A dialogue betwixt Whig and Tory, aliàs Williamite and Jacobite Wherein the principles and practices of each party are fairly and impartially stated; that thereby mistakes and prejudices may be removed from amongst us, and all those who prefer English liberty, and Protestant religion, to French slavery and popery, may be inform'd how to choose fit and proper instruments for our preservation in these times of danger.
      
       
         
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             A dialogue betwixt Whig and Tory, aliàs Williamite and Jacobite Wherein the principles and practices of each party are fairly and impartially stated; that thereby mistakes and prejudices may be removed from amongst us, and all those who prefer English liberty, and Protestant religion, to French slavery and popery, may be inform'd how to choose fit and proper instruments for our preservation in these times of danger.
             Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
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           A
           DIALOGUE
           BETWIXT
           
             Whig
             and
             Tory
          
           ,
           Aliàs
           Williamite
           and
           Iacobite
           .
           Wherein
           the
           PRINCIPLES
           and
           PRACTICES
           of
           each
           Party
           are
           fairly
           and
           impartially
           stated
           ;
           that
           thereby
           Mistakes
           and
           Prejudices
           may
           be
           removed
           from
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           who
           prefer
           English
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           to
           French
           Slavery
           and
           Popery
           ,
           may
           be
           inform'd
           how
           to
           choose
           fit
           and
           proper
           Instruments
           for
           our
           Preservation
           in
           these
           Times
           of
           Danger
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1693.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           KING
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THO
           the
           Sacred
           Majesty
           of
           Kings
           (
           I
           am
           sensible
           )
           ought
           not
           in
           common
           Cases
           to
           be
           approach'd
           by
           every
           little
           Busy-body
           ,
           or
           frivolous
           Remonstrance-maker
           ;
           yet
           when
           our
           Prince's
           Palace
           is
           on
           Fire
           ,
           and
           his
           Sacred
           Person
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Flames
           ,
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           hath
           the
           Privilege
           then
           to
           give
           him
           warning
           of
           his
           Danger
           ,
           and
           to
           assist
           to
           quench
           the
           Fire
           :
           And
           this
           I
           am
           afraid
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           at
           present
           too
           near
           our
           Case
           ,
           or
           I
           would
           not
           have
           assum'd
           the
           Boldness
           to
           disturb
           your
           Repose
           ,
           or
           have
           plac'd
           my self
           so
           disadvantagiously
           before
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           I
           must
           expect
           to
           appear
           ,
           under
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Publick
           Censor
           of
           the
           Manners
           of
           your
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           a
           petty
           State-Reformer
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           I
           alone
           that
           am
           thus
           concern'd
           and
           busy
           for
           the
           Publick
           ;
           the
           whole
           World
           are
           at
           this
           time
           mournfully
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           miserable
           Estate
           we
           are
           fallen
           into
           from
           that
           happy
           and
           glorious
           Prospect
           of
           things
           which
           we
           had
           in
           1688
           and
           1689
           :
           This
           hath
           put
           all
           Men
           upon
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           Causes
           of
           the
           unhappy
           Change
           of
           our
           Affairs
           ;
           and
           I
           find
           it
           agreed
           on
           all
           Hands
           ,
           That
           the
           principal
           occasion
           of
           our
           Misfortunes
           (
           or
           rather
           Mismanagements
           )
           is
           from
           the
           intrusting
           those
           with
           the
           Government
           of
           all
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Creatures
           and
           Tools
           of
           the
           two
           last
           Reigns
           ,
           and
           are
           irreconcileable
           Enemies
           to
           your
           Majesty's
           Government
           ;
           those
           
           who
           opposed
           your
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           those
           who
           declar'd
           to
           your
           Face
           King
           Iames
           the
           only
           Rightful
           King
           ;
           Those
           who
           sold
           their
           Country
           and
           betray'd
           it
           to
           the
           two
           last
           Kings
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           always
           ready
           to
           sell
           it
           even
           to
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           if
           he
           prove
           the
           fairest
           Chapman
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           Thurloe
           ,
           who
           was
           Secretary
           of
           State
           to
           Cromwel
           ,
           being
           ask'd
           by
           King
           Charles
           II.
           how
           they
           did
           support
           their
           Government
           so
           long
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           and
           Clergy
           were
           against
           it
           ?
           he
           replied
           ,
           
             By
             intrusting
             those
             only
             in
             the
             Management
             of
             all
             Affairs
             ,
             who
             were
             as
             heartily
             against
             that
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             Clergy
             .
          
           I
           do
           not
           apply
           this
           literally
           ;
           for
           ,
           God
           be
           prais'd
           ,
           your
           Majesty
           hath
           a
           great
           part
           of
           all
           these
           several
           degrees
           of
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           most
           heartily
           and
           zealously
           in
           your
           Interests
           :
           But
           I
           mean
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           to
           oppose
           your
           Enemies
           with
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           not
           with
           their
           Friends
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Design
           of
           keeping
           out
           King
           Iames
           with
           Jacobites
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           as
           impracticable
           ,
           as
           his
           Project
           prov'd
           of
           setting
           up
           Popery
           with
           a
           Protestant
           Army
           .
        
         
           Yet
           there
           are
           some
           about
           your
           Majesty
           (
           who
           for
           base
           and
           private
           Ends
           )
           endeavour
           to
           possess
           you
           with
           the
           destructive
           Politicks
           of
           courting
           and
           buying
           your
           Enemies
           into
           your
           Service
           ,
           and
           would
           perswade
           you
           ,
           that
           King
           
           Iames's
           Tories
           are
           the
           only
           Party
           truly
           principled
           for
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           are
           fittest
           for
           Employment
           ,
           as
           being
           long
           practis'd
           in
           Business
           :
           And
           that
           (
           on
           the
           contrary
           )
           your
           Majesty's
           best
           Friends
           ,
           whom
           they
           call
           Whigs
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           unacquainted
           with
           Publick
           Business
           ,
           but
           are
           Haters
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           of
           Common
           wealth-Principles
           ;
           and
           at
           best
           ,
           for
           making
           their
           Kings
           no
           more
           than
           Dukes
           of
           Venice
           ,
           and
           Kings
           of
           Clouts
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           a
           Notion
           so
           false
           ,
           so
           fatal
           to
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           your
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           so
           dangerous
           to
           the
           very
           Being
           of
           your
           Government
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           it
           highly
           necessary
           ,
           that
           this
           Matter
           should
           be
           fairly
           stated
           and
           laid
           before
           your
           Majesty
           :
           I
           am
           sensible
           
           how
           unfit
           I
           am
           for
           the
           Task
           ,
           and
           how
           open
           I
           lie
           to
           a
           Charge
           of
           Presumption
           in
           attempting
           it
           .
           But
           as
           the
           Son
           of
           Cyrus
           ,
           who
           was
           from
           his
           Birth
           dumb
           ,
           broke
           Silence
           when
           he
           saw
           his
           Father
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           his
           Murderers
           ;
           so
           (
           since
           I
           saw
           no
           other
           Champion
           appear
           in
           this
           Cause
           )
           I
           resolv'd
           to
           break
           through
           all
           Impediments
           ,
           even
           those
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           the
           Rescue
           of
           my
           King
           out
           of
           the
           Hands
           of
           those
           who
           have
           already
           been
           the
           Ruin
           of
           two
           Kings
           ,
           your
           Majesty's
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           who
           will
           undoubtedly
           bring
           you
           and
           your
           Affairs
           into
           great
           Difficulties
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           not
           delivered
           from
           their
           Counsels
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           have
           impartially
           made
           a
           Collection
           (
           in
           the
           following
           Dialogue
           )
           of
           all
           the
           Arguments
           which
           Whigs
           employ
           against
           the
           Tories
           ,
           or
           Tories
           against
           the
           Whigs
           ,
           and
           submit
           it
           to
           your
           Majesty's
           discerning
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           most
           piercing
           and
           distinguishing
           Wisdom
           ,
           (
           upon
           the
           whole
           )
           which
           of
           them
           are
           most
           proper
           for
           your
           Majesty
           to
           employ
           ;
           those
           who
           were
           in
           the
           Interests
           of
           Popery
           and
           of
           France
           ,
           or
           those
           who
           oppos'd
           both
           to
           the
           Death
           .
           I
           appeal
           to
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           whether
           a
           
           Tory's
           being
           for
           the
           Divine
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           and
           consequently
           for
           King
           
           Iames's
           Monarchy
           ,
           makes
           him
           the
           fitter
           in
           Principle
           to
           be
           employ'd
           by
           King
           William
           ?
           Or
           ,
           whether
           his
           boasted
           Skill
           in
           Business
           will
           be
           of
           any
           use
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           in
           Principle
           and
           Inclination
           for
           K.
           Iames
           ,
           and
           believes
           K.
           William
           a
           King
           
             de
             facto
          
           only
           ,
           without
           a
           Rightful
           Title
           ,
           and
           in
           plain
           English
           ,
           an
           Usurper
           ?
           If
           these
           Gentlemen
           (
           as
           their
           Principles
           will
           naturally
           lead
           them
           to
           do
           )
           use
           all
           their
           Skill
           in
           their
           several
           Stations
           ,
           to
           obstruct
           and
           make
           difficult
           your
           Affairs
           ,
           to
           betray
           your
           Designs
           to
           your
           Enemies
           ,
           to
           countenance
           and
           protect
           K.
           
           Iames's
           Friends
           in
           all
           their
           Plots
           and
           Contrivances
           ,
           furnish
           them
           with
           Intelligence
           ,
           help
           them
           to
           Passes
           ,
           Escapes
           ,
           &c.
           all
           which
           things
           (
           it
           cannot
           be
           denied
           )
           have
           been
           and
           are
           daily
           done
           by
           some
           Persons
           employ'd
           in
           this
           Government
           :
           Of
           what
           Use
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           or
           Service
           then
           is
           this
           
           boasted
           Skill
           in
           Business
           to
           your
           Majesty's
           Interests
           ?
           Certainly
           Men
           less
           conversant
           in
           Publick
           Affairs
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           Zeal
           for
           your
           Government
           ,
           would
           be
           of
           more
           Use
           and
           Service
           to
           you
           ;
           Men
           who
           were
           persecuted
           by
           K.
           C.
           and
           K.
           I.
           either
           in
           their
           own
           Persons
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Persons
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           who
           were
           fin'd
           ,
           imprison'd
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           their
           Relations
           hang'd
           in
           those
           Reigns
           ,
           are
           more
           likely
           to
           act
           in
           earnest
           against
           K.
           I.
           and
           in
           the
           supporting
           your
           Majesty
           and
           your
           Government
           ,
           than
           those
           who
           had
           their
           Fortunes
           and
           their
           Families
           rais'd
           by
           K.
           I.
           and
           his
           Brother
           K.
           C.
           and
           who
           hope
           to
           be
           rais'd
           yet
           more
           by
           his
           Return
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           secure
           in
           his
           Government
           what
           they
           have
           got
           in
           this
           ,
           by
           obliging
           him
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           at
           the
           Price
           of
           sacrificing
           you
           and
           yours
           .
        
         
           For
           Example
           :
           Is
           it
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           the
           E.
           of
           N.
           whose
           Father
           and
           Family
           was
           rais'd
           by
           K.
           C.
           and
           K.
           I.
           for
           prostituting
           the
           Law
           (
           and
           his
           nauseous
           Rhetorick
           )
           to
           the
           Designs
           of
           those
           two
           Brothers
           ,
           who
           himself
           was
           a
           Privy-Counsellor
           with
           Father
           Peters
           ,
           and
           chosen
           by
           K.
           I.
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Revolution
           to
           treat
           with
           your
           Majesty
           at
           Hungerford
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           delay
           your
           Progress
           to
           London
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           who
           so
           violently
           oppos'd
           your
           Majesty's
           being
           crown'd
           King
           ,
           as
           to
           lay
           an
           eternal
           Obligation
           on
           K.
           I.
           by
           it
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           it
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           this
           Gentleman
           so
           proper
           a
           Secretary
           of
           State
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           the
           E.
           of
           S.
           who
           hath
           so
           mortally
           disobliged
           K.
           I.
           by
           being
           so
           early
           ,
           and
           so
           zealous
           in
           your
           Interests
           ,
           who
           went
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           that
           Message
           to
           K.
           I.
           wherein
           he
           was
           required
           to
           retire
           from
           Whitehall
           ;
           who
           hath
           since
           that
           been
           so
           instrumental
           to
           place
           and
           preserve
           the
           Crown
           upon
           your
           Head
           ;
           and
           hath
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           broken
           all
           Measures
           so
           with
           K.
           I.
           as
           to
           leave
           no
           Possibility
           of
           a
           Reconciliation
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           consequently
           hath
           no
           Retreat
           from
           this
           Government
           ,
           but
           is
           oblig'd
           in
           common
           Sense
           ,
           to
           serve
           Your
           Majesty
           faithfully
           and
           zealously
           ?
        
         
         
           Or
           can
           your
           Majesty
           think
           Mr.
           K.
           who
           (
           it
           is
           generally
           said
           )
           believes
           himself
           the
           Son
           of
           K.
           I.
           and
           it
           is
           known
           by
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           owes
           his
           Fortune
           to
           him
           ;
           who
           (
           if
           we
           may
           believe
           Report
           )
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Revolution
           ,
           agreed
           with
           Captain
           Tosyer
           ,
           to
           carry
           the
           Ships
           he
           then
           commanded
           in
           the
           Straits
           to
           K.
           Iames
           in
           France
           ,
           (
           had
           not
           the
           common
           Sailers
           very
           rudely
           oppos'd
           the
           Project
           ;
           )
           who
           after
           this
           acquitted
           himself
           so
           ill
           at
           Cadiz
           ,
           in
           letting
           the
           Thoulon
           Squadron
           pass
           by
           him
           in
           his
           sight
           ,
           without
           fighting
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           conclude
           ,
           hath
           made
           so
           unaccountable
           a
           Campagne
           of
           it
           this
           Summer
           ;
           can
           your
           Majesty
           (
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           Sir
           )
           think
           this
           Gentleman
           (
           after
           all
           this
           )
           fitter
           to
           command
           the
           Fleet
           of
           England
           ,
           than
           Mr.
           R.
           whose
           Provocations
           to
           K.
           I.
           are
           never
           to
           be
           forgiven
           by
           him
           ;
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           most
           instrumental
           Men
           in
           England
           in
           placing
           You
           upon
           the
           Throne
           ;
           who
           last
           Year
           gave
           you
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           glorious
           Victory
           that
           ever
           was
           obtain'd
           by
           us
           at
           Sea
           ;
           and
           whose
           Courage
           ,
           Conduct
           and
           Fidelity
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           hath
           unanimously
           attested
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           (
           If
           I
           may
           presume
           so
           far
           )
           will
           Your
           Majesty
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           examine
           what
           Honour
           ,
           what
           Profit
           hath
           accrued
           to
           You
           ,
           or
           the
           Nation
           ,
           by
           your
           employing
           these
           Gentlemen
           who
           have
           of
           late
           been
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Ministry
           .
           For
           God's
           sake
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           cast
           up
           the
           Account
           of
           the
           last
           four
           Years
           Management
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           You
           have
           gain'd
           by
           changing
           VVhigs
           for
           Tories
           ;
           Have
           not
           Your
           Affairs
           gone
           backward
           both
           at
           Home
           and
           Abroad
           ?
           Have
           not
           Mismanagements
           been
           multiply'd
           ?
           Have
           You
           not
           cool'd
           Your
           Friends
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           gain'd
           your
           Enemies
           ?
           Do
           not
           almost
           all
           the
           Tories
           You
           employ
           drink
           K.
           
           Iames's
           Health
           in
           Your
           Wine
           ,
           and
           serve
           Him
           in
           Your
           Offices
           ?
           Do
           They
           not
           obstruct
           all
           Business
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           dispatch'd
           ,
           and
           dispatch
           all
           Business
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           obstructed
           ?
           browbeat
           Your
           Friends
           ,
           and
           delay
           them
           in
           their
           most
           
           just
           Pretences
           ,
           but
           comply
           with
           your
           Enemies
           in
           their
           most
           unreasonable
           Demands
           ;
           nay
           ,
           connive
           at
           their
           Cabals
           and
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           snatch
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Hands
           of
           Justice
           ,
           when
           the
           Law
           hath
           pass'd
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           Treasons
           ?
           Would
           not
           such
           Ministers
           and
           Friends
           as
           these
           be
           less
           dangerous
           to
           You
           ,
           when
           profess'd
           Enemies
           ,
           nay
           in
           Arms
           against
           You
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           than
           in
           your
           Council
           ,
           Cabinet
           and
           Offices
           ?
           Undoubtedly
           they
           would
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           know
           the
           common
           Answer
           to
           all
           these
           kind
           of
           Complaints
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           more
           easy
           to
           find
           Faults
           than
           Remedies
           .
           If
           You
           please
           therefore
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           we
           will
           consider
           of
           Remedies
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           there
           may
           be
           some
           found
           out
           both
           easy
           and
           certain
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           these
           :
           First
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           remove
           from
           your
           Person
           ,
           Council
           and
           Offices
           of
           Trust
           ,
           Men
           bred
           up
           and
           confirm'd
           in
           Principles
           destructive
           to
           our
           English
           Government
           ,
           and
           hateful
           to
           Your
           People
           ;
           and
           to
           discountenance
           all
           State-Projectors
           ,
           and
           Mountebank-Ministers
           ,
           who
           make
           Wounds
           in
           the
           State
           to
           recommend
           their
           Balsam
           :
           Throw
           out
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           these
           Achans
           to
           be
           ston'd
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           will
           otherwise
           (
           I
           fear
           )
           prevent
           God's
           Favour
           to
           You
           ;
           who
           blast
           Your
           Success
           Abroad
           ,
           and
           rob
           You
           of
           the
           Affections
           of
           Your
           Subjects
           at
           Home
           ,
           with
           their
           
             Accursed
             Thing
          
           ,
           I
           mean
           that
           Tinsel
           Power
           with
           which
           these
           Miscreants
           dazle
           the
           Eyes
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           lead
           them
           out
           of
           the
           right
           way
           ;
           God
           is
           displeased
           with
           it
           :
           For
           uncontroulable
           and
           unaccountable
           Power
           is
           the
           Right
           and
           Attribute
           of
           God
           alone
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           the
           Scripture
           tells
           us
           )
           
             He
             will
             not
             give
             his
             Glory
             unto
             another
          
           ;
           nor
           suffer
           those
           to
           act
           
             as
             Gods
          
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           
             die
             like
             Men.
          
