           of
           James
           II.
           after
           that
           Declaration
           of
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           to
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           .
           If
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           ,
           or
           the
           King
           his
           Master
           ,
           had
           advanced
           an
           Untruth
           ,
           in
           declaring
           that
           there
           was
           an
           Alliance
           between
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           and
           James
           II.
           which
           could
           not
           be
           without
           an
           Infraction
           of
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Nimeguen
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           King
           of
           England
           was
           declared
           Guarantee
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           for
           K.
           James
           to
           disavow
           that
           Untruth
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           was
           inform'd
           what
           had
           past
           at
           the
           Hague
           ?
           Ought
           he
           not
           to
           have
           made
           Reparation
           of
           the
           Fault
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Albyville
          
           had
           committed
           ,
           by
           ordering
           him
           to
           explain
           himself
           fully
           about
           the
           false
           Supposal
           of
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           visible
           ,
           that
           his
           Honour
           was
           extreamly
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Declaration
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           contrary
           to
           his
           Word
           given
           to
           the
           
             States
             General
          
           ,
           after
           his
           arrival
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           had
           so
           often
           since
           renewed
           to
           their
           Ambassador
           in
           Ordinary
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           natural
           for
           him
           to
           express
           himself
           plainly
           ,
           instead
           of
           suppressing
           the
           Fact
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           done
           in
           the
           
             English
             Gazette
          
           ,
           published
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           reviewed
           by
           his
           Ministers
           ;
           where
           we
           find
           indeed
           the
           Memorial
           of
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Albyville
          
           ,
           given
           into
           the
           States
           the
           5th
           of
           October
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           word
           of
           the
           Memorial
           of
           the
           Count
           
             d'
             Avaux
          
           ,
           presented
           before
           .
           Who
           sees
           not
           that
           this
           his
           Silence
           ,
           after
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           ,
           is
           an
           evident
           and
           solid
           Conviction
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           League
           between
           him
           and
           France
           ?
           For
           any
           one
           to
           answer
           the
           Objection
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           that
           K.
           James
           II.
           did
           disavow
           the
           thing
           openly
           ,
           in
           his
           Answer
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           
           Orange's
           Declaration
           ,
           is
           to
           say
           nothing
           that
           may
           satisfy
           a
           Man
           of
           Reason
           .
           Every
           Thing
           hath
           its
           Time
           ;
           a
           Man
           that
           holds
           his
           peace
           ,
           when
           he
           ought
           to
           speak
           in
           his
           own
           Justification
           ,
           is
           presum'd
           to
           be
           convict
           of
           the
           Thing
           laid
           to
           his
           Charge
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           Maxim
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           that
           
             to
             evident
             Presumption
             ,
             Proofs
             must
             be
             oppos'd
             :
          
           Wherefore
           in
           the
           Case
           he
           was
           indispensibly
           obliged
           to
           deny
           the
           Fact
           whereof
           he
           was
           accused
           ,
           and
           to
           refute
           it
           ,
           at
           that
           Time
           ,
           and
           in
           those
           Circumstances
           ;
           for
           that
           Opportunity
           being
           once
           let
           slip
           ,
           
           his
           denying
           cannot
           be
           look'd
           upon
           otherwise
           ,
           than
           as
           the
           Effect
           of
           Fears
           ,
           and
           extream
           Necessity
           ,
           which
           often
           obliges
           Men
           to
           disguise
           and
           deny
           the
           Truth
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           we
           only
           please
           to
           cast
           an
           Eye
           upon
           the
           Design
           he
           had
           of
           delivering
           Portsmouth
           to
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           suffering
           several
           of
           their
           Regiments
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           Affair
           took
           up
           much
           of
           the
           Time
           of
           the
           Secret
           Council
           in
           October
           and
           November
           1687.
           we
           cannot
           with
           any
           Reason
           doubt
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Secret
           League
           between
           Lewis
           XIV
           ,
           and
           James
           II.
           The
           Thing
           was
           not
           so
           secretly
           carried
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           different
           Advices
           given
           thereupon
           ,
           came
           to
           the
           knowledg
           of
           some
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Authors
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Reason
           which
           hindred
           the
           King
           from
           following
           them
           in
           that
           Circumstance
           .
           The
           Hopes
           which
           he
           had
           of
           getting
           a
           Parliament
           to
           his
           mind
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           an
           one
           as
           might
           overthrow
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           was
           opposite
           to
           Popery
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           was
           the
           chief
           Reason
           ,
           as
           is
           well
           known
           to
           many
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           that
           hindred
           him
           from
           taking
           a
           Resolution
           to
           make
           us
           feel
           the
           Effects
           of
           that
           League
           ,
           before
           it
           was
           declared
           in
           Publick
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           also
           cast
           an
           Eye
           upon
           all
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           James
           II.
           till
           his
           retiring
           to
           France
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           those
           of
           Lewis
           XIV
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           them
           all
           but
           so
           many
           Effects
           and
           Consequences
           of
           the
           Secret
           League
           .
           Lewis
           XIV
           ,
           always
           influenc'd
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           in
           the
           Time
           of
           Charles
           II
           ,
           during
           whose
           Reign
           England
           could
           not
           but
           be
           sensible
           of
           the
           Effects
           of
           the
           Secret
           Treaty
           of
           1670
           ,
           