           Your
           People
           also
           will
           be
           displeased
           with
           a
           Despotick
           Power
           ;
           for
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           are
           bound
           by
           Laws
           ,
           by
           Mutual
           Compacts
           ,
           &c.
           (
           as
           You
           your Self
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           have
           set
           forth
           most
           unanswerably
           in
           your
           Declaration
           when
           You
           came
           over
           ;
           )
           and
           if
           these
           are
           broken
           ,
           English-Men
           ,
           who
           believe
           themselves
           Subjects
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           
           England
           ,
           (
           as
           by
           Law
           establish'd
           )
           and
           not
           Slaves
           to
           any
           particular
           Person
           *
           ;
           they
           become
           impatient
           ,
           angry
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           perhaps
           unreasonable
           .
           And
           whenever
           they
           see
           their
           King
           beset
           with
           Ministers
           of
           Lawless
           Principles
           ,
           (
           those
           wholesale
           Merchants
           of
           Arbitrary
           Power
           )
           they
           grow
           mistrustful
           and
           uneasy
           ,
           and
           are
           apt
           in
           such
           Cases
           to
           shut
           their
           Purses
           ,
           and
           open
           their
           Mouths
           .
           And
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           People
           been
           made
           apprehensive
           and
           jealous
           ,
           by
           seeing
           these
           Men
           in
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           whose
           mischievous
           Methods
           they
           were
           so
           well
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           did
           so
           much
           abhor
           ;
           no
           general
           Excise
           ,
           no
           Loans
           ,
           no
           Powers
           would
           have
           been
           thought
           by
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           too
           much
           to
           have
           intrusted
           You
           with
           ;
           so
           highly
           they
           esteem'd
           your
           Generous
           Relief
           of
           them
           ,
           your
           unequal
           Courage
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           other
           admirable
           Vertues
           they
           saw
           shine
           in
           You.
           An
           English
           King
           is
           the
           greatest
           Monarch
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           when
           he
           reigns
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           all
           other
           Methods
           to
           Power
           and
           Greatness
           have
           been
           found
           ineffectual
           in
           England
           .
           I
           remember
           I
           once
           saw
           written
           over
           a
           Mercer's
           Shop
           ,
           
             Keep
             thy
             Shop
             ,
             and
             thy
             Shop
             will
             keep
             Thee
             :
          
           and
           tho
           it
           be
           a
           homely
           Allusion
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           applicable
           to
           the
           present
           Point
           ;
           
             Keep
             your
             Laws
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             and
             your
             Laws
             will
             keep
             You
          
           ;
           support
           your
           People
           in
           their
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Queen
           Elizab●th
           shall
           pass
           her
           Royal
           Word
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           support
           Your
           just
           Prerogative
           at
           Home
           ,
           and
           Your
           Honour
           Abroad
           .
           And
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           do
           not
           let
           Your
           Flatterers
           give
           You
           a
           cheap
           Opinion
           of
           a
           Power
           deriv'd
           from
           the
           People
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           undoubtedly
           from
           their
           Consent
           ,
           that
           all
           Power
           must
           come
           :
           Nor
           let
           them
           make
           You
           uneasy
           that
           Your
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           is
           from
           the
           universal
           free
           Choice
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           :
           Believe
           me
           ,
           Your
           Ministers
           ,
           nor
           the
           two
           Learned
           Bishops
           who
           have
           scribled
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           find
           You
           a
           better
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Discharge
           all
           Iacobites
           and
           Trimmers
           from
           Offices
           of
           Trust
           :
           For
           such
           as
           either
           desire
           K.
           Iames
           ,
           or
           from
           their
           Fear
           ,
           or
           Wisdom
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           deserve
           from
           him
           (
           so
           much
           as
           their
           Pardon
           )
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           are
           unfit
           for
           Your
           Service
           at
           this
           Juncture
           ;
           tho
           when
           the
           Government
           is
           more
           settled
           ,
           I
           am
           for
           entertaining
           all
           who
           give
           Proofs
           of
           their
           Penitence
           for
           their
           past
           Actions
           and
           Opinions
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           Purgatives
           will
           not
           alone
           perfect
           the
           Cure
           of
           your
           Government
           ,
           and
           restore
           it
           to
           perfect
           Health
           ;
           You
           must
           make
           use
           of
           Alteratives
           too
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           Change
           of
           Measures
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Discharge
           of
           Men
           :
           And
           the
           Method
           I
           would
           humbly
           offer
           is
           this
           .
        
         
           First
           ;
           To
           make
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           your
           chief
           Design
           and
           Aim
           ;
           and
           since
           You
           are
           an
           English
           King
           ,
           to
           become
           entirely
           an
           English
           Man.
           England
           is
           a
           Nation
           jealous
           of
           Rivals
           in
           her
           Prince's
           Favour
           ,
           and
           thinks
           her self
           deserving
           of
           all
           his
           Care
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Caresses
           :
           If
           the
           People
           of
           England
           think
           You
           have
           a
           favourable
           Opinion
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           endeavour
           to
           deserve
           it
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           they
           may
           perhaps
           deserve
           your
           worst
           Opinion
           too
           .
           This
           Humour
           of
           the
           Nation
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           found
           early
           ,
           and
           apply'd
           her self
           so
           happily
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           by
           this
           single
           Point
           to
           master
           all
           her
           Difficulties
           ,
           (
           the
           greatest
           it
           may
           be
           that
           ever
           Prince
           had
           to
           struggle
           with
           )
           ;
           whereas
           her
           Successors
           ,
           by
           contrary
           Measures
           ,
           brought
           themselves
           into
           very
           unfortunate
           Circumstances
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           let
           me
           desire
           You
           to
           avoid
           concerning
           your Self
           in
           Elections
           of
           Members
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           influencing
           them
           when
           chosen
           :
           the
           Parliament
           is
           a
           sacred
           part
           of
           the
           English
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           ,
           like
           the
           Israelites
           Ark
           of
           old
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           touch'd
           profanely
           ,
           but
           with
           great
           Danger
           to
           those
           who
           touch
           it
           so
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           your
           true
           Interest
           to
           leave
           the
           People
           free
           to
           their
           Choice
           and
           to
           leave
           the
           Members
           free
           to
           their
           Opinions
           
           when
           they
           are
           chosen
           .
           It
           is
           still-fresh
           in
           our
           Memories
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           Practices
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           in
           corrupting
           Elections
           ,
           and
           Closeting
           the
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           enrag'd
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           reason
           to
           resent
           it
           ;
           for
           if
           (
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           a
           Vote
           )
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           shall
           be
           placed
           in
           an
           Office
           of
           Trust
           he
           is
           not
           fit
           for
           ,
           this
           is
           destroying
           the
           Government
           two
           ways
           at
           once
           :
           For
           ,
           to
           speak
           in
           the
           Phrase
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           it
           is
           making
           a
           Parliament
           of
           Clouts
           ,
           and
           an
           Officer
           of
           Clouts
           at
           the
           same
           stroke
           .
           Rejecting
           Bills
           offer'd
           by
           Parliament
           of
           publick
           Benefit
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           securing
           of
           our
           Antient
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Fundamental
           Rights
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           was
           highly
           displeasing
           to
           the
           Nation
           also
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           so
           in
           all
           Reigns
           :
           As
           was
           likewise
           the
           denying
           the
           People
           their
           undoubted
           Right
           of
           frequent
           Parliaments
           .
           They
           had
           also
           in
           the
           late
           Governments
           an
           Invention
           to
           make
           a
           Pump
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           by
           pouring
           in
           a
           Pint
           of
           Water
           ,
           to
           fetch
           out
           a
           Tun
           :
           This
           was
           justly
           most
           provoking
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           treasur'd
           up
           Wrath
           against
           the
           Day
           of
           Wrath.
           
        
         
           The
           refusing
           of
           Bills
           ,
           and
           the
           Contempt
           of
           Addresses
           from
           the
           Parliament
           against
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           cases
           ,
           hath
           likewise
           given
           great
           Offence
           in
           former
           Reigns
           .
           For
           tho
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           seconded
           by
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           cannot
           reach
           the
           Life
           of
           Estate
           of
           any
           Person
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           full
           Proof
           in
           form
           of
           Law
           ;
           yet
           because
           it
           is
           so
           difficult
           a
           matter
           to
           come
           at
           such
           a
           Proof
           ,
           a
           Vote
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           against
           any
           Minister
           ,
           hath
           always
           been
           esteem'd
           by
           all
           Kings
           (
           who
           were
           well
           with
           the
           People
           )
           a
           sufficient
           Reason
           for
           the
           removing
           them
           from
           Court
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           our
           King
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           (
           a
           Warlike
           and
           a
           Wise
           Prince
           )
           upon
           an
           Address
           from
           the
           Parliament
           against
           some
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           reply'd
           .
           
             I
             know
             no
             Evil
             by
             these
             Men
             ,
             but
             if
             they
             are
             thought
             unfit
             by
             my
             Parliament
             for
             my
             Service
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             think
             fit
             to
             continue
             them
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           All
           these
           things
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           therefore
           are
           most
           carefully
           to
           be
           
           avoided
           by
           your
           Majesty
           :
           They
           will
           appear
           with
           a
           worse
           Grace
           in
           You
           ,
           who
           have
           declar'd
           and
           made
           War
           against
           these
           Practices
           ,
           than
           in
           your
           Predecessors
           :
           For
           as
           St.
           Paul
           says
           ,
           
             Thou
             who
             hast
             said
             ,
             Ye
             shall
             not
             commit
             Adultery
             ,
             dost
             thou
             commit
             Adultery
             ?
             Thou
             who
             hast
             said
             ,
             Ye
             shall
             not
             steal
             ,
             dost
             thou
             steal
             ?
          
           You
           must
           by
           no
           means
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           give
           this
           occasion
           of
           Clamour
           and
           Recrimination
           to
           your
           Enemies
           .
           But
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           follow
           this
           General
           Rule
           ,
           always
           to
           beware
           of
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           to
           avoid
           the
           Schemes
           and
           Counsels
           of
           K.
           Charles
           and
           K.
           
           Iames's
           Government
           ,
           and
           then
           You
           can
           scarce
           err
           :
           For
           whatever
           is
           opposite
           to
           their
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ,
           is
           the
           direct
           Road
           to
           your
           Security
           and
           Success
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           let
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           be
           duly
           and
           impartially
           distributed
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           Rule
           to
           which
           all
           Ages
           and
           Governments
           have
           paid
           the
           greatest
           Respect
           and
           Observance
           ;
           and
           to
           which
           the
           present
           Monarch
           of
           France
           does
           chiefly
           owe
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           his
           Affairs
           :
           and
           without
           this
           Principle
           no
           Government
           can
           subsist
           .
           Your
           Ministers
           who
           serve
           You
           well
           and
           faithfully
           ,
           must
           be
           distinguish'd
           from
           those
           who
           betray
           You
           ,
           or
           serve
           You
           carelesly
           and
           idely
           ;
           and
           not
           smil'd
           or
           frown'd
           upon
           as
           they
           are
           supported
           or
           persecuted
           by
           this
           or
           that
           Party
           or
           Faction
           .
           (
           And
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           a
           Prince
           in
           England
           that
           rules
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Interests
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           will
           never
           have
           occasion
           to
           make
           his
           Court
           to
           any
           Party
           or
           Faction
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           Minister
           or
           any
           Party
           serve
           You
           against
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           )
           Let
           your
           Souldiers
           be
           encourag'd
           ,
           and
           preferr'd
           according
           to
           their
           Bravery
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           without
           Favour
           or
           Affection
           :
           The
           Bravest
           otherwise
           will
           follow
           the
           Example
           of
           Cowards
           ,
           if
           they
           find
           they
           have
           no
           Advantage
           over
           them
           by
           their
           Courage
           :
           For
           
             all
             Men
             would
             be
             Cowards
             if
             they
             durst
             .
          
           To
           an
           English
           Souldier
           a
           Smile
           or
           a
           kind
           Word
           ,
           is
           as
           acceptable
           at
           some
           times
           as
           a
           Month's
           Pay
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           will
           condescend
           to
           a
           Commendation
           of
           
           what
           they
           do
           well
           ,
           they
           will
           endeavour
           in
           the
           next
           occasion
           to
           exceed
           what
           they
           did
           before
           :
           For
           if
           You
           are
           once
           Master
           of
           their
           Love
           ,
           Your
           are
           sure
           to
           have
           the
           Disposal
           of
           their
           Lives
           .
           Nor
           need
           You
           fear
           to
           punish
           them
           severely
           ,
           provided
           You
           reward
           them
           bountifully
           .
           Let
           the
           Insolence
           of
           your
           Enemies
           be
           rebuk'd
           ,
           and
           Rebels
           and
           Traitors
           to
           your
           Government
           be
           severely
           punish'd
           ,
           and
           not
           courted
           and
           caress'd
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           present
           State
           of
           Affairs
           all
           Mercy
           to
           your
           Enemies
           is
           Cruelty
           to
           your Self
           and
           Friends
           :
           and
           it
           encourages
           your
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           disheartens
           your
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           see
           these
           Insolents
           brave
           the
           Government
           unpunish'd
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           your
           treacherous
           Ministers
           solliciting
           the
           Pardon
           of
           every
           condemn'd
           Traitor
           ;
           and
           making
           their
           Court
           to
           K.
           I.
           at
           the
           Price
           of
           your
           Safety
           ,
           is
           most
           provoking
           to
           every
           good
           Man.
           Besides
           ,
           it
           looks
           like
           your
           having
           a
           Doubt
           of
           your
           own
           Right
           and
           Title
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           be
           thus
           backward
           in
           asserting
           it
           ;
           and
           is
           so
           interpreted
           by
           the
           Iacobites
           .
        
         
           Intelligence
           is
           another
           Point
           of
           mighty
           Consequence
           ,
           and
           can
           scarce
           be
           purchas'd
           too
           dear
           :
           For
           it
           is
           the
           Soul
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           directs
           all
           its
           Actions
           properly
           ,
           and
           without
           it
           You
           consult
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           execute
           blindfold
           ;
           You
           know
           not
           what
           to
           act
           ,
           what
           to
           fear
           ,
           where
           to
           attack
           ,
           or
           where
           to
           defend
           :
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           by
           this
           that
           we
           are
           to
           penetrate
           into
           the
           French
           King's
           Counsels
           ,
           or
           rifle
           his
           Cabinet
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           afraid
           is
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           our
           Power
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           Purse
           ;
           But
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           we
           may
           be
           able
           to
           know
           the
           Marches
           of
           their
           Armies
           ,
           and
           the
           Motions
           of
           their
           Fleets
           ,
           without
           selling
           our
           Souls
           to
           the
           Devil
           for
           Intelligence
           ,
           or
           breaking
           our
           Exchequer
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           set
           before
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           what
           ,
           in
           my
           poor
           Judgment
           ,
           is
           for
           your
           Interest
           to
           pursue
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           for
           your
           Service
           to
           avoid
           ;
           what
           will
           make
           your
           Majesty
           and
           this
           Nation
           happy
           ,
           what
           will
           make
           both
           unhappy
           :
           and
           I
           heartily
           pray
           the
           Great
           ,
           Good
           and
           Wise
           God
           ,
           to
           direct
           ,
           bless
           
           and
           prosper
           your
           Majesty
           in
           all
           your
           Glorious
           Designs
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           of
           Christendom
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           .
           If
           I
           have
           us'd
           too
           great
           a
           Freedom
           ,
           or
           have
           offended
           in
           what
           I
           design'd
           for
           your
           Service
           ,
           I
           am
           sorry
           for
           it
           :
           I
           call
           God
           to
           witness
           ,
           my
           Plainness
           proceeded
           from
           my
           Zeal
           and
           Affection
           to
           your
           Interests
           ,
           and
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           your
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           any
           factious
           ,
           saucy
           ,
           or
           unmannerly
           Principle
           .
           I
           wish
           some
           abler
           Pen
           had
           taken
           upon
           them
           this
           Part.
           But
           I
           must
           own
           ,
           it
           provok'd
           me
           to
           see
           my
           Country
           and
           my
           King
           so
           forsaken
           ;
           the
           one
           of
           Advocates
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           honest
           Counsel
           ;
           and
           this
           urg'd
           me
           to
           take
           upon
           me
           those
           two
           Characters
           ,
           of
           Advocate
           and
           Adviser
           ,
           both
           which
           I
           confess
           my self
           very
           unfit
           for
           :
           Not
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           I
           said
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           I
           take
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Privilege
           ,
           nay
           and
           the
           Duty
           too
           of
           every
           English
           Subject
           ,
           (
           provided
           it
           be
           perform'd
           with
           a
           decent
           and
           due
           Respect
           )
           to
           lay
           before
           the
           King
           such
           Matters
           as
           may
           be
           dangerous
           to
           his
           Person
           or
           Government
           ,
           to
           be
           conceal'd
           from
           his
           Knowledg
           :
           (
           for
           we
           are
           not
           ty'd
           up
           in
           England
           to
           Spanish
           Forms
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           must
           be
           wet
           to
           the
           Skin
           ,
           if
           he
           whose
           proper
           Office
           it
           is
           be
           not
           in
           the
           way
           to
           put
           on
           his
           Cloak
           .
           )
           And
           I
           beg
           your
           Majesty
           to
           believe
           what
           I
           have
           said
           is
           from
           a
           Faithfulness
           and
           Sincerity
           ,
           which
           will
           in
           all
           Accidents
           and
           Difficulties
           preserve
           me
           unalterably
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesty's
             most
             Loyal
             ,
             most
             Dutiful
             ,
             and
             most
             Obedient
             Subject
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Honest
           English
           Protestant
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Honest
             Reader
             ;
          
        
         
           AT
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           Revolution
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           expected
           by
           thee
           or
           me
           ,
           That
           it
           would
           have
           been
           necessary
           in
           this
           Reign
           ,
           to
           have
           enter'd
           into
           Argument
           ,
           whether
           the
           Principles
           of
           Whig
           or
           Tory
           are
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           ;
           or
           which
           Party
           were
           to
           be
           chosen
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           our
           present
           King
           and
           Queen
           .
           But
           such
           is
           our
           Fate
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           afraid
           it
           requires
           an
           abler
           Pen
           than
           mine
           to
           convince
           some
           ,
           who
           it
           is
           highly
           necessary
           should
           be
           convinc'd
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           the
           Measures
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           were
           mistaken
           :
           they
           are
           taught
           to
           believe
           those
           Monarchs
           in
           the
           Right
           ;
           nay
           ,
           even
           those
           evil
           Counsellors
           too
           ,
           which
           were
           so
           m●ul'd
           in
           the
           Declaration
           of
           88
           ;
           and
           none
           are
           Rogues
           and
           Villains
           ,
           and
           deserve
           to
           be
           hang'd
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           were
           most
           active
           in
           the
           bringing
           the
           present
           King
           and
           Queen
           over
           ,
           and
           in
           setting
           the
           Crown
           upon
           their
           Heads
           .
           I
           thought
           it
           therefore
           high
           time
           that
           this
           Matter
           should
           be
           set
           right
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           of
           Whig
           and
           Tory
           should
           be
           truly
           and
           impartially
           examin'd
           ;
           which
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           do
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           Knowledg
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           well
           pleased
           to
           see
           any
           other
           do
           it
           better
           from
           my
           poor
           Hint
           .
           I
           acknowledg
           the
           Looseness
           of
           the
           Style
           ,
           the
           want
           of
           Method
           in
           the
           following
           Paper
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           Repetitions
           this
           Dialogue
           way
           of
           writing
           is
           liable
           to
           ,
           will
           lay
           it
           open
           to
           the
           Lash
           of
           every
           Pedant
           ,
           and
           School-master
           :
           But
           know
           ,
           I
           write
           not
           for
           Fame
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           any
           Vanity
           of
           being
           an
           Author
           :
           
             And
             therefore
             I
             come
             not
             to
             you
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           
             in
             the
             enticing
             words
             of
             Man's
             Wisdom
             ,
             but
             in
             Plainness
             and
             in
             Truth
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           I
           have
           stated
           the
           Matter
           so
           fairly
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Tories
           may
           be
           Fools
           enough
           perhaps
           to
           think
           I
           have
           given
           them
           a
           Victory
           ,
           (
           and
           triumph
           as
           their
           Admirals
           did
           in
           their
           being
           gazetted
           ,
           because
           the
           Council
           was
           so
           favourable
           ,
           as
           to
           suffer
           them
           to
           pass
           for
           mistaken
           Block-heads
           ,
           instead
           of
           wilful
           knavish
           Liars
           .
           )
           But
           indeed
           I
           thought
           the
           Tories
           had
           so
           weak
           a
           Plea
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           well
           allow
           them
           to
           make
           the
           most
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           left
           nothing
           unsaid
           which
           I
           have
           ever
           heard
           them
           say
           in
           their
           Defence
           .
           What
           they
           have
           done
           the
           honest
           People
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           most
           Mischief
           by
           ,
           is
           that
           Sham
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           in
           the
           following
           Discourse
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           convinc'd
           all
           honest
           Men
           is
           a
           false
           Notion
           ,
           impracticable
           and
           impossible
           in
           England
           ;
           however
           this
           is
           the
           Breast-work
           which
           they
           have
           always
           cover'd
           themselves
           with
           ,
           when
           they
           designed
           to
           fire
           upon
           the
           Rights
           and
           Privileges
           ,
           the
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Properties
           of
           their
           Country
           :
           And
           whenever
           they
           do
           raise
           this
           Breast-work
           ,
           we
           must
           endeavour
           to
           beat
           it
           about
           their
           Ears
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           is
           too
           weak
           to
           resist
           any
           Attack
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           (
           as
           Bays
           say
           )
           
             They
             fly
             ,
             They
             fly
             ,
             They
             fly
             ,
             who
             first
             did
             make
             that
             Lie.
          
           What
           I
           have
           here
           written
           ,
           is
           with
           an
           honest
           Design
           of
           doing
           Service
           to
           my
           Country
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           either
           happens
           to
           inform
           or
           convince
           any
           ,
           to
           embrace
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           Good
           of
           themselves
           and
           Fellow-Creatures
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           end
           .
           And
           for
           the
           
             Tory
             Criticks
          
           ,
           they
           may
           bite
           till
           their
           Teeth
           meet
           through
           my
           Book
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           be
           as
           insensible
           of
           their
           Malice
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           of
           the
           King's
           Mercy
           ,
           Favour
           and
           Friendship
           to
           them
           .
           I
           will
           comfort
           my self
           ,
           honest
           Reader
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           thee
           on
           my
           side
           ;
           and
           so
           long
           as
           thou
           dost
           continue
           firm
           in
           the
           supporting
           the
           English
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           thou
           dost
           build
           upon
           a
           Rock
           ,
           against
           which
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           shall
           not
           prevail
           ;
           and
           so
           long
           I
           will
           build
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           hope
           for
           all
           Good
           from
           thee
           ,
           and
           pray
           for
           all
           Blessings
           upon
           thee
           .
        
         
           Adieu
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           DIALOGUE
           between
           Whig
           and
           Tory
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             WEll
             met
             old
             Acquaintance
             ;
             Who
             would
             have
             thought
             seven
             Years
             ago
             ,
             to
             have
             seen
             you
             and
             I
             at
             White-hall
             together
             in
             the
             same
             Interest
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             same
             Interest
             !
             Why
             ,
             who
             thinks
             that
             now
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             What
             ,
             in
             one
             of
             your
             old
             peevish
             Fits
             ?
             I
             thought
             now
             all
             things
             go
             to
             your
             Mind
             ,
             you
             would
             have
             been
             in
             better
             Humour
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             You
             were
             begotten
             ,
             born
             and
             bred
             in
             Mistakes
             ,
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             you
             will
             continue
             so
             to
             your
             end
             :
             yet
             you
             cannot
             be
             so
             gros●y
             mistaken
             sure
             as
             to
             think
             ,
             all
             things
             go
             to
             any
             honest
             Englishman's
             Mind
             ;
             when
             you
             ,
             who
             were
             the
             Tools
             of
             the
             two
             last
             Reigns
             ,
             the
             Instruments
             of
             all
             our
             past
             and
             present
             Misfortunes
             ,
             and
             the
             declar'd
             Cause
             of
             the
             War
             which
             brought
             on
             the
             late
             Revolution
             ,
             are
             notwithstanding
             the
             only
             Men
             courted
             by
             this
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             afraid
             you
             will
             never
             be
             pleased
             with
             any
             Monarchical
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             a
             Point
             I
             know
             you
             have
             been
             long
             endeavouring
             to
             put
             upon
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             more
             industriously
             upon
             the
             Court
             ;
             yet
             I
             wonder
             at
             your
             Impudence
             of
             urging
             it
             now
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             so
             fresh
             in
             every
             Man's
             Memory
             ,
             how
             zealously
             the
             Whigs
             struggled
             in
             the
             late
             Convention
             to
             settle
             the
             Monarchy
             ,
             whilst
             you
             contested
             as
             zealously
             to
             make
             it
             an
             Anarchy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             We
             will
             talk
             more
             of
             this
             by
             and
             by
             :
             But
             if
             you
             were
             so
             instrumental
             as
             you
             say
             in
             setting
             up
             this
             Government
             ,
             why
             are
             you
             so
             out
             of
             Humour
             with
             what
             you
             have
             made
             your selves
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Disappointment
             you
             must
             allow
             a
             just
             Cause
             of
             Resentment
             :
             We
             hop'd
             from
             new
             Lords
             new
             Laws
             ,
             new
             Ministers
             ,
             
             and
             new
             Methods
             :
             But
             if
             still
             we
             are
             to
             have
             the
             same
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             same
             Methods
             ,
             the
             very
             Tools
             of
             the
             two
             last
             Reigns
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             same
             Work
             ;
             this
             I
             take
             (
             in
             my
             Lord
             H
             —
             s
             Phrase
             )
             to
             be
             a
             Change
             ,
             without
             an
             Alteration
             ;
             and
             ▪
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             gives
             too
             just
             occasion
             of
             Dislike
             :
             and
             I
             cannot
             but
             think
             this
             way
             of
             managing
             Affairs
             ,
             must
             end
             unhappily
             ,
             both
             to
             Prince
             and
             People
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             But
             how
             come
             you
             and
             I
             to
             be
             so
             concern'd
             either
             for
             the
             Prosperity
             of
             Princes
             ,
             who
             never
             think
             of
             us
             ,
             but
             as
             we
             can
             serve
             some
             present
             Turn
             of
             theirs
             ;
             or
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             Mob
             ,
             who
             will
             sing
             Ballads
             upon
             us
             under
             the
             Gallows
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             hanging
             there
             for
             their
             sakes
             ?
             Prethee
             Whig
             ,
             grow
             wise
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             torment
             thy self
             thus
             with
             State-Affair●
             ▪
             let
             Princes
             take
             Care
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             take
             Care
             of
             our selves
             .
             My
             Method
             is
             ,
             to
             get
             what
             I
             can
             ,
             and
             let
             Courts
             do
             what
             they
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Why
             then
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             with
             your
             good
             leave
             ,
             your
             Method
             is
             as
             foolish
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             knavish
             :
             For
             whoever
             sells
             his
             Country
             to
             a
             ●awless
             Power
             ,
             leaves
             himself
             nor
             his
             Family
             no
             Certainty
             ,
             no
             Property
             in
             what
             he
             hath
             gotten
             by
             his
             Treachery
             ;
             nay
             ,
             his
             Estate
             is
             as
             often
             the
             Snare
             ,
             as
             the
             Comfort
             of
             his
             Life
             .
             It
             proves
             sometimes
             a
             
             Naboth's
             Vineyard
             ,
             and
             makes
             him
             the
             Eye-sore
             of
             some
             hungry
             Court-Favourite
             .
             And
             I
             would
             ask
             ,
             Whether
             a
             small
             Estate
             fenc'd
             about
             with
             Laws
             ,
             and
             the
             Possession
             thereof
             secur'd
             to
             you
             and
             your
             Family
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             more
             Value
             ,
             than
             a
             much
             greater
             Revenue
             ,
             of
             which
             you
             cannot
             assure
             your self
             the
             Possession
             one
             Minute
             ?
             Your
             Fore-Fathers
             thought
             the
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             of
             England
             worth
             their
             Care
             and
             Contest
             ,
             and
             waded
             through
             Rivers
             of
             Blood
             to
             leave
             them
             in
             force
             to
             their
             Posterity
             .
             And
             the
             Church
             once
             made
             it
             an
             Article
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             
               Nolumus
               Leges
               Angliae
               mutari
            
             :
             But
             thou
             dost
             renounce
             all
             the
             Principles
             of
             Humanity
             ,
             of
             common
             Sense
             ,
             and
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             oughtest
             to
             be
             driven
             out
             of
             a
             Country
             which
             thou
             makest
             open
             Profession
             to
             sell
             ,
             and
             betray
             .
             And
             as
             for
             what
             you
             say
             of
             the
             Ingratitude
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             People
             ,
             the
             one
             to
             his
             faithful
             and
             affectionate
             Subjects
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             their
             zealous
             Patriots
             ;
             this
             does
             not
             discharge
             you
             from
             your
             Duty
             to
             either
             .
             But
             (
             in
             Answer
             to
             the
             first
             )
             if
             you
             will
             serve
             Princes
             no
             farther
             than
             you
             serve
             your
             Country
             in
             serving
             them
             ;
             that
             Service
             will
             always
             reward
             it self
             :
             and
             for
             the
             Mob
             ,
             as
             you
             are
             ever
             pleas'd
             
             most
             mannerly
             to
             call
             your
             Country-men
             ,
             and
             Fellow-Citizens
             ;
             if
             any
             prove
             so
             sordid
             as
             you
             alledg
             ,
             I
             shall
             answer
             you
             in
             the
             Words
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             
               Forgive
               them
               ,
               for
               they
               know
               not
               what
               they
               do
               :
            
             And
             let
             his
             Example
             teach
             you
             better
             Principles
             ,
             who
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             Scoffs
             and
             Indignities
             he
             met
             with
             ,
             laid
             down
             his
             Life
             upon
             the
             Cross
             for
             the
             Benefit
             of
             Mankind
             .
             But
             your
             Principles
             make
             you
             the
             Triumph
             of
             Heathens
             ,
             and
             bring
             you
             upon
             the
             same
             foot
             with
             Brute
             Beasts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             don't
             tell
             us
             Stories
             of
             our
             great
             Grandsires
             ,
             who
             troubled
             themselves
             about
             Trifles
             :
             There
             is
             a
             Fashion
             in
             Government
             (
             as
             well
             as
             in
             Clothes
             )
             which
             must
             be
             comply'd
             with
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Humour
             of
             the
             present
             Age
             ;
             and
             you
             may
             as
             well
             pretend
             to
             shape
             all
             Gowns
             by
             Queen
             
             Elizabeth's
             Fardingale
             ,
             as
             to
             shape
             our
             Courts
             ,
             or
             Counsels
             according
             to
             the
             Sentiments
             of
             that
             ,
             or
             other
             Times
             ,
             which
             were
             as
             different
             too
             from
             one
             another
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             different
             from
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             your
             Fashion
             of
             Government
             ,
             Mr.
             Tory
             ,
             I
             hope
             it
             is
             either
             gone
             to
             the
             Grave
             with
             K.
             C.
             or
             to
             France
             with
             K.
             I.
             and
             could
             heartily
             wish
             you
             would
             follow
             it
             to
             either
             places
             :
             But
             pray
             before
             you
             go
             ,
             let
             me
             ask
             you
             in
             what
             Age
             and
             Time
             it
             was
             ,
             That
             Men
             of
             Sense
             ,
             or
             Men
             of
             Honour
             ,
             did
             prefer
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             to
             Laws
             ,
             or
             Slavery
             to
             Freedom
             ?
             As
             I
             take
             it
             ,
             the
             Principles
             of
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             ,
             have
             always
             been
             in
             Fashion
             amongst
             Men
             of
             Sense
             ,
             and
             Estates
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             ever
             will
             be
             .
             But
             your
             Principles
             can
             never
             find
             Professors
             ,
             but
             amongst
             Fools
             and
             Beggars
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Whatever
             our
             Principles
             are
             ,
             you
             find
             both
             them
             and
             us
             preferr'd
             to
             you
             and
             yours
             ,
             even
             by
             a
             Government
             of
             your
             own
             choosing
             :
             And
             let
             that
             satisfy
             you
             as
             an
             Answer
             to
             that
             Point
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Not
             at
             all
             ;
             that
             only
             proves
             a
             Mistake
             some
             where
             :
             And
             where
             the
             Mistake
             is
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             we
             will
             enquire
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             it
             will
             best
             appear
             by
             examining
             the
             original
             Rise
             ,
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             of
             both
             Parties
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Come
             on
             then
             ,
             a
             clear
             Stage
             ,
             and
             no
             Favour
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             your
             original
             Rise
             ,
             't
             is
             certain
             ,
             you
             owe
             your
             being
             known
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             the
             horrid
             and
             execrable
             Designs
             of
             the
             two
             late
             Kings
             to
             set
             up
             Arbitrary
             Power
             and
             Popery
             amongst
             us
             :
             then
             were
             all
             the
             Jails
             ,
             Brothels
             ,
             and
             Kennels
             raked
             for
             Villains
             of
             ●ear'd
             Consciences
             and
             desperate
             Fortunes
             ;
             your
             
             
               Arl
               —
               ns
               ,
               Clif
               —
               ds
               ,
               Of
               —
               s
               ,
            
             were
             then
             thought
             upon
             for
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ;
             and
             under
             them
             were
             bred
             such
             a
             pack
             of
             Wretches
             ,
             as
             the
             Court
             of
             Tiberius
             would
             have
             been
             asham'd
             of
             .
             In
             the
             Law
             they
             were
             of
             the
             same
             sort
             with
             the
             Ministry
             ;
             What
             Age
             can
             parallel
             your
             
               N
               —
               ms
            
             ,
             your
             
               N
               —
               ths
            
             ,
             your
             
               Ieff
               —
               ys
               ,
               Sc
               —
               gs
               ,
               Rain
               —
               ds
               ,
               Wri
               —
               s
               ,
            
             &c.
             and
             their
             under
             Managers
             
               Gra
               —
               m
            
             and
             
               Burt
               —
               n
            
             ?
             &c.
             Then
             as
             to
             the
             Pillars
             of
             what
             they
             then
             called
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             tho
             so
             disguised
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             scarce
             known
             by
             its
             most
             dutiful
             ,
             most
             affectionate
             ,
             and
             most
             pious
             Children
             ;
             I
             need
             say
             no
             more
             of
             them
             ,
             than
             that
             they
             were
             composed
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             a
             Clergy
             preferr'd
             by
             two
             Kings
             ,
             who
             were
             about
             to
             set
             up
             Popery
             and
             Tyranny
             :
             And
             therefore
             were
             to
             choose
             such
             Men
             into
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             they
             thought
             would
             be
             most
             complying
             with
             those
             Purposes
             ,
             and
             whose
             Looseness
             of
             Morals
             might
             bring
             most
             Discredit
             upon
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             :
             and
             whoever
             remembers
             
               Park
               —
               r
               ,
               Cart
               —
               t
               ,
            
             or
             knows
             
               Cr
               —
               w
            
             ,
             and
             
               Wat
               —
               n
            
             ,
             will
             (
             I
             think
             )
             be
             of
             the
             Opinion
             they
             were
             not
             ill
             chosen
             for
             the
             abovesaid
             Purposes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             see
             whatever
             Purposes
             they
             were
             chosen
             for
             ,
             several
             of
             the
             Bishops
             
               opposed
               Popery
            
             with
             the
             greatest
             Bravery
             imaginable
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             True
             ,
             they
             did
             oppose
             a
             Popish
             Clergy
             being
             brought
             into
             their
             Bishopricks
             ,
             Churches
             and
             Colleges
             ;
             and
             who
             but
             a
             mad
             Man
             would
             have
             expected
             any
             other
             from
             them
             ?
             But
             did
             they
             ever
             stick
             at
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             advance
             Arbitrary
             Power
             over
             the
             Laity
             ?
             Did
             they
             not
             conjure
             the
             People
             to
             Passive
             Obedience
             ,
             Non-resistance
             ?
             &c.
             Did
             they
             not
             tie
             us
             Hand
             and
             Foot
             ,
             and
             throw
             us
             like
             Daniel
             into
             the
             Lions
             Den
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             did
             they
             ever
             stick
             at
             building
             his
             Popish
             Church
             for
             him
             ,
             whilst
             he
             contented
             himself
             to
             make
             use
             of
             their
             Hands
             ?
             But
             when
             they
             saw
             that
             after
             they
             had
             gone
             so
             far
             in
             the
             Service
             ,
             others
             were
             taken
             in
             to
             finish
             the
             Work
             ,
             and
             to
             reap
             the
             Fruit
             of
             what
             they
             had
             sow'd
             and
             planted
             :
             This
             was
             indeed
             intolerable
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             ,
             that
             they
             begun
             to
             make
             a
             Noise
             about
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             
               English
               Liberties
            
             ,
             and
             to
             preach
             backward
             all
             their
             former
             Sermons
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             cannot
             deny
             but
             that
             they
             were
             very
             instrumental
             to
             the
             Revolution
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             I
             own
             they
             were
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             like
             Fishes
             who
             have
             got
             a
             Worm
             in
             their
             Heads
             ,
             they
             did
             frisk
             and
             leap
             out
             of
             their
             own
             Element
             ;
             but
             like
             them
             too
             ,
             they
             soon
             plung'd
             into
             it
             again
             :
             for
             K.
             I.
             was
             scarce
             got
             to
             Feversham
             ,
             before
             they
             repented
             what
             they
             had
             done
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             day
             to
             this
             have
             given
             all
             the
             Proofs
             and
             Marks
             of
             an
             invincible
             Hatred
             and
             Enmity
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             :
             They
             opposed
             the
             King's
             coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             fell
             into
             Cabals
             for
             the
             weakning
             his
             Government
             when
             he
             was
             King
             ,
             and
             raised
             Rebellion
             without
             ,
             and
             Plots
             within
             the
             Kingdom
             for
             the
             restoring
             of
             K.
             I.
             &c.
             