           by
           the
           War
           against
           the
           Hollander
           ,
           by
           the
           frequent
           Dissolutions
           of
           her
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           saw
           the
           whole
           Mystery
           laid
           open
           ,
           in
           the
           Conspiracy
           of
           Coleman
           ,
           Secretary
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           who
           acted
           nothing
           without
           express
           Order
           of
           his
           Master
           .
           Since
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           become
           notorious
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           Charles
           II.
           who
           went
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           outward
           Profession
           ,
           did
           ,
           by
           Secret
           Treaties
           ,
           design
           the
           overthrow
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           within
           his
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           died
           a
           profest
           Papist
           :
           And
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           cannot
           we
           perswade
           our selves
           to
           believe
           that
           James
           II.
           a
           declared
           Papist
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           Nuncio
           to
           prompt
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           Jesuit
           to
           counsel
           him
           ,
           did
           confirm
           or
           renew
           a
           Treaty
           with
           Lewis
           XIV
           ,
           for
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           especially
           when
           all
           his
           three
           Kindoms
           are
           Witness
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           advancing
           of
           Popery
           ,
           he
           has
           neither
           had
           any
           regard
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           Oaths
           he
           had
           taken
           to
           preserve
           them
           .
           Thus
           much
           I
           assert
           boldly
           ,
           that
           since
           it
           cannot
           
           be
           deny'd
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Secret
           Treaty
           betwixt
           Lewis
           XIV
           ,
           and
           James
           II
           ,
           we
           can
           less
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           End
           and
           Aim
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           was
           the
           Ruin
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           must
           needs
           conclude
           so
           from
           the
           Secret
           Treaty
           manag'd
           by
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           between
           Charles
           II.
           and
           Lewis
           XIV
           .
           published
           by
           Abbot
           Primi
           ,
           in
           his
           History
           of
           the
           War
           with
           Holland
           ,
           with
           priviledg
           of
           the
           French
           King.
           This
           Treaty
           expresly
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           King
           did
           promise
           Charles
           II.
           to
           subject
           his
           Parliament
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           re-establish
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           in
           his
           Kingdoms
           .
           We
           may
           easily
           guess
           whether
           these
           Things
           could
           be
           accomplish'd
           any
           other
           way
           than
           by
           Force
           of
           Arms
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           Violence
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           his
           Dragoons
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Who
           is
           ,
           so
           blind
           as
           not
           to
           see
           that
           K.
           Charles
           II.
           had
           ever
           since
           that
           Treaty
           ,
           cast
           about
           to
           furnish
           himself
           with
           Foreign
           Force
           to
           enslave
           his
           Subjects
           to
           his
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ?
           Those
           who
           find
           difficulty
           to
           believe
           this
           ,
           need
           only
           to
           consider
           the
           Secret
           Treaty
           he
           had
           made
           with
           Spain
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           furnish
           him
           with
           8000
           Men
           upon
           occasion
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           to
           assure
           himself
           of
           their
           good
           Service
           ,
           that
           Charles
           II.
           demanded
           Mony
           of
           his
           Parliament
           in
           1680.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Can
           we
           be
           so
           wilful
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           trace
           the
           Current
           of
           the
           Design
           throughout
           all
           