             Nay
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             it
             is
             undeniable
             ,
             that
             when
             ever
             the
             Clergy
             are
             most
             numerous
             ,
             the
             Jacobites
             are
             most
             numerous
             too
             ;
             there
             are
             more
             Jacobites
             ten
             for
             one
             in
             every
             Cathedral
             Town
             ,
             than
             in
             any
             other
             Towns
             ,
             accounting
             number
             for
             number
             :
             And
             how
             the
             Universities
             are
             generally
             disaffected
             to
             this
             Government
             ,
             is
             notorious
             ;
             they
             reproach
             and
             rail
             against
             the
             very
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy-men
             preferr'd
             in
             this
             Reign
             .
             The
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             himself
             ,
             whose
             Learning
             ,
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Excellencies
             of
             all
             kinds
             ,
             are
             so
             eminent
             ,
             that
             it
             seems
             impolitick
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             unjust
             to
             reproach
             him
             ,
             yet
             him
             too
             do
             they
             rail
             ,
             scoff
             at
             ,
             and
             treat
             with
             the
             foulest
             Invectives
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             those
             who
             every
             day
             piously
             attend
             the
             Service
             and
             Religious
             Worship
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             most
             frequently
             are
             Communicants
             in
             the
             holy
             Sacrament
             ,
             these
             they
             will
             notwithstanding
             call
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
               canting
               ,
               whining
               Hypocrites
               ,
            
             &c.
             and
             esteem
             none
             sound
             Members
             of
             their
             Body
             but
             those
             who
             drink
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             come
             up
             to
             all
             their
             highest
             Points
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             Uncharitableness
             to
             all
             those
             who
             are
             not
             of
             their
             Faction
             :
             I
             will
             not
             call
             it
             their
             Church
             ,
             because
             I
             think
             it
             a
             Dishonour
             to
             the
             best
             Reform'd
             Church
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             be
             served
             by
             such
             a
             Clergy
             as
             are
             not
             only
             a
             Scandal
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             Protestant
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Name
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             who
             ,
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             
               Protestant
               Priests
            
             ,
             are
             labouring
             with
             all
             their
             Power
             the
             
               Return
               of
               K.
               Iames
            
             ,
             with
             his
             Popery
             and
             Slavery
             ,
             and
             preach
             and
             pray
             openly
             for
             his
             Restoration
             ;
             whilst
             no
             Exhortation
             for
             Obedience
             to
             our
             presen●
             King
             ,
             our
             great
             Deliverer
             from
             Popery
             and
             Slavery
             ,
             is
             heard
             from
             any
             Pulpit
             ,
             no
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             nor
             Non-resistance
             is
             named
             in
             this
             Reign
             :
             And
             if
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             their
             Livings
             they
             are
             forced
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             so
             faint
             and
             low
             a
             Voice
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             no
             mind
             to
             be
             heard
             either
             by
             God
             or
             the
             People
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Some
             few
             discontented
             Persons
             there
             may
             be
             perhaps
             ,
             who
             may
             deserve
             this
             Character
             ,
             but
             I
             hope
             you
             do
             not
             lay
             this
             Charge
             upon
             the
             whole
             Clergy
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             know
             there
             are
             many
             religious
             ,
             learned
             and
             good
             Men
             amongst
             them
             ;
             and
             there
             will
             I
             hope
             be
             more
             if
             this
             Government
             continues
             :
             But
             that
             the
             Number
             is
             not
             small
             who
             have
             refus'd
             the
             Oath
             ,
             to
             this
             present
             Government
             ,
             you
             cannot
             deny
             ;
             and
             that
             most
             of
             the
             
               high
               Church
            
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             themselves
             ,
             those
             who
             (
             as
             a
             Learned
             Doctor
             said
             )
             have
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Church
            
             in
             which
             they
             were
             bred
             ,
             tho
             they
             will
             not
             say
             with
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             they
             have
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               God
            
             *
             .
             Most
             of
             this
             Order
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             profess
             to
             take
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             this
             King
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             King
             
               de
               facto
            
             ,
             not
             
               de
               jure
            
             .
             And
             by
             the
             Example
             of
             these
             Reverend
             Clergy-men
             ,
             the
             Lay
             Knaves
             and
             Fools
             are
             directed
             to
             take
             Oaths
             with
             Mental
             Reservations
             ,
             and
             private
             Interpretations
             and
             Distinctions
             .
             And
             having
             no
             Principle
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             Self-Interest
             ,
             in
             which
             case
             you
             ever
             renounce
             all
             Justice
             ,
             all
             Humanity
             to
             your
             Fellow-Creatures
             ;
             you
             profess
             Slavery
             to
             some
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             Lord
             it
             over
             others
             ;
             yea
             renounce
             and
             trample
             upon
             all
             Laws
             to
             serve
             a
             Turn
             ,
             make
             a
             Jest
             of
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             :
             And
             to
             gratify
             your
             Pride
             or
             Avarice
             ,
             you
             have
             betray'd
             your
             Country
             ,
             persecuted
             and
             murdered
             your
             innocent
             Country-men
             and
             Fellow-Citizens
             ,
             sold
             your
             Neighbours
             to
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             and
             your
             Laws
             and
             Religion
             to
             the
             late
             Kings
             ;
             and
             even
             from
             the
             same
             Principles
             have
             been
             endeavouring
             to
             bring
             about
             the
             same
             Practices
             in
             this
             Reign
             too
             ;
             and
             in
             order
             to
             it
             ,
             have
             been
             tempting
             your
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ,
             in
             the
             Language
             of
             the
             Devil
             to
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             
               All
               this
               will
               I
               give
               thee
               ,
               if
               thou
               wilt
               fall
               down
               and
               worship
               me
            
             ;
             and
             I
             hope
             he
             will
             answer
             you
             in
             his
             Words
             upon
             that
             occasion
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               tempt
               the
               Lord
               thy
               King.
            
             Thus
             have
             I
             given
             you
             in
             few
             Lines
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Rise
             ,
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             of
             your
             Party
             ,
             with
             which
             I
             could
             fill
             up
             a
             Volume
             :
             But
             I
             consider
             the
             Nation
             needs
             only
             a
             general
             Hint
             to
             refresh
             their
             Memory
             to
             Particulars
             .
             For
             the
             Smart
             of
             the
             Wounds
             received
             in
             the
             late
             Reigns
             from
             you
             ,
             is
             yet
             most
             sensible
             to
             many
             honest
             English-men
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             If
             this
             Devil
             of
             a
             Tory
             be
             so
             black
             as
             you
             paint
             him
             ,
             I
             wonder
             how
             he
             comes
             by
             so
             fair
             a
             Character
             ,
             and
             so
             numerous
             a
             Party
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             so
             great
             a
             Countenance
             from
             all
             Courts
             of
             contrary
             Interests
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Fair
             Appearances
             ,
             and
             great
             Numbers
             prove
             nothing
             ;
             the
             lewdest
             Strumpets
             are
             often
             fair
             ,
             and
             Fools
             and
             Knaves
             have
             in
             all
             Ages
             out-numbred
             the
             Wise
             and
             Honest.
             How
             ye
             Tories
             came
             to
             have
             so
             great
             a
             Countenance
             from
             the
             last
             Court
             ,
             I
             have
             already
             shew'd
             ,
             and
             will
             (
             since
             you
             command
             me
             )
             shew
             you
             how
             ye
             became
             the
             Favourites
             of
             this
             Court
             too
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             same
             Means
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Men
             ▪
             that
             made
             you
             Favourites
             in
             King
             
             Charles's
             Time.
             For
             the
             M.
             of
             C.
             after
             all
             his
             mischievous
             Management
             of
             Affairs
             in
             that
             Reign
             ,
             having
             by
             an
             ill
             Fate
             to
             this
             poor
             Nation
             ,
             got
             into
             some
             small
             pretence
             of
             Merit
             ,
             by
             little
             Assistances
             he
             gave
             to
             the
             late
             Revolution
             ;
             upon
             this
             he
             sets
             up
             again
             for
             Ministry
             .
             But
             being
             apprehensive
             that
             those
             honest
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             bravely
             exposed
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             for
             the
             Redemption
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             were
             so
             well
             acquainted
             with
             his
             Methods
             in
             the
             late
             Reigns
             ,
             would
             be
             jealous
             of
             his
             having
             too
             great
             a
             Credit
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             his
             best
             play
             to
             begin
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             from
             his
             first
             Coming
             to
             Court
             ,
             labour'd
             to
             insinuate
             Jealousies
             into
             the
             King
             of
             those
             Gentlemen
             as
             
               Commonwealths-men
               ,
               Haters
               of
               Monarchy
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             having
             likewise
             an
             implacable
             Pique
             to
             Parliaments
             ,
             for
             their
             Impeachment
             and
             Imprisonment
             of
             him
             ,
             he
             at
             the
             same
             time
             represents
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Government
             envious
             of
             the
             King's
             Power
             ,
             and
             always
             endeavouring
             to
             make
             him
             a
             King
             of
             Clouts
             ,
             a
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             ,
             &c.
             
             Thus
             by
             misrepresenting
             the
             King's
             best
             Friends
             ,
             he
             made
             way
             to
             bring
             in
             his
             old
             Practices
             ,
             and
             his
             old
             working
             Fools
             (
             whom
             he
             represented
             to
             be
             Men
             of
             Business
             ,
             and
             Friends
             to
             Monarchy
             )
             into
             this
             Court
             too
             ;
             and
             being
             assisted
             afterwards
             by
             the
             E.
             of
             N.
             and
             some
             others
             ,
             ye
             have
             indeed
             carried
             all
             before
             you
             ;
             and
             how
             much
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             let
             all
             the
             World
             judg
             ,
             who
             have
             seen
             this
             poor
             Kingdom
             every
             Year
             for
             this
             last
             four
             Years
             brought
             to
             a
             reasonable
             Apprehension
             of
             being
             invaded
             from
             Abroad
             ,
             betray'd
             at
             Home
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             to
             subsist
             only
             by
             a
             Miracle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             All
             this
             rambling
             Story
             you
             have
             told
             is
             a
             wild
             Supposition
             ,
             and
             straining
             the
             Intention
             of
             this
             noble
             Lord
             to
             your
             own
             malicious
             Purpose
             ,
             who
             design'd
             nothing
             more
             in
             bringing
             in
             these
             Gentlemen
             you
             call
             the
             King's
             Enemies
             ,
             than
             by
             reconciling
             them
             to
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Government
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Foundation
             of
             it
             broader
             and
             deeper
             :
             And
             I
             know
             not
             how
             this
             comes
             to
             be
             such
             a
             Crime
             ,
             and
             so
             ill
             Policy
             with
             us
             .
             I
             have
             heard
             ,
             that
             
             Henry
             the
             Fourth
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             was
             esteem'd
             a
             wise
             and
             Politick
             Prince
             ,
             thought
             it
             very
             good
             King-Craft
             ,
             to
             caress
             his
             Enemies
             of
             the
             League
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             his
             Court
             to
             the
             Jesuits
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             And
             pray
             ,
             what
             did
             he
             get
             by
             it
             ?
             Did
             he
             ever
             gain
             either
             of
             them
             heartily
             into
             his
             Interest
             ?
             Were
             not
             those
             of
             the
             League
             ever
             ready
             to
             plot
             with
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             &c.
             against
             him
             ?
             And
             for
             his
             dear
             Friends
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             not
             all
             his
             Renunciation
             of
             his
             old
             Religion
             ,
             and
             his
             old
             Friends
             ;
             not
             all
             his
             Gifts
             ,
             his
             Caresses
             ,
             and
             his
             Courtship
             could
             reconcile
             them
             to
             him
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             save
             his
             Life
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             it
             in
             their
             Power
             to
             destroy
             it
             .
             For
             those
             jealous
             Gentlemen
             ,
             the
             Iesuits
             ,
             never
             would
             believe
             they
             had
             his
             Heart
             ,
             till
             it
             was
             sent
             them
             in
             a
             Box
             to
             Le
             *
             Fleche
             ,
             to
             be
             buried
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             But
             notwithstanding
             your
             
               Iesuits
               Tale
               of
               a
               Tub
            
             ,
             I
             will
             undertake
             that
             all
             the
             Tories
             (
             as
             you
             call
             them
             )
             in
             England
             ,
             both
             Clergy
             and
             Lay-men
             ,
             shall
             take
             the
             Oaths
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             serve
             him
             heartily
             ,
             provided
             he
             will
             do
             one
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             What
             's
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Utterly
             discard
             you
             Whigs
             ,
             and
             give
             us
             the
             Penal
             Laws
             again
             upon
             the
             Fanaticks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             And
             would
             that
             make
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Government
             broader
             and
             deeper
             ,
             as
             you
             talk'd
             just
             now
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             have
             you
             not
             heard
             a
             Story
             of
             one
             Sampson
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             who
             after
             he
             had
             resign'd
             his
             Lock
             of
             Hair
             in
             which
             his
             Strength
             lay
             ,
             was
             delivered
             up
             to
             his
             Enemies
             by
             those
             he
             had
             trusted
             ?
             But
             supposing
             what
             you
             propose
             (
             if
             granted
             )
             might
             win
             you
             to
             be
             Williamites
             ,
             were
             King
             Iames
             dead
             ,
             yet
             I
             am
             mistaken
             ,
             if
             whilst
             he
             lives
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             France
             continues
             as
             powerful
             as
             at
             present
             ,
             you
             will
             ever
             be
             drawn
             by
             any
             Courtship
             ,
             to
             engage
             so
             far
             in
             the
             Interests
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
             as
             to
             swear
             otherwise
             to
             the
             King
             than
             as
             King
             
               de
               facto
            
             ,
             nor
             will
             you
             make
             your
             Reconciliation
             to
             King
             Iames
             desperate
             .
             Answer
             to
             this
             Point
             plainly
             and
             truly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Wise
             Men
             will
             always
             secure
             a
             Retreat
             ;
             and
             Self-preservation
             is
             a
             first
             Principle
             with
             all
             Men.
             And
             as
             a
             Gentleman
             said
             wittily
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             As
             long
             as
             the
             Government
             can
             maintain
             it self
             ,
             and
             will
             maintain
             me
             ,
             it
             is
             sure
             of
             me
             :
             But
             I
             have
             liv'd
             too
             long
             at
             Court
             to
             die
             a
             Martyr
             for
             any
             Monarch
             ,
             and
             will
             always
             behave
             my self
             so
             in
             one
             Court
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             well
             with
             the
             next
             .
             And
             tho
             perhaps
             this
             is
             not
             all
             that
             this
             Government
             might
             reasonably
             wish
             from
             us
             ,
             yet
             I
             can
             tell
             you
             they
             do
             not
             
             believe
             that
             they
             shall
             mend
             themselves
             ,
             by
             changing
             us
             for
             you
             ,
             for
             divers
             and
             sundry
             Reasons
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Pray
             let
             us
             have
             some
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             because
             you
             are
             for
             a
             Commonweath-Government
             ,
             and
             Haters
             of
             Monarchy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             mad
             Men
             ,
             and
             void
             of
             all
             common
             Sense
             and
             Reason
             :
             for
             whoever
             hath
             either
             of
             these
             ,
             will
             know
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             a
             Chymera
             impracticable
             ,
             and
             impossible
             to
             be
             brought
             about
             in
             England
             .
             If
             Machiavel
             be
             of
             any
             Authority
             ,
             he
             says
             in
             his
             55
             th
             Chapter
             upon
             Government
             ,
             
               That
               where
               there
               is
               not
               an
               Equality
               in
               the
               Conditions
               and
               Estates
               of
               a
               People
               ,
               it
               is
               impossible
               for
               that
               People
               or
               Nation
               to
               erect
               and
               settle
               a
               Commonweath
               .
            
             He
             gives
             you
             Examples
             to
             confirm
             this
             ,
             but
             I
             think
             there
             are
             some
             more
             to
             our
             purpose
             ,
             as
             being
             more
             recent
             and
             nearer
             home
             .
             Upon
             the
             Revolt
             of
             the
             Low-Countries
             from
             the
             Spanish
             Yoke
             ,
             it
             was
             necessary
             for
             them
             to
             put
             themselves
             under
             some
             Form
             of
             Government
             ;
             and
             the
             Form
             being
             in
             their
             own
             free
             Choice
             ,
             seven
             of
             the
             seventeen
             Provinces
             ,
             who
             were
             a
             Trading
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             much
             upon
             an
             Equality
             in
             their
             Condition
             and
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             had
             few
             Families
             of
             Nobility
             or
             Gentry
             among
             them
             ,
             fell
             naturally
             into
             a
             Commonwealth-Government
             :
             But
             the
             other
             ten
             Provinces
             ,
             having
             great
             numbers
             of
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             tho
             they
             were
             more
             immediately
             under
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             more
             particularly
             sensible
             of
             
             D'alva's
             Cruelty
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             notwithstanding
             chose
             rather
             to
             continue
             under
             the
             hated
             Government
             of
             Spain
             ,
             than
             to
             accept
             of
             the
             Invitation
             the
             other
             seven
             Provinces
             had
             made
             them
             of
             coming
             into
             the
             more
             hated
             Project
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             :
             so
             impossible
             it
             is
             to
             reconcile
             Men
             distinguished
             by
             Titles
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             to
             mix
             themselves
             in
             a
             common
             Level
             with
             the
             People
             upon
             any
             Consideration
             or
             Disgust
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             whoever
             will
             look
             over
             what
             passed
             here
             in
             England
             from
             the
             Year
             1648
             ,
             to
             the
             Year
             1660
             ,
             will
             be
             yet
             more
             convinc'd
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             this
             Assertion
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Nonsense
             of
             any
             Commonwealth-Design
             in
             this
             Nation
             :
             Perhaps
             there
             was
             never
             at
             any
             time
             so
             many
             Men
             of
             strong
             Inclinations
             for
             a
             Commonwealth-Government
             as
             then
             ,
             nor
             of
             greater
             Abilities
             to
             effect
             such
             a
             Design
             :
             And
             yet
             they
             found
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             Dignified
             Clergy
             such
             a
             Rub
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             as
             no
             Art
             ,
             no
             Force
             could
             remove
             :
             and
             at
             last
             they
             were
             brought
             into
             that
             Confusion
             and
             Disorder
             by
             
             attempting
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             People
             and
             Army
             who
             were
             in
             this
             Project
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             had
             overthrown
             the
             Monarchy
             in
             order
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             could
             support
             Cromwell
             in
             a
             single
             Person
             ,
             yet
             after
             his
             Death
             saw
             a
             necessity
             of
             restoring
             the
             Monarchy
             again
             ,
             and
             assisted
             towards
             it
             .
             But
             this
             was
             the
             Dust
             which
             the
             two
             last
             Courts
             threw
             into
             the
             Peoples
             Eyes
             when
             they
             would
             make
             them
             blind
             to
             Arbitrary
             Power
             and
             Popery
             :
             And
             is
             now
             one
             great
             Artifice
             the
             Iacobites
             depend
             upon
             ,
             whereby
             to
             separate
             the
             Friends
             of
             this
             Government
             from
             its
             Support
             ;
             tho
             it
             will
             always
             be
             a
             Jest
             to
             understanding
             Men.
             I
             have
             heard
             a
             Story
             of
             a
             Lady
             ,
             who
             passing
             through
             a
             Crowd
             to
             her
             Coach
             ,
             and
             having
             a
             rich
             Jewel
             on
             her
             Breast
             ,
             cover'd
             the
             Jewel
             with
             one
             of
             her
             Hands
             ;
             which
             a
             Pick-pocket
             in
             the
             Crowd
             observing
             ,
             steps
             up
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             claps
             his
             Hand
             upon
             a
             Place
             below
             ,
             which
             he
             thought
             would
             oblige
             her
             to
             remove
             her
             Hand
             from
             her
             Breast
             ,
             to
             defend
             it
             :
             But
             the
             Lady
             apprehending
             the
             Thief
             's
             Design
             ,
             very
             prudently
             neglected
             the
             false
             Attack
             ,
             and
             apply'd
             both
             her
             Hands
             to
             the
             s●curing
             her
             Jewel
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             came
             off
             safe
             .
             And
             so
             Gentlemen
             ,
             whenever
             you
             make
             your
             false
             Attack
             upon
             our
             Commonwealth
             ,
             we
             shall
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             take
             it
             for
             the
             Signal
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             your
             real
             Aim
             is
             at
             our
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             ,
             and
             shall
             apply
             both
             our
             Hands
             and
             Hearts
             to
             the
             securing
             those
             Jewels
             of
             inestimable
             Price
             .
             But
             to
             be
             serious
             ,
             in
             our
             case
             the
             Whigs
             (
             as
             I
             said
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             our
             Discourse
             )
             have
             given
             sufficient
             Proof
             how
             little
             they
             design'd
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             how
             hearty
             they
             were
             to
             the
             Monarchy
             ,
             in
             their
             struggling
             so
             zealously
             to
             set
             the
             Crown
             on
             the
             King's
             Head.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             We
             own
             you
             were
             for
             giving
             him
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             King
             :
             But
             after
             all
             ,
             speak
             sincerely
             ,
             Did
             you
             design
             to
             make
             him
             any
             more
             than
             a
             King
             of
             Clouts
             ,
             a
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             ,
             or
             a
             Statholder
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             We
             design'd
             to
             make
             him
             as
             great
             a
             King
             as
             the
             Laws
             of
             England
             and
             our
             Ancient
             Constitution
             make
             any
             King
             :
             And
             if
             you
             pretend
             to
             make
             him
             more
             ,
             take
             the
             Honour
             of
             it
             .
             But
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             upon
             this
             occasion
             your
             Party
             were
             for
             making
             his
             present
             Majesty
             less
             than
             either
             a
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             ,
             or
             Statholder
             of
             Holland
             :
             For
             in
             proposing
             to
             make
             him
             a
             Regent
             ,
             you
             make
             him
             only
             a
             Journy-man-King
             ,
             a
             Subject
             to
             King
             Iames
             ,
             and
             accountable
             to
             him
             :
             But
             what
             the
             Whigs
             did
             to
             deserve
             being
             suspected
             
             of
             a
             Commonwealth-Design
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             Intention
             to
             lessen
             the
             King's
             just
             Power
             ,
             I
             am
             yet
             ignorant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             You
             are
             wilfully
             so
             then
             ;
             for
             what
             could
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             Convention
             be
             to
             settle
             the
             Revenue
             of
             the
             Crown
             from
             three
             Years
             to
             three
             Years
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Revenue
             of
             the
             Chymney-Money
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             fairest
             Flowers
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             but
             lessening
             the
             King's
             Power
             ,
             and
             making
             his
             Government
             precarious
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             The
             Chimney-Tax
             being
             grown
             a
             Grievance
             more
             sensible
             and
             more
             odious
             to
             the
             common
             People
             than
             any
             other
             ;
             and
             the
             danger
             of
             being
             enslav'd
             by
             giving
             such
             great
             Revenues
             (
             for
             Life
             )
             to
             the
             two
             last
             Kings
             (
             by
             which
             they
             were
             enabled
             to
             maintain
             standing
             Armies
             ,
             and
             to
             subsist
             without
             Parliaments
             )
             was
             so
             fresh
             in
             the
             Memories
             of
             all
             thinking
             English-Men
             ,
             and
             so
             apprehended
             by
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             King's
             Friends
             thought
             it
             greatly
             for
             his
             Service
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Burden
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             Apprehension
             of
             the
             other
             from
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             by
             using
             different
             Methods
             to
             those
             which
             had
             been
             follow'd
             in
             the
             former
             Reigns
             .
             To
             make
             his
             present
             Majesty's
             Government
             more
             acceptable
             to
             all
             good
             Men
             ,
             and
             that
             He
             might
             hereby
             reign
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             be
             distinguished
             by
             them
             :
             which
             Method
             ,
             if
             pursued
             ,
             would
             have
             given
             us
             a
             fairer
             Prospect
             of
             our
             Affairs
             ,
             than
             at
             present
             I
             am
             afraid
             we
             have
             .
             But
             this
             is
             not
             the
             Interest
             of
             wicked
             Ministers
             ,
             who
             when
             Kings
             take
             these
             Courses
             ,
             lose
             their
             Dominion
             over
             them
             :
             their
             business
             is
             therefore
             to
             make
             Princes
             jealous
             of
             Encroachments
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             of
             Commonwealth-Designs
             amongst
             the
             People
             ,
             to
             represent
             the
             King's
             Interest
             separate
             from
             the
             Interest
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ;
             and
             then
             to
             ingratiate
             themselves
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             raise
             themselves
             in
             his
             Opinion
             for
             their
             Parts
             and
             Abilities
             ,
             they
             offer
             him
             Schemes
             of
             Politicks
             ,
             to
             prevent
             Designs
             against
             him
             which
             were
             never
             thought
             on
             .
             Thus
             these
             
               honest
               Iago's
            
             first
             work
             a
             Prince
             up
             to
             Jealousies
             and
             Hatred
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             by
             false
             Suggestions
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             as
             a
             Remedy
             against
             the
             Mischiefs
             they
             have
             suppos'd
             ,
             put
             him
             upon
             Designs
             ruinous
             to
             his
             Country
             and
             himself
             .
             But
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             by
             appearing
             thus
             zealous
             for
             what
             they
             call
             the
             King
             's
             particular
             Interest
             and
             Glory
             ,
             they
             insinuate
             themselves
             into
             some
             sort
             of
             Princes
             Favour
             ,
             they
             become
             Confidents
             of
             all
             Court-Intrigues
             ,
             and
             grow
             great
             and
             rich
             ;
             they
             dispose
             all
             Offices
             ▪
             
             and
             crush
             all
             who
             are
             not
             their
             Creatures
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             come
             to
             awe
             and
             govern
             Kings
             themselves
             .
             As
             Waiting-Women
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             have
             debauched
             their
             Mistresses
             by
             their
             Mercenary
             Sollicitations
             ,
             and
             are
             become
             the
             Trustees
             of
             their
             Frailty
             ,
             they
             no
             longer
             taste
             the
             Busk
             ,
             nor
             bitter
             Reproofs
             for
             misplacing
             of
             a
             Pin
             or
             Patch
             ;
             but
             from
             Servants
             become
             Mistresses
             ,
             no
             Faults
             are
             then
             found
             with
             them
             ,
             no
             Liberty
             denied
             them
             ;
             even
             the
             Purse
             ,
             and
             the
             rich
             Petticoat
             is
             absolutely
             at
             the
             Waiting-woman's
             Service
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             they
             bring
             their
             Mistresses
             to
             Infamy
             and
             Beggary
             .
             And
             so
             to
             return
             to
             the
             Ministry
             again
             ;
             By
             this
             kind
             of
             Management
             they
             make
             their
             Masters
             Kings
             of
             Clouts
             ,
             necessitous
             ,
             miserable
             ,
             and
             despis'd
             Princes
             .
             For
             Example
             ;
             What
             made
             the
             late
             King
             
               Iames
               a
               King
               of
               Clouts
            
             ,
             but
             those
             Evil
             Counsellors
             ,
             who
             put
             him
             upon
             Despotick
             and
             Dispensing
             Power
             ,
             and
             propagating
             a
             Religion
             against
             Law
             ?
             Who
             put
             him
             upon
             preferring
             Papists
             and
             Irish
             ,
             to
             Protestants
             and
             English
             ?
             Who
             advised
             his
             seizing
             Colleges
             and
             Charters
             ,
             setting
             up
             High-Commission-Courts
             ,
             and
             making
             Parliaments
             and
             Laws
             a
             Nose
             of
             Wax
             ?
             Deny
             this
             if
             you
             can
             ,
             Mr.
             Tory.
             Nay
             ,
             as
             to
             your
             Idol-King
             ,
             Charles
             the
             Second
             ,
             (
             who
             notwithstanding
             I
             believe
             much
             the
             worse
             of
             the
             two
             Brothers
             ,
             as
             sinning
             against
             a
             better
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             greater
             Obligations
             )
             was
             it
             not
             by
             these
             Counsels
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             these
             Counsellors
             ,
             that
             this
             Gentleman
             was
             made
             a
             
               King
               of
               Clouts
            
             too
             ,
             from
             having
             all
             the
             Advantages
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Restoration
             that
             ever
             King
             was
             blessed
             with
             ?
             He
             was
             belov'd
             ,
             delighted
             in
             ,
             and
             courted
             by
             his
             Subjects
             ;
             was
             respected
             Abroad
             ,
             in
             Plenty
             and
             Power
             at
             Home
             ;
             and
             could
             direct
             the
             Votes
             of
             a
             Parliament
             with
             a
             Nod
             (
             more
             than
             he
             could
             at
             last
             with
             his
             Exchequer
             )
             :
             yet
             after
             all
             this
             in
             a
             few
             Years
             ,
             by
             the
             Management
             of
             some
             of
             our
             present
             Evil
             Counsellors
             ,
             who
             gave
             him
             ill
             Impressions
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             made
             him
             out
             of
             Love
             with
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             poison'd
             him
             with
             Lawless
             Power
             ,
             and
             Love
             of
             Tricks
             ,
             (
             the
             worst
             of
             Poisons
             to
             an
             English
             King
             )
             who
             ,
             for
             their
             own
             filthy
             Interest
             ,
             perswaded
             him
             to
             sell
             Dunkirk
             ,
             break
             the
             
               Triple
               League
            
             ,
             and
             enter
             into
             Measures
             with
             France
             ,
             destructive
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             Europe
             .
             By
             these
             Measures
             he
             at
             last
             became
             distasteful
             to
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             was
             forsaken
             by
             a
             Parliament
             the
             most
             attach'd
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             in
             love
             with
             his
             Person
             to
             a
             Fault
             ;
             so
             that
             at
             last
             ▪
             his
             
             Necessities
             drove
             him
             to
             become
             a
             Pensioner
             to
             France
             *
             .
             And
             if
             you
             will
             believe
             Mr.
             Dreyden
             ,
             his
             Poet-Laureat
             ,
             concluded
             his
             Reign
             in
             these
             miserable
             Circumstances
             of
             being
             [
             despis'd
             Abroad
             ,
             and
             living
             on
             Tricks
             at
             Home
             .
             ]
             And
             how
             these
             Gentlemens
             Father
             and
             Grandfather
             were
             made
             
               Kings
               of
               Clouts
            
             by
             the
             like
             Measures
             and
             the
             like
             Ministers
             ,
             by
             endeavouring
             at
             Lawless
             Power
             ,
             and
             laying
             aside
             Parliaments
             ,
             &c.
             even
             the
             Histories
             of
             those
             Times
             publish'd
             by
             their
             own
             Authority
             ,
             make
             it
             out
             plainly
             .
             And
             now
             ,
             Mr.
             Tory
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             we
             will
             examine
             a
             little
             into
             the
             few
             Examples
             we
             have
             of
             Princes
             who
             have
             practis'd
             a
             contrary
             Method
             to
             the
             before-mentioned
             one
             ;
             we
             will
             enquire
             what
             Effects
             that
             sort
             of
             Government
             hath
             produced
             ;
             and
             we
             need
             go
             no
             farther
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             than
             Queen
             
             Elizabeth's
             Reign
             ,
             the
             immediate
             Predecessor
             to
             the
             Scotish
             Race
             ,
             to
             fetch
             a
             Comparison
             that
             will
             answer
             all
             Objections
             :
             And
             to
             give
             the
             Beauty
             of
             her
             Government
             its
             due
             Lustre
             ,
             let
             us
             set
             it
             off
             with
             the
             Difficulties
             that
             attended
             it
             and
             surrounded
             it
             in
             the
             beginning
             .
             Let
             us
             consider
             her
             in
             the
             first
             place
             —
             of
             the
             weaker
             Sex
             ,
             —
             a
             Woman
             —
             having
             no
             *
             rightful
             ,
             tho
             a
             lawful
             Title
             ;
             —
             The
             greatest
             part
             of
             her
             Subjects
             of
             a
             contrary
             Religion
             to
             her
             —
             The
             Queen
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             her
             next
             Neighbour
             ,
             a
             Pretender
             to
             the
             Crown
             —
             Ireland
             in
             open
             Rebellion
             :
             The
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Monarch
             of
             Europe
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             her
             mortal
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             Invader
             —
             Plots
             and
             Conspiracies
             by
             the
             Papists
             against
             her
             at
             Home
             —
             And
             no
             Ally
             Abroad
             but
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             then
             an
             Infant
             State
             ,
             and
             supported
             by
             her
             .
             —
             And
             yet
             we
             see
             this
             poor
             ,
             weak
             Woman
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             these
             Disadvantages
             ,
             Absolute
             and
             Uncontroul'd
             at
             Home
             ,
             Aweful
             and
             Glorious
             Abroad
             .
             This
             indeed
             seems
             very
             extraordinary
             ;
             Let
             us
             enquire
             therefore
             what
             Methods
             were
             then
             practised
             in
             order
             to
             the
             producing
             such
             wonderful
             Success
             :
             Was
             it
             by
             corrupting
             Elections
             ,
             or
             making
             Pensioners
             of
             Parliament-Men
             ?
             —
             No
             ,
             for
             her
             Courtiers
             pleaded
             (
             as
             well
             in
             Bar
             of
             being
             Parliament-Men
             as
             of
             being
             Sheriffs
             )
             that
             they
             were
             the
             Queen's
             Servants
             :
             So
             that
             by
             this
             we
             may
             reasonably
             conclude
             there
             was
             nothing
             to
             be
             got
             by
             it
             in
             those
             days
             .
             —
             Was
             it
             by
             employing
             her
             Sister
             Queen
             
             Mary's
             Ministers
             ,
             or
             courting
             her
             Enemies
             the
             Papists
             ?
             —
             No
             ,
             —
             For
             she
             made
             England
             too
             hot
             for
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             adorn'd
             
             almost
             every
             Gibbet
             in
             the
             Nation
             with
             her
             Justice
             upon
             the
             other
             .
             —
             Was
             it
             by
             a
             standing
             Army
             then
             ?
             —
             Not
             that
             neither
             ;
             for
             she
             had
             no
             Army
             ,
             nor
             no
             Guards
             ,
             but
             her
             Gentlemen-Pensioners
             ,
             and
             Yeomen
             of
             the
             Guard.
             I
             know
             you
             'll
             say
             ,
             
               How
               the
               Devil
               could
               she
               bring
               Matters
               about
               as
               she
               did
               ,
               without
               using
               any
               of
               the
               admired
               Methods
               of
               our
               late
               Times
               ?
            
             —
             In
             good
             sooth
             ,
             even
             by
             so
             homely
             and
             plain
             a
             Receipt
             ,
             that
             you
             'll
             laugh
             at
             me
             when
             I
             tell
             it
             you
             —
             Only
             —
             by
             loving
             ,
             and
             courting
             the
             Love
             of
             her
             People
             ,
             and
             not
             preferring
             
               Scotish
               ,
               French
            
             ,
             not
             Irish
             Favourites
             to
             them
             (
             as
             in
             the
             late
             Reigns
             )
             —
             By
             being
             just
             to
             their
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             devoted
             to
             their
             Interests
             —
             By
             rewarding
             bountifully
             ,
             and
             punishing
             severely
             ;
             —
             By
             encouraging
             honest
             Men
             ,
             and
             —
             browbeating
             State-Projectors
             and
             Tricksters
             ;
             Knaves
             who
             perswade
             Princes
             ,
             that
             their
             Interest
             is
             separate
             from
             the
             Interest
             of
             their
             People
             ;
             —
             who
             counsel
             them
             to
             stretch
             Prerogative
             ,
             or
             be
             over-fond
             of
             it
             ;
             —
             who
             endeavour
             to
             breed
             unkind
             Thoughts
             in
             them
             to
             their
             best
             Friends
             and
             honestest
             Subjects
             .
             This
             sort
             of
             Gentlemen
             were
             out
             at
             Heels
             in
             her
             time
             .
             She
             ,
             like
             a
             truly
             wise
             Woman
             ,
             never
             seem'd
             fond
             of
             Despotick
             Dominion
             ,
             nor
             of
             those
             who
             flatter'd
             her
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             put
             her
             upon
             it
             ;
             for
             she
             knew
             ,
             that
             
               Nolo
               Dominare
            
             is
             the
             readiest
             way
             to
             Power
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             soonest
             
               found
               of
               those
               who
               seek
               it
               not
               .
            
             —
             She
             —
             wisely
             thought
             ,
             that
             to
             be
             the
             
               Deliverer
               of
               Europe
            
             ,
             a
             greater
             Character
             than
             to
             be
             
               Conqueror
               of
               it
            
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             would
             be
             more
             truly
             glorious
             to
             redeem
             one
             single
             Town
             from
             Slavery
             ,
             than
             to
             enslave
             the
             whole
             World.
             Not
             like
             some
             of
             her
             Successors
             ,
             who
             (
             unworthy
             to
             be
             Soveraigns
             of
             the
             Noble
             Order
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             wear
             )
             have
             chosen
             rather
             to
             be
             the
             Dragon
             than
             St.
             George
             ,
             rather
             to
             destroy
             than
             to
             defend
             their
             Kingdoms
             .
             —
             She
             never
             took
             Money
             from
             her
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             she
             gave
             them
             a
             Penny-worth
             for
             their
             Penny
             ;
             and
             was
             seldom
             nice
             in
             according
             them
             such
             Laws
             as
             they
             thought
             necessary
             to
             their
             Safety
             .
             For
             being
             well
             assur'd
             of
             her
             own
             just
             Intentions
             ,
             she
             never
             suspected
             theirs
             .
             And
             thus
             at
             last
             she
             got
             an
             absolute
             Power
             even
             over
             the
             Laws
             ,
             —
             as
             a
             good
             Wife
             gets
             a
             Power
             over
             her
             Husband
             ,
             by
             loving
             and
             obeying
             him
             .
             And
             now
             I
             think
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             exemplified
             what
             sort
             of
             Ministers
             and
             Methods
             they
             are
             which
             make
             Princes
             
               Great
               and
               Glorious
               Monarchs
            
             ,
             and
             which
             make
             them
             
               Kings
               of
               Clouts
            
             .
             And
             whether
             this
             latter
             Character
             belongs
             to
             
             the
             Whig
             or
             Tory
             ,
             I
             submit
             to
             the
             Judgment
             of
             every
             impartial
             and
             reasonable
             Man.
             But
             go
             on
             with
             your
             Charge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             objected
             against
             you
             Whigs
             also
             ,
             that
             you
             do
             not
             love
             the
             King's
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             What
             an
             Accusation
             hast
             thou
             blundered
             upon
             ,
             thou
             very
             
               Irish
               Tory
            
             ,
             thou
             eternal
             Trifler
             !
             Not
             love
             the
             King's
             Person
             ?
             —
             'T
             is
             a
             Thought
             fit
             only
             for
             a
             Chamber-Maid
             ,
             when
             the
             Chaplain
             or
             Valet
             offer
             their
             Service
             to
             her
             .
             Kings
             are
             to
             be
             lov'd
             by
             Millions
             of
             their
             Subjects
             who
             never
             see
             their
             Persons
             ,
             (
             as
             Heaven
             is
             by
             Mankind
             )
             for
             their
             Providence
             and
             Care
             of
             their
             People
             ;
             for
             the
             Influences
             they
             dispense
             of
             their
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             universal
             Good
             and
             Benefits
             which
             they
             scatter
             amongst
             their
             Subjects
             .
             And
             in
             this
             Point
             their
             Thoughts
             and
             Designs
             should
             be
             God-like
             ;
             and
             by
             any
             other
             sort
             of
             Lovers
             than
             these
             ,
             any
             King
             will
             be
             as
             slenderly
             accompanied
             in
             his
             Misfortunes
             ,
             as
             King
             Iames
             was
             to
             Feversham
             .
             But
             besides
             ,
             this
             Accusation
             is
             as
             false
             as
             it
             is
             foolish
             :
             pray
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             Who
             shew'd
             the
             most
             early
             Inclination
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             Person
             ,
             the
             Whigs
             or
             the
             Tories
             ?
             Who
             went
             into
             Holland
             first
             and
             begun
             the
             Project
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             coming
             over
             hither
             ,
             Whigs
             or
             Tories
             ?
             Who
             put
             the
             Crown
             upon
             his
             Head
             when
             he
             did
             come
             ,
             Whigs
             or
             Tories
             ?
             But
             to
             come
             nearer
             to
             the
             Point
             ;
             Did
             not
             the
             Whigs
             shew
             a
             most
             apparent
             Partiality
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             Person
             in
             all
             the
             Points
             of
             the
             Settlement
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             particularly
             in
             giving
             it
             Him
             for
             Life
             ,
             overlooking
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             P.
             of
             
             D's
             Title
             ,
             and
             the
             Lineal
             Succession
             ?
             Did
             they
             not
             to
             a
             Man
             stand
             by
             the
             King's
             Authority
             in
             the
             Debate
             concerning
             the
             P.
             of
             