           Coleman's
           Letters
           ,
           which
           contain
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           Conspiracy
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           After
           that
           James
           II.
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Just
           Oppositions
           of
           the
           Commons
           in
           the
           Westminster
           and
           Oxford
           Parliaments
           ,
           who
           easily
           foresaw
           all
           that
           is
           since
           come
           to
           pass
           ;
           did
           not
           he
           give
           undoubted
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           he
           still
           followed
           the
           same
           Measures
           ,
           when
           after
           the
           Defeat
           of
           Monmouth
           ,
           he
           declared
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           for
           Time
           to
           come
           ,
           he
           would
           make
           use
           of
           Popish
           Officers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           keep
           an
           Army
           on
           foot
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Have
           we
           not
           seen
           the
           whole
           bottom
           of
           his
           Designs
           unravell'd
           ,
           by
           the
           Care
           he
           took
           to
           fill
           that
           Army
           with
           Irish
           Papists
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           he
           disbanded
           all
           that
           Protestant
           Army
           and
           Souldiers
           that
           served
           him
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           always
           have
           an
           Army
           at
           hand
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           for
           to
           invade
           England
           .
           It
           appears
           beyond
           a
           possibility
           of
           doubting
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           Proceedings
           were
           only
           founded
           on
           the
           Continuation
           of
           a
           Design
           ,
           which
           could
           never
           be
           executed
           without
           a
           secret
           League
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           without
           a
           very
           express
           Assurance
           of
           being
           vigorously
           supported
           from
           thence
           when
           the
           nick
           of
           time
           should
           come
           .
           I
           do
           not
           here
           set
           down
           only
           Supposals
           and
           Guesses
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           when
           I
           assert
           that
           this
           League
           was
           to
           prove
           of
           most
           fatal
           Consequence
           to
           the
           Government
           and
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           For
           ,
           pray
           tell
           me
           what
           else
           can
           be
           supposed
           from
           a
           Union
           with
           Lewis
           XIV
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           seen
           him
           ,
           after
           having
           violated
           the
           Laws
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           Oaths
           he
           had
           taken
           ,
           exercising
           so
           outragious
           and
           barbarous
           a
           Cruelty
           against
           his
           own
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           against
           those
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           in
           Piedmont
           ,
           and
           the
           Principality
           of
           Orange
           .
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           make
           one
           other
           Reflection
           more
           ,
           viz.
           That
           it
           is
           altogether
           incredible
           ,
           if
           James
           II
           had
           not
           been
           strictly
           leagued
           with
           France
           by
           such
           a
           League
           as
           they
           were
           pleased
           to
           term
           Sacred
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           must
           have
           acted
           after
           another
           manner
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           whose
           Subjects
           were
           opprest
           by
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           Principality
           ravaged
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           rooting
           out
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           there
           .
           His
           soft
           way
           of
           treating
           this
           matter
           with
           the
           Court
           of
           France
           was
           so
           publick
           a
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Intelligence
           he
           held
           with
           Lewis
           about
           destroying
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           of
           force
           conclude
           that
           James
           II.
           was
           conscious
           to
           a
           Treaty
           which
           was
           of
           greater
           Concern
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Obligations
           of
           Blood
           or
           Alliance
           ,
           which
           ought
           otherwise
           to
           have
           made
           him
           the
           Protector
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           his
           Nephew
           and
           Son-in-Law
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Husband
           of
           the
           Presumptive
           Heiress
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           I
           only
           touch
           at
           these
           Points
           ,
           and
           I
           pass
           over
           many
           others
           that
           evince
           the
           same
           Truth
           .
           As
           for
           those
           affected
           doubts
           which
           you
           tell
           me
           do
           remain
           still
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           some
           of
           your
           Friends
           ;
           they
           seem
           to
           me
           to
           be
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           those
           that
           troubled
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           and
           of
           whom
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           seeing
           they
           see
           and
           do
           not
           perceive
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           resolved
           not
           to
           yield
           to
           the
           most
           clear
           and
           incontestable
           Truths
           .
           I
           bewail
           their
           Condition
           who
           so
           wilfully
           blind
           and
           hoodwink
           themselves
           ,
           and
           I
           wish
           they
           may
           never
           be
           undeceived
           if
           nothing
           less
           will
           do
           it
           than
           by
           the
           French
           King
           's
           sending
           over
           his
           booted
           Apostles
           with
           the
           Original
           of
           the
           League
           he
           has
           with
           James
           II
           into
           England
           ,
           as
           he
           has
           already
           done
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           presume
           by
           this
           time
           ,
           neither
           Papist
           nor
           Protestant
           has
           the
           least
           doubt
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             Yours
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A25618-e220
           
             Memorandum
             ,
             about
             the
             Proposition
             made
             to
             the
             States
             by
             the
             English
             Ambassador
             ,
             1672.