             D's
             Revenue
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             Disposal
             of
             that
             Affair
             entirely
             to
             the
             King's
             Pleasure
             ?
             And
             now
             after
             four
             Years
             being
             us'd
             like
             the
             worst
             of
             Enemies
             for
             all
             these
             Services
             ;
             after
             being
             shut
             out
             from
             speaking
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             almost
             from
             seeing
             him
             ;
             after
             being
             discountenanced
             and
             frown'd
             upon
             ,
             they
             have
             notwithstanding
             (
             like
             the
             humerous
             Lieutenant
             )
             ever
             shewed
             a
             
               grutching
               to
               his
               Grace
            
             upon
             the
             least
             Encouragement
             ,
             or
             Invitation
             ;
             and
             have
             at
             the
             opening
             of
             every
             Sessions
             ,
             for
             three
             Winters
             successively
             ,
             still
             been
             ready
             to
             swallow
             the
             same
             Sweetnings
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             coaks'd
             by
             a
             Clap
             on
             the
             Cheek
             ,
             like
             an
             old
             City-Cuckold
             and
             Cully
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             wrought
             into
             a
             Credulity
             ,
             which
             nothing
             but
             
             their
             Fondness
             and
             Dotage
             on
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             could
             have
             effected
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             not
             deny
             that
             ▪
             you
             have
             sometimes
             express'd
             your selves
             peevishly
             concerning
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             Lover
             that
             hangs
             or
             drowns
             himself
             for
             his
             Mistress
             ,
             does
             not
             do
             the
             same
             ?
             Railing
             in
             a
             Lover
             is
             an
             infallible
             Symptom
             that
             he
             is
             far
             gone
             in
             the
             Distemper
             :
             And
             no
             Woman
             ever
             yet
             resented
             it
             when
             it
             came
             from
             that
             Cause
             ▪
             But
             our
             Court
             hath
             not
             learn'd
             to
             distinguish
             between
             those
             who
             are
             angry
             with
             them
             ,
             in
             concern
             for
             their
             Prosperity
             ,
             and
             those
             who
             seem
             pleas'd
             with
             them
             in
             hopes
             that
             they
             are
             in
             the
             way
             to
             Destruction
             .
             And
             to
             speak
             plainly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             the
             Partiality
             and
             Courtship
             which
             the
             King
             hath
             shewed
             to
             you
             Tories
             ,
             in
             spight
             of
             all
             your
             apparent
             Hatred
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             your
             profess'd
             Dislike
             of
             his
             Title
             and
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Aversion
             he
             hath
             shew'd
             to
             the
             Whigs
             ,
             and
             Contempt
             of
             all
             their
             Advances
             and
             Addresses
             ,
             hath
             begotten
             ugly
             Reasonings
             in
             jealous
             and
             prying
             Men
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             were
             a
             Biass
             towards
             the
             Principles
             of
             former
             Governments
             ,
             rather
             than
             to
             those
             this
             Government
             declar'd
             for
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             upon
             :
             And
             even
             the
             wise
             and
             well
             meaning
             Tories
             begin
             once
             again
             to
             smell
             a
             T
             —
             d
             when
             you
             hold
             it
             so
             near
             their
             Noses
             .
             But
             ▪
             come
             ,
             proceed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             You
             are
             likewise
             accus'd
             of
             being
             wedded
             to
             a
             Party
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             will
             reduce
             his
             Majesty
             to
             be
             King
             of
             a
             Faction
             only
             of
             his
             Subjects
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             This
             will
             appear
             much
             otherwise
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             please
             to
             remember
             who
             brought
             in
             the
             E.
             of
             N.
             to
             be
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             of
             that
             Party
             ,
             and
             how
             few
             of
             your
             Faction
             were
             displac'd
             by
             the
             Whigs
             when
             they
             had
             Interest
             with
             the
             King.
             But
             this
             Charge
             will
             appear
             most
             foully
             true
             upon
             you
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             basest
             Ingratitude
             and
             Villany
             fell
             upon
             undermining
             those
             who
             brought
             you
             into
             the
             Government
             the
             minute
             you
             were
             possess'd
             of
             the
             King's
             Ear.
             And
             yet
             you
             see
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             your
             barbarous
             Treatment
             of
             us
             ,
             We
             have
             always
             come
             in
             chearfully
             to
             all
             Votes
             for
             Money
             ,
             all
             Loans
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Measures
             to
             support
             your
             Credit
             and
             the
             Common
             Interest
             ,
             till
             both
             are
             fallen
             so
             low
             ,
             that
             the
             Peoples
             Clamours
             were
             never
             so
             loud
             ,
             nor
             their
             Dissatisfactions
             never
             so
             great
             .
             You
             ,
             like
             
             Solomon's
             Harlot
             ,
             are
             for
             tearing
             the
             Government
             asunder
             ,
             if
             you
             may
             not
             have
             the
             
             Possession
             of
             it
             .
             We
             have
             shew'd
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             true
             Motherly-Tenderness
             ,
             and
             consented
             rather
             that
             it
             should
             remain
             in
             your
             Possession
             entirely
             ,
             than
             be
             torn
             in
             pieces
             betwixt
             us
             ,
             till
             it
             appear'd
             to
             all
             the
             World
             what
             a
             vile
             Step-Mother
             you
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             how
             you
             have
             starv'd
             and
             abus'd
             a
             Government
             worthy
             your
             most
             indulgent
             Tenderness
             and
             Care.
             And
             yet
             I
             am
             not
             for
             refusing
             any
             Tory
             that
             gives
             Proof
             of
             his
             sincere
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Love
             to
             his
             Country
             ,
             but
             with
             all
             my
             Heart
             would
             give
             my
             share
             of
             the
             fatted
             Calf
             to
             make
             the
             returning
             Prodigal
             welcome
             ;
             tho
             I
             cannot
             but
             think
             it
             reasonable
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             submissively
             seek
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Government
             submissively
             seek
             you
             ;
             that
             you
             should
             own
             your
             Sin
             against
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             against
             your
             Country
             ,
             and
             give
             Security
             of
             another
             course
             of
             Life
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             and
             not
             justify
             your
             Faults
             ,
             and
             persevere
             in
             them
             .
             If
             I
             could
             see
             amongst
             any
             of
             you
             the
             least
             Consideration
             for
             the
             common
             Good
             and
             Benefit
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             the
             universal
             Welfare
             of
             your
             Fellow-Creatures
             ,
             to
             which
             you
             are
             bound
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             all
             the
             Heathens
             who
             were
             not
             barbarous
             ,
             paid
             a
             most
             profound
             Reverence
             and
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             preferr'd
             to
             all
             private
             Interest
             ,
             to
             Wives
             ,
             Children
             ,
             Estate
             ,
             nay
             to
             Life
             it self
             .
             If
             I
             can
             find
             any
             amongst
             you
             a
             Lover
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             a
             sincere
             Supporter
             of
             the
             Laws
             ,
             Liberties
             and
             Interest
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ,
             I
             am
             as
             much
             his
             Servant
             ,
             tho
             he
             be
             a
             
               N
               —
            
             ,
             a
             
               C
               —
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
               R
               —
            
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             a
             
               S
               —
            
             ,
             a
             
               R
               —
            
             ,
             a
             
               S
               —
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
               T
               —
            
             .
             But
             instead
             of
             shewing
             any
             Regard
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             any
             Bowels
             for
             your
             Country
             ,
             any
             Self-denial
             in
             point
             of
             private
             Interest
             :
             Have
             you
             not
             sold
             your
             Country
             ,
             and
             their
             Birth-rights
             upon
             all
             occasions
             (
             like
             Esau
             )
             for
             a
             Mess
             of
             Pottage
             ?
             Have
             not
             some
             of
             you
             put
             off
             Human
             Nature
             ,
             Human
             Reason
             ,
             and
             all
             common
             Honesty
             ,
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             to
             conspire
             to
             bring
             in
             a
             French
             Power
             ,
             to
             gratify
             your
             private
             and
             personal
             Piques
             ?
             To
             bring
             in
             Popery
             and
             Slavery
             to
             rule
             over
             you
             ,
             because
             you
             cannot
             Tyrannically
             rule
             over
             your
             Fellow-Subjects
             ?
             Remember
             what
             the
             Presbyterians
             got
             by
             being
             so
             active
             in
             restoring
             the
             two
             late
             Popish
             Kings
             ,
             hoping
             to
             be
             reveng'd
             thereby
             upon
             the
             Independents
             ,
             and
             other
             Dissenters
             :
             Were
             they
             not
             mingled
             in
             the
             same
             Persecution
             with
             the
             others
             ,
             nay
             ,
             more
             oppress'd
             and
             mark'd
             out
             for
             Wrath
             ,
             as
             being
             more
             numerous
             
             and
             more
             considerable
             than
             any
             other
             Sect
             ?
             Just
             so
             must
             the
             Church
             and
             their
             Proselytes
             expect
             to
             fare
             from
             the
             Hands
             of
             their
             Popish
             Friends
             (
             whose
             Cause
             they
             are
             so
             zealously
             propagating
             ;
             )
             they
             may
             admit
             them
             to
             the
             Honour
             of
             being
             the
             Cat's-foot
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             bit
             of
             the
             Chesnut
             :
             No
             Whig
             ,
             no
             Fanatick
             ,
             but
             will
             then
             have
             as
             fair
             Quarter
             (
             at
             least
             )
             from
             King
             Lewis
             ,
             as
             you
             ,
             (
             for
             King
             Iames
             I
             take
             to
             be
             only
             a
             Cypher
             ,
             and
             Property
             to
             your
             French
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             hath
             finished
             his
             Work
             ,
             will
             finish
             his
             Life
             too
             .
             )
             And
             do
             you
             
               Iure
               Divino
            
             ,
             you
             truly
             Loyal
             Gentlemen
             ,
             think
             that
             you
             will
             find
             more
             Favour
             then
             for
             being
             more
             attach'd
             to
             King
             
             Iames's
             Interest
             ?
             No
             ,
             be
             assured
             the
             most
             inveterate
             Enemies
             of
             King
             Iames
             will
             meet
             with
             as
             favourable
             a
             Treatment
             at
             least
             as
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             professed
             your selves
             so
             violently
             enamour'd
             of
             King
             
             Iames's
             Person
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             right
             Line
             .
             Reflect
             a
             little
             upon
             the
             King
             of
             
             France's
             Conduct
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             late
             Revolution
             :
             He
             knew
             long
             before
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Orange's
             design
             of
             making
             a
             Descent
             into
             England
             ,
             and
             could
             have
             prevented
             it
             a
             thousand
             ways
             ;
             but
             instead
             of
             that
             ,
             he
             writes
             to
             Barillon
             ,
             then
             his
             Ambassador
             in
             England
             ,
             to
             know
             in
             what
             Condition
             King
             Iames
             was
             to
             oppose
             the
             Prince's
             Forces
             :
             He
             being
             a
             Foreigner
             ,
             and
             judging
             only
             by
             outward
             Appearances
             ,
             represents
             the
             Army
             of
             King
             Iames
             sufficiently
             powerful
             to
             resist
             what
             Force
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             could
             bring
             :
             whereupon
             the
             French
             King
             believing
             that
             the
             English
             and
             Dutch
             would
             by
             this
             means
             weaken
             and
             destroy
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             leave
             a
             fair
             Game
             for
             him
             the
             next
             Year
             against
             the
             Emperor
             and
             Flanders
             ;
             and
             to
             take
             away
             all
             Apprehension
             from
             the
             Dutch
             of
             their
             needing
             an
             Army
             for
             their
             own
             Defence
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             all
             Encouragement
             to
             their
             Design
             upon
             England
             ,
             he
             draws
             all
             his
             Troops
             from
             the
             side
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             falls
             upon
             Philipsburg
             ;
             which
             Army
             if
             he
             had
             marched
             towards
             the
             Spanish
             Frontiers
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             the
             Dutch
             durst
             not
             have
             transported
             a
             Man
             ;
             and
             the
             whole
             Design
             of
             the
             Descent
             had
             been
             at
             an
             end
             .
             From
             hence
             it
             is
             plain
             what
             Friendship
             the
             French
             King
             had
             for
             his
             
               dear
               Brother
            
             King
             Iames
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             may
             expect
             from
             this
             Man
             of
             Honour
             and
             good
             Nature
             ,
             when
             you
             have
             serv'd
             his
             Turn
             .
             Come
             ,
             grow
             wise
             and
             honest
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             not
             divide
             under
             this
             or
             that
             Ministry
             ,
             under
             this
             or
             that
             Faction
             or
             Party
             ,
             but
             let
             us
             all
             unite
             against
             the
             common
             Enemy
             ;
             let
             us
             make
             the
             
             Publick
             Interest
             ,
             and
             the
             Support
             of
             the
             Government
             as
             it
             is
             established
             by
             Law
             ,
             our
             chief
             and
             only
             Aim
             ;
             and
             for
             all
             Projectors
             and
             Conspirators
             ,
             whether
             for
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             a
             
               French
               Tyranny
            
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Tyranny
             ,
             I
             wish
             they
             were
             all
             hang'd
             on
             the
             same
             Tree
             ,
             the
             first
             for
             Fools
             ,
             the
             others
             for
             Miscreants
             and
             Villains
             :
             And
             thus
             much
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             am
             I
             for
             being
             wedded
             to
             a
             Party
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             I
             own
             you
             have
             told
             us
             a
             fair
             Tale
             ;
             but
             nothing
             is
             proved
             ,
             nothing
             appears
             undeniable
             ,
             but
             your
             Venom
             and
             Enmity
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             her
             Friends
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             If
             your
             mean
             the
             French
             Story
             needs
             proving
             ,
             the
             Disgrace
             of
             Barillon
             when
             he
             return'd
             to
             Versaille
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             mistaking
             and
             misrepresenting
             the
             English
             Affairs
             ,
             is
             notorious
             :
             But
             besides
             ,
             the
             Story
             proves
             it self
             more
             than
             a
             thousand
             Witnesses
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             rest
             ,
             I
             have
             related
             nothing
             but
             what
             every
             English-man
             is
             knowing
             of
             .
             And
             as
             for
             what
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             I
             see
             little
             Reason
             for
             it
             ,
             unless
             ,
             as
             St.
             Paul
             says
             ,
             you
             account
             me
             your
             Enemy
             because
             I
             tell
             you
             the
             Truth
             .
             For
             my
             part
             I
             reverence
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             as
             much
             as
             any
             Man
             :
             But
             I
             am
             not
             for
             sacrificing
             the
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Publick
             ,
             nay
             ,
             the
             very
             Nation
             it self
             ,
             to
             a
             Foreign
             Conquest
             ,
             for
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             Word
             .
             I
             have
             a
             due
             Respect
             for
             the
             Priesthood
             too
             ,
             and
             am
             their
             Servant
             ,
             but
             never
             can
             submit
             to
             be
             their
             Slave
             :
             I
             honour
             their
             Coat
             ,
             but
             cannot
             be
             content
             to
             strip
             my self
             of
             mine
             ,
             in
             respect
             to
             it
             .
             A
             moderate
             Respect
             is
             decent
             ,
             and
             our
             Duty
             ;
             more
             I
             take
             to
             be
             Superstition
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             not
             Idolatry
             ;
             and
             to
             worship
             a
             Wooden
             Priest
             ,
             appears
             to
             me
             as
             bad
             as
             worshipping
             a
             Wooden
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Now
             you
             are
             running
             into
             your
             usual
             Violence
             and
             Heat
             ;
             and
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             as
             a
             Friend
             ,
             it
             does
             you
             no
             good
             neither
             with
             the
             Church
             ,
             nor
             Court
             ,
             which
             latter
             hath
             a
             very
             low
             Opinion
             of
             those
             Men
             who
             express
             too
             much
             Warmth
             in
             what
             they
             say
             or
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             their
             Affairs
             have
             succeeded
             accordingly
             .
             Let
             the
             Nation
             be
             Judges
             ,
             Whether
             ,
             if
             Men
             of
             Warmth
             had
             been
             put
             in
             Office
             by
             our
             Ministers
             ,
             the
             Taxes
             would
             not
             have
             been
             more
             justly
             and
             carefully
             collected
             ,
             than
             they
             have
             been
             by
             those
             Luke-warm
             Managers
             they
             have
             employ'd
             ;
             who
             ,
             like
             the
             unjust
             Steward
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             's
             Due
             was
             
               an
               hundred
            
             ,
             bid
             their
             Neighbours
             write
             down
             fifty
             ?
             Or
             ,
             do
             you
             think
             the
             Deputy-Lieutenants
             of
             Surry
             would
             have
             absconded
             last
             Year
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             ordered
             to
             raise
             the
             
             Militia
             upon
             King
             
             Iames's
             coming
             down
             to
             Normandy
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             been
             Men
             of
             Warmth
             to
             the
             Government
             ?
             Or
             ,
             that
             King
             
             Iames's
             Friends
             would
             dare
             to
             profess
             their
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             carry
             on
             their
             Designs
             so
             publickly
             ?
             That
             they
             would
             presume
             to
             insult
             the
             Government
             in
             every
             Coffee-house
             ;
             nay
             ,
             in
             the
             Mall
             and
             Whitehall
             it self
             ?
             That
             they
             would
             dare
             to
             threaten
             you
             to
             your
             Teeth
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             with
             Invasions
             ,
             Descents
             and
             Rebellions
             ,
             or
             would
             venture
             to
             correspond
             with
             France
             ,
             and
             go
             forward
             and
             backward
             every
             Day
             to
             King
             Iames
             ;
             nay
             ,
             raise
             Regiments
             of
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             under
             your
             Noses
             for
             a
             Rebellion
             ,
             if
             Men
             of
             Warmth
             and
             Zeal
             were
             in
             the
             Government
             ?
             But
             it
             is
             from
             hence
             that
             all
             these
             Insolencies
             take
             their
             Rise
             ,
             that
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Government
             are
             come
             from
             hating
             it
             ,
             to
             despite
             it
             ;
             that
             its
             Friends
             are
             discouraged
             to
             appear
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             Officers
             and
             Souldiers
             who
             in
             King
             
             Charles's
             time
             would
             have
             broken
             the
             Heads
             of
             those
             whom
             they
             heard
             reflect
             upon
             the
             King's
             Person
             or
             Government
             ,
             will
             in
             this
             Reign
             hear
             both
             treated
             very
             odly
             ;
             not
             that
             they
             want
             an
             Affection
             to
             either
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             a
             fear
             to
             offend
             by
             shewing
             themselves
             
               Men
               of
               Warmth
            
             ,
             and
             Party-men
             ,
             those
             Characters
             being
             so
             abominable
             to
             our
             Court.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             You
             Whigs
             have
             been
             the
             occasion
             of
             all
             this
             too
             :
             for
             you
             were
             so
             irreconcileable
             to
             some
             Ministers
             of
             State
             at
             the
             Beginning
             of
             the
             Revolution
             ,
             because
             they
             had
             made
             a
             few
             Slips
             in
             the
             last
             Reigns
             ;
             or
             perhaps
             because
             they
             had
             hang'd
             some
             of
             your
             Friends
             ,
             a
             Father
             ,
             or
             Brother
             ,
             or
             so
             ;
             that
             you
             forc'd
             them
             to
             take
             in
             some
             Persons
             which
             they
             themselves
             thought
             not
             very
             proper
             for
             this
             Government
             :
             But
             if
             you
             will
             run
             a
             Man
             down
             ,
             he
             will
             support
             himself
             at
             any
             rate
             ;
             for
             Men
             are
             but
             Men
             :
             And
             withal
             I
             believe
             they
             hop'd
             that
             a
             Place
             would
             buy
             any
             Party
             out
             of
             their
             Principles
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             who
             they
             bought
             into
             the
             Government
             ,
             would
             be
             obliged
             by
             that
             Means
             to
             be
             for
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             very
             far
             fetch'd
             ,
             Mr.
             Tory
             ,
             tho
             it
             is
             not
             the
             first
             time
             I
             have
             heard
             it
             .
             But
             as
             to
             the
             first
             part
             of
             this
             Paragraph
             ,
             the
             Matter
             of
             Fact
             is
             false
             :
             The
             Whigs
             were
             willing
             to
             forget
             all
             past
             Miscarriages
             ,
             and
             be
             reconciled
             to
             any
             Minister
             that
             could
             be
             honest
             ,
             as
             I
             shew'd
             you
             before
             .
             But
             these
             Gentlemen
             quickly
             convinc'd
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             grown
             so
             old
             and
             stiff
             in
             their
             former
             Mischiefs
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             capable
             of
             no
             other
             ●end
             or
             Impression
             ,
             but
             what
             they
             had
             taken
             in
             the
             last
             Reigns
             .
             
             And
             it
             was
             plain
             to
             every
             Man
             that
             had
             Eyes
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             no
             sooner
             in
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             but
             they
             fell
             into
             their
             old
             Schemes
             which
             no
             honest
             Man
             could
             come
             into
             ;
             and
             which
             I
             am
             afraid
             the
             Court
             hath
             not
             found
             the
             good
             Effects
             from
             ,
             which
             these
             
               Evil
               Counsellors
            
             promis'd
             .
             It
             's
             true
             ,
             by
             giving
             Places
             to
             all
             that
             were
             supple
             ,
             and
             complying
             ,
             you
             have
             brought
             in
             the
             Knaves
             of
             all
             Parties
             :
             But
             since
             that
             which
             brings
             them
             into
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             is
             their
             own
             Interest
             ,
             and
             not
             that
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             it
             will
             be
             reasonable
             for
             our
             Rulers
             to
             expect
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Design
             of
             such
             Men
             ,
             will
             be
             rather
             how
             to
             serve
             themselves
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             than
             how
             to
             serve
             it
             .
             To
             conclude
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             you
             have
             said
             in
             Excuse
             of
             your
             Ministers
             and
             their
             Methods
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             remain
             in
             my
             first
             Opinion
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Men
               of
               easy
               Phlegme
               ,
               born
               on
               the
               Confines
               of
               Indifference
               ,
            
             as
             Sir
             ,
             
               Samuel
               Tuke
            
             in
             
               F
               —
               ch-like
               Fustian
            
             describes
             our
             luke-warm
             Neutrals
             ,
             are
             not
             fit
             Men
             to
             be
             employ'd
             in
             our
             Government
             ,
             as
             the
             Case
             stands
             at
             present
             ,
             but
             will
             prove
             as
             destructive
             to
             it
             as
             downright
             Iacobites
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             All
             this
             is
             taking
             things
             for
             granted
             which
             we
             deny
             ;
             and
             accusing
             Men
             of
             what
             you
             do
             not
             prove
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             you
             confess
             there
             are
             Knaves
             of
             your
             Party
             too
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             The
             Truth
             of
             what
             I
             say
             in
             relation
             to
             your
             Party
             ,
             is
             so
             notorious
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             as
             impertinent
             to
             go
             about
             proving
             it
             ,
             as
             to
             prove
             there
             is
             a
             Sun
             ;
             even
             you
             your selves
             have
             confess'd
             ,
             and
             pretended
             to
             repent
             of
             your
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             in
             King
             
             Iames's
             time
             ,
             tho
             you
             are
             now
             return'd
             to
             your
             Vomit
             .
             And
             as
             to
             what
             you
             say
             of
             our
             having
             Knaves
             amongst
             us
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             it
             too
             true
             ;
             and
             am
             as
             much
             afflicted
             as
             you
             can
             be
             ,
             that
             any
             Whig
             should
             invade
             your
             undoubted
             and
             sole
             Right
             of
             being
             Knaves
             ,
             and
             selling
             and
             betraying
             their
             Fellow-Subjects
             :
             But
             yet
             we
             hope
             we
             may
             claim
             a
             Distinction
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             betwixt
             our
             Party
             ,
             who
             not
             only
             profess
             ,
             but
             have
             maintain'd
             to
             the
             Death
             ,
             the
             Religion
             ,
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             of
             their
             Country
             ;
             and
             yours
             ,
             who
             in
             King
             
             Charles's
             and
             beginning
             of
             King
             
             Iames's
             Reign
             gave
             up
             all
             these
             things
             ;
             and
             who
             ,
             though
             you
             are
             employ'd
             in
             ,
             and
             sworn
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             make
             publick
             Rejoicings
             at
             the
             Slaughter
             of
             our
             Armies
             ,
             and
             Destruction
             of
             our
             Fleets
             .
             If
             the
             Whigs
             have
             the
             Misfortune
             of
             some
             Knaves
             professing
             themselves
             of
             their
             Party
             :
             Our
             Saviour
             himself
             had
             a
             Iudas
             amongst
             his
             Twelve
             ,
             and
             yet
             that
             did
             not
             at
             all
             discredit
             
             the
             Doctrine
             and
             Principles
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             not
             does
             our
             having
             some
             Knaves
             among
             us
             ,
             make
             it
             as
             reasonable
             and
             equal
             to
             adhere
             to
             your
             Party
             ,
             that
             are
             the
             professed
             Enemies
             of
             their
             King
             and
             Country
             ,
             as
             to
             depend
             on
             those
             who
             have
             generally
             in
             all
             Times
             ,
             and
             on
             all
             Occasions
             declar'd
             their
             Affection
             to
             their
             Country
             ,
             Love
             of
             its
             Laws
             and
             Religion
             ,
             and
             have
             since
             the
             Revolution
             shewed
             their
             Zeal
             for
             the
             present
             Establishment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Just
             now
             you
             seem'd
             to
             agree
             to
             a
             Comprehension
             ,
             and
             were
             for
             welcoming
             the
             Prodigals
             as
             you
             call'd
             them
             ;
             now
             you
             are
             for
             excluding
             them
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             am
             for
             receiving
             any
             Tory
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             that
             seeks
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             becomes
             a
             true
             Penitent
             :
             But
             I
             would
             not
             have
             the
             Government
             seek
             them
             ;
             nor
             would
             I
             have
             them
             entrusted
             in
             this
             critical
             time
             without
             some
             Marks
             of
             their
             Repentance
             and
             Regeneracy
             ;
             and
             by
             our
             Easiness
             give
             them
             the
             opportunity
             of
             selling
             us
             to
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             or
             King
             Iames
             ,
             as
             I
             fear
             some
             of
             them
             do
             at
             this
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             All
             that
             's
             Malice
             and
             Stuff
             ,
             and
             not
             reasonably
             to
             be
             apprehended
             :
             And
             I
             tell
             you
             once
             more
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Opinion
             of
             some
             wise
             Men
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             cannot
             follow
             a
             more
             fatal
             Counsel
             than
             to
             confine
             himself
             to
             any
             one
             Party
             of
             his
             Subjects
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Then
             your
             Patrons
             have
             been
             advising
             him
             fatally
             these
             four
             Years
             ;
             for
             they
             have
             been
             perswading
             the
             King
             to
             throw
             himself
             entirely
             into
             your
             Hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             They
             never
             refus'd
             to
             receive
             any
             Whig
             ,
             that
             would
             comply
             ,
             and
             come
             under
             their
             Protection
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             King
             will
             choose
             any
             one
             Party
             ,
             I
             think
             we
             of
             the
             Church
             are
             the
             most
             numerous
             and
             considerable
             ,
             and
             are
             fittest
             as
             such
             to
             be
             employ'd
             by
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Now
             you
             are
             retired
             into
             your
             Sanctuary
             ,
             
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             you
             think
             you
             are
             safe
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             indeed
             dangerous
             pursuing
             you
             :
             But
             however
             I
             'll
             venture
             it
             ;
             and
             since
             you
             force
             me
             ,
             I
             must
             repeat
             again
             some
             of
             those
             Arguments
             I
             have
             given
             you
             already
             ,
             why
             you
             are
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             trusted
             by
             this
             Government
             .
             First
             ,
             you
             Tories
             do
             not
             believe
             your selves
             King
             
             William's
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             therefore
             are
             very
             unfit
             to
             be
             employ'd
             by
             him
             as
             his
             Servants
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             cools
             the
             Affections
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             to
             see
             those
             employ'd
             in
             Places
             of
             highest
             Trust
             ,
             who
             they
             have
             a
             Demonstration
             are
             not
             for
             the
             Government
             even
             when
             they
             are
             in
             it
             .
             And
             by
             this
             Method
             it
             is
             plain
             the
             King
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Fable
             )
             loses
             his
             
               Shoulder
               
               of
               Mutton
            
             ,
             by
             catching
             at
             the
             Shadow
             ;
             and
             by
             aiming
             at
             both
             Parties
             ,
             he
             hath
             neither
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             I
             confess
             I
             am
             for
             the
             King
             's
             relying
             on
             one
             Party
             as
             much
             as
             you
             are
             (
             tho
             not
             yours
             ;
             )
             but
             however
             ,
             there
             are
             great
             and
             wise
             Men
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             of
             another
             Opinion
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             heard
             it
             ask'd
             ,
             Why
             this
             Method
             of
             uniting
             all
             Parties
             should
             not
             have
             as
             good
             an
             Effect
             here
             as
             in
             Holland
             ,
             for
             there
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             reconcil'd
             all
             to
             the
             common
             Interest
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             I
             'll
             tell
             you
             why
             ;
             First
             ,
             it
             appears
             all
             Parties
             there
             sincerely
             intended
             the
             Good
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             which
             ,
             it
             is
             too
             plain
             ,
             is
             not
             your
             Case
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Neither
             Party
             had
             any
             other
             Head
             to
             repair
             to
             ,
             as
             you
             Tories
             have
             ;
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             had
             no
             pretending
             Rival
             to
             the
             Right
             of
             Statholder
             :
             But
             the
             King
             hath
             here
             a
             Rival
             ,
             a
             Father-in-Law
             ,
             who
             pretends
             a
             Right
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             who
             is
             supported
             by
             the
             greatest
             Power
             that
             ever
             was
             known
             in
             Europe
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             make
             the
             Event
             appear
             doubtful
             ,
             even
             to
             those
             who
             are
             most
             zealous
             for
             this
             Government
             :
             And
             by
             this
             means
             the
             Friends
             of
             King
             Iames
             are
             encouraged
             to
             be
             firm
             to
             his
             Interests
             ,
             and
             Neutrals
             ;
             nay
             ,
             and
             even
             his
             fearful
             Enemies
             are
             frighted
             from
             acting
             with
             a
             Zeal
             against
             him
             .
             Is
             this
             a
             time
             then
             to
             be
             trying
             Experiments
             ,
             to
             put
             our selves
             and
             Affairs
             into
             the
             Hands
             of
             Men
             bred
             up
             ,
             and
             principled
             against
             the
             Design
             of
             this
             Government
             ?
             Is
             this
             a
             time
             to
             reconcile
             our selves
             to
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             Men
             out
             of
             Plots
             ,
             and
             place
             them
             in
             our
             Cabinet
             ?
             No
             sure
             ,
             with
             my
             Lord
             N
             —
             's
             leave
             ,
             
               this
               is
               not
               the
               time
            
             .
             In
             this
             time
             of
             Danger
             ,
             those
             who
             have
             been
             the
             antient
             and
             declar'd
             Enemies
             of
             King
             Iames
             ,
             and
             who
             have
             most
             reason
             to
             expect
             being
             hang'd
             if
             he
             return
             ,
             are
             most
             fit
             for
             the
             King
             to
             rely
             on
             .
             But
             when
             these
             Difficulties
             are
             master'd
             ,
             as
             much
             Comprehension
             as
             you
             please
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             your
             Education
             in
             Toryism
             ,
             your
             Obligations
             to
             King
             Iames
             ,
             and
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             than
             both
             ,
             your
             present
             Hopes
             from
             him
             ,
             will
             make
             you
             so
             averse
             to
             this
             Government
             ,
             that
             no
             Favour
             ,
             no
             Courtship
             can
             engage
             your
             heartily
             in
             its
             Interests
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             Nonsense
             to
             expect
             you
             should
             fight
             for
             a
             Title
             you
             have
             always
             declar'd
             to
             disapprove
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             You
             are
             always
             harping
             upon
             that
             String
             :
             But
             supposing
             we
             do
             not
             approve
             of
             the
             making
             him
             King
             ,
             yet
             we
             know
             how
             to
             obey
             Kings
             when
             they
             are
             made
             :
             But
             you
             ,
             after
             you
             have
             made
             a
             King
             ,
             are
             using
             him
             like
             your
             Creature
             ;
             clipping
             his
             Power
             ,
             and
             
             ●
             finding
             Fault
             with
             his
             Conduct
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             
               if
               I
               were
               a
               King
               ▪
               would
               sooner
               forgive
               a
               Man
               that
               dislik'd
               my
               Title
               ,
               than
               one
               who
               dislik'd
               my
               Conduct
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             then
             Mr.
             Tory
             ,
             you
             would
             be
             none
             of
             the
             wisest
             Princes
             ▪
             For
             he
             who
             finds
             fault
             with
             your
             Conduct
             ,
             may
             be
             your
             Friend
             ;
             but
             he
             who
             finds
             fault
             with
             your
             Title
             ,
             must
             be
             your
             Enemy
             ,
             or
             else
             a
             Knave
             ,
             and
             acts
             against
             his
             Conscience
             .
             But
             how
             does
             this
             Article
             appear
             of
             the
             Whigs
             being
             dissatisfied
             with
             the
             King's
             Conduct
             in
             any
             Point
             ,
             but
             in
             his
             employing
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             Consequences
             of
             it
             ?
             Is
             it
             from
             giving
             chearfully
             whatever
             Sums
             were
             demanded
             in
             Parliament
             ;
             Is
             it
             being
             ready
             to
             advance
             Money
             upon
             the
             most
             remote
             Funds
             ,
             in
             offering
             their
             Persons
             to
             the
             Publick
             Service
             in
             all
             times
             of
             Danger
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             Brow-beatings
             ,
             and
             Discouragements
             ;
             by
             breaking
             all
             Measures
             with
             King
             Iames
             and
             his
             Party
             ,
             that
             they
             discover
             their
             Dislikes
             ,
             and
             Dissatisfactions
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             his
             Government
             ?
             But
             if
             they
             disapprove
             that
             the
             Friends
             of
             King
             Iames
             should
             be
             King
             
             William's
             Ministers
             ,
             that
             those
             should
             be
             plac'd
             in
             all
             Offices
             who
             hate
             him
             and
             betray
             him
             ,
             Will
             he
             have
             Reason
             to
             take
             their
             Dislike
             of
             this
             part
             of
             his
             Conduct
             so
             very
             unkindly
             from
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             forgive
             it
             less
             than
             your
             renouncing
             his
             Right
             and
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             ?
             But
             your
             Tories
             have
             got
             a
             Trick
             of
             bringing
             Kings
             into
             your
             Quarrels
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Priests
             do
             God
             Almighty
             into
             theirs
             )
             and
             by
             placing
             them
             before
             you
             ,
             hope
             to
             make
             your selves
             safe
             ,
             not
             caring
             how
             much
             you
             expose
             them
             ;
             and
             you
             impudently
             place
             your
             own
             Crimes
             unfairly
             upon
             others
             :
             and
             whilst
             you
             your selves
             are
             daily
             Libelling
             and
             Lampooning
             the
             King's
             Person
             and
             Conduct
             most
             maliciously
             ,
             and
             triumphing
             in
             all
             his
             Misfortunes
             ingratefully
             ,
             (
             witness
             the
             publick
             Insolencies
             at
             the
             Bath
             ,
             and
             Windsor
             ,
             upon
             the
             late
             Defeat
             in
             Flanders
             )
             you
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             wonted
             Modesty
             ,
             charge
             the
             Whigs
             with
             your
             own
             Faults
             ;
             and
             avoid
             being
             Criminals
             ,
             by
             turning
             Accusers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             what
             some
             hot-headed
             drunken
             Men
             may
             have
             said
             and
             done
             at
             the
             Bath
             ,
             or
             elsewhere
             ;
             but
             this
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             a
             whole
             Party
             ought
             not
             to
             share
             the
             Miscarriages
             of
             some
             few
             particular
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             in
             the
             right
             if
             that
             were
             the
             case
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             undeniable
             ,
             that
             this
             Insolence
             is
             universal
             ,
             and
             even
             amongst
             those
             of
             you
             employ'd
             and
             paid
             by
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             sore
             Place
             I
             find
             you
             are
             ever
             complaining
             of
             .
             But
             why
             are
             you
             angry
             with
             us
             for
             being
             in
             Places
             ?
             Did
             we
             seek
             them
             ?
             Were
             we
             not
             sought
             ,
             courted
             ,
             intreated
             to
             accept
             of
             Employments
             ?
             And
             since
             you
             provoke
             me
             ,
             I
             'll
             tell
             you
             the
             Reason
             ;
             the
             King
             found
             none
             of
             you
             Whigs
             capable
             of
             ,
             or
             fit
             for
             Business
             ;
             he
             saw
             you
             too
             of
             a
             sowre
             ,
             morose
             Temper
             ,
             jealous
             of
             Prerogative
             ,
             affecting
             Popularity
             ,
             childishly
             fond
             of
             Trifles
             ,
             and
             tenacious
             of
             Lawless
             Liberty
             ;
             whilst
             we
             are
             frank
             ,
             and
             easy
             in
             all
             these
             Matters
             ,
             and
             know
             the
             Respect
             that
             is
             due
             to
             Crown'd
             Heads
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             rightful
             !
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             you
             will
             make
             no
             Prince
             have
             the
             worse
             Opinion
             of
             us
             for
             that
             ;
             
               The
               Right
               Line
               ,
               Passive
               Obedience
               ,
            
             and
             
               Non-Resistance
               ,
               Prerogative
            
             ,
             &c.
             will
             always
             sound
             well
             in
             every
             King's
             Ear.
             And
             when
             he
             considers
             us
             Enemies
             to
             his
             Title
             only
             out
             of
             a
             Principle
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             he
             will
             have
             reason
             rather
             to
             accuse
             his
             own
             Misfortune
             ,
             than
             our
             Vertue
             ;
             we
             plainly
             and
             honestly
             told
             him
             our
             Principles
             ,
             that
             we
             believ'd
             him
             a
             King
             
               de
               facto
            
             only
             ;
             and
             our
             Honour
             in
             this
             Point
             made
             him
             rely
             upon
             our
             Honour
             in
             others
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             examine
             then
             how
             honourably
             ,
             how
             gratefully
             you
             have
             behav'd
             your selves
             to
             a
             King
             who
             hath
             relied
             on
             you
             ,
             and
             oblig'd
             you
             so
             extreamly
             .
             We
             will
             pass
             by
             those
             who
             refuse
             to
             swear
             Allegiance
             to
             him
             upon
             the
             above-mentioned
             honourable
             Pretences
             ,
             and
             only
             mention
             those
             who
             have
             accepted
             Employments
             of
             Profit
             and
             Trust.
             Have
             not
             even
             those
             in
             the
             Government
             both
             in
             England
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             been
             plotting
             the
             Dethroning
             this
             King
             ,
             who
             hath
             trusted
             them
             so
             generously
             ,
             and
             courted
             them
             so
             kindly
             ?
             Particularly
             ,
             did
             not
             one
             of
             your
             Party
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
             give
             notice
             to
             the
             King's
             Enemies
             of
             Warrants
             against
             them
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             their
             making
             their
             Escape
             ,
             and
             was
             discharg'd
             his
             Employment
             upon
             it
             ?
             Did
             not
             a
             Brother
             of
             a
             certain
             Secretary
             ,
             give
             out
             Blank
             Passes
             under
             the
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             of
             that
             Secretary
             ,
             by
             which
             a
             Correspondence
             was
             carried
             on
             betwixt
             this
             Place
             and
             France
             securely
             ?
             And
             was
             not
             this
             Gentleman
             upon
             this
             Account
             laid
             aside
             gently
             and
             privately
             ,
             and
             this
             Matter
             huddled
             up
             for
             fear
             of
             any
             Reflection
             upon
             our
             Monarchical
             Favourites
             ,
             and
             put
             upon
             the
             Publick
             as
             Passes
             forg'd
             ,
             (
             as
             indeed
             they
             were
             by
             our
             own
             Officers
             )
             and
             a
             Lame
             Proclamation
             put
             out
             with
             Rewards
             to
             the
             Discoverer
             ,
             but
             without
             a
             Pardon
             for
             Life
             ,
             when
             they
             knew
             the
             whole
             Matter
             before-hand
             ?
             H●ve
             not
             some
             Women
             
             lately
             been
             taken
             going
             to
             France
             (
             with
             Letters
             to
             King
             Iames
             )
             with
             a
             Scotish
             Secretrary's
             Pass
             ,
             under
             his
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             ?
             Was
             not
             an
             Officer
             of
             the
             Post-Office
             lately
             found
             corresponding
             with
             France
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             other
             Punishment
             for
             his
             Capital
             Crime
             ,
             laid
             aside
             gently
             and
             privately
             ?
             The
             Story
             of
             Capt.
             
               Iohn
               Layton
            
             ,
             late
             Commander
             of
             the
             St.
             Albans
             ,
             and
             which
             hath
             been
             told
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             will
             shew
             you
             how
             faithfully
             you
             Tories
             serve
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             how
             fit
             you
             are
             to
             be
             trusted
             .
             Captain
             Layton
             being
             ordered
             to
             Cruise
             twenty
             Leagues
             off
             Vshant
             ,
             by
             a
             Storm
             of
             Wind
             was
             driven
             to
             
               Cape
               Clear
            
             ,
             where
             he
             met
             a
             French
             Privateer
             ,
             and
             took
             her
             :
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Privateer
             ask'd
             Layton
             the
             Name
             of
             his
             Ship
             ,
             which
             he
             told
             him
             ;
             upon
             this
             the
             Privateer
             looking
             into
             his
             Pocket-Book
             ,
             ask'd
             Layton
             how
             he
             came
             there
             ;
             for
             by
             his
             Intelligence
             the
             Station
             of
             the
             St.
             Albans
             was
             to
             be
             twenty
             Leagues
             from
             Vshant
             ,
             and
             no
             further
             .
             And
             the
             like
             Story
             is
             told
             of
             a
             Transport-Ship
             going
             to
             France
             with
             Prisoners
             ,
             some
             few
             Months
             ago
             ,
             who
             meeting
             with
             divers
             Privateers
             ,
             ask'd
             them
             how
             they
             durst
             be
             so
             bold
             as
             Cruise
             there
             ,
             when
             four
             English
             Men
             of
             War
             were
             within
             six
             Leagues
             of
             them
             ?
             they
             reply'd
             ,
             they
             knew
             the
             Station
             of
             those
             English
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             could
             not
             come
             where
             they
             were
             a
             cruising
             but
             by
             breaking
             their
             Orders
             .
             But
             the
             Relation
             of
             the
             Sailer
             who
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             for
             some
             time
             serv'd
             aboard
             an
             Irish
             Privateer
             ,
             is
             yet
             more
             remarkable
             ,
             for
             he
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             they
             told
             him
             (
             thee
             Months
             before
             the
             Streights
             Fleet
             sailed
             from
             Spithead
             )
             both
             the
             time
             when
             they
             were
             to
             sail
             ,
             the
             number
             of
             their
             Convoy
             ,
             and
             likewise
             that
             the
             Main
             Fleet
             was
             to
             go
             no
             further
             than
             beyond
             Vshant
             .
             Now
             how
             they
             could
             come
             by
             this
             Intelligence
             ,
             but
             from
             Officers
             imploy'd
             by
             and
             sworn
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             how
             faithfully
             and
             honourably
             you
             Tories
             serve
             Those
             who
             trust
             you
             ,
             and
             how
             fit
             you
             are
             to
             be
             employ'd
             in
             this
             critical
             Time
             ,
             I
             appeal
             to
             all
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             These
             are
             malicious
             Stories
             ;
             and
             if
             strictly
             enquired
             into
             ,
             will
             prove
             false
             I
             dare
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             Whenever
             there
             is
             a
             Committee
             of
             indifferent
             Men
             ordered
             to
             take
             the
             Examination
             ,
             I
             am
             inform'd
             all
             this
             will
             be
             proved
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             ;
             and
             how
             reasonable
             it
             is
             to
             expect
             this
             and
             any
             other
             Treachery
             from
             you
             ,
             will
             appear
             probable
             to
             those
             who
             see
             you
             in
             all
             Offices
             daily
             and
             publickly
             drinking
             King
             
             Iames's
             Health
             :
             who
             see
             one
             Clerk
             going
             to
             a
             non-swearing
             Doctor
             ,
             
             to
             take
             Advice
             ,
             whether
             he
             may
             serve
             the
             Government
             as
             a
             writing
             Clerk
             without
             Damnation
             to
             his
             Soul
             ?
             Yes
             ,
             replies
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             for
             thereby
             you
             keep
             out
             an
             ill
             Man
             ,
             and
             may
             serve
             your
             rightful
             King
             upon
             occasion
             .
             To
             see
             another
             Clerk
             valuing
             himself
             to
             his
             Companions
             ,
             that
             his
             Place
             ,
             thank
             God
             ,
             does
             not
             oblige
             him
             to
             take
             the
             Oaths
             to
             the
             Government
             .
             To
             see
             Officers
             of
             the
             greatest
             Trust
             in
             the
             Admiralty
             in
             Clubs
             twice
             a
             Week
             with
             Mr.
             
               P
               —
               ps
            
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Ew
               —
               rs
            
             ,
             and
             other
             known
             Iacobites
             ,
             and
             from
             Saturday
             to
             Monday
             constantly
             living
             with
             them
             Night
             and
             Day
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             I
             know
             who
             you
             mean
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             is
             a
             Nephew
             to
             one
             of
             the
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             expects
             40000
             l.
             from
             him
             ;
             and
             would
             you
             have
             him
             renounce
             such
             an
             Expectance
             in
             Consideration
             of
             your
             Place
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             have
             the
             Government
             renounce
             such
             an
             Officer
             ,
             that
             had
             such
             an
             Expectation
             from
             such
             an
             Unkle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             But
             where
             could
             you
             get
             such
             able
             Officers
             if
             these
             were
             discharged
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             case
             stands
             ,
             one
             honest
             Man
             will
             be
             of
             more
             Service
             than
             ten
             such
             able
             Men
             ;
             the
             Forms
             of
             Business
             will
             be
             quickly
             learned
             ;
             and
             want
             of
             Experience
             will
             be
             less
             fatal
             to
             us
             ,
             than
             want
             of
             Fidelity
             .
             Most
             of
             the
             under-Places
             require
             a
             very
             indifferent
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             little
             Experience
             to
             carry
             the
             Business
             on
             :
             And
             if
             you
             ascend
             to
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             I
             cannot
             help
             thinking
             my
             Lords
             
               Sh
               —
               y
            
             ,
             or
             Sir
             
               I.
               Tr
               —
               d
            
             as
             able
             Secretaries
             as
             the
             E.
             of
             N.
             and
             Mr.
             
               R
               —
               ll
            
             as
             able
             an
             Admiral
             as
             Mr.
             K.
             &c
             .
             What
             is
             it
             your
             able
             Men
             have
             done
             for
             us
             ,
             pray
             ,
             this
             four
             Years
             ?
             Was
             ever
             any
             Government
             in
             so
             promising
             a
             Condition
             ,
             as
             ours
             was
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Revolution
             ?
             Were
             we
             not
             the
             Hopes
             of
             all
             our
             Allies
             ,
             and
             the
             Terror
             of
             our
             Enemies
             ?
             And
             is
             not
             the
             case
             alter'd
             with
             us
             ?
             I
             fear
             it
             is
             :
             To
             be
             plain
             ,
             a
             Ministry
             from
             Wapping
             could
             not
             have
             made
             worse
             work
             on
             't
             than
             yours
             have
             done
             .
             Ministers
             who
             know
             not
             so
             much
             as
             what
             Money
             their
             Affairs
             will
             require
             ,
             but
             ask
             the
             Parliament
             too
             little
             ,
             and
             manage
             it
             so
             as
             to
             make
             it
             less
             .
             That
             want
             Intelligence
             so
             much
             ,
             that
             Matters
             of
             the
             greatest
             Consequence
             have
             been
             publick
             in
             every
             Coffee-house
             three
             days
             before
             it
             comes
             to
             the
             Secretary's
             Office
             ;
             particularly
             the
             loss
             of
             our
             Merchants
             Fleet
             ,
             and
             beating
             our
             Army
             in
             Flanders
             :
             As
             if
             (
             as
             one
             said
             )
             Secretaries
             ,
             like
             Cuckolds
             ,
             were
             to
             know
             their
             Dishonour
             and
             Misfortunes
             last
             .
             
             Then
             the
             Return
             of
             our
             Fleets
             for
             want
             of
             Provisions
             ,
             laying
             out
             Money
             in
             false
             Expeditions
             ,
             and
             wanting
             it
             thereby
             in
             true
             Necessities
             ;
             imperfect
             Orders
             ,
             from
             whence
             proceeds
             imperfect
             Execution
             ;
             and
             besides
             they
             prove
             an
             Excuse
             to
             Officers
             even
             in
             the
             most
             fatal
             Miscarriages
             :
             with
             a
             thousand
             more
             Mismanagements
             and
             Treacheries
             from
             the
             top
             to
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             too
             tedious
             to
             relate
             here
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             And
             do
             you
             think
             the
             Government
             would
             be
             better
             serv'd
             at
             this
             time
             by
             Novices
             ,
             and
             Strangers
             to
             Business
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             answer'd
             you
             that
             before
             ;
             I
             think
             it
             would
             be
             much
             better
             serv'd
             by
             ignorant
             Friends
             ,
             than
             understanding
             Enemies
             :
             Tho
             I
             am
             far
             (
             at
             the
             same
             time
             )
             from
             granting
             you
             that
             Point
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             sure
             there
             are
             more
             Men
             of
             Sense
             and
             Capacity
             found
             amongst
             the
             Whigs
             ,
             than
             amongst
             the
             Tories
             :
             and
             that
             Experience
             is
             not
             of
             such
             mighty
             Consequence
             as
             you
             would
             infer
             ,
             will
             appear
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             please
             to
             call
             to
             mind
             the
             Men
             employ'd
             in
             Publick
             Affairs
             by
             Cromwel
             :
             Was
             ever
             Government
             better
             serv'd
             than
             his
             ?
             and
             yet
             he
             chose
             Men
             of
             the
             most
             private
             Condition
             ,
             and
             one
             would
             have
             thought
             most
             unqualified
             for
             Publick
             Business
             ,
             Taylors
             ,
             Draymen
             ,
             broken
             Shop-keepers
             ,
             raw
             Scholars
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             of
             the
             midling
             Gentry
             .
             But
             being
             careful
             to
             choose
             Men
             principled
             against
             the
             Government
             of
             King
             Charles
             ,
             and
             zealous
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Government
             then
             on
             foot
             ;
             they
             did
             Wonders
             ,
             supported
             their
             Friends
             ,
             and
             were
             aweful
             to
             their
             Enemies
             ;
             and
             this
             with
             all
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             Clergy
             ,
             both
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             and
             Presbyterian
             ,
             in
             perpetual
             Combinations
             and
             Conspiracies
             against
             them
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             a
             War
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
               Holland
            
             ,
             and
             Spain
             too
             ,
             upon
             their
             Hands
             .
             And
             you
             have
             an
             Instance
             of
             it
             in
             this
             Government
             ,
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Secretaries
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             who
             (
             tho
             bred
             in
             a
             very
             private
             way
             )
             hath
             shewed
             himself
             a
             most
             successful
             Statesman
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             Consequence
             to
             the
             Welfare
             of
             the
             King's
             Affairs
             in
             that
             Country
             ,
             and
             this
             meerly
             from
             his
             incorruptible
             Honesty
             ,
             Zeal
             and
             Integrity
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             ,
             without
             Experience
             ,
             or
             great
             Insight
             into
             Business
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tory.
             
          
           
             I
             must
             grant
             there
             is
             something
             in
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             Union
             and
             Integrity
             will
             do
             great
             Matters
             :
             But
             you
             Whigs
             cannot
             pretend
             to
             this
             ,
             for
             you
             are
             not
             two
             of
             you
             in
             the
             same
             Mind
             ;
             you
             have
             no
             Government
             ,
             no
             Discipline
             in
             your
             Party
             ,
             no
             Firmness
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             Point
             :
             Your
             great
             
               P.
               F
            
             —
             turns
             
             Cadet
             ,
             and
             carries
             Arms
             under
             the
             General
             of
             the
             West-Saxons
             ;
             the
             two
             
               H
               —
               s
            
             are
             Engineers
             under
             the
             late
             Lieutenant
             of
             the
             Ordnance
             ,
             and
             bomb
             any
             Bill
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             once
             resolv'd
             to
             reduce
             to
             Ashes
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             for
             Recognition
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             else
             that
             is
             most
             necessary
             to
             our
             Security
             :
             Your
             
               Iack
               S.
            
             and
             
               Iack
               G.
            
             whenever
             they
             touch
             Penny
             ,
             will
             touch
             Pot
             too
             ,
             and
             drink
             all
             in
             the
             Bowl
             ,
             be
             it
             never
             so
             deep
             .
             And
             besides
             this
             ,
             you
             are
             always
             laughing
             ,
             despising
             ,
             or
             railing
             at
             one
             another
             ;
             some
             of
             you
             are
             too
             wise
             ,
             some
             of
             you
             too
             witty
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             you
             too
             honest
             for
             the
             rest
             ;
             jealous
             and
             envious
             of
             one
             anothers
             Favour
             and
             Preferment
             ;
             every
             Man
             thinking
             himself
             fittest
             to
             be
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             hating
             ,
             and
             reflecting
             upon
             those
             who
             are
             so
             ,
             and
             despising
             to
             be
             govern'd
             or
             directed
             by
             them
             .
             And
             at
             the
             same
             time
             those
             who
             are
             at
             the
             Top
             ,
             disdaining
             to
             look
             down
             upon
             those
             below
             them
             ,
             tho
             they
             were
             the
             Steps
             by
             which
             they
             did
             ascend
             ;
             they
             grow
             stately
             to
             their
             Friends
             ,
             and
             unmindful
             of
             their
             Fortunes
             ,
             impatient
             of
             Addresses
             ,
             hard
             of
             Access
             ,
             huddling
             into
             little
             Cabals
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             wise
             and
             witty
             among
             themselves
             :
             whilst
             we
             Tories
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             have
             but
             one
             Heart
             ,
             one
             Voice
             ,
             one
             Purse
             and
             one
             Interest
             ;
             excuse
             and
             justify
             one
             anothers
             Faults
             ,
             prefer
             the
             meanest
             Fool
             or
             Knave
             of
             our
             Party
             ;
             and
             in
             return
             the
             Underlings
             are
             every
             Man
             in
             a
             perfect
             Obedience
             to
             this
             Superior
             ,
             to
             vote
             ,
             rail
             ,
             write
             or
             talk
             according
             to
             Direction
             ,
             and
             not
             otherwise
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whig
             .
          
           
             I
             owe
             there
             is
             too
             much
             Truth
             in
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             and
             you
             speak
             Truth
             so
             seldom
             ,
             that
             we
             ought
             to
             allow
             it
             you
             when
             you
             do
             :
             But
             I
             hope
             we
             have
             seen
             the
             Error
             of
             our
             Disunion
             ,
             and
             shall
             amend
             it
             for
             the
             future
             :
             And
             however
             we
             may
             have
             had
             Personal
             Differences
             ,
             and
             likewise
             may
             have
             been
             too
             much
             divided
             ,
             and
             too
             obstinate
             in
             some
             Opinions
             ,
             yet
             still
             in
             all
             Times
             ,
             and
             under
             all
             Discouragements
             ,
             we
             have
             all
             agreed
             to
             the
             same
             end
             ,
             (
             viz.
             )
             The
             Publick
             Good
             of
             our
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             Support
             of
             its
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             present
             Reign
             have
             been
             and
             are
             unanimous
             against
             King
             Iames
             and
             his
             Interest
             ,
             and
             have
             at
             all
             times
             with
             one
             Consent
             own'd
             his
             present
             Majesty
             ,
             Rightful
             and
             Lawful
             ,
             which
             I
             take
             to
             be
             the
             Shibboleth
             ,
             to
             distinguish
             those
             who
             are
             alone
             fit
             to
             serve
             this
             Government
             .
             And
             till
             there
             be
             an
             Act
             of
             Recognition
             in
             Force
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             bold
             to
             say
             all
             the
             other
             Steps
             of
             our
             ablest
             and
             honestest
             Statesmen
             ,
             will
             be
             upon
             Boggy
             Ground
             :
             nor
             can
             any
             Man
             be
             reasonably
             employ'd
             
             in
             any
             Office
             who
             hath
             not
             taken
             this
             Test
             ;
             for
             whoever
             thinks
             King
             William
             not
             Rightful
             ,
             must
             think
             King
             Iames
             is
             so
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             Conscience
             which
             leads
             them
             to
             believe
             him
             Rightful
             ,
             will
             incline
             them
             to
             assist
             that
             Right
             when
             they
             have
             opportunity
             :
             (
             but
             to
             return
             to
             the
             Point
             of
             your
             Charge
             )
             we
             must
             confess
             likewise
             that
             we
             have
             not
             been
             so
             much
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             our
             Superiours
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             nor
             so
             industrious
             in
             supporting
             each
             others
             private
             and
             particular
             Interests
             .
             But
             to
             the
             first
             I
             might
             answer
             ,
             That
             Fools
             and
             Beggars
             are
             more
             easily
             led
             by
             the
             Nose
             than
             Men
             of
             Sense
             and
             Estates
             :
             And
             as
             to
             the
             latter
             ,
             I
             must
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             the
             Societies
             of
             Ignatius
             and
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             are
             both
             of
             them
             as
             much
             united
             as
             you
             ,
             in
             universal
             Mischief
             ;
             for
             Roguery
             makes
             a
             stronger
             Glew
             and
             Cement
             ,
             than
             Vertue
             ,
             because
             there
             are
             more
             Men
             capable
             of
             the
             former
             than
             of
             the
             latter
             .
             And
             tho
             it
             were
             to
             be
             wish'd
             ,
             that
             the
             Whigs
             were
             more
             friendly
             ,
             and
             had
             more
             Concern
             for
             the
             Support
             of
             one
             another
             in
             all
             their
             honest
             Pretences
             ;
             yet
             God
             forbid
             there
             should
             ever
             be
             such
             a
             Friendship
             and
             Partiality
             amongst
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             condemn
             and
             disgrace
             those
             who
             gain
             Victories
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             of
             their
             Party
             ,
             and
             to
             support
             and
             defend
             those
             who
             have
             lost
             the
             Ships
             ,
             Trade
             and
             Honour
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             their
             Creatures
             .
             But
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             without
             offence
             to
             Justice
             ,
             and
             the
             Publick
             Interest
             ,
             all
             Unanimity
             and
             Friendship
             is
             to
             be
             admir'd
             ,
             prais'd
             ,
             and
             pray'd
             for
             ;
             and
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             find
             it
             amongst
             us
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             till
             it
             becomes
             the
             Subject
             of
             your
             Envy
             ,
             instead
             of
             being
             an
             Occasion
             of
             Reproach
             .
             To
             put
             an
             end
             to
             this
             Argument
             ;
             'T
             is
             plain
             with
             all
             your
             Friendships
             ,
             and
             Union
             ,
             and
             other
             Politicks
             ,
             you
             have
             brought
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             all
             its
             Allies
             ,
             to
             the
             lowest
             Condition
             both
             in
             Power
             and
             Reputation
             .
             You
             have
             almost
             put
             it
             out
             of
             the
             Skill
             of
             any
             Conduct
             to
             recover
             us
             ;
             and
             whoever
             now
             takes
             the
             Administration
             of
             Affairs
             upon
             them
             ,
             will
             be
             apply'd
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             like
             Pigeons
             to
             the
             Feet
             of
             dying
             Men.
             But
             however
             ,
             to
             those
             who
             are
             true
             Lovers
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             no
             Time
             seems
             too
             late
             to
             attempt
             its
             Relief
             ,
             no
             Difficulty
             so
             great
             as
             to
             discourage
             them
             from
             endeavouring
             it
             ;
             and
             tho
             as
             the
             Case
             stands
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             than
             probable
             ,
             we
             may
             miscarry
             under
             the
             best
             Conduct
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             undeniable
             we
             must
             miscarry
             under
             yours
             .
             And
             so
             I
             take
             my
             Leave
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A35922-e70
           
             *
             Otherwise
             K.
             I.
             would
             have
             a
             fairer
             Pretence
             ,
             than
             I
             hope
             we
             shall
             ever
             allow
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A35922-e1520
           
             *
             The
             first
             Instance
             I
             have
             met
             of
             their
             Modesty
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             College
             of
             Jesuits
             in
             that
             place
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             fine
             Character
             for
             an
             English
             King.
             
          
           
             *
             A
             new
             Distinction
             our
             Statesmen
             have
             lately
             found
             out
             .